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Mizuno, Tokyo

Ai Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110056645	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MASSIVE MIXTURE OF ALUMINUM NITRIDE AND ALUMINUM - A method of manufacturing a massive mixture of aluminum nitride and aluminum includes a first heat treatment process of manufacturing the massive mixture of aluminum nitride and aluminum by heating aluminum powder (	03-10-2011

Daisuke Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090207232	MULTIPOINT CONFERENCE SYSTEM, MULTIPOINT CONFERENCE METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A multipoint videoconference server is made to swiftly respond to a video switching request from a terminal and a degree of computational complexity is made lower. A server	08-20-2009
20110030018	RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD AND OPERATION PROGRAM OF THE DEVICE, AND VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A recording and reproducing apparatus is installed on a network through which communication with a terminal device is enabled. The recording and reproducing apparatus includes: a recording reservation section that receives a recording reservation request for video data from the terminal device via the network; a communication section that receives the video data which is distributed to the terminal device by using at least one of multicast, broadcast, and unicast; a video recording section that records the received video data based on the recording reservation request; and a video distribution section that distributes the recorded video data to a terminal device that has made a reproduction request for the relevant video data via the network.	02-03-2011
20110055658	CONTENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD, ENCODING METHOD, RECEPTION/REPRODUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - There are provided a content data transmission method, device, and program that minimize serious disturbances in reproduced content on the reception side, caused by a transmission error of encoded data, without sending feedback information from the reception side to the transmission side. When an encoder	03-03-2011

Eiji Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080311332	Adhesive Composition, Adhesive Tape and Adhesion Structure - To provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for a removable pressure-sensitive adhesive tape which can be, after attaching to an adherend, easily removed from the adherend by stretching the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape and does not cause adhesive transfer on the adherend or damage of the adherend. A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises a cohesive component comprising a styrene-based block copolymer, and a basic component.	12-18-2008
20090205784	ARTICLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND ARTICLE ATTACHMENT KIT - To provide an article support structure used when attaching an article to an adherend with a stretch-releasable adhesive tape in which components and the like do not fly off when releasing the adhesive tape from the adherend, the double-sided adhesive tape does not tear, and damage to high-sensitivity adherends can be effectively suppressed. An article support structure comprises a base plate which can be removably attached to an article, and a double-sided adhesive tape intervening between the base plate and an adherend, and having a stretch tenable base material and an adhesive layer. The base plate has a project ion-shaped gripping member, and at least one pair of spacer members disposed on both sides thereof which can form a gap between the surface of the adherend and the bottom surface of the base plate, and is configured so that the position of the gripping member and the position of the spacer members at least partly overlap in the length direction of the “double-sided adhesive tape.	08-20-2009

Hidemichi Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080218890	BASELINE CORRECTION APPARATUS - A read channel includes a variable gain amplifier, a low-pass filter, an AGC, an analog-to-digital converter, a frequency synthesizer, a filter, a soft-output detector, an LDPC decoding unit, a synchronizing signal detector, a run-length limited decoding unit, a descrambler, and a first baseline wander corrector. The first baseline wander corrector corrects a baseline variation by a feedforward control.	09-11-2008

Hidenori Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080286435	Grain or legume having increased content of functional component and a manufacturing method thereof - Grain or legume having an increased content of a functional component (γ-aminobutyric acid) is obtained by humidifying grain (such as rice, wheat or corn) or legume (such as soybean and adzuki bean) by forcing the grain into an air having a temperature of 50° C. or more and a relative humidity of 90% or more such that a moisture content thereof rises within the range of 16.0% to 18.5%, and thereafter, drying the grain or legume.	11-20-2008
20100242838	COATING APPARATUS - There is provided a coating apparatus capable of continuously producing coated rice having powdered coating material adhered to the grains and including a drying process to prevent the grains from being bonded to one another and make the grain surfaces smoother upon drying of the grains. The coating apparatus comprising a binder coating unit for applying liquid binder to the grains being conveyed through a coating and stirring chamber to coat the grain surfaces with the binder; a adhering unit for adding powder material to the grains conveyed through a adhering and stirring chamber to adhere the powdered material to the grain surface by the binder; and a drying unit including a drying and stirring chamber through which the grains are conveyed while being stirred, a blow passage for blowing hot air into the drying chamber to dry the grains, and an exhaust passage for exhausting the hot air from the drying chamber.	09-30-2010
20110151086	Grain or legume having increased content of functional component and a manufacturing method thereof - Grain or legume having an increased content of a functional component (γ-aminobutyric acid) is obtained by humidifying grain (such as rice, wheat or corn) or legume (such as soybean and adzuki bean) by forcing the grain into an air having a temperature of 50° C. or more and a relative humidity of 90% or more such that a moisture content thereof rises within the range of 16.0% to 18.5%, and thereafter, drying the grain or legume.	06-23-2011

Hiroaki Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110207729	BICYCLIC ACYLGUANIDINE DERIVATIVE - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel and excellent agent for treating or preventing dementia, schizophrenia, and the like, based on the serotonin 5-HT	08-25-2011

Hitoshi Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110319715	ENCAPSULATED ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM IN WHICH ENDOSCOPE MOVES IN LUMEN BY ITSELF AND ROTATION OF IMAGE OF REGION TO BE OBSERVED IS CEASED - An encapsulated endoscope system in accordance with the present invention comprises: an encapsulated endoscope that rotates to develop a thrust; a controller that moves the encapsulated endoscope in an intended direction of advancement; an imaging unit incorporated in the encapsulated endoscope; and an image processing unit that receives image data sent from the imaging unit, and produces an image, which results from rotation of the received image data, according to the rotational phase of the encapsulated endoscope.	12-29-2011

Izumi Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080255931	Print Ink System and Print Method Used For Print 'It' Shopping-Linked Printed Matter and Print 'It' Shopping-Linked Printed Matter - There is provided a print ink system used for printing “a print IT shopping-linked printed matter” used in a commodity sales method in which a commodity can be ordered by converting a commodity information image in an imaged partition into an electric signal and transmitting it via a predetermined network, and by replying the order of the commodity, the order for the commodity is received and the commodity is sent, and furthermore, charging for the commodity cost is performed. The print ink system uses a combination of a print ink (a) for printing “a visible image of a commodity” (A) and a print ink (b) for printing “a commodity information code” (B).	10-16-2008

Kanji Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090057417	IC CARD - The present invention realizes a card on which a secure IC chip (a first semiconductor chip) that operates on both of a high power source voltage and a low power source voltage, and a nonvolatile semiconductor storage chip that operates on the lower power source voltage are mounted. Means for operating the card without exerting an adverse influence of the nonvolatile semiconductor storage chip when the high power source voltage is supplied is realized. A card has a voltage supply interrupting unit which is coupled to a power source terminal to which a first power source voltage and a second power source voltage higher than the first power source voltage are supplied, and a grounding terminal to which a grounding voltage is supplied. The voltage supply interrupting unit, when the first power source voltage is supplied, supplies voltage to a nonvolatile semiconductor storage chip and, when the second power source voltage is supplied, stops supplying the voltage to the nonvolatile semiconductor storage chip.	03-05-2009

Kaori Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090313064	DELIVERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An item delivery service capable of distributing items while maintaining anonymity between an exhibitor (vendor) and a successful bidder (purchaser) is provided.	12-17-2009

