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Kuroda, Tokyo

Akihiro Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080225274Vibration detection device - A vibration detection device includes: a light source emitting a laser beam; an interferometer including a vibrating body and a reflecting body both capable of reflecting the laser beam, a polarizing beam splitter splitting a laser beam emitted from the light source into beams traveling along first and second optical paths, a first ¼ wave plate arranged between the polarizing beam splitter and the vibrating body in the first optical path, and a second ¼ wave plate arranged between the polarizing beam splitter and the reflecting body in the second optical path, the interferometer causing interference between a reflected beam reflected by the vibrating body and a reference beam reflected by the reflecting body to form a interference pattern; and a detection means quantizing the vibration of the vibrating body on the basis of the formed interference pattern to detect the vibration.09-18-2008
20090027687FIXED-POINT DETECTOR AND DISPLACEMENT-MEASURING APPARATUS - A fixed-point detector is provided. The fixed-point detector includes a plurality of fixed-point detecting patterns, a fixed-point detecting light source, and a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. The plurality of fixed-point detecting patterns each have a pair of diffraction gratings for diffracting incident light in different directions. The fixed-point detecting light source irradiates the pair of diffraction gratings with light while moving in the measurement-axis direction with respect to the plurality of fixed-point detecting patterns. The plurality of photoelectric conversion elements move together with the fixed-point detecting light source, while receiving light beams diffracted by the respective diffraction gratings of the plurality of fixed-point detecting patterns and converting the diffracted light beams into electric signals.01-29-2009
20090033946DISPLACEMENT MEASURING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a displacement measuring apparatus that includes a composite scale having a magnetic pattern and a diffraction grating each aligned in a direction of measuring axis, and a detector head moving in a direction of measuring axis relative to the composite scale. The detector head has a magnetic detection unit detecting a magnetic field exerted by the magnetic pattern to generate first reproduced signals, a light source irradiating the diffraction grating with light, and an optical detection unit detecting the light diffracted by the diffraction grating to generate second reproduced signals. In composite scale, the magnetic pattern and the diffraction grating are arranged such that a pitch of the first reproduced signals is larger than that of the second reproduced signals.02-05-2009
20090257066Optical displacement measuring device - An optical displacement measuring device includes a diffraction grating, a reflecting optical system configured to irradiate two one-time diffracted beams diffracted at the diffraction grating on the diffraction grating again, and the reflecting optical system includes a first imaging element, a second imaging element, a first reflector, and a second reflector, wherein the focal length of the first imaging element and the focal length of the second imaging element are the same, the diffraction grating and first reflector are disposed around the focal position of the first imaging element, and the diffraction grating and second reflector are disposed around the focal position of the second imaging element, thereby suppressing influence of displacement of the diffraction grating as to other than a direction where a movement position is detected.10-15-2009

Patent applications by Akihiro Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Akio Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090047501EASY-OPEN END - An easy-open end comprising a resin-coated metal plate obtained by coating a metal substrate with a anti-blocking agent-containing biaxially drawn film via a primer, wherein an important feature resides in that the anti-blocking agent in the biaxially drawn film is of a spherical shape having an average particle size of 0.5 to 2.5 μm and an average particle size ratio (long diameter/short diameter) in a range of 1.0 to 1.2, and is contained at a ratio of 0.05 to 0.5% by weight in the biaxially drawn film. Even without forming a top-coat layer, therefore, the film is not scratched or the forming-tool is not damaged by the anti-blocking agent that adheres and deposits on the forming tool. Besides, the resin coating favorably adheres to the metal plate offering excellent advantage in production and in economy.02-19-2009
20110152268NOVEL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING NOCICEPTIVE PAIN - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating nociceptive pain, containing a morpholine derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as an active ingredient. The present invention is useful in providing an excellent pharmaceutical composition for treating nociceptive pain. In addition, the present invention is particularly useful in providing a pharmaceutical composition for treating pain accompanying a disease selected from the group consisting of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, osteoarthritis, spondylosis deformans, gouty arthritis, juvenile arthritis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, and cervical syndrome, lumbago, lumbago accompanying spondylosis deformans, menalgia, pain and tumentia after inflammation, operation or injury, pain after odontectomy, and cancer pain. In addition, the present invention is particularly useful for alleviating pain in a damaged cartilage region, and is particularly useful for osteoarthritis in which NSAIDs are not effective.06-23-2011
20110166348NOVEL SALT OF MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE - Provided are an acid addition salt of (+)-2-[(inden-7-yloxy)methyl]morpholine (compound A) and a novel crystal thereof, which are for use as a medicament or a drug substance, and which has high storage stability, particularly high stability against humidity and light. An acid addition salt of the compound A with an acid selected from benzenesulfonic acid and hydrobromic acid is a compound which is isolated in the form of a crystal, is a solid at room temperature, exhibits no hygroscopicity at such a level that causes a problem for use as a medicament or a drug substance, has stability against humidity and light, and is therefore extremely useful as a medicament or a drug substance.07-07-2011
20110207729BICYCLIC ACYLGUANIDINE DERIVATIVE - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel and excellent agent for treating or preventing dementia, schizophrenia, and the like, based on the serotonin 5-HT08-25-2011

Hirofumi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080246008SEMICONDUCTOR-ENCAPSULATING RESIN COMPOSITION AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor-encapsulating resin composition includes a curing agent and a compound (A) having a plurality of glycidyl ether groups. When ion viscosity of the resin composition is measured under conditions of a measurement temperature of about 175° C. and a measurement frequency of about 100 Hz, minimum ion viscosity appears at about 5 seconds or later and within about 40 seconds from a measurement starting point. The minimum ion viscosity is at least about 4.0 and at most about 7.0. A maximum slope of the ion viscosity appears at about 10 seconds or later and within about 60 seconds from the measurement starting point. The maximum slope is at least about 2.0 and at most about 6.0.10-09-2008
20090107203Press-Molding Method and Press-Molding Device - A press-molding device (04-30-2009
20090211731Cooling Method and Cooling Device - A cooling device (08-27-2009

Patent applications by Hirofumi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Hiromitsu Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100163139Cu ALLOY MATERIAL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING Cu ALLOY CONDUCTOR USING THE SAME, Cu ALLOY CONDUCTOR OBTAINED BY THE METHOD, AND CABLE OR TROLLEY WIRE USING THE Cu ALLOY CONDUCTOR - A method of manufacturing a Cu alloy conductor comprises the steps of: 07-01-2010

