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Makiko Hara, Sodegaura-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110082026PHOTOCATALYST COMPOSITE AND PHOTOCATALYTIC FUNCTIONAL PRODUCT USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a photocatalyst composite in which brittleness and ease of coming-off of a photocatalyst layer are reduced.04-07-2011

Makiko Imai, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100247881"YO-HEN" like pattern decal and ceramic having "YO-HEN" like pattern - A “yo-hen” like pattern decal configured to form a “yo-hen” like pattern on a surface of a ceramic, includes a base material layer containing a first color including a flux, metal oxides Fe09-30-2010

Makiko Ishiguro, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100005159DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A data transmission apparatus which transmits data includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information including a transmission destination of the data from an information providing apparatus on a network, a transmission unit configured to transmit the data to the transmission destination based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a request unit configured to request the information providing apparatus to update the information during transmission of the data by the transmission unit.01-07-2010

Makiko Ishiguro, Kamagaya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100306469PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A processing apparatus externally receives a processing request and executes the requested processing. The processing apparatus transmits the result of the processing to a processing request source if a connection to the processing request source is maintained until the requested processing is executed. The processing apparatus stores the result of executing the processing in a memory if the connection to the processing request source is disconnected before the end of the requested processing. The processing apparatus transmits the processing result stored in the memory to the processing request source if the processing requested when the processing request is received is executed but is stored in the memory.12-02-2010

Makiko Itasaka, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090253789Preventive/Remedy for Arteriosclerotic Disease and Method of Evaluating Therapeutic Procedure - There is provided an evaluation method of effect of a remedy or a therapeutic procedure for atherosclerosis directly or indirectly acting on a substance having a nature of exacerbating atherosclerosis (particularly, a protein) and being present in an atherosclerotic lesion to improve the atherosclerotic lesion, which comprises performing an evaluation by, regarding respective atherosclerotic lesion samples of a mammal origin collected from an administration- or application-group of the remedy or therapeutic procedure, and from a non-administration- or non-application-group, comparing a value of one group corresponding to strength of an atherosclerosis-exacerbating activity of the substance (for example, a pharmacological activity such as an enzyme activity) present in the sample and corrected by an amount of a correction marker in the atherosclerotic lesion, with that of the other group, said amount of the correction maker varying correlating with an amount of the substance in the atherosclerotic lesion and being not influenced by the remedy or therapeutic procedure to be evaluated.10-08-2009

Makiko Kato, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090317870INDUSTRIALLY USEFUL MICROORGANISM - The present invention provides a microorganism which comprises a chromosomal DNA lacking a part or entire of the gene encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, or the gene encoding a protein having 80% or more homology with the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, and has the ability to produce a useful substance; a process for producing a useful substance using said strain; especially a process for producing a useful substance which is selected from the group consisting of proteins, peptides, amino acids, nucleic acids, vitamins, saccharides, organic acids, and lipids.12-24-2009
20100047861PROCESS FOR PRODUCING USEFUL SUBSTANCE - The present invention provides processes of producing useful substances, which include the steps of culturing in a medium microorganisms that lack from their chromosomal DNA all or part of a gene encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a gene encoding a protein that is 80% or more homologous to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 so as to produce and accumulate the useful substances in the culture, and recovering the useful substances from the culture.02-25-2010

Patent applications by Makiko Kato, Tokyo JP

Makiko Kawamura, Farmington Hills, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100124857FEMALE TERMINAL ASSEMBLY - A female terminal assembly includes a core terminal part and a generally U-shaped clip part. The core terminal part is fabricated from an electrically-conductive material and includes a generally U-shaped channel member. The generally-U-shaped channel member defines a generally U-shaped channel extending therethough and an opening into the generally U-shaped channel by a pair of side members interconnected together by a base member. The generally U-shaped clip part is fabricated from a stiff yet resilient material and includes a generally U-shaped clip part channel member defining a generally U-shaped clip part channel. The generally U-shaped clip part is sized to substantially cover the generally U-shaped channel member and is operative to apply opposing compression forces to generally the pair of side members of the U-shaped channel member urging the pair of side members towards each other and into the generally U-shaped channel.05-20-2010

