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Kusunoki, JP

Aki Kusunoki, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090088442	PROPHYLACTIC/THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR ABNORMALITIES OF SUGAR/LIPID METABOLISM - The present invention provides a pharmaceutical agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of abnormal blood glucose and lipid metabolism associated with eating, for which a sufficient treatment method or a therapeutic drug has not been found.	04-02-2009

Aki Kusunoki, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100305139	METHOD OF TREATING ABNORMAL LIPID METABOLISM - The present invention provides a pharmaceutical agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of abnormal blood glucose and lipid metabolism associated with eating, for which a sufficient treatment method or a therapeutic drug has not been found.	12-02-2010

Hideki Kusunoki, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100024939	TIRE PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEM, TIRE PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE AND TIRE PRESSURE CONTROL METHOD - A tire pressure control system that controls the tire pressure in the tire at each wheel of a vehicle includes: a wheel-side tire pressure sensor; a transmitter that transmits the detected tire pressure; a receiver that receives the tire pressure information from the transmitter; a tire pressure regulating device; and a control unit that drives the tire pressure regulating device based on the tire pressure information. The control unit drives the tire pressure regulating device regardless of whether the tire pressure information is received if a reception-incapable condition, in which the receiver is unable to receive the tire pressure information, has occurred.	02-04-2010
20110148617	TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE MONITORING APPARATUS - An inflation pressure sensor is mounted in a wheel of a vehicle and determines a tire inflation pressure. A wheel-side communication device transmits a detected tire inflation pressure to a body-side communication device at a predetermined interval. An inflation pressure storing unit stores, as an after-travel inflation pressure, a tire inflation pressure after start of travel of the vehicle. A comparing unit compares the after-travel inflation pressure with a lowest reference pressure. The lowest reference pressure is a tire inflation pressure immediately after start of the vehicle or a predetermined recommended inflation pressure. A reference pressure setting unit sets the after-travel inflation pressure as a reference pressure of tire inflation pressure determination when the after-travel inflation pressure is higher than the lowest reference pressure, and sets the lowest reference pressure as a reference pressure of tire inflation pressure determination when the after-travel inflation pressure is equal to or lower than the lowest reference pressure. When the tire inflation pressure becomes below an alarm pressure threshold obtained from the reference pressure, an alarm unit generates an alarm.	06-23-2011

Hideki Kusunoki, Nishikamo-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110238238	External Signal supply unit, vehicle state acquisition system and external signal supply method - If a trigger signal transmitted from another trigger unit in a set range is received after a transmission command switch has been turned on, an annunciation portion is advised of a likelihood of radio interference. In this case, no trigger signal is supplied. If identifier information that has been received corresponds to the identifier information stored in a memory after the transmission of a trigger signal, a count value remains untouched (YES in S	09-29-2011

Hideyuki Kusunoki, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080218778	Image Forming System, Image Forming Apparatus and Density Correction Method - An image forming system, image forming apparatus, and method of correcting image density are provided. The system includes a forming unit that forms an image; an acquisition unit that acquires factor information corresponding to a factor which is capable of causing variations in density of the image; a first determination unit that determines a number of marks in accordance with the factor information; a control unit that provides the forming unit with, as the image data, data pertaining to a pattern comprising a plurality of density marks which are different from each other in density and which are equal in number to the number of marks; a detection unit that detects a density of the image formed on the target by the forming unit in relation to the pattern; and a correction unit that corrects the density of the image in accordance with a result of the detection.	09-11-2008
20090244567	Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an exposing unit and a first processing component. The first processing component is configured to generate a first data and a second data. The first data causes the exposing unit to blink in accordance with image data. The second data sets a blink mode of the exposing unit. The image forming apparatus also includes a second processing component connected to the first processing component through a first signal line. The second processing component is configured to receive the first data and the second data from the first processing component and perform blink control of the exposing unit based on the first data and the second data. The exposing unit is connected to the second processing component through a second signal line. The image forming apparatus thus can remedy a defect in data communication to the exposing units.	10-01-2009
20100165386	PRINT CONTROL DEVICE FOR OBTAINING APPROPRIATE PRINT RESULTS - A print control device includes a data acquiring section, a print control section, a preview-image output control section, and a print-ratio acquiring section. The data acquiring section acquires image data. The print control section controls a printing device to print an image based on the image data on a sheet. The preview-image output control section outputs preview images at a plurality of print ratios. The preview images are indicators of print results to be obtained when the printing device prints, on the sheet, the image based on the image data at the respective print ratios. The print-ratio acquiring section acquires print-ratio specifying information through an input device that can be operated by a user, after the preview-image output control section outputs the preview images. The print control section controls the printing device to print, on the sheet, the image based on the image data at a print ratio specified by the print-ratio specifying information.	07-01-2010
20110062994	FREQUENCY LEVEL DETECTING METHOD - A frequency level detecting method includes counting pulses of a spread-spectrum clock, the spread-spectrum clock having a frequency that is modulated within a frequency range from a minimum frequency to a maximum frequency in a constant modulation period of time, the frequency range being divided into a plurality of sub-ranges each corresponding to one of a plurality of frequency levels; determining at least one to-be-counted value range corresponding to one of the plurality of sub-ranges; judging whether or not the counted pulses fall within one of the at least one to-be-counted value range; and generating a level detection signal if the counted pulses fall within the one of the at least one to-be-counted value range, the level detection signal indicating that a frequency of the spread-spectrum clock falls within one of the plurality of frequency levels that corresponds to one of the plurality of sub-ranges corresponding to the one of the at least one to-be-counted value range.	03-17-2011
20110267662	IMAGE-READER - In an image-reader, the first counter is configured to count a first count value based on a first clock. The second counter is configured to count a second count value based on a second clock. The first reading unit is configured to read a first surface of a document sheet based on the first count value. The second reading unit is configured to read a second surface of the document sheet based on the second count value. The second surface is opposite surface of the first surface. When the first count value reaches a prescribed first value, both the first counter value and the second count value are reset.	11-03-2011
20120105919	IMAGE-READING DEVICE THAT READS IMAGES BY USING SPREAD-SPECTRUM CLOCK - In an image-reading device, a counting unit counts a number of clock cycles of a spread-spectrum clock as a counter value. A correcting unit corrects one of the counter value and a reference clock cycle number based on a phase detected by the phase detecting unit when the counting unit counts. A comparing unit compares the counter value and the reference clock cycle number and determines whether the counter value and the reference clock cycle number satisfy a prescribed relationship. A time length setting unit sets a length of at least one of a reading time and an irradiation time based on: a timing when the counting unit starts counting to set the time length; and a timing when the comparing unit determines that the compared values satisfy the prescribed relationship, such that the time length set by the time length setting unit remains constant.	05-03-2012

