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Kondo, Tokyo

Ai Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110165387ACTINIC ENERGY RADIATION CURABLE INK-JET INK, IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME, AND PRINTED MATTER OBTAINED THEREBY - Provided is an actinic radiation curable inkjet ink capable of high sensitivity and high glossy image; and an image forming method utilizing the same. An actinic radiation curable inkjet ink comprising a photo polymerization initiator and a polymerizable monomer, wherein a surface free energy γ07-07-2011

Daisuke Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090257085GENERATION OF A WEB PAGE INCLUDING MENU ITEMS FOR WEB PAGES - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of Web page generating units each configured to perform processing responsive to an HTTP request and to generate a Web page for displaying information about a result of the processing; a menu information integrating unit configured to acquire from each of the Web page generating units information about URLs of the Web page generating units and information about menu items to be displayed for allowing the Web page generating units to be utilized, and configured to integrate the acquired information into a first storage file; and a menu page generating unit configured to generate based on the first storage file a Web page inclusive of the menu items for allowing Web pages generated by the Web page generating units to be utilized.10-15-2009
20090300478IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes multiple executing units; multiple Webpage generating units each corresponding to an executing unit and configured to execute a process corresponding to an HTTP request and generate a Web page for displaying information indicating the process result; multiple menu-information integrating units, each corresponding to an executing unit and configured to obtain, from each Webpage generating unit corresponding to the executing unit, a URL of the Webpage generating unit and menu-item display information provided for allowing use of the Webpage generating unit, integrate and store the menu-item display information in a first file specific to the executing unit, and merge, with the first file, information obtained from another first file specific to another executing unit; and a menu-page generating unit configured to generate, based on information stored in the merged first file, a Web page including menu items provided for allowing use of the Webpage generating units.12-03-2009
20110107961SINGLE CRYSTAL MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - The device is equipped with a crucible main body (05-12-2011

Patent applications by Daisuke Kondo, Tokyo JP

Emi Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120044525INFORMATION-DISPLAYING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - To facilitate visual identification of a guidance image for setup work or maintenance work for a printer. A content delivery system comprises a server, a printer, and a mobile terminal.02-23-2012

Hajime Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080269380Rubber Composition and Tire Using the Same - This invention provides a rubber composition having an excellent low loss factor and capable of imparting a wear resistance and a fracture resistance to a tire, which is formed by compounding carbon black having a toluene coloring transmittance of not less than 90% and satisfying a relationship between hydrogen emission ratio (% by mass) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide adsorption specific surface area (CTAB) (m10-30-2008
20090048390Nano-Particle Preparation And Applications - A nano-particle composition including a poly(alkenylbenzene) core and a poly(conjugated diene), a poly(alkylene), or a poly(alkenylbenzene) surface layer is provided. The nano-particles have a mean average diameter of less than about 100 nm. The nano-particles can be modified via, for example, hydrogenation or functionalization. The nano-particles can be advantageously be incorporated into rubbers, elastomers, and thermoplastics.02-19-2009
20100222488OIL-EXTENDED NATURAL RUBBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME RUBBER COMPOSITION AND TIRE USING THE SAME - This invention relates to an oil-extended natural rubber capable of improving a tensile strength and a wear resistance of a rubber composition, and more particularly to an oil-extended natural rubber formed by adding an emulsified extension oil to a natural rubber latex and further coagulating and drying them. An amount of the extension oil added is preferable to be within a range of 5-80% by mass based on a rubber component in the natural rubber latex and the oil-extended natural rubber is preferable to have a weight average molecular weight as converted to polystyrene of a rubber component of not less than 1,500,000.09-02-2010
20110288800METHOD FOR MEASURING SYSTEM PARAMETER OF LINEAR MULTIPORT AND MEASURING METHOD USING VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZER - The present invention provides a novel measurement method for system parameters of a 5-port junction used in a VNA (Vector Network Analyzer). A VNA is a device for measuring amplitude ratios and phase differences (S-parameters: scattering matrix elements) between incident waves and reflected waves of a DUT (Device Under Test), or between input waves and transmitted waves. What has been newly discovered is that for 5 ports, S-parameters can be expressed by a linear coupling using H and power difference ratios ({P(S)/P(0)}−1). It is possible to easily calculate parameter H using a minimum of three already known standards, and amount of calculation can be reduced compared to conventionally.11-24-2011

Patent applications by Hajime Kondo, Tokyo JP

Harufusa Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090279885CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR OPTICAL TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER - A control circuit for an optical transmitter/receiver that transmits/receives an optical signal, comprises: a memory having a digital value storage area and an area that stores limit values; a register; an analog/digital conversion circuit that receives analog signals indicating operating parameters of the optical transmitter/receiver, converts the analog signals to respective digital values, and stores the digital values in the memory; a comparison logical circuit that compares the digital values with the limit values, generates flag values, and stores the flag values in the register; and an outside interface that allows an outside host apparatus to access the memory and the register to read the flag values and monitor an operating condition of the optical transmitter/receiver from outside.11-12-2009
20100150567OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER - An optical transceiver performs an optical transmitting and receiving operation, and has a first memory and an external interface. The external interface receives information from a host device and writes the received information in the first memory. The external interface reads the information from the first memory in response to an external command and transfers externally the read information. The information includes at least one of an operation start date, when the optical transceiver starts the optical transmitting and receiving operation, and an operation termination dates when the optical transceiver terminates the optical transmitting and receiving operation.06-17-2010
20100150578OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE - An optical transceiver includes an optical transmitter. The optical transmitter varies the wavelength of its output beam in accordance with the setting of a digital to analog converter. Two split beams emerging respectively from beam splitters are introduced into a photodetector and a wavelength filter, respectively. A quotient is calculated by dividing the digital value output from an analog to digital converter (ADC) by the digital value output from another ADC. A memory address m is then determined based on this quotient without making any calculation for compensating for the imperfect characteristics of the wavelength filter. A wavelength notification value is then selected from a wavelength notification table based on the determined memory address m, and sent to the system host.06-17-2010

