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Minato, JP

Akihiko Minato, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090250023VARIABLE VALVE DRIVING DEVICE - To provide a variable valve driving device which can accurately control the lift amount of valves and can be manufactured at a low cost. The device has: valves (10-08-2009

Atsuo Minato, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120002113IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing method includes the steps of calculating, with respect to a processing-target pixel in an input image signal, a concentric aberration correction amount for concentric aberration that is a component of magnification chromatic aberration, the concentric aberration causing a color shift to occur in a concentric manner from the center of an image, calculating, with respect to the processing-target pixel, a uniform aberration correction amount for uniform aberration that is a component of magnification chromatic aberration, the uniform aberration causing a color shift direction and a color shift amount to uniformly occur on a whole image, and correcting a pixel value of the processing-target pixel on the basis of the calculated concentric aberration correction amount and the calculated uniform aberration correction amount.01-05-2012
20120044369IMAGING APPARATUS, ABERRATION CORRECTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes: a shift lens driven to be shifted; a uniform aberration correction data storing unit storing uniform aberration correction data for correcting uniform aberration; a shift amount calculating unit calculating an amount of aberration correction shift of the shift lens for correcting uniform aberration using the uniform aberration correction data; a shift lens driving unit driving the shift lens to be shifted according to an amount of driving shift based on the amount of aberration correction shift; a concentric aberration correction amount calculating unit calculating an amount of concentric aberration correction for correcting concentric aberration with respect to a process target pixel of an input image signal; and a pixel value correcting unit correcting a pixel value of the process target pixel on the basis of the calculated amount of concentric aberration correction.02-23-2012
20120081583ABERRATION CORRECTION APPARATUS, ABERRATION CORRECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An aberration correction apparatus includes: a correction data holding section that holds correction data on a correction level used to correct chromatic aberration of magnification; a center position discrepancy data holding section that holds center position discrepancy data on the discrepancy between the center of an image area and the position of an aberration center of the chromatic aberration of magnification; an aberration center calculating section that selects one of the center position discrepancy data that corresponds to a combination of the discrepancy variation conditions in an imaging apparatus and calculates the position of the aberration center based on the selected center position discrepancy data; an image height calculating section; a magnification chromatic aberration correction level calculating section; and a pixel value correcting section.04-05-2012

Hideki Minato, Nagoya-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100327679ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT-INTEGRATED MOTOR DRIVE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - A motor case is formed in a tubular shape. A semiconductor module includes a semiconductor chip of switching elements, a resin part and a coil terminal. The resin part embeds the semiconductor chip therein. The coil terminal is protruded from the resin part and directly connected to a coil. A connection part between the coil terminal and the coil is arranged at a position, which is between a top wall surface and a bottom wall surface of the resin part facing each other in the axial direction of a motor.12-30-2010
20100327709SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT-INTEGRATED MOTOR DEVICE USING SAME - A V1 semiconductor module has a coil terminal, which is directly connectable to a lead wire of a coil. As a result, the number of parts required to connect electronic parts is reduced. Further, since no printed circuit board is required, the coil terminal can be shaped in any size without being limited in correspondence to the thickness of a copper film of the substrate. The coil terminal and control terminals, which are connected to the printed circuit board having a control circuit for controlling current supply to the coil, are provided on different wall surfaces of a resin part. Thus, the coil and the printed circuit board can be readily connected to the coil terminal and the control terminals, respectively, resulting in simplification of the device.12-30-2010
20100328901LINKED SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE UNIT AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT-INTEGRATED MOTOR VEHICLE DEVICE USING SAME - A linked semiconductor module unit links a plurality of semiconductor modules by a first bus bar and a second bus bar, which are embedded in resin parts. The linked semiconductor module unit is disposed in a place other than on a printed circuit board. The semiconductor module linking structure is implemented readily by molding the bus bars together with semiconductor chips and lands to form the resin parts.12-30-2010
20110254411SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE AND MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME - In a power module having two systems of inverter circuits for driving an electric motor of a motorized equipment, a wiring board mounted with power transistors and shunt resistances is embedded in a plate-like mold section. A plurality of lands have radiation surfaces exposed from the mold section. The radiation surfaces of a first land row constituted by a first group of the lands are provided on the same plane and the same straight line, and the radiation surfaces of a second land row constituted by a second group of the lands are provided on the same plane and the same straight line. The radiation surfaces of the first and second land rows are in surface-to-surface contact with a heat sink through insulation radiation sheets to dissipate a heat generated by the power module.10-20-2011