Katsuhiko Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120090520	SHIP	04-19-2012

Kazuhiko Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120002292	USER INTERFACE WITH A COMPOSITE IMAGE THAT FLOATS - User interface having a sensor and a composite interface that floats. Embodiments of user interfaces described herein are useful, for example, as automobile components (e.g., dashboard components), appliance components (e.g., dishwasher components, stove components, oven components, microwave oven components, clothes washer components, and clothes dyer components), medical equipment, elevator buttons, laboratory equipment (e.g., scales), as well as consumer electronics (e.g., entertainment devices and cell phones), automatic teller machines, and the like.	01-05-2012

Kazuyou Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090092358	LIGHT INPUT/OUTPUT TERMINAL MODULE OF THE OPTICAL COMPONENTS AND BEAM CONVERTING APPARATUS - A light input/output terminal module	04-09-2009
20090273784	Stokes parameter measurement device and method - The invention provides a Stokes parameter measurement device and Stokes parameter measurement method that enable high-precision measurement. The Stokes parameter measurement device comprises a polarization splitting device which comprises an optical element formed of a birefringent crystal material and which, by means of the optical element, splits signal light to be measured into a plurality of polarized light beams and adjusts the polarization state of one or more among the plurality of polarized light beams, and a light-receiving portion for performing photoelectric conversion of an optical component of the signal light split by and emitted from the polarization splitting device.	11-05-2009
20100215318	OPTICAL FIBER CUTTING BLADE, OPTICAL FIBER CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CUTTING OFF THE OPTICAL FIBER, AS WELL AS COMPONENT FOR PEELING THE COATING AND BREAKING THE OPTICAL FIBER AND METHOD OF PEELING THE COATING AND BREAKING THE OPTICAL FIBER - A component for peeling the coating and breaking the optical fiber, which comprises the first member made of resin material including a groove portion enabling to receive a coated optical fiber, an optical fiber cutting blade and a coat removing blade integrally formed within the groove portion, and a breaking portion in an intermediate portion, and the second member made of resin material including a groove portion corresponding to the groove portion in the first member enabling to receive a coated optical fiber, a coat removing blade corresponding to the coat removing blade in the first member, and a breaking portion in an intermediate portion corresponding to the breaking portion in the first member.	08-26-2010

Ken Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090082338	PREVENTIVE OR REMEDY FOR GLAUCOMA - There is provided a preventive for glaucoma or a preventive or a remedy for ocular hypertension, with a potent ocular hypotensive effect and prolonged duration thereof. A preventive or a remedy for glaucoma comprising a Rho kinase inhibitor and an α	03-26-2009
20090118299	AGENT FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA - There is Provided an Agent for Prevention of glaucoma or an agent for prevention or treatment of ocular hypertension, with a potent ocular hypotensive effect and prolonged duration thereof. An agent for prevention or treatment of glaucoma comprising a Rho kinase inhibitor and a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor in combination.	05-07-2009
20100233287	PREVENTING OR TREATING AGENT FOR GLAUCOMA - A preventing or treating agent for glaucoma is provided. This drug has a strong action of reducing intraocular pressure such that the intraocular pressure can be reduced even from the normal intraocular pressure. More specifically, a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for glaucoma, a preventing or treating agent for ocular hypertension, and eye drops containing (S)-(−)-1-(4-fluoro-5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-methyl homopiperazine or its salt and phosphoric acid or its salt are provided.	09-16-2010

Kenji Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090155105	Low Vibration Pump - There is provided a liquid pump in which pulsation can be properly absorbed even if the pump is driven at a high frequency. A pulsation absorbing unit	06-18-2009

Kensuke Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100239773	AQUEOUS TREATING SOLUTION FOR SN-BASED PLATED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN CORROSION RESISTNACE AND PAINT ADHESION, AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF SURFACE-TREATED STEEL SHEET - An aqueous treating solution for an Sn-based plated steel sheet, comprising (A) an organic material, (B) a water-soluble chromium compound, (C) a water-dispersible silica, and water, wherein the organic material (A) is at least one member selected from an oxy-acid with the ratio of hydroxyl group/carboxyl group in one molecule being from 3/1 to 10/1, its lactone form and an oxide derivative thereof, the water-soluble chromium compound (B) does not contain hexavalent chromium, and pH is from 0.7 to 6.0.	09-23-2010

Kenzo Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100278397	Authentication Device And Authentication Method - An authentication can be carried out with high accuracy even when there is a change in an amount of incident light, the air temperature, the body temperature, or a manner to place a finger on a scanner.	11-04-2010

Kinya Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100243396	CLUTCH ACTUATOR STRUCTURE - A clutch actuator structure provided for an internal combustion engine and a hydraulic clutch mechanism for transmitting a rotational driving force of a crankshaft of said engine includes a clutch actuator for controlling an oil pressure for engaging and disengaging the hydraulic clutch mechanism. The clutch actuator structure ensures that noises generated at the times of operation of the clutch actuator for actuating a hydraulic clutch are prevented from being transmitted to the exterior. The clutch actuator structure includes an oil sump part for reserving oil provided in the periphery of a clutch actuator. The clutch actuator is disposed in the oil sump part.	09-30-2010

Koichi Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110150402	OPTICAL FIBER CABLE - An optical fiber cable which is suitably set in a conduit by pushing the optical fiber cable into the conduit so as to insert the optical fiber cable through the conduit and which does not reduce the ease of manufacture and the mechanical characteristics of the optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes an optical fiber cable core wire and a sheath covering the optical fiber cable core wire, wherein a dynamic friction coefficient between a surface of the sheath of the optical fiber cable and a surface of a sheath of another optical fiber cable is 0.17 to 0.34, and a dynamic friction coefficient between the surface of the sheath of the optical fiber cable and a surface of a sheet composed of polyvinyl chloride is 0.30 to 0.40.	06-23-2011

Kota Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110246149	METHOD FOR PREDICTING POSSIBILITY OF OCCURRENCE OF ANOMALY IN OIL-FILLED ELECTRICAL APPARATUS - A method for predicting the possibility of occurrence of an anomaly includes compositionally analyzing an insulating oil collected from a transformer in operation, calculating an estimated value of a concentration of dibenzyl disulfide in the insulating oil in its virgin state from the compositional analysis, and predicting the possibility of occurrence of anomaly in the oil-filled electrical apparatus from the level of the estimated value.	10-06-2011

Kumi Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100090358	PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - To produce an optical recording medium having a good concavo-convex shape whereby optical information recording/retrieving is stabilized.	04-15-2010