Makiko Kikuchi, Sagamihara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090121613Method for producing carbon nanotube assembly, carbon nanotube assembly, catalyst particle dispersed film, electron emitting element, and field emission display - A method for producing a carbon nanotube assembly, the method controlling a growth density of carbon nanotubes on a substrate, includes: a step for preparing a catalyst particle dispersed film-formed substrate including a catalyst particle dispersed film in which metal catalyst particles having a predetermined particle diameter are dispersed among barrier particles; and a thermal CVD step for growing carbon nanotubes from the metal catalyst particles serving as starting points by heat decomposition of an organic compound vapor.05-14-2009

Makiko Kiyomi, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110268645PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NITRIDE CRYSTAL, NITRIDE CRYSTAL AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SAME - To grow a highly pure nitride crystal having a low oxygen concentration efficiently by an ammonothermal method.11-03-2011

Makiko Kodama, Akita JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100107970SILICA GLASS CRUCIBLE HAVING MULTILAYERED STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a silica glass crucible employed in pulling silicon single crystals. The crucible comprises at least a transparent layer, semitransparent layer, and opaque layer disposed from the inner surface side to the outer surface side of the crucible. The content of bubbles in the transparent layer is less than 0.3 percent; the content of bubbles in the semitransparent layer falls within a range of from 0.3 to 0.6 percent; and the content of bubbles in the opaque layer is greater than 0.6 percent.05-06-2010
20100251959VITREOUS SILICA CRUCIBLE FOR PULLING SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL - Provided is a vitreous silica crucible for pulling silicon single crystals, which can melt a silicon raw material in a short time and improve production yield of silicon single crystals by temporal change of an opaque vitreous silica layer. The vitreous silica crucible includes an opaque vitreous silica layer(10-07-2010

Makiko Konishi, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100187328PORTABLE ULTRASONIC MIST GENERATING DEVICE - Regarding a portable ultrasonic mist generating device, to make a device compact and prevent the amount of mist from decreasing by making the device compact. A cover 07-29-2010

Makiko Konoshima, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090310669Bitstream conversion method, bitstream conversion apparatus, bitstream connecting apparatus, bitstream splitting program, bitstream conversion program, and bitstream connecting program - A bitstream conversion apparatus for converting a bitstream of a first format, containing content data, into a bitstream of a second format includes: a splitting unit which splits the bitstream of the first format in time sequential fashion into a plurality of split bitstreams of the first format; a plurality of conversion units which convert the plurality of split bitstreams of the first format into a plurality of split bitstreams of the second format; and a connecting unit which connects the plurality of split bitstreams of the second format to one another.12-17-2009
20110019974MOVING IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS AND MOVING IMAGE EDITING METHOD - A moving image editing apparatus including: a storage unit configured to store a first moving image; a stack memory configured to, each time a reading request for reading range of a portion of the first moving image from the storage unit, or a writing request for replacement range of a portion of the first moving image with a second moving image is received from a terminal, store the request; and a sending processing unit configured to output, when the reading request is read from the stack memory, to the terminal, a moving image in which the overlapping range of the reading range with regard to the first moving image has been replaced with the second moving image when the second moving image with which a range overlapping a portion of the reading range specified by the reading request is to be replaced has been received.01-27-2011
20110169964Quality index value calculation method, information processing apparatus, video delivery system, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium - A quality index value S′, such as a degree of block distortion or edge sharpness, of each frame constituting video data, an error region ratio Q as a ratio of an error region in which a packet error or the like occurs, and a pixel difference level N as a level of difference from color originally used in the video data are calculated, and a quality index value S is calculated based on the calculated quality index value S′, the error region ratio Q, and the video delivery system 2. Accordingly, it is possible to calculate the quality index value indicating quality of video data that is approximately the same as quality determined by a person.07-14-2011
20110231938APPLICATION SOFTWARE PROTECTING METHOD AND STREAM TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM - A protection method of application software is executed by initiating the first program transmitted from a server via a network on a client, and the method divides an execution result of the application software executed on the client into a plurality of pieces of intermediate data in accordance with distribution arrangement information reported by the server, distributes and arranges the plurality of pieces of intermediate data in the server and the client, transmits to the server notice information including a data length and arranged location information of each piece of the distributed and arranged plurality of pieces of intermediate data, rearranges the distributed and arranged plurality of pieces of intermediate data in the original order of the execution result of the application software on the basis of the notice information, generates in the server a second program for generating the execution result, and transmits the second program to the client.09-22-2011

