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Matsushita, Tokyo

Akihisa Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110309874SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor switch includes a first element that includes a switching element and an anti-parallel diode. The switching element has a breakdown voltage and is coupled to a control terminal and second and third terminals. The semiconductor switch further includes a second element having a breakdown voltage lower than that of the first element. The second element is coupled to a control terminal and second and third terminals. The semiconductor switch also includes a flyback diode having a breakdown voltage substantially similar to that of the first element. A negative electrode of the first element is connected to a negative electrode of the second element and the flyback diode is connected in parallel between a positive terminal of the first element and a positive terminal of the second element. The control terminal for the first element and the control terminal for the second element are coupled to one or more control circuits independently of each other.12-22-2011

Akira Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080238931Video signal processing device, video signal processing method, and video display system - A video signal processing device which processes a video signal input into a display monitor inputs illumination profile information relating to an illumination spectral characteristic of a light source and monitor profile information relating to a display profile of the display monitor. A video signal conversion unit performs color conversion processing on the input video signal on the basis of the illumination profile information and monitor profile information, and outputs a video display signal to the display monitor. As a result, color correction is performed on a video image displayed on the display monitor.10-02-2008
20090010537IMAGE DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD - An image display processing apparatus receives input illuminant information relating to input illuminant illuminating object when photographing, input device information specifying input characteristic of a photographing device, and image signal. Spectral reflectance image signal of the object is obtained from the image signal, the input illuminant information, and the input device information. Rendering light is applied to the spectral reflectance image signal, and output to a display device. A spectrum of light emitted from a variable characteristic illumination device for illuminating a display viewing environment can be varied. Spectrum of observing illuminant illuminating the display viewing environment is measured by a spectrometer unit. A spectrum of the rendering light is determined to substantially match with a spectrum of the input illuminant. The spectrum of the light emitted from the variable characteristic illumination device may be adjusted to substantially match the spectra of both the rendering light and the observing illuminant.01-08-2009
20090016601IMAGE DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD - N-band image data are output from an N-band image capture device, being capable of N>4 multiband image capturing, to an image data processing device. An image data evaluation information provision unit provides a determination unit with evaluation information on the basis of the input N-band image data. On the basis of the evaluation information, the determination unit determines whether to set the N-band image data or M-band image data having a smaller band number than the N-band image data as image data to be output. On the basis of a determination result of the determination unit, an output image data selection unit selects either the N-band image data or the M-band image data as the image data to be output to an image data recording unit.01-15-2009
20090096815IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND COLOR CONVERSION PROCESSING METHOD - A color conversion processing execution portion 04-16-2009
20090128587COLOR REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, COLOR REPRODUCTION DEVICE, COLOR REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH COLOR REPRODUCTION PROGRAM - In a color reproduction system for displaying an image subjected to color conversion processing by a server side system on a monitor device of a user side system, the server side system comprises a first storage unit for storing a multi-spectrum image, a second storage unit for storing color reproduction characteristic information, which is information relating to a color reproduction characteristic when the image is displayed on the monitor device, a server side communication unit for receiving the color reproduction requirement information transmitted from the user side communication unit via the network, and a color conversion processing unit for obtaining, from the second storage unit, color reproduction characteristic information corresponding to the color reproduction requirement information, and performing color conversion processing on the multi-spectrum image on the basis of the obtained color reproduction characteristic information.05-21-2009
20090295947IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device 12-03-2009
20110149126MULTIBAND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD AND DEVICE - The invention provides a multiband image pickup method and device with good color reproducibility, which is capable of imaging a subject with a number of imaging bands of not less than 4 colors and obtain a color image of not less than 3 colors without lowering spatial resolution. A first imaging of a subject image is performed by a single-plate imaging device having a color filter composed of 5 colors of R, O, G, C and B. A control unit shifts the imaging element by a shift drive unit so that each light having formed an image on the each filter of R, B and G of the color filters forms an image on a position of the each filter of O, C and G of the color filters and, thereafter a second imaging is performed. A image processing unit generates 2 3-band Bayer images based on captured images obtained by the first imaging and the second imaging, and generates a multiband image of not less than 3 colors from them.06-23-2011

Patent applications by Akira Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Fumio Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090036692Process for Production of Substituted Cyclopentanone - A substituted cyclopentanone represented by the following formula (2):02-05-2009
20100151386PHOTOBASE GENERATOR AND PHOTOCURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a photobase generator comprising a compound having a nitrogen atom and a conjugated multiple bond.06-17-2010

Patent applications by Fumio Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Hidenori Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120118939PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The process for manufacturing the semiconductor device and the apparatus, which achieve stable production of semiconductor devices with improved connection reliability, is presented. First terminals of circuit boards 05-17-2012