Kyoichi Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090214278	SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus is provided with a decurling mechanism to correct a curl formed on a sheet; a pair of guides including a first guide member and a second guide member arranged to oppose to the first guide member, the pair of guides constituting a conveyance passage to guide a sheet discharged from the decurling mechanism toward the downstream side in the sheet conveying direction; and an auxiliary guide arranged to protrude obliquely in the sheet conveying direction from the side of the first guide member toward the second guide member to a predetermined position in the conveyance passage.	08-27-2009
20090283955	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section that forms a toner image on a sheet; a fixing section that fixes the toner image on the sheet; a sheet conveyance path that branches into a first sheet conveyance path and a second sheet conveyance path downstream of the fixing section; a blowing section that guides the sheet to the first sheet conveyance path or to the second sheet conveyance path by blowing air to the sheet; and a controller that controls the blowing air of the blowing section.	11-19-2009
20100133738	SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME DEVICE - A sheet conveyance device to convey a sheet which is stored within a sheet storing section, including: a plurality of sheet conveyance rollers, mounted on a sheet storing section, to be parallel to each other with respect to rotating centers, wherein the plurality of the sheet conveyance rollers come into contact with the sheet to convey the sheet toward an exterior of the sheet conveyance device; and a coupling section to couple the plurality of the sheet conveyance rollers and to rotate the plurality of the sheet conveyance rollers, wherein at least one of the plurality of the sheet conveyance rollers represents an irregularly shaped roller, wherein the irregularly shaped roller is coupled to another sheet conveyance roller by the coupling section, and wherein a distance between a rotation center and a peripheral surface of the irregularly shaped roller is inconstant, in a rotational direction of the irregularly shaped roller.	06-03-2010
20100221052	RECORDING SHEET DE-CURLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A sheet de-curling device: including a first de-curling roller, structured of a round axial shaft and a long bar-shaped member, wherein the long bar-shaped member is spiraled on the round axial shaft clockwise from a predetermined portion of a center of the round axial shaft toward a left end of the round axial shaft, and counterclockwise from the predetermined portion of the center of the round axial shaft toward a right end of the round axial shaft with the same spiraling pitch; a second de-curling roller, structured of a round axial shaft and a long bar-shaped member, wherein the long bar-shaped member is spiraled on the round axial shaft in opposite spiraling directions against the first de-curling roller; and a driving mechanism which rotates the paired first and second de-curling rollers.	09-02-2010
20100232855	DOUBLE-SURFACE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A double-surface image forming apparatus, including: an image carrier; a registration section; an image fixing device; a sheet recirculating supplying section; a sheet reversing section, arranged on a path of the sheet recirculating supplying section, to reverse the recording sheet from the front surface to a reverse surface by a switch-back conveyance; and a sheet rotating device, arranged on a path of the sheet recirculating supplying section, to stop the sheet at a predetermined position and to rotate the stopped sheet 180° in the sheet conveying direction, wherein the sheet rotating device includes; a positive rotation conveying section; a positive-negative rotation conveying section to rotate the sheet to the sheet conveying direction and to an opposite direction of the sheet conveying direction; and a rotation center nipping section, arranged to meet a position of the rotation center of the sheet, to support the sheet.	09-16-2010
20100278575	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In case of both sides printing, the sheet S having an image formed on the obverse surface is conveyed to the first reversal section of the reversal device	11-04-2010
20120034005	SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus is provided with a decurling mechanism to correct a curl formed on a sheet; a pair of guides including a first guide member and a second guide member arranged to oppose to the first guide member, the pair of guides constituting a conveyance passage to guide a sheet discharged from the decurling mechanism toward the downstream aide in the sheet conveying direction; and an auxiliary guide arranged to protrude obliquely in the sheet conveying direction from the side of the first guide member toward the second guide member to a predetermined position in the conveyance passage.	02-09-2012
20120039644	SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus is provided with a decurling mechanism to correct a curl formed on a sheet; a pair of guides including a first guide member and a second guide member arranged to oppose to the first guide member, the pair of guides constituting a conveyance passage to guide a sheet discharged from the decurling mechanism toward the downstream side in the sheet conveying direction; and an auxiliary guide arranged to protrude obliquely in the sheet conveying direction from the side of the first guide member toward the second guide member to a predetermined position in the conveyance passage.	02-16-2012
20120057913	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A control section controls the rotation of a registration roller that corrects the skew of a sheet and conveys the sheet, and the rotation of a loop forming roller which forms a loop of the sheet, as well as the nipping and releasing of the nip of the loop forming roller: This control section controls so that the sheet with a loop formed between the registration roller and loop forming roller is conveyed downstream in the sheet conveyance direction, and the sheet is released from the nipping of the loop forming roller during the conveyance. This control section further controls so that the total number of rotations of the registration roller from the start of sheet conveyance till releasing of the sheet from nipping of the loop forming roller is kept at a prescribed total number of rotations preset in conformance to the paper type.	03-08-2012
20120070179	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including an upper section including an image forming section to form an image on a recording sheet, a lower section arranged below the upper section including a sheet supplying tray to stack a plurality of recording sheets, a partitioning body to separate the upper section and the lower section in a vertical direction, wherein the lower section includes a dehumidification device to heat the inside of the lower section and to dehumidify the recording sheets stacked on the sheet supplying tray, the partitioning body includes a first shielding member to shield a bottom portion of the upper section, a second shielding member separated from the first shielding member to shield a top portion of the lower section, a clearance formed between the first shielding member and the second shielding member, and an air blowing section to blow air into the clearance.	03-22-2012
20120076510	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus including: an image formation section for forming a toner image based on image data on a recording medium; a first fixing device for fixing the toner image formed by the image formation section; an accommodation section for storing the first fixing device or a second fixing device having different specifications than those of the first fixing device; and a peripheral member arranged on the periphery of the accommodation section to operate synchronously with the first fixing device or second fixing device; wherein, when the first fixing device accommodated in the accommodation section has been replaced by the second fixing device, a status of the peripheral member is switched in conformity to specifications of the second fixing device.	03-29-2012

Kyosuke Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080278963	LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE DEVICE - A light source device includes a light source, a diaphragm blade for adjusting light quantity of illumination light supplied from the light source, a diaphragm driving part for driving the diaphragm blade to perform opening/closing operation, and a diaphragm control circuit part for setting diaphragm drive instruction voltage to be supplied to the diaphragm driving part and control an opening/closing amount of the diaphragm blade. In the diaphragm control circuit part, a fully-opened voltage and a fully-closed voltage at the time the diaphragm blade is fixed at a fully-opened position and a fully-closed position are read, based on the voltages, adjustment data for adjusting the diaphragm drive instruction voltage and the opening/closing positions of the diaphragm blade is set, and based on the adjustment data, a control range of the diaphragm drive instruction voltage is regulated.	11-13-2008
20090052185	LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A light source device includes a light-condensing device that condenses an illumination light that is emitted from a light source lamp. The light-condensing device includes at least one lens, a lens holder in which a lens is fixedly provided, and a lens holding member. The lens holding member is a member for fixing a lens to the lens holder. The lens holding member causes at least one circumferential portion of the lens to protrude to the lens holder side, and causes the optical axis of the lens to match the optical axis of the illumination light.	02-26-2009
20090059592	LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A light source device includes a light source lamp, a rotary plate, a heat absorbing portion, and a filter mounting member. The light source lamp emits illumination light. The rotary plate includes multiple opening portions that are selectively disposed in the illumination light path of the light source lamp. A reflective filter that reflects light of a wavelength that acts a heat source in illumination light is provided in one of the multiple opening portions of the rotary plate. The heat absorbing portion absorbs heat included in reflected light reflected by the reflective filter in the opening portion. The filter mounting member disposes the reflective filter in the opening portion at a predetermined angle of inclination to the optical axis of the illumination light. By disposing the inclined reflective filter in the illumination light path, reflected light reflected by the reflective filter is reflected towards the heat absorbing portion.	03-05-2009
20090147079	LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A light source apparatus capable of controlling a quantity of light in a stable manner and an endoscope apparatus including the light source apparatus are provided. The light source apparatus includes a light source and a light quantity adjusting portion for limiting the light flux from the light source using an aperture blade. The light quantity adjusting portion includes the aperture blade which is driven to rotate in a vertical plane about a pivot and has a center of gravity which is decentered from the pivot, a position detecting portion for detecting a position of the aperture blade, a driving portion, and a light source controlling portion for controlling the driving portion. The light source controlling portion controls the driving portion based on the position of the aperture blade and a rotation direction.	06-11-2009