Hidekazu Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090178127Authentication system, authentication server, authenticating method, authenticating program, terminal, authentication requesting method, authentication requesting program, and storage medium - Disclosed herein is an authentication system offering high degrees of security and convenience by use of two storage media. An automatic log-in system (07-09-2009
20100013801PROJECTOR SYSTEM - In a projector system, a user specifies an arbitrary position on a projector screen (01-21-2010
20100134702PROJECTOR SYSTEM - A projector system projects derivation markers (06-03-2010

Patent applications by Hidekazu Kondo, Tokyo JP

Hisao Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120012947SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a gate pad, a gate wiring conductor connected to the gate pad, and a gate electrode formed under the gate pad and the gate wiring conductor. Portions of the gate electrode closer to the gate pad have a higher resistance per unit area than portions of the gate electrode farther away from the gate pad.01-19-2012

Hisashi Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100026595ANTENNA DEVICE AND MOBILE WIRELESS TERMINAL - In an antenna device having a coil element 02-04-2010

Jiro Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110038777PRODUCTION METHOD OF WATER GLASS - The present invention relates to a production method, of water glass, comprising dissolving a sodium-based byproduct which is by-produced in the process of enhancing the purity of silicone and not only contains silicon but also contains sodium silicate as a main component, in water to produce crude water glass, at the same time, dissolving the silicon to generate a hydrogen gas, and then filtering the crude water glass to produce water glass.02-17-2011

Jun Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100220300PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a projection display apparatus capable of avoiding decreasing efficiency in the use of a light beam propagating from a light source, thereby to display a high-quality image. The projection display apparatus includes: a light source for emitting a coherent light beam; a light valve having an image-forming region for modulating a light beam propagating from the light source, thereby to generate and emit an image light beam; a lighting-optical system for guiding to the image-forming region the light beam propagating from the light source; a projection-optical system for enlarging and projecting the image light beam emitted by the image-forming region; and a diffusion device located in the lighting-optical system and in the vicinity of a position optically conjugated with the image-forming region. The diffusion device has a structure in which a plurality of microscopic optical elements is regularly arranged on a base plane perpendicular to a propagation direction of a light beam propagating from the light source.09-02-2010
20110075108PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device that displays an image by projecting the image onto a transmissive screen from the rear thereof includes: an illumination optical system for guiding a light beam emitted from a laser light source to the transmissive screen; a projection optical system for enlarging an image formed on a region to be illuminated of an image display element, and projecting the enlarged image on the transmissive screen, the projection optical system being configured such that the product of the F-number and the projection magnification of the projection optical system is less than 400; wherein the transmissive screen includes a Fresnel lens and a lenticular lens respectively equipped with a light diffusion layer for diffusing incident light and causing resultant light to exit the light diffusion layer. The light diffusion layer of the lenticular lens has a thickness of less than 300 μm.03-31-2011

Junji Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080258914Monitoring apparatus - A position detection sensor using electromagnetic wave (10-23-2008

Kaoru Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080223154FLOW CELL, FLOW CELL MANUFACTURING METHOD AND PARTICLE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - A flow cell 09-18-2008

Katsunori Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110244638SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A semiconductor device manufacturing method is a method of forming a semiconductor device that includes a cell part that includes plural transistor cells in each of which a gate of a trench type is formed in a semiconductor layer, and diffused layers are formed on both sides of the gate, and a guard ring part that surrounds the cell part. The semiconductor device manufacturing method includes forming an interlayer dielectric film on a surface of the semiconductor layer in which the gate and the diffused layers are formed; reducing a thickness of the interlayer dielectric film formed in the cell part through etch back; forming a contact part having a shape of a hole or a groove in the interlayer dielectric film at a position above the diffused layer; and forming a metal film on the interlayer dialectic film.10-06-2011

Katsuyuki Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100223004DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A user can visually and instinctively understand an operation to be executed, and a corresponding operation screen or input screen is easily displayed and operated.09-02-2010