Hirohisa Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100022973METHOD OF COLLECTING BIOLOGICAL EXCRETORY SUBSTANCE - [Problems] An object of the present invention is to develop a sheet-shaped base material or a container having a structure which is designed in such a manner that snot or phlegm is collected as a biological excretory substance and said biological excretory substance is able to be easily applied to a test in medical therapy and also to develop a system where the biological excretory substance is collected using the same.01-28-2010

Hirokazu Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090133212VACUUM CLEANER - A vacuum cleaner includes an electric blower that sucks dust through a suction connecting port, a first dust separating unit for separating the dust and air sucked into the suction connecting port from each other, and a pleat filter for separating the dust and air passing through a first dust separating unit. The vacuum cleaner further includes an external-air introducing air passage for introducing external air toward an upstream side of the pleat filter, a rotational fan for dropping off dust adhering to the pleat filter by the introduced external air, and a return air passage for returning the dust dropped off from the rotating fan toward the upstream side of the first dust separating unit by the introduced external air.05-28-2009
20110319164GAME CONTROL PROGRAM, GAME DEVICE, AND GAME CONTROL METHOD ADAPTED TO CONTROL GAME WHERE OBJECTS ARE MOVED IN GAME FIELD - In a game device, a game control unit arranges an object in a three-dimensional space provided in a game field. A temperature-distribution simulator simulates a physical phenomenon on a two-dimensional plane, onto which a three-dimensional space is projected, in reference to a distribution-data storage unit. The game control unit applies the simulated physical phenomenon on an object in the three-dimensional space. A mycelial-growth simulator similarly simulates a physical phenomenon on a two-dimensional plane.12-29-2011

Kazuyuki Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110317813WAVELENGTH-CLASSIFYING TYPE X-RAY DIFFRACTION DEVICE - A wavelength-classifying type X-ray diffraction device bombards a sample with characteristic X-rays generated from an X-ray generation source, and detects characteristic X-rays diffracted by the sample using an X-ray detector. The X-ray generation source is composed of several metals of different atomic number, respective metals generating several characteristic X-rays of different wavelengths. An X-ray detector is composed of several pixels for receiving X-rays and outputting pulse signals corresponding to X-ray wavelengths. Pixels are respectively furnished with classification circuits. The classification circuits classify and output pixel output signals based on each of characteristic X-ray wavelengths. X-ray intensity is detected on a per-wavelength basis in individual pixels 12-29-2011

Ken Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110113268COMMUNICATION DEVICE - In one embodiment, a communication device includes: a relay module relaying communication of a signal between devices; a notification module giving a notice to recover from a standby state to the device via different communication from the communication; a function judgment module referring to information indicating a function of the device in the signal from the device to judge whether the device is to be recovered by the notice; a signal proxy response module sending a response indicating of receiving the signal as a proxy to the device from which the signal is transmitted when the signal indicates an instruction to recover, and the device to which the signal is transmitted is judged to recover by the notice; and a notification control module instructing the notification module to give the notice to the device to which the signal is transmitted and for which the proxy response is sent.05-12-2011

