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Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi
Hidehiko Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20110165319 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING SOLDER DAM AND METHOD OF FORMING SOLDER DAM - An apparatus for forming a solder dam on a lead of an electronic component is disclosed. The apparatus for forming a solder dam includes a wire material that transfers an ink that prevents adhesion of a solder to the lead; a wire material conveying device that conveys the wire material along a surface of the lead; and an ink supply device that supplies the ink to the wire material. | 07-07-2011 |
Hidekatsu Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20110159933 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - The mobile terminal apparatus of the present invention includes a housing having an opening section in which an accommodated object is fitted; a lid covering the opening section, the lid having a protrusion which surrounds the opening section and shields the accommodated object from water, on a surface facing the accommodated object; and a cover covering the lid, the cover being attached to the housing to press the lid onto the housing. When the cover is attached to the housing, the protrusion of the lid surrounds the opening section and is pressed onto the housing by the cover, so that the accommodated object can be reliably shielded from water. | 06-30-2011 |
Hirofumi Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20090084942 | LIGHT RECEIVING CIRCUIT - A light receiving circuit includes: a transimpedance amplifier circuit which is connected to a light receiving element; a differential amplifier which operates by a predetermined current supplied by a current source to output a current corresponding to a differential signal between a signal outputted from the transimpedance amplifier circuit and a predetermined reference signal; a current mirror unit which outputs a current corresponding to the current outputted from the differential amplifier; and a conversion unit which converts the current outputted from the current mirror unit into voltage. | 04-02-2009 |
Hirohito Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20110004334 | Substrate Processing System and Substrate Processing Device - The present invention provides a substrate processing system capable of extending and changing a substrate processing module easily according to changes of processing contents for a substrate. An embodiment of the present invention is the substrate processing system including a main device ( | 01-06-2011 |
| 20120089243 | IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION SETTING DEVICE AND IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION SETTING METHOD - The present invention provides an identification information setting device and an identification information setting method that can easily set identification information for a transfer chamber. In an embodiment of the present invention, a storage portion ( | 04-12-2012 |
Manabu Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20080200139 | Gain adjusting apparatus, storage apparatus, and gain adjusting method - A total gain candidate determining unit determines candidates suitable as a total gain Kt in an AGC feedback loop including an equalizer, an A/D converter, and an FIR filter. For each candidate for the total gain Kt, a gain setting unit sets a corresponding gain Kp in a preamplifier | 08-21-2008 |
Naofumi Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20090135821 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL UNIT AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD APPLIED FOR MULTI-CAST-SUPPORTING LAN - A multicast processing section constructs, when it is determined that a received packet is a packet on a multicast packet and multicast group management protocol, a table showing a correlation between a host device and a multicast group in a port number-multicast physical address correlation storing section as well as in a multicast router-connected port storing section according to the received packet, and controls to transfer a packet for each multicast group between a multicast router and host devices according to the table. | 05-28-2009 |
Naruyasu Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20100325338 | DATA TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE AND DATA TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - First and second modules output a predetermined volume of data at a certain rate around the same time. A setting is made so that transfer addresses from the second module are shifted relative to transfer addresses from the first module such that a bank to which the first module issues a data transfer request is in a position separate from a bank to which the second module issues a data transfer request. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325375 | DATA-ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE AND DATA-ACCESS CONTROL METHOD - A memory control unit sequentially performs access requests to a plurality of banks A to D for a high-speed module | 12-23-2010 |
