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Kuwahara, JP

Akiko Kuwahara, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090123582	Ameliorating Agent for Metabolic Syndrome - The object is to provide a food-derived effective ingredient which can promote the reduction in accumulated fats or the like. Disclosed is a body fat reduction-promoting agent, a leptin production-promoting agent, an anorexigenic agent, a PAI-1 production-suppressing agent or an anti-thrombotic agent, each comprising an extract from a chestnut astringent skin as an active ingredient. The extract from a chestnut astringent skin, which is a natural component, can be used as an extremely safe body fat reduction-promoting agent, leptin production-promoting agent, anorexigenic agent, PAI-1 production-suppressing agent or anti-thrombotic agent. Particularly, the body fat reduction-promoting agent can reduce an accumulated visceral fat and therefore can directly prevent obesity.	05-14-2009

Akira Kuwahara, Fujisawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090245812	OPTICAL TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT - Provided is an optical transmission circuit capable of realizing a high-quality optical signal waveform with low power consumption. An optical transmission circuit (	10-01-2009

Atsukazu Kuwahara, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080234337	Preventive and/or Remedy for Hyperkalemia Containing Ep4 Agonist - The present invention relates to a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for hyperkalemia, and a potassium excretion promoter containing EP	09-25-2008

Chikashi Kuwahara, Kawagoe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090310466	OBJECTIVE LENS DRIVING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME - [Problems] In an objective lens driving device used for an optical disc and the like, a moving speed of the objective lens is changed corresponding to amount of vertical deviation of the optical disc, and when the vertical deviation is small, time for aligning the focus is reduced.	12-17-2009
20100220569	FINAL AREA RETRIEVING APPARATUS, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, FINAL AREA RETRIEVING METHOD, AND FINAL AREA RETRIEVING PROGRAM - A final area retrieving apparatus, an information reproducing apparatus, a final area retrieving method, and a final area retrieving program are provided, which are capable of decreasing a period of time necessary for acquiring information necessary for reproduction of optical disc.	09-02-2010

Hiroyoshi Kuwahara, Fuchu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090000745	Surface Treatment Apparatus for Printed Sheets - It is an object of the present invention to provide a surface treatment apparatus for printed sheets that is capable of securely preventing radiation of UV rays onto printed sheets when out of use, while efficiently radiating UV rays onto printed sheets when in use. There is provided a surface treatment apparatus that includes a varnishing section for applying UV cure resin varnish on a printed sheet in a printed sheet conveying path; a cylinder for conveying a printed sheet with the UV cure resin varnish applied thereon at the varnishing section; a film pressing part for pressing a transfer film onto a printed sheet on the cylinder; and a UV radiation part for curing UV cure resin varnish of a printed sheet onto which the transfer film is being pressed by the film pressing part. The UV radiation part is positioned close to the cylinder when the film pressing part is positioned close to the impression cylinder; and the UV radiation part is positioned away from the cylinder when the film pressing part is positioned away from the cylinder.	01-01-2009

Hiroyuki Kuwahara, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090046509	TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE AND EXTEND ENDURANCE AND RELIABILITY OF MULTI-LEVEL MEMORY CELLS IN A MEMORY DEVICE - A novel technique to improve and extend endurance and reliability of a memory device utilizing multi-level cells is disclosed. As a memory device ages, it's reliability deteriorates. Prior to the memory device becoming completely unreliable, the memory device transitions from a multi-level cell operating mode to a reduced capacity operating mode. When operating in the multi-level cell mode, the memory system stores multiple bits per cell. The memory system stores fewer bits per cell when operating in the reduced capacity. The transition between modes is achieved by setting all bits of a particular memory page to a specific value, for example, either a logic “1” or a logic “0.”	02-19-2009

Ippei Kuwahara, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110046192	THERAPEUTIC DRUG FOR HYPERTENSION OR PREHYPERTENSION - The present invention relates to a therapeutic drug or a preventive drug for hypertension or high-normal blood pressure, comprising (a) and (b) as active ingredients:	02-24-2011

Kanji Kuwahara, Niihama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080242891	Method for recovering cyclohexanone oxime - A liquid cyclohexanone oxime A is vaporized by heating to obtain a cyclohexanone oxime gas A1 and the remaining residue C is distilled under a pressure lower than the pressure upon vaporization by heating, and then cyclohexanone oxime A2 contained in the residue C is recovered.	10-02-2008

Kazuki Kuwahara, Fukaya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090172734	BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD - A broadcast receiving apparatus includes: a storage module storing a table correspondingly showing a program identifier identifying a broadcast program, and a broadcast start time of the program; a detecting module detecting whether the broadcast start time is brought forward or not based on program guide information acquired from a broadcast signal and the program identifier; a video-recording module starting a video-recording of the program at the broadcast start time which is brought forward when the bringing-forward is detected; and a reproduction module reproducing the video-recorded program at the broadcast start time before it is brought forward.	07-02-2009
20090172766	BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD - A broadcast receiving apparatus includes: a display module displaying a volume setting menu correspondingly showing volume during reproduction and set volume; an input module inputting the set volume based on the displayed volume setting menu; a generation module generating a table correspondingly showing a broadcast channel, the inputted set volume, and a reproduction start time; and a reproduction module reproducing a broadcast based on the generated table.	07-02-2009

Kazuo Kuwahara, Wakayama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090053270	COSMETIC FOR EYELASHES - The cosmetic for eyelashes according to the present invention is capable of simply imparting a good curl-up effect to eyelashes, is free from formation of lumps upon coating, and can exhibit a high moisture resistance and a high curl retention effect during use as well as a beautiful finish. The present invention relates to a cosmetic for eyelashes which includes a film-forming polymer (A) containing constitutional units derived from methacrylic acid and/or a salt thereof (monomer (a)) and a monomer (b) having a solubility of 2 g or less in 100 g of water as measured at 20° C., and having a glass transition temperature (Tg	02-26-2009
20090258975	NONAQUEOUS PIGMENT DISPERSION COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a nonaqueous pigment dispersant containing a copolymer having the following constituent units (a) and (b): (a) a constituent unit derived from a nitrogen atom-containing polymerizable macromonomer having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond at one terminal, and (b) a constituent unit derived from a monomer unit having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond, being copolymerizable with the nitrogen atom-containing polymerizable macromonomer of constituent (a), and a pigment dispersion composition containing the dispersant, a pigment and a nonaqueous solvent. Also provided are a nonaqueous pigment dispersion composition, containing a pigment (A), a nonaqueous solvent (B), and a polymer (C) having a constituent unit (c1) derived from a nitrogen atom-containing polymerizable macromonomer having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond at one terminal, a constituent unit (c2) derived from a polymerizable macromonomer having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond at one terminal, but having no nitrogen atom, and a constituent unit (c3) derived from a monomer having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond, being copolymerizable with the macromonomers of the constituent units and having a difference (ΔSP) in solubility parameter between the monomer and a nonaqueous solvent (B) of 1.0 or more, and a production method thereof.	10-15-2009
20100261816	NON-AQUEOUS PIGMENT DISPERSION COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to [1] a non-aqueous pigment dispersion composition including (A) a pigment, (B) a non-aqueous solvent and (C) a polymer obtained by reacting a copolymer (component (c1)) containing a constitutional unit derived from (c1a) a vinyl monomer containing a reactive functional group and a constitutional unit derived from (c1b) a vinyl monomer containing a nitrogen atom with a poly(alkyl(meth)acrylate) and/or a polystyrene (component (c2)) containing a functional group capable of reacting with the reactive functional group in the component (c1) at one terminal end thereof; and [2] a process for producing a polymer for non-aqueous pigment dispersion, including the steps of (I) reacting the vinyl monomer (c1b) with the vinyl monomer (c1a) to produce a copolymer containing constitutional units derived from the respective vinyl monomers; and (II) reacting the resulting copolymer with the component (c2) to produce a graft copolymer formed by grafting the component (c2) to the copolymer.	10-14-2010