Kenichi Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080251838SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate, at least a surface portion thereof serving as a low-resistance drain layer of a first conductivity type; a first main electrode connected to the low-resistance drain layer; a high-resistance epitaxial layer of a second-conductivity type formed on the low-resistance drain layer; a second-conductivity type base layer selectively formed on the high-resistance epitaxial layer; a first-conductivity type source layer selectively formed in a surface portion of the second-conductivity type base layer; a trench formed in a region sandwiched by the second-conductivity type base layers with a depth extending from the surface of the high-resistance epitaxial layer to the semiconductor substrate; a jfet layer of the first conductivity type formed on side walls of the trench; an insulating layer formed in the trench; an LDD layer of the first-conductivity type formed in a surface portion of the second-conductivity type base layer so as to be connected to the first-conductivity type jfet layer around a top face of the trench; a control electrode formed above the semiconductor substrate so as to be divided into a plurality of parts, and formed on a gate insulating film formed on a part of the surface of the LDD layer, on surfaces of end parts of the first-conductivity type source layer facing each other across the trench, and on a region of the surface of the second-conductivity type base layer sandwiched by the LDD layer and the first-conductivity type source layer; and a second main electrode in ohmic contact with the first-conductivity type source layer and the second-conductivity type base layer so as to sandwich the control electrode.10-16-2008
20090128279INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - An integrated circuit device includes: a main interconnect; and a coil located on one side of the main interconnect at a position fixed with respect to the main interconnect, the coil having a central axis extending in a direction crossing the extending direction of the main interconnect. An induction current detectable by the coil is generated due to a current flowing through the main interconnect.05-21-2009
20100096696SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR FOR USE AS A HIGH-SPEED SWITCHING DEVICE AND A POWER DEVICE - A body layer of a first conductivity type is formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a source layer of a second conductivity type is formed in a surface region of the body layer. An offset layer of the second conductivity type is formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a drain layer of the second conductivity type is formed in a surface region of the offset layer. An insulating film is embedded in a trench formed in the surface region of the offset layer between the source layer and the drain layer. A gate insulating film is formed on the body layer and the offset layer between the source layer and the insulating film. A gate electrode is formed on the gate insulating film. A first peak of an impurity concentration profile in the offset layer is formed at a position deeper than the insulating film.04-22-2010
20100159659SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USED AS HIGH-SPEED SWITCHING DEVICE AND POWER DEVICE - A low resistance layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a high resistance layer formed on the low resistance layer. A source region of a first conductivity type is formed on a surface region of the high resistance layer. A drain region of the first conductivity type is formed at a distance from the source region. A first resurf region of the first conductivity type is formed in a surface region of the high resistance layer between the source region and the drain region. A channel region of a second conductivity type is formed between the source region and the first resurf region. A gate insulating film is formed on the channel region, and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film. An impurity concentration in the channel region under the gate electrode gradually lowers from the source region toward the first resurf region.06-24-2010
20110233684SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first main electrode, a base layer of a first conductivity type, a barrier layer of the first conductivity type, a diffusion layer of a second conductivity type, a base layer of the second conductivity type, a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer, and a second main electrode. The base layer of the first conductivity type is provided on the first main electrode. The barrier layer of the first conductivity type and the diffusion layer of the second conductivity type are provided on the base layer of the first conductivity type. The barrier layer of the first conductivity type and the diffusion layer of the second conductivity type are arranged alternately. The base layer of the second conductivity type is provided on the barrier layer of the first conductivity type. The first conductor layer and the second conductor layer are provided between the base layer of the second conductivity type and the diffusion layer of the second conductivity type and between the barrier layer of the first conductivity type and the diffusion layer of the second conductivity type. The first conductor layer and the second conductor layer are provided with trench configurations with an interposed insulating film. The second main electrode is connected to the base layer of the second conductivity type. Bottom faces of the barrier layer of the first conductivity type and the diffusion layer of the second conductivity type are positioned on the first main electrode side of lower ends of the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. The barrier layer of the first conductivity type and the diffusion layer of the second conductivity type form a super junction proximally to tips of the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer.09-29-2011
20120112241SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a main element and a sense element. The main element is connected between a collector terminal and an emitter terminal. The main element has an insulated gate bipolar transistor structure. The sense element is connected in parallel with the main element via a sense resistor between the collector terminal and the emitter terminal. The sense element has an insulated gate bipolar transistor structure with a feedback capacitance larger than a feedback capacitance of the main element.05-10-2012

Patent applications by Kenichi Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Kenjiro Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090020410PHOTOCATALYST ACTIVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING PHOTOCATALYST - Disclosed is a photocatalyst activation system characterized by including (a) a catalyst which includes a photocatalytic material containing cerium oxide, or a catalyst which includes a photocatalytic material containing at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of transition metal oxides other than cerium oxide; (b) a light source which irradiates the catalyst with light; and (c) a heat transfer device which transfers heat to the catalyst. By this photocatalyst activation system, it is possible to widen a usable wavelength range of light, and to enhance the catalytic activity to a large extent.01-22-2009

