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Noda, Tokyo

Akio Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110288667	INDUSTRIAL ROBOT SYSTEM - Provided is an industrial robot system which enables a reduction in an installation/adjustment period, and an increase in a no-error continuous operation period, and includes an action planning section (	11-24-2011

Arihide Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090026565	Optical Module - The present invention includes: photoelectric conversion element	01-29-2009
20100328894	OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION DEVICE - Provided is an optical interconnection device in which a volume required for cooling is reduced. In the optical interconnection device, a plurality of optical modules (	12-30-2010

Atsushi Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090119008	Electronic guide system, contents server for electronic guide system, portable electronic guide device, and information processing method for electronic guide system - Tour guide contents stored in a tour guide apparatus carried by a user at a tour destination are provided with points of interest information and map data. This information includes latitude and longitude information for the site of each point of interest, and information on the providers of the information and the categories of information. The latitude and longitude information is provided for each site in relation to map data. By matching these pieces of latitude and longitude information to the map data, points of interest information can be laid out on the map and displayed. This makes it possible to select interesting site information to be displayed on the map based on the information provider, for example, points of interest information provided by provider A for restaurants and another set of information provided by provider B for hotels.	05-07-2009
20100191462	ELECTRONIC GUIDE SYSTEM, CONTENTS SERVER FOR ELECTRONIC GUIDE SYSTEM, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC GUIDE DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC GUIDE SYSTEM - Tour guide contents stored in a tour guide apparatus carried by a user at a tour destination are provided with points of interest information and map data. This information includes latitude and longitude information for the site of each point of interest, and information on the providers of the information and the categories of information. The latitude and longitude information is provided for each site in relation to map data. By matching these pieces of latitude and longitude information to the map data, points of interest information can be laid out on the map and displayed. This makes it possible to select interesting site information to be displayed on the map based on the information provider, for example, points of interest information provided by provider A for restaurants and another set of information provided by provider B for hotels.	07-29-2010
20110246610	ELECTRONIC GUIDE SYSTEM, CONTENTS SERVER FOR ELECTRONIC GUIDE SYSTEM, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC GUIDE DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC GUIDE SYSTEM - Tour guide contents stored in a tour guide apparatus carried by a user at a tour destination are provided with points of interest information and map data. This information includes latitude and longitude information for the site of each point of interest, and information on the providers of the information and the categories of information. The latitude and longitude information is provided for each site in relation to map data. By matching these pieces of latitude and longitude information to the map data, points of interest information can be laid out on the map and displayed. This makes it possible to select interesting site information to be displayed on the map based on the information provider, for example, points of interest information provided by provider A for restaurants and another set of information provided by provider B for hotels.	10-06-2011

Chie Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110138464	STATE NOTIFICATION APPARATUS, STATE NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A state notification apparatus comprises: a holding unit that, when one or more secure runtime environments and one or more non-secure runtime environments are selectively executed in a foreground, holds an identifier of a runtime environment that is being executed in the foreground; a determination unit that determines a state of the runtime environment executed in the foreground based on the identifier held by the holding unit; and a notification unit that causes a hardware device that cannot be accessed from the one or more non-secure runtime environments to notify the state determined by the determination unit.	06-09-2011
20110185396	INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information-processing apparatus comprises: an environment storage unit that stores a set of instructions for implementing a plurality of runtime environments including a first runtime environment and a second runtime environment; an execution unit that executes the set of instructions stored in the environment storage unit; a status-holding unit that stores an item(s) of status information to be transmitted from the first runtime environment to the second runtime environment; a timing storage unit that stores a condition relating to a status of execution of one of the first runtime environment and the second runtime environment; and a transmission unit that transmits the item(s) of status information stored in the status-holding unit to the second runtime environment in a case where the condition stored in the timing storage unit is fulfilled.	07-28-2011

Hideyuki Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090142785	Capturing carrier, capturing device, analysis system using the same, and method for capturing and testing microorganisms - In order to make a process of capturing and testing air-borne microorganisms more convenient and quick, a capturing device which comprises the capturing carrier comprising a polymer which is in a gel phase at the time of capturing the microorganisms but undergoes a phase transition under heating to a sol phase at the temperature at or less than 40° C. (especially in the temperature range between 15° C. and 37° C.), and a vessel to contain the capturing carrier is used. Further, by comprising a test reagent in the polymer, the test reagent can be eluted upon said phase transition from a gel phase to a sol phase. By heating the capturing carrier, a phase transition to a sol phase can occur at or less than 40° C. As such, since recovery of microorganisms and addition of a test reagent to the microorganisms can be carried out simultaneously, the process can be simplified and the process time can be shortened.	06-04-2009
20100179976	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PERFORMING OPERATIONAL PROCESSING - A semiconductor device includes a decoder receiving first multiplier data of 3 bits indicating a multiplier to output a shift flag, an inversion flag, and an operation flag in accordance with Booth's algorithm, and a first partial product calculation unit receiving first multiplicand data of 2 bits indicating a multiplicand, a shift flag, an inversion flag, and an operation flag to select one of the higher order bit and lower order bit of the first multiplicand data based on the shift flag, invert or non-invert the selected bit based on the inversion flag, select one of the inverted or non-inverted data and data of a predetermined logic level based on the operation flag, and output the selected data as partial product data indicating the partial product of the first multiplier data and the first multiplicand data.	07-15-2010
20110176975	REAGENT SPLITTING / DISPENSING METHOD BASED ON REAGENT DISPENSING NOZZLE AND REAGENT SPLITTING / DISPENSING MECHANISM - The present invention provides a reagent splitting/dispensing method that can prevent contamination of an operation fluid when a reagent dispensing nozzle is in a waiting state and prevent falling of a droplet. The reagent splitting/dispensing method includes a waiting process of disposing a first air layer between an interface of the operation fluid and a nozzle tip end in the reagent dispensing nozzle, a first moving process of moving the reagent dispensing nozzle to the position right above the reagent, a second moving process of depositing the nozzle tip end in the reagent, a reagent splitting process of filling the reagent into the reagent dispensing nozzle, a third moving process of evacuating the tip end of the reagent dispensing nozzle from the reagent, a reagent protecting process of disposing a second air layer in the nozzle tip end, a fourth moving process of moving the reagent dispensing nozzle to the reagent dispensation position, a reagent dispensing process of ejecting the split reagent, an operation fluid protecting process of disposing the first air layer in the nozzle tip end, after dispensing the reagent, and a fifth moving process of evacuating the reagent dispensing nozzle to the waiting position, in a state where the first air layer is disposed in the nozzle tip end.	07-21-2011

