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Noguchi, Tokyo

Akira Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090204687	System and Field Device for Performing Operation of Linkage Between Application Programs - In a system for performing an operation of linkage between application programs operating on each of the plural field devices mutually connected through a network, the system comprises a first field device and a second field device in which an application management function operating on an operating system respectively reads an application program, a slot and a connector out of a storage part and the application program, the slot and the connector are respectively activated and also the operating system in which the slot is registered in the application and the connector is registered in the slot runs, and the application programs respectively operating on the first field device and the second field device make connection to a virtual channel configured by a pair of the connector activated in the first field device and the connector activated in the second field device through a channel interface configured by a pair of the slot activated in the first field device and the slot activated in the second field device and perform sending and receiving of data.	08-13-2009

Azusa Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080291297	Imaging system - The invention relates to an imaging system in which, while high image quality is maintained with the influence of diffraction minimized, the quantity of light is controlled, and which enables the length of the zoom lens to be cut down. The imaging system comprises a zoom lens comprising a plurality of lens groups G	11-27-2008
20090051764	ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND LENS UNIT - An endoscope system has a light source apparatus and an endoscope including an illumination optical system and an objective optical system. At least the objective optical system of the endoscope is provided with an adjustable diaphragm, and in a light path in one of the light source apparatus, the illumination optical system, and the objective optical system, an insertable/retractable filter for observation for special light is provided. The adjustable diaphragm performs a closing operation or an opening operation only when the filter for observation for special light is inserted into the light path.	02-26-2009
20090082626	ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope has an insertion portion, an abutment portion, an increasing device and an observation portion. The insertion portion is an insertion portion which can be inserted into a subject. The abutment portion is provided at a distal end portion of the insertion portion. The abutment portion provided at the distal end portion can contact with the subject. The increasing device increases the abutment area of the abutment portion. The observation portion performs observation of the subject on the abutment portion provided at the distal end portion and having been increased by the increasing device, or performs observation of the subject spaced by a predetermined distance by the increased abutment portion.	03-26-2009
20090088601	ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPY METHOD - An endoscope has an insertion portion, a contact portion, an observation portion and a marking portion. The insertion portion can be inserted into a body cavity. The contact portion is provided at a distal end portion of the insertion portion. The contact portion provided at the distal end portion can be in contact with a subject. The observation portion is provided at the contact portion. The marking portion is provided at the contact portion. The marking portion applies a marker to the subject with which the contact portion is in contact.	04-02-2009
20100020408	ENDOSCOPE OBJECTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM - An endoscope objective optical system used in an endoscope has an objective optical system including a first lens group having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, a second lens group having a negative refractive power and a third lens group having a positive refractive power, the first lens group, the aperture stop and the second and third lens group being successively disposed from the object side. The second lens group is made movable along an optical axis to change the focal length of the objective optical system. The lens surface at the object-side outermost position in the first lens group is formed so as to be convex on the object side.	01-28-2010

Daisuke Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110019229	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS UTILIZATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR EDITING PROCESSING CONDITION - A disclosed information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire first processing condition information stored in a server via a network, a processing condition storage unit configured to store the first processing condition information acquired from the server via the network, a display unit configured to display the first processing condition information stored in the processing condition storage unit, an edition receiving unit configured to receive an edition of the first processing condition information displayed on the display unit, an execution unit configured to set the first processing condition information edited by the edition receiving unit to execute information processing based on the set first processing condition information, and a processing condition registration unit configured to register the first processing condition information set by the execution unit in the processing condition storage unit.	01-27-2011
20110063688	Image forming apparatus, method of controlling image forming apparatus, computer program product, and image forming system - An image forming apparatus includes: a storage unit configured to store therein a plurality of function setting items; a display unit configured to display the function setting items stored in the storage unit; a selecting unit configured to select one or more function setting items to be displayed on the display unit from the function setting items stored in the storage unit based on a selecting condition for selecting the function setting items to be displayed on the display unit; and a control unit configured to select, when a single function setting item is selected by the selecting unit, the single function setting item as a function setting item to be executed by the image forming apparatus.	03-17-2011

Hidekazu Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110057685	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE LAYOUT METHOD - There is provided a semiconductor device including: logic circuit elements disposed within a specific region in respective functional blocks of a logic circuit having a plurality of the functional blocks provided one for each functional unit; and a decoupling capacitor disposed in a region within each of the functional blocks at which no logic circuit element is disposed.	03-10-2011

Hidemi Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100023826	CLOCK DATA RECOVERING CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE CLOCK DATA RECOVERING CIRCUIT - A clock data recovering circuit solving a problem in which a stable clock signal cannot be extracted is provided. A phase comparator includes a main-signal-discriminator. The main-signal-discriminator discriminates a reception signal by a clock signal to generate recovery data indicating the discrimination result. Phase comparator	01-28-2010
20110156759	SAMPLE AND HOLD CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A sample and hold circuit comprises an input stage amplifier circuit for amplifying an input signal and a hold circuit for holding an output signal of the input stage amplifier circuit, with a sampling clock signal as a trigger, is further provided with a bias current switching circuit for switching a bias current of the input stage amplifier circuit to another circuit that is functionally independent of the sample and hold circuit, in a case where the hold circuit is in a hold period, to supply the bias current to the circuit.	06-30-2011
20110163899	SAMPLE AND HOLD CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A sample and hold circuit that is provided with an input stage amplifier circuit for amplifying an input signal and a hold circuit for holding an output signal of the input stage amplifier circuit, with a sampling clock signal as a trigger, is further provided with a hold circuit bias current switching circuit for switching a bias current of the hold circuit to a first separate circuit that is functionally independent of the sample and hold circuit, in a case where the hold circuit is in a hold period, to supply the bias current to the circuit.	07-07-2011
20110204927	ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT SYSTEM, TRACK HOLD CIRCUIT MODULE, ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - Provided is an electronic circuit system which facilitates skew timing adjustment while preventing increase of power consumption. An electronic circuit system includes: a track hold circuit module formed by a hierarchical tree structure of track hold circuits which can track-hold an analog value of an analog signal; and a control signal generation module which supplies an operation control signal to each of the track hold circuits in the hierarchical tree structure. In the hierarchical tree structure, the number of track hold circuits of each of the hierarchies is stepwise changed from the first hierarchy of the input side to which an analog signal is inputted, toward the final hierarchy of the final output side as the number of hierarchies is increased.	08-25-2011
20120020677	RECEIVING DEVICE AND DEMODULATION DEVICE - To adequately perform sampling, a receiving device that solves problems that involve an increase in circuit area and an increase in cost, is provided.	01-26-2012