Maki Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110081126	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a drawing reading unit configured to read a drawn line on a display, an extraction target still image determination unit configured to determine a point for extracting a still image from moving image data according to a locus read by the drawing reading unit, a still image extraction unit configured to extract a still image from the moving image data based on a point determined by the extraction target still image determination unit, and a still image display unit configured to display a still image extracted by the still image extraction unit, on the locus of the display.	04-07-2011

Masaaki Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090022028	OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - In an optical recording method used when information is recorded in a phase-change recording layer of a large-capacity rewritable optical recording medium such as a DVD-RW, one block pulse is used as a recording pulse for forming one recording mark when a recording velocity is higher than a recording linear velocity at which the rewritable optical recording medium can be rewritten, whereas a pulse train comprised of a plurality of short pulses is used as the recording pulse for forming one recording pulse when the recording velocity is within recording linear velocities at which the rewritable optical recording medium can be rewritten, whereby high-velocity recording is realized.	01-22-2009
20090022933	OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - To provide an optical recording medium exhibiting favorable write/read characteristics in high-speed recording. In an optical recording medium including a reflective layer, a dye-containing recording layer, and a transparent resin layer on a substrate in this order, a barrier layer is disposed between the recording layer and the resin layer, where the barrier layer comprises a material having a bulk thermal conductivity M of 70 W/m·K or more at 300 K and has a thickness t less than 5 nm.	01-22-2009

Masahiro Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080208710	Commodity Trade Assisting System and Computer Program - A commodity trade assisting system, for assisting a shop in exhibiting a commodity traded at the shop in a virtual shop and managing it, includes: a communication unit for communicating with a shop terminal which records and manages information on the commodity over a network; a database for storing commodity information sent from the shop terminal as information on the commodity to be sold over the network and received by the communication unit; and an application server (AS) having a function of preparing and posting explanation and other reports about the commodity shown on a commodity guide page of the virtual shop with reference to the commodity information sent from the shop terminal and received by the communication unit and a function of transmitting a signal representing a request to send back information on the commodity to be sold over the network at predetermined time intervals to the shop terminal, updating the information in the database according to the information sent back from the shop terminal in response to the request, receiving information on an order of the commodity shown on the commodity guide page and ordered, and updating the information in the database according to the order information.	08-28-2008

Masayoshi Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090154897	REPRODUCING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A reproducing apparatus simultaneously reproduces a first video signal and a second video signal reproduced at any timing against the first video signal. A first (second) converting section outputs the first (second) video signal having a first frame frequency alternately for three successive frames and two successive frames to convert the first (second) video signal having the first frame frequency into the video signal having a second frame frequency. They have a relationship of 2 to 5. A controlling section performs control such that timing at which a field group of the three successive frames of the first video signal having the second frame signal is changed to a field group of the two successive frames thereof matches timing at which a field group of the three successive frames of the second video signal having the second frame signal is changed to a field group of the two successive frames thereof.	06-18-2009
20100045243	ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - Reduction of wasteful power consumption is envisaged. A power supply function-equipped electronic apparatus (	02-25-2010
20100253765	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DATA STRUCTURE - There is provided an information processing device enabling a content of 3D image to be appropriately reproduced from a recording medium. A virtual extent read out from a recording medium recorded with interleaved data obtained by dividing each of a base stream and an enhanced stream into extents Ext	10-07-2010

Michio Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090049164	PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM ENABLING CALL AND ARRIVAL - A virtual device driver is installed in a client terminal and a server as software, and also a virtual hub is installed in a server as software. For example, by giving an L2-VPN function to the SIP terminal node itself, and installing the above-mentioned software in the existing server node, it is not necessary to install a special server node, and even when between the clients terminals which communicate use what kind of network environment and a protocol, peer-to-peer communication is enabled general-purpose.	02-19-2009

Nobuhiro Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080235274	Program Table Creation Method, Program Table Creation Device, and Program Table Creation System - There is disclosed a technique for automatically creating a detailed program table for playing contents according to various conditions. According to this technique, a constraint condition generation unit	09-25-2008

Nobutaka Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110031515	ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The organic light-emitting device of the present invention includes a plurality of organic light-emitting elements including an organic light-emitting element showing a first emission color and at least one organic light-emitting element showing a different emission color from the first emission color, each of the organic light-emitting elements including: a first electrode having a reflective surface; a second electrode placed on a light extraction side and including a semi-transparent layer; an organic compound layer including a light-emitting layer and formed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a micro cavity structure for resonating light emitted from the light-emitting layer between the reflective surface and the semi-transparent layer, wherein the semi-transparent layer in the organic light-emitting element showing the first emission color is different in thickness and/or material from the semi-transparent layer in the at least one organic light-emitting element showing the different emission colors.	02-10-2011
20110057920	ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE - In an organic electroluminescence display device which includes: a display region DR in which a plurality of pixels are arranged; and a power source part CC which is arranged outside the display region, each of the plurality of pixels includes: a lower electrode An; a light emitting layer stacked above the lower electrode; and an upper electrode which includes a thin silver film AG and is formed by a layer shared in common by other pixels above the light emitting layer, the upper electrode extends to the power source part for electrically connection, the thin silver film has a portion arranged between the display region and the power source part, and a background layer containing an electron pair donor is arranged as a background of at least a portion of the thin silver film between the display region and the power source part.	03-10-2011

Osamu Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080252660	CURVED LINE CORRECTION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A curved line correction method is provided, which is used when correcting a curved line displayed on an image display device and formed of a plurality of dots by moving a dot selected from the plurality of dots. The method includes the steps of correcting a portion of the trajectory of the curved line such that the trajectory passes those of the plurality of dots located outside of an adjacent region of the selected dot before the dot is moved and a position of the selected dot after moved, and arranging a plurality of new dots on the corrected portion of the trajectory according to the length thereof.	10-16-2008
20110190626	MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH IS RECORDED PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - Extracting a lung field area and a branch structure area from a three-dimensional medical image, dividing a branch structure local area representing a portion of the branch structure area into a plurality of branch structure local sub-areas and estimating a lung field local sub-area in the lung field area functionally associated with each divided branch structure local sub-area based on the branch structure area, obtaining a pulmonary evaluation value in each estimated lung field local sub-area, and displaying, in a morphological image representing morphology of at least a portion of the branch structure local area, the pulmonary evaluation value in each lung field local sub-area functionally associated with each branch structure local sub-area in the morphological image superimposed such that correspondence relationship between the pulmonary evaluation value and the branch structure local sub-area in the morphological image is visually recognizable.	08-04-2011
20110237938	MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH IS RECORDED PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A lesion area detection unit detects an abnormal peripheral structure (lesion area), a pulmonary blood vessel extraction unit extracts a branch structure (pulmonary blood vessel) from the three-dimensional medical image, an associated blood vessel identification unit identifies an associated branch structure functionally associated with the abnormal peripheral structure based on position information of each point in the extracted branch structure, and an associated lung parenchymal area identification unit identifies an associated peripheral area (lung parenchyma) functionally associated with the identified associated branch structure based on the position information of each point in the extracted branch structure.	09-29-2011
20110243403	MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH IS RECORDED PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - Extracting a branch structure and a surrounding structure area in which a surrounding structure of the branch structure exists from a three-dimensional medical image, setting an attention branch structure in the branch structure, estimating an attention surrounding structure area functionally associated with the attention branch structure from the surrounding structure area based on the branch structure, obtaining an evaluation value in the attention surrounding structure area, and generating a mapped image which is an image generated by mapping the evaluation value in the attention surrounding structure area to a morphological image representing morphology of at least one of the attention branch structure and the attention surrounding structure area.	10-06-2011
20120089016	DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING APPARATUS, DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING PROGRAM, AND DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING METHOD - A diagnosis assisting apparatus, method, and program include calculating a first index value representing a direction and magnitude of motion of each portion of the heart for a three-dimensional anatomical image at a given phase of a three-dimensional anatomical image group representing a heart at each phase with respect to a further phase, calculating a second index value that serves as a diagnostic indicator of each portion of the heart from the three-dimensional anatomical image at the given phase or the three-dimensional anatomical image group, generating a two-dimensional image of the entire heart in which the second index value of each portion of the heart is disposed in a planar fashion, and displaying a mark representing the first index value superimposed on the generated two-dimensional image in a manner that allows the direction of motion of the first index value to be visually recognized.	04-12-2012