Nobutsune Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20090278909 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIDE DETERMINATION OF OPTICAL DISC - A side determination apparatus of an optical disc includes a light source illuminating one side of the optical disc having a data side and a non-data side obliquely; a sensor receiving a reflected light from the optical disc illuminated by the light source; and a determination unit determining that an incident light into the sensor is a reflected diffracted light from the data side of the optical disc based on a distribution of an output of the sensor onto a surface of the disc to determine the one side. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20110031923 | APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH MOTOR AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE MOTOR - An apparatus including a DC motor includes a driven member configured to be driven by the DC motor, and a drive control unit configured to define a plurality of predetermined phases of the DC motor as target stop phases and to cause the DC motor to make at least one rotation to perform preliminary driving that rotates the DC motor to each target stop phase by driving and stopping the DC motor, configured to acquire a difference value between the target stop phase and an actual stop phase for each target stop phase, and configured to drive the DC motor so that the driven member is repeatedly moved and stopped in the operation of the driven member and to perform control so that, based on the difference value acquired by the acquisition unit, electric power is supplied to the DC motor in a phase corresponding to a stop position of the driven member. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032583 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS - An apparatus for moving a unit to execute scanning includes a scanning unit including a motor, an encoder for outputting a signal according to movement of the unit, a detection unit for detecting a current supplied to the motor, a speed control unit for executing a speed control of the motor according to the signal output from the encoder and the current detected by the detection unit, a movement control unit for setting a threshold value, moving the unit by driving the motor, by using the speed control unit, and a current control unit for setting a value greater than the predetermined value according to the threshold value and value of the current detected by the detection unit at a predetermined timing during a time period while the unit is moving. | 02-10-2011 |
Ryuji Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20100202485 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a semiconductor laser including: a substrate (semiconductor substrate); an optical waveguide (active layer waveguide) with a mesa structure that includes an active layer (strain-compensated multiple quantum well active layer) including Al, is provided over the semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor protective layer that is provided so as to cover the top and the side of a mesa of the active layer waveguide; a current block layer that is provided so as to embed the active layer waveguide and the semiconductor protective layer; and a clad layer (p-type InP clad layer) that is provided over the semiconductor protective layer and the current block layer, wherein, the semiconductor protective layer has a semiconductor layer (p-type InGaAsP protective layer) that includes As, but does not include Al. | 08-12-2010 |
Shigeo Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20120104267 | IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE SENSOR - An imaging apparatus including: a plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion element and a sample hold circuit; a plurality of signal lines configured to read from the plurality of pixels an electric signal held in the sample hold circuit therein; a imaging control unit configured to perform a first control for applying the held electric signal to the plurality of signal lines, and a second control for sequentially applying to the signal lines the electric signal obtained corresponding to light received by each of the plurality of pixels and reading the electric signal, after the first control has been performed; and a generation unit configured not to create image data based on the electric signal applied to the signal line by the first control but to create the image data based on the electric signal read via the signal line by the second control. | 05-03-2012 |
Shin Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20100227308 | INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD, INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND DISEASE DIAGNOSIS METHOD - An information acquisition method for acquiring information on a target object, that includes a step of promoting ionization of the target object using a substance for promoting ionization of the target object to cause the target object to emit, and a step of acquiring information on the mass of the flew target object using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry. | 09-09-2010 |
Tadao Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20080270011 | Apparatus for failure diagnosis of an intake air flow sensor - An apparatus for failure diagnosis of an intake air flow sensor is provided which, when the operating state of an engine is judged to be in a low flow rate region, determines whether or not the intake air flow rate detected by the intake air flow sensor is excessively high relative to a theoretical intake air flow rate corresponding to the operating state of the engine and, if the detected intake air flow rate is excessively high, judges that the intake air flow sensor has failed. Also, when the operating state of the engine is judged to be in a high flow rate region, the apparatus for failure diagnosis determines whether or not the detected intake air flow rate is excessively low relative to the theoretical intake air flow rate and, if the detected intake air flow rate is excessively low, judges that the intake air flow sensor has failed. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090145111 | PROBLEM DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN EXHAUST PURIFYING APPARATUS - An exhaust purifying apparatus is provided with a filter located in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine and configured to collect particulates in exhaust gas. The exhaust purifying apparatus is also provided with a differential pressure sensor which detects the pressure difference generated between the upstream side and downstream side of the filter. The problem detection apparatus of the exhaust purifying apparatus is provided with a differential pressure calculation unit and a judgment unit. The differential pressure calculation unit calculates the pressure difference between the upstream and downstream sides of the filter based on the operating state of the internal combustion engine. The judgment unit calculates a difference P between an actual measurement value of the pressure difference and a calculation differential pressure value compares the difference P with a threshold value, and detects that the filter has a problem. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090193904 | SENSOR ABNORMALITY DETECTION APPARATUS AND SENSOR ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD - A filter upstream-side pressure sensor detects the pressure on an upstream side of a filter. A filter downstream-side pressure calculating device subtracts an actual measurement value of the pressure difference between the upstream side and the downstream side of the filter from a pressure value on the upstream side of the filter. Based on this subtraction, the filter downstream-side pressure calculating device calculates a pressure value on the downstream side of the filter. A filter downstream-side pressure estimating device estimates a pressure value on the downstream side of the filter. An abnormality detection device compares the difference between the calculated pressure value and the estimated pressure value with a threshold. If the difference exceeds the threshold, it is determined that at least one of a differential pressure sensor and the filter upstream-side pressure sensor is not working normally. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090254237 | Apparatus for failure diagnosis of a vehicular foot brake switch - An apparatus for failure diagnosis starts counting a frequency of a switching action of a foot brake switch when determining that vehicle speed is higher than a first criterion value, and ceases to count the frequency of the switching action when determining that the vehicle speed has decreased below a second criterion value set to be lower than the first criterion value. When the frequency of the switching action counted by a count section is less than a predetermined value, the apparatus for failure diagnosis determines that the foot brake switch has a failure. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100242443 | EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT DEVICE - When an estimated value (A value) of an accumulation amount in a filter for trapping particulate matter reaches a prescribed value A | 09-30-2010 |
Taiki Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20100272445 | GAIN AND SIGNAL LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS OF CASCADED OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS - An optical amplification device which includes first and second optical amplifiers, and a controller. The first optical amplifier receives a light and amplifies the received light. The second optical amplifier receives the light amplified by the first optical amplifier, and amplifies the received light. When a level of the light received by the first optical amplifier changes by Δ, the controller controls a level of the light received by the second optical amplifier to change by approximately −Δ. In various embodiments, the controller causes the sum of the gains of the first and second optical amplifiers to be constant. In other embodiments, the optical amplification device includes first and second optical amplifier and a gain adjustor. The gain adjustor detects a deviation in gain of the first optical amplifier from a target gain, and adjusts the gain of the second optical amplifier to compensate for the detected deviation. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110164309 | GAIN AND SIGNAL LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS OF CASCADED OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS - An optical amplification device which includes first and second optical amplifiers, and a controller. The first optical amplifier receives a light and amplifies the received light. The second optical amplifier receives the light amplified by the first optical amplifier, and amplifies the received light. When a level of the light received by the first optical amplifier changes by Δ, the controller controls a level of the light received by the second optical amplifier to change by approximately −Δ. In various embodiments, the controller causes the sum of the gains of the first and second optical amplifiers to be constant. In other embodiments, the optical amplification device includes first and second optical amplifier and a gain adjustor. The gain adjustor detects a deviation in gain of the first optical amplifier from a target gain, and adjusts the gain of the second optical amplifier to compensate for the detected deviation. | 07-07-2011 |
Tomoaki Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20090305111 | Electroconductive structure, manufacturing method therefor, and separator for fuel cell - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a conductive structure having high electrical conductivity, and a method for manufacturing a dimensionally accurate separator for a fuel cell having high electrical conductivity. In the present invention, the cavity surface temperature of a mold is kept equal to or higher than the crystal melting temperature (T | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100219551 | ELECTROCONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a conductive structure having high electrical conductivity, and a method for manufacturing a dimensionally accurate separator for a fuel cell having high electrical conductivity. In the present invention, the cavity surface temperature of a mold is kept equal to or higher than the crystal melting temperature (T | 09-02-2010 |