Hidetaka Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090026689	Sheet conveying device, and image forming apparatus including same - A sheet conveying device, that can be included in an image forming apparatus, includes a drive source, a drive roller driven by the drive source, a driven roller to press against the drive roller and rotate with the drive roller, an angular velocity detector to detect an angular velocity of the drive roller, a timing estimation unit to estimate a timing when a sheet-type recording medium enters between the drive roller and the driven roller, and a controller to control the drive source based on detection results obtained by the angular velocity detector. The controller includes a feedback control unit to perform feedback control based on data obtained by the angular velocity detector, and a feed-forward control unit to perform feed-forward control based on data obtained by the timing estimation unit.	01-29-2009

Kaoru Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080284445	POTENTIAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A potential measurement apparatus is provided which can suitably maintain the oscillation state of an oscillator including a detection electrode and stably measure the potential of a measurement object. The potential measurement apparatus includes a bearing part, an elastic supporting part supported by the bearing part, an oscillator movably supported by the elastic supporting part, detection electrodes installed in the oscillator, a drive mechanism driving the oscillator and a signal detection unit. The signal detection unit is connected to the detection electrodes to detect electrical signals appearing in the detected electrodes. A stress detecting element for generating an electric signal according to the stress of the elastic suspension part	11-20-2008
20090039715	OSCILLATOR DEVICE, OPTICAL DEFLECTOR AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT USING THE SAME - An oscillator device includes an oscillator supported for oscillatory motion about an oscillation central axis, a magnetic member provided on the oscillator, and a magnetic-field generating member disposed opposed to the oscillator, wherein the magnetic member is provided at a side portion sandwiched between a top surface and a bottom surface of the oscillator.	02-12-2009
20090161189	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A STRUCTURE BASED ON ANISOTROPIC ETCHING, AND SILICON SUBSTRATE WITH ETCHING MASK - A method of manufacturing a structure that includes a mask forming step for forming, on a monocrystal silicon substrate, a base etching mask corresponding to a target shape and a correction etching mask having a joint connecting to the base etching mask, and a target shape forming step for forming the target shape by anisotropically etching the silicon substrate, wherein, in the mask forming step, a lowered-strength portion where a mechanical strength is locally decreased is formed at least in a portion of the joint of the correction etching mask.	06-25-2009
20100002277	OSCILLATOR AND OPTICAL DEFLECTOR HAVING OSCILLATOR - An oscillating device includes an oscillator, an elastic supporting member for movably supporting the oscillator, a first supporting frame for supporting the elastic supporting member, and a second supporting frame extending along the elastic supporting member with a spacing maintained therebetween, the second supporting member extending from the first supporting frame, wherein the second supporting frame is provided in a cantilever shape relative to the first supporting frame.	01-07-2010
20100019779	POTENTIAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A potential measurement apparatus for measuring a surface potential of an object of measurement detects a change in electric charge induced at a detection electrode due to electrostatic induction by changing a distance between the detection electrode and the object of measurement in accordance with a predetermined period, using a neutral distance as reference, as a signal representing a change in electric current. The potential measurement apparatus includes a first detection unit for detecting a signal representing a fundamental period of the change in electric current and a signal representing a second harmonic period, a second detection unit for detecting information representing a capacitance between the detection electrode at the neutral distance and the object of measurement and an arithmetic unit for computationally obtaining information on the surface potential of the object of measurement, with eliminating an influence of the neutral distance and the capacitance, according to an outcome of detection of the first detection unit and an outcome of detection of the second detection unit.	01-28-2010
20110255890	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - There is provided an image forming apparatus and method capable of reducing a measurement error in a measurement result of the surface potential of an electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of an image bearing member. The measurement error occurs under the influence of an electric field generated from a pre-exposed area. Consequently, miniaturization of an image forming apparatus and consistent print quality can be achieved. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming control section for determining an error correction value corresponding to the charge state of a latent image on the basis of relationships between charge states of the latent image and error correction values which have been prepared in advance, computing an error corrected potential measurement value using the error correction value and a potential measurement value, and controlling the image forming apparatus on the basis of the error corrected potential measurement value.	10-20-2011

Katsunobu Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100128548	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF REFRESHING THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to the present invention has an address scrambling circuit for performing address scrambling operation of an address and a redundancy judging circuit for judging that redundancy judgment is performed about the address scrambled by the address scrambling circuit. This structure makes it possible to completely refresh operation concerned with normal word lines and redundancy word lines.	05-27-2010
20110273948	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF REFRESHING THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to the present invention has an address scrambling circuit for performing address scrambling operation of an address and a redundancy judging circuit for judging that redundancy judgment is performed about the address scrambled by the address scrambling circuit. This structure makes it possible to completely refresh operation concerned with normal word lines and redundancy word lines.	11-10-2011

Katsuo Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100221832	ADSORBENT FOR LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION INHIBITOR AND TREATING METHOD - The invention has for its object to provide a porous material capable of relieving the lymphocyte proliferation inhibition in lymphocyte culture and improving the proliferative nature of lymphocytes as well as a method for proliferating lymphocytes and a method for producing lymphocytes each of which utilizes such porous material.	09-02-2010

