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Masuyama, JP
Akihiro Masuyama, Sagamihara-Shi JP
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| 20080268065 | FUNCTIONAL FOOD FOR AMELIORATING ENGOGENOUS MELATONIN SECRETION RHYTHM AND FUNCTIONAL FOOD FOR AMELIORATING CIRCADIAN RHYTHM - The invention provides agents for phase-adjusting or enhancing the amplitude of an endogenous melatonin secretion rhythm and for improving a circadian rhythm, which may be taken daily and continuously, have excellent safety, and may effectively prevent or ameliorate disorders of an endogenous melatonin secretion rhythm or of a circadian rhythm without administration of exogenous melatonin, as well as functional food containing such an agent, which may prevent or ameliorate various symptoms, such as sleep disorder or prolonged sleep latency. The agent for phase-adjusting or enhancing the amplitude of an endogenous melatonin secretion rhythm according to the invention contains whey as the active component. The functional food for improving an endogenous melatonin secretion rhythm according to the invention contains the agent for phase-adjusting or enhancing the amplitude of an endogenous melatonin secretion rhythm. The functional food for improving a circadian rhythm contains the agent for improving a circadian rhythm. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100151039 | SKIN MOISTURIZING AGENT FOR ORAL INTAKE AND FUNCTIONAL FOODS AND DRINKS - The present invention provides functional food and beverage that produce a skin moisturizing effect through oral intake, that is excellently safe, and that may be taken regularly. The invention also provides a skin moisturizer for oral intake to be used in the functional food and beverage, as well as use thereof. The present skin moisturizer for oral intake contains as an active component fermented milk whey obtained by fermentation of milk with | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100166877 | PROMOTER OF DIFFERENTIATION AND KERATINIZATION OF EPIDERMIC CELL AND FUNCTIONAL BEVERAGE/FOOD FOR PROMOTION OF KERATINIZATION OF EPIDERMIS - The invention provides functional food and beverage that produce, through oral intake, a promotive effect on normal epidermal keratinization, and an epidermal differentiation and keratinization promoter for use in such functional food and beverage. The epidermal differentiation and keratinization promoter of the present invention contains, as an active component, fermented milk whey obtained by fermentation of milk with bacteria including lactic acid bacteria, such as | 07-01-2010 |
Akihiro Masuyama, Kanagawa JP
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| 20090104167 | Prophylactic/Ameliorating Agent for Menopausal Disorder and Functional Beverage/Food - Disclosed is a method for producing an estrogen-like active intermediate (e.g., secoisolariciresinol) by culturing a lignan (e.g., a lignan derived from | 04-23-2009 |
Hidekazu Masuyama, Kawasaki JP
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| 20090296251 | CONTROL APPARATUS, STORAGE DEVICE, AND TIMEOUT-POSSIBILITY NOTIFYING METHOD - A magnetic disk device performs test write on a test cylinder to check the state of each head before system information is stored in disks. The magnetic disk device then determines the state of each head based on the test write results stored in a test-write-result table. When a head is defective, the magnetic disk device notifies a host of the possibility of the occurrence of a timeout as a fault prediction. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296252 | CONTROL APPARATUS, STORAGE DEVICE, AND SYSTEM-INFORMATION STORAGE METHOD - A magnetic disk device performs test write before storing system information to check the state of each head. The magnetic disk device then stores test write results in a test-write-result table of a RAM. The magnetic disk device then determines whether the number of defective heads is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. When the number of defective heads is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, the magnetic disk device suspends the process of storing the system information. When the number of defective heads is less than the predetermined number, the magnetic disk device refers to the test write results stored in the test-write-result table and performs write only with a head determined as normal. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296253 | CONTROL APPARATUS, STORAGE DEVICE, AND SYSTEM-INFORMATION STORAGE METHOD - A magnetic disk device performs test write to check the state of each of heads before system information is stored in a disk and, based on the result of the test write, stores the system information sequentially with the heads from one in good state. After a predetermined time has elapsed, the magnetic disk device suspends the process of storing the system information. | 12-03-2009 |
Hidekazu Masuyama, Kanagawa JP
