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Nobuhisa Abe, Susono-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100009278TONER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner is provided which has toner particles and a fine silica powder mixed by external addition to the toner particles. The toner has a weight average particle diameter of 4.0 to 9.0 μm. The fine silica powder is subjected to hydrophobic treatment with dimethylsilicone oil, and has, in particle size distribution based on volume, a peak at which cumulative frequency is largest, in the measurement range of 0.02 μm to 1,000.00 μm; the cumulative frequency of 0.10 μm to less than 1.00 μm being 7.0% or less, and, the fine silica powder fulfills the following conditions: 01-14-2010

Nobuhisa Dano, Chiba-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090068442GLOSSY INK-JET RECORDING SHEET - The present invention provides a glossy ink-jet recording sheet comprising: a paper support; a solvent-absorbing layer comprising a pigment and an adhesive; and an ink-fixing layer comprising a pigment and an adhesive, the ink-fixing layer having a mirror-finished surface; or a glossy ink-jet recording sheet comprising: a paper support; a solvent-absorbing layer comprising a pigment and an adhesive; an ink-fixing layer comprising a pigment and an adhesive; and a glossy layer having a mirror-finished surface; characterized in that the adhesive of the solvent-absorbing layer comprises a ternary copolymer consisting of an alkyl(meth)acrylate, a N-methylolacrylamide, and a styrene.03-12-2009

Nobuhisa Fujita, Tokushima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090270653PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 1-(3,4-DICHLOROBENZYL)-5-OCTYLBIGUANIDE OR A SALT THEREOF - The present invention provides a process for producing 1-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-5-octylbiguanide or a salt thereof, the process comprising reacting 1-cyano-3-octylguanidine or a salt thereof, with 3,4-dichlorobenzylamine or a salt thereof, in an ester-based organic solvent. According to the present invention, the reaction can be carried out at a low temperature using general-purpose equipment, and 1-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-5-octylbiguanide or a salt thereof can be produced in a high yield by a safe and easy process.10-29-2009

Nobuhisa Fujita, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120302757SYNTHETIC INTERMEDIATE OF OXAZOLE COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an oxazole compound in a high yield.11-29-2012

Nobuhisa Fukuda, Suita-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120122773N-SUBSTITUTED-CYCLIC AMINO DERIVATIVE - The present invention provides a compound of formula (I):05-17-2012

Nobuhisa Fukuda, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100009976BENZOTHIAZIN-3-ONE COMPOUND AND INTERMEDIATE THEREFOR - A medicine which contains as an active ingredient a benzothiazin-3-one-compound represented by the formula (1):01-14-2010
20110190278BICYCLIC HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVE - The present invention relates to a compound of the following formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, being useful as a renin inhibitor.08-04-2011

Nobuhisa Honda, Oyama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100108431STEERING SYSTEM - A steering system that with a directional control valve 05-06-2010

Nobuhisa Ishida, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120288775Reaction Container and Fuel Cell System Equipped with Same - A fuel cell system (11-15-2012
20120295171Fuel Cell System - Disclosed is a fuel cell system (11-22-2012
20130065141Fuel Cell Device - The fuel cell device is provided with: an electricity-generating unit having a fuel electrode (03-14-2013

Nobuhisa Ishida, Hino-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120183870Fuel Cell Device - Disclosed is a fuel cell apparatus which can continue stable performance, can generate an electric power for a long period, and has a long service life. The fuel cell apparatus comprises: a fuel cell body comprising a power generation unit which can generate an electric power through the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen and a hydrogen generation member which can generate hydrogen through the reaction with water produced upon the generation of the electric power and can supply hydrogen generated to the power generation unit; and a reduction control unit which can control so as to reduce the hydrogen generation member that has been oxidized through the reaction with the produced water.07-19-2012

Nobuhisa Ishida, Nagasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090165843SOLAR PANEL - A solar panel according to the present invention includes a solar cell module body (07-02-2009

