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Kudo, JP

Atsushi Kudo, Ibi-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080241015	HONEYCOMB FILTER FOR PURIFYING EXHAUST GASES, ADHESIVE, COATING MATERIAL, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HONEYCOMB FILTER FOR PURIFYING EXHAUST GASES - An object of the present invention is to provide a honeycomb filter for purifying exhaust gases which makes it possible to alleviate a thermal stress generated due to occurrence of a local temperature change and which is less likely to generate cracks and superior in strength and durability, an adhesive that has a low thermal capacity and is capable of alleviating the thermal stress, a coating material that has a low thermal capacity with a superior heat insulating property and is capable of alleviating the thermal stress, and a manufacturing method of the honeycomb filter for purifying exhaust gases that can improve precision in the outside dimension, and reduce damages in the manufacturing processes.	10-02-2008

Daisuke Kudo, Kasugai-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090009325	SENSOR PROTECTOR - A sensor protector adapted to be attached to either a body or a door of a vehicle includes a hollow portion for accommodating a touch sensor for sensing whether or not an object exists between the body and the door of the vehicle, an attaching base portion formed as a unit with the hollow portion and including a core material embedded therein, a recessed portion provided at the attaching base portion having a rectangular shape formed by cutting out the attaching base portion, plural block-shaped cover portions formed contiguously with respective cut surfaces of the attaching base portion for covering the respective cut surfaces, and mating plates provided at two cover portions formed contiguously with respective visible front walls of the attaching base portion, the mating plates having facing mating edges which mate together when the sensor protector is bent.	01-08-2009

Eiji Kudo, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110088825	STEEL CORD FOR REINFORCEMENT OF RUBBER ARTICLES AND PNEUMATIC TIRE USING THE SAME - A steel cord for reinforcement of rubber articles, whose cord strength is enhanced by preventing occurrence of preceding break of the outermost layer filaments in the steel cord having a multi-twisted structure, and a pneumatic tire using it as a reinforcing material are provided.	04-21-2011

Genichiro Kudo, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080225105	OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An optical scanning device includes a light source device having light emitting members of a number N (N is an integer not less than 2) disposed with a tilt with respect to a sub-scan direction and a main-scan direction, a deflecting device for scanningly deflecting light beams of the number N from the light emitting members, an input optical system for directing the light beams from the light source means to the deflecting device, an imaging optical system for directing the deflected light beams to a surface to be scanned, a synchronism signal detecting device for detecting a portion of a light beam scanningly deflected by the deflecting surface and producing writing start timing signals for the light beams upon the surface to be scanned, and a synchronism detecting optical system for directing the deflected light beams to the synchronism signal detecting device, wherein the synchronism signal detecting device detects a light beam emitted from a light emitting member among the light emitting members of the number N, except a light emitting member which emits a light beam that provides a least light quantity when the same is incident on the synchronism signal detecting device, to determine the writing start timing signal.	09-18-2008
20090268266	OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - In an optical scanning apparatus, the shape of a sub-scanning section of a transmissive imaging optical element on which a light beam subjected to scanning and deflected by a deflecting surface of an optical deflector is incident twice, the tilt angle of a reflective optical element disposed in an optical path between the optical deflector and a surface to be scanned, and the relationship between the transmissive imaging optical element and the reflective optical element are provided.	10-29-2009
20110002712	Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same - Provided is an optical scanning apparatus has a plurality of light emitting portions and an incident optical system including optical element, wherein each shape of optical surfaces in a main scanning section of optical elements is formed into a noncircular shape. When defining that W is a space between specific light emitting portions farthest from an optical axis in the main scanning direction, La is an optical path length between an aperture stop and a specific optical surface closest to the light source unit among the noncircular optical surfaces of the incident optical system, f	01-06-2011

Hideo Kudo, Fukushima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110064896	MULTI-COLOR MOLDING ARTICLE, MULTICOLOR MOLDING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE STORAGE CONTAINER - A multicolor molding article is integrally formed of first and second molding materials in combination. At least part of the peripheral portion in the boundary between a first molding part of the first molding material and a second molding part of the second molding material is formed with a thin projected piece. The tapering inclined angle of the thin projected piece is specified to range from 5° to 40°.	03-17-2011

Hideo Kudo, Nishishirakawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100089377	SLICING METHOD AND WIRE SAW APPARATUS - The invention is directed to a method for slicing an ingot in the form of a wafer by winding a wire around a plurality of grooved rollers and pressing the wire against the ingot while making the wire travel and supplying slicing slurry to the grooved rollers, in which when the ingot is sliced, an amount of displacement of the ingot changing in an axial direction is measured and an amount of axial displacement of the grooved rollers is controlled so as to correspond to the measured amount of axial displacement of the ingot, and thereby, the ingot is sliced while controlling a relative position of the wire relative to an entire length of the ingot changing in the axial direction. As a result, a slicing method and a wire saw apparatus are provided that can perform slicing in such a way that a Bow or a Warp in a wafer obtained by slicing can be reduced, for example, by controlling a slicing path built into an ingot so that, in particular, the slicing path becomes flattened.	04-15-2010
20100144249	POLISHING APPARATUS - Provided is a polishing apparatus comprising a lower stool (	06-10-2010
20110124271	CARRIER FOR DOUBLE-SIDE POLISHING APPARATUS, DOUBLE-SIDE POLISHING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND DOUBLE-SIDE POLISHING METHOD - A carrier for a double-side polishing apparatus, including at least: a carrier base placed between upper and lower turn tables, the carrier base having a holding hole therein, the holding hole holds the wafer sandwiched between the upper and lower turn tables. A ring-shaped resin ring disposed along an inner circumference of the holding hole, the resin ring protecting a chamfered portion by making contact with the chamfered portion of the held wafer, wherein the resin ring has a concave groove on an inner circumference thereof, upper and lower tapered surfaces are formed in the concave groove. A double-side polishing apparatus using the carrier and a double-side polishing method that can reduce the generation of taper in a polished surface and improve the flatness while suppressing the generation of an outer peripheral sag of the wafer.	05-26-2011

Hidetoshi Kudo, Otawara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090060123	X-RAY CT DEVICE AND METHOD OF IMAGING USING THE SAME - An X-ray CT device including a stationary part; a rotary part rotatable relative to the stationary part; an X-ray tube provided at the rotary part for radiating X-ray beams on an object; an X-ray detector provided at the rotary part opposing the X-ray tube, and that detects the X-ray beams passed through the object; an image processor that generates cross-sectional images of the object based on a detection signal outputted from the X-ray detector; a display that shows the cross-sectional images based on output signals delivered from the image processor; a first transmitting section configured by a rotary step-up transformer having a primary and secondary windings residing at the stationary and the rotary part respectively, and that steps up AC voltage provided by AC power source, and that further executes non-contact power transmission from the stationary part to the rotary part for supplying power to the X-ray tube.	03-05-2009