Hisanori Kusunoki, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100301925	PRESSURE SENSITIVE SWITCH AND INPUT DEVICE USING PRESSURE SENSITIVE SWITCH - There is provided a pressure sensitive switch including: a cover; a slide portion that is stored in the cover and is slidable by being pressed in a horizontal direction; a pressing unit including a pressure portion that has an inner side face brought into contact with the slide portion and can be moved by being pressed by the slide potion; a sheet resistive body that has an upper face brought into contact with the pressing unit; and a conductive plate that is disposed on the lower side of the sheet resistive body with a predetermined gap arranged therebetween. The slide portion is slidable within a horizontal plane, and the pressing portion presses the sheet resistive body by sliding the slide portion, and a resistance value between the sheet resistive body and the conductive plate changes in accordance with a change in a slide operation force for sliding the slide portion.	12-02-2010
20110102060	RESISTIVE SHEET, PRESSURE-SENSITIVE SWITCH, AND INPUT DEVICE - A resistive sheet includes a flexible cover sheet, a wiring part provided on the bottom face of the cover sheet, and ring, circular-arc, or spiral resistive layer connected to the wiring part. This resistive layer has uneven bottom face. The resistive sheet also includes a spacer layer whose bottom face is disposed at a position lower than the resistive layer. The wiring part is sandwiched between the bottom face of the cover sheet and the spacer layer.	05-05-2011

Jun Kusunoki, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090131464	SPIROCHROMANONE DERIVATIVES AS ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE (ACC) INHIBITORS - The invention relates to a compound of a formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, useful as a therapeutic agent for various ACC-related disorders.	05-21-2009

Junya Kusunoki, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100181684	RESIN COMPOSITION, FILLING MATERIAL, INSULATING LAYER AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A resin composition of the present invention is used for forming a filling material which fills at least a through-hole of a semiconductor substrate, the through-hole extending through the semiconductor substrate in a thickness direction thereof and having a conductive portion therein. The resin composition is composed of: a resin having a radical-polymerizable double bond, a thermosetting resin and a resin which differs from the resin having the radical-polymerizable double bond and has an alkali-soluble group and a double bond; or a cyclic olefin resin. A filling material of the present invention is formed of a cured product of the above resin composition. An insulating layer of the present invention is formed of a cured product of the above resin composition. The insulating layer includes: a layer-shaped insulating portion provided on a surface opposite to a functional surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a filling portion integrally formed with the insulating portion and filling the through-hole. A semiconductor device of the present invention includes the above insulating layer.	07-22-2010

Katsuki Kusunoki, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100233835	PRODUCTION METHOD OF COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a compound semiconductor device wafer, which method enables cleaving of a wafer with precision and at remarkably high yield, attains high process speed, and improves productivity. The inventive method for producing a compound semiconductor device wafer, the wafer including a substrate and a plurality of compound semiconductor devices provided on the substrate and arranged with separation zones being disposed between the compound semiconductor devices, comprises a step of forming separation grooves, through laser processing, on the top surface of the substrate (i.e., surface on the compound semiconductor side) at the separation zones under the condition that a compound semiconductor layer is present on the top surface of the substrate.	09-16-2010