Kazuhiro Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080280283Methods For Assessing Fatigue Level and Applications Thereof - Level of fatigue that accompanies everyday life or a disease can be simply, easily, and quantitatively assessed by obtaining a body fluid from a test subject and measuring the amount of human herpesvirus in the body fluid. Furthermore, the anti-fatigue potency of anti-fatigue substances and anti-fatigue food products can be measured.11-13-2008
20100247486Recombinant virus vector originating in HHV-6 or HHV-7, method of producing the same, method of transforming host cell using the same, host cell transformed thereby and gene therapy method using the same - It is intended to provide a virus vector by which an exogenous nucleotide sequence can be inserted and easily transferred into a mammalian host cell and a gene encoded by the exogenous nucleotide sequence can be expressed in the host cell, and which has a low risk of pathogenicity and is appropriately usable in gene therapy of mammals. Namely, a recombinant vector originating in HHV-6 which has an exogenous nucleotide sequence in a portion corresponding to at least one region selected from the group consisting of U2, U3, U4, U5, U6, U7, U8, U24, and U25 regions of HHV-6; or a recombinant vector originating in HHV-7 which has an exogenous nucleotide sequence in a portion corresponding to at least one region selected from the group consisting of U2, U3, U4, U7, U8, U24, U24a, and U25 regions of HHV-7.09-30-2010
20100281550FACTOR INVOLVED IN LATENT INFECTION WITH HERPESVIRUS, AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed are a protein and a gene each of which is a factor involved in latent infection with a herpesvirus. An antibody against the factor was detected in approximately 50% of patients suffering from mental disorders, whereas the antibody was hardly detected in healthy persons. Further, a mouse having SITH-1 introduced therein developed a mental disorder such as a manic-depressive illness or depression-like disorder. Based on these findings, it is possible to provide a method for objectively determining a mental disorder and an animal model of a mental disorder.11-04-2010
20110020789METHODS FOR ASSESSING FATIGUE LEVEL AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - Level of fatigue that accompanies everyday life or a disease can be simply, easily, and quantitatively assessed by obtaining a body fluid from a test subject and measuring the amount of human herpesvirus in the body fluid. Furthermore, the anti-fatigue potency of anti-fatigue substances and anti-fatigue food products can be measured.01-27-2011
20110053145QUANTITATION METHOD OF VIRUS - The present invention relates to a method of quantitatively determining the number of human herpesvirus (HHV) collected from a body fluid and a kit for performing the method. Conventionally, a trained technician has been required to accurately quantitatively determine a number of HHV collected from a body fluid. The method of the present invention is a novel method of quantitative determination that enables measurement of a number of HHV in a body fluid to be simply, accurately, and efficiently determined. The method of the present invention can enable continuous evaluation of the number of HHV in body fluids and, therefore, can be applied to quantitative evaluation of the accumulation of fatigue.03-03-2011
20110053250ENRICHMENT METHOD OF VIRUS - The present invention provides a novel method that can increase readily a virus or viral vector concentration in a solution having a low concentration and a kit for performing the method. Conventional methods require complicated operations, expensive equipment, or highly trained experts for efficiently concentrating viruses from low-concentration virus solutions. The method of the present invention can concentrate viral vectors readily while maintaining infection abilities of the viral vectors, and thus it can be used as a safe and simple technique for concentrating a vector useful in the field of a genetic therapy or a vaccine therapy using a viral vector.03-03-2011
20110145756INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM WITH ROTARY OPERATION - There is provided a novel menu selection method in a mobile phone. Also provided is a cursor displaying method with which a user can intuitively recognize a moving direction and moving speed. In addition, a novel scrollbar with which the user can recognize, in a case of displaying menus beyond a display screen, a range currently displayed on a display screen among all the menus and a current cursor position within the menus displayed on the current display screen.06-16-2011
20120064543METHOD FOR DETECTING SUBSTANCE IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE - The present invention provides a method for detecting a substance in a biological sample, a carrier for using in the method, and a kit. The method of the present invention according to an embodiment includes: 03-15-2012

Patent applications by Kazuhiro Kondo, Tokyo JP

Kazuhisa Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090232335CONDENSER MICROPHONE - A condenser microphone comprising: a mic capsule in which a capacitor is composed of a diaphragm and a counter electrode, and which effects electroacoustic conversion; a FET for impedance-converting audio signals output from the mic capsule; and a CR circuit composed of a resistor and a capacitor, and connected to the FET to adjust a signal level in a low frequency range, and in the condenser microphone, an output terminal may be drawn out from a drain of the FET; and the CR circuit may be connected in between a source of the FET and the ground, furthermore, in the condenser microphone, there may be provided a changeover switch for switching a mode in which the CR circuit is connected in between the source of the FET and the ground into another mode in which the CR circuit is short-circuited to connect the source of the FET to the ground.09-17-2009

Kazunari Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100183648VACCINE ANTIGEN CAPABLE OF INDUCING CROSS-REACTING AND NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY AGAINTS HIGH-RISK-TYPE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS - Disclosed is a vaccine antigen capable of inducing a cross-reacting and neutralizing antibody directed against a high-risk-type human papillomavirus. Specifically disclosed are: a chimeric protein comprising an L2-epitope of a human papillomavirus (HPV) type-16 inserted in a loop region of a human papillomavirus type-16 L1 protein; and a capsid which is an aggregate of the chimeric protein. The loop region to which the L2-epitope is to be inserted is located between an amino acid residue at position-430 and an amino acid residue at position-433. The L2-epitope has an amino acid sequence represented by any one of the following formulae: YKTCKQAGTCPPDIIPKVEG (SEQ ID NO: 2) (18-32 L2-epitope); GGLGIGTGSGTGGRTGYIPL (SEQ ID NO: 3) (56-75 L2-epitope); and DPVGPLDPSIVSLVEESSFI (SEQ ID NO: 4) (96-115 L2-epitope).07-22-2010

Kazuyoshi Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120063829Sheet supplying device and image forming apparatus incorporating same - A sheet supplying device that is incorporatable in an image forming apparatus includes a recording media container, a sheet feeding unit to feed a recording medium from the recording media container, and a frame to support the recording media container and the sheet feeding unit. The recording media container is detachably attachable to the frame in a first operation in which the recording media container is moved in a sheet conveyance direction in which the recording medium is conveyed upstream or downstream by the sheet feeding unit, and the recording media container is separated from the frame and the sheet feeding unit with the sheet feeding unit remaining in the frame, and a second operation in which the recording media container is moved in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, and the recording media container is separated from the frame together with the sheet feeding unit.03-15-2012