Hiroaki Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090135477	Stage apparatus - A glass slide is accurately held in position with a simple structure. A stage apparatus	05-28-2009
20100159391	PHOTOSENSITIVE PASTE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF PATTERN USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a photosensitive paste comprising a polymerizable monomer and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the glass transition temperature of the polymerizable monomer is −10° C. or less. The present paste may be used for creating a fine pattern and prevents residue from remaining in the area where paste should be removed.	06-24-2010

Hiroki Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100146533	Listing Advertisement Transmitting Device and Method - [Problems] To provide a technique of fusing advertisement through broadcasting with that through a network out of advertisement media, especially a technique of producing a high advertisement effect by automatically synchronizing the advertisement timing and by optimizing the display form.	06-10-2010
20100262486	Network Advertisement Transmission Device and Method - A technique of integrating advertisements through broadcasting with that through a network out of advertisement media and particularly a technique of producing high advertisement effectiveness by automatically synchronizing advertisement timing and by optimizing a display mode thereof is provided. A network advertisement transmitting device	10-14-2010
20110035270	Network Advertisement Transmission Device and Method - A technique of integrating advertisements through broadcasting with that through a network out of advertisement media and particularly a technique of producing high advertisement effectiveness by automatically synchronizing advertisement timing is provided. A network advertisement transmitting method for transmitting advertisement data outputted at the user terminal device, comprising in advance a broadcast information database	02-10-2011

Hiroshi Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080298791	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND LENS APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus having removably attached thereto a lens apparatus including a blur correction unit includes a selection unit configured to select a first mode in which a mechanical shutter is used to start exposure or a second mode in which an electronic shutter is used to start exposure; and a controller configured to output information indicating the start of exposure to the lens apparatus. The controller changes the information indicating the start of exposure depending on whether the first mode or the second mode is selected to control the lens apparatus to perform different blur correction operations.	12-04-2008
20100086290	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image pickup apparatus which is capable of achieving excellent moving image shooting even when strobe popup is not successfully performed during moving image shooting. A camera implementing the image pickup apparatus has a strobe that shifts between a retracted position and a service position. When a motor for operating the camera performs reverse rotation, the strobe is driven to the service position. An MPU instructs the motor to drive the strobe to the service position, and determines, based on a signal from a popup position-detecting switch, whether or not the strobe has been normally driven to the service position. When the strobe has not been normally driven to the service position, the MPU performs error handling. The error handling is carried out differently between a case where moving image shooting is being performed and a case where the moving image shooting is not being performed.	04-08-2010

Hiroya Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110257836	OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE - An operation control device includes: a database for storing generated heat amount conditions of a device provided in a satellite and temperature environment conditions based on an orbital position and attitude of the satellite; a thermal analysis condition generation unit for generating thermal analysis conditions on the basis of telemetry data transmitted from the satellite, the generated heat amount conditions, and the temperature environment conditions; an analysis unit for performing thermal analysis for computing a temperature inside the satellite on the basis of the thermal analysis conditions; a temperature distribution data generation unit for generating temperature distribution data of part or all inside the satellite in a three-dimensional display format on the basis of the temperature values obtained by the thermal analysis; and a display unit for displaying the temperature distribution data.	10-20-2011

Hiroyuki Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090124835	PROCESSES FOR PRODUCTION OF ISOBUTENE AND TERTIARY BUTANOL - An object of the present invention is to provide, for the production of isobutene, a high-yielding, highly-selective, and long-term stable production process of isobutene from TBA. With respect to the production of TBA, an object of the present invention is to provide a TBA production process in which, through long-term stable maintenance of a high reaction activity, long-term continuous operation is enabled and the productivity is improved. The present invention discloses a process for producing isobutene that employs a dehydration temperature of from 200 to 450° C. in use of an alumina catalyst that contains a Na content of 0.6% by weight or less in terms of NaO	05-14-2009

Jun Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090044017	SIGNATURE AND VERIFYING METHOD, AND SIGNATURE AND VERIFYING DEVICE - An RSA signature method is provided in which the length of a signature does not depend on the number of signature devices when multiple signature devices are related to the creation of the signature. A signature device i_{m} includes first conversion means SS	02-12-2009
20090150670	Communication node authentication system and method, and communication node authentication program - [Problems] When two communication nodes communicate with each other they more reliably confirm that the communication party is a correct one.	06-11-2009
20100042493	ADVERTISING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS VALIDATION SERVER, ADVERTISING DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS VALIDATION PROGRAM - It is ensured that advertising information can be distributed and advertising effectiveness can be validated without increasing any burden on the store side. A distribution server	02-18-2010
20100085969	COMMUNICATION NETWORK, INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND ADDRESS ASSIGNING METHOD - A communication network of the present invention includes: a plurality of superordinate nodes	04-08-2010
20100246809	Information Processing System, Information Processing Method, and Information Processing Program - To provide an architecture information processing system having a small circuit size capable of reducing power consumption and cost, on which system a circuit simultaneously executing encryption processing and message authentication (falsification detection processing) can be mounted. An information processing system includes at least: a parameter storage section that retains an initialization vector used as a starting block of concatenation and an encryption key used for encryption; a one-way hash calculation section that executes a one-way hash calculation as a technique for realizing message authentication and functioning in place of the conventional common key block encryption (DES encryption) operation as an encryption operation section of a block encryption mode use section performing encryption processing and/or decryption processing as a CFB mode and/or an OFB mode; and a key overlay operation section that performs calculation for overlaying an encryption key retained in the parameter storage unit on data input to the encryption operation section.	09-30-2010
20110010547	SERVER AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, SERVER AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR SERVER AUTHENTICATION - In order to complete an authentication process in shorter time in a case where there is a large number of clients which concurrently authenticate a server, the server in a server authentication system includes an address key allocation means for generating an identifier to identify each of the clients by a combination of addresses on a plurality of address spaces and allocating address keys to the respective addresses configuring the generated identifier, and a message authentication code generation means for generating message authentication codes corresponding to a message by using the address keys allocated by the address key allocation means. Each of the clients includes a server authentication means for authenticating the server based on the message authentication codes generated by the message authentication code generation means.	01-13-2011