Hiroshi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080251936SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The generation of a wire bonding defect is reduced in the semiconductor device in which semiconductor chips are laminated. A wiring substrate, the first memory chip by which face-up mounting is done via the first filmy adhesive on the wiring substrate, the second memory chip by which face-up mounting is done via the second filmy adhesive on the first memory chip, and the microcomputer chip by which face-up mounting is done via the third filmy adhesive on the second memory chip are included. Since the third filmy adhesive adhered to the microcomputer chip of the highest stage is the thinnest, at the time of wire bonding of the microcomputer chip, the influence to the ultrasonic wave and load of wire bonding by softening of a filmy adhesive which takes place with the heat can be reduced, and lowering of wire bonding property can be suppressed.10-16-2008
20100219537SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip which form a stack are mounted on a module substrate by deflecting a centre position of the semiconductor chips from the module substrate. In the side where the distance from the edge of the deflected semiconductor chip to the edge of a module substrate is shorter, the electrode pad on the first semiconductor chip and the electrode pad on the second semiconductor chip are directly connected with a wire. In the side where the distance from the edge of the deflected semiconductor chip to the edge of a module substrate is longer, the electrode pad on the first semiconductor chip and the electrode pad on the second semiconductor chip are combined with the corresponding bonding lead on the module substrate with a wire.09-02-2010

Patent applications by Hiroshi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Hisashi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100174208LIVING BODY MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A living body measurement apparatus according to the present invention functions both as a muscular tissue hardness tester for measuring hardness of muscular tissue of a living body and as an algesiometer for measuring a degree of sense of pain of the living body, and the apparatus includes: an contacting section which includes a first contact surface contacting the living body, and which applies pressure to the living body; an auxiliary section which includes a second contact surface contacting the living body, and which supports the second contact surface so that the second contact surface perform reciprocating movement between a coplanar position in which the second contact surface is disposed substantially coplanar with the first contact surface and a retracted position in which the second contact surface is retracted with respect to the first contact surface; and a locking mechanism which locks the auxiliary section in a state in which the second contact surface is disposed at the retracted position.07-08-2010
20110130682MUSCLE HARDNESS METER - A muscle hardness meter according to the present invention, which measures the hardness of muscle tissue of a living organism, includes: an auxiliary part which touches a periphery of a section of the living organism to be measured so as to apply pressure to the periphery; a touching part which touches the section to be measured so as to apply pressure to the section to be measured; a first pressure sensor which measures pressures that the touching part and the auxiliary part sustain, respectively, from the section to be measured and the periphery, and outputs a first measurement result; a second pressure sensor which measures a pressure that the touching part sustains from the section to be measured, and outputs a second measurement result; a notification part which notifies the second measurement result; and a control part which determines whether or not the first measurement result reaches a reference pressure value input in advance and notifies the second measurement result to the notification part at a time when it is determined that the first measurement result reaches the reference value.06-02-2011
20110144541BIOMETRIC DATA-MEASURING INSTRUMENT, BIOMETRIC DATA-MEASURING SYSTEM, MUSCLE STRENGTH METER, AND MUSCLE STRENGTH-MEASURING SYSTEM - A biometric data-measuring instrument that measures data relating to a living organism by applying pressure to the living organism. The instrument includes: a casing, an auxiliary contacting part that extends from the casing, the auxiliary contacting part being contacted against a vicinity of a point to be measured on the living organism and applying pressure to the vicinity of the point to be measured, a main contacting part that, in a state where the auxiliary contacting part is applying pressure to the vicinity of the point to be measured, is contacted against the point to be measured and applies pressure to the point to be measured in the direction in which the auxiliary contacting part is applying pressure to the vicinity of the point to be measured, a pressure sensor that is provided inside the casing and measures a pressure that the main contacting part receives from the point to be measured, and a biometric data display unit that is provided on the casing and displays the measured biometric data. A tip of the auxiliary contacting part extends outward from a base side thereof.06-16-2011

Kazuhiko Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100258500APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING RADIOACTIVE NITRATE WASTE LIQUID - To provide an apparatus for treating a radioactive nitrate waste liquid that includes a denitrification tank (10-14-2010
20100276345APPARATUS FOR TREATING RADIOACTIVE NITRATE WASTE LIQUID - An apparatus for treating a radioactive nitrate waste liquid includes: a denitrification tank (11-04-2010
20100282673METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING NITRATE WASTE LIQUID - To provide an apparatus for treating a nitrate waste liquid that includes a denitrification tank (11-11-2010

Kazumichi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100273997Ribozyme to cleave coronavirus gene - Provided is a ribozyme to cleave a coronavirus gene and a therapeutic agent for a coronavirus infectious disease. A common base sequence in coronaviruses such as SARS-CoV and MHV was searched to design a ribozyme including a base sequence complementary thereto. Moreover, a therapeutic agent for a coronavirus infectious disease including such ribozyme was obtained.10-28-2010

Kazuto Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100020181INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In an information processing apparatus according to the present invention, a control unit obtains identification information identifying an information device connected to the information processing apparatus, determines compatibility based upon the identification information and a prestored list table of compatible information devices, and writes information that is recorded in advance to the information device to a disc when it is determined that the information device is compatible with the information processing apparatus.01-28-2010
20120007556BATTERY DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND METHOD - An apparatus is disclosed that includes a resistance measuring unit operable to determine a solution resistance Rsol and a charge transfer resistance Rct of a battery; and at least one computer-readable non-transitory storage medium comprising code, that, when executed by at least one processor, is operable to provide an estimate of the present value of the battery by: comparing Rsol and Rct to historical deterioration transition information; estimating the number of remaining charge cycles before a discharge capacity lower limit is reached by the battery using the comparison; and estimating the number of remaining charge cycles before a discharge time lower limit is reached by the battery using the comparison. The estimate of the present value of the battery includes the smaller of the number of remaining charge cycles before a discharge capacity lower limit is reached or the number of remaining charge cycles before a discharge time lower limit is reached.01-12-2012

Patent applications by Kazuto Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Kazuyuki Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080207785PROCESS FOR FORMING MESOSTRUCTURED MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING ORIENTATION OF TUBULAR MESOPORES - A mesostructured material, which has plural tubular pores and is arranged on a polymer surface, characterized in that the pores are uniaxially oriented. The mesostructured material can be developed to functional devices.08-28-2008