Kazuo Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090303841	Display Device and Timepiece Calendar Device - A display device and a timepiece calendar device capable of large display of letters and numbers is provided, which can be simplified and reduced in size. The display device comprises a first display wheel having a denotation portion for showing information about a part of a period and a toothed portion including a plurality of teeth to be driven. The device also has a second display wheel having a denotation portion for showing a part of the period other than the part of the period shown by the first display wheel, an opening via which the first display wheel is exposed, and a toothed portion including a plurality of teeth to be driven, and placed overlapping the first display wheel. The device also has a driving finger for driving the first display wheel and the second display wheel to rotate.	12-10-2009

Kazutaka Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100103490	Optical Information Recording Reproducing Apparatus - In the optical information recording reproducing apparatus that makes a reference light beam to interfere with an information light beam so as to record the information of the information light beam in a recording medium based on a two light beam interference method, or irradiates the reference light beam to a recording medium so as to emit a light beam and reproduces information stored in the recording medium by leading the light beam emitted from the recording medium an the image light receiving element, the optical information recording reproducing apparatus comprises a detector to detect positional deviation of at least one of the reference light beam and the information light beam from a predetermined optical path; and a correcting mechanism to correct the positional deviation based on an output from the detector.	04-29-2010
20100110865	Optical Information Recording and Reproducing Apparatus, and Cartridge - An optical information recording and reproducing apparatus relating to the invention employs a two-beam interference method. In the optical information recording and reproducing apparatus, a moving device moves an information recording medium between a recording and reproducing position and a retracting position, and a mirror moves together with the information recording medium. When the information recording medium moves to the recording and reproducing position, the mirror moves to a position which is displaced from the at least one of the reference beam and the information beam. When the information recording medium moves to the retracting position, the mirror moves to a position where the mirror can reflect the at least one of the reference beam and the information beam toward a detector for detecting a deviation of the at least one of the reference beam and the information beam.	05-06-2010

Kiyoteru Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080299007	Specimen Rack and Specimen Carrier System - A specimen rack and a specimen carrier system includes a luminous body disposed on a vicinity of a specimen container loading slot to notify, to an operator, information concerning an analyzing situation and condition of the specimen contained in the specimen container held by the specimen rack.	12-04-2008

Koichiro Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100283497	SEMICONDUCTOR TESTING DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND TESTING METHOD - A semiconductor test apparatus, semiconductor device, and test method are provided that enable the realization of a high-speed delay test. Semiconductor test apparatuses (	11-11-2010
20100321054	SEMICONDUCTOR INSPECTING DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR INSPECTING METHOD - A semiconductor inspecting device comprises a probe card for transmitting a signal or power supply to semiconductor wafers having one or more subject chips formed therein, and is constituted such that the first semiconductor wafer faces the first face of the probe card and such that the second semiconductor wafer faces the second face of the probe card on the opposite side of the first face. The probe card includes one or more inspecting chips, which can perform non-contact transmissions with the first subject chip in the first semiconductor wafer and the second subject chip in the second semiconductor wafer.	12-23-2010
20110260747	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF TESTING THE SAME - A semiconductor device (	10-27-2011
20120018726	SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor wafer in which a plurality of regions, designed to become semiconductor chips are provided in a matrix array with interposition of a dicing line(s) respectively separating the regions. The semiconductor wafer comprises: a plurality of test pads provided in an area(s) of the semiconductor wafer disposed between the semiconductor chips, inclusive of the dicing line(s); an inter-test pad interconnect(s) provided in parallel with the test pads in the area(s) of the semiconductor wafer disposed between the regions to become semiconductor chips; the inter-test pad interconnect(s) being connected to the test pads; and an inter-chip interconnect that interconnects at least two of the regions designed to become semiconductor chips; the inter-test pad interconnect being electrically connected to the inter-chip interconnect.	01-26-2012
20120025790	ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT, CIRCUIT APPARATUS, TEST SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF THE ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - An electronic circuit includes: a first power line capable of supplying power; a second power line capable of supplying power independently from the first power line; a main circuit connected to the second power line; a detector that detects the supply of power from the first power line or the second power line; and a controller connected to the first power line and the second power line, wherein the controller controls a voltage or a current supplied from the first power line and supplies the voltage or the current to the main circuit when the detector detects supply of power from the first power line.	02-02-2012

Koki Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080207158	TERMINAL APPARATUS - A low cost, a low power consumption and a small size are three very important factors for a mobile communication terminal. A great problem is posed by the conventional technique using a DSP and a CPU independent of each other which requires two external memory systems. Also, two peripheral units are required for data input and output of the DSP and CPU. As a result, an extraneous communication overhead occurs between the DSP and the CPU. The invention realizes a mobile communication terminal system by a DSP/CPU integrated chip comprising a DSP/CPU core (	08-28-2008
20080294873	Microcomputer - A built-in memory is divided into the following two types: first memories	11-27-2008

Kouki Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080263228	Single-chip microcomputer - A single-chip microcomputer comprising: a first bus having a central processing unit and a cache memory connected therewith; a second bus having a dynamic memory access control circuit and an external bus interface connected therewith; a break controller for connecting the first bus and the second bus selectively; a third bus having a peripheral module connected therewith and having a lower-speed bus cycle than the bus cycles of the first and second buses; and a bus state controller for effecting a data transfer and a synchronization between the second bus and the third bus. The single-chip microcomputer has the three divided internal buses to reduce the load capacity upon the signal transmission paths so that the signal transmission can be accomplished at a high speed. Moreover, the peripheral module required to have no operation speed is isolated so that the power dissipation can be reduced.	10-23-2008
20080313444	MICROCOMPUTER AND DIVIDING CIRCUIT - Herein disclosed is a microcomputer MCU adopting the general purpose register method. The microcomputer is enabled to have a small program capacity or a high program memory using efficiency and a low system cost, while enjoying the advantage of simplification of the instruction decoding as in the RISC machine having a fixed length instruction format of the prior art, by adopting a fixed length instruction format having a power of 2 but a smaller bit number than that of the maximum data word length fed to instruction execution means. And, the control of the coded division is executed by noting the code bits.	12-18-2008
20100191934	MICROCOMPUTER AND DIVIDING CIRCUIT - Herein disclosed is a microcomputer MCU adopting the general purpose register method. The microcomputer is enabled to have a small program capacity or a high program memory using efficiency and a low system cost, while enjoying the advantage of simplification of the instruction decoding as in the RISC machine having a fixed length instruction format of the prior art, by adopting a fixed length instruction format having a power of 2 but a smaller bit number than that of the maximum data word length fed to instruction execution means. And, the control of the coded division is executed by noting the code bits.	07-29-2010
20120023281	Single-chip microcomputer - A single-chip microcomputer comprising: a first bus having a central processing unit and a cache memory connected therewith; a second bus having a dynamic memory access control circuit and an external bus interface connected therewith; a break controller for connecting the first bus and the second bus selectively; a third bus having a peripheral module connected therewith and having a lower-speed bus cycle than the bus cycles of the first and second buses; and a bus state controller for effecting a data transfer and a synchronization between the second bus and the third bus. The single-chip microcomputer has the three divided internal buses to reduce the load capacity upon the signal transmission paths so that the signal transmission can be accomplished at a high speed. Moreover, the peripheral module required to have no operation speed is isolated so that the power dissipation can be reduced.	01-26-2012

