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Nobutaka Abe, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120127200	MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - The medical image display device is provided with a medical image reading unit configured to read a medical image obtained by a medical image diagnostic apparatus, a projected image creating unit configured to project the medical image onto a projection plane to created the projected image, and a projected image display unit configured to display the projected image, wherein the projected image creating unit has a virtual liquid generating unit configured to generate virtual liquid, the light transmittance of which is not zero and a virtual liquid adding unit configured to add the virtual liquid to the surface of an organ within the medical image, and creates a projected image of the medical image to which the virtual liquid has been added.	05-24-2012

Nobutaka Aomine, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090098311	METHOD FOR FORMING THIN FILM - When a thin film is formed on a substrate by means of a plasma under a pressure atmosphere close to the atmospheric pressure, it is possible to control particles to be formed by a reaction of a reaction gas and to form a uniform thin film constantly, even when the space between an electrode and the substrate is set to be wider than a conventional method.	04-16-2009

Nobutaka Chiba, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090155664	TRANSITION METAL NITRIDE, SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELLS, FUEL CELL STACK, FUEL CELL VEHICLE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TRANSITION METAL NITRIDE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELLS - A transition metal nitride is obtained by a nitriding treatment of a surface of a base material including a transition metal or an alloy of the transition metal, and the transition metal nitride has a crystal structure of an M	06-18-2009
20110206993	COMPOSITE ELECTRODE FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE - A composite electrode for an electricity storage device of the present invention includes: a substrate; a whisker or a fiber which is made of at least one of a metal and a metal compound and is formed on the substrate; and a coating layer which contains an active material and is formed on at least a part of a surface of the whisker or the fiber.	08-25-2011

Nobutaka Fujii, Ohtsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100222256	Novel polypeptide anti-HIV agent containing the same - The present invention provides novel polypeptides of A1-Arg-A2-Cys-Tyr-A3-A4-X-A5-A6-Cit Cys-A7 (I) or their salts (wherein A1 is hydrogen or a residue of arginine, lysine, ornithine, citrulline, alanine, or the like; A2 is an aromatic amino acid residue; A3, A4 and A6 are each a residue of arginine, lysine, ornithine, citrulline, or alanine; A5 is a residue of tyrosine, phenylalanine, alanine, naphthylalanine, or citrulline; A7 is a lysine or arginine residue whose carboxyl group may be converted into amido; and X is a residue of D-ornithyl-proline, prolyl-D-ornithine, D-lysylproline, or the like, with the proviso that any one of A1, A3, A4, A5, A6 and A7 is a residue of alanine or the like or that X is citrulline or the like), and methods of using same in the treatment of HIV.	09-02-2010

Nobutaka Fujimoto, Himeji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100168360	Process for Production of Crosslinked Poly(Meth) Acrylic Acid Nitroxide Compounds - The present invention relates to a crosslinked poly(meth)acrylic acid nitroxide compound resulting from crosslinking of a poly(meth)acrylic acid nitroxide compound, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method of inexpensively and easily producing a crosslinked poly(meth)acrylic acid nitroxide compound having a high radical concentration.	07-01-2010

Nobutaka Hanaoka, West New York, NJ US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100302575	Method and apparatus for distributing a locked print job - A method, apparatus, and system for outputting a locked print job by a printing device connected to a client terminal over a network. The method includes receiving a request to distribute the locked print job to one or more users. The locked print job is generated in response to the request, and the locked print job and information identifying the one or more users is transmitted to the printing device over the network. The printing device receives the locked print job and the information identifying the one or more users transmitted by the client terminal, and stores the locked print job, the information identifying the one or more users, and authentication information. The authentication information is transmitted to the one or more users. The printing device outputs the locked print job, when the authentication information is entered into the printing device.	12-02-2010

Nobutaka Hanaoka, Pinebrook, NJ US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100208287	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING A LOCKED PRINT JOB - A method, apparatus, and system for outputting a locked print job by a printing device connected to a first terminal and a second terminal over a network. The method includes receiving a request including information identifying a second user delegated to the locked print job, to perform the locked print job from a first user, and generating the locked print job in response to the request. The locked print job and the information identifying the second user is transmitted to the printing device over the network. The printing device stores the locked print job, the information identifying the second user, and authentication information that unlocks the locked print job when entered into the printing device and is transmitted to the second terminal associated with the second user. Further, the locked print job is output by the printing device, when the authentication information is entered into the printing device.	08-19-2010

