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Ogata, Tokyo

Akihiko Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100175182MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF WORK TOP WITH SINK - The manufacturing process of work top with sink including a work top 07-15-2010

Akihiro Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090188847Ventilation system of sludge receiving facility - A sludge receiving facility is provided with upper and lower structures respectively having inner spaces communicating with each other, wherein sludge tanks each having a sludge charging port are provided in the lower structure, and a partition wall configured to partition a carrying-in space of the upper structure from the inner space is provided, the sludge receiving facility including: outside air blowing means; air circulating means configured to enable the inner space and the carrying-in space to communicate with each other; first exhausting means configured to exhaust air from an upper part of the carrying-in space; second exhausting means configured to exhaust air above the sludge charging port; and third exhausting means configured to exhaust air inside the sludge tanks, wherein opening/closing means are respectively provided in the circulating means and the first to third exhausting means.07-30-2009

Akiko Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090016711OPERATING DEVICE - An operating device is provided having a first button, a second button, and a regulating member. The first button has a tubular hole having a bottom, and is able to be pressed in the direction from the opening edge of said tubular hole to the bottom. The second button freely fits the inside surface of said tubular hole on the outside surface of the second button. The regulating member engages the edge of the first button and regulates the movement of the first button in the pressing direction. The first button is swingable on its edge.01-15-2009
20090020402OPERATING DEVICE - An operating device is provided having a supporting member, a button, an elastic member, and a bearing member. The supporting member has an opening which passes through the thickness direction of the supporting member. The button has a shaft and an engaging portion. The shaft is arranged such that the axial direction of the shaft is parallel to the thickness direction of the supporting member. The engaging portion projects parallel to the axial direction of the shaft. The elastic member is set onto the supporting member so as to cover the opening, and has a projecting portion which engages the end of the shaft. The bearing member is provided between the supporting member and the elastic member, which is provided around the opening and is located nearer to the shaft than the engaging portion in the direction orthogonal to the projecting direction of the shaft. The shaft may press the elastic member so that the elastic member is deformed so as to move along the thickness direction of the supporting member in the opening.01-22-2009

Fumio Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100296847TONER CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF RECYCLING TONER CARTRIDGE - An insertion passage 11-25-2010

Kaoru Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090210220Speech analyzer detecting pitch frequency, speech analyzing method, and speech analyzing program - A speech analyzer includes a speech acquiring section, a frequency converting section, an autocorrelation section, and a pitch detection section. The frequency converting section converts the speech signal acquired by the speech acquiring section into a frequency spectrum. The autocorrelation section determines an autocorrelation waveform by shifting the frequency spectrum along the frequency axis. The pitch detection section determines the pitch frequency from the distance between two local crests or troughs of the autocorrelation waveform.08-20-2009

Katsushi Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100034105POWER DISPLAY FOR COMMUNICATION SIGNAL AND SIGNAL ANALYZER - In order to easily understand the relationship between communication signals of a plurality of channels, a signal analyzer provides a display showing a stacked bar graph 02-11-2010

Kazunori Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090070740SYSTEM FOR STORING AND MANAGING OBJECTS - A system of the present invention includes a storage device for distinguishably storing old objects that are objects having existed for not less than a predetermined period since being generated and new objects that are objects having existed for less than the predetermined period since being generated. Then, a new object that has existed for less than the predetermined period since being generated is selected from the storage device, and an old object having the same content as the selected new object is searched for. If such an old object is not found, the selected new object is newly stored as an old object in the storage device. If the old object is found, a reference to the selected new object is integrated with a reference to the found old object. If the old object is stored, the reference to the selected new object is changed to a reference to the stored old object.03-12-2009

Keisuke Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090206435Solid state imaging device, manufacturing method of the same, and substrate for solid state imaging device - A method of manufacturing a solid state imaging device having photoelectric conversion devices, the method including: 1) forming a plurality of color filters differing in color from each other, 2) forming a transparent resin layer on the color filters, 3) forming an etching control layer on the transparent resin layer, the etching control layer being enabled to be etched at a different etching rate from the etching rate of the transparent resin layer, 4) forming a lens master on the etching control layer by using a heatflowable resin material, 5) transferring a pattern of the lens master to the etching control layer by dry etching to form an intermediate micro lens, and 6) transferring a pattern of the intermediate micro lens to the transparent resin layer by dry etching to form the transfer lenses.08-20-2009
20100261303Manufacturing method for solid state image pickup device - A method of manufacturing a solid state image pickup device including photoelectric conversion elements which are two-dimensionally arranged in a semiconductor substrate, and a color filter having a plurality of color filter patterns differing in color from each other and disposed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate according to the photoelectric conversion elements. The method includes successively subjecting a plurality of filter layers differing in color from each other to a patterning process to form the plurality of color filter patterns. At least one color filter pattern to be formed at first among the plurality of color filter patterns is formed by dry etching, and the rest of the plurality of the color filter pattern is formed by photolithography.10-14-2010

