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Minamino, JP

Junichi Minamino, Nara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090086589Optical Disk Having Wobble Patterns Representing Control Information - An apparatus for reading subdivided information from an optical disk, which comprises a track groove and on which information is recorded along the track groove is disclosed. The apparatus includes an optical head, which irradiates the optical disk with light and generates an electric signal responsive to part of the light that has been reflected from the optical disk, read signal processing means for generating a wobble signal which has an amplitude changing with the wobble pattern from the electric signal, rise value acquiring means for sampling and holding an absolute gradient value of the wobble signal when the signal rises, fall value acquiring means for sampling and holding an absolute gradient value of the wobble signal when the signal falls, and subdivided information detecting means for determining the subdivided information by majority by comparing the values held by the rise and fall value acquiring means with each other.04-02-2009
20090086614Optical Disk Having Wobble Patterns Representing Control Information - A method for writing a signal on an optical disk is disclosed. The optical disk comprises a track groove on a recording surface thereof, on which information is recorded along the track groove on a block-by-block basis each said block having a predetermined length and where an identification mark indicating the beginning of each said block, has been formed on the track groove. Writing is started before the identification mark, located at the beginning of at least one block on which the signal should be written, is reached and writing is ended after the identification mark located at the end of the at least one block on which the signal should be written has been passed.04-02-2009
20090257325OPTICAL DISK MEDIUM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR READING INFORMATION - An optical disk medium includes a track groove thereon. On the optical disk medium, information is recorded along the track groove on a block unit basis. The block unit has a predetermined length. The block unit having the predetermined length includes a number of sub-blocks that are arranged along the groove. A sub-block mark is provided within each of the sub-blocks and used to identify the sub-block.10-15-2009

Patent applications by Junichi Minamino, Nara-Shi JP

Katsushi Minamino, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080256043ACCUMULATION CONTROL DEVICE - An accumulation control device arranged to accumulate data in an accumulation device accepts a data classification when the data is acquired, and stores the accepted classification in accordance with the data to be accumulated in the accumulation device. When the data accumulated in the accumulation device is selected, determination is made as to whether or not a current time is a timing at which an accumulation form of the accumulated data should be changed, and when determination is made that the timing has come, the selected data is reaccumulated in the accumulation device, in the accumulation form stored in an accumulation-form storage unit in association with the accepted classification and the determined timing.10-16-2008

Kenichi Minamino, Kawasaki JP

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20090303959Base Station And Frequency Changing Method In Mobile Communication System - A frequency changing method that can avoid a collision between uplink frequencies by using a simple algorithm. According to this method, a list of the frequencies of mobile stations whose receive status was OK and a list of the frequencies of mobile stations whose receive status was NG, requiring each mobile station to retransmit by changing its frequency, are constructed at a base station; then, for each of the frequencies in the receive status NG list, the amount of shift, Δf, predetermined in the system, is added and, if the result coincides with any one of the frequencies in the receive status OK list, Δf is added once again.12-10-2009

Kohji Minamino, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100182293DISPLAY MODULE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY MODULE - A liquid crystal display module (07-22-2010
20110031159TRAY - A tray having excellent impact resistance and excellent vibration resistance and capable of stably holding a fixed number of stored objects. A tray (02-10-2011

Kumiko Minamino, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100023566Method for Allocating Logical Unit Inside Storage System to Logical Volume and Storage Controller - A storage controller comprises a creation module that creates a logical volume, a management module that manages a plurality of types of logical units inside a storage system, a measurement module that measures an access characteristic, which is a characteristic related to an access to the logical volume, a decision module that decides the type of a logical unit to be allocated to the logical volume based on the measured access characteristic, and an allocation module that allocates to the logical volume a logical unit, of the plurality of types of logical units, of the type decided by the decision module.01-28-2010