Hideki Minato, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090150542MANAGEMENT COMPUTER, COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PERFORMANCE OF A STORAGE SYSTEM - To solve a problem in that reliable detection of a performance problem caused by a configuration change needs detailed performance information, which is costly to keep and analyze, a management computer which manages a computer system having a host computer and a storage system is provided. The management computer is configured to: store performance information obtained from resources that belong to paths at first time intervals until a predetermined length of time elapses since the detection of an addition or removal of the resources to the paths; store performance information obtained from the resources that belong to the paths at second time intervals, which are longer than the first time intervals, without storing performance information obtained from the resources that belong to the paths at the first time intervals after the predetermined length of time elapses since the detection of the addition or removal of the resources to the paths.06-11-2009
20090307341METHOD FOR MANAGING STORAGE SYSTEM - A host server of a storage system transmits path information and a simultaneous command issue number to a storage managing server, while the path information corresponds to such paths that when the host server executes an application program, the host server accesses to a logical volume, the simultaneous command issue number corresponds to a total number of commands issued to the respective paths. A storage monitoring agent server transmits to the storage managing server, an upper limit number of command multiplex numbers. When accepting path information, a simultaneous command issue number, and the command multiplex number upper limit value, the storage managing server proportionally distributes the command multiplex number upper limit value of the port to the respective paths so as to calculate a command multiplex upper limit value, and calculated result.12-10-2009

Hiroyuki Minato, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090079979SPECTROPHOTOMETER - A spectrophotometer is provided capable of reducing the influence of the vibration as much as possible when a wavelength dispersion element is rotationally driven and capable of increasing the analysis accuracy. When a fluorescence signal is obtained from the fluorescence detector, the central control unit A/D converts the fluorescence signal at sampling intervals of T03-26-2009
20090316148SPECTROPHOTOMETER - Disclosed herein is a spectrophotometer. The spectrophotometer includes a CPU having a signal prediction part and a comparison/calculation part. The signal prediction part predicts the strength of an output signal from a photodetection unit during the next period based on the strength of the output signal from the photodetection unit. The comparison/calculation part compares a reference value, which defines the limit value of electrical current passing through a photomultiplier tube, of the strength of an output signal from an AD converter with a predicted value predicted by the signal prediction part. In a case where the predicted value exceeds the reference value, a voltage applied to the photomultiplier tube is calculated so that the strength of an output signal from the photodetection unit during the next period does not exceed the reference value. An applied voltage control part is configured to perform applied voltage control based on an applied voltage value calculated by the comparison/calculation part when the predicted value of the strength of an output signal from the photodetection unit during the next period exceeds the reference value.12-24-2009

Izuru Minato, Kashima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120121453HIC-RESISTANT THICK STEEL PLATE AND UOE STEEL PIPE - A thick steel plate and a UOE steel pipe having a high strength of at least X60 grade and improved resistance to HIC have a chemical composition consisting essentially of, in mass percent, C: 0.02-0.07%, Si: 0.05-0.50%, Mn: 1.1-1.6%, P: at most 0.015%, S: at most 0.002%, Nb: 0.005-0.060%, Ti: 0.005-0.030%, Al: 0.005-0.06%, Ca: 0.0005-0.0060%, N: 0.0015-0.007%, at least one of Cu, Ni, Cr, and Mo in a total amount of greater than 0.1% and less than 1.5%, and a remainder of Fe and impurities, wherein the degrees of segregation of Nb and Ti are both at most 2.0, and the ratio of (the degree of Nb segregation)/(the degree of Mn segregation) and the ratio of (the degree of Ti segregation)/(the degree of Mn segregation) are both at least 1.0 and at most 1.5.05-17-2012