Katsuki Kusunoki, Ichihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100261301	COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A compound semiconductor light-emitting device has a light-emitting layer, on a substrate, wherein at least a part of a substrate portion of the device side surface has recessed portions in a side direction of the device. A method of producing the compound semiconductor light-emitting device includes the steps of: (a) forming a compound semiconductor layer including a light-emitting layer of an n-type or p-type compound semiconductor on a wafer that serves as a substrate, (b) arranging a negative electrode and a positive electrode at predetermined positions for passing a drive current through the light-emitting layer, (c) forming a separation zone for separating the individual light-emitting devices, (d) perforating many small holes linearly in the wafer that serves as the substrate along the separation zone, and (e) dividing the wafer into individual light-emitting devices along the separation zone, whereby a rugged shape which is periodical in a side direction and is undulating in a plane or cross section, is formed on a substrate side surface of the light-emitting device.	10-14-2010
20110177642	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - Provided is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor light-emitting element having a narrow wavelength distribution and comprising a substrate and a group III compound semiconductor layer formed thereon, the substrate being made of a material different from the compound semiconductor constituting the semiconductor layer. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor light-emitting element having a group III compound semiconductor layer is characterized by comprising a semiconductor layer-forming step wherein a group III compound semiconductor layer having a total thickness of not less than 8 μm is formed on a substrate (	07-21-2011

Kazuhiko Kusunoki, Amagasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110198614	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A SiC SINGLE CRYSTAL FILM - A manufacturing method for a SiC single crystal film which allows stable growth of a SiC epitaxial film with a low doping concentration on a substrate with a diameter of at least 2 inches by the LPE method using a SiC solution in solvent of a melt includes an evacuation step in which the interior of a crystal growth furnace is evacuated with heating until the vacuum pressure at the crystal growth temperature is 5×10	08-18-2011
20110200833	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SILICON CARBIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL - A method capable of stably manufacturing a SiC single crystal in the form of a thin film or a bulk crystal having a low carrier density of at most 5×10	08-18-2011

Kazutaka Kusunoki, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090186232	AQUEOUS EMULSION OF OLEFIN COPOLYMER OR MODIFIED MATERIAL THEREOF - An emulsion comprising a dispersoid dispersed in water together with an emulsifier, wherein	07-23-2009

Kazuya Kusunoki, Kyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110296875	PILE KNITTED FABRIC AND SEWN PRODUCT EMPLOYING PILE KNITTED FABRIC - Disclosed is a pile knitted fabric containing a ground structure and a pile fiber napped from the ground structure. The pile knitted fabric includes a pile fiber that is knitted into a stitch of the ground structure and napped therefrom; and a stitch composed only of the ground structure, wherein a pile length of the pile knitted fabric is 6 to 25 mm, a continuous length of a pile fiber portion where the pile fiber is knitted into the stitch of the ground structure and napped therefrom is 10 mm or more, a width of a line of a stitch pattern composed only of the ground structure is 1 to 6 mm, a continuous length of the line of the stitch pattern composed only of the ground structure is 10 mm or more, a ratio of the width of the line of the stitch pattern composed only of the ground structure to the pile length is 0.09 to 0.30, and when a weft direction of the pile knitted fabric is placed horizontally, an acute angle formed between the weft direction of the pile knitted fabric and the line of the stitch pattern composed only of the ground structure is 20° to 90°.	12-08-2011

Kenji Kusunoki, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120085781	Liquid Delivery System, Liquid-Delivery Switching Device, and Liquid-Flowpath Regulating Device - A liquid supply system capable of being serviced and hygienically maintained easily. A beer storage barrel switching device (	04-12-2012

Kenji Kusunoki, Kobe JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090248202	MULTI-JOINT STRUCTURE, MOUNTING TOOL USING IT, SYSTEM AND HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE - To manually and optionally change length of a multi-joint structure, the multi-joint structure of the present invention is constituted so that variation detection sensor such as potentiometers is provided on connecting parts between each of joints, one or a plurality of the sensors are assumed to be a unit of the group, the signals of the sensors are captured by signal processing parts in each unit of the group, the parts between the signal processing parts are connected to the communication network and the signal processing part connected to the communication network computes and processes in accordance with signal data of the sensors, and it is constituted to output moving quantity and vector when the joints move to translate and rotate by detecting variation of the connecting parts between the joints at real time when shape of the multi-joint structure is deformed.	10-01-2009