Kiyohiro Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080230721UV LIGHT IRRADIATING APPARATUS WITH LIQUID FILTER - A UV light irradiating apparatus for irradiating a semiconductor substrate with UV light includes: a reactor in which a substrate-supporting table is provided; a UV light irradiation unit connected to the reactor for irradiating a semiconductor substrate placed on the substrate-supporting table with UV light through a light transmission window; and a liquid layer forming channel disposed between the light transmission window and at least one UV lamp for forming a liquid layer through which the UV light is transmitted. The liquid layer is formed by a liquid flowing through the liquid layer forming channel.09-25-2008
20090023229METHOD FOR MANAGING UV IRRADIATION FOR CURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A method for managing UV irradiation for curing a semiconductor substrate, includes: passing UV light through a transmission glass window provided in a chamber for curing a semiconductor substrate placed in the chamber; monitoring an illuminance upstream of the transmission glass window and an illuminance downstream of the transmission glass window; determining a timing and/or duration of cleaning of the transmission glass window, a timing of replacing the transmission glass window, a timing of replacing a UV lamp, and/or an output of the UV light based on the monitored illuminances.01-22-2009
20090093134SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CURING MATERIALS WITH UV LIGHT - Low dielectric constant materials are cured in a process chamber during semiconductor processing. The low dielectric constant materials are cured by irradiation with UV light. The atmosphere in the process chamber has a CO04-09-2009
20090093135SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CURING MATERIAL WITH UV LIGHT - Low dielectric constant materials are cured in a process chamber during semiconductor processing. The low dielectric constant materials are cured by irradiation with UV light. The atmosphere in the process chamber has an O04-09-2009
20090148964METHOD FOR FORMING DIELECTRIC SiOCH FILM HAVING CHEMICAL STABILITY - A method for determining conditions for forming a dielectric SiOCH film, includes: (i) forming a dielectric SiOCH film on a substrate under conditions; (ii) evaluating the conditions using a ratio of Si—CH3 bonding strength to Si—O bonding strength of the film as formed in step (i); (iii) if the ratio is 2.50 % or higher, confirming the conditions, and if the ratio is less than 2.50 %, changing the conditions by changing at least one of the susceptor temperature, the distance between upper and lower electrodes, the RF power, and the curing time; and (iv) repeating steps (i) to (iii) until the ratio is 2.50 % or higher.06-11-2009
20100151151METHOD OF FORMING LOW-K FILM HAVING CHEMICAL RESISTANCE - A method of forming a low-k film containing silicon and carbon on a substrate by plasma CVD, includes: supplying gas of a precursor having a Si—R—O—R—Si bond into a reaction space in which a substrate is placed; and exciting the gas in the reaction space, thereby depositing a film on the substrate.06-17-2010
20110159202Method for Sealing Pores at Surface of Dielectric Layer by UV Light-Assisted CVD - A method for sealing pores at a surface of a dielectric layer formed on a substrate, includes: providing a substrate on which a dielectric layer having a porous surface is formed as an outermost layer; placing the substrate in an evacuatable chamber; irradiating the substrate with UV light in an atmosphere of hydrocarbon and/or oxy-hydrocarbon gas; sealing pores at the porous surface of the dielectric layer as a result of the irradiation; and continuously irradiating the substrate with UV light in the atmosphere of hydrocarbon and/or oxy-hydrocarbon gas until a protective film having a desired thickness is formed on the dielectric layer as a result of the irradiation.06-30-2011
20110217838METHOD FOR FORMING INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE HAVING AIRGAP - A method for forming an interconnect structure with airgaps, includes: providing a structure having a trench formed on a substrate; depositing a spacer oxide layer on sidewalls of the trench as sidewall spacers by plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition; filling the trench having the sidewall spacers with copper; removing the sidewall spacers to form an airgap structure; and encapsulating the airgap structure, wherein airgaps are formed between the filled copper and the sidewalls of the trench.09-08-2011

Patent applications by Kiyohiro Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Koichi Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120000819METHOD OF PRODUCING ALKYLBENZENE AND CATALYST USED THEREFOR - A method that efficiently produces an alkylbenzene with a high added value from a 1.5-cyclic aromatic hydrocarbon while suppressing excessive hydrocracking and nuclear hydrogenation, and preventing a decrease in catalytic activity due to deposition of carbon during a hydrocracking reaction, and a catalyst used therefor, are disclosed. A method of producing an alkylbenzene includes causing a hydrocarbon oil feedstock containing an alkylbenzene content of less than 20 vol %, a bicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content of less than 30 vol %, and a 1.5-cyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content of 25 vol % or more to come in contact with a hydrocracking catalyst that includes a solid acid having a maximum acid strength of Brönsted acid of 110 kJ/mol or more and less than 140 kJ/mol.01-05-2012

Kotaro Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090321394METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LASER SOLDERING - In accordance with an aspect of the invention, a solder paste feeding device feeds solder paste to a ring-like terminal surrounding a through-hole and a rod terminal fitted in the through-hole so as to fill in the through-hole, the laser beam irradiation device irradiates the solder past with a laser beam, and wire solder is further fed from above the solder past at the same time as melting of the solder paste is started, thereby fusing the wire solder and the solder paste to solder the ring-like terminal and the rod terminal.12-31-2009

Koujiro Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110099565Disk Apparatus and Chucking Method Thereof - It is an object of the present invention to provide a disk apparatus and a chucking method thereof capable of reducing the disk apparatus in thickness and size.04-28-2011

Masahiro Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090035125IMPINGEMENT COOLED STRUCTURE - An impingement cooled structure includes a plurality of shroud members disposed in a circumferential direction to constitute a ring-shaped shroud surrounding a hot gas stream, and a shroud cover mounted on radial outside faces of the shroud members to form a cavity therebetween. The shroud cover has a first impingement cooling hole which communicates with the cavity and allows cooling air to be jetted to an inside thereof so as to cool an inner surface of the cavity by impingement. The shroud members each has a hole fin. The hole fin divides the cavity into a plurality of sub-cavities. Further, the hole fin has a second impingement cooling hole which allows the cooling air having flowed through the first impingement cooling hole to be jetted obliquely toward a bottom surface of the sub-cavity adjacent thereto.02-05-2009
20090126335COOLING STRUCTURE - In this cooling structure, a cooling flow path, which is meandering around a flow direction of a high temperature combustion gas, is provided in a structural body. The cooling flow path has an inflow path for a cooling air formed inside of the structural body; at least one straight flow path provided with intervals with respect to an axial line; and a turning flow path for communicating the end portions of the inflow path with the straight flow path or communicating with the end portions of the straight flow paths one after another.05-21-2009
20100207727Information processing apparatus, method, and program - An information processing apparatus includes: a biometric information acquirer configured to acquire a user's biometric information; an instructions receiver configured to receive instructions from the user; and an associating unit configured to associate the biometric information with information obtained on the basis of the instructions.08-19-2010