Manabu Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090046835	X-Ray CT Apparatus - In an X-ray CT apparatus, an X-ray source and an X-ray detector mounted in a guide arm are freely movable in such a direction as to approach to and separate from a sample. With respect to this movement, the center of gravity of the whole containing respective constituent elements mounted in the guide arm is kept on the rotational axis by a weight balance adjusting mechanism. The weight balance adjusting mechanism contains a movable weight which is freely movable to the guide arm. The movement of the movable weight is controlled so that a difference between the rotational moment around the rotational axis is offset and substantially equal to zero. The moving passage of the movable weight is set on a straight line which is parallel to the moving direction of the X-ray source and the X-ray detector and does not pass through the rotational axis.	02-19-2009

Masaaki Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090231452	IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a correction unit, a vibration detection unit, a filter passing and outputting frequency of a predetermined band of vibration signals periodically entered from the vibration detection unit: the filter setting, as intermediate value, sum of a value based on a vibration signal of current period and a value based on a vibration signal of last period and setting, as output signal, a value obtained by adding a value based on intermediate value of the current period and a value based on intermediate value of the last period, a calculation unit calculating vibration correction amount, a driving control unit driving the correction unit by using the vibration correction amount, and an offset unit performing feedback control so that an intermediate value is shifted to predetermined value by changing the intermediate value and an offset value added to a signal based on output from the vibration detection unit.	09-17-2009
20100110203	IMAGE-SHAKE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image-shake correction apparatus includes a shake detection unit configured to detect a shake applied to the image-shake correction apparatus, a shake correction unit configured to correct the shake of an image caused by the shake, a drive unit configured to drive the shake correction unit, a filtering unit configured to remove a specific frequency component from the output of the shake detection unit, a characteristic change unit configured to change the frequency characteristic of the filtering unit, and a temperature detection unit configured to detect temperature of the shake detection unit or a vivinity thereof, wherein the characteristic change unit changes the frequency characteristic of the filtering unit according to the change rate in temperature detected by the temperature detection unit.	05-06-2010
20110115929	IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An apparatus capable of capturing a still image in a moving image capturing mode includes an instruction unit configured to instruct still image capturing, a vibration detection unit configured to detect vibration applied to the apparatus, a control unit configured to control driving of a correction member in a driving range according to whether still image capturing or moving image capturing is performed, based on an output from the vibration detection unit, a position detection unit configured to detect a position of the correction member, and a determination unit configured to determine a reference position of a range in which the correction member is driven, wherein, if the instruction unit instructs image capturing in the moving image capturing mode, the detected position is set as the reference position.	05-19-2011

Masakatsu Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110148359	BATTERY, BATTERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL STATE OF BATTERY - There is provided a battery system including a battery having a luminescent layer on surfaces of an exterior member thereof, the luminescent layer containing a stress luminescent material that emits light in response to application of mechanical stress, a photodetector device that detects light emission by the stress luminescent material, and abnormality detection means for monitoring the light emission detected by the photodetector device and thus detecting an abnormality in the battery.	06-23-2011

Masakazu Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090242026	SEAL FILM FOR SOLAR CELL MODULE AND SOLAR CELL MODULE UTILIZING THE SAME - A seal film for solar cell module includes a resin film layer including a biaxially oriented film layer formed of a resin composition containing poly-p-phenylene sulfide as a major component; and a gas barrier layer formed of at least one selected from the group consisting of a metal, a metal oxide, an inorganic compound, and an organic compound. In the seal film for solar cell module, longitudinal and width direction heat shrink ratios at 150° C. of the seal film for solar cell module both fall within a range of −2.0% to +2.0%, and an absolute value of a difference between the longitudinal and width direction heat shrink ratios at 150° C. is 2.0% or less.	10-01-2009
20110259390	FILM FOR SEALING BACK SIDE OF SOLAR CELL, MATERIAL FOR SEALING BACK SIDE OF SOLAR CELL, AND A SOLAR CELL MODULE - A film for solar battery backside sealing component includes a resin layer containing a resin produced by copolymerizing an acrylic polyol resin, an ultraviolet absorber, and a photostabilizing agent, along with a color pigment and a plasticizer, that is laminated to at least one side of a base film.	10-27-2011

Masami Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100091959	MANAGING ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - An electronic messaging system enables delivery of a stored message to a substitute recipient if the original intended recipient fails to access the message. When a message is being stored, the message originator is asked whether the originator will authorize making the stored message available to a substitute recipient if the original intended recipient fails to access the stored message within a predetermined period of time following storage. If the message originator provides such authorization, a substitute recipient is identified. The identity of the substitute recipient and the conditions under which the message will be made available to the substitute recipient are stored in association with the message. The message originator may be authenticated before the message is stored. The substitute recipient may be authenticated before the message is retrieved from storage for delivery to the substitute recipient.	04-15-2010
20100106501	Updating a Voice Template - Updating a voice template for recognizing a speaker on the basis of a voice uttered by the speaker is disclosed. Stored voice templates indicate distinctive characteristics of utterances from speakers. Distinctive characteristics are extracted for a specific speaker based on a voice message utterance received from that speaker. The distinctive characteristics are compared to the characteristics indicated by the stored voice templates to selected a template that matches within a predetermined threshold. The selected template is updated on the basis of the extracted characteristics.	04-29-2010

