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Noritaka Adachi, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100023509	PROTECTING INFORMATION IN SEARCH QUERIES - A method of protecting information in search queries uses a search apparatus with a user interface that is configured for connection to a computer network that comprises a plurality of search engines on a plurality of servers. The method includes receiving a search query comprising a plurality of keywords; dividing the search query into a number of sub-queries, each sub-query comprising at least one of the keywords; and submitting the sub-queries to different search engines	01-28-2010

Noritaka Ajari, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100283928	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An active matrix liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal layer; two substrates sandwiching the liquid crystal layer; and electrodes respectively provided in the two substrates, the electrodes applying voltage across the liquid crystal layer. A first electrode (	11-11-2010
20110090428	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device	04-21-2011

Noritaka Endo, Fukuoka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090218933	ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - An organic electroluminescence device including: an anode	09-03-2009

Noritaka Fujita, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090086049	PIXEL DRIVE CIRCUIT, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A pixel drive circuit includes a plurality of pixel circuits each including a photoelectric converting unit for converting an incident light into an electric charge and accumulating the converted electric charge, the plurality of pixel circuits being arranged in a matrix shape, an address decoder for selecting the pixel circuits to be controlled which are arranged on an identical line, a storage circuit for storing operation information to be executed by the pixel circuits selected by the address decoder, and a control circuit for controlling an operation of the pixel circuits selected by the address decoder in accordance with a storage state of the storage circuit. The control circuit controls a charge discharging operation of discharging an electric charge remaining in the photoelectric converting unit of each of the pixel circuits. The storage circuit holds the storage state until the charge discharging operation is completed.	04-02-2009
20110205418	PIXEL DRIVE CIRCUIT, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A pixel drive circuit includes a plurality of pixel circuits each including a photoelectric converting unit for converting an incident light into an electric charge and accumulating the converted electric charge, the plurality of pixel circuits being arranged in a matrix shape, an address decoder for selecting the pixel circuits to be controlled which are arranged on an identical line, a storage circuit for storing operation information to be executed by the pixel circuits selected by the address decoder, and a control circuit for controlling an operation of the pixel circuits selected by the address decoder in accordance with a storage state of the storage circuit. The control circuit controls a charge discharging operation of discharging an electric charge remaining in the photoelectric converting unit of each of the pixel circuits. The storage circuit holds the storage state until the charge discharging operation is completed.	08-25-2011
20110205419	PIXEL DRIVE CIRCUIT, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A pixel drive circuit including a plurality of pixel circuits, each including a photoelectric converting unit for converting an incident light into an electric charge and accumulating the converted electric charge, the plurality of pixel circuits being arranged in a matrix shape, an address decoder for selecting the pixel circuits to be controlled which are arranged on an identical line, a storage circuit for storing operation information to be executed by the pixel circuits selected by the address decoder, and a control circuit for controlling an operation of the pixel circuits selected by the address decoder in accordance with a storage state of the storage circuit. The control circuit controls a charge discharging operation of discharging an electric charge remaining in the photoelectric converting unit of each of the pixel circuits. The storage circuit holds the storage state until the charge discharging operation is completed.	08-25-2011

Noritaka Hanma, Higashikagawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100029704	SALT OF NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG AND ORGANIC AMINE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF - The invention provides a salt, particularly an ionic liquid, of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) comprising a carboxylic acid and an organic amine compound, as well as a method of producing such a salt.	02-04-2010

Noritaka Hanma, Kagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110152377	EXTERNAL PREPARATION COMPRISING FATTY ACID SALT OR BENZOIC ACID SALT OF BASIC PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPONENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - It has been demanded to develop a formulation for a novel external preparation having excellent transdermal absorption of a basic pharmacologically active component contained therein. It is found that the lipid solubility (logP values) of a basic pharmacologically active component and an organic acid (particularly a fatty acid) contribute significantly to the transdermal absorption of the basic pharmacologically active component in the selection of proper combinations of the basic pharmacologically active component and the organic acid. Namely, it is found that superior transdermal absorption of a basic pharmacologically active component having a lipid solubility level of 0.5 to 5 can be achieved by forming a salt of the component with a fatty acid having a lipid solubility level of −1 to 4. Thus, it becomes possible to provide a novel external preparation having excellent transdermal absorption properties.	06-23-2011