Koji Kusunoki, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110133196	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An object is to provide a highly reliable transistor and a semiconductor device including the transistor. A semiconductor device including a gate electrode; a gate insulating film over the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film; and a source electrode and a drain electrode over the oxide semiconductor film, in which activation energy of the oxide semiconductor film obtained from temperature dependence of a current (on-state current) flowing between the source electrode and the drain electrode when a voltage greater than or equal to a threshold voltage is applied to the gate electrode is greater than or equal to 0 meV and less than or equal to 25 meV, is provided.	06-09-2011
20110175883	DRIVING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - It is an object to provide a liquid crystal display device and a driving method of a liquid crystal display device in each of which deterioration of an image display function can be suppressed and power consumption can be sufficiently reduced. In the liquid crystal display device, a fixed potential is input to a capacitor before a power source is turned off, so that a potential difference between electrodes of the capacitor disappears (capacitance becomes almost zero) such that electric field is not applied to liquid crystals, whereby the liquid crystals are in an initial state. When the supply of the power source is stopped after an initial-state image is displayed, unnecessary electric field is not continuously applied to the liquid crystals in an off state, whereby the liquid crystals can be in the stable initial state; therefore, the liquid crystals can be prevented from deteriorating.	07-21-2011
20110216876	PULSE SIGNAL OUTPUT CIRCUIT AND SHIFT REGISTER - An object is to provide a pulse signal output circuit capable of operating stably and a shift register including the pulse signal output circuit. A pulse signal output circuit according to one embodiment of the disclosed invention includes first to tenth transistors. The ratio W/L of the channel width W to the channel length L of the first transistor and W/L of the third transistor are each larger than W/L of the sixth transistor. W/L of the fifth transistor is larger than W/L of the sixth transistor. W/L of the fifth transistor is equal to W/L of the seventh transistor. W/L of the third transistor is larger than W/L of the fourth transistor. With such a structure, a pulse signal output circuit capable of operating stably and a shift register including the pulse signal output circuit can be provided.	09-08-2011
20110285688	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device, amplitude voltage of an image signal written into a signal line can be decreased. A liquid crystal display device in which frame inversion driving is performed includes pixels each including a liquid crystal element and a transistor that controls voltage applied to a first electrode of the liquid crystal element. A scan line is electrically connected to gates of transistors in pixels in a corresponding row. A common line is electrically connected to second electrodes of liquid crystal elements in pixels in the corresponding row. In a first frame period, a first potential is sequentially supplied to the common lines in synchronization with sequential selection of the scan lines. In a second frame period adjacent to the first frame period, a second potential different from the first potential is sequentially supplied to the common lines in synchronization with sequential selection of the scan lines.	11-24-2011
20120032942	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided is a liquid crystal display device having a pixel including a transistor and a liquid crystal element and a protection circuit electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the transistor through a data line. The protection circuit includes a first terminal supplied with a first power supply potential and a second terminal supplied with a second power supply potential higher than the first power supply potential. In a moving image display mode, an image signal is input from the data line to the liquid crystal element through the transistor, and the first power supply potential is set at the first potential. In a still image display mode, supply of the image signal is stopped, and the first power supply potential is set at the second potential. The second potential is substantially the same as the minimum value of the image signal.	02-09-2012
20120061665	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A photolithography step and an etching step for forming an island-shaped semiconductor layer is omitted, and a liquid crystal display device is manufactured through the following four photolithography steps: a step for forming a gate electrode (including a wiring or the like formed from the same layer), a step for forming a source electrode and a drain electrode (including a wiring or the like formed from the same layer), a step for forming a contact hole (including removal of an insulating layer or the like in a region other than the contact hole), and a step for forming a pixel electrode (including a wiring or the like formed from the same layer). In the step of forming the contact hole, a groove portion in which the semiconductor layer is removed is formed, so that formation of parasitic channels is prevented.	03-15-2012

Masanobu Kusunoki, Wakayama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080202926	Detector for Chemical Sensor Device and Use Thereof - Disclosed is a detector for chemical sensor devices, the detector being improved in detection sensitivity. Also disclosed is use of such a detector for chemical sensor devices. Specifically, disclosed is a detector for chemical sensor devices by which a substance to be measured is detected by adsorbing the substance contained in a medium on the surface thereof. The detector includes an adsorption layer containing hydroxyapatite or a substituted apatite obtained by substituting a part of elements in hydroxyapatite on a surface which is used for detecting the substance to be measured. Such a detector is greatly improved in detection sensitivity, and thus able to detect a very small amount of a chemical substance.	08-28-2008
20090311297	Biocompatible Transparent Sheet, Method for Producing the Same, and Cultured Cell Sheet Used the Same Sheet - The present invention provides a flexible, biocompatible transparent sheet (	12-17-2009

Masato Kusunoki, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080260710	Method for Suppressing Surgical Site Infection and Column to be Used for the Method - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for suppressing surgical site infections (SSI) that have occurred at extremely high incidence rates at the time of surgical operations and particularly surgical operations on digestive system organs, and to provide a column to be used for the method. According to the present invention, a method is provided for suppressing surgical site infections, which comprises the steps of: (a) administering a chemotherapeutic drug for treating and/or preventing a surgical site infection; and (b) collecting blood from a surgical subject and removing leukocytes that comprise neutrophils from the blood during or within 24 hours after surgical operation, and then returning the blood from which the leukocytes have been removed to the surgical subject. The present invention also provides a column for blood circulation which is filled with a carrier having affinity for leukocytes comprising neutrophils, which is used for suppressing a surgical site infection during or within 24 hours after surgical operation on a digestive system organ.	10-23-2008

Masayoshi Kusunoki, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080218735	Laser Processing Method And Device - A laser processing method which can efficiently perform laser processing while minimizing the deviation of the converging point of a laser beam in end parts of an object to be processed is provided.	09-11-2008
20080251506	Laser Processing Method and Device - A laser processing method which can efficiently perform laser processing while minimizing the deviation of the converging point of a laser beam in end parts of an object to be processed is provided.	10-16-2008

Michiko Kusunoki, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110143093	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GRAPHENE/SiC COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND GRAPHENE/SiC COMPOSITE MATERIAL OBTAINED THEREBY - A process for advantageously producing a graphene/SiC composite material is provided in which a large-area graphene layer that is flat in an atomic level is formed on a SiC single crystal substrate. The process for producing a graphene/SiC composite material in which at least one graphene layer is formed on a SiC single crystal substrate, comprising the steps of: removing an oxide film that is formed by natural oxidation and covers a surface of the SiC single crystal substrate, thereby exposing a Si surface of the SiC single crystal substrate, heating the SiC single crystal substrate with the Si surface exposed under an oxygen atmosphere, thereby forming a SiO	06-16-2011