Nobutaka Imamura, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100008374	RELAY APPARATUS, RELAY PROGRAM, RELAY METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DEVICES CONNECTED TO NETWORK - A relay apparatus includes: a tag information acquisition section that acquires tag information attached to the network-connected device; a management section that manages the tag information read out by the tag information acquisition section and an IP address assigned by the management apparatus, and an identification information assigned to the relay apparatus itself in association with one another; and a processing section that receives information that the management apparatus has transmitted with the tag information or IP address as a transmission destination and receives information transmitted from the network-connected device for execution of predetermined processing.	01-14-2010
20100125550	COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING DATA SHARING PROGRAM, DATA SHARING METHOD, AND DATA SHARING PROCESSOR - Each of plurality of nodes connected to each other via a network includes a local instance processor and a user application processor. The local instance processor executes a data sharing method for accessing shared data. The data sharing method includes: storing a value of first shared data with a function identifier of an update function upon receiving a registration request, wherein the update function is commutative and idempotent; updating the stored value of the first shared data to a first update value in accordance with an execution result of the update function upon receiving an update request; returning a completion message upon updating the stored value of the first shared data stored in the first node; and transmitting a first reflection request to a second node upon updating the stored value of the first shared data stored in the first node.	05-20-2010
20110184698	METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEFINITE CLOCK AND NODE APPARATUS - A clock determination method executed by a first one of apparatuses included in a system includes receiving a list including first definite clock values of respective apparatuses, the list being circulated among the apparatuses; determining the first clock value of the first apparatus at a point in time based on a smallest of logical clock values regarding corresponding commands on which processing is not completed, the commands being included in commands received by the first apparatus and the logical clock values being obtained at a time of receiving the corresponding commands and being stored, and updating the first clock value, the updated first clock value being included in the list, by using the determined first clock value; specifying, as a second clock value for the system, a smallest of the first clock values included in the updated list; and transmitting the updated list to a second one of the apparatuses.	07-28-2011
20110271084	Information processing system and information processing method - A disclosed information processing system includes a receiving node and a storing node, the receiving node includes an order information adding unit that adds first order information to operation instructions included in an operation instruction sequence, the first order information indicating an order among the operation instruction sequences and an operation instruction transmission unit that transmits the one or more operation instructions to the storing node, the storing node includes an operation instruction execution unit that executes the operation instructions. Further, upon a receipt of a second operation instruction having the first order information indicating that the second operation instruction is earlier than the one or more first operation instructions, which was already executed, in the first order relationship, the storing node re-executes the first operation instruction after the second operation instruction is executed.	11-03-2011
20120136837	INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A first node apparatus included in a distributed data store acquires first operation information and a first timestamp corresponding to target data. The first operation information specifies a first operation to be executed on the target data. The first timestamp indicates a first receipt time of the first operation information. The first node apparatus determines whether the first receipt time is earlier than some of second receipt times on the basis of second timestamps and the acquired first timestamp. The second timestamp indicates the second receipt time of second operation information. The second operation information specifies a second operation executed on the target data. The first node apparatus re-executes the second operations together with the first operation on the target data in the order of the receipt time when it is determined that the first receipt time is earlier than some of the second receipt times.	05-31-2012

Nobutaka Kasai, Hokkaido JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090252829	BREWING VINEGAR AND IT'S MANUFACTURING METHOD - The brewing vinegar produced by zymolysis and alcohol fermentation in the bean jam particle of sloppy legumes such as adzuki bean in paraellel, and subsequently its acetic acid fermentation and its manufacturing method. By this manufacturing method the alcohol fermentation in the product by zymolysis is performed immediately, which shows the effective prevention of corruption by pest bacteria. Brewing vinegar containing abundant polyphenol is produced by the acetic acid fermentation performed sequentially.	10-08-2009

Nobutaka Kikuiri, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090028542	ACTIVE CAMERA APPARATUS AND ROBOT APPARATUS - An outer body of ball shell type has an opening. A camera is located in the outer body and receives an image from outside of the outer body through the opening. A camera support unit is located in the outer body and rotationally supports the camera along a first axis and a second axis mutually crossed at a center of the outer body. A first camera actuator is located in the outer body and rotationally actuates the camera around the first axis. A second camera actuator is located in the outer body and rotationally actuates the camera around the second axis.	01-29-2009
20090238446	ULTRAFINE LITHOGRAPHY PATTERN INSPECTION USING MULTI-STAGE TDI IMAGE SENSORS WITH FALSE IMAGE REMOVABILITY - A workpiece inspection apparatus includes a measured image generator unit configured to measure a pattern of a workpiece and generate a measured image; and a comparator unit configured to compare the measured image to a fiducial image, wherein said measured image generator unit includes a light-receiving device having an interconnection of two or more time delay integration (TDI) sensors each being arranged by two or more line sensors each being arranged by two or more pixels, for generating as the measured image an average value of pixel values excluding an abnormal pixel value from pixels of each TDI sensor with respect to a position of the pattern of the workpiece.	09-24-2009
20100073684	XY STAGE APPARATUS - An XY stage apparatus capable of reducing a measurement error due to air fluctuations is provided. The XY stage apparatus includes a stage that moves in the XY directions, a laser interferometer to measure a position of the stage, and a measuring optical path barrel mechanism having a fixed barrel that covers at least a portion of a measuring optical path between the stage and the laser interferometer, is provided on a side of the laser interferometer of the measuring optical path, and is fixed to the laser interferometer and a movable barrel that covers at least a potion of the measuring optical path, is provided on the side of the stage of the measuring optical path, and moves together with movement of the stage, wherein an end of one of the fixed barrel and the movable barrel is inserted into that of the other.	03-25-2010
20110229009	PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD - A pattern inspection apparatus includes: an optical image acquiring unit configured to acquire optical image data of a target object on which each of a plurality of identical patterns is respectively formed at a respective corresponding position of a plurality of forming positions with distortion; a cut-out unit configured to cut out a plurality of partial optical image data from the optical image data; a correction unit configured to correct positions of the plurality of partial optical image data by using distortion information from which each amount of distortion of the plurality of identical patterns respectively formed at the respective corresponding position of the plurality of forming positions on the target object can be acquired; and a comparison unit configured to compare a plurality of corrected partial optical image data against each other on a pixel to pixel basis.	09-22-2011

Nobutaka Matsunaga, Hida-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100081845	Process for Production of Optically Active Benzylamine Derivatives - A benzylamine derivative has a structure represented by the following formula (1):	04-01-2010