Kazuki Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090133812	LAMINATE BODY, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ULTRATHIN SUBSTRATE USING THE LAMINATE BODY - Provided is a laminated body comprising a substrate to be ground and a support, where the substrate is ground to a very small thickness and can then be separated from the support without damaging the substrate. One embodiment of the present invention is a laminated body comprising a substrate to be ground, a joining layer in contact with the substrate to be ground, a photothermal conversion layer comprising a light absorbing agent and a heat decomposable resin, and a light transmitting support. After grinding the substrate surface which is opposite that in contact with the joining layer, the laminated body is irradiated through the light transmitting layer and the photothermal conversion layer decomposes to separate the substrate and the light transmitting support.	05-28-2009
20100038035	LAMINATE BODY, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ULTRATHIN SUBSTRATE USING THE LAMINATE BODY - Provided is a laminated body comprising a substrate to be ground and a support, where the substrate is ground to a very small thickness and can then be separated from the support without damaging the substrate. One embodiment of the present invention is a laminated body comprising a substrate to be ground, a joining layer in contact with the substrate to be ground, a photothermal conversion layer comprising a light absorbing agent and a heat decomposable resin, and a light transmitting support. After grinding the substrate surface which is opposite that in contact with the joining layer, the laminated body is irradiated through the light transmitting layer and the photothermal conversion layer decomposes to separate the substrate and the light transmitting support.	02-18-2010
20100041211	LAMINATE BODY, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ULTRATHIN SUBSTRATE USING THE LAMINATE BODY - Provided is a laminated body comprising a substrate to be ground and a support, where the substrate is ground to a very small thickness and can then be separated from the support without damaging the substrate. One embodiment of the present invention is a laminated body comprising a substrate to be ground, a joining layer in contact with the substrate to be ground, a photothermal conversion layer comprising a light absorbing agent and a heat decomposable resin, and a light transmitting support. After grinding the substrate surface which is opposite that in contact with the joining layer, the laminated body is irradiated through the light transmitting layer and the photothermal conversion layer decomposes to separate the substrate and the light transmitting support.	02-18-2010
20110262828	ELECTRODE CATALYST DISPERSION AND INK COMPOSITION - There is provided an electrode catalyst layer that has excellent durability compared to conventional electrode catalyst layers employing carbon supports, and that can minimize as much as possible the amount of catalyst material used while exhibiting desired output, by allowing adjustment of the amount as necessary. The electrode catalyst dispersion of the disclosure comprises catalyst particles that contain a non-conductive support and a conductive catalyst material covering the surface of non-conductive support, and a dispersing medium selected from among water, organic solvents and combinations thereof. The ink composition of the disclosure comprises catalyst particles containing a non-conductive support and a conductive catalyst material covering the surface of non-conductive support, a dispersing medium selected from among water, organic solvents and combinations thereof, and an ionic conductive polymer, wherein the volume ratio of the catalyst particles and the ionic conductive polymer is 55:45-90:10. There is further provided an electrode catalyst layer.	10-27-2011
20110297771	LAMINATE BODY, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ULTRATHIN SUBSTRATE USING THE LAMINATE BODY - Provided is a laminated body comprising a substrate to be ground and a support, where the substrate is ground to a very small thickness and can then be separated from the support without damaging the substrate. One embodiment of the present invention is a laminated body comprising a substrate to be ground, a joining layer in contact with the substrate to be ground, a photothermal conversion layer comprising a light absorbing agent and a heat decomposable resin, and a light transmitting support. After grinding the substrate surface which is opposite that in contact with the joining layer, the laminated body is irradiated through the light transmitting layer and the photothermal conversion layer decomposes to separate the substrate and the light transmitting support.	12-08-2011

Kazuya Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090029138	Resin Composition Having Excellent Heat Resistance - Disclosed is a resin composition comprising 10 to 90 parts by weight of a mixture of two or more aromatic polyamides having different intrinsic viscosities [η] and 90 to 10 parts by weight of a polyphenylene ether, both relative to 100 parts by weight of the sum total of the aromatic polyamides and the polyphenylene ether. The resin composition is extremely useful for an automotive exterior panel (e.g., a car fender), an SMT-compatible part, a lamp-related part, and the like.	01-29-2009
20090305016	Heat-Resistant Resin Composition - Disclosed is a resin composition comprising an aromatic polyamide having a terminal amino group concentration of 5 to 45 μmoles/g inclusive, polyphenylene ether, a compatibilizing agent for the polyamide and the polyphenylene ether, and a crystal nucleating agent. The composition is extremely useful in an automotive body panel (e.g., an automotive fender), an SMT-compliant component or the like.	12-10-2009
20100155673	Method for Producing Conductive Masterbatch - The present invention relates to a method for producing a conductive masterbatch containing a polyamide resin and a carbonaceous filler. The present invention provides a method for producing a conductive masterbatch which can suppress an increase in resin temperature during extrusion, formation of die drips, and strand breakage and can also significantly increase the output of extruding. The method is achieved by the steps of feeding the carbonaceous filler to a molten first polyamide to melt-knead them together and then feeding a second polyamide to the resulting melt-kneaded product to further melt-knead the second polyamide, the carbonaceous filler, and the first polyamide.	06-24-2010
20110091708	RESIN COMPOSITION AND SHEET USING THE SAME - A resin composition includes 1 to 20% by mass of (A) a copolymer containing a conjugated diene unit and a vinyl aromatic compound unit, 1 to 20% by mass of (B) a softening agent for rubber, and 70 to 95% by mass of (C) metal hydroxide, in which (A) the copolymer containing the conjugated diene unit and the vinyl aromatic compound unit includes a plurality of polymer blocks of the vinyl aromatic compound unit.	04-21-2011