Patent applications by Masahiro Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Masaki Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090143942STEERING CONTROL SYSTEM - A steering control system is connectable to a motor configured to control a steering and a LAN (Local Area Network) and is allowed to receive a control signal for controlling said motor from the LAN is received. The steering control system includes: a motor configured to control a steering; a main calculation unit connectable to the LAN; a motor drive circuit connected to the main calculation unit and configured to drive the motor; a sub calculation unit connectable to the LAN; and a motor drive limiting unit connected to the sub calculation unit and configured to limit a drive of the motor.06-04-2009
20110074329ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In an electric motor control apparatus, an electric motor driving unit includes: a current detection unit configured to detect a current flowing through a current detection place in the electric motor driving unit. A control unit includes a current calculation unit configured to calculate a current value of a current flowing through an electric motor from an offset correction value obtained based on a first detection value detected at a time when a current flows through the current detection place and a second detection value detected at a time when a current does not flow through the current detection place. The offset correction value includes: a first offset correction value stored in nonvolatile memory of the control unit at a time of assembling the electric motor control apparatus; and a second offset correction value computed by the control unit while the electric motor is driven.03-31-2011
20110153162MOTOR-DRIVEN POWER STEERING CONTROL APPARTUS - A motor-driven power steering control apparatus is achieved, which uses a small-amplitude pass filter, the filter filtering out a component having a small amplitude, to remove a steering component from dynamic state quantity such as a rotational speed signal, and to accurately extract only a vibration component having a small amplitude compared with the steering component, and controls the vibration component to be reduced.06-23-2011

Patent applications by Masaki Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Masanao Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120055400GATE VALVE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - Agate valve apparatus is disclosed. The gate valve apparatus is provided with a valve casing that includes a first valve seat and a second valve seat, and in which an opening portion is formed; and a closure element that includes a sealing member that contacts the first valve seat to seal the opening portion. In addition, the gate valve apparatus is provided with a shutoff member that contacts the second valve seat to thereby be deformed, so that a space between the opening portion and a sealing member is shut off by the shutoff member when the closure element closes the opening portion. The shutoff member is deformed and continues to contact the second valve seat under normal and high temperature environments when the closure element closes the opening portion.03-08-2012

Mitsugi Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100027178ELECTRIC/ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT SYSTEM WITH CONDUCTIVE GLASS MEMBER - [Problems] To provide a means for preventing electric/electronic materials from losing or degrading functionality when electrically conductive glasses are used as such electric/electronic materials.02-04-2010

Mitsuyoshi Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120043494PIEZOELECTRIC SINGLE CRYSTAL INGOT, PRODUCING METHOD THEREFOR AND PIEZOELECTRIC SINGLE CRYSTAL DEVICE - A piezoelectric single crystal ingot is produced by the Bridgman method and contains a relaxor having a composition of Pb(Mg, Nb)O02-23-2012

Norimasa Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110059054ENHANCED DENDRITIC CELLS FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY - Described herein are methods of cancer immunotherapy, particularly methods of preparing a population of enhanced dendritic cells and methods of treating cancer using the enhanced dendritic cells.03-10-2011

Norimitsu Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100112299PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN PRINTING PLATE HAVING CONCAVE-CONVEX SHAPE AND RELIEF PRINTING PLATE, AND PLATE SURFACE TREATMENT SOLUTION FOR USE IN THE PROCESS - The present invention provides a plate surface treatment solution comprising a fluorinated polymer containing a perfluoroalkyl group having 7 or less carbon atoms on average to be adhered onto a plate surface of a photosensitive resin printing plate having a concave-convex shape or a relief printing plate. The present invention also discloses a process for producing a photosensitive resin printing plate having a concave-convex shape or a relief printing plate, wherein the process comprises the step of adhering the plate surface treatment solution.05-06-2010

Noriyoshi Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090012397ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - A parameter calculating unit calculates a parameter value at each time through an interpolation process based on a parameter value at a telediastole stored in a telediastole memory and a parameter value at a telesystole stored in a telesystole memory. An interpolation coefficient memory stores an interpolation coefficient which is used for the interpolation process. When the parameter calculating unit calculates, for each parameter, parameter values of the times from telediastole to the telesystole, a region-of-interest setting unit sets, for each time, a three-dimensional region of interest in the three-dimensional data space based on the plurality of parameters. With this process, a three-dimensional region of interest which dynamically changes from the telediastole to the telesystole is set in the three-dimensional data space.01-08-2009