Hiroyasu Kudo, Ichinomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090025203	Method and apparatus for manufacturing laminated core and the laminated core - An apparatus for manufacturing a laminated stator core from core pieces according to a manufacturing method has a first station, a second station and a piling unit. The first station blanks out a steel plate to form a first hole in one core piece every blanking cycle so as to partly shape a portion of the core piece by forming the first hole. The second station blanks out the plate to form a second hole in one core piece every blanking cycle so as to partly shape the portion of the core piece by forming the second hole. Further, the first station differentiates a position of the first hole in each core piece from those in the other core pieces. Therefore, the core pieces having the respective portions are produced. The piling unit piles up the core pieces in layers to manufacture the laminated stator core.	01-29-2009
20100213782	FIVE-PHASE MOTOR WITH IMPROVED STATOR STRUCTURE - A five-phase motor includes a stator and a movable member movable relative to the stator in a preset direction. The stator includes a stator core provided with five slots within 360 electrical degrees thereof. The five slots are arranged in the preset direction at preset first pitches. The stator includes at least one set of five-phase stator windings. The five-phase stator windings are arranged in the five slots relative to each other such that each of the five-phase stator windings is wound at a preset second pitch. The second pitch substantially corresponds to two of the first pitches.	08-26-2010

Hiroyuki Kudo, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100121183	METHODS FOR MOTION COMPENSATED IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION AND SYSTEM RELATED THERETO - Featured are methods for reconstruction of images acquired from any of a number of scanning devices or apparatuses known to those skilled in the art which methods are established so as to provide a mechanism for compensating for motion of an object being imaged. Such methods of the present invention are such as to allow the clinician to select one or more specific methodologies that is appropriate for the expected motion, severity or complexity of the motion and efficient processing of projection data. Also feature are systems, apparatuses, software code and computer readable media which embody such methodologies.	05-13-2010

Hitoshi Kudo, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100014399	INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information reproducer (	01-21-2010

Hitoshi Kudo, Tokorozawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100128585	INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information reproducing apparatus (	05-27-2010

Hitoshi Kudo, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100027388	INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information reproducing apparatus (	02-04-2010

Jun Kudo, Ehime JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100076392	ABSORBENT ARTICLE - To provide an absorbent article that is small and can effectively absorb fluid.	03-25-2010

Jun Kudo, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100086439	CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE SENSING ELEMENT, CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE SENSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE SENSING ELEMENT - A chemical substance sensing element	04-08-2010

Katsuya Kudo, Fukaya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080313694	CABLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CABLE COMMUNICATION METHOD	12-18-2008
20110128703	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a board housed in a housing, a plurality of first modules mounted on the board and a second module. The first modules generating heat while in operation are mounted on the board at intervals while projecting from the board, and the first modules are arranged to be adjacent to each other inside the housing. At least one air flow path is formed between an adjacent pair of first modules. The second module is placed adjacent to one end side of the first modules across the air flow path and has a projecting height from the board lower than that of the first modules. A fan is housed in the housing. The fan creates an air flow inside the housing from the first modules towards the second module.	06-02-2011

Ken Kudo, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110077834	VEHICLE MOTION CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle motion control device is provided. The vehicle motion control device includes a steering angle deviation calculating unit which calculates a steering angle deviation of the vehicle, a frictional coefficient calculating unit which calculates each of road surface frictional coefficients for a traveling road surface of four wheels; and a pressure increasing and reducing controlling unit which performs a split control including applying a pressure increasing limitation of a pressure increasing control in an anti-skid control to a front wheel at a side of the traveling road surface having higher road surface frictional coefficient between the right and left wheels based on an absolute value of the steering angle deviation such that a pressure increasing gradient in the pressure increasing control is smaller as the absolute value is larger.	03-31-2011

Kenji Kudo, Minamitsuru-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090165465	COOLING APPARATUS AND VACUUM COOLING APPARATUS - A cooling apparatus includes a refrigerating machine including a cooling portion fixed to a support body and cools a cooling target through the cooling portion. The cooling target and the cooling portion are connected by a structure including an extendable pipe filled with a fluidized refrigerant. A first magnetic body fixed to a side of the support body and a second magnetic body fixed to a side of the pipe are arranged around the pipe. The first magnetic body and the second magnetic body are maintained in non-contact with each other.	07-02-2009

Kohei Kudo, Nagasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090073020	Parallel type analog-to-digital conversion circuit, sampling circuit and comparison amplification circuit - A parallel type analog-to-digital conversion circuit, including a reference signal generating portion and a comparison amplification portion, the comparison amplification portion including a plurality of amplifiers, input resetting switches, first sampling capacitors, second sampling capacitors, first sampling switches, and second sampling switches.	03-19-2009
20090102693	Serial-parallel type analog-to-digital converter and analog-to-digital conversion method - A serial-parallel type analog-to-digital converter includes a reference voltage generator, a higher bit comparing portion and a lower bit comparing portion, and a reference voltage selecting portion, wherein the lower bit comparing portion includes the plurality of comparison stages.	04-23-2009
20100271244	A/D Converter - An analog to digital converter includes: a reference circuit adapted to generate reference voltages; differential amplifiers; normal phase circuits each of which samples a normal phase analog input signal and transfers a comparison voltage, obtained by comparison with a reference voltage generated by the reference circuit, to a first input terminal of one of the differential amplifiers when the input is differential and single-ended; and reversed phase circuits each of which samples a reversed phase analog input signal and transfers a comparison voltage, obtained by comparison with a reference voltage generated by the reference circuit, to a second input terminal of one of the differential amplifiers when the input is differential and which samples a ground level as a reference voltage of the reference circuit and supplies the reference voltage and comparison voltage to the second input terminal of the differential amplifier when the input is single-ended.	10-28-2010

Koichi Kudo, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080213009	Belt moving device and image forming apparatus using same - In a belt moving device that is capable of reducing belt speed fluctuation and positional deviation from a target belt position in a sub-scanning direction and performing highly precise position control in a main scanning direction, and an image forming apparatus that uses this belt moving device to prevent color shift in both the main scanning direction and sub-scanning direction of a formed image such that a high-quality image can be formed, belt shift control means reduce shift position variation within a single round trip of an endless belt by feeding back a target value for canceling out the shift position variation within a single round trip of the endless belt and feeding forward a value obtained by multiplying an inverse transfer characteristic of moving means by a transfer characteristic of a target value of the moving means in relation to the control content of the moving means.	09-04-2008
20090148185	DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE OF A ROTATION MEMBER, METHOD FOR DRIVE CONTROL OF A ROTATION MEMBER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE - A drive control apparatus including a drive motor that transmits a rotation drive force to a rotation member in order to rotate the rotation member, a pulse signal outputting unit that outputs a pulse signal for each predetermined angle of rotation or a position for rotation of the rotation member, while the rotation member is rotating, a pulse cycle measuring unit that measures a pulse cycle of the pulse signal, where the pulse cycle is a cycle of a rising or falling edge, a computation processing unit that computes an angular error or a position error of the rotation member based on the pulse cycle and a desired pulse cycle, where the desired pulse cycle corresponds to a desired velocity of the rotation member and a drive control unit that controls the drive motor based on the angular error or the position error.	06-11-2009