Noritaka Koga US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080269247	Chemokine Inhibiting Piperazine Derivatives and Their Use to Treat Myocarditis - The present invention relates to piperazine derivatives of formulae Ia, Ib, Ic and Id and their use to treat myocarditis.	10-30-2008

Noritaka Kokido, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110091031	ECHO CANCELER - An echo canceler	04-21-2011
20110313617	SOUND-DIRECTED-OUTSIDE-VEHICLE EMITTING DEVICE - A sound-directed-outside-vehicle emitting device includes a storage unit	12-22-2011

Noritaka Matsubara, Saitama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080206380	Preventing Agent Against Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infection - The present invention is to provide an agent for preventing and treating drug-resistant bacterial infection for livestock/fowls or fish and shellfish, using particular microbial agents as active components, without using synthetic antibacterial substances or antibiotics, and a method for preventing and treating its infection. By using lactic acid bacteria, their dead bacteria or treated substances thereof, or	08-28-2008

Noritaka Matsumoto, Tokai JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110113277	PROCESSING UNIT, PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A processing unit is connected to another processing unit through a system bus composed of serial signal communication line and synchronization signal communication line to be able to communicate therewith. When an operation unit detects abnormal state in the processing unit, the operation unit supplies notification of detection of the abnormal state to synchronization unit. The synchronization unit transmits the received detection notification of abnormal state to the other processing unit through the synchronization signal communication line. Conversion unit receives parallel communication data from the operation unit through important signal line instead of general signal line and converts the received parallel signal into serial signal to be transmitted to the other processing unit through the serial signal communication line, thereby soundness among processing units connected to the system bus is ensured when the system bus is configured to attain serial communication.	05-12-2011
20110302393	CONTROL SYSTEMS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - When executing sequential processing such as a ladder logic, converting a program formed of an instruction set of another processor to a program executable by an own processor in software and then conducting processing lowers the real time property. In a control system, a storage unit stores a program for the own processor and a program for another processor. A processor reads data from the storage unit, executes processing described as a program, and gives an instruction to change over a method for acquiring data from the storage unit, to a conversion instruction unit according to data contents. A changeover unit is connected to the storage unit directly or via the conversion unit to change over the data acquiring method according to an instruction from the conversion instruction unit. The conversion unit converts data read from the storage unit to data executable by the processor, according to a conversion scheme.	12-08-2011

Noritaka Matsumoto, Hitachi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080222405	COMPUTER INITIALIZATION SYSTEM - An initialization data generator includes a task database in which task descriptions for initializing a computer are specified related with task IDs and an initialization database in which initialization data descriptions for initializing a computer are stored related with initialization data IDs. The initialization data generator takes input of the computer ID of a computer to be initialized and task data, reads task descriptions and initialization data descriptions according to task ordering related with the task data from the task database and the initialization database, based on the task IDs, task ordering, and the initialization data IDs for software modules which are loaded into the computer to be initialized by the tasks corresponding to the task IDs, specified in the task data, and generates and transfers initialization data to the computer to be initialized, thereby initializing the computer to be initialized.	09-11-2008
20090259676	DATA FORMAT CONVERSION METHOD AND EQUIPMENT, AND CONTROLLER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING DATA FORMAT CONVERSION EQUIPMENT - The invention contemplates to improve versatility or flexibility of a system for managing a controller. In a data format converter, a computer constitutes reception unit for acquiring input information containing a program, etc, of a first data format and outputted from a programmer unit, direction extract unit for extracting a convert direction of a data format contained in the input information so acquired, data conversion rule acquisition unit for acquiring a conversion rule of a data format corresponding to the convert direction so extracted and convert execution means for converting the program, etc, of the first data format to a second data format. The program, etc, of the second data format converted is outputted to the controller. The program, etc, can be created in this way in an arbitrary data format different from the data format of the controller.	10-15-2009

Noritaka Matsuoka, Inuyama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100102495	Fluid filled type vibration damping device - A fluid filled type vibration damping device including an elastic rubber body elastically connecting an inner shaft member and an outer tube member. The elastic rubber body has a solid rubber wall that includes inside face recesses and outside face recesses respectively formed to either side of the inner shaft member in an axis-perpendicular direction so that a pair of thin portions and a pair of thick portions respectively situated in opposition along mutually orthogonal axes lying in axis-perpendicular directions are formed in the solid rubber wall. A deepest part of the inside face recesses is situated towards an axial small diameter side of the solid rubber wall with respect to an deepest part of the outside face recesses, with the inside face recesses and the outside face recesses overlapping one another in the axis-perpendicular direction of the solid rubber wall.	04-29-2010