Patent applications by Keisuke Ogata, Tokyo JP

Kenji Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110311229OPTICAL TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION MODULE - An optical transmission/reception module including a filter holder on which filter mount surfaces for mounting wavelength division multiplexing filters and light wavelength band limiting filters are formed and in which a hole for guiding a light signal is formed in each of the filter mount surfaces incorporated into a housing. The wavelength division multiplexing filters and the light wavelength band limiting filters are mounted to the filter mount surfaces formed on the filter holder, respectively.12-22-2011

Kiyoshi Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100252933SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - As etch-stop films or Cu-diffusion barrier films used in insulation films constituting conductor layers of a stacked structure, films having smaller dielectric constant than silicon nitride films are used, and an insulation film at a lower-layer part of the stacked structure is made to have smaller dielectric constant than that at an upper-layer part thereof, and further this insulation film is a silicon oxide (SiO) film and has, in the interior thereof, nano-pores of from 0.05 nm or more to 4 nm or less in diameter as chief construction. This makes it possible to dramatically reduce effective dielectric constant while keeping the mechanical strength of the conductor layers themselves, and can materialize a highly reliable and high-performance semiconductor device having mitigated the wiring delay of signals which pass through wirings.10-07-2010

Patent applications by Kiyoshi Ogata, Tokyo JP

Masahito Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110182167OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical pickup device comprises a first objective lens fixed on a lens holder and configured to focus a first laser beam on a signal recording layer provided in an optical disc, the lens holder supported by support wires so that the lens holder is movable toward a signal surface of an optical disc and in a radial direction of the optical disc, and a second objective lens fixed on the lens holder and configured to focus a second laser beam on a signal recording layer provided in an optical disc. Bearing surfaces of the first and second objective lenses are tilted at predetermined angles, respectively, generation directions of coma aberrations by the first and second objective lenses are broadly divided by a simple method, and the objective lenses are fixed with the directions of the coma aberrations aligned.07-28-2011

Masako Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120007205INFRARED IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Certain embodiments provide an infrared imaging device including: an SOI structure that is placed at a distance from a substrate, and includes: heat-sensitive diodes that detect infrared rays and convert the infrared rays into heat; and STI regions that separate the heat-sensitive diodes from one another; an interlayer insulating film that is stacked on the SOI structure; and supporting legs that are connected to the heat-sensitive diodes and vertical signal lines provided in outer peripheral regions of the heat-sensitive diodes. Each of the supporting legs includes: an interconnect unit that transmit signals to the vertical signal lines; and interlayer insulating layers that sandwich the interconnect unit, each bottom side of the interlayer insulating layers being located in a higher position than the SOI structure.01-12-2012

Masayoshi Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090104955GAME DEVICE - A game device including: a first running surface; a second running surface positioned below the first running surface; a plurality of running objects which run on a track of the second running surface, each of the plurality of running objects including capturing unit for capturing an image; and a plurality of model objects which run on the first running surface following each of the plurality of running objects is provided. The game device further includes: a plurality of two-dimensional codes arranged in an information arrangement surface extending in parallel to the second running surface and capturable from the capturing units with sizes and a sequence in which one or more of the plurality of two-dimensional codes are always included in a field angle of the capturing unit of each of the plurality of running objects disposed in optional positions on the track of the second running surface; and a position detection unit for detecting positions of the plurality of running objects based on positional information recorded in the two-dimensional codes captured by the capturing unit. Thus, costs for position detection of the model objects in the game device in which the plurality of model objects run are reduced, accuracy of the position detection is enhanced, and time period required for the position detection is shortened.04-23-2009

Motoaki Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100211502INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - A function for processing electronic money is installed in a mobile phone 08-19-2010

Ryo Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090300214Communication Device and Communication Method - According to one embodiment, a communication device, which receives via a router content data distributed through a network, includes a communicating module. The communicating module includes a notifying module and a time calculator. The notifying module transmits a reception-start notification and a reception-end notification for content data to the router through the network. The time calculator calculates first time to transmit the reception-start notification such that the first time differs from the time distribution of the content data starts. The time calculator calculates second time to transmit the reception-end notification such that the second time differs from the time the distribution of the content data ends.12-03-2009