Junichi Minato, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100067053IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND REMOTE-SCAN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - In the image processing device, method and system of the present invention, a destination identifier of an image file is stored, the destination identifier indicating one of a plurality of external stations as a destination station which receives the image file from the image processing device through a network. At least one of a sender identifier of the image file, a subject identifier of the image file and a scan condition of the image file is stored. The image file is transmitted, together with at least one of the sender identifier, the subject identifier and the scan condition, through the network to one of the external stations indicated by the stored destination identifier.03-18-2010
20100118345INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In an information processing apparatus having a service mode for a service person to carry out maintenance of the apparatus enters for carrying out the maintenance, a registration page is provided for registering the service person as a service person in charge of the maintenance of the apparatus, and an input page is provided for inputting authentication information required for the service person that is registered in the registration page as a person in charge of the maintenance of the apparatus to enter the service mode.05-13-2010
20110119755INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In an information processing apparatus having a service mode for a service person to carry out maintenance of the apparatus enters for carrying out the maintenance, a registration page is provided for registering the service person as a service person in charge of the maintenance of the apparatus, and an input page is provided for inputting authentication information required for the service person that is registered in the registration page as a person in charge of the maintenance of the apparatus to enter the service mode.05-19-2011
20120062954IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND REMOTE-SCAN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - In the image processing device, method and system of the present invention, a destination identifier of an image file is stored, the destination identifier indicating one of a plurality of external stations as a destination station which receives the image file from the image processing device through a network. At least one of a sender identifier of the image file, a subject identifier of the image file and a scan condition of the image file is stored. The image file is transmitted, together with at least one of the sender identifier, the subject identifier and the scan condition, through the network to one of the external stations indicated by the stored destination identifier.03-15-2012

Patent applications by Junichi Minato, Kanagawa JP

Kazuharu Minato, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110254946Surface inspection device - A surface inspection device (10-20-2011

Kazuhisa Minato, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120058823INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE - An image generation device includes a capture direction specifying section, a capture target specifying section, a marker placement control section that disposes a marker at the capture point, and an image generation section, the capture target specifying section determining whether or not the capture target is present in the capture direction, and specifying the capture target when the capture target is present, and the marker placement control section performing a depth value correction process that corrects the depth value of the capture point when a transition has occurred from a state in which the capture target is present to a state in which the capture target is not present.03-08-2012

Keiichi Minato, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090085935Storage medium storing image processing program and image processing apparatus - An image is placed, based on a predetermined designation input, on a predetermined placement position in relation to a display area, and displayed. The image is enlarged and reduced in accordance with an enlargement ratio of the image, and an area within which the placement position can be set is changed in relation to the display area in accordance with the enlargement ratio. Then, based on an obtained designation input, a position within the area, which position corresponds to the designation input, is calculated as a placement position, and the image having been enlarged and reduced is placed on the placement position. The image is then displayed on a display device.04-02-2009

Kiyomi Minato, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080316066Key Control Circuit, Electronic Apparatus, Portable Device, and Key Control Method - Key control for a key matrix circuit having a plurality of keys is provided to reduce power consumption in key searching caused by unintended key pressing. In key control on the key matrix circuit having a plurality of rows and columns of keys (key switches) in matrix arrangement, keys are disabled or enabled in row lines or in column lines on the key matrix circuit by any one of the lines through key selection by a key selecting means (opening/closing detection circuit, opening/closing detecting unit, key selection switch, key selecting unit). Following key selection, a control means (control unit) keeps key pressing detection in a standby status for a predetermined time in response to an event of detection of a press of a key included in enabled keys, and resumes the key pressing detection after the passage of the predetermined time.12-25-2008

Kotaro Minato, Nara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100149174Information Processing Apparatus and Program - Conventional information processing apparatuses have the problem of not being able to easily extract and observe a three-dimensional region of interest from 3D voxel data. The present invention provides an information processing apparatus in which a first slice information group, which is multiple pieces of slice information obtained as a result of extraction from 3D voxel information using a first three-dimensional region mask extracting the 3D voxel information, is stored, wherein the information processing apparatus: receives input regarding a second three-dimensional region mask; acquires second mesh information constituting the second three-dimensional region mask; determines an internal region, which is a region inside the second mesh information, and an external region, which is a region outside the second mesh information, for each slice information in the first slice information group, based on the second mesh information; and outputs the first slice information group such that the internal region and the external region are visually distinguished from each other. With this information processing apparatus, it is possible to easily extract and observe a three-dimensional region of interest from 3D voxel data.06-17-2010