Noritaka Miyamato, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100073883	FILM FORMING METHOD, THERMAL CONDUCTION MEMBER, POWER MODULE, VEHICLE INVERTER, AND VEHICLE - There is provided a film forming method capable of enhancing adhesion efficiency of a metal powder by use of a low-pressure compressed gas even in the case of spraying the metal powder remaining in a solid-phase state to a substrate, to form a film, the method being a film forming method of spraying a metal powder p in a solid-phase state to a surface	03-25-2010

Noritaka Miyamoto, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100296253	METHOD OF FORMING CARBON PARTICLE-CONTAINING FILM, HEAT TRANSFER MEMBER, POWER MODULE, AND VEHICLE INVERTER - A method of depositing a carbon particle-containing film that contains carbon particles includes: manufacturing film deposition slurry by mixing liquid into film deposition powder that contains carbon powder formed of the carbon particles; and depositing the carbon particle-containing film by spraying the film deposition slurry to a surface of a base material so that the liquid is vaporized.	11-25-2010

Noritaka Nakashima, Nagareyama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080291226	RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING DEVICE - For use when the recordable area of a recording medium is smaller than recording data, there is provided a recording device that can determine the priority of divided areas and preferentially record a high-priority area. The recording device assigns priority to each of the recording areas of a whole image on one page and, if it is determined that the whole image does not fit on the recording medium, performs at least one of rearranging the recording position of a high-priority area, changing the recording size of a low-priority area, and discarding a part of recording data of the low-priority area based on the priority of the recording areas to prevent any part of the image of the high-priority area from being lost.	11-27-2008
20090010663	PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - The present invention provides a printing apparatus and a printing method which, even if print media of different sizes are printed, can print images in well-balanced, optimum layouts according to the size of each of the print media. Thus, the printing apparatus according to the present invention has leading end detector which detects a leading end of a print medium and trailing end detector which detects a trailing end of the print medium. The printing apparatus further has print control unit which prints images based on a first print data for which a print start position is determined on the basis of the leading end detected by the leading end detector and second print data for which a print start position is determined on the basis of the trailing end detected by the trailing end detector.	01-08-2009

Noritaka Nakayama, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090056996	ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MODULE - An electronic component module	03-05-2009
20090090452	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NONFLAT CERAMIC SUBSTRATE - In the production of a ceramic substrate (	04-09-2009
20090283309	CERAMIC-METAL BONDED BODY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE BONDED BODY AND SEMI-CONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE BONDED BODY - Problem is to provide a ceramic-metal composite and a semiconductor device that exhibits high bonding strength, heat cycle resistance, durability, and reliability even if the ceramic-metal composite is used in a power module.	11-19-2009

Noritaka Nishiyama, Makinohara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110048794	ELECTRONIC PART HOUSING BOX - In an electronic part housing box	03-03-2011