Kumiko Minamino, Fujisawa JP

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20110282841COMPUTING SYSTEM AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - Proposed are a computing system and a data management method for improving the usage efficiency of logical volumes without lowering the response performance In a computing system that includes a first storage apparatus in which first and second storage volumes are configured, a file storage apparatus for controlling the first logical volume, a second storage apparatus, and an archive apparatus for controlling the second storage apparatus, the first storage apparatus acquires a snapshot of the first logical volume at regular or irregular intervals and stores differential data in the second logical volume, specifies a file for which the consumption amount of the second logical volume exceeds a predetermined threshold, causes the first storage apparatus to acquire a snapshot of the specified file, and if a read request to read the file is supplied, generates the file on the basis of data stored in the first and second logical volumes.11-17-2011

Motohiro Minamino, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120087210MOVING OBJECT DETECTING APPARATUS - A moving object detecting apparatus includes: a transmitting/receiving unit for radiating an ultrasonic wave and receiving a reflective wave reflected from an object present in a monitoring space; a phase detection circuit for mixing reference signals with a reflective signal and obtaining a pair of Doppler signals each having an amplitude depending on a phase difference from the reference signal, each of the Doppler signals having a different phase from each other; a rotation angle calculation unit for calculating a rotation angle; a cumulative addition unit for accumulating the rotation angle; and a comparison unit for comparing the accumulated rotation angle with a threshold value. In the moving object detecting apparatus, a single ultrasonic vibrator is commonly used in the transmitting unit and the receiving unit.04-12-2012

Naoto Minamino, Miyazaki JP

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20090105464PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE POLYPEPTIDE AND DNA - A physiologically active polypeptide derived from human brain and a DNA fragment comprising the base sequence encoding the polypeptide are disclosed. The polypeptide possesses excellent smooth muscle relaxation activity, diuretic or natriuretic activity, and vasodepressor activity, and is thus useful as a medicine for curing circulation diseases, e.g. cardiac edema, nephric edema, hepatic edema, pulmonary edema, hypertension, congestive heart failure, and acute and chronic renal failure.04-23-2009

Naoto Minamino, Osaka JP

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20100075343NOVEL PEPTIDES - The present invention provides novel peptides with energy-modulating activity or circulatory function-modulating activity. The peptides of the present invention have energy-modulating activity or circulatory function-modulating activity and thus are useful for treating food consumption disorders and diseases of the circulatory system.03-25-2010
20100248255NOVEL PEPTIDES - The present invention provides novel peptides with circulation-modulating activity. These peptides are useful as circulation-modulating agents and vasopressors because of their circulation-modulating activity, and can be used for treating diseases of the circulatory system such as myocardial infarction, ischemic heart disease, cerebral infarction, or the like.09-30-2010
20120021431DIAGNOSTIC METHODS USING BNP - The present invention provides a new method and kit for determining the overload of atrium or ventricle in a subject comprising at least a step of measuring levels of proBNP-108 in a sample from the subject. The disclosed methods and kits are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of cardiac diseases, particularly heat failure, aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, and atrial fibrillation.01-26-2012

Noriko Minamino, Toyko JP

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20090100001Database management apparatus and method of managing database - Information on a referenced class or a referenced property is extracted from at least one referenced dictionary having a referencing relation with a referencing dictionary having the hierarchical structure, in which lower classes inherit the properties of upper classes; the extracted information is added to the referencing dictionary and organized; the extracted detailed information is outputted organized referencing dictionary. Thus, the detailed information on an imported property may be acquired simply at the side of the referencing dictionary. In addition, since only the information on the referenced class or property in the referenced dictionary is separately extracted, traffic of the dictionary data may be reduced, and the efficient inter-dictionary data exchange can be realized.04-16-2009

Osamu Minamino, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110259346TONGUE POSITION CONTROLLER - Provided is a device which effectively improves obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), which places a small psychosomatic burden on the patient, and which is unlikely to cause a decrease in compliance or adverse side effects.10-27-2011

