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Niimura, JP
Ikuo Niimura, Tokyo JP
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| 20080273090 | Image Sensing Apparatus - This invention makes it difficult to analyze key data necessary to generate authentication data of image data. In this invention, when a user turns on the power supply of an image sensing apparatus | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080297618 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The digital camera according to an embodiment executes image sensing processing first, if interruption processing occurs during transfer parameter setting processing. Thus, the user does not miss a photo opportunity. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20110013026 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An imaging apparatus includes an image recording unit configured to record captured image data on a first recording medium with no wireless communication function and a second recording medium with a wireless communication function, which is detachable, a recording destination setting unit configured to set a recording destination on which to record the image data by the image recording unit, and a transmission setting unit configured to set whether to transmit the image data to an external apparatus by the wireless communication function of the second recording medium. If the transmission setting unit sets the image data to be transmitted to the external apparatus, the recording destination setting unit automatically sets the second recording medium as the recording destination of the captured image data. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110037865 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A camera that is connected to a PC via a network sends an action decision program in response to an operation screen request from the PC, and obtains a decision result from the PC | 02-17-2011 |
| 20120002079 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - This invention makes it difficult to analyze key data necessary to generate authentication data of image data. In this invention, when a user turns on the power supply of an image sensing apparatus | 01-05-2012 |
Kenji Niimura, Tokyo JP
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| 20100333068 | COMPATIBILITY EVALUATION APPARATUS, COMPATIBILITY EVALUATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A compatibility evaluation apparatus for evaluating compatibility between a platform program and an application program that uses interfaces provided by the platform program, includes an application analyzing unit configured to analyze the application program and extract a list of the interfaces used by the application program; an incompatibility interface usage determination unit configured to extract, from the list of the interfaces used by the application program, an interface that corresponds to an incompatible interface that does not satisfy a specification, the interface being extracted with the use of a first storage unit storing information indicating contents of incompatibility for each of the incompatible interfaces among the interfaces provided by the platform; and a compatibility report creating unit configured to record, in a second storage unit, the information indicating contents of incompatibility for each interface that has been extracted by the incompatibility interface usage determination unit. | 12-30-2010 |
Kosuke Niimura, Obu-City JP
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| 20090190824 | Inspection apparatus and inspection method - An inspection apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a one-dimensional imaging unit for imaging a workpiece which is a three-dimensionally shaped test object; a first lens for causing light incident thereon from the test object to emerge as converging light; and a second lens, disposed between the first lens and the one-dimensional imaging unit, for focusing the light emerging from the first lens, wherein a chief ray of a bundle of rays incident on the first lens from the test object is parallel to the optical axis of the first lens, and the light containing the chief ray, incident from the test object, is focused through the first lens and the second lens onto the one-dimensional imaging unit for imaging. | 07-30-2009 |
Ryuta Niimura, Wako JP
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| 20090197721 | TENSIONER FOR ENDLESS TRANSMISSION BELT - A tensioner for an endless transmission belt includes a plunger body and a plunger. The plunger is movably provided in the plunger body to press the endless transmission belt. A pressure chamber provided between the plunger and the plunger body is configured to store hydraulic oil supplied from an oil pump. A check valve is provided in the plunger body, configured to be opened to supply the hydraulic oil to the pressure chamber when a pressure in the pressure chamber is lower than an oil pressure from the oil pump, and configured to be closed when the pressure is higher than the oil pressure. A relief valve is provided in the plunger body within a width of the plunger in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the plunger and configured to discharge the hydraulic oil in the pressure chamber when the pressure exceeds a predetermined value. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090197722 | TENSIONER FOR ENDLESS TRANSMISSION BELT AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING THE TENSIONER - A tensioner for an endless transmission belt includes a plunger body. A plunger is movably provided in a hole of the plunger body to press the belt. A chamber is provided between the plunger and the plunger body to store hydraulic oil. An oil supply passage is provided in the plunger body to supply the oil from an oil pump to the chamber. A check valve is provided between the chamber and the passage and configured to allow the oil to be supplied from the pump to the chamber while the check valve is configured to be closed when a pressure in the chamber is higher than a pressure of the oil supplied by the pump. A relief valve is provided between the chamber and the passage and configured to discharge the oil in the chamber to the passage when the pressure in the chamber exceeds a first predetermined value. | 08-06-2009 |