Kazuyoshi Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100097278	HIGH FREQUENCY GLASS ANTENNA FOR AUTOMOBILES - There is provided a high frequency glass antenna for automobiles which is capable of having an improved antenna gain without changing the shape of a defogger.	04-22-2010

Kentaro Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110014741	THREE DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A plurality of micro three-dimensional structure elements each having a movable structure fixed on a sacrifice layer, and fixation portions of the micro three-dimensional structure elements for the sacrifice layer are arranged into a film-like elastic body, and then the sacrifice layer is removed. Thus, a three-dimensional structure in which the individual micro three-dimensional structure elements are arranged independently of one another within the elastic body is manufactured.	01-20-2011
20110321204	NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPE, NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL PROBE, AND SAMPLE OBSERVATION METHOD - Provided is a scanning near-field optical microscope capable of obtaining in a highly sensitive manner, optical information having a spatial frequency higher than a spatial frequency corresponding to a wavelength of irradiation light. A scanning near-field optical microscope	12-29-2011

Masakazu Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110300402	Steel sheet for container use and method of production of same - Steel sheet for container use able to realize superior corrosion resistance and canmaking ability, wherein at least one side of the steel sheet is provided with a chemical conversion coating film including a mixture of a zirconium oxide compound and a zirconium phosphate compound, the zirconium oxide compound is segregated at part or all of a region of 40 to 100% from the surface with respect to the total thickness of the chemical conversion coating film, and the zirconium phosphate compound is segregated at part or all of a region of 0 to 40% from the surface with respect to the total thickness of the chemical conversion coating film.	12-08-2011

Masaki Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090252504	Optical Receiver - Provided is an optical receiver which has a wide dynamic range characteristic for stably reproducing packets having different light receiving levels, and which is superior in high-speed responsiveness and consecutive same binary symbols tolerance.	10-08-2009
20100067924	OPTICAL RECEIVER - An optical receiver of wide-dynamic range characteristic that stably reproduces a burst signal having different light receiving levels. A preamplifier converts an output from a light receiving element into a voltage signal. A level detecting circuit includes: a first level detecting unit having a shorter time constant; and a second level detecting unit having a longer time constant and switching over to any of the level detecting units in response to a time constant switching signal to detect a voltage level of an output voltage signal output from the preamplifier. An amplifier variably controls conversion gain of the preamplifier based on the detecting result. A time constant switching control outputs the time constant switching signal to the level detecting unit based on the output voltage signal from the preamplifier, to select the first level detecting unit or the second detecting unit based on a number of consecutive identical digits being equal to, smaller, or larger than the predetermined number.	03-18-2010
20100181937	OPTICAL TRANSMITTER - An optical transmitter that can perform high-speed ON/OFF control of bias light that is input to an optical modulator. A high-speed current switching circuit performs a high-speed ON/OFF control of a drive current of an LD according to an LD ON/OFF signal. Thus, high-speed ON/OFF control of an optical output from the LD can be performed. A temperature detecting current generation circuit detects the ambient temperature, and generates the drive current adjusted according to the ambient temperature detected thereby so that the optical output from the LD is not affected by the ambient temperature.	07-22-2010
20100221345	OSTEOGENIC BIOMATERIAL CONTAINING OSTEOGENESIS PROMOTING SUBSTANCE AND NANOGEL - An object of the present invention is to provide an osteogenic biomaterial which achieves long-term sustained release and localized functional expression of a substance which promotes the formation of bone tissue. The present inventors have found out that a nanogel efficiently encloses an osteogenesis promoting substance to suppress the substance from diffusion into blood, and that the nanogel functions as a carrier for local administration of the osteogenesis promoting substance. Furthermore, they have found out that the osteogenesis promoting substance-containing nanogel can be cross-linked with a water-soluble polymer to allow sustained release of the osteogenesis promoting substance at a local area over a long period of time. Based on these findings, the present invention was completed. The osteogenic biomaterial of the present invention which contains the osteogenesis promoting substance and the nanogel shows osteogenesis promoting activity over a long period of time, and can be used as a preventive and therapeutic agent against bone diseases.	09-02-2010

Masataka Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100176555	Game device, game system and game program - It is judged whether a pressure continues for not less than a predetermined time or not, that is, it is judged whether there is possibility of hand-push or not. When the pressure continues for not less than a predetermined time, it is decided that there is a possibility of hand-push.	07-15-2010
20120018954	GAME MACHINE AND GAME METHOD - A game machine is provided with a target, a CRT, a card reader and a cash-box on a front face. A player inserts his own ID card into the card reader. The CRT displays information concerning a game and has a function of a game display when a game adopting darts is executed. A target is both a target hit by an arrow and also a tool by which players obtain points, areas or numerals by arrow throwing. A button is provided on the game machine for “Player Change” of the darts, which is used as an operation input switch for a control unit.	01-26-2012

Masatsugu Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090024667	Information processing device, file data merging method, file naming method, and file data output method - [Problems] Although merging of file common condition data with record data in a file and naming of the file are routine work in handling many similar files, the routine work conventionally requires substantial trouble, thereby bringing a feeling of troublesomeness to the end user. The problem to enable the user to perform such file operations with greatly reduced steps and natural lucidness, and especially to enable the user to adequately name a file to identify individual files in such a way that greatly reduced work and high friendliness with the user are combined.	01-22-2009
20100185967	Information Processing Device, and File Managing Method	07-22-2010

Mie Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090150889	INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND DEVICE AND PROGRAM USED FOR THE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND THE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing terminal is provided with a data acquiring means for reading data from an external recording medium; a program storing means for storing a plurality of application programs; a program executing means for executing the stored application programs; and a program selecting means for selecting the application program to be executed by the program executing means. The program selecting means selects the application program to be executed from the programs stored in the program storing means, corresponding to the data acquired through the data acquiring means, and processes the data acquired through the data acquiring means by the application program selected by the program selecting means.	06-11-2009

Naoto Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120101290	METHOD FOR PRODUCING RUTHENIUM COMPOUND - A method for producing ruthenium compound including the step of reacting a compound represented by General Formula (1): RuL	04-26-2012