Shingo Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090210925Authentication control apparatus and authentication control method - An authentication control apparatus is disclosed that includes plural authentication units that perform authentication for an operator with different authentication methods; a corresponding information management unit that manages corresponding information between the mode of an authentication request and the authentication unit to be used; and an authentication control unit that determines the authentication unit corresponding to the mode of the authentication request based on the corresponding information in response to the authentication request from the operator and causes the determined authentication unit to execute the authentication for the operator.08-20-2009

Shinichi Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090298394METHOD OF POLISHING SILICON WAFER - A silicon wafer is polished by applying a polishing solution substantially containing no abrasive grain onto a surface of a polishing pad having a given fixed grain bonded abrasive and then relatively sliding the polishing pad to a silicon wafer to polish the surface of the silicon wafer, wherein a hydroplane layer is formed by the polishing solution supplied between the surface of the silicon wafer and the surface of the polishing pad and a thickness of the hydroplane layer is controlled to change a polishing state of the surface of the silicon wafer.12-03-2009
20110132255METHOD FOR PRODUCING EPITAXIAL SILICON WAFER - Since vapor-phase growth of an epitaxial film is performed on the surface of a mirror surface silicon wafer which is not subjected to final polishing, and the surface of the epitaxial film is thereafter subjected to HCl gas etching, the mirror polishing step is simplified, and the productivity is improved, that enables a reduction in cost, and it is possible to suppress the surface roughness of the epitaxial film as well.06-09-2011

Shiro Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110121634METHOD FOR PROTECTING SUBSTRATE - The present invention relates to a method for preventing or reducing contamination of a surface of a substrate, or protecting a surface of a substrate by making a surface of a substrate hydrophilic, by means of arranging, successively in relation to the substrate, a first layer containing a negatively-charged substance, and a second layer containing a positively-charged substance or containing a positively-charged substance and a negatively-charged substance on the surface of the substrate or in a surface layer of the substrate. In accordance with the present invention, a novel method for preventing or reducing adhesion of contaminants, and color degradation or color change of a substrate over time, can be provided.05-26-2011

Patent applications by Shiro Ogata, Tokyo JP

Takao Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080246791INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - One or more scans used to apply a specific ink are varied according to the overlapping conditions of the specific ink and a non-specific ink, and bias in the specific ink nozzle usage frequency and bias in the printing ratio among passes is suppressed. For this purpose, one or more scans used to apply the specific ink are determined on the basis of applying amount information for the specific ink and the non-specific ink. For example, the one or more scans used to apply the specific ink are determined such that the ratio of specific ink applied by the last half of plural scans is greater for a unit pixel whose application ratio of non-specific ink to specific ink is greater than a predetermined ratio than for a unit pixel whose application ratio of non-specific ink to the specific ink is less than the predetermined ratio.10-09-2008
20090073203INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS, INK JET PRINTING METHOD, AND DATA GENERATING APPARATUS - An ink jet printing apparatus, an ink jet printing method, and a data generating apparatus are provided in which an image performance such as an abrasion resistance can be improved and a printing head can have a longer life by ejecting processing liquid at an appropriate time. The processing liquid is ejected, to a predetermined area on a printing medium in which the formation of a image by ink is completed, from a printing head in two or more scannings in five scannings of the printing heads.03-19-2009
20090073204INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS, INK JET PRINTING METHOD, DATA GENERATING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND INK JET PRINTING SYSTEM - The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus, an ink jet printing method, a data generation apparatus, a computer program, and an ink jet printing system by which a timing for ejecting a processing liquid can be changed to improve image performance of a printed image such as abrasion resistance, to provide the printing head with a longer life, and to improve a throughput. The processing liquid is ejected to a predetermined area on a printing medium, for which a formation of an image by ink is completed, in two or more scannings among five scannings of the printing head. When an amount of ejection data for ejecting the processing liquid in the fifth scanning for ejecting only the processing liquid is equal to or lower than a predetermined amount, the fifth scanning is not carried out.03-19-2009
20090160885INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - Provided are an inkjet printing apparatus and an inkjet printing method in which a high-quality image free of peeling of an image face can be printed, while an amount of a treatment liquid consumed is reduced. For that purpose, a group of pigment-based inks excellent in wettability with respect to the treatment liquid (small in contact angle with respect to the treatment liquid) are made relatively small in a proportion of the treatment liquid applied to a position to which the pigment-based ink concerned is applied. In contrast, a group of pigment-based inks poor in wettability (great in contact angle with respect to the treatment liquid) are made relatively great in a proportion of the treatment liquid applied to a position to which the pigment-based ink concerned is applied.06-25-2009
20100328388INKJET PRINTER, INKJET PRINTING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention ejects a treatment liquid at a scan before a scan where ink is ejected and reduces variations in a time interval from a point of the ejection of the treatment liquid to a point of the ejection of the ink, thereby enabling an increase in image performance, and longevity, low costs and reduction in size of the print head. For achieving this object, the present invention includes a treatment liquid ejection data generating unit configured to generate the treatment liquid ejection data for ejecting the treatment liquid from the print head to the unit area before the formation of the image by the ink starts. The treatment liquid ejection data generating unit generates the treatment liquid ejection data in such a manner as to eject the treatment liquid at the plural times of the scans of the print head.12-30-2010
20100328389INKJET PRINTER, INKJET PRINTING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention has an object of providing an inkjet printing apparatus which can improve image performance while restricting an ink consumption amount of a treatment liquid. The present invention generates ejection data for ejecting the plural kinds of the ink and the treatment liquid to each predetermined area of a printing medium in a predetermined order from the print head. The plural kinds of the ink is classified in plurality based upon a minimum application amount of the treatment liquid per a predetermined area required for realizing an effect of the treatment liquid. Ejection data generating unit generates the ejection data in such a manner as to eject the plural kinds of the ink and the treatment liquid from the print head according to the order determined in accordance with the classification of the ink ejected within the predetermined area.12-30-2010