Kenichi Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080297613IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image pickup apparatus including a photoelectric conversion element, first, a shutter speed for still-image pickup is set. Next, an image-pickup frame rate is set on the basis of the shutter speed for still-image pickup. Then, an operation of the photoelectric conversion element is controlled such that picked-up images are output at the set image-pickup frame rate. When the image-pickup frame rate that is set is higher than a moving-image-reproducing frame rate, a frame for use in a moving-image reproduction is generated from a plurality of frames of the picked-up images and reproduction is performed at the moving-image-reproduction frame rate.12-04-2008

Kenji Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080288952PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DEVICE CONTROL UNIT - A processing apparatus including a plurality of task-processing devices includes a calculation control unit and a device control unit configured to cause the task-processing devices to perform tasks of at least one kind in parallel in accordance with control performed by the calculation control unit. The device control unit sends a command for starting task processing to each of the task-processing devices in accordance with the task group generated by and sent from the calculation control unit. The task-processing devices each execute a task issued from the device control unit, and when the task is complete, each provide a notification that the task is complete to the device control unit. The device control unit provides, in the case in which all tasks included in the task group are complete, a notification that the task group is complete to the calculation control unit.11-20-2008
20110229049IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program capable of increasing the quality of an inter predicted image.09-22-2011
20110235711IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method in which, in a case where an AIF is employed in motion compensation, the number of calculations for motion vectors is restricted, whereby the load of encoding processing can be reduced.09-29-2011
20110243234IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method in which an increase in the amount of encoding can be suppressed while realizing high-performance motion compensation.10-06-2011
20110255602IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program capable of increasing the quality of a predicted image generated through inter prediction even when a motion compensation process with integer-pel accuracy is performed.10-20-2011

Masashi Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100117006SCINTILLATOR PANEL - A scintillator panel exhibiting enhanced emission luminance is disclosed, comprising a phosphor layer containing a phosphor capable of emitting light upon exposure to radiation, a substrate supporting the phosphor layer and a protective film covering the phosphor layer and the substrate, wherein the phosphor layer comprises two or more layers, and satisfying the following expression 1:05-13-2010

Patent applications by Masashi Kondo, Tokyo JP

Masayoshi Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110226513ELECTRONIC COMPONENT PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT PACKAGE - Disclosed is an electronic component package 09-22-2011

Michio Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100136870SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND DEVICE FABRICATING METHOD - The invention provides a display device using a one-dimensional substrate making layout of a substrate unnecessary and realizing a further low cost.06-03-2010

Nobuyuki Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090316742SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - A semiconductor laser device according to the present invention outputs light while periodically varying the temperature of a semiconductor laser, an optical waveguide, or a diffraction grating, outputs light while causing the optical waveguide or the diffraction grating to mechanically and periodically vary, or causes return light, which varies periodically or non-periodically, to be incident on the semiconductor laser. Since the periodical fluctuation is applied to the temperature of the semiconductor laser, the optical waveguide, or diffraction grating, the periodical mechanical variation is applied to the optical waveguide or the diffraction grating, or the return light is caused to be incident on the semiconductor laser, the semiconductor laser carries out a multimode oscillation from a low output to a high output without shifting between a single mode oscillation and a multimode oscillation. Accordingly, the present invention can provide a semiconductor laser device having IL characteristics in which a current is proportional to a light output and a driving method thereof.12-24-2009