Patent applications by Kazuyuki Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Keiichi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120113277CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, IMAGAGING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND IMAGING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a control apparatus, a control method, an imaging apparatus, a program, and an imaging system able to prevent cable wrapping, etc. which has a risk of occurring when rotating an imaging apparatus while a cable is connected in an imaging system which conducts automatic imaging operations by automatic composing and which is provided with an imaging apparatus and a motorized platform apparatus that rotatably drives the imaging apparatus, for example.05-10-2012

Kenichi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090098719METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An object of the invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device having constant characteristics with reduced variations in forward characteristics. The method for manufacturing the silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the invention includes the steps of: (a) preparing a silicon carbide substrate; (b) forming an epitaxial layer on a first main surface of the silicon carbide substrate; (c) forming a protective film on the epitaxial layer; (d) forming a first metal layer on a second main surface of the silicon carbide substrate; (e) applying heat treatment to the silicon carbide substrate at a predetermined temperature to form an ohmic junction between the first metal layer and the second main surface of the silicon carbide substrate; (f) removing the protective film; (g) forming a second metal layer on the epitaxial layer; and (h) applying heat treatment to the silicon carbide substrate at a temperature from 400° C. to 600° C. to form a Schottky junction of desired characteristics between the second metal layer and the epitaxial layer.04-16-2009
20090134404SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - On a major surface of an n-type silicon carbide inclined substrate (05-28-2009
20110001209SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a termination structure in which a JTE layer is provided, a level or defect existing at an interface between a semiconductor layer and an insulating film, or a minute amount of adventitious impurities that infiltrate into the semiconductor interface from the insulating film or from an outside through the insulating film becomes a source or a breakdown point of a leakage current, which deteriorates a breakdown voltage. A semiconductor device includes: an n01-06-2011
20120028453METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An object is to provide a method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device in which a time required for removing a sacrificial oxide film can be shortened and damage to a surface of the silicon carbide layer can be reduced. The method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device includes: (a) performing ion implantation to a silicon carbide layer; (b) performing activation annealing to the ion-implanted silicon carbide layer 2; (c) removing a surface layer of the silicon carbide layer 2, to which the activation annealing has been performed, by dry etching; (d) forming a sacrificial oxide film on a surface layer of the silicon carbide layer, to which the dry etching has been performed, by performing sacrificial oxidation thereto; and (e) removing the sacrificial oxide film by wet etching.02-02-2012

Patent applications by Kenichi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Mahoko Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100003998CELLULAR SYSTEM, CARRIER ALLOCATION METHOD THEREOF, BASE STATION, AND MOBILE STATION - In a method of allocating carriers of a cellular system comprising mobile stations and a wireless network of multiple base stations, multiple carriers being available for communication between base and mobile stations, the wireless network performs the following. Carriers are divided into first and second carriers, and allocated the same for each cell formed by the base stations. Each mobile station is classified as an intracell-inner-area or an intracell-outer-area mobile station. Communication is performed with the intracell-inner-area and intracell-outer-area mobile stations by the first and second carriers, respectively. A status of use of the first carriers in a first cell is measured based on communicated data, as is that of the second carriers in a second cell. The number of second carriers in the second cell is changed based on at least the status of use of the first carriers and the status of use of the second carriers.01-07-2010

Masahiko Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090246181THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITION FOR ATOPIC DERMATITIS - A novel type of therapeutic agent, human mesenchymal stem cells, and a composition containing the same for the treatment of atopic dermatitis is disclosed. A method for the treatment of atopic dermatitis in patient is also disclosed.10-01-2009
20100062978METHOD FOR INHIBITING SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION, SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION INHIBITOR TO BE USED THEREIN AND USE THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for inhibiting activation of signaling pathway mediated by erbB1 or erbB2 in human cell and a signaling inhibitor to be used therefor. The above-described activation of signaling pathway can be inhibited by a polypeptide comprising at least one of PTB domain or ERK2 binding domain of human FRS2β. The above-described polypeptide may be introduced directly into cell, or nucleic acid which encodes for the above-described polypeptide may be introduced into cell to allow expression of the polypeptide in the cell. Such polypeptide and nucleic acid can be used, for example, as a signaling inhibitor. In addition, since erbB1 and erbB2 are involved in development of cancer, the above-described signaling inhibitor is also useful, for example, as an anticancer drug.03-11-2010
20100144830CANCER CELL IDENTIFICATION MARKER AND CANCER CELL PROLIFERATION INHIBITOR - Disclosed is an identification marker which can be utilized for detection of various human cancer cells and whose expression closely relates to malignant alteration of cells, and compositions for human cancer treatment which are based on suppression of cancer cell proliferation through inhibition of expression of the identification marker. The marker is human heterochromatin protein 1γ (HP1γ), and the compositions for cancer treatment comprises one or more agents which suppresses the expression of human HP1γ gene, such as siRNAs to human HP1γ.06-10-2010
20100144849METHOD FOR INHIBITING SIGNALING MEDIATED BY ErbB2, SIGNALING INHIBITOR TO BE USED THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for inhibiting activation of signaling pathway mediated by ErbB2 in a human cell and a signaling inhibitor to be used therefor. The above-described activation of signaling pathway can be inhibited by a polypeptide comprising at least one of PTB domain or ERK2 binding domain of human FRS2β. The above-described polypeptide may be introduced directly into a cell, or nucleic acid which encodes for the above-described polypeptide may be introduced into a cell to allow expression of the polypeptide in the cell. Such polypeptide and nucleic acid can be used, for example, as a signaling inhibitor. In addition, since ErbB2 is involved in development of cancer, the above-described signaling inhibitor is also useful, for example, as an anticancer drug.06-10-2010
20110028332MARKER FOR DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER, TEST METHOD, AND TEST KIT - An embodiment of the present invention provides a marker, a test method, and a test kit which can detect the onset of breast cancer that cannot be detected by palpation or mammography examination or breast cancer in an early stage (clinical stage 0), which are simple, and which have high reliability.02-03-2011
20110070207THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITION FOR ATOPIC DERMATITIS - A novel type of therapeutic agent, human mesenchymal stem cells, and a composition containing the same for the treatment of atopic dermatitis is disclosed. A method for the treatment of atopic dermatitis in patient is also disclosed.03-24-2011
20110143360CANCER MARKER, METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF CANCER BY USING THE CANCER MARKER, AND EVALUATION REAGENT - The present invention provides a novel cancer marker for evaluating the onset, the preclinical stage, the clinical stage, or the prognosis of a cancer in a subject, and an evaluation method using the same. A cancer marker containing at least one miRNA selected from hsa-miR-92 and hsa-miR-494 is used as a marker for cancers excluding breast cancer. A method for evaluating the possibility of cancers excluding breast cancer includes the step of detecting the expression level of a cancer marker in a biological sample collected from a subject. In this method, the cancer marker contains at least one miRNA selected from hsa-miR-92 and hsa-miR-494.06-16-2011
20110213128SIRNA CAPABLE OF INHIBITING THE EXPRESSION OF AN ONCOGENE INVOLVED IN CERVICAL CANCER - The present invention identifies the total nucleotide sequence of a novel oncogene from human, which is directly involved in such a cancerization mechanism as for cervical cancer induced by HPV infection of cervical epithelial cell and the amino acid sequence of an oncogenic protein encoded thereby, and to provide a full-length polynucleotide encoding a peptide chain of the oncogenic protein derived from the novel oncogene, which can be used for recombinant production of the oncogenic protein, and the peptide chain of the oncogenic protein produced recombinantly therewith. Specifically, the present invention provides a novel oncogene polynucleotide from human involving development of cervical cancer, comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, particularly a polynucleotide of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.09-01-2011
20110262402THERAPEUTIC AND PROPHYLACTIC AGENTS FOR ARTHRITIS - Provided is a pharmaceutical composition and a method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of arthritis, inter alia, rheumatoid arthritis. The pharmaceutical composition comprises human mesenchymal stem cells, and the method comprises administering an effective amount human mesenchymal stem cells to a patient.10-27-2011