Sawako Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110236763	ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE - In an electric storage device, lithium electrodes are disposed on respective outermost portions of an electrode laminated unit in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are laminated alternately via positive/negative electrode separators. The lithium electrode includes lithium metal serving as a lithium ion supply source, and a lithium electrode separator (a non-woven fabric separator) constituted by a non-woven fabric that satisfies the following conditions: (a) an average fiber diameter of 0.1 μm to 10 μm; and (b) a thickness of 5 μm to 500 μm is provided. By forming the lithium electrode separator that contacts the lithium electrode including the lithium ion supply source from a non-woven fabric in this manner, a dramatic improvement can be achieved in the cycle characteristic of the electric storage device.	09-29-2011

Seiichi Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090168917	MODULATION AND DEMODULATION METHOD, MODULATION APPARATUS AND DEMODULATION APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a modulation and demodulation method of minimizing an error rate and applying it to a differential operation modulo 4. A modulation apparatus includes a Gray coding circuit	07-02-2009

Seiji Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110283728	SCALE DEPOSITION DEVICE AND WATER HEATER - Provided is a water heater, which allows efficient deposition of a scale component dissolved in water so as to reduce adhesion of the scale to a heat-transfer channel. The water heater includes: scale deposition means including a tank, an anode and a cathode provided in the tank so as to be opposed to each other, and a first power supply for applying a voltage between the anode and the cathode, the scale deposition means depositing a scale component dissolved in water retained in the tank; a heat-transfer channel provided at downstream of the scale deposition means, for guiding the water; and a heat source for heating the water by heat exchange in the heat-transfer channel, in which the scale deposition means includes oxygen-gas supplying/dissolving means for supplying an oxygen gas to a water feed pipe for feeding the water to the tank and dissolving the oxygen gas in the water.	11-24-2011

Shigeru Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110256188	DRY POWDER PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR INHALATION - There is provided a dry powder pharmaceutical composition for inhalation useful for preventing and/or treating influenza virus infections contains as a medicinal component a compound represented by formula (I):	10-20-2011

Shinichi Noda, Tokyo JP

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

Shinji Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100189906	PROCESS FOR THE FORMATION OF MULTILAYER COATING FILM AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COATED MEMBERS - A three-coat one-bake type coating process for forming a multilayer coating film which attains high efficiency and brings about an excellent finished appearance. A three-coat one-bake type coating process includes applying an intermediate coating material, applying a finish base coating material, applying a clear topcoating material, and drying, wherein a two-package type coating material containing an isocyanate compound as the crosslinking agent is used as the intermediate coating material, whereby the surface fluidity of the intermediate coating is improved to make the coating surface smooth and the mixing of the intermediate coating with an upper layer and/or the volume shrinkage of the intermediate coating due to the component eliminated by curing are inhibited to give coated members having an excellent finished appearance.	07-29-2010

Shinsaku Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080238761	IN-VEHICLE PULSE RADAR DEVICE - Provided is an in-vehicle pulse radar device capable of calculating a distance to a target object based on a delay time between a transmission pulse wave and a received signal. The in-vehicle pulse radar device includes: a reception control unit for controlling passing and blocking of the received signal in synchronization with the transmission pulse wave; a shaping unit for shaping the trailing edge of a pulse wave of the received signal to be delayed; and a sampling unit for sampling the received signal when a predetermined period of time elapses after the reception control unit starts to pass the received signal therethrough.	10-02-2008

Shuhei Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090003905	CLEANING BLADE MEMBER - A cleaning blade member includes a cleaning layer and an elastic layer provided on the cleaning layer's back surface. Both are formed of a polyurethane member produced through curing and molding a castable polyurethane composition, the cleaning layer containing a long-chain polyol, a polyisocyanate, and a diamino compound having a melting point ≦80° C., the elastic layer containing a long-chain polyol, a polyisocyanate, a short-chain diol, and a short-chain triol, and has a percent edge drooping ≦7.0%, the cleaning and elastic layers have Young's modulus contribution factors R	01-01-2009
20120019168	ILLUMINATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ILLUMINATION - According to one embodiment, an illumination control system includes a motion sensor and a central management server. The motion sensor acquires position information and action information of a person. The central management server holds holding position information of an illumination unit and necessary light amount information for action information of the person, acquires a necessary amount of light corresponding to the action information of the person based on the necessary light amount information, calculates a brightness control amount based on the position information of the illumination unit, and controls the illumination unit using the brightness control amount.	01-26-2012
20120022710	ENERGY CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an energy consumption management system includes: a movement information creating device; a power consumption amount measuring device; an accumulating device; and a display device. The movement information creating device creates movement information regarding a person in a management target area. The power consumption amount measuring device measures a power consumption amount of an instrument in the management target area. The accumulating device creates management information in which the movement information and a power consumption amount measurement value measured are associated with each other. The display device displays the management information.	01-26-2012

Shuichi Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090085174	STRUCTURAL BODY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention includes a substrate structural body having a high electrostatic chuck force at a low voltage even when an insulated board is used, and a method for manufacturing the substrate structural body. As the substrate structural body, there is provided a substrate structural body for attaining its fixing by an electrostatic chuck mechanism, comprising at least a first polycrystalline silicon film formed on the back surface of a substrate comprised of an insulating material or its back and side surfaces, wherein a top layer of part of the back surface or the back and side surfaces is of a first silicon insulating film.	04-02-2009
20090317962	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, semiconductor production equipment, and a storage medium, which suppress abnormal arc discharge occurring when plasma is excited while preventing misalignment of a substrate placed on an electrostatic chuck, are provided. The method includes a first process in which a substrate is placed on an electrostatic chuck in a reaction container and a first electrostatic chuck voltage is applied to the electrostatic chuck to absorb the substrate onto the electrostatic chuck, a second process in which the first electrostatic chuck voltage is reduced to a second electrostatic chuck voltage, a third process in which a high-frequency voltage is applied between parallel plate electrodes in the reaction container to generate plasma, and a fourth process in which the second electrostatic chuck voltage is changed to a third electrostatic chuck voltage higher than the second electrostatic chuck voltage.	12-24-2009