Kouichi Kudo, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090039556	THERMOFORMING METHOD FOR THERMOFORMING SHEET AND THERMOFORMING APPARATUS - The thermoforming method of the present invention is a method that includes thermoplasticizing a portion, including a part	02-12-2009

Makoto Kudo, Nagano-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090235052	Data Processing Device and Electronic Equipment - A data processing device is provided using pipeline architecture to reduce a time loss due to a branch without causing an increase in circuit scale. The data processing device uses pipeline control. The data processing device includes an instruction queue in which a plurality of instruction codes can be fetched, a fetch address operation circuit which calculates a fetch address, a fetch circuit which fetches an instruction code based on the fetch address, and a branch information setting circuit which decodes a branch setting instruction, stores a branch address in a branch address storage register, and stores a branch target address in a branch target address storage register. The fetch address operation circuit compares either a previous fetch address or an expected next fetch address with a value stored in the branch address storage register, and determines a next fetch address to be output, based on the comparison result.	09-17-2009

Masaaki Kudo, Toyohashu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090107201	METHOD OF FORMING CAM LOBE - A primary intermediate formed article is formed into a substantially columnar shape. A secondary intermediate formed article is obtained by piercing a preliminary hole in the primary intermediate formed article such that a radial thickness of a prospective cam top part is larger than a radial thickness of a prospective cam base part, and by forming a positioning part. The positioning part is brought into contact with a tertiary intermediate forged article forging die so as to be positioned, and the secondary intermediate formed article is pressed and forged to form a tertiary intermediate forged article including a cam top, a cam base, and a deformed hole formed by deforming the preliminary hole. A finished cam lobe is obtained by piercing, in an area including the deformed hole.	04-30-2009

Masahiro Kudo, Hino-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080239063	STEREOSCOPIC OBSERVATION SYSTEM - A stereoscopic observation system includes a stereoscopic image pick up apparatus to pick up left and right images at an inward angle, a stereoscopic image display apparatus to transmit the left and right images picked up by the stereoscopic image pick up apparatus to an observer so that the images are stereoscopically observed at a convergence angle, a convergence angle change portion provided in the stereoscopic image display apparatus and to change the convergence angle, a recognition portion to recognize the stereoscopic image pick up apparatus, and a control portion to control the convergence angle change portion on the basis of the result of the recognition in the recognition portion so that the convergence angle is substantially equal to the inward angle.	10-02-2008

Masakazu Kudo, Osato-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100203427	FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a cathode, an anode, a proton-conductive film (	08-12-2010

Masaki Kudo, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090259779	CONTROL SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL MIXER - In a control system of a digital mixer, first class devices are connected via a first class bus, and second class devices are connected to each first class device via a second class bus. The number of first class devices, which require a specific function for adding source and destination addresses to data, can be reduced by the number of the second class devices. Moreover, the second class device which does not require the specific function for adding source and destination addresses to data input/output operations is cheaper than the first class device, resulting in the implementation of simplified configuration and reduced production costs.	10-15-2009

Masaya Kudo, Ome-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090002892	HEAD SUPPORT MECHANISM AND DISK DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a head support mechanism includes a plate-shaped arm, a load beam in the form of an elongated plate having a distal end portion on which a head is supported and a proximal end portion spaced from the distal end portion; and a hinge plate which connects the arm and the proximal end portion of the load beam and has a load bending portion which is subjected to bending work and applies a predetermined load to the head. The load beam includes a sub-bent portion which is less stiff than any other parts of the load beam, and the hinge plate includes a traverse portion which is fixed overlapping the sub-bent portion on the load beam and configured to adjust the stiffness of the sub-bent portion.	01-01-2009
20100157481	MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE - According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk drive includes a magnetic disk including a recording surface, a head gimbal assembly including a slider in which a head is incorporated and a tab, and a ramp in a vicinity of the magnetic disk, the ramp including a first counter surface opposed to a peripheral part of the magnetic disk, a second counter surface opposed to an edge surface of the magnetic disk, and a ramp edge, in which the ramp includes a part of a side surface which is adjacent to the first counter surface and faces to a rotating direction of the magnetic disk, and is recessed toward a downstream side in the rotating direction of the magnetic disk, and the part of the side surface which is recessed and a tangent line to an outer circumference of the magnetic disk form an acute angle.	06-24-2010

Noboru Kudo, Miyagi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080226835	Production Method of Material Film and Production Apparatus of Material Film - According to a containing-fullerene production method by the background art, containment target ions obtained by ionizing containment target atoms have been irradiated to empty fullerene within a vacuum vessel. This has resulted in a problem of a lower formation efficiency of containing-fullerene, in case of forming containing-fullerene which internally contains an atom larger than a six-membered ring of fullerene. It is thus devised to irradiate ions having larger diameters and masses to a fullerene film, simultaneously with irradiation of containment target ions thereto. Since ions having larger masses collide with fullerene molecules, the fullerene molecules are largely deformed and openings thereof are enlarged. Containment target ions are caused to enter cages of fullerene molecules, thereby increasing a probability of formation of containing-fullerene.	09-18-2008

Nobuyki Kudo, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110102831	IMAGE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION DEVICE, IMAGE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image information transmission device includes a registration unit, a storage unit, a determination unit, and an image information transmission unit. The registration unit registers an image information transmission instruction describing a destination number specifying a destination of image information and an abbreviated number corresponding to the destination number. The storage unit stores the destination number and transmission setting information used for transmitting the image information to the destination specified by the destination number. The determination unit determines whether or not the destination number described in the image information transmission instruction is contained in the destination number. The image information transmission unit transmits the image information.	05-05-2011

Noriaki Kudo, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090230171	DEVICE FOR MOUNTING ELECTRIC COMPONENT - A mounting method and a mounting device are provided, which can mount an electric component with high reliability by using an adhesive. The mounting method includes thermocompression bonding an IC chip onto a wiring board by using an anisotropic conductive adhesive film. During the thermocompression bonding, a top region of the IC chip is pressed against the wiring board with a predetermined pressure, and a side region of the IC chip is pressed with a pressure smaller than the pressure applied to the top region of the IC chip. An elastomer having rubber hardness of 40 or more and 80 or less is used for a compression bonding portion of a thermocompression bonding head. The anisotropic conductive adhesive film contains a binding resin having melting viscosity of 1.0×10	09-17-2009