Patent applications by Masahiko Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Masami Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110069523Semiconductor memory device and multilayered chip semiconductor device - Disclosed here is a semiconductor memory device including: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of pads formed on the semiconductor substrate and configured to permit data input and output; and a memory core block and an I/O block integrated on the semiconductor substrate. The data items are input and output to and from the plurality of pads at twice a maximum access rate in effect.03-24-2011
20110205826Storage control device, storage device and storage device system - Disclosed herein is a storage control device that includes a temperature sensor, temperature information selection section, refresh command reception section and trigger issuance frequency setting section.08-25-2011
20110297932Semiconductor device and integrated semiconductor device - The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor identifier holding portion configured to hold a semiconductor identifier for identifying a semiconductor device; and a control portion configured such that upon elapse of a predetermined time period following receipt of an externally input instruction to hold the semiconductor identifier, the control portion issues an instruction to the semiconductor device immediately downstream of the semiconductor device to hold a semiconductor identifier of the immediately downstream semiconductor device and that during the time period between the point in time at which the externally input instruction is received and the point in time at which the instruction is issued to the immediately downstream semiconductor device to hold the semiconductor identifier thereof, the control portion causes the semiconductor identifier holding portion to hold the externally input identifier.12-08-2011

Masaru Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100008285COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus transmits a request message to connectable relay apparatuses, and receives a response message from the relay apparatuses. The communication apparatus determines whether the received request message includes the device identification data of a relay apparatus to which it is currently connected. If no received response message includes the device identification data of a relay apparatus to which it is currently connected, the communication apparatus requests another relay apparatus identified based on device identification data that is included in any of the received response messages to make a connection with the communication apparatus.01-14-2010

Masashi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100136618METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLULASE AND HEMICELLULASE HAVING HIGH HYDROLYTIC ACTIVITY - The present invention provides a novel cellulase-producing fungus, i.e. 06-03-2010

Masatoshi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100159597CELL CULTURE MEMBRANE, CELL CULTURE KIT, POROUS MATERIAL, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CELL CULTURE MEMBRANE AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR POROUS MATERIAL - To produce a cell culture membrane having biocompatibility utilizing DNA of natural resources and a cell culture kit, the cell culture membrane having DNA ionically-cross-linked with calcium ions or magnesium ions is provided. To produce a porous material utilizing DNA, a production method for a cell culture membrane and a production method for a porous material, fine pores of 1 nm to 100 μm in diameter are prepared in the porous material.06-24-2010
20110058345CONNECTION TERMINAL AND AC ADAPTER - A connection terminal includes a frame body including first and second support parts positioned to face each other; and a third support part having first and second ends connected to an end of the first support part and an end of the second support part, respectively; first elastic contact pieces provided on the first support part on a first side from which a terminal is to be inserted and having respective first contact parts configured to contact a peripheral surface of the terminal; second elastic contact pieces provided on the second support part on the first side and having respective second contact parts configured to contact the peripheral surface of the terminal and positioned to face the first contact parts; and a third elastic contact piece provided on the frame body on a second side opposite to the first side and configured to contact an end portion of the terminal.03-10-2011
20110201116TEST METHOD USING CELLS AND TEST KIT THEREFOR - The present invention provides a method for performing a biological test under conditions in which an artificially prepared cell pattern with initial position coordinates that can be determined is three-dimensionally cultured within a gelled matrix. The present invention relates to a biological test method that comprises testing a biological indicator with reference to at least one selected from the group consisting of cell proliferation, cell movement, and cell differentiation in a cell pattern substantially embedded in gel. The present invention also relates to a kit for the biological test method.08-18-2011

Patent applications by Masatoshi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Morihiro Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120025940COIL - A coil is formed by coaxially winding a second winding so as to be in intimate contact with an outer circumferential portion of a first winding wound about a winding shaft axis. In the first winding, one side of a winding wire is wound from an inner circumferential side to an outer circumferential side, the other side of the winding wire is drawn forth from the inner circumferential side to the outer circumferential side, while crossing the one side of the winding wire, and a thickness in a direction of the winding shaft axis in crossing portions of the one side of the winding wire and the other side of the winding wire is equal to a thickness in other portions.02-02-2012

Motohiko Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120003427WATER REPELLENT FILM AND COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INCLUDING THE FILM - A water repellent film (01-05-2012