Mitsugu Kusunoki, Kunitachi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100072821	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Operating speed as well as output accuracy of a D-A converter is enhanced. With a semiconductor device including unit current sources, and unit current source switches, plural current source elements constituting each of the unit current sources are disposed so as to be evenly dispersed, thereby reducing errors of the current source element, dependent on distance while the unit current source switches are concentratedly disposed in a small region, thereby mitigating delay in operation, attributable to parasitic capacitance. In addition, with the semiconductor device including R2R resistance ladders, the R2R resistance ladder is provided on the positive and the negative of each of the unit current source switches, and the respective R2R resistance ladders are shorted with each other at respective nodes on a unit current source switch-by-unit current source switch basis, are rendered identical in length, thereby cancelling out a nonlinearity error attributable to wiring parasitic resistance.	03-25-2010

Ryouhei Kusunoki, Toyonaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100011745	Vehicle Diesel Engine and Control Method of the Same - A diesel engine includes: a PM filter provided in its exhaust passage; a fuel injection valve for performing post fuel injection in a cylinder of an engine body in addition to primary fuel injection, in order to supply fuel to the PM filter, to maintain its purification performance; an oil level sensor for detecting a degree of dilution of engine oil; and a first indicator lamp that is turned on to indicate that the engine oil needs to be changed when the degree of dilution of engine oil detected by the oil level sensor is equal to or greater than an allowable level. The vehicle diesel engine overrides the prohibition of the post fuel injection until a distance traveled by the vehicle after the indicator lamp is turned on reaches a predetermined distance.	01-21-2010

Ryouhei Kusunoki, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120097140	CONTROL METHOD AND SPARK PLUG FOR SPARK -IGNITED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control method for a spark-ignited internal combustion engine includes generating plasma by interacting an electric field generated in a combustion chamber by electric field generation means with spark discharge caused by a spark plug, and igniting an air-fuel mixture, wherein the electric field generated by the electric field generation means is set to an intensity weaker than that of an electric field generated by the spark plug when the spark discharge is caused, and set to an intensity at which discharge into the combustion chamber is disabled, and the air-fuel mixture can be securely ignited and combusted at an intended ignition timing and at a position of the spark plug.	04-26-2012

Ryutaro Kusunoki, Mishima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120062633	DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD OF INKJET HEAD - According to one embodiment, a driving apparatus of an inkjet head includes a drive signal output unit, an ejection pulse number decision unit, a pulse addition determination unit, and a drive signal generation unit. The ejection pulse number decision unit decides the number of ejection pulses based on a gradation value of print data. When the pulse addition determination unit has determined that the control pulse is not to be added, the drive signal generation unit generates a drive signal including ejection pulses whose number has been decided by the ejection pulse number decision unit. When the pulse addition determination unit has determined that the control pulse is to be added, the drive signal generation unit generates a drive signal including ejection pulses whose number is smaller than the number decided by the ejection pulse number decision unit.	03-15-2012

Ryutaro Kusunoki, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100177147	INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus comprises an inkjet recording head, an ink-testing unit having an ink-test chamber, a pressure-vibration generating unit that generates a pressure vibration in the ink-test chamber, a pressure-vibration detecting unit that detects the pressure vibration, an ink inlet that introduces ink into the ink-test chamber and an ink outlet through which ink is discharged from the ink-test chamber. Failures of ink ejection can be prevented by detecting cavitation cores by the ink-test chamber and removing ink containing the cavitation cores from ink supplied to the inkjet recording head.	07-15-2010
20100245475	INKJET PRINT HEAD AND METHOD THEREFOR - An inkjet print head is fabricated by, fist, forming an electrode and two layers of a protection film composed of an inorganic insulating film and an organic insulating film over the electrode within a groove of a piezoelectric member, adhering a top board to the piezoelectric member covering the groove to form a pressure chamber, adhering a polyimide plate so as to cover the groove, and then forming a nozzle in the polyimide plate by the excimer laser processing aligning to the pressure chamber. Herein, the excimer laser light penetrates the polyimide plate to form a nozzle, and further proceeds to be emitted on the organic insulating film. Consequently, the part of the organic insulating film irradiated by the laser light is damaged. To prevent the damage of the organic insulating film, the thickness of the inorganic insulating film in the part to which the excimer laser light is emitted is prepared to be 0.5 μm or more.	09-30-2010
20110063350	INK JET APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REDUCING CROSSTALK - When ink is ejected from any one of a plurality of pressure chambers, an electric field pulse, which corresponds to an electric field pulse to be applied to a partition wall of the pressure chamber which is to eject the ink, and has at least one square wave, which is in a direction opposite to that of the electric field pulse and has a pulse width corresponding to the electric field pulse, is applied to a partition wall adjacent to the partition wall of the pressure chamber which is to eject the ink.	03-17-2011
20110216129	INKJET HEAD AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes: plural piezoelectric element partition walls, a nozzle plate, a frame member, and a sealing member. The piezoelectric element partition walls are arrayed on a substrate in a direction orthogonal to a predetermined ink ejecting direction and forms partition walls of plural pressure chambers. The nozzle plate is bonded to be crosslinked to top surfaces of the plural piezoelectric element partition walls and the plural nozzle holes are formed in the nozzle plate. The frame member surrounds the piezoelectric element partition walls. The sealing member is bonded to a surface of the nozzle plate on a side not opposed to the piezoelectric element partition walls and bonded to a top surface of the frame member and has openings in positions corresponding to the plural nozzle holes.	09-08-2011