Reishi Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090157397Voice Rule-Synthesizer and Compressed Voice-Element Data Generator for the same - A voice rule-synthesizer synthesizes a voice waveform based on the voice data stored in a database, which stores a large number of compressed voice data sections in a data stream. Each voice data section is stored as a plurality of frames compressed in a fixed-length frame format. The storage capacity of the database is reduced because the compressed voice data sections are stored as the data stream.06-18-2009
20090319273AUDIO CONTENT GENERATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION EXCHANGING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AUDIO CONTENT GENERATING METHOD, AND INFORMATION EXCHANGING METHOD - An audio content generation system is a system for generating audio contents including a voice synthesis unit 12-24-2009
20100076768SPEECH SYNTHESIZING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is a speech synthesizing apparatus including a segment selection unit that selects a segment suited to a target segment environment from candidate segments, includes a prosody change amount calculation unit that calculates prosody change amount of each candidate segment based on prosody information of candidate segments and the target segment environment, a selection criterion calculation unit that calculates a selection criterion based on the prosody change amount, a candidate selection unit that narrows down selection candidates based on the prosody change amount and the selection criterion, and an optimum segment search unit than searches for an optimum segment from among the narrowed-down candidate segments.03-25-2010
20100211393SPEECH SYNTHESIS DEVICE, SPEECH SYNTHESIS METHOD, AND SPEECH SYNTHESIS PROGRAM - A speech synthesis device is provided with: a central segment selection unit for selecting a central segment from among a plurality of speech segments; a prosody generation unit for generating prosody information based on the central segment; a non-central segment selection unit for selecting a non-central segment, which is a segment outside of a central segment section, based on the central segment and the prosody information; and a waveform generation unit for generating a synthesized speech waveform based on the prosody information, the central segment, and the non-central segment. The speech synthesis device first selects a central segment that forms a basis for prosody generation and generates prosody information based on the central segment so that it is possible to sufficiently reduce both concatenation distortion and sound quality degradation accompanying prosody control in the section of the central segment.08-19-2010
20100223058SPEECH SYNTHESIS DEVICE, SPEECH SYNTHESIS METHOD, AND SPEECH SYNTHESIS PROGRAM - A speech synthesis device includes a pitch pattern generation unit (09-02-2010
20100305949SPEECH SYNTHESIS DEVICE, SPEECH SYNTHESIS METHOD, AND SPEECH SYNTHESIS PROGRAM - It is possible to provide a speech synthesis device, speech synthesis method, and speech synthesis program which can improve a speech quality and reduce a calculation amount with a preferable balance between them. The speech synthesis device includes: a sub-score calculation unit (12-02-2010
20110106538SPEECH SYNTHESIS SYSTEM - This speech synthesis system includes a server device and a client device. The client device accepts text information representing text, and transmits a speech element request to the server device. The server device stores speech element information. The server device receives the speech element request transmitted by the client device and, in response to the received speech element request, transmits speech element information to the client device so that the speech element information is received by the client device in a different order from an order of arrangement of speech elements in speech corresponding to the text. The client device executes a speech synthesis process by rearranging the speech element information so that speech elements represented by the received speech element information are arranged in the same order as the order of arrangement of the speech elements in the speech corresponding to the text.05-05-2011
20110137655SPEECH SYNTHESIS SYSTEM - A speech synthesis system includes a server device and a client device. The server device stores speech element information and speech element identification information in association with each other so that, in a case that speech element information representing respective speech elements included in speech uttered by a speech registering user are arranged in the order of arrangement of the speech elements in the speech, at least one of speech element identification information identifying the respective speech element information has different information from information arranged in accordance with a predetermined rule. The client device transmits speech element identification information to the server device based on accepted text information. The client device executes a speech synthesis process based on the speech element information received from the server device.06-09-2011

Patent applications by Reishi Kondo, Tokyo JP

Ryoichi Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090027169TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER FOR RADIO COMMUNICATION, RFID SYSTEM AND RECEIVING METHOD FOR TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER FOR RADIO COMMUNICATION - A transmitter/receiver for radio communication according to an embodiment of the present invention has: a transmission circuit for generating a transmission signal; a demodulation circuit for demodulating a receive signal; an antenna circuit for transmitting the transmission signal from the transmission circuit and receiving the receive signal and guiding the receive signal to the demodulation circuit; a phase shift circuit which is connected between the transmission circuit and the antenna circuit; and a switching circuit which switches between outputting a superimposed signal of the transmission signal and the receive signal between the phase shift circuit and the antenna circuit to the demodulation circuit, and outputting a superimposed signal of the transmission signal and the receive signal between the transmission circuit and the phase shift circuit to the demodulation circuit.01-29-2009
20100301919MIXER AND FREQUENCY CONVERTING APPARATUS - A mixer includes a magnetoresistive effect element, a magnetic field applying unit, and an impedance circuit. The magnetoresistive effect element includes a fixed magnetic layer, a free magnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic spacer layer disposed between the fixed magnetic layer and the free magnetic layer, is operable when a first high-frequency signal and a second high-frequency signal as a local signal are inputted, to multiply the first high-frequency signal and the second high-frequency signal according to a magnetoresistive effect to generate a multiplication signal. The magnetic field applying unit applies a magnetic field to the free magnetic layer. The impedance circuit has a higher impedance for the multiplication signal than an impedance for the first high-frequency signal and the second high-frequency signal and is disposed between an input transfer line, which transfers the first high-frequency signal and the second high-frequency signal, and the magnetoresistive effect element.12-02-2010
20120025926MIXER AND FREQUENCY CONVERTING APPARATUS - A mixer includes an adder that inputs a first high-frequency signal and a second high-frequency signal for local use, adds the first high-frequency signal and the second high-frequency signal, and outputs as an addition signal; a magnetoresistive effect element that includes a fixed magnetic layer, a free magnetic layer, and a non-magnetic spacer layer disposed between the fixed magnetic layer and the free magnetic layer, and is operable when the addition signal has been inputted, to multiply the first high-frequency signal and the second high-frequency signal included in the addition signal using a magnetoresistive effect to generate a multiplication signal; a magnetic field applying unit applying a magnetic field to the free magnetic layer; and a first impedance converting unit that is passive, inputs the multiplication signal outputted from the magnetoresistive effect element, converts the multiplication signal to a lower impedance than an input impedance, and outputs the converted signal.02-02-2012

Patent applications by Ryoichi Kondo, Tokyo JP

Satoru Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110290714MONOLITHIC ORGANIC POROUS BODY, MONOLITHIC ORGANIC POROUS ION EXCHANGER, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE MONOLITHIC ORGANIC POROUS BODY AND THE MONOLITHIC ORGANIC POROUS ION EXCHANGER - A monolithic organic porous body includes a continuous macropore structure that includes cellular macropores that overlap to form openings having an average diameter of 20 to 200 μm, the monolithic organic porous body having a thickness of 1 mm or more and a total pore volume of 0.5 to 5 ml/g, an area of a skeleton observed within an SEM image of a section of the continuous macropore structure (in a dry state) being 25 to 50%. A monolithic ion exchanger is produced by introducing an ion-exchange group into the monolithic organic porous body. The monolithic organic porous body and the monolithic ion exchanger are chemically stable, have high mechanical strength, and ensure a low pressure loss when fluid passes through. The monolithic organic porous body and the monolithic ion exchanger may be used as an adsorbent having a large adsorption capacity or an ion exchanger having a large ion-exchange capacity.12-01-2011