Nagahiro Minato, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090297518IMMUNOPOTENTIATIVE COMPOSITION - Compositions for cancer or infection treatment via immunopotentiation caused by inhibition of immunosuppressive signal induced by PD-1, PD-L1, or PD-L2 and therapies using them, immunopotentiative substrates included as the active ingredient, screening methods of the substrates for cancer or infection treatment, cell lines used for the screening methods, evaluation methods that select the substrates for cancer treatment, and carcinoma cell transplanted mammals used for the evaluation methods. The compositions of the present invention that inhibits the function of PD-1, PD-L1, or PD-L2 are useful for treatment of cancer or infection.12-03-2009
20090305950MULTIMER OF EXTRACELLULAR DOMAIN OF CELL SURFACE FUNCTIONAL MOLECULE - As a substance which pharmacologically regulates the function of a cell surface functional molecule, a substance which has specificity and an activity or efficacy equal or superior to an antibody and does not require an advanced production technique and facility for application thereof to a pharmaceutical product has been demanded. The invention relates to a multimer of an extracellular domain of a cell surface functional molecule, particularly a tetramer of an extracellular domain of PD-1 or PD-L1. Further, the invention relates to an application of such a tetramer as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for cancer, cancer metastasis, immunodeficiency, an infectious disease or the like and an application of PD-1 or PD-L1 as a testing or diagnostic agent or a research agent for such a disease.12-10-2009
20110081341IMMUNOPOTENTIATIVE COMPOSITION - Compositions for cancer or infection treatment via immunopotentiation caused by inhibition of immunosuppressive signal induced by PD-1, PD-L1, or PD-L2 and therapies using them, immunopotentiative substrates included as the active ingredient, screening methods of the substrates for cancer or infection treatment, cell lines used for the screening methods, evaluation methods that select the substrates for cancer treatment, and carcinoma cell transplanted mammals used for the evaluation methods. The compositions of the present invention that inhibits the function of PD-1, PD-L1, or PD-L2 are useful for treatment of cancer or infection.04-07-2011

Patent applications by Nagahiro Minato, Kyoto-Shi JP

Shoichi Minato, Sakai-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090066744INK JET PRINTER CAPABLE OF FORMING HIGH DEFINITION IMAGES - An ink jet printer ejects ink droplets of a plurality of sizes based on image data, and prints dots of a plurality of sizes corresponding to the ink droplets of the plurality of sizes for recording the image. In the ink jet printer, in order to print a smoothing dot close to a normal dot, pulse voltage having a waveform having its printing timing changed from a waveform for printing the normal dot is applied to a piezoelectric element. As a result, an ink jet printer capable of recording high definition images can be provided.03-12-2009
20090110605MICROCHEMICAL CHIP AND SAMPLE TREATMENT DEVICE - A microchemical chip includes: a sample loading portion for loading a sample; a driving liquid reservoir holding a driving liquid; a sample channel for communicating at least the driving liquid reservoir, the sample loading portion, an amplifying portion, and a detecting portion with each other; and a pump chamber, formed on the sample channel at a position between the driving liquid reservoir and the sample loading portion, for feeding the driving liquid to transport the sample from the sample loading portion to the amplifying portion.04-30-2009

Shunsuke Minato, Anan-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080296627Nitride semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same - In the nitride semiconductor device using the silicon substrate, the metal electrode formed on the silicon substrate has both ohmic contact property and adhesion, so that the nitride semiconductor device having excellent electric properties and reliability is obtained. The nitride semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate (12-04-2008
20080303042Method for manufacturing substrate for semiconductor light emitting element and semiconductor light emitting element using the same - A light emitting element having a recess-protrusion structure on a substrate is provided. A semiconductor light emitting element 12-11-2008
20100320479LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A light emitting apparatus and a production method of the apparatus are provided that can emit light with less color unevenness at high luminance. The apparatus includes a light emitting device, a transparent member receiving incident light emitted from the device, and a covering member. The transparent member is formed of an inorganic material light conversion member including an externally exposed emission surface, and a side surface contiguous to the emission surface. The covering member contains a reflective material, and covers at least the side surfaces of the transparent member. Substantially only the emission surface serves as the emission area of the apparatus. It is possible to provide emitted light having excellent directivity and luminance. Emitted light can be easily optically controlled. In the case where each light emitting apparatus is used as a unit light source, the apparatus has high secondary usability.12-23-2010

Tadaharu Minato, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080315249SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor substrate has a trench in a first main surface. An insulated gate field effect part includes a gate electrode formed in the first main surface. A potential fixing electrode fills the trench and has an expanding part expanding on the first main surface so that a width thereof is larger than the width of the trench. An emitter electrode is formed on the first main surface and insulated from the gate electrode electrically and connected to a whole upper surface of the expanding part of the potential fixing electrode. Thus, a semiconductor device capable of enhancing reliability in order to prevent an aluminum spike from generating and a manufacturing method thereof can be provided.12-25-2008
20100167516SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor substrate has a trench in a first main surface. An insulated gate field effect part includes a gate electrode formed in the first main surface. A potential fixing electrode fills the trench and has an expanding part expanding on the first main surface so that a width thereof is larger than the width of the trench. An emitter electrode is formed on the first main surface and insulated from the gate electrode electrically and connected to a whole upper surface of the expanding part of the potential fixing electrode. Thus, a semiconductor device capable of enhancing reliability in order to prevent an aluminum spike from generating and a manufacturing method thereof can be provided.07-01-2010