Shinichi Kudo, Hitachi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090286083	Copper wire for a magnet wire, magnet wire using same, and method for fabricating copper wire for a magnet wire - A copper wire for a magnet wire, a magnet wire using same, and a method for fabricating the copper wire for the magnet wire. The copper wire for the magnet wire is made from a casting material. The casting material is fabricated by continuous upward drawing from a molten copper or a molten copper alloy. An average crystal grain diameter of a columnar crystal structure formed at a surface layer of the casting material is 200 to 300 μm. An upward drawing rate is 4 m/min to 5 m/min and a temperature of the molten copper or the molten copper is 1100 to 1200° C.	11-19-2009

Shinichi Kudo, Chiba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090176905	Ultraviolet-Curable Resin Composition, Ultraviolet-Curable Coating and Coated Article - The present invention is to provides an ultraviolet-curable resin composition which contains a composite resin (A) having a polysiloxane segment (a1) having a silanol group and/or a hydrolytic silyl group as well as a polymerizable double bond and a polymer segment (a2) other than the polysiloxane segment (a1), and a photo initiator (B). The ultraviolet-curable resin composition is able to form a cured coating film excellent in weatherability such as scratch resistance, acid resistance, alkali resistance and solvent resistance, without heating.	07-09-2009

Shinichi Kudo, Hokkaido JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090270182	GAME MACHINE, GAME MACHINE CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A game machine which can improve an interest of selection of an action type of a player character is provided. A line output controlling unit (	10-29-2009

Shiro Kudo, Kumagaya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100066909	Video Processing Apparatus and Video Processing Method - According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a tuning module configured to tune a broadcast signal among input broadcast signals, a first video processing module configured to composite the video signal included in the tuned broadcast signal and a graphic, and to output a composite video signal and a second video processing module configured to convert a video size of the composite video signal into the video size of the video output device, and to output a size-converted composite video signal.	03-18-2010

Shiro Kudo, Kumagaya-Shi, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100053442	VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - A video processing apparatus includes: a reception module configured to selectively receive signals; a signal processing module configured to perform signal processing on a signal received by the reception module; a video processor configured to process the signal performed with the signal processing to output a video signal for displaying an image contained in the signal; and a control module configured to control the reception module, the signal processing module, and the video processor, wherein the control module includes: a storing module configured to store pieces of video size information being set for respective categories; and a video size switching module configured to switch the video size based on the pieces of video size information stored in the storing module.	03-04-2010

Takahiro Kudo, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100171072	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GRANULAR METALLIC IRON - A method for manufacturing granular metallic iron includes charging a raw-material mixture into a thermal reduction furnace, subjecting the raw-material mixture to thermal reduction to form metallic iron and slag as a by-product, causing metallic iron to coalesce into granules while separating metallic iron from slag, and cooling and solidifying metallic iron. The raw-material mixture contains at least Fe, Ca, Mg, Si, and an alkali metal as constituent elements in such a manner that the slag contains CaO, MgO, SiO	07-08-2010
20110023656	METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRANULAR METALLIC IRON - A method for producing granular metallic iron by heating and reducing a raw material mixture which includes an iron oxide-containing material, a carbonaceous reductant and a Li	02-03-2011

Takahiro Kudo, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100116088	HIGH-STRENGTH COMPOSITION IRON POWDER AND SINTERED PART MADE THEREFROM - A high-strength composition iron powder is prepared by mixing an iron base powder with 0.5 to 3.0 mass % of an Fe—Mn powder having a particle diameter of 45 μm or less and a Mn content in the range of 60 to 90 mass %, 1.0 to 3.0 mass % of a Cu powder, 0.3 to 1.0 mass % of a graphite powder, and 0.4 to 1.2 mass % of a powder lubricant for die-forming while adjusting the ratio of the amount of Mn contained in the Fe—Mn powder to the amount of the Cu powder in the range of 0.1 to 1. The high-strength composition iron powder is press-formed and sintered at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of Cu to produce a high-strength sintered part having a tensile strength of 580 MPa or higher without using expensive alloying elements such as Ni and Mo.	05-13-2010

Takao Kudo, Wako JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090197721	TENSIONER FOR ENDLESS TRANSMISSION BELT - A tensioner for an endless transmission belt includes a plunger body and a plunger. The plunger is movably provided in the plunger body to press the endless transmission belt. A pressure chamber provided between the plunger and the plunger body is configured to store hydraulic oil supplied from an oil pump. A check valve is provided in the plunger body, configured to be opened to supply the hydraulic oil to the pressure chamber when a pressure in the pressure chamber is lower than an oil pressure from the oil pump, and configured to be closed when the pressure is higher than the oil pressure. A relief valve is provided in the plunger body within a width of the plunger in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the plunger and configured to discharge the hydraulic oil in the pressure chamber when the pressure exceeds a predetermined value.	08-06-2009
20090197722	TENSIONER FOR ENDLESS TRANSMISSION BELT AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING THE TENSIONER - A tensioner for an endless transmission belt includes a plunger body. A plunger is movably provided in a hole of the plunger body to press the belt. A chamber is provided between the plunger and the plunger body to store hydraulic oil. An oil supply passage is provided in the plunger body to supply the oil from an oil pump to the chamber. A check valve is provided between the chamber and the passage and configured to allow the oil to be supplied from the pump to the chamber while the check valve is configured to be closed when a pressure in the chamber is higher than a pressure of the oil supplied by the pump. A relief valve is provided between the chamber and the passage and configured to discharge the oil in the chamber to the passage when the pressure in the chamber exceeds a first predetermined value.	08-06-2009

Takashi Kudo, Wako JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090212532	SIDE STAND ATTACHING STRUCTURE FOR MOTORCYCLE, MOTORCYCLE AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING LEVELABLE SIDE STAND TO MOTORCYCLE - A side stand attaching structure for a motorcycle includes a stand attaching part of a body of the motorcycle, a stand bracket, and a connector. The stand bracket rotatably connects a base end part of a levelable side stand to the stand attaching part. The side stand is provided on one side at a lower part of the body. The connector connects the stand bracket to the stand attaching part. The connector is inclined to extend upward as the connector extends outwardly in a width direction of the motorcycle.	08-27-2009

Takashi Kudo, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090230666	Vehicle frame joint for a saddle-type vehicle, and vehicle frame incorporating same - A vehicle frame structure for a saddle-type vehicle has a vehicle frame including a subframe portion detachably mounted on a main frame, and a joint between the main frame and the subframe which is disposed in a longitudinally intermediate portion of a continuously extending frame component, wherein the frame component is kept rigid and the joint is maintained in a small size. In the joint, the frame component has a portion divided by a vertical plane into a main-frame-side joint arm and a subframe-side joint arm. The joint arms have distal ends having arcuate outer walls cut off around their fastening positions. The joint arms further have integral upstanding walls disposed on proximal ends thereof, corresponding to the cut-off arcuate outer walls of the joint arms. The joint arms are fastened to each other with the distal ends thereof fitted in cavities surrounded by the upstanding walls.	09-17-2009