Nobuhisa Ito, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130078427Metal Component and Method for Forming Metal Component - A multi-face part is provided on a half-finished product which eventually becomes a metal decorative button. The multi-face part includes a plurality of small sectional faces and ridges obtusely joining between two adjacent small sectional faces. An outside of the half-finished product including the multi-face part is plated. Then, the half-finished product is barrel-polished. Thereby, the plating on portions corresponding to the small sectional faces remains and the plating on portions corresponding to the ridges is removed, exposing the ground color of the half-finished product. Then, the multi-face part is partially compressed to form the metal decorative button having a compressed decorative surface. The compressed decorative surface is given a pattern composed of a plurality of small sectional parts corresponding to the small sectional faces with the plating left and boundaries corresponding to the ridges with the plating removed.03-28-2013

Nobuhisa Iwata, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090298775METHOD OF MEASURING NEPRILYSIN ACTIVITY - The present invention provides a method of measuring the activity of neprilysin, etc. More specifically, the present invention provides a method of measuring the activity of neprilysin in nerve cells; a method of screening a protein, a peptide or a compound enhancing the activity or expression of neprilysin in nerve cells by measuring the activity of neprilysin; a method of enhancing the activity or expression of neprilysin; and so on. Thus, the compound enhancing the activity and/or expression of neprilysin, which is obtained by the screening method characterized by using the method of measuring the activity of neprilysin in accordance with the present invention, is useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for Alzheimer's disease. The method of measuring the activity of the present invention can be used for presymptomatic diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.12-03-2009

Nobuhisa Iwata, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130034858METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A PROTEIN MISFOLDING DISEASE USING NERVE CELLS DERIVED FROM IPS CELLS - The present invention provides a method for detecting onset of, or the risk of development of, a protein misfolding disease, and a method for predicting the age of onset of a protein misfolding disease using nerve cells derived from iPS cells. The present invention also provides a kit to be used in these methods.02-07-2013

Nobuhisa Koike, Nara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120045194Imaging apparatus - An imaging apparatus includes an apparatus body having an outer casing, at least a shutter mechanism and an imaging device placed inside the outer casing, an opening formed in the outer casing, and a storage space and a placement space defined inside the outer casing and communicating with the opening and the storage space, respectively, a strobe unit having a lid part and a light-emitting part and connected to the apparatus body so as to be movable between close and open positions, a sensor unit placed in the placement space and having an autofocus sensor and a sensor adjusting part having plural adjusting screws, and a mirror placed inside the outer casing to reflect part of incident light toward the autofocus sensor. When the strobe unit is moved to the open position, the storage space is defined as an adjustment space into which an adjustment jig can be inserted.02-23-2012

Nobuhisa Kuroda, Ogaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090114431CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A circuit board and method of manufacturing a circuit board. The circuit board includes a substrate, a conductor layer formed on the substrate, and an insulation layer formed on the substrate and the conductor layer, the insulating layer having an opening with an undercut therein, the opening reaching the conductor layer. A metal layer is formed in the opening of the insulation layer and connected to the conductor layer, a solder layer formed in the opening of the insulation layer and outside of the opening; and an alloy layer formed in a boundary region between the metal layer and the solder layer in the opening. The alloy layer includes a metal of the metal layer and a composition of the solder layer, the alloy layer being more fragile than the metal layer and being formed in a position misaligned from an edge of the undercut of the opening formed on the insulation layer.05-07-2009