Reiko Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110030854	HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength steel sheet has a tensile strength of 900 MPa or higher that can achieve both high strength and good formability and a composition including, on a mass basis, C: 0.1% or more and 0.3% or less; Si: 2.0% or less; Mn: 0.5% or more and 3.0% or less; P: 0.1% or less; S: 0.07% or less; Al: 1.0% or less; and N: 0.008% or less, with the balance Fe and incidental impurities. The steel sheet microstructure includes, on an area ratio basis, 5% or more and 80% or less of ferrite, 15% or more of autotempered martensite, 10% or less of bainite, 5% or less of retained austenite, and 40% or less of as-quenched martensite; the mean hardness of the autotempered martensite is HV≦700; and the mean number of precipitated iron-based carbide grains each having a size of 5 nm or more and 0.5 μm or less and included in the autotempered martensite is 5×10	02-10-2011
20110048589	HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An ultra-high strength steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1400 MPa or higher that can achieve both high strength and good formability and an advantageous method for manufacturing the steel sheet and includes a composition including, on a mass basis C: 0.12% or more and 0.50% or less; Si: 2.0% or less; Mn: 1.0% or more and 5.0% or less; P: 0.1% or less; S: 0.07% or less; Al: 1.0% or less; and N: 0.008% or less, with the balance Fe and incidental impurities. The steel microstructure includes, on an area ratio basis, 80% or more of autotempered martensite, less than 5% of ferrite, 10% or less of bainite, and 5% or less of retained austenite; and the mean number of precipitated iron-based carbide grains each having a size of 5 nm or more and 0.5 μm or less and included in the autotempered martensite is 5×10	03-03-2011

Ryosuke Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080252583	LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A liquid-crystal display apparatus comprising, a liquid-crystal display device driven by an AC voltage, an image divider configured to temporally divide input image data into N (N≧2) for each frame, a correction unit configured to correct a driving voltage for driving the liquid-crystal display device based on a difference between adjacent divided image data obtained by the N division, a polarity inverter configured to invert a polarity to make drive polarities of adjacent divided image data different, out of the divided image data obtained by the N division including the divided image data for which driving voltage is corrected by the correction unit, a driver configured to drive the liquid-crystal display device using the polarity-inverted divided image data, and an inversion order alteration unit which alters an inversion order for the drive polarities.	10-16-2008
20090295827	DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETERMINING DRIVING PARAMETER FOR OVERDRIVE - In order to allow a user to more easily set a correction amount in overdrive (OD) driving of a liquid crystal display device, a display control apparatus which determines a driving parameter for overdrive of the liquid crystal display device includes a first display unit which repeatedly scrolls a preset reference pattern image in one direction, a second display unit which statically displays a plurality of sample images identical to the reference pattern image and having pseudo-afterimage regions whose end portions in a scroll direction are different from each other, a selection acceptance unit which accepts selection of one sample image of the plurality of sample images, and a determination unit which determines the driving parameter for overdrive based on the difference between the pixel value of the pseudo-afterimage region of a selected sample image and the pixel value of the reference pattern image.	12-03-2009
20090309890	DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display device that receives an input of video signal data including a plurality of pieces of frame data, corrects frame data representing a frame to be displayed based on frame data of a frame adjacent to the frame to be displayed, and outputs the resulting data as data to be displayed on a liquid crystal panel. The device comprises a memory unit adapted to store input frame data. The device determines a correction address used to determine a frame correction amount by comparing the stored frame data and frame data that is currently input; determines correction data that represents a correction amount of the frame data based on the stored frame data and the correction address; and corrects the frame data by adding and/or subtracting the correction amount represented by the correction data to or from the stored frame data.	12-17-2009
20090310018	DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a driving method thereof capable of assuring reliability in frame inversion driving and improving cinema video image quality are provided. To accomplish this, a display apparatus of the embodiment replaces at least one of a plurality of frame images obtained by doubling the frame rate, with a different image before display. Specifically, the display apparatus replaces at least one of the double-speed converted plural frame images with a high-frequency emphasized image and at least one with a low-frequency component image, and displays the frame images. Furthermore, the display apparatus replaces an image at the border between cinema images with a different image before displaying.	12-17-2009
20100303374	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one aspect of the invention, an image processing apparatus comprises: a unit configured to obtain an input image and a subsequent image; a unit configured to obtain N replicated images from the input image; a generating unit configured to generate a low-frequency enhanced image; a subtraction unit configured to generate a high-frequency enhanced image; a synthesizing unit configured to generate a high-frequency output image; and an output unit configured to select and output one of the low-frequency enhanced image and the high-frequency output image. The generating unit comprises a unit configured to obtain a motion vector of an object, and a filter unit configured to apply the filter to pixels around a specified pixel position Q in the replicated image, to obtain a pixel value at a pixel position P in the low-frequency enhanced image.	12-02-2010

Satoshi Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100202123	CIRCUIT BOARD - A circuit board includes balls as electrodes in a grid, a power supply wiring pattern area connected to power supply terminals of an integrated circuit mounted thereon, and a feeding pattern area connected to a feeding point; the balls include first and second power supply ball groups connected respectively to power supply terminal arrays, at a predetermined interval, of the integrated circuit, and the power supply wiring pattern area includes first and second power supply connection patterns connected respectively to the first and second ball groups, and at least one connection pattern connecting the first and second power supply connection patterns noncontact to the balls, and has first and second connection portions connected respectively to the feeding pattern area and one electrode of a first bypass capacitor, and the second power supply connection pattern has a third connection portion connected to one electrode of a second bypass capacitor.	08-12-2010