Takayuki Minato, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120137006COMPUTING SYSTEM AND COMPUTING SYSTEM MANAGEMENT METHOD - A computing system includes: a plurality of computing machines and a load balancer configured to allocate computing processing to the plurality of computing machines. In the computing system, the plurality of computing machines executes the computing processing, each of the plurality of computing machines includes an execution instruction unit that instructs to execute one of garbage collection (GC) and restart of the computing machine. The computing machine, in an active state in which the computing processing is allowed to be executed, switches a state of another standby computing machine to an active state when the active computing machine is instructed to execute one of the GC and the restart of the computing machine, and starts one of the GC and the restart of the computing machine after the switching is completed.05-31-2012

Takefumi Minato, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110092073PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing container capable of maintaining an atmosphere having a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure; an evacuation unit reducing a pressure of an interior of the processing container; a gas introduction unit introducing a process gas to the interior of the processing container; a microwave introduction unit introducing a microwave to the interior of the processing container; and a lifter pin ascendably and descendably inserted through a placement platform provided in the interior of the processing container, an end surface of the lifter pin supporting an object to be processed, the object to be processed being supported by the lifter pin at a first position proximal to an upper surface of the placement platform when the microwave is introduced and plasma is ignited, the object to be processed being supported by the lifter pin at a second position after the plasma ignition, the second position being more distal to the placement platform than the first position.04-21-2011

Tatsuji Minato, Fujisawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090242535WIRE FEEDING UNIT - A wire feeding unit for feeding a welding wire in a torch cable of a welding robot, the torch cable passing through the inside of an upper arm in its direction, includes a body member, which is mounted on an inner periphery of the upper arm in a state of being freely pivotable around the axis of the upper arm, and to which the torch cable is installed, and a feed roller mounted to the body member in a state of being freely rotatable around an axis orthogonal to the axis of the arm. Here, the welding wire exposed out of the torch cable is in contact with the circumferential surface of the feed roller and is fed by the rotation of the feed roller in a direction of the axis of the upper arm. According to the configuration like this, when an arm is pivoted, the torch cable passing through the arm is able to be prevented from being twisted.10-01-2009
20090253563TOOL REPLACING DEVICE - A tool replacing device including a case member is disclosed. In the case member, engaging balls supported between a holding member and a movable member is projected into the holding member by an extruding surface of the movable member, resiliently urged by a second spring, thereby allowing a tool to be engaged. By pressing the movable member against a resilient urging force of the second spring, the engaging balls can be moved in the movable member. Also, since there are provided shock sensors for detecting a moving distance of the holding member holding the tool, collision or the like of the tool can be detected. Even if power supply is stopped, the present tool replacing device can hold the tool.10-08-2009
20110252912INDUSTRIAL ROBOT ARM REFERENCE POSITION DETERMINING METHOD AND INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - A light emitter 10-20-2011
20110252915INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - The present invention is characterized by arranging a flow path 10-20-2011
20110252921INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - The present invention relates to an industrial robot and aims to provide an industrial robot capable of ensuring a long distance from a rotation axis of an arm to a tool mounting portion and accurately positioning the tool mounting portion by a compact structure. In a swing arm 10-20-2011

Tatsuya Minato, Kiyosu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110133217Led light emitting apparatus and vehicle headlamp using the same - Four LED chips are mounted on a sub-mount substrate so as to be parallel thereto. A wire 06-09-2011

Toshiko Minato, Tokyo-To JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100216127PRIMER SET FOR USE IN DETECTION OF YEAST OF GENUS SACCHAROMYCES - An object of the present invention is to provide a primer set, which can accurately, rapidly and simply identify yeast species of genus 08-26-2010