Kazuya Kuwahara, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100111486	DISPERSION COMPENSATING MODULE - The present invention relates to a dispersion compensating module having a configuration that can effectively suppress high-speed fluctuations in the polarization state of light even when being imparted with impact or vibration. In the dispersion compensating module, a dispersion compensating optical fiber is fixed while being wound around the barrel of a bobbin, and the bobbin is fixed in the inside of a housing via a buffer that absorbs impact or vibration. The bobbin corresponds to a holder holding the dispersion compensating optical fiber fixed in a state of coil. The housing corresponds to a struct fixing the holder. The buffer fills a space between the housing and the bobbin on which the dispersion compensating optical fiber is coiled.	05-06-2010
20110044700	OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an optical communications system that allows improving OSNR while suppressing the power increase of pumping light for distributed Raman amplification. In the optical communications system, an optical fiber is laid in a transmission section between a transmitter station (or repeater station) and a receiver station (or repeater station), and optical signals are transmitted from the transmitter station to the receiver station via the optical fiber. In the optical communications system, pumping light for Raman amplification, outputted by a pumping light source provided in the receiver station, is fed into the optical fiber via an optical coupler, and the optical signals are distributed-Raman-amplified in the optical fiber. The transmission loss and the effective area of the optical fiber satisfy, at the wavelength of 1550 nm, a predetermined relationship.	02-24-2011

Kazuyoshi Kuwahara, Akiruno-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080267256	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF PROCESSOR CIRCUIT - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a plurality of temperature transmission sections provided in each of first and second semiconductor circuits, and configure to transmit first measured temperature of one of the first and second semiconductor circuits to the other of first and second semiconductor circuits when the first measured temperature is higher than a threshold temperature, and a plurality of operation speed varying sections provided in each of the first and second semiconductor circuits configure to reduce operation speed of the processor circuit possessed by the other of first and second semiconductor circuits, when the received first measured temperature is higher than the second measured temperature of the other of the first and second semiconductor circuits.	10-30-2008
20080270736	Information processing apparatus and access control method - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a processor including a register file which holds physical registers to which general purpose registers provided by an instruction set architecture are assigned, a virtual register assigning unit which assigns a virtual address in the main memory space to a physical register in the register file based on a request from a program, and records a correspondence between each of the virtual addresses and a corresponding one of the physical registers in a virtual register conversion table, and an access converting unit which determines whether or not a virtual address to be accessed is recorded in the virtual register conversion table managed by the virtual register assigning unit, and executes, when the virtual address is recorded therein, processing of accessing the physical register of which a correspondence to the virtual address is recorded in the virtual register conversion table.	10-30-2008
20080270767	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM EXECUTION CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a first processor which has a first instruction set, a second processor which has a second instruction set, a storage unit which stores a program including a first program module which is described by using the second instruction set and causes the second processor to execute a first process including the arithmetic process, and a second program module which is described by using the first instruction set and causes the first processor to execute a process which is the same as the first process, and a control unit which switches a mode for executing the program between a first mode in which the first program module is assigned to the second processor and a second mode in which the second program module is assigned to the first processor.	10-30-2008
20100332708	Information Processing Apparatus - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus including a suspension/resume function includes a bus controller which controls a bus capable of transmitting data at a first transmission speed or a second transmission speed lower than the first transmission speed, a storage module which stores setting information for limiting a data transmission speed of the bus to the second transmission speed, an initializing module which initializes the bus controller so as to limit the data transmission speed of the bus to the second transmission speed if the setting information is stored in the storage module when the apparatus is activated or returned from a suspended state, and a controller which stores the setting information into the storage module and makes the apparatus transit to the suspended state and return from the suspended state, when the transmission speed of the bus is limited to the second transmission speed.	12-30-2010

Keisuke Kuwahara, Fujimino JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090050955	NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A charge storage layer interposed between a memory gate electrode and a semiconductor substrate is formed shorter than a gate length of the memory gate electrode or a length of insulating films so as to make the overlapping amount of the charge storage layer and a source region to be less than 40 nm. Therefore, in the write state, since the movement in the transverse direction of the electrons and the holes locally existing in the charge storage layer decreases, the variation of the threshold voltage when holding a high temperature can be reduced. In addition, the effective channel length is made to be 30 nm or less so as to reduce an apparent amount of holes so that coupling of the electrons with the holes in the charge storage layer decreases; therefore, the variation of the threshold voltage when holding at room temperature can be reduced.	02-26-2009

Kenji Kuwahara, Tokyo Pref JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110059643	MULTICORE CABLE CONNECTOR WITH AN ALIGNMENT PLATE WITH A CABLE RECEIVING PORTION ON ONE SIDE AND A SUBSTRATE RECEIVING PORTION ON THE OTHER SIDE - To provide a multicore cable connector in which alignment of signal lines of a cable and soldering of the signal lines to a wiring pattern of a substrate are facilitated, and impedance mismatch on the substrate is minimized. A multicore cable connector	03-10-2011
20110163569	TERMINAL MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND METHOD - To provide a terminal mounting structure, the electrical continuation and the joining strength of which are sufficiently high although the structure is simple, further the reliability of which is high even when it is used over a long period of time and to provide a terminal mounting method therefor. A terminal (	07-07-2011