Seiichi Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080233736PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - In order to provide an anticorrosive technique for metal wirings formed by a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) method, a process for manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the invention comprises the steps of: forming a metal layer of Cu (or a Cu alloy containing Cu as a main component) over the major face of a wafer and then planarizing the metal layer by a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) method to form metal wirings; anticorroding the planarized major face of the wafer to form a hydrophobic protective film over the surfaces of the metal wirings; immersing the anticorroded major face of the wafer or keeping the same in a wet state so that it may not become dry; and post-cleaning the major face, kept in the wet state, of the wafer.09-25-2008
20080260156Management Service Device, Backup Service Device, Communication Terminal Device, and Storage Medium - It is an object to provide a method for invalidation and new registration of a storage medium, a method for backup of data stored in a storage medium and for restoration of backup data to a storage medium, and a method for encryption of and application of an electronic signature to data to be backed up, and for decryption of backup data to be restored and verification of a signature. A service device includes a reception unit for receiving a request for data processing regarding a storage medium from a communication terminal device connected to the storage medium, an authentication unit for performing authentication of whether or not the storage medium connected to the communication terminal device is valid, and a database for storing a public key of the storage medium, wherein, when the reception unit receives a request for invalidation of the first storage medium from the communication terminal device, and the authentication unit authenticates the second storage medium connected to the communication terminal device as a valid storage medium, the database deletes the public key of the first storage medium stored in the database.10-23-2008
20100136786PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - In order to provide an anticorrosive technique for metal wirings formed by a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) method, a process for manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device according to the invention comprises the steps of: forming a metal layer of Cu (or a Cu alloy containing Cu as a main component) over the major face of a wafer and then planarizing the metal layer by a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) method to form metal wirings; anticorroding the planarized major face of the wafer to form a hydrophobic protective film over the surfaces of the metal wirings; immersing the anticorroded major face of the wafer or keeping the same in a wet state so that it may not become dry; and post-cleaning the major face, kept in the wet state, of the wafer.06-03-2010

Patent applications by Seiichi Kondo, Tokyo JP

Shigeru Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090055803SEMICONDUCTOR TEST PROGRAM DEBUG DEVICE - It is possible to provide a semiconductor test program debug device capable of reducing the unnecessary facilities when using a semiconductor test device or a semiconductor test program of different specification. The semiconductor test program debug device 02-26-2009

Shinichiro Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100051931SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A semiconductor apparatus in which a conducting path formed from organic semiconductor molecules as a material has a novel structure and exhibits high mobility, and a manufacturing method for fabricating the same are provided. Fine particles that include a conductor or a semiconductor and organic semiconductor molecules, are alternately bonded through a functional group at both terminals of the organic semiconductor molecules to form a conducting path in a network form such that the conducting path in the fine particles and the conducting path in the organic semiconductor molecules are two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally linked together. This conducting path includes no intermolecular electron transfer, and the mobility is not restricted by the intermolecular electron transfer, and therefore the mobility of the conducting path along the main chain in the organic semiconductor molecules (in the direction of the axis of the molecule), for example, displays a high intramolecular mobility due to delocalized π electrons can be fully utilized.03-04-2010

Patent applications by Shinichiro Kondo, Tokyo JP

Takaaki Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090058732Wideband antenna unit - To provide a thin wideband antenna unit capable of shrinking the size of a radiation element in a case where a dielectric is not used.03-05-2009

Takao Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090135712SOLID IMMERSION LENS AND FOCUSING LENS, OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE, AND DATA RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A solid immersion lens (SIL) is provided. The SIL includes a spherical part, a cone-shaped part, a tip part, and an edge part between the cone-shaped part and the tip part. The edge part includes a curved surface.05-28-2009
20100046338OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS, FOCUS POSITION CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical disc apparatus can highly accurately record a hologram representing information on or reproduce such a hologram from an optical disc. When recording information on an optical disc 02-25-2010

Patent applications by Takao Kondo, Tokyo JP

Takeharu Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110137620THREE-DIMENSIONAL CAD MODEL CREATING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - Included are a table creating unit that creates, for a three-dimensional CAD model, tabular data that describes change logic for each changed state, the change logic associating a changed state with a condition to be satisfied to shift to the changed state, the changed state being a form after transformation of the three-dimensional CAD model; a data converting unit that converts each change logic set in the created tabular data into a description in a certain program language, and creates a model built-in program; an model built-in program IO unit that registers the converted model built-in program to the three-dimensional CAD model; and a three-dimensional CAD software-program unit that transforms the three-dimensional CAD model when receiving an operation for transforming the three-dimensional CAD model, based on the operation and a change logic described in a model built-in program registered to the three-dimensional CAD model.06-09-2011

Tatsuya Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090205348 CONTROL VALVE FOR A VARIABLE CAPACITY COMPRESSOR - There is provided a brazing method which makes it possible to rationally perform not only the brazing between a metal member such as a stator made of a magnetic material and a metal member such as a guide pipe made of a non-magnetic material but also the magnetic annealing of these metal members. By making use of a brazing material (08-20-2009