Patent applications by Takao Ogata, Tokyo JP

Takashi Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080310725IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. An image storing section stores a plurality of images related to time information. A feature extracting section extracts feature amounts of each image stored in the image storing section. An image selecting section that selects at least one of images included in each overlap portion set of several or all of the images, stored in the image storing section, on the basis of the feature amounts associated with the respective images included in the overlap portion set, the overlap portion set including overlap portions of several or all of the images overlapping with respect to shooting time. A digest-image generating section generates a digest image of the images stored in the image storing section on the basis of the selected images.12-18-2008
20090007678Method and apparatus for measuring flaw height in ultrasonic tests - The measurement of a flaw height in a thick welded portion of a stainless steel specimen, which is difficult to perform by the TOFD method, can be conducted with more ease, with higher accuracy and in a shorter time than in the case of using tip echo techniques. In addition, it is possible to reduce variations in measurement results among individual inspectors.01-08-2009
20100146433Information Processing Apparatus and Information Processing Method - An information processing apparatus, comprising: 06-10-2010
20100182501INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a moving picture analysis unit for analyzing moving picture data including a plurality of images and audios associated with time information and for generating moving picture metadata relating to a plurality of feature quantities characterizing the moving picture, a comic display conversion unit for extracting a plurality of images from the moving picture data based on the moving picture metadata and for dividing a predetermined display region into frames and for converting an arrangement of the plurality of extracted images into a comic-like arrangement and for generating frame information including information about the images arranged in each of the frames, and a comic display data generation unit for generating comic display data including at least the frame information, data of the extracted images, and the audio data of the moving picture.07-22-2010
20110065067STEERING FOR DRIVE SIMULATOR AND DRIVE SIMULATOR - Provided is a drive simulator steering capable of offering a feeling of actually driving a car to a player. The steering for drive simulator of the present invention has a first screw shaft which is connectable to a steering wheel and rotatable around an axial line together with the steering wheel; a first nut which is fit on the first screw shaft and moves linearly in an axial direction of the first screw shaft with rotation of the first screw shaft; a second screw shaft which is connectable to a motor, in parallel with the first screw shaft and rotatable around the axial line; and a second nut which is fit on the second screw shaft, moves linearly in an axial direction of the second screw shaft with rotation of the second screw shaft 03-17-2011
20110081634Behaviour Pattern Analysis System, Mobile Terminal, Behaviour Pattern Analysis Method, and Program - Provided is a mobile terminal including a movement sensor that detects a movement of a user and outputs movement information, acquires information on a building existing at a current location or information on buildings existing in a vicinity of the current location, analyses the movement information output from the movement sensor, and detects a first behaviour pattern corresponding to the movement information from multiple first behaviour patterns obtained by classifying behaviours performed by the user over a relatively short period of time, and analyses the information on a building or buildings and the first behaviour pattern, and detects a second behaviour pattern corresponding to the information on a building or buildings and the first behaviour pattern from multiple second behaviour patterns obtained by classifying behaviours performed by the user over a relatively long period of time.04-07-2011
20110301540SYRINGE DRIVE UNIT - Provided is a syringe drive unit (12-08-2011