Ryutaro Kusunoki, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100238215	INK JET HEAD, NOZZLE PLATE THEREOF AND PRINTING METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed is an ink jet head for ejecting an ink droplet to form an image on a recording medium, including a pressure chamber to which ink is supplied, an actuator which applies a pressure on the ink filled in the pressure chamber to eject the ink droplet, a circuit applying to the actuator a drive-waveform for sequentially ejecting one or more ink droplets to form one pixel, the one ink droplet having V in volume, and a nozzle plate which has a nozzle fluidly communicating with the pressure chamber to eject ink droplet therefrom, the nozzle having a stepped inner surface shaped to include an inlet communicating with the pressure chamber and having a first sectional area in an orthogonal plane to ink-ejecting direction, and to include an outlet communicating with the inlet and having a length Ln	09-23-2010
20120056947	INKJET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An inkjet head including: a nozzle plate including: a nozzle configured to eject ink; a first electrode formed to surround the nozzle; a piezoelectric film provided to surround the nozzle and in contact with the first electrode; and a second electrode formed in contact with the piezoelectric film and made of a metal material forming the nozzle; and an ink supply path for supplying the ink to the nozzle.	03-08-2012

Shigeru Kusunoki, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080290407	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, an insulating film, a semiconductor element and a resistance element. The semiconductor substrate has a first trench. The insulating film covers an inner surface of the first trench. The semiconductor element has an electrode. The resistance element is electrically connected to the electrode to form a resistance to a current flowing through the electrode, and is arranged in the first trench with the insulating film therebetween. Thereby, the semiconductor device can have a resistance element that has a small footprint and can pass a large current with high reliability.	11-27-2008
20110140165	HIGH VOLTAGE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A high voltage semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a p type base region in a first main surface, an n	06-16-2011
20110140179	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a rectifying element; an electrode pad electrically connected to the rectifying element; and a resistance and a depletion transistor arranged between the rectifying element and the electrode pad, and electrically connected to each other. The semiconductor device has a configuration in which the rectifying element, the resistance, the depletion transistor, and the electrode pad are serially connected. The semiconductor device is configured to generate a gate potential of the depletion transistor based on a difference in potential across the resistance and to produce a depletion layer in a channel of the depletion transistor based on the gate potential. As a result, a semiconductor device having reasonably large current at low voltage and small current at high voltage can be obtained.	06-16-2011

Syuichi Kusunoki, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110002590	GRADED INDEX MULTIMODE OPTICAL FIBER - A graded index multimode optical fiber (	01-06-2011

Takeshi Kusunoki, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100117011	DEVICE FOR STOPPING FLOW OF FLUID - A device for stopping a flow of fluid in a fixed length of tube with an actuator simple in construction is provided. The stopping device is free of direct touch with the fluid inside the tube, expected not to obstruct the flow in the tube as permitted as possible at normal condition, expected to perform both detection and control with a single device, and further invulnerable to kinds of fluids. The device for stopping a flow of fluid includes a tube holder to keep a tube in looped configuration, a movable part pressing the looped configuration of the tube. Pressing of the looped configuration of the tube make a snapped bent to stop the flow of fluid passed through the tube. Putting the movable part back into place results in the tube's returning from the configuration having the bent, allowing the fluid flowing again through the tube.	05-13-2010

Takuya Kusunoki, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090237713	Print managing apparatus, print managing method, and program - A print managing apparatus is provided, which is able to reduce the possibility of information leakage due to the printed material, without implementing a new function in the network printer. When there is a directive to perform printing, the print managing apparatus generates a release key, incorporates the generated release key in the print data, and transfers the print data to the network printer. Then, the print managing apparatus displays on the display device, a screen prompting for a release key that corresponds to the release key, which is printed on a printed medium together with the print data.	09-24-2009

Takuya Kusunoki, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080239346	COPY MACHINE CONTROL APPARATUS AND COPY MACHINE CONTROL METHOD - A copy machine control apparatus that can realize copy management of a print, editing a duplicate, management of distribution destinations of a duplicate, and control of outward transmission of a duplicate, by the use of a conventional digital copy machine. The copy machine control apparatus acquires a scan image of a print from a digital copy machine, processes the acquired scan image, and thereafter returns the processed scan image to the digital copy machine to print the processed scan image on a substrate.	10-02-2008
20090174893	PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A print management system is provided with a printer having a tag reader that reads a unique identifier of an IC tag attached to a medium, a log server that acquires information related to printing on the medium as a log, an ID management server that receives the identifier read by the tag reader, links the identifier to the time of printing on the medium or time at which the information of the IC tag is received and holds them in a storage and a print log integrating server that transmits the identifier of the IC tag attached to the medium to the ID management server, acquires the time at which the identifier is received from the ID management server, acquires logs in the vicinity of the time from the log server, links the log and the medium, stores and manages them in the storage.	07-09-2009