Koichi Kuwahara, Nagasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100119655	MUSCULAR PROTEIN DENATURATION INHIBITOR, ADDITIVE FOR A FISH MEAT-ORIGIN GROUND MEAT, FISH MEAT-ORIGIN GROUND MEAT CONTAINING THE SAME AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - To provide a muscular protein denaturation inhibitor which is effective only in a small addition amount because of exerting an excellent effect of inhibiting heat denaturation and freeze denaturation of fish meat-origin muscular proteins, shows almost no taste as a solution, has been approved as a food additive, also has been employed as a component in supplements due to its health-promoting effects, and is safe to the human body. A muscular protein denaturation inhibitor characterized by containing a citric acid salt as the active ingredient and being capable of inhibiting heat denaturation and/or freeze denaturation of fish meat-origin muscular proteins.	05-13-2010

Kouichi Kuwahara, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090241047	TEACHING BOX FOR USE IN ROBOT, CUSTOMIZATION METHOD, AND ROBOT SYSTEM USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a teaching box configured such that an operator can optionally change a coloration and a size of a text displayed on a display area. The teaching box includes a main menu area, a pulldown menu area, a status area, a general-purpose area, and a message area, for monitoring and controlling an operation of an industrial robot which is operated in a plurality of modes including a teaching mode and an operation setting mode. The main menu area includes a customization portion operable to change a size and a coloration of a text, and a display portion operable to display the text set by the customization portion.	09-24-2009

Madoka Kuwahara, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090208760	ENERGY-TRANSMITTING OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT-TRANSMITTING OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF - The present invention is to provide an optical fiber preform suitable for the production of an energy-transmitting or ultraviolet light-transmitting optical fiber, which has an excellent transmittance of a high-energy light of 50 KW/cm	08-20-2009

Makoto Kuwahara, Nagoya-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080230834	Semiconductor apparatus having lateral type MIS transistor - A semiconductor apparatus comprises: a semiconductor substrate; and a lateral type MIS transistor disposed on a surface part of the semiconductor substrate. The lateral type MIS transistor includes: a line coupled with a gate of the lateral type MIS transistor; a polycrystalline silicon resistor that is provided in the line, and that has a conductivity type opposite to a drain of the lateral type MIS transistor; and an insulating layer through which a drain voltage of the lateral type MIS transistor is applied to the polycrystalline silicon resistor.	09-25-2008
20100102857	Switching circuit and driving circuit for transistor - A switching circuit includes: a transistor having a first electrode, a second electrode and a control electrode; a zener diode; and a capacitor. A connection between the first electrode and the second electrode is capable of temporally switching between a condition state and a non-conduction state by switching a control voltage of the transistor. The zener diode and the capacitor are coupled in series between the first electrode and the control electrode of the transistor. The first electrode is a drain or a collector.	04-29-2010

Masahiko Kuwahara, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100070783	ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND POWER CONTROL METHOD - An electronic device capable of controlling a power state of an external device from a first power state (ex. “Standby”) to a second power state (ex. “ON”) includes a determination unit operable to determine whether information indicating linkage is stored in a storage unit when it is detected that communication between the electronic device and the external device is enabled, and a transmitting unit operable to transmit a control signal for controlling power state of the external device. When the information indicating linkage is not stored in the storage unit, the transmitting unit stores the information indicating linkage and transmits the control signal for controlling power state of the external device to the second power state to the external device. When the information indicating linkage is stored in the storage unit, the transmitting unit refrains from transmitting the control signal to the external device.	03-18-2010

Masaki Kuwahara, Fujisawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100254642	Roller Bearing Device Having Radial-Plane Arrangement Structure of Rotation Sensor - Provided is a roller bearing device, which is suitable for preventing misdetection of a rotation sensor when a moment load is applied. A thin motor	10-07-2010

Masashi Kuwahara, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090323071	OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR A LIQUID OR MOLTEN MATERIAL - An apparatus for optical measurement of a liquid or molten material, which has: a transparent container which has a bottom face and is capable of containing a to-be-measured material therein, with the bottom face at least having a flat face and being transparent; and an optical device that irradiates a light to the bottom face of the container and that detects and measures a reflected light from the bottom face; and a method for optically measuring a liquid or molten material using the apparatus.	12-31-2009

Masato Kuwahara, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090093310	Wireless communication game system - A wireless communication game system includes a plurality of mobile game apparatuses, which function as a parent device or a child device and are capable of making a communication with each other, and broadcasts from the parent device a parent device packet including a parent device PID, a user name UserName, a game name GameName, an OC flag, an E slot, a U slot, and a payload. All the parent device packets are received from the parent device existing within a communicationable range of a user's own apparatus, and the user's own apparatus creates a parent device list, and displays the parent device list on an LCD. Therefore, a user or a player of his own apparatus looks at the game name of the parent device list, for example, and operates a cross key included in an operation key so as to select one desired parent device. Then, transmitting a child device number CID of the user's own apparatus at the E slot designated by the parent device packet, the user's own apparatus transmits a connection request to the parent device.	04-09-2009
20110070950	Wireless communication game system - A wireless communication game system includes a plurality of mobile game apparatuses, which function as a parent device or a child device and are capable of making a communication with each other, and broadcasts from the parent device a parent device packet including a parent device PID, a user name UserName, a game name GameName, an OC flag, an E slot, a U slot, and a payload. All the parent device packets are received from the parent device existing within a communicationable range of a user's own apparatus, and the user's own apparatus creates a parent device list, and displays the parent device list on an LCD. Therefore, a user or a player of his own apparatus looks at the game name of the parent device list, for example, and operates a cross key included in an operation key so as to select one desired parent device. Then, transmitting a child device number CID of the user's own apparatus at the E slot designated by the parent device packet, the user's own apparatus transmits a connection request to the parent device.	03-24-2011

Masaya Kuwahara, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100118671	TILT CONTROL METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - There is provided an optical disc drive including a light axis deviation detection means (	05-13-2010
20100177608	OPTICAL DISC AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In an optical disc having a multilayer structure in which recording layers are bonded to each other, the number of times additional writing can be performed is increased. A method for controlling an optical disc device according to the present invention comprises steps of calculating a displacement amount generated when the recording layers are bonded to each other; and identifying the size of a recordable area in a non-usable area predetermined on the recording layer based on the displacement amount.	07-15-2010
20100284258	INTERLAYER MOVEMENT APPARATUS, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR INTERLAYER MOVEMENT APPARATUS - To provide an interlayer movement apparatus of an optical disc apparatus which can perform the interlayer movement stably even when the interlayer distances of the multi-layer optical disc which are specified by the disc specification are different between the respective layers.	11-11-2010
20100329095	METHOD FOR DETERMINING RECORDING CONDITION OR REPRODUCING CONDITION, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND OPTICAL DISK DEVICE - A process which is performed by a recording/reproducing device configured to irradiate an optical recording medium including a plurality of recording layers with laser light to record and reproduce data, and is for determining at least one of a recording condition at the time of recording user data on any one recording object recording layer of the plurality of recording layers, or a reproducing condition at the time of reproducing the data from the recording object recording layer, where record management data indicating a recorded area on the recording layers is recorded on the optical recording medium. The process includes: acquiring a remaining capacity of a test recording area for each of the recording layers based on the record management data; and determining a recording layer on which test recording is intended to be made based on the remaining capacities of the test recording area acquired for the recording layers.	12-30-2010