Takashi Kudo, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090081668	Glycosyltransferase, nucleic acid encoding the glycosyltransferase and method of testing canceration using the nucleic acid - A tumor marker nucleic acid of the present invention is concerned with a nucleic acid hybridizing under stringent conditions to a nucleotide sequence described in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a complementary nucleotide sequence thereof. A method of testing canceration of the present invention is a method comprising diagnosing a biological sample as being cancerous when the transcription level of the nucleic acid in the biological sample significantly exceeds that in a normal biological sample as a control. The present invention also relates to a β1,3-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyltransferase protein having an activity of transferring N-acetyl-D-glucosamine from a donor substrate to an acceptor substrate through β1,3-linkage.	03-26-2009

Takashi Kudo, Atsugi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100136765	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - When printing is performed on a base substrate with a laser after a single crystal silicon layer is transferred to the base substrate, there are problems such as ablation of the single crystal silicon layer in the peripheral portion of a printed dot or attachment of glass chips or the like to the surface of the single crystal silicon layer. After printing is performed on the bonding surface of a silicon wafer with a laser, the surface of the silicon wafer is polished by CMP (chemical mechanical polishing), so that the projection in the peripheral portion of the printed dot is removed. After that, the silicon wafer is bonded to the base substrate. Since the depression of the printed dot remains to some extent by a chemical etching effect even after the polishing by CMP, the single crystal silicon layer is not transferred only at the depression portion at the time of the transfer; accordingly, the information is left on the base substrate.	06-03-2010

Takayuki Kudo, Isesaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100086427	SCROLL COMPRESSOR - In a scroll compressor, a fixed scroll (	04-08-2010

Takeshi Kudo, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090084473	COPPER ALLOY WITH HIGH STRENGTH AND EXCELLENT PROCESSABILITY IN BENDING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COPPER ALLOY SHEET - The present invention provides a Cu—Fe—P alloy which has a high strength, high conductivity and superior bending workability. The copper alloy comprises 0.01 to 1.0% Fe, 0.01 to 0.4% P, 0.1 to 1.0% Mg, and the remainder Cu and unavoidable impurities. The size of oxides and precipitates including Mg in the copper alloy is controlled so that the ratio of the amount of Mg measured by a specified measurement method in the extracted residue by a specified extracted residue method to the Mg content in said copper alloy is 60% or less, thus endowing the alloy with a high strength and superior bending workability.	04-02-2009
20090101243	Copper Alloy Having High Strength, High Electric Conductivity and Excellent Bending Workability - The present invention relates to a copper alloy having high strength, high electrical conductivity, and excellent bendability, the copper alloy containing, in terms of mass %, 0.4 to 4.0% of Ni; 0.05 to 1.0% of Si; and, as an element M, one member selected from 0.005 to 0.5% of P, 0.005 to 1.0% of Cr, and 0.005 to 1.0% of Ti, with the remainder being copper and inevitable impurities, in which an atom number ratio M/Si of elements M and Si contained in a precipitate having a size of 50 to 200 nm in a microstructure of the copper alloy is from 0.01 to 10 on average, the atom number ratio being measured by a field emission transmission electron microscope with a magnification of 30,000 and an energy dispersive analyzer. According to the invention, it is possible to provide a copper alloy having high strength, high electrical conductivity, and excellent bendability.	04-23-2009

Takeshi Kudo, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080206065	TURBINE BUCKET - A turbine bucket is provided that can make centrifugal stress acting on a blade or dovetail not greater than a limit value of a material and that is provided with a shape of a blade root that can ensure a steam passage even if the blade is increased in length in order to increase an exhaust area.	08-28-2008
20100162802	STEAM TURBINE TEST FACILITY, LOW-LOAD TEST METHOD, AND LOAD DUMP TEST METHOD - It is an object of the present invention to provide a steam turbine test facility including a test steam turbine, in which the behavior of an actual steam turbine can be precisely simulated and the efficiency of performance test can be improved. A steam turbine test facility	07-01-2010
20100166544	TURBOMACHINERY - Disclosed herein is a turbomachinery including a labyrinth seal easy to fabricate and adapted to prevent unstable vibration of a rotor. A turbomachinery according to this invention includes a labyrinth seal	07-01-2010
20100278645	Seal Structure and Control Method Therefor - Provided are a seal structure and a control method therefor that can improve sealing performance between a rotating portion and a fixed portion, smoothly start up a steam turbine, and suppress the temperature rise of the rotating portion even if the rotating portion is continuously rotated for a long period of time.	11-04-2010
20100329884	TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - A turbine rotor blade which is enhanced in erosion resistance and reduced in stress corrosion cracking sensitivity is provided. When a blade tip end of the turbine rotor blade is hardened by heat treatment, hardness at an outer circumferential side in a radial direction is made higher than hardness at an inner circumferential side, and thereby, enhancement in erosion resistance and reduction in stress corrosion cracking sensitivity are made compatible with each other all over in a blade length direction.	12-30-2010

Tetsuo Kudo, Oita-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100087692	HYDROGENATION METHOD AND PETROCHEMICAL PROCESS - The present invention provides a hydrogenation method capable of converting cracked kerosene into the raw materials for petrochemical cracking having a high thermal decomposition yield by a hydrogenation reaction. The present invention is a petrochemical process for producing at least any of ethylene, propylene, butane, benzene or toluene by carrying out a thermal decomposition reaction at least using naphtha for the main raw material, wherein cracked kerosene produced from a thermal cracking furnace is hydrogenated using a Pd or Pt catalyst in a two-stage method consisting of a first stage (I), in which a hydrogenation reaction is carried out within the range of 50 to 180° C., and a second stage (II), in which a hydrogenation reaction is carried out within the range of 230 to 350° C., followed by re-supplying all or a portion of these hydrogenated hydrocarbons to a thermal cracking furnace.	04-08-2010

Tetsuya Kudo, Kosai-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100051683	Marking Device - A marking device includes a two-dimensional code forming unit converting first identification information into two-dimensional code information in accordance with a predetermined standard and forming a two-dimensional code on an object based on the two-dimensional code information, a two-dimensional code reading unit reading the two-dimensional code and generating second identification information in accordance with the standard, and a determination unit determining whether or not the first identification information matches the second identification information.	03-04-2010