Patent applications by Makiko Konoshima, Kawasaki JP

Makiko Mori, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110102479IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises an identification unit configured to identify, for each pixel in the frame image, minimum pixel values for each color component from pixel values of surrounding pixels for each color component, wherein the surrounding pixels are positioned around the pixel, and identifying, as a common pixel value, a minimum value in the minimum pixel values identified for each color component; a generation unit configured to generate a preprocessed image which can be obtained by replacing a pixel value of each pixel in the frame image with the common pixel value identified for the pixel by the identification unit; a low-pass filtering unit configured to generate a first subframe image by applying a low-pass filter to the preprocessed image; a subtraction unit configured to generate, as a second subframe image, a difference image between the frame image and the first subframe image.05-05-2011
20110187933IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus of the present invention includes: a display panel; a signal processing unit which corrects an input video signal using correction parameters, and outputs the corrected video signal to the display panel; a power supply unit which supplies voltage to the display panel; a storage unit which stores the correction parameters; and a control unit, which, at startup of the image display apparatus, executes boosting processing for boosting voltage supplied from the power supply unit to the display panel up to a voltage required for driving the display panel in stages, and transfer processing for transferring the correction parameters from the storage unit to the signal processing unit, wherein the transfer processing is processing for intermittently transferring the correction parameters using a period when boosting is not performed in the boosting processing.08-04-2011

Patent applications by Makiko Mori, Atsugi-Shi JP

Makiko Nagai, Okayama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100267073STEM CELL-BASED CULTURE SYSTEM FOR DRUG DEVELOPMENT - The present invention relates to culture systems comprising differentiated stem cells, that may be used for identifying agents useful in treating degenerative nervous system disorders and are suitable for high-throughput screening applications. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that co-cultures of (i) astrocytes expressing a mutated SODI gene and (ii) stem-cell derived motor neurons manifested cell death via a Bax-dependent mechanism, and modeled motor neuron death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.10-21-2010

Makiko Nakagawa, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100215831METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF RAPESEED MEAL - Disclosed is a method producing a high protein content rapeseed meal from a rapeseed meal in a simply manner and at low cost, and producing no or less waste. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a rapeseed meal, which comprises applying a rapeseed meal to a 32 to 60 mesh sieve to separate the rapeseed meal into a coarse rapeseed meal having such a grain size that grains of the meal remain on the 32 to 60 mesh sieve and a fine rapeseed meal having such a grain size that grains of the meal pass through the 32 to 60 mesh sieve.08-26-2010

Makiko Nakano, Minamiashigara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120028187METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - A method of producing an electrostatic latent image developing toner includes: preparing a resin particle dispersion by polymerizing, in a water-based solvent, a polymerizable monomer that comprises a polymerizable monomer comprising a vinyl-based double bond; extracting a liquid from the resin particle dispersion by heating; mixing the distilled resin particle dispersion with a colorant particle dispersion prepared by dispersing a colorant; and aggregating the resin particles, the pigment particles and a release agent particles to form aggregate particles, and then conducting heating to fuse the aggregate particles.02-02-2012

Makiko Ogasawara, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090274983SCANNING EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - A scanning exposure apparatus (11-05-2009
20100110403MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A measurement apparatus for measuring wavefront aberration of an optical system to be measured comprises a pinhole mask having a pinhole, an illumination optical system configured to illuminate the pinhole mask, a test pattern disposed between the pinhole mask and the optical system to be measured, a detector configured to detect an image formed on an image plane of the optical system to be measured by light having passed through the pinhole, the test pattern, and the optical system to be measured, and an optical member which is disposed or inserted in the illumination optical system, and configured to control an illuminance distribution in a pupil region of the optical system to be measured so that a peripheral portion in the pupil region includes a portion having an illuminance higher than an illuminance in a central portion in the pupil region.05-06-2010

Makiko Ogawa, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110282966CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND GATEWAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A renderer (DMR) in a second local area network via an Internet is enabled to reproduce content in a first local area network. A content transmission system generates a virtual DMR corresponding to a DMR (content reproduction device) in a content reception system. A DMC (controller) and a DMS (content server) recognize the virtual DMR as if to be an actual DMR and communicate therewith. This enables content to be reproduced in an actual DMR in a different home network residing beyond the Internet without any modification on the DLNA standard. A transmission gateway device (transmission mechanism) relays communication destined for the virtual DMR (instructions and content) to a reception gateway device (reception mechanism). Also in the content reception system, the actual DMR is capable of processing communication from a different home network by communication only with the reception mechanism. This negates the need for modification on the DLNA standard.11-17-2011