Mikio Kuwahara, Hachioji JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100157930	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD WITH PACKET SCHEDULING - To reduce power consumption of a mobile station, this invention provides a wireless communication method for communicating between a base station and a plurality of terminals using a plurality of channels, the channels being slots obtained by dividing frequency-divided carriers by time, in which the base station allocates a set of the channels which is composed of a plurality of neighboring carriers and/or a plurality of successive slots for the each terminal, and the base station allocates at least one of the channels included in the channel sets for packet transmission the terminals.	06-24-2010

Mikio Kuwahara, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100280158	INK COMPOSITION FOR INKJET PRINTING - An ink composition for ink-jet printing does not cause clogging of nozzles of an ink-jet printer during printing, thereby providing a print of desired printing quality; which ensures an appropriate drying rate of printed images; and which attains excellent color development. The ink composition for ink-jet printing, containing a pigment, a binder resin, a pigment dispersant, and a solvent, wherein the solvent is formed of (1) at least one glycol ether and at least one of a lactone compound and 2-pyrrolidone, or (2) at least one glycol ether acetate and at least one of cyclohexane and isophorone.	11-04-2010

Mikio Kuwahara, Hachiouji JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100046462	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Wireless communication arrangements including: performing scheduling of transmitting signal to each of the mobile stations so that interference of radio waves sent from each of the remote units to each of the mobile stations can be suppressed based on priority level of the mobile station and the interference area information; generating information to control the direction-variable antenna of each of the plurality of remote units, so that the corresponding remote unit forms beam according to scheduling result; and transmitting the information to control the direction-variable antenna to the plurality of remote units.	02-25-2010

Mikio Kuwahara, Kokubunji JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100103047	METHOD FOR MEASURING DISTANCE AND POSITION USING SPREAD SPECTRUM SIGNAL, AND AN EQUIPMENT USING THE METHOD - By using the delay profile created by delay profile creating section	04-29-2010

Mitsuru Kuwahara, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080206556	Coated Film and Vapor-Deposited Film - A coated film having an overall thickness of 5-50 μm is provided. A substrate made of a polymer resin composition may be laminated with a coating layer including a melamine series compound and a poly (vinyl alcohol)-based polymer to form the coated film. Further, an inorganic thin film layer may be vapor-deposited on the coating layer of the coated film to form a vapor-deposited film. Certain embodiments of the vapor-deposited film may have oxygen permeability and moisture vapor permeability before and after the gelbo test that satisfies the following formula:	08-28-2008

Motoaki Kuwahara, Gifu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090236222	BIOSENSOR - It is an object of the present invention to provide a sensor, which is capable of measuring, quickly and in high accuracy, concentration of neutral fat from a sample such as a biological sample or the like, without executing pretreatment of the sample. This object is attained by a biosensor for measuring concentration of neutral fat, based on value of current flowing in the electrode system, having: an insulating substrate; an electrode system having a working electrode and a counter electrode, formed onto the insulating substrate; and a reaction layer having a lipoprotein lipase, a glycerol dehydrogenase and an electron mediator, formed at the upper part or the vicinity of the electrode system.	09-24-2009

Nagisa Kuwahara, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090153055	MAGNETRON AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETRON ANODE VANE - In each anode vane	06-18-2009
20090218949	MAGNETRON - The present invention provides a magnetron which can conduct more magnetic flux in the active space at the periphery of a cathode structure to thereby further improve the efficiency of a magnetic circuit. The magnetron of the present invention includes an anode cylinder on which inner wall a plurality of anode vanes are provided, a pole piece provided on an end side of the anode cylinder, a circular magnet provided on the vicinity of the pole piece, and a magnet ring provided between the anode cylinder and the circular magnet. An outer diameter of the magnet ring is smaller than or equal to the outer diameter of the circular magnet and larger than or equal to the outer diameter of the anode cylinder. The magnet ring has a portion on a surface of the pole piece side whose normal line is non-parallel to the central axis of the anode cylinder.	09-03-2009

Nurumu Kuwahara, Mie JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110085756	SWING BEARING AND METHOD OF PROCESSING RACEWAY GROOVE OF THE SAME - A swing bearing assembly includes a plurality of balls (	04-14-2011

Raito Kuwahara, Naka-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100273836	OXIME ETHER DERIVATIVE AND FUNGICIDE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL USE - The present invention provides a novel oxime ether derivative represented by the following formula (I), or salt thereof, that can be industrially produced advantageously, and can function as a fungicide for agricultural and horticultural use that has reliable effects and can be used safely, and a fungicide for agricultural and horticultural use that contains at least one of these compounds as an active ingredient thereof. In addition, the present invention provides a novel ketone derivative that is a production intermediate of the oxime ether derivative.	10-28-2010

Rie Kuwahara, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100209649	Double-coated pressure sensitive adhesive sheet - Disclosed is a double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet which includes at least a pressure-sensitive adhesive unit including a plastic base film and, present on or above both surfaces thereof, pressure-sensitive adhesive layers; and non-silicone release liners present on both surfaces of the pressure-sensitive adhesive unit. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layers are each formed from an acrylic polymer containing, as essential monomer components, an alkyl (meth)acrylate whose alkyl moiety being a linear or branched-chain alkyl group having 2 to 14 carbon atoms and a polar-group-containing monomer. The pressure-sensitive adhesive unit has a thickness of 60 to 160 μm, and each of the two pressure-sensitive adhesive layers of the pressure-sensitive adhesive unit has a thickness of 20 μm or more. The adhesive sheet excels in processability and fittability around bumps and is usable for fixing a flexible printed circuit board or for fixing a hard disk drive component.	08-19-2010