Shigeru Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090059462	Electrostatic chuck device - An electrostatic chuck device provided with a dielectric plate with a surface embossed to give it a plurality of projections, an electrode, and an external power source, wherein substrate supporting surfaces of the plurality of projections are covered by conductor wiring and the conductor wiring electrically connects the substrate supporting surfaces of the plurality of projections. At the time of substrate processing, when the embossed projections contact the back of the substrate, the back of the substrate and the conductor wiring is made the same in potential due to the migration of the charges, the generation of force between the back of the substrate and the conductor wiring being in contact with the same is prevented, and a rubbing state between the two is prevented. Due to this, the electrostatic chuck device reduces the generation of particles, easily and stably removes and conveys substrates, and realizes a high yield and system operating rate.	03-05-2009
20090122459	Electrostatic chuck device - An electrostatic chuck device provided with a dielectric plate with a surface embossed to give it a plurality of projections, an electrode, and an external power source, wherein substrate supporting surfaces of the plurality of projections are covered by conductor wiring and the conductor wiring electrically connects the substrate supporting surfaces of the plurality of projections. At the time of substrate processing, when the embossed projections contact the back of the substrate, the back of the substrate and the conductor wiring is made the same in potential due to the migration of the charges, the generation of force between the back of the substrate and the conductor wiring being in contact with the same is prevented, and a rubbing state between the two is prevented. Due to this, the electrostatic chuck device reduces the generation of particles, easily and stably removes and conveys substrates, and realizes a high yield and system operating rate.	05-14-2009
20100046134	Electrostatic chuck device - An electrostatic chuck device provided with a dielectric plate with a surface embossed to give it a plurality of projections, an electrode, and an external power source, wherein substrate supporting surfaces of the plurality of projections are covered by conductor wiring and the conductor wiring electrically connects the substrate supporting surfaces of the plurality of projections. At the time of substrate processing, when the embossed projections contact the back of the substrate, the back of the substrate and the conductor wiring is made the same in potential due to the migration of the charges, the generation of force between the back of the substrate and the conductor wiring being in contact with the same is prevented, and a rubbing state between the two is prevented. Due to this, the electrostatic chuck device reduces the generation of particles, easily and stably removes and conveys substrates, and realizes a high yield and system operating rate.	02-25-2010

Shogo Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100262993	VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A video processing apparatus is provided that is controlled such that the display position of a cursor for a pointing type remote controller does not change when input is switched in a configuration where the video processing apparatus is connected to an external video apparatus. When input video data is switched, a controller transmits position information regarding the display position of a cursor image to the external video apparatus via a communication unit. The controller receives cursor image data generated by the external video apparatus from the external video apparatus and causes a cursor image, based on the cursor image data, to be displayed on a display unit, such that a cursor image after the input video data is switched is displayed at a position corresponding to the display position of a cursor image that has been displayed before the input video data is switched.	10-14-2010

Shoichi Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090085581	MEASURING DEVICE, AND DETECTION DEVICE - A measuring apparatus that measures a characteristic of a device under measurement is provided. The measuring apparatus includes: a signal generating section that outputs a forward signal to the device under measurement through a device side terminal; a directional coupler that outputs a backward split signal obtained by splitting a part of a backward signal inputted from the device under measurement through the device side terminal; a backward mixer that outputs a backward detection signal obtained by multiplying a local signal having a predetermined frequency by the backward split signal; and an analysis section that analyzes a characteristic of the device under measurement based on the backward detection signal. The directional coupler is included in a multilayer substrate, and the backward mixer is included in a chip provided on a surface of the multilayer substrate.	04-02-2009
20090101396	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a circuit board having a surface on which a hollow is formed; an electronic component placed into the hollow; a pattern wiring which is formed on a bottom surface of the hollow and whose tip is provided at a position corresponding to a signal electrode of the electronic component; a signal wire connecting a tip of the pattern wiring and the signal electrode of the electronic component; two in-hollow ground patterns formed so as to sandwich the tip of the pattern wiring therebetween on the bottom surface of the hollow; and two or more ground wires that connect two ground electrodes provided on the electronic component so as to sandwich the signal electrode therebetween to the corresponding in-hollow ground patterns, respectively.	04-23-2009

Sueyoshi Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100116597	ELEVATOR - An elevator includes a car that ascends and descends in an elevation path, and at least one airflow generation device that is set on a surface of a top end part of at least one of upper and lower end parts of the car, the surface facing a platform of the elevation path, and suppresses a separation flow generated at the top end of the car during running, thereby to generate an airflow for rectifying an airflow flowing into a front side of the car.	05-13-2010

Takanori Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100247976	GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR A MAGNETIC DISK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A glass substrate is for use in a magnetic disk. The glass substrate is formed by using a plate-like glass produced by a float method and having a pair of main surfaces. One surface of the main surfaces, which is formed with a tin layer when producing the plate-like glass by the float method, is caused to serve as a surface not for use in magnetic recording and the other surface formed with no tin layer is caused to serve as a surface for use in magnetic recording.	09-30-2010
20100247977	SUBASTRATE FOR A MAGNETIC DISK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a magnetic disk substrate having first and second chamfered faces respectively connecting between first and second main surfaces opposite to each other and an edge face located between the first and second main surfaces, the ranges of the first and second chamfered faces are specified. Specifically, the distance a from a first boundary portion being a boundary between the first main surface and the first chamfered face to a point of intersection between the first main surface and an extended line of the edge face and the distance b from a second boundary portion being a boundary between the second main surface and the second chamfered face to a point of intersection between the second main surface and an extended line of the edge face are set to satisfy a/b≧1.6.	09-30-2010
20100247978	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SUBSTRATE FOR A MAGNETIC DISK - A magnetic disk substrate manufacturing method of this invention includes a main surface polishing process that polishes disk-shaped glass substrates by the use of a polishing machine having a carrier pressed between a pair of polishing surface plates and adapted to make an orbital motion while rotating on its axis in a state of holding the disk-shaped glass substrates. In the polishing machine, the carrier is placed in a state where a plate-like member is disposed on one side of main surfaces of the disk-shaped glass substrate, so that only the other side of the main surfaces of the disk-shaped glass substrate is polished while allowing the one side of the main surfaces of the disk-shaped glass substrates to be a non-polishing main surface.	09-30-2010
20110204028	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR A MAGNETIC DISK - A method for manufacturing a glass substrate for a magnetic disk comprises a surface grinding step of processing a mirror-surface plate glass, having a main surface in the form of a mirror surface, to a required flatness and surface roughness using fixed abrasive particles. The method comprises, before the surface grinding step using the fixed abrasive particles, a surface roughening step of roughening the surface of the mirror-surface plate glass by frosting.	08-25-2011

Takayuki Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100115419	GRATITUDE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND GRATITUDE PROVIDING METHOD - A gratitude providing system is configured to present gratitude expressed as visual value information (chao) to the other user (gratitude presentee) who has given a moved or kind act. The gratitude providing system specifies attribute items (job) owned by the user of the gratitude presentee; transmits predetermined chao determined by the user from a communication terminal device; stores the chao, which a user eventually has owned, at a chao passbook in connection with the job owned by the user; sets each user job level in accordance with each user job recorded and held at the chao passbook and each user chao quantity or a presenting frequency, and publicly discloses this set job level of the user through a communication network.	05-06-2010

Takehito Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090269276	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ZEOLITE SEPARATION MEMBRANE - The present invention provides a process for production of a zeolite separation membrane with satisfactory separation performance. The process for production of a zeolite separation membrane according to the invention is comprising: a seed crystal-attaching step in which: a sealed body (	10-29-2009