Tetuo Kudo, Sayama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100164635	Oven controlled multistage crystal oscillator - An object of the invention is to provide an oven controlled crystal oscillator that prevents a reduction in characteristics due to temperature rise in the crystal vibrator and circuit elements other than the oscillating stage, and that increases energy efficiency of a heater element, to thereby facilitate temperature control. The oven controlled crystal oscillator of the invention is an oven controlled multistage crystal oscillator provided with: a crystal vibrator; circuit elements of an oscillating stage, a buffering stage, and a temperature control circuit; and first, second, and third circuit substrates, wherein the configuration is such that: on the first circuit substrate or the second circuit substrate, there are arranged the heater element and the circuit element of the oscillating stage thermally bonded to the heater element; on the third circuit substrate, there are arranged the circuit element of the buffering stage, and at least the circuit elements of the temperature control circuit excluding the heater element and the temperature sensor element; and the third circuit substrate is distanced in the vertical direction and thermally isolated, with a clearance, from the first and second circuit substrates.	07-01-2010

Tomohiro Kudo, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100258739	Charged particle beam apparatus - A sample measuring method and a charged particle beam apparatus are provided which remove contaminants, that have adhered to a sample in a sample chamber of an electron microscope, to eliminate adverse effects on the subsequent manufacturing processes. To achieve this objective, after the sample measurement or inspection is made by using a charged particle beam, contaminants on the sample are removed before the next semiconductor manufacturing process. This allows the contaminants adhering to the sample in the sample chamber to be removed and therefore failures or defects that may occur in a semiconductor fabrication process following the measurement and inspection can be minimized.	10-14-2010

Tomoyuki Kudo, Miyagi-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100154995	SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING OPERATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE PROGRAM - A computer readable storage medium storing a program for performing an operation method of a substrate processing apparatus is provided. The operation method includes the steps of introducing a nonreactive gas into the vacuum preparation chamber before the gate valve is opened while the substrate is transferred between the vacuum preparation chamber of the vacuum processing unit and the transfer unit, stopping introducing the nonreactive gas when an inner pressure of the vacuum preparation chamber becomes same as an atmospheric pressure, starting an evacuation process of the corrosive gas in the vacuum preparation chamber and then opening to atmosphere performed by letting the vacuum preparation chamber communicate with an atmosphere, and opening the gate valve after the step of opening to atmosphere.	06-24-2010

Toshiaki Kudo, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090155214	NOVEL BACTERIA AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLANT DISEASE USING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a means for imparting resistance against pathogenic fungal, pathogenic bacterial, or pathogenic viral disease to agriculturally useful plants. The present invention relates to a bacterium belonging to the genus	06-18-2009
20100221807	CELLULASE ENZYME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - This invention provides a cellulase enzyme derived from intestinal symbiotic protists of insects selected from the group consisting of	09-02-2010

Toshihiko Kudo, Toride-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100074666	CLEANING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus having a high toner containing efficiency of a waste toner-collecting container is provided. Piled toner is broken by an vibrating imparting operation and at the same time, a toner feeding member such as a feeding screw disposed inside the toner-collecting container is rotated by changing a reciprocating operation by the vibrating impartment to a rotational operation in a direction. As a result, the piled toner which cannot be completely broken by the vibrating imparting operation is broken and fed, so that driving noise is reduced and the toner containing efficiency is improved.	03-25-2010

Toshio Kudo, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090027300	RADIO WAVE SHIELDING BODY - An electromagnetic screen (	01-29-2009
20100182188	Radio Wave Absorber And Producing Method Thereof - In order to provide a radio wave absorber that can be produced easily and has excellent radio wave absorption characteristics, a conductive surface	07-22-2010

Toshio Kudo, Amagasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100073141	IC TAG READING DEVICE - On one side of a passageway for an identification subject	03-25-2010

Toshiyuki Kudo, Aomori JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080280542	CLEANING APPARATUS FOR A PROBE - The present invention provides a cleaning apparatus capable of removing foreign matters attached to a tip of a probe effectively without impairing the durability of the probe. The cleaning apparatus for the probe comprises a base plate having a rough surface and a surface layer formed to conform to and cover the rough surface for the purpose of providing a polishing surface for the probe and having lower hardness than hardness of the probe tip of the probe.	11-13-2008
20100164520	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An embodiment of a method for testing an integrated circuit comprises a first step for determining at least one of a group selected from whether or not the chuck top receiving the integrated circuit exists near a probe card which transmits and receives electrical signals to and from the integrated circuit, whether or not the integrated circuit is under testing, and whether or not the probe card has a given temperature, and a second step for adjusting power for heating to be supplied to a heating element provided in the probe card according to the determination result in the first step.	07-01-2010

Toshiyuki Kudo, Okayama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100152419	FUSION PROTEIN CONTAINING HIGHLY-EXPRESSED AND SECRETED INSULIN PRECURSOR, DNA ENCODING SAME, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING INSULIN - A DNA which encodes a fused protein containing an insulin precursor of the overexpression secretion type for producing transgenic insulin, and a method of producing insulin with the use of this DNA.	06-17-2010

Tsuyoshi Kudo, Aomori JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090019563	NON-BROWNING APPLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND DRINK AND FOOD USING THE SAME - It is intended to provide a method for producing a non-browning apple. Apples in which total polyphenol content is not more than 40 mg/100 g fresh weight in terms of catechin when extracted from apple flesh using methanol and assayed by the Folin-Denis method are used as cross parents and by crossing and breeding them, using a low level of the browning degree of fruit flesh as an index and performing selection based on the index, the non-browning apple is produced. The non-browning apple has a non-browning characteristic that browning of flesh is less likely to occur and a polyphenol oxidase activity is significantly lower than that of a conventional cultivar.	01-15-2009

Wataru Kudo, Yokohama City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090002200	MULTI-SEGMENT BACKLIGHT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR KEYBOARDS - An electroluminescent apparatus includes a protection layer characterized by two or more non-overlapping regions and a back electrode layer which includes two or more back electrode regions. Each of the back electrode regions overlies a corresponding one of the non-overlapping regions in the protection layer. A bottom insulation layer includes two or more bottom insulation regions, each of which overlying a corresponding one of the back electrode regions. The apparatus includes two or more electroluminescent segments, each of which overlying a corresponding one of the back electrode layers. A transparent electrode layer includes two or more transparent electrode regions, each overlying a corresponding one of electroluminescent segments. The apparatus includes two or more power supply devices, each of which coupled to a corresponding one of the back electrode regions and to a corresponding one of the transparent electrode regions for providing luminescence over a corresponding one of the non-overlapping regions.	01-01-2009
20090211888	MULTI-ILLUMINATING KEYBOARD BACK LIGHT AND METHOD - A keyboard apparatus includes a housing which includes a plurality of key pads spatially disposed within the housing, each of the key pads being depressible upon touch by a user, the plurality of key pads being distributed in a plurality of non-overlapping keyboard regions. Each of the non-overlapping regions includes fewer than all of the plurality of keypads. An optically transparent circuit board is coupled to a backside of each of the key pads. In a specific embodiment, a plurality of electroluminescent segments are arranged in a non-planar configuration. Each of the plurality of electroluminescent segments includes one of a corresponding plurality of power supply devices. Each of the plurality of electroluminescent segments provides electromagnetic radiation to a respective non-overlapping keyboard region for lighting key pads in the respective non-overlapping keyboard region. Each of the non-overlapping regions includes fewer than all of the plurality of keypads.	08-27-2009