Satoshi Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080238816Information Processing Apparatus - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a first chassis; a second chassis; a two-axis joint part that joins the second chassis to the first chassis openably and swingably with respect to a first axis and a second axis; a magnet disposed in the second chassis in proximity to the first axis; and a magnetic sensor that senses at least two opposed directions of a magnetic field; wherein the magnetic sensor is disposed at a position in proximity to the magnet when the second chassis is closed with respect to the first chassis.10-02-2008

Patent applications by Satoshi Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Shigetada Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090019945Ultrasonic Flowmaster - In an ultrasonic flowmeter of the time difference type using annular ultrasonic transducers, to obtain an accurate flow volume without correction by actual flow, from theoretical formulas which are taking properties of the fluid such as density, and dimension, and properties of the measuring tube into consideration.01-22-2009

Shinji Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110172883STEERING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A steering control section has a first steering angle correction amount calculating section, a second steering angle correction amount calculating section, and a motor rotational angle calculating section. The first correction amount calculating section calculates a first correction amount based on a vehicle speed and an actual steering wheel angle. The second correction amount calculating section calculates a second correction amount through multiplying a control gain corresponding to the vehicle speed with a value calculated by low-pass filtering a differential value of steering wheel angle. The motor rotational angle calculating section calculates a motor rotational angle corresponding to the value adding the first and second steering angle correction amount, and outputs it to a motor driving section so as to drive an electric motor for correcting the steering angle. Thereby, an unstable vehicle behavior due to a resonance of a yaw motion caused in the steering operation can be suppressed.07-14-2011

Shinya Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120096881AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - The air-conditioning apparatus includes a coolant circuit configured by sequentially connecting a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and an outdoor heat exchanger; a motor that operates a compressor mechanism disposed inside the compressor; an inverter for driving the motor; and a control unit that controls the inverter. The control unit includes a liquefaction detecting unit that detects coolant liquefaction in the compressor; includes a first PWM signal generating unit that generates an inverter control signal for driving the motor; includes a second PWM signal generating unit that generates an inverter control signal for making the motor perform a preheating operation; and includes a switching unit that performs switching in such a way that the first PWM signal generating unit or the second PWM signal generating unit outputs the corresponding inverter control signal to the inverter.04-26-2012
20120111043AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In order to be able to comply itself to the environment-conscious design standard, a refrigerant heating method is obtained with high efficiency during standby and reduction of vibrations and noises of a bearing in a compressor. A compressor, a motor to drive the compressor, an inverter to apply a desired voltage to the motor, an inverter control means to control the inverter, and a bus voltage detecting means to detect a bus voltage of the inverter are provided, in which the inverter control means includes dormant refrigerant detecting means to detect a dormant state of refrigerant in the compressor, high-frequency AC voltage generating means to output a high-frequency AC voltage command out of a range of an operating frequency when the motor is undergoing compression operation to a coil of the motor on the basis of an output of the dormant refrigerant detecting means, an amplitude, and a phase, and PWM signal generating means to cause the inverter to generate a high-frequency AC voltage by generating a PWM signal on the basis of the output of the high-frequency AC voltage generating means and the output of the bus voltage detecting means.05-10-2012

Shunichi Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090003394OPTICAL PULSE AMPLIFIER AND OPTICAL PULSE SOURCE - The pulse light source according to the present invention comprises: a seed pulse generator 01-01-2009
20090016669OPTICAL COMPRESSOR AND ULTRA-SHORT PULSE LIGHT SOURCE - Provided is an ultra-short pulse light source having an optical pulse generator 01-15-2009
20120027343WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEX OPTICAL REGENERATION SYSTEM AND WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEX OPTICAL REGENERATION METHOD - An optical regeneration system for regenerating a degenerated signal light, comprising a regeneration device having at least one of a soliton converter, a pulse roller, a Kerr-shutter and a soliton purifier. The solilton converter uses an anomalaous-dispersion fiber (ADF) having a fiber length up to three times the soliton frequency, and the pulse roller is provided with a pulse roller fiber having high non-linear characteristics. The Kerr-shutter comprises an optical LO (local oscillation) generator for generating an optical LO on an OPLL (optical phase locked loop), a phase comparator for detecting the phase difference between an externally-input signal light and an optical LO, and a control unit for regulating the repeated frequency of an optical LO based on the phase difference. The soliton purifier has a soliton fiber disposed between two optical fibers.02-02-2012