Nobutaka Matsunishi, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080276656	Drum Type Drying and Washing Machine - A drum type washing and drying machine has a water tank (	11-13-2008
20100175432	WASHING AND DRYING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A washer-dryer apparatus has a blower for sucking air from a water tank and blowing the air into a washing and dewatering tub. At an inlet of the blower is provided a filter, which is cleaned by a cleaning device (	07-15-2010

Nobutaka Matsushita, Sennan-Gun,osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100285262	FLUOROCARBON RESIN COMPOSITE, COOKWARE, COOKER, ROLLER FOR OFFICE AUTOMATION EQUIPMENT, BELT FOR OFFICE AUTOMATION EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THEM - [Object] There are provided a fluorocarbon resin composite having improved abrasion resistance while nonadhesiveness, which is a feature of a fluorocarbon resin, is maintained, cookware, and a roller and a belt for use in office automation equipment.	11-11-2010

Nobutaka Minefuji, Azumino-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090116124	PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection type image display device comprising: a projection optical system having a first refracting optical section having a plurality of lenses, a reflecting optical section having at least one concave reflecting surfacer and a second refracting optical section in order from a reduction side; and an image forming optical section disposed on an anterior stage of a light path as the reduction side of the projection optical system, wherein the second refracting optical section has an exit lens having either:	05-07-2009
20090122279	PROJECTOR - A projector includes a screen; a reflection unit having at least one curved surface mirror disposed on the projection side of the screen; a bending mirror disposed before the reflection unit on the optical path and disposed on either the non-projection side of the screen or on an extension plane of the screen; a refraction unit disposed before the reflection unit on the optical path and having at least a part disposed on either the non-projection side of the screen or on the extension plane of the screen; and an image forming unit disposed before the refraction unit on the optical path and disposed on the non-projection side of the screen.	05-14-2009
20090231555	PROJECTOR - In a projection optical system comprising: two lens groups, and a curved plane mirror, wherein the projection optical system including two story structure, and having bend means for bending at least two times the light incident from an electro-optic modulator.	09-17-2009
20100165308	PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a projection unit that projects projection light toward an illuminated surface; a housing that houses the projection unit and has an opening that allows the projection light to exit outward; and a cover portion that blocks the opening and transmits the projection light, wherein a plurality of areas is set in the cover portion relative to the projection unit, and a process of changing the reflectance of the light-incident surface of the cover portion at which the projection light is reflected is performed on each of the areas.	07-01-2010
20100208358	PROJECTION ZOOM LENS AND PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection zoom lens includes in order from an enlargement side: a first lens group with negative power; a second lens group with positive power; a third lens group with positive power; a fourth lens group with positive power; and a fifth lens group with positive power, wherein the first and fifth lens groups are fixed and the second, third, and fourth lens groups move when zooming from a wide angle side to a telescopic side, the second lens group includes only a positive lens which is convex toward the enlargement side, and assuming that the focal length at a wide angle end of a whole system including the first to fifth lens groups is F and the focal length of the second lens group is F	08-19-2010
20100208364	PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection optical system includes: a refracting optical section composed mainly of a plurality of lenses disposed in order from a reducing side, and having positive power; a first reflecting optical section having a concave reflecting optical surface; and a second reflecting optical section having a convex reflecting optical surface, wherein the projection optical system satisfies the following conditional expression, denoting a focal length of a total system combining the refracting optical section, the first reflecting optical section, and the second reflecting optical section as F, and a focal length of the refracting optical section as FL:	08-19-2010
20110199692	PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection optical system includes: a refracting optical section composed mainly of a plurality of lenses disposed in order from a reducing side, and having positive power; a first reflecting optical section having a concave reflecting optical surface; and a second reflecting optical section having a convex reflecting optical surface, wherein the projection optical system satisfies the following conditional expression, denoting a focal length of a total system combining the refracting optical section, the first reflecting optical section, and the second reflecting optical section as F, and a focal length of the refracting optical section as FL:	08-18-2011
20110317135	PROJECTOR - In a projection optical system comprising: two lens groups, and a curved plane mirror, wherein the projection optical system including two story structure, and having bend means for bending at least two times the light incident from an electro-optic modulator.	12-29-2011