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| 20100149681 | RECORDING METHOD AND STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a recording method includes: skipping a track by a skip amount in a skip region smaller than an overall recording region on a magnetic recording medium by using an extra region that is unnecessary for securing a storage capacity to be provided by a storage device, the extra region being on the recording surface of the magnetic recording medium; and recording data while skipping the track in the skip region, wherein the skip region is set to a region in which a track to be recorded on the magnetic recording medium is expected to influence an adjacent track in accordance with at least one of a condition and a state of the storage device. | 06-17-2010 |
Hidekazu Masuyama, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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| 20080204919 | Control device, storage device, and control method for storage device - A storing unit stores initial parameters indicating initial values of control parameters in a first storage medium in association with first update parameters obtained by modifying the initial parameters. A difference detecting unit compares, when second update parameters are stored in a second storage medium, the initial parameters with the second update parameters, and detects a parameter that is different between the initial parameters and the second update parameters. An initialization unit initializes the first update parameters based on a result of detection by the difference detecting unit. | 08-28-2008 |
Hiroyuki Masuyama, Kyoto JP
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| 20100091801 | Data communication system, data transmitting device, data transmitting method, data receiving device, and data receiving method - A probe transmitting section ( | 04-15-2010 |
Hiroyuki Masuyama, Kirishima-Shi JP
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| 20090133238 | Multi-Layer Piezoelectric Element and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A multi-layer piezoelectric element having high durability wherein the internal electrodes and the external electrodes do not break even when operated continuously over a long time under high electric field and high pressure is provided. | 05-28-2009 |
Hisashi Masuyama, Okayama JP
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| 20090111130 | METHOD OF EXAMINING PREGNANCY TOXEMIA - It is intended to provide a method of detecting the onset of pregnancy toxemia whereby the onset risk of pregnancy toxemia can be adequately evaluated. Namely, a method of detecting the onset of pregnancy toxemia in a pregnant mammal which comprises the measurement step of measuring the concentration of angiopoietin-2 in a body fluid, the comparison step of comparing the angiopoietin-2 concentration obtained in the above measurement step with a normal level, and the judgment step of judging the presence or absence of the onset risk of pregnancy toxemia based on the results of the above comparison step. In the judgment step, it may be considered that the patient has a risk of the onset of pregnancy toxemia in the case where the angiopoietin-2 concentration obtained in the measurement step is lower than the normal level. | 04-30-2009 |
Iwao Masuyama, Kyoto JP
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| 20090036213 | Game system and game information storage medium used for same - A game system includes a housing to be held by a player. The housing incorporates an XY-axis acceleration sensor to detect an acceleration in an X-axis and Y-axis direction and a Z-axis contact switch to detect an acceleration in an Z-axis direction. These sensor and switch detect at least one of an amount (e.g., tilt amount, movement amount, impact amount or the like) and a direction (e.g., tilt direction, movement direction, impact direction or the like) of a change applied to the housing. A simulation program provides simulation such that a state of a game space is changed related to at least one of the amount and direction of the change applied to the housing. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090325698 | Game system and game information storage medium used for same - A game system includes a housing to be held by a player. The housing incorporates an XY-axis acceleration sensor to detect an acceleration in a X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction and a Z-axis contact switch to detect an acceleration in a Z-axis direction. The sensor and switch detect at least one of an amount (e.g. tilt amount, movement amount, impact amount or the like) and a direction (e.g. tilt direction, movement direction, impact direction or the like) of a change applied to the housing. A simulation program provides simulation such that a state of a game space is changed related to at least one of the amount and direction of the change applied to the housing. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20110312419 | GAME SYSTEM AND GAME INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM USED FOR SAME - An example mobile wireless handset includes a housing configured to be held in at least one hand of a user and a display disposed on the housing. A motion sensor is disposed in the housing and is configured to generate an output in response to movement of the handset. A communication interface is configured to wirelessly receive game data from a source external to the mobile wireless handset. The communication interface includes wireless telephone circuitry; a memory configured to store the received game data; and a processor configured to execute a gaming process including the game data and the output from the motion sensor. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120004032 | GAME SYSTEM AND GAME INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM USED FOR SAME - A game system includes a housing to be held by a player. The housing incorporates an XY-axis acceleration sensor to detect an acceleration in an X-axis and Y-axis direction and a Z-axis contact switch to detect an acceleration in an Z-axis direction. These sensor and switch detect at least one of an amount (e.g., tilt amount, movement amount, impact amount or the like) and a direction (e.g., tilt direction, movement direction, impact direction or the like) of a change applied to the housing. A simulation program provides simulation such that a state of a game space is changed related to at least one of the amount and direction of the change applied to the housing. | 01-05-2012 |
Jun-Ichi Masuyama, Tochigi JP
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| 20120093792 | IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR PANCREATIC CANCER - The present invention provides an immunotherapeutic agent and immunotherapy allowing the extension of the survival time of patients with pancreatic cancer. The immunotherapy of the present invention is characterized by comprising the steps of culturing peripheral blood lymphocytes of a patient with pancreatic cancer by stimulating the lymphocytes with an anti-CD3 antibody and an anti-CD52 antibody, thereby to obtain an immunotherapeutic agent, and administering at least four infusions of the resultant immunotherapeutic agent to the same patient, wherein each of the infusions of the immunotherapeutic agent comprises at least 15×10 | 04-19-2012 |
Kenichi Masuyama, Saitama-Shi JP
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| 20110028074 | POLISHING METHOD FOR A WORKPIECE AND POLISHING TOOL USED FOR THE POLISHING METHOD - Provided is a polishing tool capable of forming a high-quality surface of a workpiece for a short period of time. A polishing tool includes: a rotation shaft arranged parallel to a sending direction of moving the polishing tool relative to a workpiece; and at least two polishing bodies. The polishing body includes a foamed resin such as a foamed polyurethane resin, and has an outer peripheral surface having a porosity higher than that of the polishing body. The polishing body includes a non-foamed resin such as a non-foamed polyurethane resin being a material more rigid than that for the polishing body. When polishing-processing, the polishing body performs polishing removal on a surface of the workpiece, and the polishing body smoothes a waviness formed on the surface through the polishing removal. | 02-03-2011 |
Masayuki Masuyama, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP
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| 20080211949 | Solid-state image sensing apparatus and driving method thereof - A solid-state image sensing apparatus which can improve the S/N ratio without enlarging the chip area in both of the mode in which pixel signals are summed and the mode in which pixel signals are not summed is provided. The solid-state image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing region | 09-04-2008 |
| 20110109780 | IMAGING DEVICE THAT PREVENTS LOSS OF SHADOW DETAIL - An imaging device outputs brightness information according to an amount of incident light and includes: an imaging unit that includes a plurality of unit cells arranged one dimensionally or two-dimensionally, each unit cell including a photoelectric conversion part that generates a first output voltage in a reset state and a second output voltage according to an amount of incident light, and each unit cell generating a reset voltage that corresponds to the first output voltage and a read voltage that corresponds to the second output voltage; and an output unit operable to output, in relation to each unit cell, brightness information indicating a difference between the reset voltage and the read voltage when normal light is incident to the imaging device and the read voltage is in a predetermined range, and brightness information indicating high brightness when strong light is incident to the imaging device and the read voltage is not in the predetermined range. | 05-12-2011 |
Naoto Masuyama, Chigasaki-Shi JP
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| 20100059113 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - A dye-sensitized solar cell is provided, which includes glass substrates ( | 03-11-2010 |
Shinichiro Masuyama, Kirishima-Shi JP
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| 20090214850 | Porous Ceramic for Slide Member, Method for Preparing the Same, and Mechanical Seal Ring - In porous ceramic for slide member including independent pores having a pore size of 5 μm or more, the independent pore is flattened body having minor axis in a direction perpendicular to a sliding surface, and a cross sectional area (S | 08-27-2009 |
Susumu Masuyama, Higashihiroshima-Shi JP