Yasufumi Minato, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080280193SECONDARY BATTERY - A battery that can secure the sufficient capacity, reduces deviation of the pressure distribution inside a spirally wound electrode body, and shows the superior charge and discharge characteristics is provided. The battery includes: a spirally wound electrode body in which a cathode having a cathode active material layer on a strip-shaped cathode current collector and an anode having an anode active material layer on a strip-shaped anode current collector are layered with a separator in between, and spirally wound in a planular state; and a lead jointed to the cathode current collector or the anode current collector in a center portion of the spirally wound electrode body. An inner circumferential end of the cathode active material layer is provided in a region where the inner circumferential end does not overlap with the lead in a short axis direction of the spirally wound electrode body.11-13-2008
20100291425SECONDARY BATTERY - A battery that can secure the sufficient capacity, reduces deviation of the pressure distribution inside a spirally wound electrode body, and shows the superior charge and discharge characteristics is provided. The battery includes: a spirally wound electrode body in which a cathode having a cathode active material layer on a strip-shaped cathode current collector and an anode having an anode active material layer on a strip-shaped anode current collector are layered with a separator in between, and spirally wound in a planular state; and a lead jointed to the cathode current collector or the anode current collector in a center portion of the spirally wound electrode body. An inner circumferential end of the cathode active material layer is provided in a region where the inner circumferential end does not overlap with the lead in a short axis direction of the spirally wound electrode body.11-18-2010

Yoshihiko Minato, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100316128FRAME RATE CONVERSION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The frame rate conversion apparatus of the present invention has: a detection unit that generates motion information by detecting motion of picture at each pixel location from a moving image which is not synthesized with a still image; a synthesizing unit that generates a synthesized moving image by synthesizing a still image on a blending region in the moving image at a prescribed opacity; a judgment unit that determines whether or not a pixel of interest of an interpolation frame to be inserted between frames of the synthesized moving image is a pixel within the blending region; and a generation unit that generates the interpolation frame by determining a value of the pixel of interest corresponding to a determination result.12-16-2010
20110249135IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention, comprises: a frame rate conversion unit that generates an interpolated frame image which interpolates an input frame image constituting an input video, and outputs the input frame image and the interpolated frame image alternately; and an HDR video generation unit that performs processing to enhance gradation of an image in a low brightness area, for the input frame image which is output from the frame rate conversion unit, and performs processing to enhance gradation of an image in a high brightness area, for the interpolated frame image.10-13-2011

Yoshihisa Minato, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090175512FACE COLLATION APPARATUS - A face collation apparatus has a storage that stores a feature quantity of at least one registrant, the feature quantity being extracted from a registration image of the registrant, a feature quantity extractor that extracts a feature quantity from a collation image of a collation object person, a score calculator that calculates a score indicating an analogy degree between the feature quantity of the registrant and the feature quantity of the collation object person, a score adjuster that adjusts the score using a score adjustment parameter so that any one of a stranger acceptance rate indicating a probability that a stranger is accepted at the time of collation, a principal rejection rate indicating a probability that a principal is rejected at the time of collation, and an equal error rate, which is a probability that the stranger acceptance rate and the principal rejection rate are equal, becomes substantially constant regardless of a registration condition and/or a collation condition, and a determination unit that determines whether the collation object person is the registrant by comparing the adjusted score and a predetermined threshold.07-09-2009

Yukio Minato, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100247377URINE SAMPLE ANALYZER - The present invention is to present a urine analyzer comprising: a first measurement unit for obtaining red blood cell measurement information by performing a measurement of a red blood cell in a urine sample; a second measurement unit for obtaining quantitative measurement information by performing a quantitative measurement of at least one of a protein component and a lipid component in the urine sample; and a data analysis unit for obtaining at least one of numerical information representing the number of red blood cells in the urine sample and morphology information of a red blood cell in the urine sample by analyzing the red blood cell measurement information obtained by the first measurement unit, and for obtaining concentration information representing a concentration of at least one of the protein component and the lipid component in the urine sample by analyzing the quantitative measurement information obtained by the second measurement unit.09-30-2010
20120010899CLINICAL TEST INFORMATION SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - A clinical test information system configured to: receive, through an operation of the input unit, a selection of one of a first display form and a second display form for displaying a plurality of test items in a classified state; and cause, if receiving the selection of the first display form, a display unit to display a screen showing the plurality of test items in a state classified according to a first category, and cause, if receiving the selection of the second display form, the display unit to display a screen showing the plurality of test items in a state classified according to a second category. Also, a non-transitory storage medium which can be used in the test information system.01-12-2012
20120041776CLINICAL LABORATORY TEST INFORMATION SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - A clinical laboratory test information system comprising: a memory configured to store time information regarding a plurality of stages included in a clinical-laboratory-test-relating operation; an operating device; a display unit; and a controller configured to: cause the display unit to display, based on the time information stored in the memory, first information indicating a temporal transition of a required time for each of the plurality of stages, such that each stage is selectable; and if one of the plurality of stages is selected by the operating device indicated in the first information, cause the display unit to display second information indicating a temporal transition of the required time for the selected stage. Also, a non-transitory storage medium.02-16-2012