Nobutaka Miyake, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080278738	IMAGE-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD - A large-capacity multiplexing system assuring image quality and robustness is provided. An image-processing apparatus multiplexing additional information on image information includes a first multiplexing unit that is configured to perform pseudo-halftone processing so that the image information is changed into a first quantization level of multi-level gradation and that is configured to multiplex first information of the additional information at the pseudo-halftone-processing time, and a second multiplexing unit that is configured to perform the pseudo-halftone processing so that the first quantization level subjected to the pseudo-halftone processing by the first multiplexing unit is changed into a second quantization level of gradation lower than the multi-level gradation and that is configured to multiplex second information of the additional information at the pseudo-halftone-processing time.	11-13-2008
20100290067	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - For a printing apparatus which saves on a color material, an image processing apparatus is realized which enables a user to incur printing costs only for necessary information and necessary areas in a print product. For this purpose, there is provided an image processing apparatus including a separation unit configured to analyze and separate print information into text, photograph, and graphic constituent elements, a display unit configured to display information about a color material used amount to be used in printing for each of the separated constituent elements, and a setting unit configured to allow a user to set a change in the color material used amount for each of the separated constituent elements.	11-18-2010
20110001993	IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus which previously sets a reduction order based on saturation with respect to inks to be used in a saving mode. When a color uses two or more colors of ink, the image processing apparatus reduces the ink featuring high on the reduction order, or increases the reduction amount of the ink featuring high on the reduction order.	01-06-2011
20110285777	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND DATA GENERATING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus, an image processing method, an inkjet printing apparatus and a data generating apparatus are provided that can reduce, when a plurality of types of inks are used to print an image, the color unevenness that is caused by the variation of ejecting characteristics among a plurality of nozzles. A conversion table for correcting, based on an ejecting characteristic, a multi dimensional color printed by ejecting at least two types of inks on a common region on a printing medium is used to correct a plurality of color signals corresponding to these inks.	11-24-2011
20110285778	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Printing heads of combinations of four ink colors and seven printing characteristic ranks are previously used to print an image for measurement, and table parameters corresponding to all of the combinations of nozzle ink colors and printing characteristic ranks are obtained on the basis of a measurement result of this image for measurement and stored in a memory. Then, when printing is actually performed in a printer, a primary color image for measurement is printed for each nozzle of a printing head for each of four ink colors. A printing characteristic rank for each nozzle is obtained for each of four ink colors based on a measurement result of this image for measurement, and a table parameter is selected that corresponds to the same combination as the combination of the obtained printing characteristic rank of each nozzle of four ink colors, by referring to the memory.	11-24-2011
20110285779	IMAGE PROCESSOR, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processor, a printing apparatus, and an image processing method are provided that can reduce, when a plurality of types of inks are used to print an image, the color unevenness that is caused by the variation of ejecting characteristics among a pluralities of nozzles. To realize this, for a color formed by overlapping at least two colors of inks, parameters are prepared that are determined so as to reduce the color difference in the printing medium due to the variation of the ejecting characteristic among the respective pluralities of nozzles. During printing, the parameters are used to correct the first color signal owned by the individual pixels to the second color signal.	11-24-2011
20110285780	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention reduces an uneven color of a color having two or more colors of inks, the uneven color occurring due to manufacturing variations of ink ejection nozzles and so on. Each of a plurality of correction tables that is assigned to each predetermined number of nozzles that are used for printing on a common region in the print medium, of a plurality of nozzle arrays formed on a print head, each of the nozzle arrays ejecting a plurality of inks including a first ink and a second ink whose color is different from the color of the first ink, is generated on the basis of at least an ink ejection property of nozzles ejecting the first and second inks.	11-24-2011
20110286020	IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention is intended to provide an image processor that can reduce color unevenness occurring in a composite color image formed by overlapping different types of inks due to a variation in printing characteristic among a plurality of nozzles while suppressing a reduction in processing speed in generation of printing data. The image processor converts a color signal indicating the image represented by a plurality of elements to a color signal corresponding to the plurality of inks with use of a conversion table determined on the basis of ejection characteristics of nozzle groups corresponding to the plurality of inks so as to suppress color unevenness occurring in a composite color image due to a variation in ejection characteristic among the plurality of nozzles.	11-24-2011
20110316920	EJECTION CHARACTERISTICS EVALUATION APPARATUS AND EJECTION CHARACTERISTICS EVALUATION METHOD FOR INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS, AND INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - The present invention prints a plurality of ejection characteristics detection patterns with different print duties. Each of the patterns is divided into areas with a certain number of pixels, and each area is read with a plurality of different read colors. Based on the read values by the read color for each area, evaluation values by the read color that indicates ejection variation volume that is the difference between ink ejection volume to each area and standard ink ejection volume are set. A weighted average is obtained by applying the weight determined by reading accuracy of a reading unit to evaluation values by color for each area with different print duties formed by the same nozzle. The ejection characteristics of a nozzle that prints each of the areas are evaluated using the weighted average value.	12-29-2011
20120013954	IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method in which the image of a document is extracted from an image including the image of the document on a document positioning table, acquired by a line sensor scanning the document placed on the document positioning table while illuminating the document from the upstream side or the downstream side of the scanning includes extracting the edge of the image on the document positioning table to set a provisional document area based on the edge, detecting a bright area where light incident on the line sensor is excessive, at the illuminated edge on the upstream side or the downstream side in the scanning direction from the image of the provisional area, and determining the area of the document by removing the area where light is excessive from the provisional area.	01-19-2012
20120081436	IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When printing an image using a plurality of inks, color unevenness caused by variations in ejection characteristics among nozzles is corrected at suitable timings in accordance with change in the color unevenness over time, and favorable image output without noticeably color unevenness is maintained. For this purpose, parameters are prepared, for colors formed by combinations of at least two colors of ink, the parameters being determined so as to reduce differences in coloration on a print medium caused by individual variations in the ejection characteristics of a plurality of nozzles. When printing, a first color signal included in individual pixels is corrected for a second color signal by using the parameters. Information regarding the ejection volume characteristics of a plurality of nozzles is acquired as appropriate, and by estimating changes in coloration from this information, suitable timings for overwriting such parameters are determined.	04-05-2012
20120081439	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS, AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - The invention decreases the enlargement of memory and processing time for the correction of image data carried out to reduce image deterioration caused by nozzle ejection characteristic variation in an inkjet printing apparatus. Print heads are provided with pluralities of chips that have nozzle arrays formed from a plurality of nozzles. Coupled portions and non-overlap portions are formed on each chip. An image processing apparatus sets input image data, which correspond to nozzle regions that are defined in nozzle arrays along the alignment direction of the nozzles of the print head and that are composed of a plurality of nozzles, as processing blocks. The input image data is processed according to parameters defined for each of those processing blocks. The boundaries of the nozzle regions corresponding to the input image data of the processing blocks are established according to the boundaries of the overlap portions and the non-overlap portions.	04-05-2012
20120081441	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PRINTER - Provided is an image processing apparatus that can accurately and efficiently reduce color unevenness that occurs in a color image, which is formed by color mixture of a plurality of different types of inks, due to a variation in ejection characteristic among nozzles. The inks are respectively ejected from the nozzle arrays to print patches; regions where color correction for test color images should be performed are specified; a different types of color correction processing for color signals corresponding to the color correction regions are performed to print color correction patches; a color correction patch to be used is selected; on the basis of selected color correction processing, a table parameter corresponding to a nozzle is formed; when the plurality of color correction patches are formed, only correction candidate values having larger color differences than a predetermined threshold value in a uniform color space are generated for color signals.	04-05-2012
20120081442	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Area information is obtained with respect to a specified color and nozzle position having color unevenness. Then, coordinate information indicating a nozzle position corresponding to the above area information is obtained in a printing head or nozzle array corresponding to an ink color relating to the specified color information. Next, the number of candidate correction values or candidate patches is obtained on the basis of nozzle coordinates obtained corresponding to the area, by referring to a table. In this table, for example, the number of candidate correction values is small at a nozzle position where an effect due to the variations of nozzle ejection characteristics such as a nozzle ejection volume is small and a change direction is constant, and the number of candidate correction values is large at a nozzle position where an effect due to variations of nozzle ejection characteristics is large.	04-05-2012
20120081443	INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS, INKJET PRINTING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In the present invention, joint sections and non-joint sections are formed in nozzle arrays of a plurality of chips arranged in a print head. Correction values for correcting input image data are calculated for reducing color difference caused by variation in the ejection characteristics of the nozzles. In this calculation of correction values, first a first correction value corresponding to first nozzles that form a color measurement area is calculated based on the color measurement value obtained by measuring the color of a discrete color measurement area included in a patch formed by a nozzle array. Next, a second correction value for correcting input image data corresponding to second nozzles of the nozzle array is calculated based on the first correction value. Different complementary processing is used when calculating the second correction value corresponding to a non-joint section, and when calculating the second correction value corresponding to a joint section.	04-05-2012
20120081444	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of reducing color unevenness due to variations in ejection characteristics among a plurality of nozzles when printing an image using a plurality of inks. To that end, a first image which is made up a color with noticeable color unevenness and similar colors is printed onto a print medium. The user then specifies a color and a nozzle position where color unevenness has occurred. On the basis of these results, parameters are set for a correction table referenced by are MCS processor. In so doing, it becomes possible to address the factor causing the color unevenness, and mitigate the effects of color unevenness in a focused way without incurring increases in processor load, memory requirements, or processing time as compared to the case of calibrating all lattice points.	04-05-2012
20120081449	INKJET PRINTER, IMAGE PROCESSOR, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In the present invention, a first calculation unit calculates, based on image data obtained by reading with a reading unit a plurality of patches formed on a printing medium by a plurality of nozzle regions constituting nozzle array of a printing head, respective color specification values of a plurality of correction regions corresponding to a plurality of nozzle regions constituting the nozzle array. Then, a target value setting unit sets, based on the calculated color specification values of the plurality of correction regions, a target color specification value of the patch. Further, a second calculation unit calculates a difference between each of the color specification values of the plurality of correction regions and the target color specification value as a correction amount. After that, based on the correction amount calculated, image data corresponding to an image printed by each of the plurality of nozzle regions are corrected.	04-05-2012
20120081768	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PRINTER - An image processing apparatus is provided that is capable of very accurately and efficiently reducing uneven color caused by variation in ejection characteristics among nozzles that eject ink and that occurs in a color image that is formed by mixing a plurality of different kinds of ink. A patch is printed by ejected ink from a plurality of nozzles, a region is specified so as to perform color correction in a test color image that is printed on a printing medium, a plurality of different color correction processing is performed on color signals that correspond to a color correction region, a plurality of color correction patches are printed, a color correction patch to be used is selected from among the plurality of different color correction patches and table parameters that correspond to the nozzles are created based on the selected color correction processing.	04-05-2012
20120113183	INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - When the width of a recording head is greater than the width of a recording medium having a maximum conveyable width, a recorded image corresponding to ejecting ports in the entire area of the recording head cannot be corrected. Multiple correction test patterns are recorded using ejecting ports in part of the recording head, and correction data for correcting an image corresponding to ejecting ports in the entire area of the recording head on the basis of the colorimetric result of the test patterns. In this way, image data to be recorded by the ejecting ports in the entire area of the recording head is corrected.	05-10-2012