Masamichi Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110230945	ELECTROSTIMULATION SYSTEM, AND ELECTROSTIMULATION ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND BIOLOGICAL IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE THEREFOR - An electrostimulation system includes an electrostimulation lead which has a connector connected to an electrostimulation device, a conducting wire pair electrically connected to the connector, and a sheathing body insulating the conducting wire pair, and is provided to pass through a vein, an electrostimulation block portion which is provided on the leading end side of the electrostimulation lead, and has an electrode portion electrically connected to the conducting wire pair and fixing hooks urging the electrode portion toward the inner wall of the vein, and a rotary member which has an engagement groove to be detachably engaged with the electrostimulation block portion and rotates the electrostimulation block portion placed in the vein around the center line of the vein through the engagement groove.	09-22-2011

Masanori Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080232596	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus capable of updating and writing a plurality of distributed information items generated based on to-be-held secret information with respect to a data storage device in which access is not limited includes a secret distribution processing portion which generates a plurality of distributed information items updated this time according to secret information to be held this time based on a threshold value secret distribution method, and a distributed information management portion which selects recording positions of distributed information items updated this time to leave behind distributed information items of a number less than a threshold value among a plurality of distributed information items updated last time with respect to a plurality of distributed information items updated and stored in the data storage device and writes distributed information items updated this time to the data storage device based on the selected recording positions.	09-25-2008
20080281991	Communication System - A field device is connected to a communication apparatus installed in a communication system. The communication apparatus performs radio communication with a control apparatus which controls a plant where the field device is installed, in accordance with a standardized communication protocol, and relays the communication between the field device and the control apparatus.	11-13-2008
20090040031	SIGNAL RELAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM AND OPERATION SYSTEM - A signal relay device, a communication network system and an operation system include: a standardized logic interface conversion unit for judging a control system type or a device type and converting a signal to a signal appropriate for a communication network; or a device side logic interface conversion unit for converting a signal from the communication network to a signal appropriate for the control system type or the device type. An operation monitoring station includes a advanced control block for the control system or the device and transmits a control signal to the communication network.	02-12-2009
20090222929	METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SERVER FOR BACKUP AND RESTORE - A recording device which backs up a content α in a recording medium and a recording device which restores the content are registered in a server so as to belong to the same domain group. When the recording device tries to restore the content, the restore is permitted only when both the recording devices belong to the same domain group. When there is a refresh request of the domain group, the domain group is invalidated only when a refresh period has passed. When a refresh number recorded in the recording device is less than or equal to the refresh number recorded in the recording device, the recording device backs up and locally merges the content recorded in the recording device into the recording medium.	09-03-2009

Masayuki Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080309028	Low-Compression Force Metal Gaskets - A low-compression force metal gasket includes a coating layer containing a polymer material on at least a sealing surface of the gasket, and the coating layer satisfies the following conditions (1) to (3): (1) the layer comprises a resin, a rubber or a mixture thereof having an oxygen gas permeability coefficient at 25° C. of 10×10	12-18-2008
20110084456	Metal Gasket - A metal gasket includes an outer ring that is formed in a substantially C-shaped cross-section having an opening in a circumferential direction and an inner ring that is disposed inside the outer ring, wherein the inner ring is configured in a polygonal shape of a cross section, and a pair of corner portions opposing to each other in the inner ring are disposed on inner circumferential faces on the both sides of the opening in the outer ring.	04-14-2011
20120018914	SHEET PRESS MOLDING METHOD AND METHOD OF PRODUCING FUEL CELL SEPARATOR - Provided is a sheet press molding method that can create molded articles having low thickness deviation. In this method, a molded article (	01-26-2012

Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090142592	TAPE FOR LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A liquid discharge head comprises a discharge port member provided with a discharge port to discharge a liquid and a tape having an adhesive layer comprising an adhesive, which tape adheres to a surface having the discharge port of the discharge port member so that the discharge port is sealed through the adhesive layer. The adhesive contains a compound having at least one of an epoxy group and an oxetanyl group and a compound having a ketimine group.	06-04-2009
20090258197	Composite Composition for Micropatterned Layers - The invention provides a composite composition comprising a cationically polymerizable organic resin, a cationic photoinitiator, a hydrolysate and/or condensate of at least one hydrolysable silane compound and inorganic nanoparticles. The composite composition is suitable for the preparation of patterned moulded articles or substrates having a patterned coating, in particular by photolithography. Micropatterns obtained show improved properties, such as a high shape stability and an excellent elastic modulus.	10-15-2009
20090309915	RECORDING HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a recording head includes providing a recording element substrate and a circuit board having an inner lead connector, the recording element substrate including an energy generating element configured to generate energy used to discharge ink and an electrical connector to be electrically connected to the element, bonding the electrical connector of the recording element substrate to the inner lead connector of the circuit board, and applying a thixotropic sealant to the inner lead connector to seal the inner lead while exerting shear force on the sealant.	12-17-2009
20100260978	Composite Composition for Micropatterned Layers - The invention provides a composite composition comprising a cationically polymerizable organic resin, a cationic photoinitiator, a hydrolysate and/or condensate of at least one hydrolysable silane compound and inorganic nanoparticles. The composite composition is suitable for the preparation of patterned moulded articles or substrates having a patterned coating, in particular by photolithography. Micropatterns obtained show improved properties, such as a high shape stability and an excellent elastic modulus.	10-14-2010
20100295888	SEALING TAPE FOR INK JET RECORDING HEAD AND INK JET RECORDING HEAD USING THE SAME - A sealing tape for an ink jet recording head, detachably adhered to the surface of a chip which is provided on an ink jet recording head and on which a discharge port for discharging ink is formed, includes: a base layer; and an adhesive layer on the base layer, the adhesive layer consisting of: (1) 70 to 100 wt % of (A)-(B)-(A) block copolymers which have no unsaturated carbon bond and consist of (a) vinyl aromatic compound units and (b) olefinic hydrocarbon units where (A) is a polymer block consisting of the (a) units and (B) is a polymer block consisting of the (b) units; and (2) 0 to 30 wt % of polyolefin, wherein the content of the (a) vinyl aromatic compound units in the (1) (A)-(B)-(A) block copolymers is 10 to 30 wt %.	11-25-2010