Rie Kuwahara, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090263606	THERMOSETTING ADHESIVE OR PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE OR SHEET - The present invention provides a thermosetting adhesive or pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet including: a thermosetting adhesive or pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed of a thermosetting adhesive or pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing an acrylic polymer (X) constituted of, as essential monomer components, an alkyl (meth)acrylate (a) in which the alkyl moiety thereof has from 2 to 14 carbon atoms and a cyano group-containing monomer (b), and a phenol resin (Y); and provided on at least one surface of the thermosetting adhesive or pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a release liner including a plastic film substrate and a release layer provided on at least one side of the plastic film substrate, the release layer containing low density polyethylene as a major component and having a thickness of 5 μm or more and less than 20 μm.	10-22-2009

Satoshi Kuwahara, Fuchu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110019299	LOAD/UNLOAD CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE - According to one embodiment, an estimation method comprises measuring and creating. The measuring is configured to measure a head velocity and a terminal voltage of a coil of a voice coil motor at least two times before unload in a control system eliminating an influence caused by a transient response of inductance of the voice coil motor. The calculating is configured to a calculate torque constant and a coil resistance based on command voltages and at least two measured head velocities and terminal voltages of the coil.	01-27-2011

Satoshi Kuwahara, Ome-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080316636	DISK DRIVE IN WHICH DYNAMIC FLY HEIGHT OF HEAD IS ADJUSTED, AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING THE DYNAMIC FLY HEIGHT OF THE HEAD - According to one embodiment, a disk drive includes a heating element which is provided on a head and generates heat when supplied with power, thereby to adjust a dynamic flying height of the head. A head-movement detecting unit detects the abnormal movement of the head, a value of which is larger than a preset movement value during a head positioning control. In this case, a heating-element controller stops supplying power to the heating element.	12-25-2008

Seiji Kuwahara, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100161198	VEHICULAR CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A vehicular control apparatus that controls a device mounted on a vehicle includes: a generating means for generating respective required values of the device based on quantities of state in different units; an adjusting means for converting the required values into values in one unit and obtaining a desired value of the device based on the values in one unit; a control means for controlling the device based on the obtained, desired value; and a determining means for determining whether the vehicle is in a certain state using respective reference values set for the quantities of state, the required values, and the desired value. One of the reference values is converted into the remaining reference values in different units.	06-24-2010
20100292899	AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - When an automatic transmission is in a manual mode, a transmission ECU calculates a speed sftrng manually requested by the driver and a speed sftrngmap set by a shift map and then performs a shift prohibition procedure. In this procedure, if the engine coolant temperature is equal to or lower than a predetermined coolant temperature or the AT fluid temperature is equal to or lower than a predetermined fluid temperature, a prohibition, determination flag xthlow is set to “on”, and if the engine coolant temperature is higher than the predetermined coolant temperature and the AT fluid temperature is higher than the predetermined fluid temperature, the prohibition determination flag xthlow is set to “off”. When the prohibitions determination flag xthlow is “on”, the speed sftrngmap is set as the upper limit of the speed sftrng.	11-18-2010

Shigenao Kuwahara, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100239802	TUBE AND MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a tube in the form of a molded article of a resin composition including a hydrogenated block copolymer (a) which includes a polymer block constituted mainly from an aromatic vinyl compound unit and a polymer block constituted mainly from a specific conjugated diene compound unit and has a glass transition temperature of from −45 to 30° C., a hydrogenated block copolymer (b) which includes a polymer block constituted mainly from an aromatic vinyl compound unit and a polymer block constituted mainly from a specific conjugated diene compound unit and has a glass transition temperature of less than −45° C., and a polyolefin-based resin (c), at a specific proportion, said tube being excellent in transparency, flexibility, anti-kinking property, anti-sticking property, clamp resistance, solvent adhesion property, low-temperature impact resistance and heat resistance, as well as a medical device using the tube.	09-23-2010

Shinichi Kuwahara, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090058030	Arrangement structure of a rear master cylinder and a hydraulic fluid reservoir tank in a saddle-riding type vehicle, and motorcycle incorporating same - A saddle-riding type vehicle includes a vehicle body, a pivot frame that supports a swing arm for rear wheel suspension, and a rear master cylinder disposed rearwardly of the pivot frame. A reservoir tank supplies hydraulic fluid to the rear master cylinder, and the reservoir tank is disposed between the pivot frame and the rear master cylinder. A portion of the swing arm, adjacent to the reservoir tank, is configured with a concave recess formed therein extending inwardly towards a longitudinal center line of the vehicle body. The reservoir tank is situated closer to a vehicle body inner side, and is deeper in the recess than the rear master cylinder.	03-05-2009

Shoichiro Kuwahara, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090097867	OPTICAL RECEIVER USING MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER - The present invention relates to an optical receiver, in which the transmittance of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer can be locked at a normal operation point in a simple structure and control.	04-16-2009

Shoichiro Kuwahara, Yokosuka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100172653	Optical Transmission System, Optical Transmitter for Optical Transmission System, and Optical Receiver for Optical Transmission System - An optical transmission system is provided in which the optimum operating point of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, matched to the optical frequency of the light source on the transmitting side, can be set. The optical receiver (	07-08-2010

Shun Kuwahara, Ebina-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100328709	SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A supply control device includes: a deciding unit that decides an order of plural containers that supply recording media to an image-forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a specifying unit that specifies one of the plural containers; a determining unit that determines for each of the plural containers whether recording media stored in the container are available for forming an image, in the order decided by the deciding unit, in which the container specified by the specifying unit is set as a starting point; and a supply unit that retrieves a recording medium from a container whose recording media have been determined by the determining unit to be available for forming an image, and supplies the recording medium to the image-forming unit.	12-30-2010

Shunji Kuwahara, Chuo-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100207680	IMPEDANCE CONTROL CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - To include two counter circuits that change impedances of two replica circuits, respectively, and an impedance adjustment control circuit that controls the counter circuits to update count values of the counter circuits. The impedance adjustment control circuit controls one of the counter circuits to finish updating the count value of the counter circuit in response to a change of the impedance of the corresponding replica circuit from a state of being lower than an impedance of an external resistor to a state of being higher than the impedance of the external resistor, and controls the other counter circuit to finish updating the count value of the other counter circuit in response to a change of the impedance of the other replica circuit from a state of being higher than the impedance of the former replica circuit to a state of being lower than the impedance of the former replica circuit. With this configuration, the adjust errors generated in the replica circuits are canceled.	08-19-2010

Sigeru Kuwahara, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080225543	VEHICLE LAMP - A headlamp is provided with a lamp unit provided in a lamp housing formed by a lamp body and a transparent cover for covering a front side of the lamp body. The lamp unit is supported in the lamp housing in a suspending state in such a condition that the lamp unit can be swung in vertical and horizontal directions. An output shaft coupled to a lower end of the lamp unit can be rotated around its axis and slide in a direction perpendicular to the axis. A rotation of the output shaft around its axis is transmitted to the lamp unit. By a movement of the output shaft in the direction perpendicular to the axis, a rotation between the output shaft and the lamp unit causes.	09-18-2008