Tesujiro Kondo, Tokyo JP

Tetsujito Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090232237MODULATING DEVICE AND METHOD, DEMODULATING DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A modulating device configured to perform modulation with the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing method, includes: a modulating unit configured to modulate main information with the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing method; and a determining unit configured to determine a subcarrier pattern employed when modulating the main information by the modulating unit based on additional information relating to the main information.09-17-2009

Tetsumi Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090173408Steel Pipe Covered at its Inside Surface with Polyolefin Superior in Durability and Method of Production of Same and Plated Steel Pipe Used for that Covered Steel Pipe - A steel pipe covered at its inside surface with a polyolefin superior in durability comprising a steel pipe galvanized at its inside surface and its outside surface with layers containing Al in 0.01 to 60 mass % and covered at its inside surface with a polyolefin pipe through a binder.07-09-2009

Tomohiro Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100036029POLYMER-(ORGANO)CLAY COMPOSITE, COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE COMPOSITE, SHEET-LIKE MATERIAL COMPRISING THE COMPOSITE OR THE COMPOSITION, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF POLYMER-(ORGANO)CLAY COMPOSITE - Disclosed are: a high-performance polyphenylene ether-organoclay complex which is significantly improved in fire retardancy, durability (e.g., light resistance, chemical resistance, impact resistance), an ability of being extruded into a sheet and the like; and others. The polyphenylene ether-organoclay complex can be produced by: preparing a mixture comprising a solvent, a catalyst, a phenolic compound and an organoclay, wherein the organoclay is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 20 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the phenolic compound; contacting the mixture with an oxygen-containing gas to cause the oxidative polymerization of the phenolic compound; and removing the solvent and the catalyst from the resulting polymerization mixture. This method is applicable to the production of a complex of an organoclay with other polymers such as an aromatic polycarbonate, a polyether imide and a polyacrylate.02-11-2010
20110166269POLYPHENYLENE ETHER RESIN COMPOSITION HAVING NARROW MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION - A polyphenylene ether resin composition obtainable by melt-mixing 07-07-2011
20110224832CONTROL MODEL UPDATING DEVICE AND METHOD, AIR-CONDITIONER CONTROLLING SYSTEM, AND DATA SUITABILITY EVALUATING DEVICE - A control model calculating portion for calculating a control model using analysis data, a control model updating portion for updating by accepting the control model, and a data suitability evaluating portion for evaluating the suitability of analysis data are provided. The data suitability evaluating portion comprises a function characteristic prior knowledge storing portion for storing prior knowledge regarding a characteristic obtained in advance regarding the subject of control, a quadratic polynomial calculating portion for calculating a quadratic polynomial wherein the analysis data is approximated by a quadratic function, and a characteristic evaluating portion for comparing a characteristic of the quadratic polynomial, calculated by the quadratic polynomial calculating portion, to prior knowledge stored in the function characteristic prior knowledge storing portion. The control model updating portion updates the control model if the two match in the comparison.09-15-2011

Patent applications by Tomohiro Kondo, Tokyo JP

Tomonori Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090154837Image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus for processing and outputting image data includes a image processing content storage unit for storing contents of an image processing; a thumbnail reduction ratio determining unit for determining a reduction ratio of a thumbnail image according to the contents of the image processing thus stored; a thumbnail image creation unit for creating the thumbnail image from the image data according to the reduction ratio; and an image processing unit for applying the image processing to the thumbnail image thus created according to the contents of the image processing.06-18-2009
20110019246IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image processing device includes an image data acquiring part that acquires the first and second image data, an edge characteristic extraction part that extracts first edges and second edges forming the shapes of the rectangular regions contained in the first and second image data, a rectangular characteristic calculating part that extracts both a first calculated rectangular region formed by the first edges and a second calculated rectangular region formed by the second edges, a position adjustment parameter calculating part that calculates parameters indicating a separation distance and a separation angle between the first calculated rectangular region and the second calculated rectangular region when the first image data and the second image data are overlapped, and an image data correction part that corrects at least one of the first image data and the second image data by shifting and rotating based upon the parameters.01-27-2011

Patent applications by Tomonori Kondo, Tokyo JP

Toshihiko Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090122013Keyboard Device and Keyboard Cover - A label having an identifier 05-14-2009

Toshihisa Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120011869VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A vehicle air-conditioning system (01-19-2012

Toshiya Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080238305WHITE LIGHT EMITTING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND LIGHTING DEVICE - A white light-emitting organic electroluminescent element is disclosed, containing a substrate having thereon: an anode; a cathode; and a plurality of light emitting layers between the anode and the cathode, wherein the plurality of light emitting layers contains: a first light emitting layer which emits a light having a predetermined wavelength; a second light emitting layer which is located at a nearer position to the anode than the first light emitting layer and emits a light having a complementary color to the light having the predetermined wavelength; and a third light emitting layer which is located at a nearer position to the cathode than the first light emitting layer and emits the light having the complementary color to the light having the predetermined wavelength.10-02-2008

Patent applications by Toshiya Kondo, Tokyo JP

Yasuyuki Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090073612MAGNETIC HEAD DEVICE - A magnetic head device includes a slider with a facing side and a magnetic function part. The facing side of the slider includes a front positive pressure surface located close to a leading end of the slider, a rear positive pressure surface located close to a trailing end of the slider, and a pair of side positive pressure surfaces located closer to the trailing end than the front positive pressure surface and disposed at both sides of a longitudinally extending centerline. Air inlet grooves for introducing air into the side positive pressure surfaces are each disposed in front of each side positive pressure surface. Each air inlet groove extends between the front positive pressure surface and a corresponding side face of the slider and opens toward a leading end face of the slider.03-19-2009