Yasuhiro Kudo, Ichinomiya JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080239385	Image forming device, and method and computer readable medium applicable to the same - An image forming device, which is configured to receive print data from a client via a network and process the print data, includes a print request receiving unit configured to receive a print request transmitted by the client with a protocol through a port of the image forming device, a protocol specifying unit configured to specify a kind of the protocol used in the transmission of the print request, a destination information creating unit configured to create destination information representing a destination to which the print data are to be sent, based on the protocol of the kind specified by the protocol specifying unit, and a destination information sending unit configured to send the destination information to the client with the protocol of the specified kind.	10-02-2008
20080239388	Information processing apparatus and computer usable medium therefor - An information processing apparatus having a request receiving unit to receive a request issued from a client device for event information, a destination device determining unit to determine the client device which issued the request as a destination device of the event information, a destination device information storing unit to store first destination device information which specifies the destination device, an event information providing unit to provide the event information to the destination device according to the first destination device information, a first cancellation unit to invalidate the first destination device information when delivery of the event information failed, and a second cancellation unit to invalidate second destination device information, which specifies the identical destination device according to the removal of the first destination device information when the second destination device specifying the identical destination device is detected in the destination device information storing unit, is provided.	10-02-2008
20080244618	Information Processing apparatus and computer usable medim therefor - An information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes an event detecting unit to detect events, an event notifying information generating unit to generate event notifying information, an event notifying information storage to store the event notifying information in a predetermined arrangement, a client information list storage to store information concerning the client device to which event information concerning each of the events is provided, a notifying unit to provide a piece of the event information corresponding to a first event to the client device, and a judging unit to judge whether the piece of the event information was provided to the client device normally. The notifying unit provides another piece of the event information corresponding to a second event, when the judging unit judges the precedent piece of the event information was provided to the client device normally.	10-02-2008
20100053677	PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTER AND TERMINAL DEVICE THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING PROGRAM FOR PRINTER OR TERMINAL DEVICE - A printing system has a printer and a terminal device. The printer has a first data receiving unit to receive print data and layout data request that requests the terminal device to transmit layout data representing an arrangement of objects, a layout data generating unit to generate the layout data based on the print data, and a second data transmitting unit to transmit the layout data to the terminal device. The terminal device has a first data transmitting unit to transmit the print data and the layout data request to the printer, a second data receiving unit to receive the layout data from the printer, a preview image generating unit to generate preview image data representing a printing result with the use of the layout data, and a display unit to display a preview image represented by the preview image data on a display unit.	03-04-2010
20100115268	Network Device and Computer Readable Medium Therefor - A network device, connectable with a service providing server and an authentication sever via a network, includes an acquisition information storage storing acquisition information for acquiring a certificate corresponding to each of services the service providing server provides, a certificate storage storing certificates acquired from the authentication server, a determining unit that, in response to acceptance of a request for utilizing a service, determines whether a certificate necessary for utilizing the requested service is stored in the certificate storage, and a controller that, when the necessary certificate is not stored, reads out acquisition information for the necessary certificate from the acquisition information storage, makes a certificate acquiring unit acquire the necessary certificate from the authentication server using the acquisition information, and stores the necessary certificate into the certificate storage. When the necessary certificate is stored, the controller makes the certificate acquiring unit acquire the necessary certificate from the certificate storage.	05-06-2010

Yasuo Kudo, Higashiyamato-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100241795	NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM, AND DATA READ/WRITE METHOD FOR NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM - A nonvolatile memory system comprises a nonvolatile memory having a plurality of data areas; and a memory controller operative to control read and write operations to the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller successively executes read/write operations to plural sectors within a selected data area in the nonvolatile memory in accordance with a command and a sector count and sector address fed from a host device.	09-23-2010
20110055466	NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM, AND DATA READ/WRITE METHOD FOR NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM - A nonvolatile memory system comprises a nonvolatile memory having a plurality of data areas; and a memory controller operative to control read and write operations to the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller successively executes read/write operations to plural sectors within a selected data area in the nonvolatile memory in accordance with a command and a sector count and sector address fed from a host device.	03-03-2011
20110082968	NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM, AND DATA READ/WRITE METHOD FOR NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM - A nonvolatile memory system comprises a nonvolatile memory having a plurality of data areas; and a memory controller operative to control read and write operations to the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller successively executes read/write operations to plural sectors within a selected data area in the nonvolatile memory in accordance with a command and a sector count and sector address fed from a host device.	04-07-2011

Yasuyuki Kudo, Nakano JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090303167	Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device which can enhance power-consumption reduction efficiency irrespective of inputted image data is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel which includes a display region formed of a mass of a plurality of pixels; a backlight which has a plurality of light sources receiving a lighting control independently, and has a region thereof where the light sources are mounted partitioned into a plurality of lighting regions; and a control circuit which converts image data inputted from the outside into a video signal to be supplied to the liquid crystal display panel and performs the lighting control of the backlight, wherein the control circuit forms a first frame in which image data having a grayscale higher than a grayscale of image data to be displayed is formed and a second frame in which image data having a grayscale lower than a grayscale of the image data to be displayed are formed, and alternately displays the image data in the first frame and the image data in the second frame, and the backlight performs the lighting control for every lighting region of the backlight in conformity with a display content of the liquid crystal display panel.	12-10-2009