Patent applications by Takashi Ogata, Tokyo JP

Tetsuro Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110259733MAGNETIC FIELD CONTROL FOR UNIFORM FILM THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION IN SPUTTER APPARATUS - When a film is formed by using a sputter method, distribution variation due to a progress of target erosion generated during the film formation is suppressed, and film thickness distribution and resistance value distribution are corrected to an optimal state. In order to maintain the magnetic flux density formed on the target surface at a constant level, the distance between the target surface and the magnet surface (MT distance) is corrected in accordance with the progress of the target erosion. Further, two or more MT distances are set by a process recipe or the like while forming a thin film, and different distribution shapes are combined to form a near flat distribution shape.10-27-2011
20110312178METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY ELEMENT AND SPUTTERING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor memory element including a chalcogenide material layer and an electrode layer, each having an improved adhesion, and a sputtering apparatus thereof. One embodiment of the present invention is the method for manufacturing a semiconductor memory element including: a first step of forming the chalcogenide material layer (12-22-2011

Tetsuya Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090147643MULTI-LAYER DATA STORAGE MEDIUM AND RECORDING LAYER IDENTIFICATION METHOD THEREOF - A multi-layer data storage medium includes a plurality of recording layers in which a guide groove, where data is stored, is formed in a spiral manner, and each center of the plurality of the recording layers is eccentric to a center of the multi-layer data storage medium in a different direction.06-11-2009
20110234803IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an optical element forming an image of an object, a lens barrel retaining the optical element, an image pickup device section having an image pickup device and obtaining the image of the object, a mounting wall portion surrounding one end portion of the lens barrel at an object side, a lens-barrel side screw groove provided on an outer circumference surface of the lens barrel, and a screw fixation section provided on the mounting wall portion and screwing with the lens-barrel side screw groove to fix the lens barrel to the mounting wall portion while pressing the one end portion of the lens barrel to the mounting wall portion in a direction of a photographing optical axis.09-29-2011
20110242321IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: a lens barrel which holds at least one optical element; an image sensor which converts an image of a photographic subject obtained by the optical element into an electrical signal; a circuit board on which the image sensor is mounted; and a fixing wall body which is a different body from the lens barrel, and where the lens barrel is mounted to an end part of the fixing wall body on a photographic subject side, and the circuit board is mounted to an end part of the fixing wall body on a side opposite to the photographic subject side by a bond structure by an adhesive agent.10-06-2011

Patent applications by Tetsuya Ogata, Tokyo JP

Tomohiro Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110154961TORQUE WRENCH - To make improvements in torque wrenches with a torque limiter that uses a cam mechanism and to provide a torque wrench that realizes more stable operation and is capable of highly precise tightening. In a torque wrench with a torque limiter that uses a cam mechanism, a solid columnar roller member 06-30-2011

Toshihiro Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080260294IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE, PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - An image storage device includes an image information storing section for storing an image file; a processing section for executing an application which uses an image file; a use-by-application specifying section for specifying a use of an image file by the application; a transmitting section for transmitting an image file to an external apparatus; a remaining-capacity-of-medium detecting section for detecting the remaining capacity of the image information storing section; a deletion specifying section for specifying an image file which has already been transmitted to an external apparatus by the transmitting section and which is not specified to be used by the application, as a deletion target; and a deleting section for, when the remaining storage capacity of the image information storing section is a predetermined amount or less, deleting the image file specified as a deletion target from among image files.10-23-2008
20100144273PORTABLE DEVICE - A communication control unit performs communications with an external device via a first wireless communication unit of which communication distance is short and which is capable of performing high-speed communications or a second wireless communication unit of which communication distance is long compared with the first wireless communication unit and which is capable of performing low-speed communications. A communication state judging unit judges a communication state of the communications with the external device via the first wireless communication unit or the second wireless communication unit. The communication control unit performs switching between the communications with the external device via the first wireless communication unit and the communications with the external device via the second wireless communication unit based on the communication state judged by the communication state judging unit and/or a transmission data amount to be transmitted to the external device.06-10-2010