Nobuhisa Kuroda, Ogaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090260853WIRING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a wiring substrate includes forming a conductor circuit on an insulating layer, the conductor circuit including a pad, a circuit pattern connected to the pad, and a lead pattern connected to the pad. A solder resist layer is formed on the circuit pattern and on the insulating layer, and a plating resist layer is formed on the lead pattern and on the insulating layer and forming a metal film on a first portion of the conductor circuit not covered by the solder resist layer and not covered by the plating resist layer. The plating resist layer is removed to expose a second portion of the conductor circuit adjacent to the first portion of the conductor circuit and not covered with the metal film, and an etching resist layer is formed on the metal film and on the second portion of the conductor circuit. A third portion of the conductor circuit not covered by the etching resist layer is removed by etching, and the etching resist is removed. The conductor circuit covered with the etching resist layer is a part of the second portion of the conductor circuit exposed by removing the plating resist.10-22-2009

Nobuhisa Masuda, Yokkaichi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090142246Method for separating and recovering conversion reaction gas - Provided is a method for separating and recovering conversion reaction gas, wherein after a conversion reaction process for producing trichlorosilane from hydrogen gas and silicon tetrachloride comprising; condensing step of cooling discharged gas, separating step of silicon tetrachloride from the condensed liquid, and recovering disilicon hexachloride. For example, the method includes a first distillation process for distilling trichlorosilane from the condensed liquid, a second distillation process for distilling silicon tetrachloride from residual liquid of the first distillation process, and a third distillation process for distilling disilicon hexachloride from residual liquid of the second distillation process.06-04-2009

Nobuhisa Matsuura, Yonago-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100137758MASSAGING APPARATUS - A massaging apparatus capable of performing rubbing-massage properly with respect to a body part of a user having various shapes is provided. A massaging apparatus 06-03-2010

Nobuhisa Miyake, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120316355Method for Producing Aryloxytitanium Composition and Aryloxytitanium Composition - The present invention provides a method for producing an aryloxytitanium composition that can solve the problems of the clogging of the storage tank, the piping, the pump, and the like during storage and transfer, and the like, and a decrease in catalytic activity which occurs during long-term storage, and is extremely preferred as a catalyst for the production of a diaryl carbonate. A method for producing an aryloxytitanium composition, comprising a step (1) of adding a diaryl carbonate to an organic oxytitanium composition having an R—O—Ti linkage, wherein R represents an organic group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and evaporating a component having a lower boiling point than that of the diaryl carbonate, together with the diaryl carbonate, so as to obtain an aryloxytitanium composition.12-13-2012
20120316357Method for Producing Diaryl Carbonate - The present invention provides a method for continuously producing a diaryl carbonate stably for a long time with high productivity. The method for producing a diaryl carbonate according to the present invention comprises a step (1) of obtaining an alkylaryl carbonate; a step (2) of obtaining a reaction product from the alkylaryl carbonate; a step (3) of separating the diaryl carbonate and a high boiling component from the reaction product; and a step (4) of recycling the high boiling component into the steps (1) and/or (2), wherein the high boiling component recycled in the step (4) includes a particular compound, and the particular compound satisfies a particular condition.12-13-2012

Nobuhisa Miyake, Kurashiki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080275262Process for Production of Alkyltin Alkoxides - A process for the production of alkyltin alkoxides which comprises subjecting at least one alkyltin compound selected from among organotin compounds having tin-oxygen-tin linkages as the starting compound and a hydroxyl compound as the reactant to dehydration to obtain an alkyltin alkoxide corresponding to the starting compound and the reactant, characterized by continuously feeding the starting compound and the reactant into a reactor, discharging a water-containing low boiling point component from the reactor, and continuously withdrawing a reaction fluid containing an alkyltin alkoxide as the bottom from the reactor.11-06-2008

Nobuhisa Nakajima, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120002139LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention (01-05-2012
20120268689LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device (10-25-2012

Nobuhisa Nakajima, Kumagaya JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130071956Die Bonder and Bonding Method - With a die bonder or a bonding method, the die is adsorbed by the collet, the dicing tape to which the die is adsorbed is thrust up, the die adsorbed by the collet, and thrust up is peeled from the dicing tape, and the peeled die is bonded to the substrate. When the decrease in the air leak flow rate through the gap between the collet and the die upon the thrust up is smaller than the decrease in the normal peel by a predetermined amount, it is judged that a deflection occurs in the die.03-21-2013