Noritaka Okamura, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100282446	HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE AND LIGHTING DEVICE - A heat dissipation device according to the present invention includes an inner tube to which heat from LED modules is to be transferred, first fins protruding from an outer surface of the inner tube in a direction crossing the outer surface, and an outer tube covering the inner tube. Moreover, heat is transferred from the surfaces of the inner tube, outer tube and first fins which form ventilation paths (medium paths) to the air flowing at an increased flow rate by a stack effect.	11-11-2010
20110002115	FITTING MEMBER, LEAF SPRING AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - A V-shaped leaf spring is provided, at one side of the leaf spring, with a plurality of pressing parts curved convexly toward the other side thereof and arc-shaped in cross section along a longitudinal direction of the leaf spring. The leaf spring is appropriately attached to a lighting apparatus main body so that a region of the leaf spring at a bent part thereof is located downward. Thus, upon installation of the lighting apparatus main body into an attachment hole provided in a ceiling, either one of the plurality of pressing parts abuts against the ceiling having different thicknesses from above, and a sufficient downward pressing force can be exerted on the ceiling having different thicknesses, thereby allowing the component to be fixed to the ceiling with a sufficient holding force.	01-06-2011
20110019429	COVER AND LIGHTING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE COVER - A decorative frame for covering a space formed between a mounted body mounted in a mounting hole formed in a member and an inner face of the mounting hole has a flangespaced from and opposing to the edge of the mounting hole; and a projecting part provided to extend over the whole outer edge of the flange, and therefore, a space formed between the mounted body and the inner face of the mounting hole and a space formed between the mounted body and the member due to an irregularity such as burr caused in the vicinity of the edge of the mounting hole may be covered by the flange	01-27-2011
20110104935	CONNECTOR AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE CONNECTOR - A connector according to the present invention connects a conductive member such as a radiating section which radiates generated heat from a heat source functioning with supplied power and a power connection section which connects with an external power source supplying power to the heat source.	05-05-2011
20110116276	MOUNTING ASSISTING MEMBER AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - In a mounting assisting member used for mounting a mounted body for a smaller mounting hole than a mounting hole provided in a mounting member to the mounting hole, the mounting assisting member, since support plate portions of the mounting assisting member come into surface contact with a peripheral edge portion in an upper surface side of a ceiling of a mounting hole by one surfaces. Accordingly, an influence of a concavity and convexity is lightened even in the case the concavity and convexity exists in a peripheral edge portion of the mounting hole, and a lighting apparatus for a smaller mounting hole than the mounting hole of the ceiling is stably held to the ceiling in a predetermined direction and by a predetermined support force.	05-19-2011

Noritaka Ota, Noda-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090072035	BARCODE GENERATION SYSTEM, BARCODE GENERATION PROGRAM, PRINTING DEVICE, AND TEST CHART - A test chart for printing black bars and white bars of a barcode, each of which has one of multiple different numbers of dots-in-width, is printed on a printing device on which barcodes are printed. In image data on the test chart, the space between neighboring black bars on the test chart is used as a white bar. The widths of black bars and white bars of a barcode are measured based on the image of the printed test chart. Based on this measurement result, the numbers of dots-in-width of black bars and white bars to be set at a printing time are calculated as barcode correction values so that the black bar widths and white bar widths of a printed barcode meet predetermined sizes. This configuration generates barcode configuration information, or barcodes, that satisfy individual user's use condition, quickly and with the minimal use of paper and ink.	03-19-2009

Noritaka Ota, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080273064	INK-FEEDING DEVICE AND PRESSURE-GENERATING METHOD - An ink-feeding device is provided in which the pressure applied to the ink in the printing head can be adjusted arbitrarily irrespective of the relative positions of the ink container and the printing head. Inside the sub-tank	11-06-2008

Noritaka Ota, Nagareyama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080259391	RECORDING SYSTEM, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING DEVICE - Recording data generated by a recording data generation PC (	10-23-2008
20080304891	BARCODE GENERATION SYSTEM, BARCODE GENERATION PROGRAM, AND PRINTING DEVICE - A barcode generation system that generates an appropriate barcode, which satisfies the usage condition of each user, quickly and with a minimum consumption of ink and paper. A test chart is printed on a printing device	12-11-2008

Noritaka Sato, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100144936	RESIN COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RESIN MOLDING - A polyester resin component having crystallization improved and including a cyclic compound shown by a below-described formula and polyester capable of having a crystal structure:	06-10-2010

Noritaka Shibata, Toyohashi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110095223	HYDROPHILIZING AGENT FOR HYDROPHOBIC POROUS MEMBRANE, AND METHOD FOR HYDROPHILIZING HYDROPHOBIC POROUS MEMBRANE AND TEST METHOD USING THIS AGENT - A hydrophilizing agent for a hydrophobic porous membrane, wherein the agent contains a surfactant, and the surfactant has a frothability such that the bubble height immediately after frothing, as measured according to the Ross-Miles method (JIS K 3362), using a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution of the surfactant at 25° C., is 40 mm or less, and preferably has a frothability such that the bubble height five minutes after frothing is 20 mm or less; a method for hydrophilizing a hydrophobic porous membrane using this hydrophilizing agent; and a method for testing and hydrophilizing a membrane module using this hydrophilizing agent.	04-28-2011