Motoharu Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100264081	SIDE STREAM TYPE MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR PROCESS - The invention provides a side stream type membrane bioreactor process which does not cause an excessive fall in the MLSS concentration in a bioreactor, does not require any additional effluent treatment facility for discharging backwash effluent, and can further ensure the stability of the membrane filtration performance of a separation membrane. According to the invention, in a side stream type membrane bioreactor process, a backwash effluent containing foulants that are generated by backwashing a separation membrane is collected in a backwash effluent tank, and subjected to ozone treatment, and the resultant is returned to a bioreactor. By this ozone treatment, the foulants close to the membrane pore size of the separation membrane are made fine or are made into a state be easily taken into activated sludge flocs. Therefore, even when the treated effluent is returned to the bioreactor, the membrane filtration performance of the separation membrane is not deteriorated.	10-21-2010
20120031838	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RECLAIMED WATER AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING RECLAIMED WATER - The process includes operation as follows: putting ozone generated by an ozone generator into raw water, in a normal mode, to subject the raw water to ozone treatment; injecting a flocculant into the raw water before or after the ozone treatment; filtering the raw water by a separation membrane after the ozone treatment and the injection of the flocculant; and intermittently setting cleaning mode to put a larger quantity of cleaning ozone than that in the normal mode into the raw water so as to intermittently increase the concentration of dissolved ozone, thereby cleaning the filtration membrane.	02-09-2012

Mototsugu Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110004640	MAP DRAWING DEVICE - A map drawing device determines whether or not there is a connection between sequences of points respectively showing roads corresponding a link so as to create data for link drawing defining sequences of points which are connected to each other in this link on the basis of road data defining the sequence of points showing each road with coordinates in each of a plurality of areas into which a map is divided, and also draws the roads corresponding to the link on the map on the basis of this data for link drawing.	01-06-2011

Naoto Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090209649	ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR, INHIBITOR FOR BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL ELEVATION AND FUNCTIONAL FOOD CONTAINING TRICAFFEOYLALDARIC ACID AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRICAFFEOYLALDARIC ACID - Components that demonstrate an α-glucosidase inhibitory activity and hyperglycemic inhibitory activity have clearly been provided from among the components included in Yacon. The present inventors found that as a result of screening for a strong anti-oxidant component in a Yacon aerial portion extract, an antioxidant activity was converged in a DIAION HP-20 column chromatography 50% methanol-eluted fraction of hot water extract. Thus, since a previously unidentified high-content component was confirmed, the present inventors conducted purification thereof, and thereby separated TCAA. As a result, this TCAA was found to be the component that demonstrates the α-glucosidase inhibitory activity and hyperglycemic inhibitory activity.	08-20-2009

Norihisa Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090239216	Novel Tannase Gene And Protein Thereof - A polynucleotide encoding a protein as defined in the following (a), (b) or (c):	09-24-2009

Ryuhei Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100052937	REMOTE CONTROL TRANSMITTING DEVICE - An annular operation unit is formed as an outer shape to cover entire outline of a surface of a case, and inputting switches and displaying unit are attached inside of an opening at the center side of the annular operation unit, allowing the annular operation unit to have a size to perform fine rotational operations in case the entire size of the remote control transmitting device is miniaturized.	03-04-2010
20100052938	STATIONARY REMOTE CONTROL TRANSMITTER - The rotation operation plane of the ring-shaped operation members that operate the rotation is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane so that the rotation operation of the ring-shaped operation member can be performed without holding a finger in the vertical direction. Furthermore, since the rotation operation plane is inclined with respect to the placement plane of the case, static friction on the placement plane is generated by a force component of the operation force acting on the rotation operation plane and is perpendicular to the placement plane, thus the case does not move toward the rotation operation direction during the rotation operation.	03-04-2010

Shigeru Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100022783	CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOUND - The present invention provides a VLA-4 inhibitor having high water-solubility and excellent long-term stability; i.e., sodium trans-4-[1-[2,5-dichloro-4-[(1-methyl-1H-3-indolylcarbonyl)amino]phenylacetyl]-(4S)-methoxy-(2S)-pyrrolidinylmethoxy]cyclohexanecarboxylate pentahydrate.	01-28-2010

Shin-Ichi Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090003287	Method of translating cellular carriers - A plurality of carrier signals in a wide band signal is converted into a plurality of digital carrier signals. Each of the plurality of carrier signals is at a respective frequency in the wide band signal. At least one of the plurality of digital carrier signals is translated to a different frequency.	01-01-2009

Shinsuke Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090138897	Information processing device and information processing method - An information processing device capable of communicating with an external device connected thereto via a network and includes an application acquisition unit that obtains an application program to be used to control a function of the external device from an application distribution device present on the network, an external device search unit that searches for external devices on the network and an application execution unit that controls the function of the external device by executing the obtained application program, is provided. The application program obtained by the application acquisition unit includes a function of searching for the external device via the external device search unit, which executes an external device search in response to a request issued from the application execution unit executing the application program.	05-28-2009

Susumu Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110000063	PRODUCTION APPARATUS - A production apparatus of the present invention produces a component assembly to an object to be processed in which a jig for holding a subsidiary component is set to a main component by sequentially performing predetermined processes in a plurality of processing areas (A	01-06-2011
20110073436	CONVEYER DEVICE - A production device according to the present invention includes a plurality of processing units (	03-31-2011