Nobuhisa Nakajima, Anjo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080232975Pressure-operated mechanism and water pump including the same - A pulley is fixed to a housing of a water pump, the pulley being connected to an output shaft of an internal combustion engine so that the pulley is driven through the output shaft. In the housing, a slider moves to and fro due to a change in pressure in a pressure chamber, which causes the magnetic flux passing through a magnet and an inductor ring of a rotary cylinder to vary, so that the driving force of the internal combustion engine is variably transmitted to the rotary cylinder. The pressure chamber is connected to an intake air passage and an atmospheric air introducing portion through a pressure path, and the state of communication is changed by a VSV. The pressure passage is provided with an orifice for preventing rapid change in pressure in the pressure chamber when the VSV is switched09-25-2008

Nobuhisa Nakajima, Chiryu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100084501ROLLER DICE DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INSULATOR COIL AND WINDING APPARATUS - A roller dice device includes a pair of rolling rollers respectively including circumferential rolling grooves formed at outer circumferential surfaces thereof, a supporting portion rotatably supporting the pair of rolling rollers respectively around roller axes extending in parallel with each other, a spaced portion configured by a rolling portion, through which a rolling material moves, and formed by the circumferential rolling grooves facing each other, and a restricting portion formed at the outer circumferential surfaces of the pair of the rolling rollers and restricting displacement of the pair of rolling rollers relative to each other in the axial direction of the roller axes.04-08-2010
20100097170LINEAR MOTOR COIL - A linear motor coil includes a first coil portion, a second coil portion, the first coil portion and the second coil portion being arranged across a partition wall, a first connecting portion provided between the first coil portion and the second coil portion and by means of which the conductive wire crosses to the first coil portion from the second coil portion while a winding direction of the conductive wire is reversed, and a second connecting portion by means of which the conductive wire crosses to the second coil portion from the first coil portion while the winding direction of the conductive wire is reversed. The conductive wire is formed by a single wire and of which a winding start point and a winding end point are provided at an end portion of the first coil portion at a side opposite from a side where the partition wall is provided.04-22-2010

Nobuhisa Noda, Hashima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090110936Resin Composition for Forming Ultraviolet Absorbing Layer and Laminate Comprising Ultraviolet Absorbing Layer - The object of the present invention is to find a resin composition for forming an ultraviolet absorbing layer having excellent adhesion to various plastic substrates such as polyester type films of PET etc. and provide a laminate of plastic substrate having no yellowing, excellent weather resistance and less curl formation with good productivity. There is provided a resin composition for use in forming an ultraviolet absorbing layer on the surface of a plastic substrate, having an ultraviolet absorbing polymer as a major component being synthesized from monomer mixtures containing an ultraviolet absorbing monomer, wherein the resin composition contains 0.5-5 parts by mass of a saturated polyester resin with a number-average molecular weight of 10000 or more and 0.1-30 parts by mass of a polyisocyanate based crosslinker relative to 100 parts by mass of the ultraviolet absorbing polymer, and a laminate with an ultraviolet absorbing layer made of the above composition formed on the surface of a plastic substrate.04-30-2009
20090137743Optical Planar Thermoplastic Resin Composition - Disclosed is an optical planar thermoplastic resin composition including a lactone ring-containing polymer as a main component thereof, or including a lactone ring-containing polymer and at least one other thermoplastic resin. The optical planar thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention has high transparency, high heat resistance, and high optical isotropy, and therefore, can sufficiently exhibit characteristics according to various optical applications.05-28-2009