Tetsuro Kusunoki, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120075293	ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY, ADJUSTMENT DEVICE USED THEREFORE, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE USE THEREFORE - In an adjustment method of a stereoscopic display used for stereoscopic display and an adjustment device used therefore, the burden on an observer can be reduced. An adjustment method of a stereoscopic display having a light output unit for a right eye which outputs a light signal for the right eye and a light output unit for a left eye which outputs a light signal for the left eye includes: performing first measurement for measuring the luminance of the light signal for the right eye; performing second measurement for measuring the luminance of the light signal for the left eye; acquiring first and second representative luminance values corresponding to each other by the first and second measurements, respectively; and adjusting an output of the light output unit such that a difference between the first and second representative luminance values falls within a predetermined range.	03-29-2012

Tetsuro Kusunoki, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110218425	Medical image generating apparatus, medical image display apparatus, medical image generating method and program - 3D image areas are set respectively from within display areas of a right-eye image display unit and a left-eye image display unit, and 2D image areas are set respectively from within the 3D image areas. A right-eye disparity image and a left-eye disparity image to be displayed respectively in the 3D image areas are acquired, and planar images	09-08-2011

Tetsurou Kusunoki, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110054943	Radiography management system and method - When radiography is performed on a patient at a radiography apparatus, first, a past collected radiation dose for the patient and a past collected radiation dose for a region of the patient on which radiography will be performed are extracted from a database.	03-03-2011

Tokuro Kusunoki, Koshu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100237726	Stator structure and rotating electrical machine using the same - The invention provides a rotating electrical machine provided with stable rotation characteristics for enabling each core to be reliably fixed in arranging a plurality of cores annularly around the rotor even when the dimensional error occurs in manufacturing accuracy of each core, causing each division core itself to enhance the cooling property, and resolving instability of magnetic reluctance between division cores, where the rotating electrical machine has a plurality of stator cores obtained by laminating electromagnetic steel plates, winding coils wound around the stator cores via insulators, a pair of first and second bracket members that hold the plurality of stator cores from the front and back in the rotary shaft direction of the magnet rotor, and a fastening member that couples the first and second bracket members, in the first bracket member is formed a first contact surface for striking one end face of each of the stator cores to regulate so as to arrange the plurality of stator cores annularly, in the second bracket is formed a second contact surface for striking the other end faces of the stator cores to regulate, the first contact surface constitutes a reference plane to align one end faces of the plurality of stator cores on the same plane, the second contact surface is formed of a deformation surface deformable to follow the other end faces of the plurality of stator cores, and at least one of the pair of first and second brackets is formed of a ring-shaped magnetic material for magnetically coupling between the division cores.	09-23-2010

Tomokazu Kusunoki, Ohtsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110086998	AN ALIPHATIC POLYESTER RESIN AND A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING IT - The present invention is an aliphatic polyester resin in which a polyhydroxy acid skeleton is a main component, manufactured using a polymerization catalyst, characterized in that a specific organophosphorus compound is copolymerized in the resin. Activity of the polymerization catalyst contained in the aliphatic polyester resin of the present invention after the polymerization is well lowered and a lactide is hardly produced even by heating after the polymerization or after the manufacture.	04-14-2011

Tomokuni Kusunoki, Hiroshima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110224882	CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes: an abnormal combustion detection unit for detecting an abnormal combustion due to self-ignition occurring; a pre-ignition determination unit for detecting abnormal combustion occurrence timing based on abnormal combustion detection information to determine whether or not the abnormal combustion is the pre-ignition based on comparison between pre-ignition determination timing and the abnormal combustion occurrence timing; a heat-source pre-ignition determination unit for determining whether the pre-ignition is the heat-source pre-ignition or the compression pre-ignition based on comparison between the abnormal combustion occurrence timing set by the pre-ignition determination timing and heat-source pre-ignition determination timing; a first avoidance unit for avoiding the heat-source pre-ignition in a case where the pre-ignition is determined as the heat-source pre-ignition; and a second avoidance unit for avoiding the compression pre-ignition in a case where the pre-ignition is determined as the compression pre-ignition.	09-15-2011

Tomokuni Kusunoki, Aki-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100174472	CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A knock control apparatus includes: a knock sensor for detecting knock of an internal combustion engine; a signal processing section for calculating a knock intensity; and knock determination level setting sections: for calculating an average value of the knock intensity; for calculating, based on the average value, an overall variance of the knock intensity of an entirety of a frequency distribution, a higher variance of the knock intensity above the average value, and a lower variance of the knock intensity below the average value; for calculating a standard deviation of the knock intensity from the overall variance; for presetting a value allowing the frequency distribution of the knock intensity to be a predetermined confidence interval as a confidence coefficient; and for setting a sum of the average value and a value obtained by multiplying the standard deviation by the corrected confidence coefficient as a knock determination level.	07-08-2010
20110093186	CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Control apparatus for an internal combustion engine including: a second knock detection unit for detecting occurrence of a second knock due to an effective compression ratio when ignition timing is on a retard side of a predetermined value in the case where a first knock is detected; a second knock suppression unit for suppressing the second knock when the second knock is detected; a first abnormal ignition detection means for detecting occurrence of first abnormal ignition due to the pre-ignition or the post-ignition when a knock intensity of the second knock is equal to or larger than a predetermined value; and a first abnormal ignition suppression unit for suppressing the first abnormal ignition by performing fuel control for the internal combustion engine when the first abnormal ignition is detected.	04-21-2011
20120073543	KNOCK CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A knock correction amount computation portion computes, on the basis of intensity of a knock in a case where the presence of an occurrence of the knock is determined, a knock correction amount by which to move a spark timing of the internal combustion engine to be on a retard side and returns the knock correction amount to be back on an advance side in a case where the absence of an occurrence of a knock is determined. In a case where a value of the knock correction amount to be on the retard side becomes equal to or exceeds a predetermined value, the knock correction amount computation portion limits and holds the knock correction amount at the predetermined value and returns the limited knock correction amount to be back on the advance side in a case where the absence of an occurrence of a knock is determined.	03-29-2012
20120080008	KNOCK CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A knock control apparatus for internal combustion engine includes: a knock signal normalization unit that normalizes a knock signal extracted from an output signal of a knock sensor; a knock determination threshold setting unit that sets a knock determination threshold on the basis of the normalized knock signal; a knock intensity computation unit that calculates knock intensity on the basis of the normalized knock signal and the set knock determination threshold; a knock determination unit that determines a presence or absence of a knock on the basis of the calculated knock intensity; and a knock correction amount computation unit that calculates a knock correction amount to correct the calculated knock intensity in a case where an occurrence of a knock is determined. The knock signal normalization unit normalizes a standard deviation of the knock signal by dividing the knock signal by an average value of the knock signal.	04-05-2012