Satoshi Niimura, Tochigi-Shi JP
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| 20090186737 | Power transmission apparatus - A power transmission apparatus is capable of easily passing lubricant toward a seal arranged between a higher shat and an opening of a case of the apparatus. The apparatus includes the higher shaft, i.e., a hollow connecting shaft that faces the outside of the transfer case through the opening of the transfer case. The oil seal is arranged between the hollow shaft and the opening of the transfer case. The hollow shaft meshes, through helical spur gears, with an intermediate transferring shaft that is positioned lower than the hollow shaft. A lubricant guide is arranged to receive lubricant splashed up by the ring gear and helical spur gear of the intermediate shaft and guide the received lubricant toward the oil seal and a ball bearin | 07-23-2009 |
Takeshi Niimura, Kanagawa JP
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| 20110086713 | GAME DEVICE - Disclosed is a game apparatus, including: a figurative object having a character identifying information; a reading section for reading a character information; a field section for freely moving the figurative object; a storage section for storing a plurality of display character identifying information; an identifying information reading section for reading the character identifying information from the figurative object at the reading section; a position reading section for reading position of the figurative object on the field; a display for displaying a character; and a controller for controlling the position of the character on the display, wherein when the figurative object is put on the field at a first time after the character identifying information has read by the identifying information reading section, the controller causes the display to display the character corresponding to the read character identifying information and controls the position of the character based on a read result of the position of the figurative object on the position reading section. | 04-14-2011 |
Takeshi Niimura, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20110170905 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An inexpensive and stable regulating member which can control, without depending on an open/close cover, movement of a cartridge used for an image forming apparatus transportable in a cartridge-mounted state is provided. The regulating member includes a first contact portion which receives a first force applied from the cartridge to inside of the regulating member and a second contact portion which receives a second force that prevents the regulating member from moving from a regulating position by receiving the first force at a position away from a mounting and dismounting path of the cartridge where the cartridge passes when the cartridge is mounted on or dismounted from the apparatus main body. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120039624 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE - An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes: a process cartridge, including a photosensitive drum and process means actable on the photosensitive drum, for being detachably mountable to a main assembly of the developing cartridge, including a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive drum with a developer and including a developer accommodating portion, for being detachably mountable to the main assembly; and a cartridge supporting member movable, while supporting at least a pair of the process cartridge and the developing cartridge, between an inside position in which the cartridge supporting member is located inside the main assembly and in which the pair of the process cartridge and the developing cartridge is located at an image forming position and an outside position in which the cartridge supporting member is located outside the main assembly and in which the process cartridge and the developing cartridge are mountable and demountable. The process cartridge and the developing cartridge are independently demountable upward relative to the cartridge supporting member when the cartridge supporting member is located at the outside position. The apparatus further includes positioning means for positioning the process cartridge and the developing cartridge in the main assembly when the cartridge supporting member is located at the inside position. | 02-16-2012 |
Yasuhide Niimura, Yamato JP
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| 20100250963 | EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE, AS WELL AS METHOD, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA STORED IN EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE - An external storage device connectable to an information processing apparatus is provided. The storage device includes: an input/output interface via which data is exchanged with an information processing apparatus; a first storage region where data associated with first and second validity periods is stored; and a second storage region where a control program is stored. While the first validity period is used when the external storage device is connected to one information processing apparatus, the second validity period is used when the external storage device is connected to another information processing apparatus. The control program causes a processor to execute the steps of: establishing connection of the external storage device to an information processing apparatus; identifying any one of the validity periods as a validity period to be used for the data; and executing predetermined security protection processing on the data in accordance with the identified validity period. | 09-30-2010 |
Yasuhiro Niimura, Tokyo JP