Nobutaka Mizuno, Mobara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110085068	STACKED ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DIGITAL CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a stacked organic light-emitting device in which organic compound layers for respective emission colors are capable of separately emitting light. The stacked organic light-emitting device includes a first organic compound layer, a second organic compound layer, and a third organic compound layer, which have emission colors different from each other. The first organic compound layer is provided on one side of a common transparent electrode, and the second organic compound layer and the third organic compound layer are provided on another side thereof. The first organic compound layer has a polarity direction opposite to polarity directions of the second organic compound layer and the third organic compound layer.	04-14-2011
20110095279	ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is an organic electroluminescence display apparatus capable of reducing a chromaticity difference caused by light emission from an organic layer including an emission layer having the same color, which is continuously formed over two sub-pixels included in a pixel. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus includes: a substrate; and multiple organic electroluminescence devices which are stacked on the substrate, each of which includes electrodes and an organic layer sandwiched by the electrodes in which first organic layer and a second organic layer are arranged side by side in an emission region corresponding to a pixel formed on the substrate and a third organic layer is stacked over the first organic layer and the second organic layer through an intermediate electrode. The third organic layer has an emission spectrum peak wavelength which is longer than an emission spectrum peak wavelength of at least one of the first organic layer and the second organic layer.	04-28-2011
20110101855	DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus that uses a sealing configuration with a protective layer and in which the luminous efficiency of an organic electroluminescent element that emits blue light is improved.	05-05-2011
20120018712	ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY - An organic electroluminescent (EL) display includes a plurality of organic EL devices for red, green, and blue subpixels, each including a first electrode on a light output side, a second electrode opposite the first electrode, and an organic compound layer including a light-emitting layer therebetween. The organic EL devices have a resonator structure between a first reflective surface closer to the first electrode than the organic compound layer and a second reflective surface closer to the second electrode than the organic compound layer. A predetermined white color is displayed by mixing the three colors such that an optical distance of the organic EL devices of each color between an emission position in the light-emitting layer and the second reflective surface is set within ±10% from an optical distance corresponding to an nth-order minimum of a curve of required current density against at least the optical distance.	01-26-2012
20120032584	DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes an organic electroluminescent element that emits blue light, an organic electroluminescent element that emits green light, and an organic electroluminescent element that emits red light. An optical adjustment layer provided on the organic electroluminescent element that emits red light has a thickness d	02-09-2012