Tomoki Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20090315398 | OUTPUT CIRCUIT - A buffer driving capability control device is provided which can suppress occurrence of radiated noise due to a load driven by large driving power in the case where loads differing in driving power are connected to one terminal. The device includes an output buffer which can switch between the driving capability for driving a load requiring large driving power and the driving capability for driving a load requiring small driving power, and also includes a control period for driving the load requiring the large driving power and a control period for driving the load requiring the small driving power, and during the respective control periods, switches the driving capability of the output buffer to the ones suitable for the corresponding loads. | 12-24-2009 |
Yoshihiko Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20100206164 | GAS PURIFICATION METHOD - A gas purification method of the present invention uses a carbon membrane having a molecular sieving action to purify at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydride gas, a hydrogen halide gas, and a halogen gas, each gas containing an impurity at 10 ppm or less. The present invention can be used for a recovery unit that recoveries a used gas to reuse it as an ultrapure semiconductor material gas, and a unit or equipment that produces or charges an ultrapure semiconductor material gas. | 08-19-2010 |
Yuka Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20100076753 | DIALOGUE GENERATION APPARATUS AND DIALOGUE GENERATION METHOD - A dialogue generation apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a first text from a dialogue partner, an information storage unit configured to store profile information specific to a person who can be the dialogue partner and a fixed-pattern text associated with the person, a presentation unit configured to present the first text to a user, a speech recognition unit configured to perform speech recognition on speech the user has uttered about the first text presented to the user, and generate a speech recognition result showing the content of the speech, a generation unit configured to generate a second text from the profile information about the dialogue partner, fixed-pattern text about the dialogue partner, and the speech recognition result, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the second text to the dialogue partner. | 03-25-2010 |
Yukifumi Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20090074260 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus determines a specific color region that includes a specific color, and a non-specific color region around which the specific color regions are present in three directions, i.e., an upper, left, and right directions, in a picture in the non-specific color regions that are not determined as including the specific color as specific regions to be subjected to predetermined image processing. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20110002385 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image coding apparatus which divides an input picture into a plurality of macroblocks and performs a prediction encoding for each macroblock, comprising a unit for calculating flatness based on pixel values contained in a macroblock of interest and determining whether the macroblock of interest is a flat macroblock, a unit for storing determination results for each macroblock, a unit for determining, based on the determination results, whether the macroblock of interest determined to be a flat macroblock belongs to a flat area, a unit for selecting one of the inter-prediction mode and the intra-prediction mode as a prediction mode for an encoding process of the macroblock of interest based on determination results and on cost values of the inter-prediction mode and the intra-prediction mode, and a unit for performing predictive coding according to the selected prediction mode. | 01-06-2011 |
Yuko Kobayashi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20090218752 | APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING AND EXTRACTING PAPER LEAVES - In an apparatus, a pile of sheets is mounted on a support base, and is brought into contact with a guide. A high-frequency vibration is applied to the sheets from a vibrating part which is pressed to the pile. A sheet on the uppermost surface of the pile is transferred by a feed roller. The guide has a guide end defining a guide entrance between the guide end and the feed roller, through which the sheets is passed. The guide end is arranged substantially in a virtual plane including a contact position at which the vibrating part is in contact with the uppermost surface of the pile, and substantially parallel with the sheets. A separation section for separating sheets from each other is arranged behind the entrance, and an air blow-off section for blowing air into the side of the pile is provided in the vicinity of the entrance. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20120073937 | MEDIUM CONVEYOR APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a medium convey apparatus is provided with an oscillation unit, a cooling unit, a convey unit, a temperature detector and a controller. The oscillation unit applies oscillation to a thin medium as a to-be-conveyed target. The cooling unit cools the air around the thin medium. The convey unit conveys the thin medium. The temperature detector detects the temperature around the medium. The controller controls the cooling unit based on the temperature detected by the temperature detector. | 03-29-2012 |