Takashi Kuwahara, Isehara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100288597	DRIVE FORCE TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A drive force transmitting apparatus comprises a dry clutch, a hydraulic cylinder, a piston arm, an elastic partitioning member, a first seal member and a leakage lubricating fluid recovery path. The elastic partitioning member prevents lubricating fluid that has leaked from a sliding portion of a piston of the hydraulic cylinder from flowing into the dry clutch. The first seal member is disposed between opposing surfaces of a cylinder housing and a clutch cover at a position downstream from the elastic partitioning member in a leakage flow direction of lubricating fluid that has leaked. The leakage lubricating fluid recovery path is at least partially formed by a gap between the cylinder housing and the clutch cover, such that lubricating fluid leaking past the piston is conveyed to an inside of the transmission while maintaining a sealed state established by the elastic partitioning member and the first seal member.	11-18-2010

Takayuki Kuwahara, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100021329	SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A scroll compressor that suffers no decrease in compression performance due to leakage resulting from a twisting assembly error is provided. This scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll, each including a spiral wrap protruding from an end plate and having the same tooth thickness (Tr) and the same base-circle radius (b) defining an involute surface. The fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll are offset from each other by an orbiting radius (ρ) and mesh such that the respective wraps face each other with a phase shift of 180°. The orbiting scroll revolves/orbits along a circular orbit with the orbiting radius (ρ) to compress a gas while a rotation-preventing mechanism prevents rotation of the orbiting scroll. The relationship between the involute surfaces of the spiral wraps of the two scrolls and the dimensions, dimensional tolerance, and assembly standards of the rotation-preventing mechanism are determined so that the median value of an allowable angle of rotation (φ) agrees with an upright position of the orbiting scroll.	01-28-2010
20100068086	SCROLL FLUID MACHINE - Provided is a scroll fluid machine that, by using a crankshaft manufactured by cold forging and a needle bearing, can sufficiently exhibit the performance of a variable circling radius mechanism, can provide a sufficient reliability on a bearing portion of the crankshaft, and can be manufactured inexpensively. For this purpose, in a crankshaft	03-18-2010
20100172780	Scroll Compressor - An object of the present invention is to provide a scroll compressor capable of three-dimensional compression, which can prevent performance deterioration and performance variation due to gas leakage occurring on an outer peripheral side of a step portion of a spiral wrap and can achieve performance stabilization and performance improvement. In a scroll compressor configured to be capable of three-dimensional compression in a circumferential direction and a height direction of spiral wraps, in which top surfaces and bottom surfaces of spiral wraps (	07-08-2010
20100172781	SCROLL COMPRESSOR - To provide a scroll compressor capable of reducing a noise occurring in a pin-and-ring type self rotation preventing mechanism and improving compression performance. In a scroll compressor comprising: a fixed scroll member and a revolving scroll member; a driven crank mechanism for driving the revolving scroll member to revolutionary turn; and a pin-and-ring type self rotation preventing mechanism provided in plural places for preventing self rotation of a revolving scroll member, at least one of the self rotation preventing pin, the self rotation preventing ring and the self rotation preventing ring hole, which form the pin-and-ring type self rotation preventing mechanism, is provided with an orbit correction part for reducing a maximum displacement R in a direction of self rotation of the revolving scroll member to smooth a change of an orbit of the revolving scroll member in changing a pin and a ring in a section of prevention of self rotation by means of a corresponding pin and ring part.	07-08-2010

Takeshi Kuwahara, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090289519	ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - A lead conductor penetrating portion that bring out lead conductors to the inner diameter side is formed in a winding holding portion of a clamp ring for holding a rotor winding that overhangs from a rotor core, and furthermore a stopper is formed in a lead portion on the inner diameter side of the lead conductor, and a centrifugal force-resistant member for holding a centrifugal force acting on the lead conductor is interposed between the stopper and the inner diameter side of the winding holding portion.	11-26-2009
20090315429	ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - The present invention provides a rotating electrical machine including a rotor core that does not produce narrow areas in rotor slots even if circumferential ends of fan-shaped segment cores are displaced radially outwardly and circumferentially during operation. In the present invention, slots near circumferential ends of the fan-shaped segment cores are made larger than slots in circumferential intermediate portions of the segment cores. With such a configuration, even if the circumferential ends of the segment cores are displaced radially outwardly and circumferentially during operation, the circumferential ends of the segment cores forming the large slots do not protrude into the slots formed in the circumferential intermediate portions of axially adjacent segment cores, thereby preventing narrow areas from being produced in the rotor slots.	12-24-2009

Takeshi Kuwahara, Saga-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100314156	AU ALLOY WIRE FOR BALL BONDING - [Issues to be Solved] To provide Au alloy wire for ball bonding, which is superior in wire strength, and also is superior in formability of molten ball and roundness of compressed ball. Moreover it is superior at stitch bondability, and is available for high density wiring of semiconductor devices.	12-16-2010

Takeshi Kuwahara, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100224146	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SHAFT MEMBER HAVING A SINTERED PART BONDED THERETO AND A CAMSHAFT FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for manufacturing a shaft member having a sintered part bonded thereto is simple and provides an increased process yield and a high accuracy in position and angle of the sintered part. A green compact is prepared by subjecting a metal or alloy powder to a compression molding. A projection formed on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft member is embedded into the green compact, while chipping partially the green compact with the projection, to combine the green compact with the shaft member. Then, a sintering is carried out.	09-09-2010

Takeshi Kuwahara, Saga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100226816	GOLD ALLOY WIRE FOR BALL BONDING - There is provided a gold alloy wire for a ball bonding. The gold alloy consists of 10 to 50 ppm by mass of magnesium (Mg); 5 to 20 ppm by mass of europium (Eu); 2 to 9 ppm by mass of calcium (Ca); and a remaining portion being gold (Au) having a purity of a minimum of 99.998% by mass. In the gold alloy wire for a ball bonding, an addition amount of calcium (Ca) is a maximum of half that of europium (Eu).	09-09-2010