Naoki Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100178879RF POWER MODULE - A technique is provided for achieving reduction in size of an electronic device with a power amplifier circuit, while enhancing the performance of the electronic device. An RF power module for a mobile communication device includes first and second semiconductor chips, a passive component, and first and second integrated passive components, which are mounted over a wiring board. In the first semiconductor chip, MISFET elements constituting power amplifier circuits for the GSM 900 and for the DCS 1800 are formed, and a control circuit is also formed. In the first integrated passive component, a low pass filter circuit for the GSM 900 is formed, and in the second integrated passive component, a low pass filter circuit for the DCS 1800 is formed. In the second semiconductor chip, antenna switch circuits for the GSM 900 and DCS 1800 are formed. Over the upper surface of the wiring board, the second semiconductor chip is disposed next to the first semiconductor chip between the integrated passive components.07-15-2010

Naotaka Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080230807Semiconductor Device - A semiconductor device having sufficiently high heat dissipation performance while inhibiting an increase in the area of a chip is provided. In semiconductor device 09-25-2008
20090045438FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR, AND MULTILAYERED EPITAXIAL FILM FOR USE IN PREPARATION OF FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - In a group III nitride-type field effect transistor, the present invention reduces a leak current component by conduction of residual carriers in a buffer layer, and achieves improvement in a break-down voltage, and enhances a carrier confinement effect (carrier confinement) of a channel to improve pinch-off characteristics (to suppress a short channel effect). For example, when applying the present invention to a GaN-type field effect transistor, besides GaN of a channel layer, a composition-modulated (composition-gradient) AlGaN layer in which aluminum composition reduces toward a top gradually or stepwise is used as a buffer layer (hetero buffer). To gate length Lg of a FET to be prepared, a sum a of layer thicknesses of an electron supply layer and a channel layer is selected so as to fulfill Lg/a≧5, and in such a case, the layer thickness of the channel layer is selected in a range of not exceeding 5 times (about 500 Å) as long as a de Broglie wavelength of two-dimensional electron gas accumulated in the channel layer in room temperature.02-19-2009
20090267114FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A field effect transistor 10-29-2009
20100007013Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device, comprising: a semiconductor element 01-14-2010
20100224910FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - Disclosed is an HJFET 09-09-2010
20120012995Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element having a rectangular two-dimensional geometry and serving as a heat source, a first heat sink section including the semiconductor element mounted thereon, and a second heat sink section joined to an opposite side of the first heat sink section that includes the semiconductor element. A relation among directional components of thermal conductivity is K01-19-2012

Patent applications by Naotaka Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Noriko Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100030019ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL OPERATION METHOD - Endoscopic surgical operation method includes: a step of lifting a living tissue including an diseased tissue located distally relative to an operation channel of an endoscope inserted through a natural orifice; a step of suturing a proximal region and a distal region of the living tissue positioned basal relative to the diseased tissue lifted by a suturing means section projecting distally from the operation channel of the endoscope after the lifting; and a step of resecting the living tissue between the sutured regions and the diseased tissue endoscopically after suturing the proximal region and the distal region of the living tissue surrounding the diseased tissue.02-04-2010

Reiko Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110063617Method and Device for Measuring Circular Dichroism Spectra - It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems by using an optical arrangement that is totally different from the conventional CD spectra measuring method, and to provide a method and device for measuring circular dichroism spectra, which can measure the CD spectrum in much shorter time even with the use of a small light source. The method for measuring circular dichroism spectra according to the present invention comprising the steps of irradiating a white light projected from a white light source to a sample without dispersing the light into a monochromatic light, dispersing the light output from the sample, detecting a light intensity of the dispersed light by a detector having a sensor consisting of a charge-coupled device, and then measuring a circular dichroism spectrum of the sample on the basis of a result of the detection by the detector (FIG. 03-17-2011

Sayaka Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100261401Textile fastening toy system - The present invention relates to a toy figure around which textiles can be wrapped and attached comprising: at least one opening formed on a surface of said toy figure, an elastic member formed to cover each opening wherein a wavy incision is formed on each elastic member and the elastic member is exposed and visible from the opening.10-14-2010

Shigeki Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110096350PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PRINT SYSTEM - In this invention, a combined job obtained by combining a plurality of jobs is authenticated as a single job. According to the arrangement of this invention, when print jobs are to be spooled, these jobs are transferred from a dispatcher to a spooler where the jobs are combined. Upon reception of a print instruction, the print job is read out from a spool file, transferred from a despooler to a graphic engine again, and transferred from the dispatcher to a printer driver. At this time, the printer driver issues an authentication request in printing to a job accounting client. Thus, only one authentication request suffices for one combined job.04-28-2011
20110310426PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PRINT SYSTEM - In this invention, a combined job obtained by combining a plurality of jobs is authenticated as a single job. According to the arrangement of this invention, when print jobs are to be spooled, these jobs are transferred from a dispatcher to a spooler where the jobs are combined. Upon reception of a print instruction, the print job is read out from a spool file, transferred from a despooler to a graphic engine again, and transferred from the dispatcher to a printer driver. At this time, the printer driver issues an authentication request in printing to a job accounting client. Thus, only one authentication request suffices for one combined job.12-22-2011

Patent applications by Shigeki Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Shigeru Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090123410KERATOTIC PLUG REMOVING COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a keratotic plug remover composition including a polymer compound having a salt-forming group, and (a) an amino-modified silicone and/or (b) a polyoxyalkylene/dimethyl polysiloxane block copolymer, and a sheet for removing keratotic plugs including a nonwoven fabric substrate impregnated with the above composition. The keratotic plug remover composition and the sheet for removing keratotic plugs according to the present invention are enhanced in keratotic plug removing effect without increasing a pain of users when peeling the sheet pack from the skin.05-14-2009

Shoichi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
201102377912-PYRIDONE COMPOUNDS - A 2-pyridone compound represented by the formula [1]:09-29-2011
20110288293ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE - A compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has an effect of inhibiting CRTH2 and, therefore, is useful as a preventive or a remedy for allergic diseases such as asthma, atopic dermatitis and allergic rhinitis.11-24-2011

Takaaki Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090296906IMAGE SHARING SYSTEM - An image sharing system includes: a server apparatus; first and second client apparatuses, which are communicably connected with the server apparatus; first and second telephone terminals associated with the first and second client apparatuses respectively; a connection control apparatus for controlling the connection between the first telephone terminal and the second telephone terminal; and a communication terminal including a camera part for photographing a subject, and an image sending part for sending image data representing the image outputted from the camera part, wherein the server apparatus includes a share-image sending part for sending an image represented by image data sent from the communication terminal as a share image to both the first and the second client apparatuses when the first telephone terminal is connected with the second telephone terminal, and both the first and the second client apparatuses include a share-image display part for displaying the share image.12-03-2009