Makiko Ohasa, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120016022AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION FOR PEST CONTROL AND PEST CONTROL METHOD - The invention has as its object the provision of an agrochemical composition for pest control, by which an excellent control effect is achieved on pests, hyposensitive mites having reduced sensitivity to chemicals and eggs of the mites, and other pests of all stages of growth than the mites even when the composition is applied in a small amount, and a pest control method.01-19-2012

Makiko Ota, Minatu-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120077590GAME SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMPUTER AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A game system includes: a display device that displays a screen of a game; and partial information presenting device that causes the display device to display a part of customization information of which setting is to be performed by a player on the game by utilizing waiting time of the game, and wherein the partial information presenting device varies a display range which is to be displayed at the display device as a part of the customization information in accordance with customization time allocated to setting of the customization information among the waiting time of the game so that the amount of the customization information included in the display range is increased when the customization time is long and is decreased when the customization time is short.03-29-2012

Makiko Otomi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090118010NETWORK GAME SYSTEM, NETWORK GAME SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, GAME MACHINE, GAME MACHINE CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide a network game system for sharing, among a plurality of game machines, the positions and postures of objects associated with the game machines, while suppressing an increase in traffic in the communication network. Each of the game machines comprises a first base position selection unit for selecting one of the plurality of base positions; a first base position transmission unit for transmitting the base position selected by the first base position selection unit to another game machine; a first base position receiving unit for receiving the base position transmitted by the first base position transmission unit from another game machine (05-07-2009

Makiko Saito, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110021707PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION - A thermoplastic resin composition production method wherein melt-kneading is performed in a stretched flow when producing a thermoplastic resin composition as specified in the paragraph (I) or (II) below: 01-27-2011
20120028047Fiber reinforced resin composition, molding material, and method for producing fiber reinforced resin composition - The invention provides a fiber reinforced resin composition comprising a melt-kneaded product (A) prepared by melt-kneading a first resin (A1) and a second resin (A2) that has reactive functional group as well as a third resin (B) and a fibrous filler (C), wherein, with respect to the contents of the components, the first resin (A1), the second resin with a reactive functional group (A2), and the third resin (B) account for 0.1 to 75 wt %, 0.1 to 15 wt %, and 10 to 99.8 wt %, respectively, to form a resin composition while said fibrous filler (C) accounts for 0.1 to 300 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of said resin composition, said first resin (A1) and said third resin (B) forming a matrix resin, said second resin (A2) being dispersed as particles in said matrix resin, and said particles having a number average particle diameter of 10 to 1,000 nm. The invention relates to a fiber reinforced resin composition having rigidity and impact resistance in a good balance, a molding material, and a production method thereof.02-02-2012

Patent applications by Makiko Saito, Nagoya-Shi JP

Makiko Saito, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090196152QUARTER-WAVE PLATE, AND OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE - A quarter-wave plate includes a base member including a ridge and trough periodic structure with a structural period of λ08-06-2009
20120075426IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup system capable of shortening time lag between reading of signals from an image sensor and displaying of the signals when a 3D image signal from a camera having the single image sensor is displayed in real time with a time-division system. A solid state image pickup device has pixels that are arranged in two dimensions and are divided into image pickup areas. A reading unit reads signals from the image pickup areas. A mode setting unit sets either of a first shooting mode and a second shooting mode. A control unit controls the reading unit to read signals from all the image pickup areas as a single frame when the mode setting unit sets the first shooting mode, and reads the signals from the image pickup areas as different frames, respectively, when the mode setting unit sets the second shooting mode.03-29-2012

Makiko Sano, Kusatsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110282070BENZOYLPYRAZOLE COMPOUNDS AND HERBICIDES CONTAINING THEM - A benzoylpyrazole compound represented by the formula (I) or its salt:11-17-2011

Makiko Shigehisa, Berlin DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110015421FUNCTIONAL SUBSTANCE-RELEASING AGENT - The present invention relates to a functional substance-releasing agent containing a silicic acid ester compound represented by formula (1) below, a process for producing the functional substance-releasing agent, and a composition containing the functional substance-releasing agent.01-20-2011
20110028366FUNCTIONAL SUBSTANCE-RELEASING AGENT - Disclosed are: a functional material release agent including 35% to 95% by mass of the silicate ester compound represented by formula (1) and 0% to 40% by mass of the silicate ester compound represented by formula (2); a method for manufacturing the release agent; and compositions containing the release agent. (In the formula, R02-03-2011