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| 20090094978 | SUPERCHARGER FOR AN ENGINE - An engine system with a turbocharger is provided. The system may include an exhaust manifold having plural independent exhaust passages, each of the exhaust passages being connected to an exhaust port of a corresponding engine cylinder. The system may further include a collective part formed by gathering said independent exhaust passages in said exhaust manifold or on a downstream side of said exhaust manifold. The system may further include an exhaust turbocharger connected to a downstream side of said collective part. The system may further include a variable exhaust valve for changing each passage cross-sectional area of said independent exhaust passage at an upstream side of said collective part. The system may further include a controller for controlling said variable exhaust valve, wherein said controller is configured to perform independent exhaust throttle control for reducing a passage cross-sectional area of at least one of said independent exhaust passages. | 04-16-2009 |
Susumu Masuyama, Hiroshima JP
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| 20100206265 | EXHAUST PASSAGE STRUCTURE OF MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE - Three or more independent passages are coupled to respective cylinders which are different from each other, and a collective portion where the independent passages collect is provided. An exhaust turbocharger is arranged downstream of the collective portion. Rotary throttle valves are arranged respectively in the independent passages upstream of the collective portion. At least two of the throttle valves are supported by a common rotary axis. The independent passages with the throttle valves supported by the common rotary axis are coupled to cylinders which have exhaust strokes which are not adjacent to each other. Accordingly, the exhaust gas can be supplied to the exhaust turbocharger efficiently. | 08-19-2010 |
Takumi Masuyama, Kawasaki JP
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| 20100326726 | SOLDER JOINT STRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND SOLDER BONDING METHOD - A solder joint structure include: a first terminal portion including a plurality of first terminal conductors adjacent to each other; a second terminal portion arranged opposite to the first terminal portion and including a plurality of second terminal conductors which are joined to the first terminal conductors; solders electrically connecting the first terminal conductors and the second terminal conductors; and member for suppressing flow of the solders. | 12-30-2010 |
Tomoya Masuyama, Tsuruoka-Shi JP
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| 20110162471 | MODIFIED CROWN REDUCTION GEAR - A reduction gear capable of satisfying, at high level, each of: realizing a high reduction ratio; preventing backlash by securing rotation smoothness; and carrying out compactification and weight saving of entire mechanism is provided. The reduction gear of the invention is a modified crown reduction gear, comprising: a pressing mechanism | 07-07-2011 |
Toru Masuyama, Saitama JP
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| 20100166207 | HEADPHONE APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a headphone apparatus including: two cases; a connecting part configured to connect the two cases to each other; a detector configured to detect connection of the two cases to each other via the connecting part; and a controller configured to carry out predetermined control in response to detection of connection of the two cases to each other by the detector. | 07-01-2010 |
Toru Masuyama, Machida-Shi JP
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| 20110206421 | TONER CONVEYING ROLLER, MOLD USED FOR MANUFACTURING ROLLER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ROLLER - An object of the present invention is to provide a toner-conveying roller that has high toner-conveying property and in which a roller-shape thereof is less likely to be transferred to the image, a mold capable of manufacturing said roller, and a method of manufacturing said mold. The toner-conveying roller according to the present invention has a shaft body and a urethane foam layer formed around the shaft body, and recesses and protrusions are irregularly formed on a circumference surface of the urethane foam layer. The mold for manufacturing the roller according to the present invention has recesses and protrusions irregularly formed on the inner surface of a mold for manufacturing the roller. The method of manufacturing a mold used for manufacturing a roller according to the present invention includes: a powder sintering step of applying particles on an inner surface of a mold member, and forming recesses and protrusions on the inner surface of the mold member by heating the mold member having the particles on the inner surface thereof to sinter the particles; or, a fluorine coating step of applying particles on an inner surface of a mold member, and forming recesses and protrusions on the inner surface of the mold member by coating the inner surface having the particles applied thereon with fluorine resin. | 08-25-2011 |
Yoh Masuyama, Kanagawa JP