Nobuhisa Nozaka, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110191131APPROPRIATE PRINTER SELECTION SIMULATION SYSTEM, INK CONSUMPTION AMOUNT SIMULATION DEVICE, AND COST SERVER - An appropriate printer selection simulation system for selecting an appropriate printer providing more expressive output with lower running cost is disclosed. The system includes a user terminal, a printer, and a server connected to each other via a network. The printer includes an e-mail generating unit extracting printer information including the ink consumption amount with respect to the printer and generating e-mail including the extracted printer information, and an e-mail transmitting unit transmitting the e-mail generated by the e-mail generating unit to the server. The server includes a cost report generating unit generating the cost report indicating that the cost of the ink consumption amount when a color copy is printed in color is less than the cost of the ink consumption amount when the color copy is printer in monochrome, and a transmitting unit transmitting the generated cost report to the user terminal.08-04-2011

Nobuhisa Okamoto, Hiratsuka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120126183CONDUCTIVE FINE PARTICLE AND METAL PASTE FOR ELECTRODE FORMATION, AND ELECTRODE - An object of the present invention is to provide a conductive fine particle for producing a metal paste that can produce an electrode film having a low resistance, and a metal paste utilizing the conductive fine particle. The present invention is a conductive particle for electrode formation having a core/shell structure, and the conductive particle comprises a core particle made of Pt or a Pt alloy and having a particle diameter of 10 to 200 nm, and a shell made of a ceramic containing Al05-24-2012

Nobuhisa Suzuki, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080276714Method for Determining Strain Hardening Property of Line Pipe - A method for determining a strain hardening property of a pipe enabling reduction of costs while ensuring pipeline integrity is provided. Moreover, a method for manufacturing a pipe based on the method for determining the strain hardening property of the pipe, a pipe manufactured by means of the method for manufacturing the pipe, and a pipeline are proposed. The method for determining the strain hardening property of the pipe according to the present invention includes a step of defining pipe dimensions where a diameter D, a thickness t, and a required critical local buckling strain ε11-13-2008
20090208768Local Buckling Performance Evaluating Method for Steel Pipe, Steel Pipe Designing Method, Steel Pipe Manufacturing Method, and Steel Pipe - A method for evaluating local buckling performance of a steel pipe includes obtaining a stress-strain relationship of a material having a yield plateau in the stress-strain relationship; determining the comparison of a starting strain of strain-hardening in the stress-strain relationship obtained and a critical strain of the steel pipe; and evaluating that the steel pipe has a possibility of being applied to a structure that requires plastic design when the critical strain is determined to be larger than the starting strain and evaluating that the steel pipe has no possibility of being applied to a structure that requires plastic design when the critical strain is determined to be not larger than the starting strain.08-20-2009
20120143527LOCAL BUCKLING PERFORMANCE EVALUATING METHOD FOR STEEL PIPE, STEEL PIPE DESIGNING METHOD, STEEL PIPE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND STEEL PIPE - A method for evaluating local buckling performance of a steel pipe includes obtaining a stress-strain relationship of a material having a yield plateau in the stress-strain relationship; determining the comparison of a starting strain of strain-hardening in the stress-strain relationship obtained and a critical strain of the steel pipe; and evaluating that the steel pipe has a possibility of being applied to a structure that requires plastic design when the critical strain is determined to be larger than the starting strain and evaluating that the steel pipe has no possibility of being applied to a structure that requires plastic design when the critical strain is determined to be not larger than the starting strain.06-07-2012

Patent applications by Nobuhisa Suzuki, Kanagawa JP

Nobuhisa Takada, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090301343Bogie Lateral Movement-Limiting System - A bogie lateral movement-limiting system capable of effectively restricting the lateral movement of a derailed bogie. The system comprises derailment prevention guards (12-10-2009
20120037715TRUCK LATERAL MOTION RESTRICTING DEVICE - Disclosed is a truck lateral motion restricting device which can prevent a large impact from being applied to a stopper when the truck lateral motion restricting device is operated in the derailment. The device comprises a guard angle (02-16-2012