Noritaka Suzuki, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100247193	PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus for performing a printing operation includes an image forming portion for forming an image on a surface of a sheet according to image data; a discharge portion for discharging the sheet with the image formed thereon with the image forming portion; a reverse transportation unit for returning the sheet discharged with the discharge portion into the printing apparatus to reverse the sheet, so that another image is formed on another surface of the sheet according to image data; a detection unit for detecting the sheet discharged with the discharge portion when the sheet is pulled out before the reverse transportation unit returns the sheet; and a control unit for controlling the image forming portion to form the image on another sheet according to the image data when the detection unit detects that the sheet is pulled out.	09-30-2010

Noritaka Tani, Kagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100223384	DATA DELIVERY SYSTEM AND DATA DELIVERY METHOD - A data delivery system and method include storing software resources in a central equipment, receiving and storing software resources sent from the central equipment, and communicating with the central equipment, terminal devices and with the intermediate server. The central equipment includes a registration-accepting unit for accepting registration of software resources, a resource information storage unit for storing resource information having a version number corresponding to the software resources accepted by the registration-accepting unit, a resource transfer unit for sending the software resources accepted and the resource information stored in the resource information storage unit to the intermediate server, a server list-creating unit for creating a server list of the intermediate servers to be sent to the terminal devices, and a sending unit for sending the server list created by the server list-creating unit.	09-02-2010

Noritaka Uchida, Koshi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100307543	SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate (W) is processed with the use of a process liquid such as a deionized water. Then, a first fluid which is more volatile than the process liquid is supplied to an upper surface of the substrate (W) from a fluid nozzle (	12-09-2010

Noritaka Uchida, Koshi-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110312247	Apparatus for Polishing Rear Surface of Substrate, System for Polishing Rear Surface of Substrate, Method for Polishing Rear Surface of Substrate and Recording Medium Having Program for Polishing Rear Surface of Substrate - Provided are a rear substrate surface polishing device polishing a rear surface of a substrate, a rear substrate surface polishing system including the rear substrate surface polishing device, a rear substrate surface polishing method used in the rear substrate surface polishing device, and a storage medium for storing a program implemented with the rear substrate surface polishing method. In particular, the rear surface of the substrate is polished by a substrate polishing unit in accordance with information acquired from a prior process performed prior to the polishing process of the rear surface of the substrate at the substrate polishing unit. Further, the substrate polishing unit polishes the substrate with a polishing area determined on the basis of information acquired from a prior process. Furthermore, the polishing is performed by using any one or all of a plurality of substrate polishing units determined on the basis of information acquired from a prior process.	12-22-2011

Noritaka Watanabe, Okazaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100258753	ELECTROMAGNETIC VALVE - An electromagnetic valve includes a valve body, a valve element, a movable iron core, a guide tube, a coil, a yoke, and a fixed iron core. The valve body includes a fluid flow path. The valve element is movable and seated on a valve seat provided in the fluid flow path of the valve body. The movable iron core moves the valve element with respect to the valve seat. The guide tube is cylindrical and movably supports the movable iron core. The coil is mounted on an outer periphery of the guide tube. The yoke covers an outside of the coil and forms a magnetic circuit. The fixed iron core is provided facing the movable iron core and attracts the movable iron core by energization of the coil. The valve body is coupled to the guide tube on one opening end side of the guide tube, and the fixed iron core is provided on an other end side of the guide tube with a clearance spaced from an inside of the guide tube. One end of the yoke is coupled to the fixed iron core, and the valve body is coupled to an other end of the yoke.	10-14-2010
20100276012	ELECTROMAGNETIC PILOT OPENING/CLOSING VALVE - An electromagnetic pilot opening/closing valve includes: a valve main body member that includes a sliding hole; a main valve body that is slidably provided in the sliding hole; a movable iron core; and a fixed iron core. The main valve body includes a second sliding hole. A pilot valve body is provided in the second sliding hole. The movable iron core and the pilot valve body are designed to slidably engage with each other, and the movable iron core and the main valve body are designed to slidably engage with each other with a play therebetween. When the movable iron core is attracted by the fixed iron core by energization of the coil, the movable iron core causes the pilot valve body to slide inside the second sliding hole and sliding of the pilot valve body causes the main valve body to slide inside the sliding hole.	11-04-2010