Makiko Shimizu, Numazu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100104567PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a combination of an Flt-3 inhibitor and at least one compound, the said pharmaceutical composition wherein an Flt-3 inhibitor is an indazole derivative represented by Formula (I)04-29-2010

Makiko Shinohara, Hadano JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090158004TLB Virtualization Method of Machine Virtualization Device, and Machine Virtualization Program - A TLB virtualization method of a machine virtualization device which, in the case where a TLB is shadowed in a virtualization environment, avoids TLB entry conflicts and is capable of improving the performance of a virtualization environment; wherein a hypervisor is executed on a real machine, an OS is operated on a plurality of virtual machines generated by means of processing based on the hypervisor, TLB entry calculations are carried out using RID values in the virtual machines by means of hypervisor processing, the RID values in the virtual machines used in the TLB entry calculations in the real machine are translated into different values in said plurality of virtual machines, and, further, the values of the bit strings of translated RID values are modified.06-18-2009
20100186012VIRTUAL MACHINE SYSTEM AND VIRTUAL MACHINE CONTROL METHOD - A user interface function for a virtual machine system based on a server or a PC is provided only by applying software without using SVP or the like. A control virtual machine is provided for controlling a virtual machine control screen which is displayed for defining virtual machines and instructing operations to the virtual machines. A virtual machine control program exclusively displays either a screen for each virtual machine or the virtual machine control screen in response to a screen switching instruction from an input device.07-22-2010
20110302579VIRTUAL COMPUTER AND CPU ALLOCATION METHOD - When the number of logical CPUs increases as the number of LPARs increases, a physical CPU amount which a hypervisor uses will increase and thus the physical CPU resource cannot be effectively utilized. Grouping of LPARs and physical CPUs is performed and a logical CPU to which a physical CPU is allocated is selected from logical CPUs of an LPAR within a group.12-08-2011

Patent applications by Makiko Shinohara, Hadano JP

Makiko Tajima, Fukuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090039632STABILIZER - A stabilizer installed on a work vehicle to hold the stability of a vehicle body in excavating operation and capable of preventing the ground-contact surface of a stabilizer pad from being inverted upward when the attitude of the stabilizer pad installed at the outer tip of the vehicle body is not stabilized. A balancer 02-12-2009
20090121521Frame Structure for Working Vehicle - Rigidity of a frame of a working vehicle is improved by a simple structure and production costs are reduced by reducing the number of parts of a working vehicle. Pipes 05-14-2009
20090230731Frame Structure for Working Vehicle - Production of a working vehicle frame consumes high costs because it requires high rigidity A simple construction improves the rigidity of the frame and reduces costs required for the production. In a structure of a frame (09-17-2009

Makiko Takagi, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090277386CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS - A catalytic chemical vapor deposition apparatus is provided for producing a thin film of desired film quality, by making a particle countermeasure against the release gas such as H11-12-2009
20100330363RESIN SUBSTRATE - A resin substrate of the present invention has a resin layer and a surface layer formed on a surface of the resin layer, wherein the surface layer is a layer comprising silicon nitride as a main component and deposited by the chemical vapor deposition method, and at the interface between the resin layer and the surface layer, at the interface between the resin layer and the surface layer, an interfacial region over which a percentage changes from 80% to 20% has a thickness of not more than 25 nm, wherein the difference between the maximum nitrogen concentration in the surface layer and the steady-state nitrogen concentration in the resin layer is taken as 100%. The surface layer has an average surface roughness (Ra) of not more than 1 nm. The resin substrate has properties of water vapor barrier and surface flatness.12-30-2010

Makiko Watanabe, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110190416Rubber Composition for a Winter Tire Tread - A rubber composition usable as tread for a winter tire, having a high grip on melting ice, comprising at least one diene elastomer such as natural rubber and/or a polybutadiene, more than 30 phr of a liquid plasticizing agent, between 50 and 150 phr of a reinforcing filler such as silica and/or carbon black, and between 5 and 40 phr of magnesium sulphate microparticles.08-04-2011

