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Kuboki, JP

Hiroshi Kuboki, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090080410Speech Processing Peripheral Device and IP Telephone System - There are provided with an IP telephone system having both convenience of the softphone and durability of the hardphone, and a speech processing peripheral device (03-26-2009
20100202443Voice communications system - Voice communications apparatus is connected to a general subscriber telephone set or a broadband telephone set, to communicate over the public switched telephone network. The apparatus includes a filter converting signals such as to satisfy signal conditions prescribed for the telephone network. The apparatus also includes a terminal class determiner for determining the class of the telephone set connected, and a circuit for changing at least the sampling frequency at which the analog signals from the telephone set are sampled. This establishes high quality in broadband voice communications. The terminal class determiner may automatically determine the class of the telephone set at any timing of a call sequence by detecting a band component of the signals from the telephone set, a predetermined frequency of a signal intermittently transmitted from the telephone set or the characteristics of the telephone set.08-12-2010
20110075823Voice communication arrangement for minimizing communication delay caused by audio signal processing in OS - A voice communication arrangement having a voice communication program installed in a computer loaded with a versatile OS thereon includes a voice data input/output function for passing through the OS voice data produced from voice sound captured by a microphone of the arrangement or received from another voice communication device, when connected to the arrangement, without being processed by the OS as audio data.03-31-2011

Patent applications by Hiroshi Kuboki, Kanagawa JP

Keiju Kuboki, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090051981Image Input and Output Using Scan-All-First Input Mode - In processing documents, a scan-all-first mode is available, in which a set of documents is input part by part until all documents have been input, and, after completion of the input process, an output process is performed as a single job for the set of documents. In an intermediate state during the input process in which the set of documents is input part by part in the scan-all-first mode, a user is allowed to make settings of processing conditions associated with, for example, insertion of a sheet or insertion of a form image. In the job processed in the scan-all-first mode, insertion of the sheet or insertion of a composite image including the form image is performed according to the settings made in the intermediate state.02-26-2009
20090059292IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD SUITABLE FOR THE PRINTING SYSTEM - There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of realizing a trial printing function that minimizes unnecessary consumption of time and supplies. Images that are inputted are accumulated in a memory. An output mode is set and a setting is made as to whether trial printing is to be carried out in the output mode or not. A CPU provides control to read out a corresponding image from the memory according to the set output mode and form the readout image on a sheet. When it is determined that the trial printing is to be carried out during image formation according to the set output mode, the CPU provides control to set the number of trial print pages according to predetermined conditions and carry out the trial printing for the set number of trial print pages.03-05-2009
20100157370IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - Disclosed are an image forming apparatus and an image forming method for, in the halted state where trial copying of one set is completed, determining whether a mode has been changed, and for automatically changing a numeral accordingly. According to the present invention, an image forming apparatus comprises: an image input device, for entering an image; a storage device, for storing the image; an image forming unit, for reading the image from the storage unit and for forming the image; and a controller, for providing control for the image forming unit in accordance with a mode set for an image copying process, wherein a function is provided that can set a trial copying mode for an image forming process and can copy one set when the trial copying mode is effective, and that can thereafter temporarily halt the image forming process and enable a mode reset, and wherein for a copying operation performed after the trial copying mode is released, a numeral can be set to a predetermined value in accordance with a mode change effected during a halted state existing immediately before the copying.06-24-2010
20110268486IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - Disclosed are an image forming apparatus and an image forming method for, in the halted state where trial copying of one set is completed, determining whether a mode has been changed, and for automatically changing a numeral accordingly. According to the present invention, an image forming apparatus comprises: an image input device, for entering an image; a storage device, for storing the image; an image forming unit, for reading the image from the storage unit and for forming the image; and a controller, for providing control for the image forming unit in accordance with a mode set for an image copying process, wherein a function is provided that can set a trial copying mode for an image forming process and can copy one set when the trial copying mode is effective, and that can thereafter temporarily halt the image forming process and enable a mode reset, and wherein for a copying operation performed after the trial copying mode is released, a numeral can be set to a predetermined value in accordance with a mode change effected during a halted state existing immediately before the copying.11-03-2011

Patent applications by Keiju Kuboki, Kanagawa JP

Ken Kuboki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110310335LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A high image quality liquid crystal display device having a high viewing angle characteristic is provided. The liquid crystal display device according to the present invention is of a vertical alignment type and includes a plurality of pixels. The liquid crystal display device includes a first polarizing plate having an absorption axis extending in a first direction; a second polarizing plate having an absorption axis extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a pixel electrode located in each of the plurality of pixels and including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode to which different levels of voltage can be applied; a counter electrode facing the pixel electrode; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the pixel electrodes and the counter electrode. The first subpixel electrode includes a plurality of branch electrodes extending in an identical direction, which is a third direction different from a direction inclined by 45° with respect to the first direction or the second direction.12-22-2011
20120001840LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device providing a high image quality with good viewing angle characteristics and being produced at a high efficiency is provided. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a TFT substrate including a plurality of pixel electrodes in correspondence with a plurality of pixels, respectively; a counter substrate including a counter electrode facing the plurality of pixel electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer located between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. The plurality of pixel electrodes each include a first trunk portion, a plurality of first branch portions extending from the first trunk portion in a first direction, and a plurality of second branch portions extending from the first trunk portion in a direction opposite to the first direction. The counter electrode includes, in each of the plurality of pixels, a plurality of branch portions extending in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction in a substrate plane.01-05-2012