Takao Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090175929Transdermally absorbable Donepezil Preparation - Disclosed is a donepezil-containing transdermally absorbable preparation which develops reduced adverse side effects and shows a satisfactory level of therapeutic effect. The preparation comprises an adhesive and a donepezil component (containing crystalline donepezil having type-B crystal polymorphism) and/or a salt thereof, wherein the donepezil component or the salt thereof is contained in an amount of 9 to 50% by mass relative to the total weight of the adhesive. The preparation (particularly, one having a non-aqueous adhesive layer) shows an excellent penetration of donepezil and/or a salt thereof into the skin, retains good stability of the active ingredient therein, and is remarkably reduced in local stimulation and adverse side effects.07-09-2009

Takashi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090033834LIQUID CRYSTAL LAYER FORMING INK COMPOSITION, AND OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING FILM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PRODUCED WITH THE INK COMPOSITION - An ink composition capable of forming a liquid crystal layer even on a base material with no alignment treatment applied; and an optical film, a polarizing film and a liquid crystal display produced using the ink composition. The liquid crystal layer forming ink composition has a liquid crystalline molecular material, an organic solvent for dissolving or dispersing the molecular material, and an alcohols solvent. By applying the ink composition on a base material, drying, and aligning the liquid crystal molecule material, an optical film with a liquid crystal layer formed can be obtained. Since the alcohols solvent is contained in the liquid crystal composition, the liquid crystalline molecular material is in a state horizontally aligned on the base material, and the optical film can have a high transparency.02-05-2009
20110134469IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a preview image is displayed, an area on which a certain finishing process is executed is automatically enlarged and displayed. A control method for controlling an image forming apparatus including a display unit for previewing print results obtained by printing print information to be printed, the control method comprising: determining a preview position and a preview magnification rate of the print results to be displayed on the display unit, based on a post-processing setting for the print information; and controlling a preview of the print results to be displayed on the display unit, based on the determined preview position and preview magnification rate.06-09-2011

Patent applications by Takashi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Tatsuhiko Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110172154PREVENTIVE AND/OR THERAPEUTIC AND/OR AGGRAVATION SUPPRESSING AGENT FOR HUMAN ARTHRITIS DEFORMANS - [Object] To provide a medicine that is extremely useful for preventing and/or treating and/or limiting exacerbation of human knee osteoarthritis.07-14-2011

Tomofumi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080236706METHOD OF PRODUCING MNZN-BASE FERRITE - Firing is carried out such that for operation of a partial pressure of oxygen and temperature at the high-temperature holding operation phase and cooling operation phase, the following equilibrium relation equation (1) indicative of an equilibrium relation of a partial pressure of oxygen (PO10-02-2008
20110101262SURFACE-TREATED REDUCED IRON POWDER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND POWDER MAGNETIC CORE - The invention provides surface-treated reduced iron powder from which a powder magnetic core can be produced so that the powder magnetic core has small core loss and small frequency-dependence of the core loss and exhibits small core loss even when driven at high frequencies of 1 MHz or more. The surface-treated reduced iron powder is obtained by at least surface-treating reduced iron powder prepared by a reduction and slow oxidation method, and contains secondary particles formed through agglomeration of primary particles, the primary particles having an average particle diameter of 0.01-5 μm. The secondary particles have a D90% particle diameter of 20 μm or less, the surface of the primary particles is at least in part coated with an insulating layer containing iron phosphate, and the phosphorus content is 500-10000 ppm.05-05-2011
20110227679POWDER MAGNETIC CORE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a powder magnetic core low in the loss and high in the saturation magnetic flux density and a method for manufacturing the same. More specifically, the present invention provides a powder magnetic core that comprises a soft magnetic metal powder having an average particle size (D50) of 0.5 to 5 μm, a half width of diffraction peak in a <110> direction of α-Fe as measured by X-ray powder diffraction of 0.2 to 5.0°, and an Fe content of 97.0% by mass or more, the core having an oxygen content of 2.0% by mass or more.09-22-2011

Patent applications by Tomofumi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Tomoki Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100053471TELEVISION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In an AV system in which a television apparatus and a recorder are individually connected to an AV amplifier through an HDMI, in the case where sound is output from the AV amplifier, if insertion of headphones into the television apparatus is detected, control information to switch the destination of the audio data is transmitted from the television apparatus to the AV amplifier. The AV amplifier switches the destination of the audio data that is input from the recorder from a speaker output section to the television apparatus in accordance with the control information. Thus, even if the headphones are inserted into the television apparatus while the AV amplifier is outputting sound reproduced by the recorder, the sound can be output from the headphones.03-04-2010

Tomonori Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090251408IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGE - Under an LCD panel (10-08-2009

Toshiharu Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110111443APPARATUS FOR AUTO-PRETREATING SUGAR CHAIN - To provide an autoanalyzer for analyzing a sugar chain contained in a biological sample, in particular, serum. Namely, it is intended to provide a method of analyzing a sugar chain in a sample, which comprises the following steps: A) the sugar chain-releasing step of releasing the sugar chain in the sample; B) the detection sample-preparing step of preparing the released sugar chain for detection; and, in the case of conducting mass spectrometry using a plate, C) the step of forming a plate for the mass spectrometry having the captured sugar chain dotted thereon which comprises the step of providing the tagged sugar chain sample solution obtained in the step B) on a collection plate; and, if required, the step of conducting an operation in a solid phase support-enclosed plate to form the plate for mass spectrometry; and D) the step of analyzing the sugar chain to be assayed.05-12-2011

Yasuko Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090124292IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a first casing and a second casing hinge-connected to the first casing via a hinge part. A sub display provided to the second casing is exposed to the outside when the first casing and the second casing are in a closed state, and displays a plurality of input numeral keys in a first display area when the first and second casings are in the closed state. A control unit accepts an input of any input numeral key from among the plurality of the input numeral keys displayed in the first display area and decides the input of the accepted input numeral key. While following pressing of an outgoing call key provided to the second casing, an outgoing call is performed to another information processing apparatus identified by a combination of the decided numerals based on the input numeral keys whose inputs have been decided.05-14-2009