Takumi Kuwahara, Nara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090268310	LENS DRIVING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND LENS BARREL AND CAMERA MAIN BODY USED FOR THIS - A lens position calculator is provided that determines a phase of a driving signal as a reference position of an imaging lens when an output value of a position detection sensor reaches a threshold value. The lens position calculator determines a position obtained by performing addition or subtraction on the reference position read out from a reference position storage as a judgment position, detects an output value of the position detection sensor at a timing in synchronization with the driving signal that drives a driver and at the judgment position, and judges whether the output value of the position detection sensor at the judgment position reaches the threshold value or not, so as to determine the reference position again.	10-29-2009
20100033846	LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE WITH LENS BARREL - There is provided a lens barrel and the like, which permits downsizing along the optical axis direction and in which the slide resistance is reduced.	02-11-2010
20100310245	LENS DRIVING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND LENS BARREL AND CAMERA MAIN BODY USED FOR THIS - A lens position calculator is provided that determines a phase of a driving signal as a reference position of an imaging lens when an output value of a position detection sensor reaches a threshold value. The lens position calculator determines a position obtained by performing addition or subtraction on the reference position read out from a reference position storage as a judgment position, detects an output value of the position detection sensor at a timing in synchronization with the driving signal that drives a driver and at the judgment position, and judges whether the output value of the position detection sensor at the judgment position reaches the threshold value or not, so as to determine the reference position again.	12-09-2010

Takumi Kuwahara, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090110990	HYDROGN SUPPLY APPARATUS AND FUEL GAS SUPPLY APPARATUS - Disclosed is a hydrogen supply apparatus which can mix an odorant with hydrogen gas even at a low temperature and can detect the leakage of the hydrogen gas. The apparatus comprises a gas storage portion which stores hydrogen gas therein, an odorant-addition portion which adds an odorant to the hydrogen gas fed from the gas storage portion, and a temperature control portion which controls the temperature of at least one of the hydrogen gas stored in the gas storage portion, the hydrogen gas fed from the gas storage portion and the odorant.	04-30-2009

Tatsuyuki Kuwahara, Moriguchi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090239143	NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with an excellent packing property and remarkably improved high-temperature cycle characteristics and thermal stability. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery	09-24-2009

Tatsuyuki Kuwahara, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080203363	METHOD FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL OF NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL - A method for producing a positive electrode active material that realizes a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell having high discharge capacity and excellent high temperature preservation characteristic is provided. The method includes: an underwater kneading step of kneading lithium nickel composite oxide (Li	08-28-2008
20080268340	NON AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell that has high capacity and excellent cycle characteristic while preventing cell swelling is provided. The positive electrode of the cell has, as the positive electrode active material, lithium nickel composite oxide represented by Li	10-30-2008

Tetsuji Kuwahara, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100030100	Microneedle Device For Diagnosis Of Allergy - There is provided an inexpensive microneedle device for diagnosis of an allergy, enabling one to perform a clear skin test with simple operation for a short period of time in the diagnosis of allergies. The microneedle device (	02-04-2010
20110112509	MICRONEEDLE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE EFFICACY OF INFLUENZA VACCINE BY USING MICRONEEDLE DEVICE - The present invention provides a method for enhancing the immunogenicity using a microneedle device capable of enhancing the immunogenicity of an influenza vaccine. According to the method for enhancing the immunogenicity using the present microneedle device, a microneedle device having microneedles made of polylactic acid, coated with an influenza vaccine composed of an antigen having type A strain (H1N1), type A strain (H3N2), and type B strain as active ingredients is brought into direct contact with the skin so as to transcutaneously administer the aforementioned influenza vaccine. After the transcutaneous administration, lauryl alcohol is applied to the site of the skin where the microneedle device has been brought into direct contact.	05-12-2011

Tetsuya Kuwahara, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090059296	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, FACSIMILE MACHINE, AND COPIER - An image processing apparatus includes an attaching portion to which a portable external storage medium can be removably attached, an output unit arranged to output image information, a writing unit arranged to store set output conditions and an image storage file in which the image information is stored in the external storage medium when the output unit outputs the image information, and a reading unit arranged to read data from the external storage medium. The output conditions and the image storage file stored in the external storage medium attached to the attaching portion can be read by the reading unit, and the image information extracted from the image storage file can be output by the output unit in accordance with the output conditions.	03-05-2009
20090251725	PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - In a printing control method arranged to control a printer via a network by using a computer, stored print setting data is referred to when direct printing is specified, either one of original document data and print data in which the original document data is described in a page description language is selected as data to be transmitted to the printer, the original document data is transmitted to the printer when the original document data is selected, and the original document data is converted into the page description language and then transmitted to the printer when the print data is selected.	10-08-2009
20110019218	NETWORK DEVICE - In a network device, a first response unit responds to a check request using state information saved in a storage unit in a case where a save time of the state information does not exceed a first predetermined time when the check request of the operation state of the network device is received in the normal mode, and causes an updating unit to update the state information and responds to the check request using the updated state information in a case where the save time exceeds the first predetermined time. A second response unit responds to the check request using the state information saved in the storage unit when the check request is received in the power saving mode. The updating unit updates the state information when transitioning from the normal mode to the power saving mode.	01-27-2011
20110134477	Network Printer - A network printer includes a communication unit that conducts communication with a communication terminal connected through a network, and a recording unit. The recording unit can be put in a first power state and a second power state, whose power consumption is lower than that of the first power state, and the recording unit records print data received from the communication unit during the first power state. The communication unit includes a confirmation signal delivery unit that sends a connection confirmation signal to the communication terminal when the print data is not successively received from the communication terminal for a first predetermined time while a session is established and a transition unit that causes the power state of the recording unit to transition to the second power state when a reply to the connection confirmation signal has not been successively received for a second predetermined time.	06-09-2011
20110149324	Image Forming Device - An image forming device for printing print data received from a terminal device through a communication network; the image forming device including an acquiring unit, a storing unit, a determining unit, and a print control unit. The acquiring unit acquires terminal identification information of the terminal device from the terminal device to install a printer driver. The acquired terminal identification information is stored in the storing unit. When the print data is received and determination is made by the determining unit that the terminal identification information contained in the received print data does not match the terminal identification information stored in the storing unit, the print control unit accepts a print instruction from a user and executes printing of the received print data according to the print instruction.	06-23-2011

Tomohiro Kuwahara, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080246976	Image forming apparatus, image forming system, image data saving method, image data saving program, image reading device, and image data saving system - An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a storage part which, to save read image data, saves image data not subjected to image processing together with processing data for image processing to be performed by an image processing part at later image formation. Then, the image forming apparatus, at the time of printing out the image data, subjects the image data to image processing only once by using the processing data in accordance with setting.	10-09-2008
20080260442	ORIGINAL DOCUMENT READING DEVICE - When an original document is placed on the lift tray, a timer is reset and starts counting a predetermined time (S	10-23-2008