Takeshi Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100258543	METHOD OF TRANSFERRING DEVICE - A method of transferring a device includes the steps of: arranging a first substrate, on which a device is provided with a release layer having a planar shape equal to or smaller than the device interposed therebetween, and a second substrate, on which an adhesive layer is provided, so as to be spaced from and opposite each other in a state where the device and the adhesive layer face each other; and irradiating a laser beam having an irradiation area larger than the base area of the release layer onto the entire surface of the release layer from the first substrate side so as to ablate the release layer, to separate the device from the first substrate, and to transfer the device on the second substrate.	10-14-2010

Tomihito Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100142098	Method for manufacturing magnetoresistance effect element using simultaneous sputtering of Zn and ZnO - A method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive (MR) effective element having a pair of magnetic layers and a nonmagnetic intermediate layer including a ZnO film, wherein a relative angle of magnetization directions of the pair of magnetic layers varies according to an external magnetic field. The method includes a step for introducing a mix gas of oxygen gas and argon gas into a depressurized chamber, wherein a first target of ZnO, a second target of Zn and a substrate having a right-below layer are disposed in the chamber, and a step for depositing the ZnO film on the right-below layer by applying each of a first and second direct current (DC) application power to spaces between the first and second targets and the substrate respectively after the mix gas introducing step, wherein the first and second targets are set at negative potential, and the substrate is set at positive potential.	06-10-2010

Tomohiro Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090049902	METHOD FOR CORRECTING CONCAVE-CONVEX EXHIBITED ON A SURFACE OF A BODY OF ROTATION - Providing a method for correcting a data of irregularity of a surface of a body of rotation with an eccentricity included to a data being not affected by eccentricity.	02-26-2009
20100117919	RFID READER/WRITER ANTENNA - There are provided a plurality of connection auxiliary means	05-13-2010
20110084888	RADIO COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT - A radio communication device is obtained which is provided with an RFID tag function which can ensure the mounting area of each antenna as large as possible, and which is sharable with an LF band RFID system or an HF band RFID system and a UHF band RFID system, while having a communication range equivalent to the communication range of each of an LF band an HF band and a UHF band.	04-14-2011
20110175790	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device whose impedance can be matched with an arbitrary load impedance and that can be broadened in operating frequency band even when choosing an input impedance of an IC chip freely is not possible. The wireless communication device includes: a first conductor; a second conductor disposed substantially parallel to the first conductor; a hole formed in the second conductor; a capacitive coupling mechanism disposed adjacent to the hole; and a communication circuit which has at least one of a radio wave transmitting function and a radio wave receiving function. The communication circuit is connected through the capacitive coupling mechanism to two sites on the second conductor that are near borders between the second conductor and the hole.	07-21-2011

Tomoo Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080265007	Method and Apparatus for Positioning Plate Members to Be Butt-Welded - It is made possible to position plate members to be butt-welded for formation of weld line in a small amount of time so as to enhance working capacity of butt welding.	10-30-2008
20100187292	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING PLATE MEMBERS TO BE BUTT-WELDED - It is made possible to position plate members to be butt-welded for formation of weld line in a small amount of time so as to enhance working capacity of butt welding.	07-29-2010
20100248756	MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A mobile communication apparatus having a first housing section, a second housing section movably connected to the first housing section, an open/close sensor, an email saving controller and an email sending controller. The second housing section is configured to be open or closed to the first housing section. The open/close sensor configured to sense whether the first housing section and the second housing section are open or closed to each other. The email saving controller configured to save an email addressed to a particular address upon the open/close sensor sensing that the first housing section and the second housing section being closed to each other. The email sending controller configured to send the email saved by the email saving controller to the particular address.	09-30-2010
20110079120	LONG SHAFT INNER SURFACE MACHINING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A long shaft inner surface machining apparatus of the present invention includes: a long shaft support device	04-07-2011

Toru Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090001054	BONDING METHOD AND BONDING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a bonding method or an apparatus for projecting a conductive element from a nozzle onto an object to be bonded and electrically bonding the object to be bonded and the conductive element. The method of invention comprises the steps of: preparing the conductive element having an outer diameter with a curvature radius larger than a curvature radius of a portion of an opening of the nozzle which is in contact with the conductive element; pressurizing and attaching the conductive element to the opening of the nozzle; and supplying a compressed gas into an inner space of the nozzle and projecting the conductive element in a solid phase state onto the object to be bonded.	01-01-2009
20090031558	MOUNTING APPARATUS MOUNTING SURFACE-MOUNTED DEVICE ON RECEIVING DEVICE USING ULTRASONIC VIBRATION - A mounting apparatus applies ultrasonic vibration exactly to a junction between a SMD and a SMD receiving device and maintains the junction at the suitable temperature, in simple construction in ultrasonic bonding of the SMD and the SMD receiving device held by holding unit. This includes SMD holding unit, SMD receiving device holding unit, moving unit moving at least one of the SMD holding unit and SMD receiving device holding units to contact each other, vibration generating unit applying ultrasonic vibration to the a contact portion between the SMD and the SMD receiving device, pressing unit applying an bias force between the SMD and SMD receiving device, heating unit arranged movably so as to surround in a noncontact manner a portion of the SMD holding unit near the SMD and heating the SMD holding unit, and interlocking unit interlocking the heating unit with the SMD holding unit.	02-05-2009
20090255979	ULTRASONIC MOUNTING APPARATUS - In an ultrasonic mounting apparatus, a pressing shaft coupled with a voice coil motor to apply a load on a part to be mounted is placed independently from components including a bonding tool, ultrasonic horn, transducer, and horn support member. The components can move coaxially with the pressing shaft which is an application axis of a driving force. Abutting position of the bonding tool and pressing shaft is brought into coincidence with a node of a standing wave generated in the bonding tool.	10-15-2009
20110261185	CHIP COMPONENT CARRYING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND VISUAL INSPECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and a system for stabilizing the sight line of a chip component being carried on two discs, for stabilizing delivery of the chip component between the two discs, and improving and stabilizing the inspection accuracy in the visual check of the chip component. This is achieved by employing a mechanism for carrying the chip component while supporting it on the horizontal plane of the first rotary disc and then carrying the chip component while suction-holding it on the vertical plane of the second rotary disc. When the chip component is carried on the first rotary disc, the upper surface and one side face of the chip component are imaged by first and second cameras. When the chip component is carried on the second rotary disc, the lower surface and the other side face of the chip component are imaged by third and fourth cameras.	10-27-2011

Wataru Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100002176	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a method of manufacturing liquid crystal display device possessing transparent conductive layer exhibiting excellent optical transparency, resistance characteristic, evenness, adhesion to substrate, and hardness, and liquid crystal display device thereof. The liquid crystal display device possessing liquid crystal display panel and backlight unit, wherein liquid crystal display panel has a structure in which display electrode and reference electrode are provided on surface of region corresponding to unit pixel on liquid crystal layer side of one transparent substrate or each of both transparent substrates provided facing to each other via liquid crystal layer, and light transmitting liquid crystal layer is modulated by electric field generated parallel to transparent substrate between reference electrode and display electrode, wherein the method of manufacturing liquid crystal display device possesses the step of forming transparent conductive layer in pixel region by atmospheric pressure plasma method employing nitrogen gas as thin film forming gas.	01-07-2010
20100206931	NIP APPARATUS AND NIP METHOD - The present invention provides a nip apparatus and a nip method which reduce consumption of gas used without scratches which are produced when a material to be treated (such as a band-shaped film and the like) is pressed against a support (such as a roll and the like). The invention is characterized in that a gas storage chamber, which stores gas with a pressure higher than outside atmospheric pressure, is disposed at a position facing a film, and the film is conveyed while being pressed against a roll with a reduced consumption of gas.	08-19-2010