Yasuo Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100112218NOVEL PORPHYRAZINE COLORING MATTER, INK, INK SET, AND COLORED PRODUCT - The present invention relates to a porphyrazine coloring matter represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof;05-06-2010
20110090278Porphyrazine Coloring Matter, Ink Composition And Colored Product - The present invention relates to a porphyrazine coloring matter represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof (wherein, the rings A to D are each independently a benzene ring or a 6-membered ring nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic ring, the number of said heteroaromatic rings is more than 0 and less than 1, E is alkylene, X is an anilino group or the like having at least one sulfo group or the like as a substituent, Y is a substituted monoalkylamino group or the like, b is 0 to 3, c is 0.1 to 3, and the sum of b and c is more than 3 and less than 4). By the present invention, a copper porphyrazine coloring matter suitable for inkjet recording which has a good hue as an cyan ink, is excellent in light fastness, ozone fastness and moisture fastness and does not cause bronze phenomenon can be provided.04-21-2011
20120081457PORPHYRAZINE COLORING MATTER, INK COMPOSITION, RECORDING METHOD, AND COLORED OBJECT - Provided is a porphyrazine dye suitable for use in ink-jet recording, the porphyrazine dye giving a cyan ink with a satisfactory hue, having various excellent fastness properties, in particular, ozone resistance, and attaining a high color density. Also provided is an ink composition containing the dye. The porphyrazine dye is a porphyrazine dye represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof. In formula (1), rings A to D each independently represents a benzene ring, a nitrogenous heteroaromatic ring, etc.; E represents an alkylene; X represents sulfoanilino, etc.; R represents a hydrogen atom, sulfo, carboxy, etc.; group F represents phenyl, a nitrogenous heteroaromatic ring, etc.; a is an integer of 1-6; b is 0.00-3.90, excluding 3.90, on average; c is 0.10-4.00, excluding 4.00, on average; and the sum of b and c is 1.00-4.00, excluding 4.00, on average.04-05-2012

Patent applications by Yasuo Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Yasutaka Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100259677IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image display system according to the present invention includes a host terminal which is a terminal transmitting character code information, and an image display device connected to the host terminal through a network and displaying an image. The image display device includes: an input source selecting means as a first input means to which video signals are inputted, a network I/F means as a first network interface means for receiving the character code information transmitted from the host terminal, a character image generating means for generating a character image from the character code information in the network. I/F means, an image synthesis means synthesizing the video signals in the input source selecting means and the character image in the character image generating means, and an image display means displaying the image synthesized in the image synthesis means.10-14-2010

Yasuto Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100054272STORAGE DEVICE CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING HIGH-SPEED NETWORK USING LARGE-CAPACITY LOW-SPEED MEMORY - A storage device is connected to a large-capacity low-speed memory, and divides a packet received via a network into a plurality of segments for storage. The storage device includes a small-capacity high-speed memory. A selector writes the first predetermined number of segments in the packet to the small-capacity high-speed memory, and subsequent segments to the large-capacity low-speed memory. Accordingly, regardless of from what queue a segment is read out in a segment read mode, occurrence of wasteful time in packet transfer can be prevented, and the capacity of the small-capacity high-speed memory can be reduced even when the number of queues increases.03-04-2010

Yohei Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110169868INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device comprising a housing, a display screen, a touch panel arranged on the display screen, an icon, which is displayed on the display screen and manipulated through the touch panel, a state detection unit for detecting a state change of the housing, a state determination unit for determining the state change of the housing detected by the state detection unit, and a display control unit for displaying the icon in a desired position on the display screen in response to a determination result of the state determination unit.07-14-2011
20110179374INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A display apparatus includes a housing, an operation position specification section, and a display control section. The housing includes a touch panel, and is configured to display a predetermined software keyboard including keys on a display screen. The operation position specification section is configured to specify an operation position of each of the keys of the software keyboard; and a display control section is configured to automatically change display of the keys based on variations of the operation positions of the keys, the operation positions being specified by the operation position specification section.07-21-2011

Yoichi Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090058856IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, METHOD OF GENERATING IMAGE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The object is to smoothly move the position of the viewing point of the virtual camera with existence of an object between the position of the viewing point of the virtual camera and the position of the subject avoided. A camera peripheral area that has a viewing point as its center and has the radius of R, a subject peripheral area that has a subject toward which a viewing axis of the virtual camera is aligned as its center and has the radius of r, and a camera-to-subject area formed by a circular truncated cone area therebetween are set as a camera collision in which an obstacle cannot exist. When an obstacle exists in the camera collision, the position of the viewing point is adjusted. The radius R and the radius r are adjusted each time the reference distance D is changed.03-05-2009
20090256501CIRCULAR ACCELERATOR - In a circular accelerator, a magnetic pole edge portion of a bending electromagnet into and from which a charged particle beam enters and exits is provided with endpacks. A first protrusion is provided at that part of each end pack which is radially outside the equilibrium orbit of a center energy beam, while a second protrusion is provided at that part of each end pack which is radially inside the equilibrium orbit of the center energy beam. The shapes of the first and second protrusions are set so that the betatron oscillation numbers of beams of different acceleration energies may be held constant or become linear to the energies. In case of emitting the charged particle beam out of the circular accelerator, the change of a tune attributed to the change of the beam orbit can be statically corrected, the tune is linearly changed, and an adjustment of the emission of the beam becomes easy.10-15-2009
20100301782H-MODE DRIFT TUBE LINAC, AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION IN H-MODE DRIFT TUBE LINAC - An H-mode drift tube linac according to the present invention includes: an accelerator cavity which functions as a vacuum chamber and a resonator; drift tube electrodes for generating accelerating voltages in a charged particle transporting direction in the accelerator cavity; tuners for adjusting a distribution of electric fields generated at gaps between respective pairs of the drift tube electrodes; and antennas for measuring a variation of the distribution of the electric fields, the antennas being provided along the charged particle transporting direction in the accelerator cavity.12-02-2010