Toyoaki Kuwahara, Kamiina-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080240561	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus creates a brightness histogram of image data including a plurality of pixel data composed of a plurality of color data. The image processing apparatus includes: a histogram storage memory which stores number information used to specify the number of pixels classified by the similar colors by classification; an address generating unit which generates address data by masking some of the color data included in the pixel data; and a histogram creating unit which accesses the histogram storage memory and creates the brightness histogram by incrementing the number information specified as an address generated by the address generating unit.	10-02-2008

Toyoaki Kuwahara, Nagano-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090214139	Image Processing Circuit and Multi-Function Apparatus - An image processing circuit for processing a two-dimensional image includes: a rearrangement unit rearranging pixels included in an input two-dimensional image; a main memory storing the rearranged two-dimensional image; and an image processor processing the two-dimensional image stored in the main memory. Here, the rearrangement unit rearranges the pixels so that when the two-dimensional image is divided into a plurality of blocks, the pixels included in the same block should be stored in an area specified by the same row address in the main memory.	08-27-2009
20100027037	Image Processing Controller and Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing controller inputs image data representing a tone for each pixel into a processing unit via a bus that offers a predetermined transfer speed. A first substituting section renders a given number of low order bits in a tone value of the image data redundant and includes information on the number of bits rendered redundant in the image data. A compressing section compresses image data subjected to the redundancy processing. A decompressing section decompresses compressed image data acquired from a storing section via the bus when the amount of stored compressed image data reaches a predetermined amount. A second substituting section obtains the information on the number of bits rendered redundant included in the decompressed image data and replaces these bits with non-redundant data.	02-04-2010
20110044542	Image Processing Device - An image processing device that processes multivalue image data includes: a histogram storage section that stores an appearance frequency of each of gradation values; a palette storage section that stores the gradation value that corresponds to each of index values; an output section that accesses the histogram storage section data and outputs the appearance frequency of the gradation value of the piece of pixel data; a histogram generator that accesses the histogram storage section for each piece of the pixel data included in the image data and adds one to the appearance frequency of the gradation value of the piece of pixel data; and a palette generator that assigns, when the appearance frequency that is output from the output section indicates 0, the index value to the gradation value and accesses the palette storage section and stores the gradation value that corresponds to the index value.	02-24-2011

Toyoaki Kuwahara, Suwa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080291211	PIXEL DATA TRANSFER CONTROLLER AND PIXEL DATA TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD - A pixel data transfer controller reads color pixel data including pixel data pertaining to “m” color elements from a memory through a first bus having an “n”-byte width, and transfers the color pixel data to an image processing circuit through second buses which are associated with the respective color elements. The pixel data transfer controller includes: a buffer row, including buffers equivalent in number to a common multiple of “m” and “n”, each of the buffers having storage capacity for storing the pixel data pertaining to one of the color elements; a first selector, configured to sequentially store the pixel data of the color pixel data transferred through the first bus into the respective buffers of the buffer row for each color element; and a second selector, configured to output, to the second buses associated with respective color elements, the pixel data from groups of the buffers, each of the groups storing the pixel data pertaining to one of the color elements.	11-27-2008

Wataru Kuwahara, Hiroshima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080295627	TRANSMISSION - The present invention is directed to a transmission capable of minimizing the number of speed-change driven gears on a first countershaft to ensure a layout space in an engine compartment of a vehicle, and reducing a driving torque to be applied to a second countershaft to facilitate downsizing of the transmission. In the transmission, the first countershaft	12-04-2008
20100242647	MANUAL TRANSMISSION - A gear train for first gear, a gear train for another specified forward gear and a gear train for reverse gear are arranged in order from the opposite side to an engine. A synchronizer for reverse gear is arranged on a first countershaft between a first driven gear of the gear train for reverse gear and a driven gear of the gear train for first gear. The synchronizer for reverse gear connects the first driven gear of the gear train for reverse gear and the driven gear of the gear train for first gear when a reverse shift is selected. Accordingly, the manual transmission which can shorten its axial size can be provided.	09-30-2010

Yasuhiro Kuwahara, Neyagawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080219586	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for automatically improving the contrast of an input image that is obtained from a digital camera or the like, and obtaining a sharper and clearing image. A contrast improvement unit (	09-11-2008
20100260436	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for automatically improving the contrast of an input image that is obtained from a digital camera or the like, and obtaining a sharper and clearing image. A contrast improvement unit (	10-14-2010

Yasushi Kuwahara, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100316262	BIOMETRIC MATCHING SYSTEM AND BIOMETRIC MATCHING METHOD - A biometric matching system is configured such that group information indicating a pre-defined group to which an identification terminal device belongs is stored, matching biometric information on a specific person to be identified is registered in an identification terminal device belonging to a predetermined group based on the group information when a predetermined registration condition is satisfied, and the matching biometric information registered in the identification terminal device is deleted when a predetermined deletion condition is satisfied.	12-16-2010

Yoshihiro Kuwahara, Saga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100178693	GAS DECOMPOSING APPARATUS - A gas cracking apparatus adapted to simultaneously efficiently discharge gas heavier than air and gas lighter than air resulting from assimilations of malodorous gas and greenhouse gas. The main frame of the gas cracking apparatus includes a closed metallic circular tube or angular tube. This tube is provided at its superior portion with a superior vent and provided at its inferior portion with an inferior vent, and the tube is further provided with a gas inlet disposed between the superior vent and the inferior vent.	07-15-2010

Yuji Kuwahara, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080258059	Scanning Probe Microscope System - A scanning probe microscope system capable of identifying an element with atomic scale spatial resolution comprises: an X-ray irradiation means for irradiating a measurement object with high-brilliance monochromatic X-rays having a beam diameter smaller than 1 mm; a probe arranged to oppose to the measurement object; a processing means for detecting and processing a tunneling current through the probe; and a scanning probe microscope having an alignment means for relatively moving the measurement object, the probe, and the incident position of the high-brilliance monochromatic X-rays to the measurement object.	10-23-2008

Yuki Kuwahara, Matsumoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090231605	ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM - A system comprising a first printer driver and a second printer driver and a printer;	09-17-2009
20090231621	ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM - A printer system	09-17-2009
20090231623	PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR PROCESSING SYSTEM - When color measurement is performed, a printer driver of a host apparatus	09-17-2009

Yukimasa Kuwahara, Nagano JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100061565	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a jack, a noise-canceling adjustment section, a signal superposition section, an inter-device universal communication bus, and a control section. The jack is connectable with a plug of a headphone including a microphone, outputs a first signal to the headphone, and inputs a second signal from the microphone. The noise-canceling adjustment section generates and outputs, based on the second signal input from the jack, a third signal that cancels a noise component around the headphone. The signal superposition section superposes the third signal on the first signal output from the jack. The control section controls the noise-canceling adjustment section via the inter-device universal communication bus.	03-11-2010