Nobutaka Mizutani, Miyagi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090107521	CHEMICAL SOLUTION OR PURE WATER FEEDER, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, OR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - By adding a perfluoromonomer to PVDF being a fluororesin to soften it, the oxygen permeability can be significantly reduced and a flexible fluororesin tube can be obtained. The oxygen permeability can also be reduced by providing a nylon tube as an outer layer. The tube is used between a chemical solution or ultrapure water feeder and a chemical solution or ultrapure water utilizing apparatus such as a cleaning apparatus or a wet etching apparatus.	04-30-2009

Nobutaka Nakajima, Tochigi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120077102	METHOD OF SHUTTING DOWN FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method of shutting down a fuel cell system includes a first step of supplying hydrogen gas and air to a fuel cell stack to thereby cause the fuel cell stack to generate electricity, and a second step of stopping supply of the hydrogen gas, and then supplying air to the fuel cell stack so as to cause the fuel cell stack to generate electricity upon detection of a command to shut down the fuel cell stack. In the second step, when the pressure of the hydrogen gas is lowered to a preset lower-limit value based on an anode pressure, which actually is measured, the fuel cell stack is caused to stop generating electricity.	03-29-2012

Nobutaka Nakamura, Hidaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090319748	MEMORY SYSTEM AND MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a first memory device is configured to receive write data from a controller and transmit read data to the controller via a first data pin included in the first memory device. The second memory device is configured to receive write data from the controller and transmit read data to the controller via a second data pin included in the second memory device. A redelivery module within the first memory device is configured to receive an address and a command output from the controller via a predetermined signal line, and output the address and the command to the second memory device via remaining first data pin.	12-24-2009

Nobutaka Nakao, Nirasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080242086	PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plasma processing method, for performing a plasma process on a target substrate by generating a plasma between an upper electrode and a lower electrode facing each other by means of applying a radio frequency power therebetween, includes applying a DC voltage of a positive or negative polarity to an inner electrode of an electrostatic chuck on the lower electrode to attract and hold the target substrate thereon; and changing the positive or negative polarity of the DC voltage applied to the inner electrode of the electrostatic chuck to an opposite polarity thereto between a time when the application of the radio frequency power from the radio frequency power supply is started to perform the plasma process of the target substrate and a time when the plasma process is completed.	10-02-2008
20080308230	PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plasma processing apparatus	12-18-2008

Nobutaka Narita, Clermont-Ferrand FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100200137	TIRE TREAD SURFACE DESIGN - A tire tread provided with a plurality of grooves delimiting blocks and/or ribs and having an average depth H. This tread has a tread surface designed to come into contact with the roadway only along a plurality of raised contact lines. The raised contact lines intersect one another to delimit, on the tread surface, a plurality of contiguous first cavities each formed by a wall which is recessed radially inwardly from the tread surface. The walls of the first cavities are intersected by respective second cavities situated radially.	08-12-2010
20120024442	Tire Tread - Tread band for a tire having a tread surface and comprising a plurality of recesses of total depth H* opening onto the tread surface, each recess comprising at least two cavities of a first type of cavities, each of these cavities of a first type being delimited by a main wall and having a depth Hi, the main wall of each cavity of the first type is such that its intersection with a virtual surface parallel to the running surface in the new condition and passing through the points of the said wall that are furthest towards the outside of the tread forms an exterior contour that is closed and of length Ce, the main wall of each cavity of the first type is such that its intersection with a virtual surface parallel to the running surface in the new condition and passing through the points of the main wall furthest towards the inside of the tread forms an interior contour which is closed and of length of length Ci, this tread band being characterized in that the cavities of a first type are arranged at different levels in a direction oriented from the tread surface towards the inside of the tread strip, and in that the length Ce of the exterior contour of a cavity is less than the length Ci of the interior contour of the same cavity.	02-02-2012