Satoshi Minamino, Osaka JP

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20110166253ANTIFOULING COATING COMPOSITION, ANTIFOULING COATING FILM FORMED FROM THE COMPOSITION, COATED OBJECT HAVING THE COATING FILM ON SURFACE, AND METHOD OF ANTIFOULING BY FORMING THE COATING FILM - An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for forming an environment friendly antifouling coating film that can effectively exhibit an antifouling effect in seawater for a long period of time and furthermore exhibits a small temperature dependency of the coating film dissolving amount. The present invention provides an antifouling coating composition comprising: (A) a triorganosilyl ester-containing copolymer obtained by a mixture of (a) a triorganosilyl methacrylate monomer represented by a general formula (1) in which R07-07-2011
20110172325ANTIFOULING COATING COMPOSITION, ANTIFOULING COATING FILM FORMED USING THE COMPOSITION, COATED ARTICLE HAVING THE COATING FILM ON THE SURFACE, AND ANTIFOULING TREATMENT METHOD TO FORM THE COATING FILM - An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for forming an environment friendly antifouling coating film that is unlikely to cause a hairline crack and like coating film defects even when immersed in seawater for a long time, and that prevents or inhibits attachment of slime. An antifouling coating composition of the invention comprises: (A) a triorganosilyl ester-containing copolymer obtained by a mixture of (a) a triorganosilyl (meth)acrylate monomer represented by a general formula (1): R07-14-2011

Tetsuo Minamino, Osaka JP

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20080287391Cell Fusion Promoter and Utilization of the Same - It is intended to provide a regeneration promoter for regenerating a tissue with the use of somatic stem cells. It is also intended to provide a cell fusion promoter safely usable in vivo. Namely, it is intended to provide a cell fusion promoter comprising ATP or its metabolite. A cell fusion promoter comprising ATP or its metabolite and a method of producing fused cells in the presence of ATP or its metabolite. A medicinal composition for regenerating or improving the function of a tissue or an organ, which suffers from dysfunction or hypofunction due to injury or denaturation, by using stem cells. This composition comprises ATP or its metabolite and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.11-20-2008
20100098753PROPHYLACTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR CARDIAC INFARCTION - The present invention relates to a novel preventive and/or therapeutic drug for myocardial infarction.04-22-2010
20110110903CELL FUSION PROMOTER AND UTILIZATION OF THE SAME - It is intended to provide a regeneration promoter for regenerating a tissue with the use of somatic stem cells. It is also intended to provide a cell fusion promoter safely usable in vivo. Namely, it is intended to provide a cell fusion promoter comprising ATP or its metabolite. A cell fusion promoter comprising ATP or its metabolite and a method of producing fused cells in the presence of ATP or its metabolite. A medicinal composition for regenerating or improving the function of a tissue or an organ, which suffers from dysfunction or hypofunction due to injury or denaturation, by using stem cells. This composition comprises ATP or its metabolite and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.05-12-2011
20120027843HB-EGF BOUND PROTEIN COMPLEX - A complex essentially comprising a protein having an action of binding to a membrane-bound HB-EGF to promote the uptake of the membrane-bound HB-EGF by cells, and a carrier.02-02-2012

Patent applications by Tetsuo Minamino, Osaka JP

Tohru Minamino, Chiba-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120122777DIAGNOSTIC AGENT FOR ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE RISK GROUP - The present invention relates to a diagnostic agent for an ischemic heart disease risk group comprising an anti-brain-derived neurotrophic factor antibody as an effective ingredient, to an assay method for an ischemic heart disease risk group performed by measuring a brain-derived neurotrophic factor concentration in blood, and to a suppressive/preventive drug for ischemic heart disease, particularly for post-infarction myocardial remodeling, comprising a brain-derived neurotrophic factor.05-17-2012

Yoshiyasu Minamino, Kobe-Shi JP

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20110242064OPERATION UNIT - The operation unit includes a shaft that receives by its one end a pressing force applied through a pressing operation by a finger/thumb, a rotating body that rotates about the shaft according to an operation by the finger/thumb within a movable range of the finger/thumb, a first sensor that detects a pressing force applied to the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft, a second sensor that detects a pressing force applied to the shaft in a direction other than the axial direction of the shaft, and a third sensor that detects a rotating state of the rotating body.10-06-2011