Suguru Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080202582	Process for Producing Monocrystal Thin Film and Monocrystal Thin Film Device - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a monocrystalline film and a device formed by the above method, and according to the method mentioned above, lift-off of the monocrystalline silicon film is preferably performed and a high-purity monocrystalline silicon film can be obtained. A monocrystalline silicon substrate (template Si substrate)	08-28-2008
20100247421	METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF CARBON NANOTUBE - [Problems to be Solved] There is provided a method for production of a carbon nanotube, which allows for production of the carbon nanotube in a large scale and at a low cost.	09-30-2010
20110031107	METHOD OF BURYING METAL AND APPARATUS OF DEPOSITING METAL IN CONCAVE PORTION - The present invention provides the technology for burying metal even in a fine concave portion such as trench and via. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a vapor of the metal as the objective material, a gas containing halogen for etching the metal, and a metal halide vapor made up of the metal element and the halogen element are supplied to the substrate, which thus forms a metal halide layer in the concave portion, and thereby deposits the metal under the metal halide layer. The procedure can achieve the above object.	02-10-2011
20110085961	CARBON NANO-TUBE MANFUACTURING METHOD AND CARBON NANO-TUBE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - The method for producing carbon nanotubes of the invention employs a carbon source that contains carbon and is decomposed when heated and a catalyst that serves as a catalyst for production of carbon nanotubes from the carbon source, to synthesize the carbon nanotubes on a heated support placed in a reactor, the method comprising a catalyst loading step in which the catalyst starting material, as the starting material for the catalyst, is distributed over the support to load the catalyst onto the support, a synthesis step in which the carbon source is distributed over the support to synthesize the carbon nanotubes on the support, and a separating step in which a separating gas stream is distributed over the support to separate the carbon nanotubes from the support, wherein the catalyst loading step, the synthesis step and the separating step are carried out while keeping the support in a heated state and switching supply of the catalyst starting material, the carbon source and the separating gas stream.	04-14-2011
20110189394	METHOD FOR FORMING CARBON NANOTUBE - In order to form carbon nanotubes on a conductor covering a portion of a substrate in a short heating time, a mesh-like conductive member (	08-04-2011

Takaharu Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090065164	CELLULOSE-BASED FIBROUS MATERIALS - The present invention aims to provide cellulose-based fibrous materials for obtaining papers and sheets having low density, high surface quality, good size stability despite of high strength, and high opacity. Cellulose-based fibrous materials having external fibrils consisting of an assembly of scale-like microfibrils exhibit a higher fiber stiffness, a lower water retention value and a higher specific surface area as compared with fibrous materials having filamentous external fibrils at the same freeness. Papers and sheets having low density, high surface quality, good size stability and high opacity can be obtained by using such fibrous materials.	03-12-2009
20110011550	Tissue papers for household use - The present invention aims to provide soft and pleasant-to-touch tissue papers for household use with high strength.	01-20-2011

Takao Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110193101	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a SiC layer of a first conductivity type, a SiC region of a second conductivity type, and a conductive layer of the second conductivity type. The SiC layer of the first conductivity type has a hexagonal crystal structure. The SiC region of the second conductivity type is formed in a surface of the SiC layer. The conductive layer of the second conductivity type is provided on the SiC region and is in contact with a portion of the SiC region including SiC of a cubic crystal structure.	08-11-2011
20110204380	NITRIDE-BASED FET - According to an embodiment, in a nitride-based FET, a protrusion portion is formed at an upper portion of an undoped GaN layer by second recess etching. On the protrusion portion, an undoped AlGaN layer is provided which is formed by first recess etching the upper portion of the undoped AlGaN layer. A multilayer portion is composed of the protrusion portion of the undoped GaN layer, the undoped AlGaN layer, and an insulating film. A trench portion is formed by recess etching the insulating film, the undoped AlGaN layer and a surface of the undoped GaN layer. A gate insulating film is formed on the multilayer portion and the trench portion. A gate electrode is formed on the gate insulating film so as to cover the trench portion. A film thickness of the insulting film is set larger than that of the gate insulating film.	08-25-2011

