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Kodama, Kanagawa

Hidetaka Kodama, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110007617RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE AND LASER DRIVING PULSE ADJUSTING METHOD - A recording/reproducing device includes an optical head unit which performs writing and reading of information expressed by marks and spaces on an optical recording medium by irradiating laser light onto the optical recording medium, a laser driving pulse generating unit that generates a laser driving pulse according to the recorded information to supply a laser driving signal to the optical head unit, and executes the irradiation of the laser light onto the optical head unit for recording, an evaluation value calculating unit that calculates a quality evaluation value, which is an index of recording signal quality based on a signal read from the optical recording medium by the optical head unit, and an adjustment controlling unit that performs an adjustment setting of the laser driving pulse generated in the laser driving pulse generating unit.01-13-2011

Patent applications by Hidetaka Kodama, Kanagawa JP

Hiroaki Kodama, Kanagawa JP

Kazufumi Kodama, Kanagawa JP

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20120034548GAS DIFFUSION LAYER FOR FUEL CELL - To provide a means of further improving the cell's start-up capability (below-freezing-point-start-up capability) in a low temperature environment in the gas diffusion layer used in the fuel cell. It is a gas diffusion layer for fuel cell having a pore volume of micropores of 2.0×1002-09-2012

Kenichi Kodama, Kanagawa JP

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20090152024ELECTRIC PAPER READING SYSTEM - Objects of the present invention are to facilitate filling out by hand an electronic paper and to realize digitization of contents with which the electronic paper is filled out by hand with a simple structure. A read image is obtained by optically reading a reading-object of the electronic paper. Based on the document information written on the electronic paper and writing-conditions during document writing, which are represented by the document information, a display image of the document in accordance with the read image information is formed. A written image is separated and extracted by converting a density only of pixels among the respective pixels of the read image, whose densities vary in accordance with the document writing and which correspond to a portion, to which ink of a pen for the handwriting is not adhered.06-18-2009

Mami Kodama, Kanagawa JP

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20100211836FAILURE ANALYSIS METHOD, FAILURE ANALYSIS SYSTEM, AND MEMORY MACRO SYSTEM - Configuration information including number of normal cell areas and number of spare cell areas arranged in a memory macro and a size of each cell area is extracted from circuit design information, and electrical test results of the normal cell areas and the spare cell areas arranged in the memory macro are collected. Arrangement information corresponding to a collection order of the electrical test results is converted to a two-dimensional coordinate value for two-dimensionally displaying the arrangement information corresponding to a collection order of the electrical test results in a unit of cell area in association with a physical layout of a memory cell in the memory macro based on the configuration information. The collected electrical test results are displayed based on the two-dimensional coordinate value so that the normal cell areas and the spare cell areas can be distinguished.08-19-2010

Mari Kodama, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110228292IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a detecting unit and a pre-processing executing unit. Before image data is generated for a printer, the detecting unit detects first density information per image element, and detects, for the image elements, whether or not overprinting is set. If the detecting unit detects that the overprinting is set at an image element and the image element has a basic color of which first density information is set 0%, the pre-processing executing unit executes a pre-processing which changes the first density information of the image element into second density information which is greater than 0% and which is capable of being recognized as white by the naked eye.09-22-2011

Mineaki Kodama, Kanagawa JP

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20110032638PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Embodiments of the invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording medium improved for fly ability, high in read signal quality, and capable of suppressing magnetic decay of recorded magnetization to be caused by stray fields. In one embodiment, a perpendicular recording layer is formed over a substrate with a soft magnetic underlayer therebetween, then an amorphous or nano-crystalline layer is formed between the substrate and the soft magnetic underlayer. The soft magnetic underlayer includes first and second amorphous soft magnetic layers, as well as a nonmagnetic layer formed between those first and second amorphous soft magnetic layers. The first and second amorphous soft magnetic layers are given uniaxial anisotropy in the radial direction of the substrate respectively and coupled with each other antiferromagnetically.02-10-2011
20110151144PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Embodiments of the invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording medium improved for fly ability, high in read signal quality, and capable of suppressing magnetic decay of recorded magnetization to be caused by stray fields. In one embodiment, a perpendicular recording layer is formed over a substrate with a soft magnetic underlayer therebetween, then an amorphous or nano-crystalline layer is formed between the substrate and the soft magnetic underlayer. The soft magnetic underlayer includes first and second amorphous soft magnetic layers, as well as a nonmagnetic layer formed between those first and second amorphous soft magnetic layers. The first and second amorphous soft magnetic layers are given uniaxial anisotropy in the radial direction of the substrate respectively and coupled with each other antiferromagnetically.06-23-2011