Nobutaka Nishibashi, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110153057	NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE FOR TOOL MACHINE - A numerical control device includes a primary distribution pulse calculator that calculates primary distribution pulses obtained by distributing movement amounts in first and second directions included in a movement command of a work or a tool for each of predetermined calculation cycles. A secondary distribution pulse calculator calculates, for each movement direction, secondary distribution pulses obtained by distributing the primary distribution pulses of each calculation cycle calculated by the primary distribution pulse calculator, before and after corresponding calculation cycles within ranges of distribution sections across the corresponding calculation cycles and having an acceleration-deceleration time constant of the corresponding movement direction as a section width, and then accumulating the primary distribution pulses for each calculation cycle. A drive controller drives at least one of a tool moving device and a work moving device on the basis of the secondary distribution pulses calculated by the secondary distribution pulse calculator unit.	06-23-2011
20110166693	NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A main control process is made common to all machine tools by describing in a NC program a tool trajectory including a change in posture in a coordinate system (	07-07-2011

Nobutaka Ono, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110058685	METHOD OF SEPARATING SOUND SIGNAL - The present invention obtains a separated signal from an audio signal based on the anisotropy of smoothness of spectral elements in the time-frequency domain. A spectrogram of the audio signal is assumed to be a sum of a plurality of sub-spectrograms, and smoothness of spectral elements of each sub-spectrogram in the time-frequency domain has directionality on the time-frequency plane. The method comprises obtaining a distribution coefficient for distributing spectral elements of said audio signal in the time-frequency domain to at least one sub-spectrogram based on the directionality of the smoothness of each sub-spectrogram on the time-frequency plane, and separating at least one sub-spectrogram from said spectral elements of said audio signal using said distribution coefficient.	03-10-2011

Nobutaka Ozaki, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090134461	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing an electronic apparatus having a resist pattern provided over a substrate provided with a thin film transistor, the method includes the steps of forming by application a resist film over the substrate in the state of covering the thin film transistor, forming a resist pattern by subjecting the resist film to exposure to light and a developing treatment, and irradiating the resist pattern with at least one of ultraviolet light and visible light in a dry atmosphere in the condition where a channel part of the thin film transistor is prevented from being irradiated with light having a wavelength of shorter than 260 nm, wherein a step of heat curing the resist pattern is conducted after the irradiation with at least one of ultraviolet light and visible light.	05-28-2009
20100314621	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus having a substrate with a bottom gate p-channel type thin film transistor; a resist pattern over the substrate; and a light shielding film operative to block light having a wavelength shorter than 260 nm over at least a channel part of said thin film transistor.	12-16-2010

Nobutaka Sakurai, Matsudo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110036769	Solid-Liquid Separating Device, Filtering Apparatus, and Solid-Liquid Separating Method - A solid-liquid separating apparatus is provided with: a separating roll which has a substantially cylindrical shape with a plurality of through holes, which penetrate between an inner surface and an outer surface in radial direction thereof, and is rotatable in circumferential direction thereof; and a pair of separating filter cloths which is endless belts capable of traveling in a rotation direction of the separating roll and are wound around the outer circumference of the separating roll so as to overlap each other, wherein a material supplied between the pair of filter cloths is squeezed by being rolled together with the pair of filter cloths therebetween on the outer circumference of the separating roll, and the material is dehydrated by ventilating via each through hole.	02-17-2011

Nobutaka Sasazawa, Kagoshima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090060388	Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method, and Image Processing Program - An image processing device, which performs, on image data, image quality adjustment processing and resize processing to adjust an image size to a target size, and which outputs processed image data, including: an adjustment parameter creation unit which creates adjustment parameters for the image quality adjustment processing, on the basis of original image data; a contrast information creation unit which acquires the image size of the original image data and the target size, and creates size contrast information; a resize amount detection unit which determines the resize amount in the resize processing on the basis of the size contrast information; and an adjustment parameter modification unit which modifies the adjustment parameters in accordance with the resize amount.	03-05-2009
20100182620	Image processing device and image processing method - An image processing device connected to a display device and a printing device includes an image data acquiring module that acquires image data, a setting module that sets a print image quality adjustment condition, a print image data generating module that performs an image quality adjustment process on the acquired image data, and generates print image data, and a display image data generating module that generates display image data. The display image data generating module, when requested to display an image subjected to an image quality adjustment process, performs an image quality adjustment process on the acquired image data, and generates adjusted display image data, and when requested to display an image not subjected to an image quality adjustment process, generates unadjusted display image data, without image quality adjustment. A display control module displays an image subjected to the image quality adjustment process using the adjusted display image data.	07-22-2010
20110063675	Printing device, printing method, and computer program product - A printing device comprising: a data acquiring unit configured to acquire image data; an image processing unit configured to generate display image data and printing image data based on the image data by with pixel value of a pixel at a first position in an image of the printing image data, performing an image process of modifying a pixel value of a first subject pixel of the printing image data at the first position or another position, the first position being determined according to a first parameter P	03-17-2011