Takuro Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080232695	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, AND PROGRAMS FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO PERFORM THE METHODS - An information processing apparatus includes a content storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of content; a background-image storage unit storing a background image corresponding to the plurality of pieces of content stored in the content storage unit; an attribute-information storage unit storing attribute information for each of the plurality of pieces of content in association with the plurality of pieces of content, the attribute information including a corresponding position in the background image; a classification unit classifying the plurality of pieces of content into one or more clusters on the basis of the attribute information; and a rendering unit rendering images indicating the classified pieces of content in a predetermined order on a cluster-by-cluster basis and rendering an area of the background image, the area including the corresponding position included in the attribute information of content corresponding to at least one of the images rendered.	09-25-2008
20090150772	DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display device for displaying a plurality of contents in a predetermined display area. The display device includes: a time difference calculating unit which calculates a time difference between the contents adjacent in terms of time based on time information possessed by the contents; and a content display unit which displays the plurality of contents at an interval corresponding to the time difference along the depth direction of the predetermined display area.	06-11-2009
20090248798	Content Providing System, Receiving Apparatus and Method, Storage Medium, and Program - The present invention relates to a content providing system, a receiving apparatus and method, a storage medium, and a program, which enable to perform a variety of contents provisions. An operational terminal	10-01-2009
20100061637	IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes a binarization unit that binarizes a selected image region based on prescribed criteria into an image trimming target white pixel region and a background black pixel region, a hole filling unit that fills a hole of the white pixel region by converting a black pixel surrounded by the white pixel region into the white pixel, a distance conversion unit that calculates a distance value from each white pixel to the black pixel region, a skeleton extraction unit that extracts points indicating a skeleton of the white pixel region according to each distance value, and a trimming outline determination unit that excludes a less significant point based on prescribed conditions, draws an oval or perfect circle according to each distance value, centered at a non-excluded point, and determines an outer edge of ovals or perfect circles as an outline for trimming a trimming target image.	03-11-2010
20100093286	COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AS WELL AS PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a communications apparatus and method, a storage medium and a program that make it possible for the user to select a device to be made a communications partner more quickly and reliably. The searcher device	04-15-2010
20100208051	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image pickup part; a display part; a position detecting part for detecting a position of a target relative to the display part; a face detecting part for detecting a face from a taken image; an attribute obtaining part for obtaining attribute information of the target; a group determining part for determining a group to which the target belongs, at least based on the attribute information of the detected target; a content determining part for determining a content to be provided to the target based on at least one of group information of the target and the attribute information of the target; and a display processing part for displaying content information of the content to be provided to the target, on the display part in a display style in accordance with the position of the target.	08-19-2010
20110057875	Display control apparatus, display control method, and display control program - A display control apparatus includes a recognizing unit configured to recognize a position of an operator and a position of a hand or the like of the operator, a calculating unit configured to regard a position of the operator in a screen coordinate system set on a screen as an origin of an operator coordinate system and multiply a position of the hand or the like with respect to the origin of the operator coordinate system by a predetermined function, thereby calculating a position of display information corresponding to the hand or the like in the screen coordinate system, and a control unit configured to cause the display information to be displayed at the position in the screen coordinate system calculated by the calculating unit.	03-10-2011
20110122153	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a transformed-coordinate calculating section that calculates transformed coordinates for each of a plurality of superimposed images associated with coordinates in a background image, by transforming coordinates of other superimposed images with respect to one superimposed image as a reference image in such a way that coordinate intervals within a predetermined area with respect to the reference image become denser with increasing distance from the reference image toward the boundary, a coordinate setting section that sets coordinates of the reference image on the basis of a mean value obtained by calculating a mean of the calculated coordinates of the other superimposed images with respect to the reference image, and a display control section that displays the background image and the plurality of superimposed images on a display section in such a way that the reference image is placed at the set coordinates in the background image.	05-26-2011
20110215995	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes a capture section capturing an image of an object, an acquisition section acquiring the image captured by the capture section, a calculation section calculating vibration information on the basis of the image acquired by the acquisition section, a determination section determining a vibration command on the basis of the vibration information calculated by the calculation section, and a control section executing predetermined processing on the basis of the vibration command determined by the determination section.	09-08-2011
20110216075	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a gesture made by a user, a recognition unit configured to recognize a type of the gesture detected by the detection unit, a control unit configured to control operation of a first application and a second application, and an output unit configured to output information of the first application or the second application. If the gesture is recognized by the recognition unit while the control unit is controlling the operation of the first application in the foreground, the control unit controls the operation of the second application operating in the background of the first application on the basis of the type of the gesture recognized by the recognition unit.	09-08-2011
20120007857	Information Processing Device, Information Processing Method, and Program - There is provided an information processing device including a display section configured to display a first object in a virtual three-dimensional space having a depth direction of a display screen, an operation section configured to acquire an operation for moving the first object in at least the depth direction, and a controller configured to move the first object on the display screen in accordance with the acquired operation, to execute, when a region of the first object overlaps a first overlap determination region, a first process to one or both of the first and second objects, and to execute, when the region of the first object overlaps a second overlap determination region, a second process to one or both of the first and second objects. The first overlap determination region may be a region obtained by extending the second overlap determination region in at least the depth direction.	01-12-2012
20120011456	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including an imaging section configured to image an object, a display section configured to display at least an icon for controlling the imaging section, an operation section configured to acquire a first operation and a second operation on the icon, and a controller configured to, when the operation section has acquired the first operation, set a timer in accordance with an operation amount of the first operation and change a display of the icon on the display section in accordance with a progress of the timer, and to, when the operation section has acquired the second operation or when the timer has expired, cause the imaging section to image the object.	01-12-2012
20120047465	Information Processing Device, Information Processing Method, and Program - There is provided an information processing device including an acquisition section configured to acquire a curved movement of a body of a user as an operation, a display control section configured to display an object in a virtual three-dimensional space, and a process execution section configured to execute a process on the object based on the acquired operation. The object may be arranged on a first curved plane based on a virtual position of the user set in the virtual three-dimensional space, the first curved plane corresponding to the curved movement.	02-23-2012
20120047466	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including an acquisition section configured to acquire an operation vector based on a movement of a body part of a user, a correction section configured to correct a direction of the acquired operation vector, and a process execution section configured to execute a process in accordance with the corrected operation vector.	02-23-2012
20120056831	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus, including a display section including a screen, a touch panel arranged such that the touch panel is superimposed on the screen, and a controller configured to detect a predetermined mode-changing operation including an operation in which at least two points on the touch panel are pointed as a static point and a moving point, respectively, and to set a writing mode, and to input a series of coordinate data corresponding to a moving path of the moving point as write data.	03-08-2012
20120056848	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INPUT CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including an input position acquisition unit, a depressing force acquisition unit and an input control unit. An input position acquisition unit obtains an input position detected with respect to an input operation. A depressing force acquisition unit obtains a depressing force detected with respect to the input operation. An input control unit fixes the input position as a position of an input candidate in response to a timing at which an increase amount of the depressing force has exceeded a first threshold value, at a stage prior to an input candidate determination operation of determining the input candidate as input information.	03-08-2012

Takurou Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110058711	Information Processing Apparatus, Method for Controlling Display, and Program for Controlling Display - A method, computer-readable storage medium, and apparatus for managing content presented on a display is provided. The method includes receiving signals representing first and second characteristics of a user, presenting first and second images on the display, the first and second images being respectively associated with the first and second characteristics, and presenting association information on the display, the association information indicating an association between the first and second images.	03-10-2011
20110148763	OPERATION INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An operation input device includes: angular velocity detecting means for detecting an angular velocity; relative velocity detecting means for contactlessly detecting a relative velocity to a target object; distance detecting means for detecting a distance to the target object; and computing means for computing an amount of movement based on the angular velocity, the relative velocity, and the distance.	06-23-2011
20110314113	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an operation unit acquiring an input operation for a message composed of at least one of text and an image, a recording control unit recording the message in accordance with the acquired input operation, and a reproduction control unit reproducing the recorded message to display the message on a display unit.	12-22-2011