Noritaka Yamamoto, Ikeda-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090022453	Optical Deflection Method and Optical Deflection Apparatus - An optical deflection apparatus includes a signal light source configured to emit signal light having one or more wavelengths, a control light source configured to emit control light having a wavelength different from the wavelength of the signal light, a thermal lens forming optical element including a light absorption layer configured to transmit the signal light and selectively absorb the control light, and a beam-condensing unit configured to cause beam-condensation of the control light and the signal light at different convergence points in the light absorption layer. The thermal lens forming optical element causes convergence and divergence of the control light and the signal light on an incidence plane of the light absorption layer or its vicinity in a light traveling direction, wherein a thermal lens is reversibly formed in the light absorption layer due to a temperature increase occurring in a region where the control light is absorbed and its peripheral region, and the thermal lens changes a refractive index to change a traveling direction of the signal light.	01-22-2009
20100245960	Optical deflection method and optical deflection apparatus - An optical deflection apparatus includes a signal light source configured to emit signal light having one or more wavelengths, a control light source configured to emit control light having a wavelength different from the wavelength of the signal light, a thermal lens forming optical element including a light absorption layer configured to transmit the signal light and selectively absorb the control light, and a beam-condensing unit configured to cause beam-condensation of the control light and the signal light at different convergence points in the light absorption layer. The thermal lens forming optical element causes convergence and divergence of the control light and the signal light on an incidence plane of the light absorption layer or its vicinity in a light traveling direction, wherein a thermal lens is reversibly formed in the light absorption layer due to a temperature increase occurring in a region where the control light is absorbed and its peripheral region, and the thermal lens changes a refractive index to change a traveling direction of the signal light.	09-30-2010
20100265568	THERMAL LENS FORMING ELEMENT - A thermal lens forming element includes a first chamber serving as a control light absorbing region, which is configured as a columnar body or an N prismatic body (wherein N is an integer equal to or greater than 4) circumscribing the columnar body and filled with a control light absorbing dyestuff solution containing a solvent having a viscosity of 0 to 3 mPa·s at 160° C. or above and a ratio of the viscosity of the solvent at 160° C. to a viscosity of the solvent at 40° C. not less than 1 and not greater than 6, wherein the columnar body or the N prismatic body circumscribing the columnar body has a central axis coinciding with an optical axis of incident signal light. The first chamber is connected to a second chamber via a solution channel and a dam. The dyestuff solution and a bubble of an inert gas are confined in the second chamber.	10-21-2010

Noritaka Yamashita, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100322298	DEVICE FOR EVALUATING SIDE-CHANNEL ATTACK RESISTANCE, METHOD FOR EVALUATING SIDE-CHANNEL ATTACK RESISTANCE, AND PROGRAM FOR EVALUATING SIDE-CHANNEL ATTACK - A side channel attack resistance evaluation apparatus includes: a measurement section that measures side channel information leaking from an encryption device to be evaluated; a noise removal section that removes noise from the measured side channel information using a band-pass filter (BPF); a passband determination section that determines the passband of the band-pass filter; and a DSCA (Differential Side-Channel Analysis) evaluation section that evaluates resistance against the differential side channel analysis. The passband determination section preferably has a DFT processing section and a power spectrum analysis section, or has a DFT processing and a DFA processing section.	12-23-2010

Noritaka Yamashita, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100246808	SIDE CHANNEL ATTACK TOLERANCE EVALUATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is a side channel attack tolerance evaluation device capable of evaluating the propriety of the estimation of an encryption algorism, processing timing, and determination of a processing sequence of the encryption algorism using side channel information. The side channel attack tolerance evaluation device, which performs evaluation of tolerance to a side channel attack by using side channel information leaking from an encryption device, is provided with a storage unit (character data storage device), a measurement unit (side channel information measurement device), and a processing unit (side channel attack tolerance evaluation unit). The storage unit stores side channel information that has been previously acquired by executing a predetermined encryption algorithm in an encryption device or information obtained by applying predetermined processing to the side channel information. The measurement unit measures the side channel information generated from an encryption device to be evaluated. The processing unit calculates a correlation value between the side channel information acquired by the measurement unit and character data stored in the storage unit to determine the propriety of tolerance of the encryption device to be evaluated to the side channel attack.	09-30-2010