Nobutaka Sato, Hiroshima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090166958	Sheet-Discharging Apparatus for Sheet-Fed Printing Press - To provide a sheet-discharging apparatus for a sheet-fed printing press in which a fan device is downsized, the visibility of an operator is improved, cleaning operation of the fan device is carried out easily, and a blast fan may be shifted easily and quickly to a desired position according to the size or the material of a sheet to be printed. There is provided a sheet-discharging apparatus for a sheet-fed printing press including: a fan device having a plurality of blast fans and a frame for mounting the blast fans, in which at least some of the plurality of blast fans are arranged in contact with the lower surface of a frame body corresponding to elongated openings formed on the thin-plate shaped frame body which constitutes the frame, and are slidable in the feeding direction and/or in the widthwise direction with respect to the frame body.	07-02-2009

Nobutaka Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120135699	SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVER APPARATUS, SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVER APPARATUS - A superheterodyne receiver apparatus includes a tuning circuit for selecting and receiving a high frequency signal, the circuit being composed of a voltage-variable capacitance element and an inductance element; and a frequency converting unit for frequency converting the high frequency signal to an intermediate frequency signal. The superheterodyne receiver apparatus further includes an electrically rewritable read only memory; a calculation unit for calculating tuning voltage setting data, which are used to set the tuning circuit to a tuning voltage corresponding to a desired reception frequency, in accordance with a mathematical expression that uses the data stored in the memory as coefficients; and a D/A conversion unit for D/A converting the tuning voltage setting data to the tuning voltage.	05-31-2012

Nobutaka Shimizu, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120075266	HOME MEDICAL APPARATUS - A home medical apparatus can give explanations corresponding to the levels of proficiency in operation when explaining to a patient about operation procedures. A home medical apparatus according to this invention includes a selection unit which selects an explanation mode corresponding to the level of proficiency in operation, a storage unit which stores a plurality of display windows classified to the respective explanation modes upon associating them with each other between adjacent levels, and a display control unit which displays the display windows classified to the selected explanation mode in a predetermined order. When a detailed explanation button is pressed, the display control unit makes transition to a display window classified to an explanation mode one level lower than the current explanation mode.	03-29-2012

Nobutaka Suzuki, Ishikawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110293756	PREVENTIVES OR REMEDIES FOR TUMOR OR HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRAL DISEASE - A composition for foods or medicaments, containing a fermentation product or an enzyme-treated product that is either obtained by fermenting or treating with an enzyme at least one type of component selected from the husks, pellicles and astringent skin of Coix seeds.	12-01-2011

Nobutaka Tani, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100175030	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus with improved operatability. With the information processing apparatus in which the user is capable of watching a television program and connecting to the Internet, the index panel	07-08-2010

Nobutaka Tubota, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120000046	SYRINGE ASSEMBLY DEVICE - A barrel support device supports a barrel rotationally about an axis of the barrel with the axis being arranged vertically and an opening of the barrel through which a plunger rod is inserted being directed upward. A chuck of a plunger rod support device holds the plunger rod in a first holding state in which the plunger rod is prevented from rotating about and sliding along its axis and inserts it into the barrel. Then, the chuck enters a second holding state in which the plunger rod is prevented from rotating about its axis but is not prevented from sliding along its axis. A load application device places a load acting downward on the plunger rod, and a rotation application device rotates the barrel in a direction in which the plunger rod is screwed into a gasket in the barrel.	01-05-2012

Nobutaka Ukyoh, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090157530	Data processing device and data processing method - Included are reproduction processing unit that reproduces a content distributed as carried on broadcasting waves, display unit that displays an image making distinguishable the content that is in a reproducing process by the reproduction processing unit, request accepting unit that accepts a purchase request for the content corresponding to the image displayed on the display unit, and code generating unit that generates a predetermined code readable by a mobile terminal on the basis of unique identifying information contained in the content having the purchase request accepted by the request accepting unit.	06-18-2009

Nobutaka Ukyou, Kobe JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090262045	In-Vehicle Display Apparatus - There is provided an in-vehicle display apparatus including a display unit that displays different images to be seen from a driver's seat side and a passenger's seat side; and an image control unit that causes the driver's seat side to display a navigation image, when operation mode is switched from a second operation mode in which an operation on a second image displayed on the passenger's seat side is allowed, to a first operation mode in which an operation on a first image displayed on the driver's seat side is allowed.	10-22-2009

Nobutaka Watanabe, Mie-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110031547	NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a substrate; a plurality of gate electrodes provided on the substrate, extended in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, arranged in a matrix in an up-to-down direction perpendicular to the upper surface and a second direction, and having a through-hole respectively extended in the up-to-down direction, the second direction being orthogonal to both the first direction and the up-to-down direction; an insulation plate provided between the gate electrodes in the second direction and extended in the first direction and the up-to-down direction; a block insulation film provided on an interior surface of the through-hole and on an upper surface and a lower surface of the gate electrodes and being contact with the insulation plate; a charge storage film provided on the block insulation film; a tunnel insulation film provided on the charge storage film; and a semiconductor pillar provided in the through-hole and extended in the up-to-down direction.	02-10-2011
20120061743	SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a stacked body, a contact, a semiconductor member, a charge storage layer, and a penetration member. The stacked body includes an electrode film stacked alternately with an insulating film. A configuration of an end portion of the stacked body is a stairstep configuration having a step provided every electrode film. The contact is connected to the electrode film from above the end portion. The semiconductor member is provided in a portion of the stacked body other than the end portion to pierce the stacked body in a stacking direction. The charge storage layer is provided between the electrode film and the semiconductor member. The penetration member pierces the end portion in the stacking direction. The penetration member does not include the same kind of material as the charge storage layer.	03-15-2012