Yoshikatsu Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110024548LAUNCHING SYSTEM AND LAUNCHING APPARATUS - A flying object capable of being launched in air is detachably mounted on a wing body of a launching apparatus. The launching apparatus is towed by an aircraft through a cable so as to be run and taken off. After raising the launching apparatus to a launching height of the flying object by the aircraft, the flying object is released from the wing body in air and then the flying object is ignited and launched in air in a launching system. The system for launching in air can be developed without newly developing a platform as a mother ship so that a research cost can be remarkably reduced. In the case that a small artificial satellite is installed in a flying object, it is possible to develop an artificial satellite smoothly and quickly applicable to security matters and disaster observation.02-03-2011
20110073762LIGHT DETECTOR, LIGHT DETECTING APPARATUS, INFRARED DETECTOR AND INFRARED DETECTING APPARATUS - An infrared detector which converts entering infrared IR into light in a different wavelength band, and which detects the converted light in the different wavelength band includes: a convex-concave structure provided on a light acceptance surface of the infrared detector; and a metal film provided on an outer circumferential face of the light detector other than the light acceptance surface thereof, the metal film covering the outer circumferential face. In the infrared detector, light which enters the light detector after passing through the convex-concave structure and the converted light in the different wavelength band are confined inside the light detector: by causing the entering light to be reflected on the metal film; by causing light reflected on the metal film to be reflected on the convex-concave structure; and by causing the converted light in the different wavelength band to be reflected between the metal film and the convex-concave structure.03-31-2011
20110079765INFRARED DETECTOR, INFRARED DETECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INFRARED DETECTOR - An infrared detector comprises: a reflection portion which transmits far- and middle-infrared rays and which reflects near-infrared and visible rays; a photo-current generating portion having a plurality of layered quantum dot structures in each of which electrons are excited by the far- and middle-infrared rays having passed through the reflection portion so as to generate photo-current; a light emitting portion having a plurality of layered quantum well structures into each of which electrons of the photo-current generated by the photo-current generating portion are injected and in each of which the electrons thus injected thereinto are recombined with holes so as to emit near-infrared and visible rays; and a photo-detecting portion which detects the near-infrared and visible rays emitted from the light emitting portion and which detects the near-infrared and visible rays emitted from the light emitting portion and then reflected by the reflection portion. The reflection portion, the photo-current generating portion, and the light emitting portion are made of group III-V compound semiconductors that are layered on top of a semiconductor substrate.04-07-2011

Yoshito Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100120975EPOXY SILICONE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND CURABLE MIX COMPOSITION USING SAME AND USE THEREOF - An epoxy silicon, which comprises at least a compound represented by the following general formula (1), and a compound represented by the following general formula (2); and which is represented by an average composition formula (3), wherein a value of [g/(a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j)] falls within a range of 0.020 or less.05-13-2010

Yuji Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090073517DEVICE FOR SCANNING AND VERIFYING A PLURALITY OF PAPER FINGERPRINTS - A document scanning device is provided that is able to accurately and easily scan paper fingerprint information, even if particulate rubbish such as paper powder or dust is adhering to the surface of a document platen glass. In an image scanning device able to scan using both a stationary document scanning method as well as document feed scanning method, paper fingerprint information is scanned using either of the above methods. Subsequently, a conveying unit and a scanning unit are moved so as to re-scan the paper fingerprint information in the same fingerprint acquisition region. The above operation is repeated until both sets of paper fingerprint information are coincident.03-19-2009
20090165191Diving face mask - A diving face mask including a pair of front lenses, a lens frame provided with an outer frame having a pair of lens holders in which the lenses are detachably mounted from front and an inner frame having a pair of annular portions adapted to be detachably snap engaged with an inner peripheral surface of the lens holders, a tubular facial skirt extending rearward from the lens frame, and a strap adapted to be put around the wearer's head. The inner frame includes a pair of the integral annular portions and is formed with a space into which a connector member prepared separately of the inner frame is detachably fitted.07-02-2009
20090268579OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING THEREIN - An optical information recording medium 10-29-2009
20090276650INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store data, a supply unit configured to supply electric power to the storage unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether to cause the information processing apparatus to operate in a power saving mode, a measuring unit configured to measure an elapsed time after a power source of the information processing apparatus is turned on and until the determination unit determines to cause the information processing apparatus to operate in a power saving mode, and a control unit configured to control the supply unit to decrease electric power supplied from the supply unit to the storage unit at a timing determined based on the elapsed time and a predetermined reference time, in case that the determination unit determines to cause the information processing apparatus to operate in a power saving mode.11-05-2009
20100278032OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD THEREFOR - An optical information recording medium in which recorded information is stably stored for long time in the initial state, signals are not deteriorated by a laser beam for reproduction at the time of signal reproduction, the quality does not change in normal long-term storage, the write characteristic is held, a manufacturing cost is reduced, a margin in the manufacture process is assured, and excellent recording/reproducing characteristics are obtained in the wide range of linear speeds and recording powers is provided. An optical information recording medium 11-04-2010
20110024967MANAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MANAGING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Degrees of wear of sheet-feed rollers corresponding to sheet-feed cassettes are managed by considering types of sheets set at feeding units. A control method for controlling a managing apparatus for managing a feeding device that feeds sheets, set in the feeding units, by driving the sheet-feed rollers corresponding to the feeding units includes storing sheet information in a storage unit, the sheet information indicating types of the sheets that are set in the respective feeding units; and managing degrees of wear of the sheet-feed rollers for the respective feeding units in accordance with the numbers of fed sheets and the sheet information stored in the storage unit, the degrees of wear resulting from the sheets fed from the feeding units.02-03-2011
20110283121MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEM INCLUDING THE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MULTIPLE DEVICES, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS AND THE SYSTEM - In a system including multiple devices and a management apparatus, the management apparatus receives target power consumption, and a setting of a time period for performing power saving control, calculates target power consumption of each device and sets the calculated target power consumption for each device. When a power amount reallocation request is received from a first device in which power consumption of the device has reached a power saving transition power amount within the time period, the management apparatus calculates predicted power consumption of each of the multiple devices when the time period ends and chooses a second device that will not reach the corresponding power saving transition power amount of the device by the end of the time period and determines an amount of power consumption allocatable from the second device to the first device is determined.11-17-2011

Patent applications by Yuji Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Yusuke Kuroda, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110301719PARAMETER SETTING DEVICE - To collectively set multi-CPU parameters included in a project of each CPU having a multi-CPU relationship, a parameter setting device includes: unit configuration information used for managing, for each PLC, unit information in which a CPU and a project allocated to the CPU are associated with each other; a unit-configuration analyzing unit that extracts a list of unit information on CPUs provided in a same PLC that includes a CPU specified by a user from the unit configuration information; and a parameter writing unit that acquires each project of CPUs provided in a same PLC that includes the CPU based on the extracted list of unit information when a parameter of a project of the specified CPU is set, and sets a setting content, which is same as a setting content regarding a project of the specified CPU, to each of the acquired projects.12-08-2011