Tamaki Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090163275	Method of controlling movement of moving object, storage medium, and game device - A player brings a stylus pen into contact with a pitching position mark displayed on a second liquid crystal display that includes a touch panel, inputs a ball speed by adjusting a touch position holding time, and inputs a pitching start timing and a pitching direction by inputting a first stroke operation along the direction of a pitching direction guide. When the player desires to change the path of a pitched ball, the player inputs a ball path change direction by inputting a second stroke operation sideways after the first stroke operation.	06-25-2009
20090170579	METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF MOVING OBJECT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND GAME DEVICE - A player brings a stylus pen into contact with a batting position mark	07-02-2009

Tetsuo Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090239938	PREVENTIVE/REMEDY FOR ARTERIOSCLEROSIS - A scavenger receptor A expression down-regulator and a drug for preventing or treating arteriosclerosis which contain, as the active ingredient, a C-terminal globular domain of adiponectin, adiponectin, or a gene encoding the domain or adiponectin.	09-24-2009

Tomimitsu Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090188915	HEATING COOKER - A heating cooker having a box-like cooking chamber for receiving an object to be cooked, and a hot air generator having an electric heater heat source and a blower. Hot air produced by the hot air generator is caused to impinge on the object as a high-speed jet flow from nozzle holes formed in a ceiling plate of the cooking chamber. The hot air after the impingement is sucked by the blower from hot-air suction openings formed in left and right sidewall lower sections of the cooking chamber and is returned for recirculation to the hot-air generator.	07-30-2009

Toshihiro Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100284205	Voltage Transforming Apparatus - A voltage transforming apparatus includes a first high voltage side coil, a first low voltage side coil magnetically coupled to the first high voltage side coil, a second low voltage side coil magnetically coupled to the first high voltage side coil, and a first switch switching an externally supplied voltage between being supplied to the first low voltage side coil and the second low voltage side coil and being supplied to the first high voltage side coil. The first low voltage side coil and the second low voltage side coil are provided such that a magnetic flux that is generated by current flowing through the first low voltage side coil and a magnetic flux that is generated by current flowing through the second low voltage side coil cancel each other out when a voltage is supplied via the first switch.	11-11-2010
20110205007	TRANSFORMER DEVICE - A transformer device includes an iron core, a plurality of stacked coils, wound onto the iron core, a plurality of base members arranged between the plurality of coils adjacent in a stacking direction, a plurality of flow channel member groups provided for each of the coils, each provided at a corresponding base member, and forming a flow channel directed to a flow of an insulating liquid between the corresponding base member and a corresponding coil, and an obstruction member arranged to obstruct the flow of the insulating liquid such that at least one of the flow channels formed by the plurality of flow channel member groups differs in the flow volume of the insulating liquid from another of the flow channels, and to obstruct the flow of the insulating liquid at a region not overlapping with the iron core in the flowing direction of the insulating liquid, among the flow channels.	08-25-2011
20110248813	TRANSFORMER - A transformer includes the first iron core having a plurality of legs arranged spaced apart from each other; a plurality of high-voltage side coils wound around the plurality of legs, respectively, and receiving a common single-phase AC power; and a plurality of low-voltage side coils provided corresponding to the high-voltage side coils, magnetically coupled to the corresponding high-voltage side coils, and wound around the plurality of legs, respectively. The high-voltage side coils and the corresponding low-voltage side coils constitute a plurality of coil groups. The transformer further includes the second iron core provided between the coil groups adjacent to each other.	10-13-2011
20120013427	TRANSFORMER - A transformer includes a tank that is attached under a floor of a vehicle, the tank being for housing an iron core, a coil, and an insulating liquid, thereby immersing the iron core and the coil in the insulating liquid; and a cooling unit for air-cooling the insulating liquid that has flowed from tank and returning the insulating liquid to tank, the cooling unit including a plurality of pipes arranged to be spaced from one another such that a spacing in a region relatively closer to floor of the vehicle is greater than a spacing in a region relatively away from floor of the vehicle.	01-19-2012

Yoshihiro Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090141616	OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM AND RECORDING/READING METHOD THEREFOR - In a single-sided incident type optical recording medium having a plurality of dye containing recording layers, sufficient reflectance and excellent recording characteristics necessary to record or read information in or from a dye containing recording layer positioning farther from a side from which a light beam comes in can be obtained. The optical recording medium has a first substrate (	06-04-2009
20100015382	AZO METAL CHELATE DYE AND OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention provides an azo metal chelate dye suitable for use in a recording layer of an optical recording medium capable of high-speed recording or an optical recording medium having plural recording layers, and an optical recording medium. The azo metal chelate dye comprises an azo dye compound represented by general formula (1) and a metal:	01-21-2010
20100098898	AZO METAL CHELATE DYE AND OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention provides an azo metal chelate dye suitable for use in a recording layer of an optical recording medium capable of high-speed recording or an optical recording medium having plural recording layers, and an optical recording medium. The azo metal chelate dye comprises an azo dye compound represented by the general formula (1) and Zn	04-22-2010

Yoshitomo Noda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110233939	WIND TURBINE GENERATOR - A wind turbine generator provided with a sliding bearing as a yawing ring bearing that can reduce shifting of an axial center by making radial-direction clearances small. In a wind turbine generator in which a nacelle installed at the top of a tower is turnably supported via a yawing sliding bearing, the yawing sliding bearing is provided with a sliding member 33 disposed between top and bottom support surfaces of a flange formed mainly at a stationary portion and a turning portion; and a rolling element disposed between the stationary portion of the yawing sliding hearing and the turning portion.	09-29-2011
20110254281	WIND TURBINE GENERATOR - Size enlargement of a wind turbine generator is facilitated by eliminating various problems that occur with a bearing that joins a tower (	10-20-2011
20120009063	WIND TURBINE GENERATOR - Provided is a wind turbine generator in which, the specifications of the gears can be designed for the level of a maximum load during driving without decreasing the necessary strength and durability. A wind turbine generator in which a nacelle is installed at an upper end of a tower that is vertically erected on a foundation includes a yaw driving unit that yaws the nacelle and/or a pitch driving unit that controls pitch angles of the wind turbine blades, wherein a drive mechanism of the yaw driving unit and/or the pitch driving unit, which are equipped with an engaging portion of a slewing bearing (	01-12-2012