Yasuyuki Kudo, Kamakura JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090085857	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CONTROLLER - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display controller device and method which provides for a full and/or partial display with good display quality and/or low power consumption based on the scanning period for an active scan line being dependent upon a number of reference clock pulses. Some embodiments of the present invention include one or more of the following features: keeping the frequency substantially constant for different numbers of active scan lines, allowing change of the frequency due to characteristics of the LCD, displaying gradation with near linear effective voltage characteristics, displaying graduation data with lower power, or displaying a partial or full screen in a mobile device, for example, a cell phone.	04-02-2009
20090184985	DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING - A display driving circuit to supply a gray scale voltage corresponding to display data to a display panel, the display driving circuit including: a generation circuit to divide a reference voltage to generate a plurality of levels of the gray scale voltages; an interface circuit; a selection circuit to select the gray scale voltage corresponding to the display data from the plurality of levels of voltages; a first register to store a setting value that adjusts the amplitude of a gamma characteristic curve from outside via the interface circuit; and a second register to store a setting value that adjusts the gradient of the gamma characteristic curve from outside via the interface circuit; and a third register to store a setting value for micro adjusting the gamma characteristic curve from outside via the interface circuit; wherein the first, second and third registers are assigned different addresses.	07-23-2009
20110148953	DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING - A display driver having a first mode where a number of colors to be displayed is smaller than a predetermined number and a second mode where a number of colors to be displayed is equal to or larger than the predetermined number. A generation circuit generates gray scale voltages having a plurality of levels for positive polarity and negative polarity. In the first mode, the generation circuit decreases a current flowing into an internal circuit which generates a gray scale voltage of an intermediate level other than two gray scale voltages of a lowest and a highest level, in comparison to a current flowing in the second mode. In the first mode, the selection circuit selects a gray scale voltage in accordance with the display data, from the two gray scale voltages of the lowest and the highest level gray scale voltage which are generated from the generation circuit.	06-23-2011

Yoshiaki Kudo, Nagano-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100109182	METHOD OF SETTING MOLD CLAMPING FORCE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE - When test molding is performed by sequentially clamping a mold with a mold clamping force (100%, 80%, 70%, ...) obtained by sequentially lowering a mold clamping force by a predetermined amount from the maximum mold clamping force (100%), a mold clamping pressure Pc in an injection process is detected and a plurality of different monitored elements (Pc, Pcd and Per) corresponding to the variation of the mold clamping pressure Pc are monitored, and thus it is detected that at least one of the monitored elements is varied to exceed a predetermined threshold, a mold clamping force obtained by increasing a mold clamping force at the time of the production of the variation by a predetermined amount is set as a proper mold clamping force Fs.	05-06-2010
20100109183	METHOD OF SETTING MOLD CLAMPING FORCE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE - Test molding is performed by sequentially clamping a mold	05-06-2010

Yoshiaki Kudo, Hokkaido JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100234580	Process for Producing Proteoglycan - An efficient low-cost method of proteoglycan recovery from natural resources. There is provided a process for producing proteoglycan, comprising the steps of immersing a biological sample containing proteoglycan in an alkali solution of 0.0025 to 0.1 N and recovering the solution after the immersion. As compared with the conventional extraction method, proteoglycan can be recovered in unaltered undecomposed form easily within a short period of time, thereby attaining substantial reduction of proteoglycan production cost. Further, proteoglycan highly useful in industry can be recovered from wasted portions of fin, feather, mammal, etc. having mainly been discarded, thereby contributing toward effective utilization of industrial waste and reduction of the volume of industrial waste per se.	09-16-2010

Yoshihiro Kudo, Funabashi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100003729	Method for producing optically active succinimide compound - There is provided a novel method for producing an optically active succinimide compound which is a useful compound utilized as an intermediate raw material for pharmaceutical products or the like. The method for producing an optically active succinimide compound of formula (2) comprises processing a racemic compound of a succinimide compound of formula (1) in the presence of a hydrolase to selectively hydrolyze one of the enantiomers, and subjecting to a post-treatment.	01-07-2010

Yoshinobu Kudo, Toshima-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090040621	ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens for capturing images that enhances the image aberration correction rate to achieve high resolution and zooming ratio. The zoom lens includes, in sequence from an object side to an image side, a first lens group with positive refraction power, a second lens group with negative refraction power, a third lens group with positive refraction power, a fourth lens group with positive refraction power, a fifth lens group with positive refraction power and a sixth lens group with positive refraction power. The positions of first and sixth lens groups are fixed during photographing. When the zoom lens is made to zoom from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end thereof, the second lens group moves toward the image side while the fourth and fifth lens groups move toward the object side. In addition, the zoom lens has a reflection element so as to fold the image light entering thereof.	02-12-2009

Yuji Kudo, Shinagawa-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100159401	PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE SYSTEM, AND EXPOSURE METHOD - A liquid immersion type projection optical system that can stably prevent the outflow of immersion liquid into inside of an optical system and can maintain good imaging performance. In the projection optical system of the present invention, an optical path between a light transmitting member (Lp) disposed closest to a second surface (W) side and the second surface is filled with a liquid (Lm	06-24-2010

Yuki Kudo, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090238413	METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING METAL COLLOID - A method for quantifying metal colloidal particles carrying to-be-detected analytes, includes producing an inspection sample by developing solution containing the metal colloidal particles on a substrate, generating a plurality of image data about an identical visual field by enlarging and capturing the sample, removing a signal component derived from an impurity existing on the substrate from the image data by comparing the plurality of image data, and measuring the metal colloidal particles from the image data from which the signal component derived from the impurity was removed.	09-24-2009
20090250708	THIN-FILM PHOTODIODE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A thin-film photodiode has a substrate, a thin-film element formed on the substrate and a micro lens formed above the thin-film element. The thin-film element includes a first semiconductor layer of p-type semiconductor formed on the substrate, a second semiconductor layer formed in contact with the first semiconductor layer on the substrate and formed of i-type semiconductor or p-type semiconductor having lower impurity concentration than the first semiconductor layer and a third semiconductor layer formed of an n-type semiconductor layer formed in contact with the second semiconductor layer on the substrate. The position of an optical axis center of the lens is set between a boundary between the second and third semiconductor layers and a lateral center of the second semiconductor layer.	10-08-2009

Yukitsuka Kudo, Miyagi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090185975	DIAGNOSTIC PROBE FOR CONFORMATION DISEASE - The invention provides a probe compound useful for early diagnosis of conformation disease, a composition and a kit comprising it for diagnosis for conformation disease, and a medical composition for treatment and/or prevention of conformation disease.	07-23-2009
20100021385	BENZOXAZOLE DERIVATIVES - It is intended to provide a benzoxazole derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof which is useful in the early diagnosis of a conformation disease; a composition or a kit containing the same for diagnosing a conformation disease; a medical composition for treating and/or preventing a conformation disease; and so on.	01-28-2010
20100272642	PET PROBE HAVING AN ALKOXY GROUP SUBSTITUTED BY FLUORINE AND HYDROXY GROUP - Disclosed are: a PET probe compound having an alkoxy group substituted by a fluorine and a hydroxy group, which is useful for the early diagnosis of a conformational disease; a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and/or prevention of a conformational disease, which comprises the compound; and others.	10-28-2010

Yutaka Kudo, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100017256	PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method of managing a hierarchically structured project on a computer. The method defines each of subprojects composing the hierarchical structure, define each structure of the works composing each subproject, stores information about each work of the subproject, collects information about the corresponding works among the subprojects selected by the user as a compound work, and displays the information about the work on the compound-work basis.	01-21-2010