Patent applications by Shunichi Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Tadashi Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110089027CATHODE FOR HYDROGEN GENERATION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides an excellent durable cathode for hydrogen generation, which has a low hydrogen overvoltage and reduced dropping-off of a catalyst layer against the reverse current generated when an electrolyzer is stopped, and a method for producing the same. The present invention provides a cathode for hydrogen generation having a conductive base material and a catalyst layer formed on the conductive base material, wherein the catalyst layer includes crystalline iridium oxide, platinum and iridium-platinum alloy.04-21-2011
20110163272METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE AND BATTERY - Disclosed is a method for producing an electrode material which has high discharge capacity at high charge/discharge rate and enables to realize sufficient charge/discharge rate performance. Also disclosed are an electrode material, an electrode and a lithium ion battery. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing an electrode material, which is characterized in that a slurry containing an electrode active material or a precursor of the electrode active material, and organic compounds each selected from at least two groups among the group A, group B and group C is sprayed and dried for forming a granule, and the thus-formed granule is fired at a temperature not less than 500° C. but not more than 1000° C. in a non-oxidizing atmosphere.07-07-2011

Taiga Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090096706IC Tag - According to the present invention, there is disclosed an antenna circuit characterized by comprising: 04-16-2009

Patent applications by Taiga Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Taisuke Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090044696Fluid Pressure Type Actuator - In order to improve its durability, a fluid pressure type actuator is comprises an expansible/contractible body having opposite ends sealed by plug members and expands/contracts when fluid is supplied to and discharged from the body; a wrapping body for wrapping the outer peripheral surface of the expansible/contractible body and having its opposite ends fastened and fixed to the plug members; an inlet/outlet for fluid formed in the plug members; and an auxiliary member for preventing or suppressing local deformation in which the wrapping body expands outward when the fluid is supplied to the expansible/contractible body.02-19-2009
20090223361FLUID PRESSURE TYPE ACTUATOR AND EXERCISE DEVICE USING THE SAME - A fluid pressure type actuator revolvable at high speeds and an exercise device using the actuator.09-10-2009
20090300843POSTURAL CHANGE DEVICE OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A postural change device used to allow imaging a plurality of postures while changing the posture of a portion to be examined of an object by means of a medical image diagnostic apparatus.12-10-2009

Takahiro Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100211875INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - In an apparatus configured to reproduce audio guidance corresponding to a screen, when there is an instruction to switch to a screen in a backward direction, since audio guidance has already been reproduced once during a screen transition in a forward direction, the same audio guidance is not reproduced again.08-19-2010
20120072900INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - The present invention facilitates confirming changes important for a user when the information processing apparatus updates a software program. The information processing apparatus of the present invention records the status of use of the software program for each function in a use information management file. The information processing apparatus acquires an update information management file indicating the changes of the software program and a correlation between a function and a model of a device, from an information providing apparatus. The information processing apparatus performs control to generate display data for separately displaying a function on a screen in which the status of use satisfies a predetermined condition and the other functions, among a plurality of changed functions in the update information management file and display a change notification screen on a display device.03-22-2012

Patent applications by Takahiro Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Takamichi Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110100571Method for Producing Fine Paper Powder and Resin Composition Containing the Same - Coarsely shredded paper powder is pulverized using a first vertical roller mill equipped with a plurality of first pulverizing rollers 05-05-2011
20110244180Heat Insulator - A heat insulator that generates no smoke when incinerated, has a low calorific value, and achieves a desired dimension and heat insulation performance is provided. A heat insulator 10-06-2011
20110244195HEAT INSULATOR - A heat insulator that generates no smoke when incinerated, has a low calorific value, and achieves a desired dimension and heat insulation performance is provided. A heat insulator 10-06-2011
20110244217Foamed product and manufacturing method of the same - A foamed product that generates no smoke when incinerated, has a low calorific value, and achieves a desired dimension and thermal insulation performance is provided. A foamed product 10-06-2011
20110244223Foamed Product and Manufacturing Method of the Same - A foamed product that generates no smoke when incinerated, has a low calorific value, and achieves a desired dimension and thermal insulation performance is provided. A foamed product 10-06-2011

Takatoshi Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110031748WIND TURBINE GENERATOR, CONTROL METHOD FOR WIND TURBINE GENERATOR, WIND TURBINE GENERATOR SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WIND TURBINE GENERATOR SYSTEM - [Problem] It is an object to stabilize a utility grid even when an unexpected fluctuation in the frequency of the utility grid occurs.02-10-2011
20110182731WIND TURBINE BLADE AND WIND TURBINE GENERATOR HAVING THE SAME - A wind turbine blade has a blade body 07-28-2011
20110198846VARIABLE-SPEED POWER GENERATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Reactive power is supplied in accordance with a reactive-power supply instruction from a power grid while ensuring a variable-speed range of a wound-rotor induction generator. A variable-speed power generator includes a prime mover that generates motive power by using natural energy; an electric generator that includes a stator having a primary winding and a rotor having a secondary winding, the stator and the rotor being connected to a power grid, and that generates electric power based on the motive power generated by the prime mover; and a power converter connected to the stator and the rotor, wherein the power converter does not supply reactive power to the power grid, and wherein the variable-speed power generator includes a power-converter controller that causes the electric generator to operate at a rotation speed set to be higher than or equal to a synchronous speed and increases reactive power supplied to the power grid when a reactive-power supply instruction for supplying reactive power to the power grid is obtained from the power grid.08-18-2011