Toshihiko Kusunoki, Takamatsu-Shi, Kagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110131844	CLOTH PIECE TREATING APPARATUS - A cloth piece treating apparatus includes a spreading device for spreading a large area cloth piece, a press device, a folding device for folding the cloth piece into a predetermined small size and a cloth piece length measuring device having a cloth piece detector. The spread cloth piece is folded in the folding device on the basis of the length of the spread cloth piece. The cloth piece detector is disposed in the press device so that the horizontal length of a receiving conveyor of the folding device is minimized, whereby the total length of the cloth piece treating apparatus is shortened.	06-09-2011

Toshiki Kusunoki, Ritto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120070716	BATTERY PACK AND ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SAME - Provided is a battery pack that ensures sufficient sealing performance between a tray and a cover by arranging a necessary sealing member between a lower flange portion of the tray and an upper flange portion of the cover that are held in abutment with each other. The tray and the cover covering the tray constitute a packaging case of electric cells. At least a part of a facing surface of at least one of the lower flange portion of the tray and the upper flange portion of the cover that abut each other forms a non-abutting portion that is located apart from the facing surface of the opposite flange portion, and a sealing member is arranged on the non-abutting portion.	03-22-2012

Toshiyuki Kusunoki, Iwata-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090193986	PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD	08-06-2009
20090255424	SQUEEGEE FOR PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, AND PRINTING METHOD - [Problems] To provide a squeegee for a printing device that achieves a satisfactory scraping ability and is readily fabricated at low costs.	10-15-2009

Toyoaki Kusunoki, Sayama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090167116	METAL BASE FOR CRYSTAL UNIT AND CRYSTAL UNIT USING THE SAME - The metal base for a crystal unit includes: a base body in which at least a pair of through-holes are formed; a pair of leads provided with a supporter for supporting a crystal blank at the head thereof; and glass charged into the respective through-holes to electrically insulate the leads from the base body and hermetically seal the through-holes. A step is formed in a region of the lead corresponding to the outer bottom surface of the base body, the lead is made up of at least a first lead portion on the through-hole side from the step and a second lead portion in a direction in which the lead extends out from the step. The diameter of the lead of the second lead portion is smaller than the diameter of the lead of the first lead portion.	07-02-2009

Yasushi Kusunoki, Aki-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110126521	EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR TRANSVERSE ENGINE - An exhaust upstream section (	06-02-2011
20110126522	EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR TRANSVERSE ENGINE - Disclosed is an exhaust apparatus (E) for a transverse engine (	06-02-2011

Yoshiomi Kusunoki, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120134518	COVER UNIT COVERING OPENINGS AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE COVER UNIT - A cover unit that is provided to an electronic device as a waterproof cover, the cover unit covering one or more openings formed in a housing of the electronic device with respect to a plurality of speakers, and comprising a frame member having a plurality of windows disposed therein, the windows facing the speakers in one-to-one correspondence, and a waterproof film covering the windows. Having such a structure, the cover unit covers the one or more openings formed in the housing, and has an advantageous effect of suppressing at least one of (i) an increase in parts composing an electronic device and (ii) an increase in distortion of sound. Additionally, since a vibration unit faces a corresponding one of the speakers, the unnecessary vibration of the vibration unit is inhibited, which leads to a reduction in the distortion of sound.	05-31-2012
20120135787	MOBILE PHONE AND ECHO REDUCTION METHOD THEREFORE - A foldable mobile phone relating to the present invention includes: a first housing that includes a speaker, a receiver and a receiver hole; and a second housing that includes a microphone and a microphone hole, the receiver hole and the microphone hole each being covered with a waterproof film, and the waterproof film that covers the receiver hole facing the microphone hole in a closed state, and the mobile phone comprises: a low-pass filter that is connected to an output terminal of the microphone and has a cut-off frequency of 1 kHz; and an echo canceller that is connected to an output terminal of the low-pass filter, and is operable to cancel, from components of a signal output from the low-pass filter, components of a signal that has been input to the speaker.	05-31-2012