Mutsugu Kuboki, Niigata JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110265065DEFECT PREDICATE EXPRESSION EXTRACTION - A defect predicate expression extraction device. The device extracts, as candidates for predicate expressions representing defects, predicate expressions occurring in the neighborhood of predicate modifying expressions representing suddenness or predicate modifying expressions representing repeatability. The defect predicate expression extraction device further extracts, as predicate expressions representing normality, predicate expressions occurring in the neighborhood of predicate modifying expressions representing normality and extracts predicate expressions representing defects by removing the predicate expressions representing normality from a list of the candidates for predicate expressions representing defects.10-27-2011

Naobumi Kuboki, Inukami-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090291587CONNECTION STRUCTURE - The present invention has an object of providing a connection structure capable of easily connecting an LED component to a flat cable. An LED unit 11-26-2009

Ryoichi Kuboki, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110012981IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: an optical-path deflecting unit that deflects optical paths of optical beams in one group out of two groups, the optical beams being provided in a sub-scanning direction at a predetermined pitch; a scanning unit that scans a surface to in a main scanning direction with the one group of which the optical paths have been deflected and another group of which the optical paths are not deflected; and a control unit that controls the optical-path deflecting unit to deflect optical paths of the optical beams in the one group so that irradiation positions of the optical beams in the one group and irradiation positions of the optical beams in the another group are alternately arranged at regular intervals.01-20-2011

Takashi Kuboki, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080231237METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - It is made possible to keep a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in a charged state for a long period of time and minimize the degradation of the battery. A method for charging a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a cathode, an anode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, includes: a first charging step of charging the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery at a first current value which increases the voltage of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery; and a second charging step of charging the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery at a second current value which decreases the voltage of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. These two charging steps are repeated alternately.09-25-2008
20090081534SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK AND CAR - A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode containing a metal compound having a lithium ion absorption potential of 0.2V (vs.Li/Li03-26-2009

Patent applications by Takashi Kuboki, Tokyo JP

Takuo Kuboki, Okayama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100183563DENTINOGENESIS PROMOTER AND DENTINOGENIC PULP-CAPPING MATERIAL - The present invention provides a dentinogenesis inducer and dentinogenesis pulp-capping material, which are effectively used for formation (regeneration) of dentin. The present invention also provides a method of producing odontoblasts useful for dental regenerative therapy and the application of the obtained odontoblasts. The dentinogenesis inducer and the dentinogenesis pulp-capping material of the present invention are both characterized by the use of an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor as an active ingredient. Additionally, odontoblasts can be produced by culturing cells capable of differentiating into odontoblasts in the presence of the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor.07-22-2010

Yoshinori Kuboki, Hokkaido JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090215009MEDICAL MATERIAL, ARTIFICIAL TOOTH ROOT, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING MEDICAL MATERIAL - [Problems] To provide a medical material having such a structure that enables even diffusion and distribution in the material of a sufficient amount a substance necessary for a medical treatment.08-27-2009
20100009103MEDICAL MATERIAL - A medical material 01-14-2010

Patent applications by Yoshinori Kuboki, Hokkaido JP

Yoshiyuki Kuboki, Matsumoto-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090015967PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA AND PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS - A perpendicular magnetic recording media is disclosed which employs inexpensive materials in the intermediate layer of the high-recording density media while exhibiting magnetic characteristics comparable or superior to those of media using Ru or Re. A perpendicular magnetic recording apparatus employing this perpendicular magnetic recording media also is disclosed. The perpendicular magnetic recording media has a nonmagnetic substrate, a soft magnetic backing layer formed on the nonmagnetic substrate, a seed layer formed on the soft magnetic backing layer, an intermediate layer formed on the seed layer, a magnetic layer formed on the intermediate layer, and a protective layer formed on the magnetic layer. The intermediate layer comprises an alloy with the hcp structure containing 55 at % or more Zn, the magnetic layer comprises an alloy with the hcp structure containing Co, and the Aθ50 value of the orientation plane (0002) of the magnetic layer is between 1.5° and 4°.01-15-2009
20100086809PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A magnetic recording medium exhibiting a high recording density performance is disclosed. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium has a soft magnetic underlayer, a first seed layer, a second seed layer, an intermediate layer, a granular magnetic recording layer, a non-granular magnetic recording layer, a protective layer, and a lubricant layer laminated on a nonmagnetic substrate in this order. The first seed layer contains cobalt, nickel, and at least one element selected from a group consisting of Si, Cr, V, Zr, Nb, Ta, Ti, Cu, and Mo, and the second seed layer contains nickel, chromium, and at least one element selected from a group consisting of Si, V, Zr, Nb, Ta, Ti, Cu, and Mo.04-08-2010

Yoshiyuki Kuboki, Tochigi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120021254PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A perpendicular magnetic recording medium is disclosed which is capable of reducing the orientational dispersion and crystal grain size of a magnetic recording layer, simultaneously reducing the thickness of a non-magnetic intermediate layer, hence, reducing noise, and improving S/N ratio and recording density characteristics. The medium includes a non-magnetic substrate, soft magnetic underlayer, seed layer, first non-magnetic intermediate layer, second non-magnetic intermediate layer, granular magnetic recording layer, exchange coupling force control layer, non-granular magnetic recording layer, protective layer, and lubricant layer sequentially formed on the non-magnetic substrate. The first and second non-magnetic intermediate layers are laminated to form a two-layer non-magnetic intermediate layer and the seed layer is made of a material having an fcc structure.01-26-2012