Nobuhisa Takahashi, Okayama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100020567LIGHT GUIDE SHEET AND MOVABLE CONTACT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME - A light guide sheet includes a material sheet having a film shape, first and second illuminations portion provided on the material sheet for diffusing light. The material sheet has a slit having substantially a strip shape provided therein and provided around the first illumination portion. The slit has a first edge and a second edge opposite to the first edge. The first edge faces the first illumination portion. The material sheet includes a first bridge and a second bridge linking the first edge of the first slit to the second edge across the first slit. This light guide sheet provides a movable contact assembly which is easily fabricated and provides preferable illuminating.01-28-2010

Nobuhisa Tanise, Mie JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100242702CUTTING LINE ON GLASS SHEET PROVIDING APPARATUS - An apparatus for providing a cutting line on a glass sheet, in which the cutting line for bend-cutting the glass sheet is provided on the glass sheet conveyed on a carrying roller, is provided with: a cutter configured to provide the cutting line on the glass sheet; a ball slide device configured to freely move the cutter up and down in accordance with an up-down movement of the conveyed glass sheet, and to absorb an excessive pressing force of the cutter onto a glass sheet surface so as to keep the pressing force constant; a spring configured to apply an appropriate cutter pressure to the glass sheet surface; an arm configured to support the ball slide device, the spring, and the cutter; and a pressing device configured to press the arm toward the glass sheet surface.09-30-2010

Nobuhisa Tanise, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100242546Conveyance Assisting Device of Glass Ribbon - In a glass-ribbon conveyance assisting device which is applied to a glass-ribbon conveyance device configured to convey a glass ribbon on a plurality of rotating glass-conveyance rolls, the glass-ribbon conveyance assisting device includes a rotary drive section, a plurality of rolls configured to be rotated by the rotary drive section, an annular belt configured to rotate while running with flexion under a state where the rolls have been inserted into the belt, and a wheel configured to press the glass ribbon which is conveyed on the belt. The glass ribbon is conveyed on the belt by a drive of the belt under a state where width-directional both end portions of the glass ribbon are sandwiched between the belt and the wheel.09-30-2010

Nobuhisa Toshitani, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080219442Information processing apparatus and method, and a program - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus that processes an encrypted content. The apparatus includes a control section configured to control the following processes, such as a generation process, a moving range determination process, a holding process, a copying process, and an inactivation process. Such processes are to be performed independently in a specified order as a process for achieving moving out of at least a part of the encrypted content from a moving source to a moving destination.09-11-2008

Nobuhisa Yamaguchi, Toyokawa-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110181993SWITCHING DEVICE - A switching device includes a plurality of semiconductor switching elements coupled in series, a smoothing capacitor, and snubber circuit. Each of the semiconductor switching elements includes a free wheel diode. The smoothing capacitor is coupled in parallel with a direct current power source and the semiconductor switching elements. The smoothing capacitor smoothes an output of the direct current power source and supplies the smoothed output to the semiconductor switching elements. The snubber circuit is coupled between a first connecting point and a second connecting point in parallel with the semiconductor switching elements. An inductance of a first channel provided from the first connecting point to the second connecting point through the smoothing capacitor is equal to or more than 10 times as large as an inductance of a second channel including the semiconductor switching elements and the snubber circuit.07-28-2011
20120147641SWITCHING DEVICE - A switching device includes a flowing restriction element, a conductor and a snubber resistor. The flowing restriction element has an opening and closing function to open and close a flowing path of an electric current. The conductor is connected to the flowing restriction element. The snubber resistor is connected to the flowing restriction element and constitutes a snubber circuit. The snubber resistor is disposed along the conductor.06-14-2012