Yoshihiko Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100116865PNEUMATIC TOOL - A pneumatic tool includes a tool body, a nose part for ejecting a nail, which is provided in a lower part of the tool body, an air chamber for storing compressed air, which is provided in the tool body, an air supply pipe for supplying the compressed air from an air supply source to the air chamber, an air duster, an air duster pipeline connected to an air outlet of the air duster, and an air duster valve for controlling supply of the compressed air to the air duster pipeline.05-13-2010

Yoshikimi Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090186962Microcapsule-Based Hardener for Epoxy Resin, Masterbatch-Based Hardener Composition for Epoxy Resin, One-Part Epoxy Resin Composition, and Processed Good - Provided is a microcapsule-based hardener for an epoxy resin, which have a core (C) formed using a hardener (H) for the epoxy resin as a starting material and a shell (S) for covering the core (C) therewith. Since it is characterized in that the hardener (H) for the epoxy resin has an average particle size exceeding 0.3 μm and not greater than 12 μm; a content of a small-particle-size hardener for epoxy resin defined to have a particle size 0.5 time or less of the average particle size of the hardener (H) for the epoxy resin is from 0.1 to 15%; and the shell (S) has, on the surface thereof, a binding group (x) capable of absorbing infrared rays having a wave number of from 1630 to 1680 cm07-23-2009
20090261298High-Stability Microencapsulated Hardened for Epoxy Resin and Epoxy Resin Composition - A microencapsulated latent hardener for epoxy resins which comprises cores (C) and shells (S) with which the cores are covered, characterized in that the cores (C) are ones formed from, as a starking material, particles of an epoxy resin hardener (H) comprising an amine adduct (A) and a low-molecular amine compound (B) as major ingredients and that the shells (S) have on the surface thereof connecting groups (x), (y), and (z) which absorb infrared. Also provided is an epoxy resin composition containing the hardener.10-22-2009

Yoshinori Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100078690SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - As a method for constituting a pre-metal interlayer insulating film, such method is considered as forming a CVD silicon oxide-based insulating film having good filling properties of a silicon oxide film by ozone TEOS, reflowing the film at high temperatures to planarize it, then stacking a silicon oxide film having good CMP scratch resistance by plasma TEOS, and, further, planarizing it by CMP. However, it was made clear that, in a process for forming a contact hole, crack in the pre-metal interlayer insulating film is exposed in the contact hole, into which barrier metal intrudes to cause short-circuit defects.04-01-2010
20120061769SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - For constituting a pre-metal interlayer insulating film, such a method is considered as forming a CVD silicon oxide-based insulating film having good filling properties by ozone TEOS, reflowing the film to planarize it, stacking a silicon oxide film having good CMP scratch resistance by plasma TEOS, and further planarizing by CMP. However, in forming a contact hole, crack in the pre-metal interlayer insulating film is exposed in the contact hole, into which barrier metal intrudes to cause short-circuit defects. In the present invention, in the pre-metal process, after forming the ozone TEOS film over an etch stop film, the ozone TEOS film is once etched back so as to expose the etch stop film over a gate structure, a plasma TEOS film is formed over the remaining ozone TEOS film, and the plasma TEOS film is planarized by CMP.03-15-2012

Patent applications by Yoshinori Kondo, Tokyo JP

Yoshiro Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110292387Circular Dichroism Spectrophotometric Method And Circular Dichroism Spectrophotometry Apparatus Using ATR Method - A simple method and apparatus for circular dichroism spectrophotometry are provided that allow a liquid, cream-type, and gel-type specimens having a low degree of transparency to be measured directly and nondestructively without passing light through the specimens. Right-handed or left-handed circularly polarized light enters a prism from an entrance face and hits a specimen mounting face of the prism, on which a specimen is placed, at an angle of 80°. Then, after being totally reflected by the specimen mounting face and going out from an exit face, the light is detected, and the absorbance is determined.12-01-2011

Yuki Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100240516OPTICAL GLASS AND PREFORMS FOR PRECISION PRESS MOLDING AND OPTICAL ELEMENTS MADE BY USING THE GLASS - An object of the invention is to provide an optical glass for precision press having optical properties of a high refractive index and a low dispersion property and having a low molding temperature, a high devitrification resistance, an excellent molding property, and a small specific gravity. The optical glass of the invention contains, in terms of % by mass on the basis of oxides, respective components of B09-23-2010
20100304950OPTICAL GLASS - The present invention relates to an optical glass containing, in terms of mass % on the basis of oxides, B12-02-2010
20110172076LIGHT-AMPLIFYING GLASS - To provide a light-amplifying glass capable of increasing absorption of Yb07-14-2011

Yutaka Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100301101BONDING APPARATUS AND BONDING STAGE HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR THE BONDING APPARATUS - A bonding apparatus includes: a reference plane; a bonding arm configured to be rotated about a rotation center that is arranged separately from the reference plane and to move a capillary attached at a tip end thereof obliquely toward and away from the reference plane; and an imaging device for optically detecting bonding positions on a semiconductor chip and/or a lead frame, in which an angle between an optical axis being heading for the imaging device from the reference plane and the reference plane is approximately equal to an angle between a motion trajectory of a tip end of the capillary and the reference plane, and thereby the bonding apparatus can have a wide bonding area with a simple mechanism as well as perform high-speed and high-accuracy bonding.12-02-2010