Toshiyuki Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090285344Phase Locked Loop with Temperature and Process Compensation - Mechanisms are provided for compensating for process and temperature variations in a circuit. The mechanisms may select at least one resistor in a plurality of resistors in the circuit to provide a resistance value for generating a calibration voltage input to the circuit to compensate for variations in process. A reference signal may be compared to a feedback signal generated by the circuit based on the calibration signal. A determination is made as to whether the feedback signal is within a tolerance of the reference signal and, if so, an identifier of the selected at least one resistor is stored in a memory device coupled to the circuit. The circuit may be operated using the selected at least one resistor based on the identifier stored in the memory device. An apparatus and integrated circuit device utilizing these mechanisms are also provided.11-19-2009
20100119860STEEL PIPE EXCELLENT IN DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention provides a steel pipe excellent in deformation characteristics, most notably a steel pipe for expandable-pipe oil well and a low-yield-ratio line pipe, and a method of producing the same without conducting water cooling requiring large-scale heat treatment equipment, namely a method of producing a steel pipe excellent in deformation characteristics whose microstructure is a two-phase structure including a martensite-austenite constituent at an area fraction of 2 to 10% and a soft phase, which method comprises: heating at Ac05-13-2010

Tsuneaki Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090137499BENZYLPHENYL GLUCOPYRANOSIDE DERIVATIVE - The present invention relates to a benzylphenyl glucopyranoside derivative having an excellent inhibitory effect on human SGLT1 and/or SGLT2 activity. There is provided a compound or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof represented by the following general formula (I):05-28-2009

Tsutomu Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110159329NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A manganese non-aqueous electrolyte battery having safety at a time of battery abnormality and having a long life span is provided. A battery 06-30-2011
20110195318LITHIUM ION BATTERY - A lithium ion battery capable of maintaining for a long time fire resistance of a nonaqueous electrolytic solution at a time of battery abnormality to secure safety is provided. In the lithium ion battery, two kinds of organic solvent, EC and DEC, are used for mixed organic solvent which forms the nonaqueous electrolytic solution, and liquid flame retardant formed by phosphazene A having a boiling point closely to that of EC and phosphazene B having a boiling point closely to that of DEC is added to the electrolytic solution. At battery abnormality, when the battery temperature goes up due to internal short circuit of positive and negative electrodes caused by melting of separators to decompose each of EC and DEC, the phosphazene A and B, each having the boiling point closely to that of EC and DEC, decompose timely to function, thereby fire resistance of the electrolytic solution can be maintained for a long time to secure safety of the battery at the time of battery abnormality.08-11-2011

Tsuyoshi Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090086888X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD - An X-ray CT apparatus is provided for reducing the amount of computation at image reconstruction thereby to shorten an image reconstruction time. The X-ray CT apparatus comprises a cradle which moves in a horizontal direction to convey a subject to a photography space, an X-ray detector comprising a plurality of detecting clement rows, for obtaining projection data by a helical scan when the cradle is moved under acceleration/deceleration and at a constant velocity, and backprojection processing device for performing a backprojection process on the projection data. When image reconstruction is carried out using the projection data acquired when the cradle is moved under acceleration/deceleration, the backprojection processing device assumes a virtual image reconstruction plane P′ where the cradle is assumed to be moved at the constant velocity, with respect to an image reconstruction plane P of each view and backprojects projection data onto the virtual image reconstruction plane P′.04-02-2009

Yasuhiro Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090153534SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A semiconductor integrated circuit device and a display apparatus each having enhanced electromagnetic immunity realized using a simple configuration are provided. The semiconductor integrated circuit device has a group of registers, an interface circuit, and a timing generation circuit. The signal processing circuit has a signal processing function which is set by setting information stored in the group of registers. The timing generation circuit generates a periodic timing signal and supplies it to the interface circuit. The interface circuit periodically, based on the timing signal, writes setting information inputted from an external terminal to the group of registers.06-18-2009

Yoshiyasu Ogata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110290400CONNECTION METHOD OF THERMOPLASTIC RESIN LONG BODY - A connection method for interconnecting end portions of a thermoplastic resin long body in which conductive unstretchable members are embedded within the thermoplastic resin along a longitudinal direction, wherein the unstretchable members in each of specific sections in the both end portions of the thermoplastic resin long body are heated using an induction heating portion so that the thermoplastic resin coating the unstretchable members is removed by melting for the unstretchable members to be exposed, after which the both end portions are interconnected while they are held in a state where the unstretchable members being exposed in the respective end portions are butt-connected to each other.12-01-2011