Takehiko Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100281877SINGLE SHAFT COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT START-UP METHOD AN SINGLE SHAFT COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT - In a start-up method of a single shaft combined cycle power plant, during a time period from when the gas turbine is started up to when rotation speed of the gas turbine reaches a rotation speed allowing self-sustained operation using the combustion gas, auxiliary steam from the start-up boiler is fed to the low-pressure steam turbine via the low-pressure turbine steam supply pipe by controlling valve opening degree of the auxiliary steam flow control valve. The low-pressure steam turbine generates a drive force. Speed-up control is performed in a unified manner for the gas turbine, the high-pressure steam turbine, the low-pressure steam turbine, and the power generator.11-11-2010

Takehiro Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110081493METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF INK-JET HEAD - Disclosed is a method for producing an ink-jet head which enables the formation of an ink-repellent layer having excellent ink ejection stability, excellent adhesion to a head base material and excellent pressure resistance in a simple manner. The method for producing an ink-jet head is characterized by applying a coating solution comprising a compound represented by Formula (1) and an aqueous dispersion of a fluororesin to an ink-ejecting surface of an ink-jet head to form an ink-repellent layer on the ink-ejecting surface.04-07-2011

Tsukasa Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090068796SEMICONDUCTOR CONNECTION COMPONENT - There is a need for providing a technology capable of decreasing on-resistance of a power transistor in a semiconductor device that integrates the power transistor and a control integrated circuit into a single semiconductor chip. There is another need for providing a technology capable of reducing a chip size of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor chip includes a power transistor formation region to form a power transistor, a logic circuit formation region to form a logic circuit, and an analog circuit formation region to form an analog circuit. A pad is formed in the power transistor formation region. The pad and a lead are connected through a clip whose cross section is larger than that of a wire. On the other hand, a bonding pad is connected through the wire 03-12-2009
20110143500SEMICONDUCTOR CONNECTION COMPONENT - There is a need for providing a technology capable of decreasing on-resistance of a power transistor in a semiconductor device that integrates the power transistor and a control integrated circuit into a single semiconductor chip. There is another need for providing a technology capable of reducing a chip size of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor chip includes a power transistor formation region to form a power transistor, a logic circuit formation region to form a logic circuit, and an analog circuit formation region to form an analog circuit. A pad is formed in the power transistor formation region. The pad and a lead are connected through a clip whose cross section is larger than that of a wire. On the other hand, a bonding pad is connected through the wire 06-16-2011

Patent applications by Tsukasa Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Yoshimitsu Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080225115Perspective Distortion inspecting Equipment and Method of Translucent Panel - Perspective distortion inspecting equipment (09-18-2008
20090303581Laminated Glass with Shade Band - An object of the present invention is to provide a laminated glass which reduces light transmittance loss of a certain region thereof at a predetermined wavelength, particularly within a near-IR (750 to 1,000 nm) range and which facilitates provision of an optical instrument employing the near-IR light without partial substitution of an intermediate film. The invention provides a laminated glass for vehicle formed of two glass sheets stuck with a thermoplastic resin film, wherein the laminated glass has a first region and a second region; the second region is provided in a belt-like form along upper side of the laminated glass when the laminated glass is secured onto the vehicle; the first region has a visible light transmittance of 70% or higher; the second region has a visible light transmittance of 5% to 50%; the difference, in a light transmittance within a wavelength range of 750 to 1,000 nm, between the first region and the second region is 5% or less; and the second region has a light transmittance of 25% or higher, within a wavelength range of 750 to 1,000 nm.12-10-2009
20110056747TERMINAL STRUCTURE FOR PLATE-SHAPED MEMBER HAVING CONDUCTING FUNCTION, AND PLATE-SHAPED MEMBER HAVING CONDUCTING FUNCTION - Disclosed is a terminal structure, which suppresses the increase in the thickness size of a plate-shaped member disposed movably in the direction of main surfaces (03-10-2011

Patent applications by Yoshimitsu Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Yoshitomo Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110235233ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - To provide electronic device and method for producing electronic device having high mechanical strength.09-29-2011

Youichi Matsushita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090067955Foup Door Positioning Device for Foup Opener - The FOUP door positioning device of a FOUP opener is compatible with all kinds of FOUPs, is inexpensive, and has a simple positioning-ping adjustment mechanism. In a state in which a flange portion (a portion having a taper 03-12-2009