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| 20090097071 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PRINTING IMAGES PROPERLY ARRANGED RELATIVE TO INDEX TAB - An image forming apparatus prints images on print sheets, and insets tab-index sheets between the printed print sheets. The image forming apparatus includes an orientation detecting unit which detects an orientation of a print sheet being supplied, a rotation-angle selecting unit which selects a rotation angle of an image such that the image is arranged in an orientation matching the detected orientation of the print sheet and in a predetermined positional relationship with a tab of the tab-index sheets, and a printing unit which prints the image being rotated by the selected rotation angle. | 04-16-2009 |
Yoshihiro Masuyama, Koganei JP
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| 20100017407 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND INVENTORY SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A system recognizes an arrangement of an object and counts the number of objects, comprising: a sensor for measuring a distance between the sensor and an object; a moving mechanism for moving the sensor; and a computer that is connected with the sensor and includes an object information database, an object arrangement database; a sensor data integrating section; and the sensor an object comparison calculator adapted to create an object model based on the data. | 01-21-2010 |
Yuka Masuyama, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20090129893 | BOOKBINDING PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM - A bookbinding processing apparatus capable of setting values for each item of post-processing functions on printed sheets and a control method thereof display, on a display unit, an operation screen for inputting setting values for each item of post-processing functions, and an setting value for each item is input using the operation screen. When inputting a setting value for a first item, giving the instruction to display an recommended setting value for the first item and items thereafter causes a display unit to display a list of recommended setting values for the first item input on the operation screen and for the other items, recommended setting values selected on the list are displayed, and setting values for items previously input on that setting screen can be validated and printing is started. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090150359 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SEARCH METHOD - Overlapping of objects included in document data is detected, and information indicating overlapping of objects is added to metadata. A user sets search conditions including a condition relating to the overlapping of objects, an object that satisfies the search conditions set is searched for based on the metadata, and a search result is outputted. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100182642 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - Finishing settings to be applied to a new subset are selected from finishing settings applied to existing subsets in a file, and when the new subset is set to be inserted into the file, the selected finishing settings are applied to the new subset and the new subset is inserted. When an existing subset in the file is to be replaced with the new subset, the selected finishing settings are applied to the new subset, and the existing subset in the file is replaced with the new subset. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100265539 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus and print control apparatus exchange and acquire unique apparatus information. The print control apparatus determines whether it can process data received from an information processing apparatus. When the print control apparatus determines that it cannot process the data, it transfers the data to the printing apparatus based on the acquired apparatus information, and notifies the information processing apparatus that the print control apparatus has not processed the data. The printing apparatus determines whether it can process data received from the information processing apparatus. When the printing apparatus determines that it cannot process the data, it transfers the data to the print control apparatus based on the acquired apparatus information, and notifies the information processing apparatus that the printing apparatus has not processed the data. | 10-21-2010 |
Yusuke Masuyama, Yokohama JP
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| 20100275264 | COMPUTER FOR CONTROLLING STORAGE SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH ENCRYPTION/DECRYPTION FUNCTION - A computer is coupled to at least one E/D storage (a storage system provided with an encryption/decryption function). A computer determines whether or not a security policy related to a copy destination VOL is equal to a security policy related to a copy source VOL based on the control information that includes information associated with a security policy related to a copy source VOL and a copy destination VOL. In the case in which a result of the determination is positive, the computer specifies an encryption key/decryption key related to a copy source VOL as an encryption key/decryption key related to a copy destination VOL to an E/D storage provided with a copy destination VOL (a copy destination storage). The computer then indicates a read and an undecryption of data that has been stored into a copy source VOL to an E/D storage provided with a copy source VOL, and indicates a write and an unencryption of the read data to a copy destination storage. | 10-28-2010 |