Takaharu Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080292286	Video Information Recording and Outputting Method, Recording Media and Recording and Playback System - It is a task of this invention to create a novel system (ubiquitous movie) that brings benefits to both a copyright holder of video information such as movies and general consumers who want to enjoy viewing the video information.	11-27-2008

Takahiro Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110181992	SHORT-CIRCUIT ISOLATOR - Provided is a short-circuit isolator capable of earlier detection of recovery from short circuit of a disconnected line and reconnecting the line. The short-circuit isolator includes: a switch for switching a connection state between a primary signal line and a secondary signal line; a short-circuit monitor circuit which is connected to a primary wiring of the switch through a resistor as a current limiting section and connected to a secondary wiring of the switch, for detecting short circuit when a voltage of the secondary signal line is lower than a short-circuit detection threshold and detecting recovery from the short circuit when the voltage of the secondary signal line is higher than a short-circuit recovery threshold which is a voltage value lower than the short-circuit detection threshold after the short circuit is detected; and a switch control section for turning off the switch when the short circuit is detected by the short-circuit monitor circuit and turning on the switch when the recovery from the short circuit is detected by the short-circuit monitor circuit.	07-28-2011
20110187541	AUDIBLE ALARM DEVICE AND FIRE ALARM SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is an audible alarm device including a piezoelectric buzzer, which is capable of suppressing wasted current consumption not contributing to increased sound pressure of the piezoelectric buzzer. The audible alarm device includes: a piezoelectric buzzer; a coil connected in parallel to the piezoelectric buzzer; a current limiting means for adjusting a current supply period for the piezoelectric buzzer and the coil, and limiting a current to the coil during current supply; and a control circuit for controlling on/off time of the current limiting means.	08-04-2011

Takao Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080236281	Angular velocity sensor and angular velocity sensing device - An angular velocity sensor of a horizontally located type, in which influence of a translational acceleration applied thereto from a lateral direction is readily removed and a fixed portion thereof is easily fixed, is provided. It includes a fixed portion fixed to the top surface of a sensor element supporting portion of a casing, an upper detection arm portion and a lower detection arm portion respectively connected to the fixed portion on sides opposite to each other and extending along a plane parallel to the top surface of the sensor element supporting portion, and a pair of upper vibration arms connected to the fixed portion with the upper detection arm portion in between. The fixed portion includes one or more slits extending at least in a direction intersecting with the extending direction of the upper detection arm portion.	10-02-2008
20090039739	Angular velocity sensor and angular velocity sensing device - The present invention provides an angular velocity sensor in which higher sensitivity for sensors is available even with a smaller base portion. The angular velocity sensor includes a fixed portion fixed to the top surface of a sensor element supporting portion of a casing, an upper detection arm and a lower detection arm, each of them being connected to the fixed portion on sides opposite to each other and extending along a plane parallel to the top surface of the sensor element supporting portion, and a pair of upper vibration arms connected to the fixed portion in such a manner as to form a pair of arms with the upper detection arm in between and extending in a direction parallel to the extending direction of the upper detection arm.	02-12-2009
20090165554	Angular velocity sensor and angular velocity sensing device - Provided is a horizontally located sensitive angular velocity sensor capable of easily eliminating influence of acceleration in a lateral direction and whose fixed section is easily fixed. The angular velocity sensor includes a pair of fixed sections fixed on a top of an sensor support section of a case, a detection arm extending along a plane parallel to the sensor support section, and a pair of upper drive arm and lower drive arm extending along the plane parallel to the sensor support section and extending in a direction opposite to each other so as to intersect an extending direction of the detection arm.	07-02-2009
20090165556	Angular velocity sensing element - An angular velocity sensing element is provided, which is able to prevent breakage of an oscillation arm even when an excessively large shock is given. An angular velocity sensing element	07-02-2009
20090260436	Angular velocity sensor element - An angular velocity sensor element is provided which is capable of preventing even transmission of sudden externally-applied vibration to an element portion by absorbing the vibration. An angular velocity sensor element	10-22-2009
20090271962	Electronic device and method of making same - The present invention provides an electronic device with improved characteristics and a method of making the electronic device. In a method of making an electronic device (piezoelectric device)	11-05-2009
20100244632	Piezoelectric element and gyroscope - A piezoelectric element having a crystal structure that enables a piezoelectric film to be formed in an unstressed state is provided. The piezoelectric film contains an a-axis oriented crystal and a c-axis oriented crystal, where a difference in lattice constant between the a-axis oriented crystal and the c-axis oriented crystal is not more than 0.06 Å. The present inventors have newly found that a stress accumulated in the piezoelectric film can be reduced while maintaining favorable piezoelectric properties when a condition that the difference in lattice constant between the a-axis oriented crystal and the c-axis oriented crystal is not more than 0.06 Å is satisfied. When the condition is satisfied, the c-axis oriented crystal and the a-axis oriented crystal are properly balanced and as a result crystal particles of the piezoelectric film are closest-packed on its base in an ideal state, which contributes to a reduced stress.	09-30-2010

Takaya Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100286317	Polypropylene Resin Composition, Formed Product Composed of the Resin Composition, and Production Process of the Formed Product - A polypropylene resin composition containing a resin component composed of 55 to 99% by mass of polypropylene and 1 to 45% by mass of polyglycolic acid, and a reactive compatibilizing agent in a proportion of 0.3 to 30 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the resin component; a formed product composed of the polypropylene resin composition, wherein a dispersed phase of the polyglycolic acid residing in the morphology that the polyglycolic acid is dispersed as individually independent thin films exists in a matrix of the polypropylene; and a production process of the formed product.	11-11-2010