Nobuhisa Yamaguchi, Toyokawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120106220SWITCHING MODULE - A switching module includes a series-connected unit of a first flowing restriction element and a second flowing restriction element, the first flowing restriction element having an opening and closing function of opening and closing a flowing path of current, and the second flowing restriction element having at least one of a rectifying function of restricting the direction in which current flows and the opening and closing function, and a snubber circuit connected to the series-connected unit in parallel. A first wiring line connecting between the first flowing restriction element and the snubber circuit, a second wiring line connecting between the second flowing restriction element and the snubber circuit, a third wiring line connecting between the first flowing restriction element and the second flowing restriction element, the first flowing restriction element, the second flowing restriction element, and the snubber circuit are formed substantially integrally with each other by using an insulator.05-03-2012

Nobuhisa Yamaguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090242291ELECTRIC VEHICLE - To ensure that an energy supply operation can be performed safely and smoothly on a vehicle having a plurality of energy ports such as a charging port, charging ports for supplying electric energy to a high voltage battery and a fuel supply port for supplying fuel to a fuel tank are provided in a vehicle body as energy supply ports. The fuel supply port and charging ports are respectively provided with lid members that are switched between a closed state and an open state by respective lock mechanisms. When closure of one lid member is released, all of the other lid members are prohibited from being switched to the open state, and therefore the number of energy supply ports having an open lid member is limited to one.10-01-2009

Nobuhisa Yamazaki, Ishikawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090008861SHEET FEEDING DEVICE - A sheet feeding device includes a feeding unit that feeds a sheet; a rolling member that rolls by having contact with the sheet being fed by the feeding unit; a supporting member that moves along with a behavior of the sheet with supporting the rolling member so that the rolling member rolls in a feeding direction of the sheet at a predetermined position on the sheet; an acceleration measuring unit that measures accelerations acting on the supporting member in three directions; and a detecting unit that detects a feed error of the sheet based on the accelerations measured by the acceleration measuring unit.01-08-2009
20090147105IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Document image data is converted into luminance image data. Block image data is generated from the luminance image data. Start point block pixel data and end point block pixel data are set based on a change rate of luminance values of adjacent block pixel data. A luminance value of block pixel data between the start point block pixel data and the end point block pixel data is corrected based on a start point luminance value and an end point luminance value. The luminance value, of the block pixel data wherein each luminance value of an adjacent block pixel data cluster is less than an average value, is substituted by the average value. The luminance value of each pixel data is set based on the luminance value of the block pixel data. Post process luminance image data that includes each pixel data is reconverted into the document image data.06-11-2009
20090262199NOTEBOOK INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND PROJECTIVE TRANSFORMATION PARAMETER CALCULATING METHOD - A notebook information processor includes a lid including an image photographing unit and a display, and a main body, wherein the control unit includes a live view displaying unit that displays a live view obtained by photographing at least a portion of the main body within a photographing area of the image photographing unit on the display, a rectangle detecting unit that detects a rectangle for calculating a projective transformation parameter from the live view, a projective transformation parameter calculating unit that calculates the projective transformation parameter from a coordinate of the rectangle, and a still image obtaining unit that performs a projective transformation on the live view so as to obtain a live view photographed from a front direction, using the projective transformation parameter, obtains a still image from the live view after the projective transformation, and stores the still image in the storage unit.10-22-2009
20090262200NOTEBOOK INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND IMAGE READING METHOD - A notebook information processor includes an image photographing unit, a display, a keyboard, a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the control unit includes, a live view displaying unit that displays a live view obtained by photographing at least a portion of the keyboard within a photographing area of the image photographing unit on the display, a still image obtaining unit that obtains a still image from the live view displayed on the display by the live view displaying unit, when receiving a photographing start signal to start photographing the still image of a document put on the keyboard, and an image processing unit that performs projective transformation on the still image obtained by the still image obtaining unit so as to obtain an image photographed from a front direction, executes image processing so as to perform cropping to clip the document, and stores a transformed image of the document after the image processing in the storage unit.10-22-2009
20100135595IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus including an image photographing unit, and a control unit, wherein the control unit includes a document image acquiring unit that acquires a document image including at least an image of a document, a contour extracting unit that extracts a contour of the document from the document image, the extracting the contour being performed based on luminance, a distortion position detecting unit that detects a contour straight line located at a location where a distance between the contour and a center point of a rectangle having the minimum area surrounding the contour is shortest, the contour straight line being detected as a distortion position in the document, the contour straight line being located on the contour, and a corrected image generating unit that performs a geometric correction on the document image to extend the contour to a correction reference line determined from the distortion position, and generates a corrected image having the distortion in the document image corrected.06-03-2010
20110309568MEDIUM SUPPLYING APPARATUS - A medium supplying apparatus includes a separation mechanism that separates one medium at a time from a plurality of sheet-shaped media stacked in a loading rack and transports the medium, an irradiation unit that emits light onto a surface of the medium, and a light receiving unit that receives reflected light that is acquired by allowing the light emitted by the irradiation unit to be reflected from the surface and detects a reflected light intensity that is an intensity of the reflected light. The separating force of the separation mechanism that is used for separating a next medium is controlled based on the reflected light intensity detected by the light receiving unit.12-22-2011
20110310398FRICTION-COEFFICIENT ESTIMATING DEVICE AND FRICTION-COEFFICIENT ESTIMATING METHOD - A friction-coefficient estimating device is configured to estimate friction coefficient of the surface of a medium in a form of a sheet by irradiating a light on the surface and by detecting specularly-reflected light component of a reflected light and a diffusely-reflected light intensity. The friction-coefficient estimating device comprises an irradiating unit including a first irradiating unit and a second irradiating unit, a specularly-reflected light receiving unit including a first specularly-reflected light receiving unit that receives a first specularly-reflected light component of a reflected light and detects a first specularly-reflected light intensity and a second specularly-reflected light receiving unit that receives a second specularly-reflected light component of a reflected light and detects a second specularly-reflected light intensity, and a diffusely-reflected light receiving unit that receives a diffusely-reflected light component of a reflected light and detects a diffusely-reflected light intensity, and a control unit that estimates a friction coefficient of the surface based on a first reflected-light intensity coefficient and a second reflected-light intensity coefficient.12-22-2011
20120235929PAPER FEEDING DEVICE, IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE, PAPER FEEDING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided a paper feeding device including: a microphone which detects sound occurred on a paper conveying path; a pre-processing unit which performs pre-processing on a signal of the sound detected by the microphone; and a jam detection unit which detects a jam of paper based on the sound signal on which the pre-processing is performed, a reference value about intensity of the sound, and a reference value about a duration time of the sound.09-20-2012