Patent applications by Mineaki Kodama, Kanagawa JP

Noriaki Kodama, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090003081Non-volatile memory and method of manufacturing same - The number of process steps for manufacturing a non-volatile memory is reduced while the performance of the non-volatile memory is improved. The non-volatile memory has a memory cell in which first, second and third P-type diffusion regions are formed in an N-type well, a select gate is formed via a select-gate insulating film over a channel between the first and second P-type diffusion regions, and a floating gate is formed via a floating-gate insulating film over a channel between the second and third P-type diffusion regions. The non-volatile memory has a peripheral circuit in which fourth and fifth P-type diffusion regions are formed in an N-type well, and a peripheral-circuit gate is formed via a peripheral-circuit gate insulating film over a channel between the fourth and fifth P-type diffusion regions. The film thickness of the floating-gate insulating film is greater than that of the select-gate insulating film and peripheral-circuit gate insulating film.01-01-2009
20090184350Non-volatile semiconductor memory device - A non-volatile semiconductor memory device having a memory cell in which operating potentials are few and the scale of the peripheral circuitry is reduced includes a select transistor having a source/drain on both sides of a channel of a semiconductor substrate and having a gate electrode disposed on the channel via a thick gate insulating film; an element isolation region formed on the semiconductor substrate in an area adjacent to the select transistor; an antifuse adjacent to the element isolation region, having a lower electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate and having an upper electrode disposed on the semiconductor substrate in an area between the element isolation region and lower electrode via a thin gate insulating film; and a connection contact electrically connecting the source and upper electrode and contacting the source and the upper electrode.07-23-2009
20110075500SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLING A SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a first anti-fuse element and a second anti-fuse element, respectively composed of a transistor, wherein the first anti-fuse element and the second anti-fuse element are configured so as to be concomitantly programmable, respectively formed in P-wells on a substrate, and the adjacent P-wells are isolated by N-wells of an opposite conductivity type, formed therebetween.03-31-2011
20110122672Non-volatile semiconductor memory device - A non-volatile semiconductor memory device having a memory cell in which operating potentials are few and the scale of the peripheral circuitry is reduced includes a select transistor having a source/drain on both sides of a channel of a semiconductor substrate and having a gate electrode disposed on the channel via a thick gate insulating film; an element isolation region formed on the semiconductor substrate in an area adjacent to the select transistor; an antifuse adjacent to the element isolation region, having a lower electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate and having an upper electrode disposed on the semiconductor substrate in an area between the element isolation region and lower electrode via a thin gate insulating film; and a connection contact electrically connecting the source and upper electrode and contacting the source and the upper electrode.05-26-2011

Patent applications by Noriaki Kodama, Kanagawa JP

Shoji Kodama, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110113192CLUSTERED STORAGE SYSTEM WITH EXTERNAL STORAGE SYSTEMS - A first storage system includes a first storage unit to provide storage volumes, a first storage controller, and a first memory to store a first control program to process an input/output request received by the first storage system. A second storage system includes a second storage unit to provide storage volumes, a second storage controller, and a second memory to store a second control program to process an input/output request received by the second storage system. Each of the first and second storage systems is configured to present the storage volumes of the other storage system to the host computer, so that the host computer can access the storage volumes of each of the first and second storage systems via one of the first and second storage systems if the host computer is unable to access the storage volumes via the other storage system.05-12-2011

Patent applications by Shoji Kodama, Kanagawa JP

Tetsuya Kodama, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090272599Electric Power Steering Apparatus - To provide an electric power steering apparatus in which it is possible to reduce a size of the entire structure of a control unit while sufficiently showing a heat radiation effect of heat generating members. The electric power steering apparatus includes a steering column 11-05-2009

Tomoya Kodama, Kanagawa JP

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20090041122IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD AND IMAGE CODING PROGRAM - The image coding apparatus is provided to realize image coding with little calculation quantity and through rate distortion optimization thereby maintaining a favorable image quality. The image coding apparatus includes a processing unit that conducts frequency transform and quantization on a block in a predetermined manner for a plurality of coding modes, each mode having a different coding process, a cost calculating unit that calculates a predictive coded quantity and coding distortion in a coding mode using a result of the quantization conducted by the processing unit and a residue to obtain a cost regarding the coding mode, a minimum coding cost selecting unit that selects a minimum coding cost among the coding costs calculated for respective coding modes, and a coding unit that conducts coding on the blocks in a coding mode associated with the minimum coding cost selected by the minimum coding cost selecting unit.02-12-2009

Toshifumi Kodama, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110100965METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LASER WELDED STEEL PIPE - There is provided a method for manufacturing a laser welded steel pipe in which the status of laser welding is accurately assessed, and the assessment is used to modify welding conditions, so that laser welded steel pipes can be manufactured at a high yield rate and in a stable manner. Irradiation point(s) of laser beam(s), with which the longitudinal edges are irradiated from the side of the outer surface, are monitored from the side of the inner surface of an open pipe, and then conditions of welding with the laser beam(s) are assessed to be kept unchanged if any keyhole is found penetrating out of the inner surface of the open pipe, or modified if no keyhole is found penetrating out of the inner surface of the open pipe.05-05-2011

Yasuhiro Kodama, Kanagawa JP

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20090086993Sound source direction detecting apparatus, sound source direction detecting method, and sound source direction detecting camera - Disclosed herein is a sound source direction detecting apparatus including: a plurality of microphones configured to collect sounds from a sound source in order to form an audio frame; a frequency decomposition section configured to decompose the audio frame into frequency components; an error range determination section configured to determine the effects of noises collected together with the sounds as an error range relative to phases; a power level dispersion section configured to disperse power levels of the sounds for each of the frequency components decomposed by the frequency decomposition section, on the basis of the error range determined by the error range determination section; a power level addition section configured to add the power levels dispersed by the power level dispersion section; and a sound source direction detection section configured to detect the direction of the sound source based on the phase at which is located the highest of the power levels added by the power level addition section.04-02-2009
20100183163SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND DELAY TIME SETTING METHOD - An echo canceller formed of an adaptive filter is designed such that even under a condition where a system transmission delay is undefined, an appropriate delay time can be set in a delay circuit that absorbs a system delay, and that an effective echo cancellation effect can always be achieved. A time difference of a transmission path until a reproduction audio signal input to the delay circuit is input as a processing target signal of an adaptive filter system through a space between a speaker and a microphone is determined, and the delay time corresponding to this time difference is set in the delay circuit. At this time, the speaker and the microphone are placed so that the distance therebetween is small, and the delay time of the delay circuit is set to 0. Thus, the determined time difference indicates a system transmission delay in the above transmission path. That is, an accurate delay time corresponding to the system transmission delay can be set in the delay circuit.07-22-2010

Patent applications by Yasuhiro Kodama, Kanagawa JP