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| 20090087564 | Substrate processing system - A substrate processing system which utilizes reactive substances or carrier gases to process the surface of a substrate is provided. The system includes a gas supply source for supplying a process gas containing a reactive substance, a reservoir tank connected to the gas supply source for reserving the process gas, a reactor for exposing a substrate placed therein to the process gas, a first circulation pipe for circulating the process gas inside the reactor to the reservoir tank, a second circulation pipe for circulating at least part of the process gas in the reservoir tank to the reactor, and a flow regulating valve disposed in the second circulation pipe for controlling the amount of process gas introduced into the reactor. | 04-02-2009 |
Yasushi Niimura, Nagano JP
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| 20090045481 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE MAINTAINING STRUCTURE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A semiconductor device has an active portion having at least one well region in a semiconductor layer, and a breakdown voltage maintaining structure surrounding the active portion. The maintaining structure includes a conductor layer over each of a plurality of guard rings with an insulating film interposed in between and connected to the respective guard ring. An inner side end portion of each conductor layer projects over the immediate adjacent inner side guard ring. The impurity concentration of the guard rings is set between the impurity concentrations of the semiconductor layer and the well regions. A field plate can extend over the innermost conductor layer with the insulating film interposed in between. The field plate is in contact with the outermost well region and is in contact with the first conductor layer. The outer side end of the field plate extends outwardly beyond an outer side end of the innermost conductor layer. With these arrangements, the guard rings can be shortened and the chip size can be reduced. Furthermore, the device can be made less susceptible to external charge. | 02-19-2009 |
Yasushi Niimura, Matsumoto City JP
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| 20090039432 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is provided with Zener diodes which are formed by using a polysilicon gate layer(s) so as to be connected to each other in parallel. Parallel-connected rectangular Zener diodes are formed outside an active region or parallel-connected striped Zener diodes are formed inside the active region. The Zener diodes increase the ESD capability of the semiconductor device. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20120025262 | MOS Type Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacturing Same - An object of the present invention is to provide a MOS type semiconductor device allowing production at a low cost without lowering a breakdown voltage and avoiding increase of an ON resistance. A MOS type semiconductor device of the invention comprises: a p base region having a bottom part in a configuration with a finite radius of curvature and selectively disposed on a front surface region of a n | 02-02-2012 |
Yonemitsu Niimura, Hitachiota JP
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| 20120136692 | WORK MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PICKING CARRIAGE, WORK PERFORMANCE COLLECTION SYSTEM, REWORK MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, WORKABILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, REWORK MEASUREMENT MEASURING METHOD, WORK PERFORMANCE COLLECTION METHOD, WORKABILITY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND WORKABILITY MAMAGEMENT PROGRAM - Workability management system including operations of: storing resource identification information for identifying said resource and said work history information in association with each other in a storage medium; extracting said work history information corresponding to said resource identification information from said storage medium when a change occurs in said work history information, updating a change content and storing it into said storage medium; extracting said work history information corresponding to said resource identification information of said resource for judging workability of said resource from said storage medium, taking out total use information of said resource from said work history information, and creating a change with time of said total use information as said casual sequence information; and judging workability of said resource by said casual sequence information. | 05-31-2012 |
Yuichi Niimura, Osaka-Shi JP
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| 20090290834 | Optical Switch - An optical switch is provided, which is used to switch a light path(s) between at least three lenses spaced from each other in a horizontal direction, or in horizontal and vertical directions. This optical switch comprises a lens supporting member for supporting the lenses, fixed prism optically coupled to the lenses, and a movable prism supported to be movable relative to the lens supporting member. The movable prism is driven by an actuator between a first position where a light path is formed between two of the lenses by use of the fixed prism and a second position where a light path is formed between another two of the lenses by use of the movable prism. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100295602 | SEMICONDUCTOR RELAY - A semiconductor relay of the invention includes first and second signal terminals, a substrate, a first switch circuit and a control circuit. The substrate includes signal patterns for forming a signal line between the first and second signal terminals. The first switch circuit has a semiconductor switch used to make or break the connection between the first and second signal terminals. The control circuit has a control IC for controlling the first switch circuit. The control IC is mounted on a land of the substrate. The land has a size corresponding to the control IC. A part or all of the land is included in a part of the signal patterns. | 11-25-2010 |