Makiko Watanabe, Uji-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090285597Developing device and image forming apparatus - Provided are a developing device and an image forming apparatus which employ a hybrid development method, have a toner-collecting developer supporting member and keep toner collecting ability stable for a long period of time to form high-quality images without development hysteresis (ghost) over a long period of time. A toner separation member abutting the toner-collecting developer supporting member through a toner-collecting developer layer is provided, and the toner separation member is applied with a bias voltage to form an electric field in such a direction as to pull toner away from the toner-collecting developer supporting member to prevent the toner from accumulating on the surface of the toner-collecting developer supporting member.11-19-2009
20100143002Development device and image forming apparatus using the same - In a hybrid development method using a plurality of toner carriers, a development device and image forming apparatus are provided, wherein high image quality in which toner density is not reduced even in the case of high speed printing and the occurrence of development hysteresis (ghost) is controlled is ensured by accelerating the collection of the post-development residual toner on the toner carrier. The counter-charge having occurred in the developer remains in the developer without decreasing to disappear until the developer moves to the second toner carrier on the downstream-side, wherein this counter-charge is caused by supplying toner to the first toner carrier upstream in the rotating direction of the developer carrier.06-10-2010
20100183343DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a development device and an image forming apparatus that realize high image quality with improved decrease in density at high speed development and with reduced occurrence of development hysteresis (ghost) in the hybrid developing method having a plurality of toner carriers, by reducing the decrease in the toner supplying ability to the downstream-side toner carrier, which decrease is caused by the supply of toner to the toner carrier on the upstream side in the rotating direction of the developer carrier. By providing a magnetic pole between main magnetic poles, of the developer carrier, facing the toner carriers, a magnetically raised bristle of developer is moved by a magnetic force, while the developer in which development hysteresis due to supplying toner to the upstream-side toner carrier occurred is conveyed to supply toner to the downstream-side toner carrier, whereby the developer layer is stirred.07-22-2010
20100254725DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided are a development apparatus and an image forming apparatus which, in a hybrid development apparatus provided with a plurality of toner carriers, a toner supply capability to supply toner to each toner carrier is controlled independent of development electric fields between the toner carriers and an image carrier, whereby each toner carrier is allowed to exhibit a desired development capability, and even in the case of high speed development, a high quality image is provided. The phases, the frequencies, and/or the duty ratios of the alternating current components of the voltages applied to the plurality of the toner carriers are made to be different, whereby the toner supply amount for each toner carrier from the developer carrier is controlled independently of the development electric fields between the toner carriers and the image carrier.10-07-2010
20100290820DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided is a development device and an image forming apparatus both using a hybrid development method and capable of forming high quality images without occurrence of development hysteresis (ghost). The nip portion of the toner carrier and the developer carrier is configured as follows: the rotating direction of a toner carrier and a developer carrier are in counter directions; a magnetic pole facing the toner carrier is positioned on the upstream side in the developer carrier rotating direction; and a counter charge generated by the toner supply reaches a toner recovering portion without being considerably attenuated.11-18-2010
20110116816DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A development apparatus and an image forming apparatus wherein optical high-precision detection of the toner amount of a toner layer formed on a toner carrying member is ensured even when the great amount of the toner is deposited on the toner carrying member by transferring all or a part of the toner on the surface of the toner carrying member onto a detecting roller, and wherein stable images are provided at all times.05-19-2011
20110222884DEPOSITED TONER MEASURING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - Provided is a deposited-toner measuring apparatus capable of accurate detection of the amount of toner deposited on the toner carrying member, and an image forming apparatus equipped with the aforementioned measuring apparatus and capable of controlling the amount of toner deposited on the toner carrying member to a desired level so as to provide stable image quality at all times. A deposited-toner measuring apparatus that removes a toner layer in a part of the surface of the toner carrying member, detects change in the capacitance at the portion with a toner layer and the portion without such a toner layer, and detects the amount of the deposited toner based on the detection result of the said change in the capacitance.09-15-2011

Patent applications by Makiko Watanabe, Uji-Shi JP

Makiko Yamada, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110090889COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile station transmits a physical address given to the mobile station to a connection device via a base station when subscribing to a communication system. The connection device previously stores the physical address given to the mobile station and an IP address in a table of the connection device in association with each other, searches the table for the IP address corresponding to the physical address transmitted from the mobile station from the address storage section, generates a header compression rule in accordance with the IP address searched for, and transmits the generated header compression rule to the mobile station via the base station.04-21-2011

Makiko Yamashita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110034447TDP-43-STORING CELL MODEL - Disclosed is a transformed cell (a cell model) which can form a cytoplasmic inclusion body derived from TAR DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) that is found in the brain of a patient suffering from a neurodegenerative disease such as FTLD and ALS. The transformed cell is characterized by having, introduced therein, a promoter capable of functioning in a host cell and a mutant TDP-43 gene.02-10-2011