Yasuhiro Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110241188	GRANULAR EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION FOR ENCAPSULATING SEMICONDUCTOR, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Disclosed is a granular epoxy resin composition for encapsulating a semiconductor used for a semiconductor device obtained by encapsulating a semiconductor element by compression molding, wherein, in the particle size distribution as determined by sieving the whole epoxy resin composition for encapsulating a semiconductor using JIS standard sieves, the ratio of particles having a size of 2 mm or greater is not more than 3% by mass, the ratio of particles having a size of 1 mm or greater, but less than 2 mm is from 0.5% by mass or more to 60% by mass or less, and the ratio of microfine particles having a size of less than 106 μm is not more than 5% by mass.	10-06-2011

Yoshiro Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120081551	Monitoring System - A system includes three locations of work areas (	04-05-2012

Yoshitake Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090097063	IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an identifying unit configured to identify a printing capability of an apparatus that is a transmission destination of first image data, and a converting unit configured to convert the first image data, which has been instructed to be printed with a transparent recording material, into second image data that can be printed by the transmission destination apparatus, on the basis of the identification result of the identifying unit and information attached to the first image data.	04-16-2009

Yukitami Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090058291	LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device is provided, which includes a first substrate, a first pair of electrodes formed above the first substrate, a second substrate disposed apart from the first substrate, a second pair of electrodes formed above the second substrate, a selective permeable layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first light-emitting layer disposed between the first substrate and the selective permeable layer, a second light-emitting layer disposed between the second substrate and selective permeable layer. The first light-emitting layer contains a first light-emitting material which emits light through an electrochemical oxidation or reduction thereof and a supporting salt. The second light-emitting layer contains a second light-emitting material which emits light through an electrochemical oxidation or reduction thereof and a supporting salt. The selective permeable layer is non-permeable or hardly permeable to the first and second light-emitting materials but permeable to the supporting salt.	03-05-2009
20090220705	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for manufacturing an organic EL display device is provided, which includes forming a first emission layer via a hole injection transport layer over a substrate having first, second and third anode electrodes formed thereon, irradiating the second and third anode electrodes with light, to remove the first emission layer selectively to expose the hole injection transport layer on the second and third anode electrodes, forming a second emission layer, on the first emission layer and on the exposed hole injection transport layer, irradiating the third anode electrode with light to remove the second emission layer selectively, to expose the hole injection transport layer on the third anode electrode, forming a third emission layer, on the second emission layer and on the exposed hole injection transport layer, and forming a cathode electrode over the first, second and third anode electrodes via at least one of the emission layers.	09-03-2009
20090243484	ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic electroluminescent display device is provided, which includes a substrate having anodes arranged thereon, a bank which defines a luminous region on the anode, an organic emitting layer formed in the luminous region, and a cathode formed on the bank and the emitting layer. A desiccant layer selectively formed on the bank with interposition of the cathode.	10-01-2009
20100123389	LIGHT-EMITTING COMPOUND AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE - A light-emitting compound includes two or more carbazole skeletons each having two or more fluorine atoms at 2-, 4-, 5- and 7-positions, the carbazole skeleton represented by the formula (1):	05-20-2010
20100244002	ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - An organic light-emitting diode includes an anode and a cathode separately arranged from each other, and an emission layer between the anode and the cathode, the emission layer including a single host material and a light-emitting material, the emission layer including, when the host material has a hole transport property, a doped region on a cathode side to which an electron transport material is doped and an undoped region on an anode side to which an electron transport material is not doped, or the emission layer including, when the host material has an electron transport property, a doped region on an anode side to which a hole transport material is doped and an undoped region on a cathode side to which a hole transport material is not doped.	09-30-2010
20110057180	ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - According to one embodiment, an organic light-emitting diode includes an anode and a cathode arranged apart from each other, an emission layer, arranged between the anode and cathode, containing a host material of polyvinyl(2,7-difluorocarbazole), a blue-emitting phosphorescent material, and an electron transport material, and a hole transport layer of polyvinylcarbazole arranged adjacent to the emission layer on an anode side.	03-10-2011
20110057558	ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - An organic light-emitting diode includes an anode and a cathode arranged apart from each other, and an emissive layer arranged between the anode and the cathode and containing a host material and an emitting dopant, the host material containing a plurality of indole skeletons represented by the general formula (1):	03-10-2011
20110175067	ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - According to one embodiment, there is provided an organic light-emitting diode including an anode and a cathode arranged apart from each other, an emissive layer arranged between the anode and the cathode, a hole injection layer arranged between the anode and the emissive layer and including a polyethylenedioxythiophene, and a hole-transport layer arranged between the hole injection layer and the emissive layer and including a hole-transport material. The emissive layer includes a cathode side first area including a hole transport host material, an electron transport host material and an emitting dopant, and an anode side second area including the hole transport host material and no electron transport host material.	07-21-2011
20110205214	DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a partition electrode, a luminescent layer and a voltage source. The luminescent layer includes a luminescent material emitting light rays due to an electrochemical oxidation or reduction reaction thereof. The voltage source is configured to generate a driving voltage between the first and second electrodes so as to apply first and second potentials, wherein the first and second potentials are maintained at one and opposite polarities in respect to the reference potential during a predetermined segment period respectively and are periodically reversed, each of the first and second potentials is changed first to second absolute levels during the predetermined segment period, the second absolute potential is determined depending on the gradation of input image data, and the first absolute potential is higher than the second absolute potential.	08-25-2011
20110215304	ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE, DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, there is provided an organic light-emitting diode including an anode and a cathode arranged apart from each other, and an emissive layer interposed between the anode and the cathode and including a host material and an emitting dopant. The emitting dopant includes a copper complex represented by the formula (1):	09-08-2011
20120056162	NOVEL COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE, DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE USING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, there is provided a compound represented by Formula (1):	03-08-2012
20120056163	NOVEL COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE, DISPLAY AND LIGHTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, there is provided a compound represented by Formula (1):	03-08-2012
20120075278	ORGANIC EL DISPLAY - According to one embodiment, an organic EL display includes a substrate and a pixel. The pixel is disposed on the substrate and includes a first color displaying portion and a second color displaying portion. The first color displaying portion has a first organic light emitting layer. The second color displaying portion has a second organic light emitting layer having an emission spectrum different from an emission spectrum of the first organic light emitting layer. The first color displaying portion has two sub-pixels. One of the two sub-pixels has a color filter.	03-29-2012

Yutaka Mizuno, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100229134	LAYOUT VERIFICATION METHOD - A layout verification method for verifying a layout of a semiconductor device by a computer having a memory storing layout data and information of operation conditions for a plurality of operation modes in which the semiconductor device is expected to assume during its testing and practical use, the semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate of one conductivity type, a plurality of wells accommodating at least one of the circuit elements and being applicable to a plurality of different bias voltages in dependence of the operation modes, the method includes specifying combination of all the adjacent pairs of the wells located adjacently to each other within the semiconductor substrate, and the distance of each of all the adjacent pairs of the wells in reference to the layout data, determining, for each of the wells.	09-09-2010