Takayoshi Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110211893	PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - A print control apparatus may include a determination unit and a print control unit. The print control apparatus causes a printing unit to perform duplex printing on a continuous sheet and the determination unit determines whether a continuous sheet usable by a first print job is the same as a continuous sheet usable by a second print job. If the determination unit determines that the two continuous sheets are the same, the print control unit perform controls to, cause the printing unit to continuously print images of the first print job to be arranged on a first surface of the continuous sheet and images of the second print job to be arranged on the first surface and thereafter cause the printing unit to print images of the first print job and the second print job to be arranged on an opposite surface of the continuous sheet.	09-01-2011
20110236105	PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printing control apparatus may execute printing on a continuous sheet by using a printing unit. The printing control apparatus includes a reversal unit, an input unit, and a printing control unit. In executing printing by the printing unit on both surfaces of the continuous sheet, the reversal unit reverses the continuous sheet to execute printing on a second surface after executing printing on a first surface. If the printing on the first surface currently is being executed by the printing unit to execute two-sided printing of a preceding job based on a preceding job in a case where an instruction for interruption printing is input by the input unit, the printing control unit executes the interruption printing according to the instruction subsequent to the printing on the first surface of the continuous sheet based on the preceding job, and supplies the printed continuous sheet to the reversal unit.	09-29-2011

Takuya Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110049341	OPTICAL ENCODER - Present invention provides an optical encoder capable of improving the precision of an interpolation angle in a single signal track, in an encoder of sine-wave angle interpolation type. The optical encoder includes a waveform, in which a phase-modulated wave is superimposed in a predetermined period over a sine-wave of a fundamental period, as a signal track (	03-03-2011

Tetsuji Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Toshiya Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090198063	NOVEL HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND OR SALT THEREOF AND INTERMEDIATE THEREOF - Disclosed is a compound represented by the general formula: [wherein R	08-06-2009
20100168418	NOVEL NITROGENATED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND SALT THEREOF - A nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula: wherein the dashed line represents a single bond or a double bond; R	07-01-2010
20100249417	NOVEL NAPHTHYRIDINE DERIVATIVE MONOHYDRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is 1-(2-(4-((2,3-dihydro(1,4)dioxino(2,3-c)pyridin-7-ylmethyl)amino)piperidin-1-yl)ethyl)-7-fluoro-1,5-naphthyridin-2(1H)-one monohydrate, which has strong antibacterial activity. The compound is highly safe and useful as an original drug for pharmaceutical preparations. Also disclosed is a method which is useful for producing 1-(2-(4-((2,3-dihydro(1,4)dioxino(2,3-c)pyridin-7-ylmethyl)amino)piperidin-1-yl)ethyl)-7-fluoro-1,5-naphthyridin-2(1H)-one monohydrate.	09-30-2010

Toshiyuki Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090268076	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image taking apparatus is configured to obtain image data by taking an image of an object, recording the image data on a recording medium, and reproducing the image data recorded on the recording medium to display the image. The image taking apparatus includes a scale-up display unit configured to display a partial area of the image in an enlarged scale, a setting unit configured to selectively set a flag indicating a rating for the partial area displayed in the enlarged scale, and a storing unit configured to store, on the recording medium, the flag set for the partial area and position information representing a position of the partial area in relation to the image data.	10-29-2009
20120001940	DIGITAL DOCUMENT EDITING METHOD, DIGITAL DOCUMENT EDITING PROGRAM AND DIGITAL DOCUMENT EDITING APPARATUS - The invention relates to an editing of a digital document containing an image, a text, a pattern and the like on pages constituting the digital document. In response to an operation for deleting an image positioned in a page, such image is not added to another page but is moved to and displayed in an evacuation area provided independently from the page area. In the evacuation area, such image is displayed together with a serial number of the page in which such image was present originally. Thus the page layout is not destructed in pages other than the page of image deletion, and the user can easily confirm later the image existed in such page.	01-05-2012
20120026372	Image pickup apparatus - An image pickup apparatus in which, a taking lens is installable or fixed, includes	02-02-2012

Yoshiaki Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110302213	STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system includes: a data storing means configured to store storage target data and also store address data so as to be tree-structured, the address data being based on a content and storing position of data to be referred to, and the address data referring to the storage target data or other address data; an operation log generating means configured to generate an operation log that represents a content of an operation of storing the storage target data into the data storing means and a content of an operation of storing the tree-structured address data referring to the storage target data into the data storing means; and a file system committing means configured to store the storage target data and the tree-structured address data into the data storing means based on the operation log.	12-08-2011

Yoshihiro Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100036290	AROUSAL STATE CLASSIFICATION MODEL GENERATING DEVICE, AROUSAL STATE CLASSIFYING DEVICE, AND WARNING DEVICE - There is provided an arousal state classification model generating device for generating a blink waveform pattern model and an arousal state pattern model based on data on a blink waveform, which are preferably used for accurately estimating an arousal level with respect to unspecified object persons, an arousal state classifying device for classifying the arousal state of an object person, and a warning device. In the arousal state classification model generating device, a first pattern model is generated by learning a statistical model by using as learning data first feature data extracted from the blink data of at least one of the eyes of each object person at the time of blinking and blink waveform identification information. A second pattern model is generated by learning a statistical model by using as learning data second feature data including data on the occurrence ratio of each specific type of blink waveform in the sequence of analysis intervals and arousal state information data in which arousal state information indicating the arousal state of each object person is provided to each sequence of analysis intervals.	02-11-2010
20110052013	FACE POSE ESTIMATION DEVICE, FACE POSE ESTIMATION METHOD AND FACE POSE ESTIMATION PROGRAM - An object is to provide a face pose estimating device, a face pose estimating method, and a face pose estimating program that allow high accuracy estimation of a face pose even if a face organ cannot be detected from an image. A face organ detector	03-03-2011

Yoshika Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090240666	MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A mobile terminal device capable of coupling to the Internet and a home network, includes: accompanying information storing means operable to store an image obtained by photographing and accompanying information pertaining to the image and the photographing; search request means operable to request a search server on the Internet to execute a search with the accompanying information as a keyword; search result storing means operable to temporarily store search result obtained from the search server; image composition means operable to create a composite image by combining the search result with the image obtained by the photographing; and transmission means operable to transmit the composite image to a specified output device on the home network.	09-24-2009

Yukie Noguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120032575	PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION DEVICE - The present invention provides a photopolymerization device which allows a space irradiated with a light to have a high temperature while inhibiting a temperature rise of a light source used for the space.	02-09-2012