Patent applications by Nobuhisa Yamazaki, Ishikawa JP

Nobuhisa Yoda, Roswell, GA US

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20120117236NETWORK CONNECTION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Network connection systems and methods for managing a variety of services over different kinds of networks. A network connection and communication system is provided that monitors and displays units of network usage over a selected network. The information can be displayed in terms of usage units that are easy to understand from the viewpoint of a user. For instance, a display screen can indicate the number of available or used usage units, eg, connection minutes (time), the number of books purchased and downloaded over the network, the number of connections to a communicating partner. Multiple conversions can occur between various services that are available depending on the type of service and selected network.05-10-2012

Nobuhisa Yoshida, Kamakura-Shi JP

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20080304401INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an optical information recording medium includes pre-grooves with an irregular shape and lands each of which is sandwiched between the pre-grooves adjacent to each other, where the pre-grooves and lands are defined on an interface between a recording layer and a light reflection layer in a recording film, where the recording film includes a light reflectivity that enables reproduction with light of 650±5 nm, the recording layer includes a recording sensitivity with respect to light by a wavelength shorter than 650±5 nm, and a recording mark can be formed on the pre-groove by using light with a wavelength shorter than 650±5 nm.12-11-2008
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Patent applications by Nobuhisa Yoshida, Kamakura-Shi JP