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Ono, Kawasaki-Shi

Atsuko Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20090273816IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A method for processing an image obtained by reading an original plate on which at least one original is placed includes a determining step of determining whether the image is corresponding to one original or a plurality of originals placed on the original plate, an extracting step of extracting, from the image, one original image component corresponding to the one original or a plurality of original image components corresponding to the plurality of originals, and a processing step of performing image processing on the one or the plurality of extracted original image components, the image processing being different in accordance with the result of the determining step.11-05-2009

Eiji Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20090263874L-GLUTAMIC ACID-PRODUCING BACTERIUM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-GLUTAMIC ACID - L-Glutamic acid is produced by culturing in a liquid culture medium a microorganism belonging to the genus Enterobacter or Serratia and having an ability to produce L-glutamic acid, which increases in an activity of enzyme catalyzing a reaction for L-glutamic acid biosynthesis or which decreases in or is deficient in an activity of an enzyme catalyzing a reaction branching from a pathway for L-glutamic acid biosynthesis and producing a compound other than L-glutamic acid, and collecting produced L-glutamic acid from the culture medium.10-22-2009

Eriko Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20090318528HYDRATE CRYSTALS - New (2R,4R) monatin monosodium salt hydrate crystals characterized by having specific characteristic X-ray diffraction peaks provide general-purpose, stable, and safe monatin sodium salt crystals incorporating no organic solvent. These crystal may be prepared by a method that requires no organic solvent in the crystallization, separation, and drying steps. These crystal are useful as sweeteners and for the preparation of orally consumed products, such as foods, beverages, pharmaceutical products, topical pharmaceutical products, and feeds containing general-purpose, stable, and safe monatin sodium salt crystals.12-24-2009
20110218227HYDRATE CRYSTALS - New (2R,4R) monatin monosodium salt hydrate crystals characterized by having specific characteristic X-ray diffraction peaks provide general-purpose, stable, and safe monatin sodium salt crystals incorporating no organic solvent. These crystal may be prepared by a method that requires no organic solvent in the crystallization, separation, and drying steps. These crystal are useful as sweeteners and for the preparation of orally consumed products, such as foods, beverages, pharmaceutical products, topical pharmaceutical products, and feeds containing general-purpose, stable, and safe monatin sodium salt crystals.09-08-2011

Patent applications by Eriko Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Etsuo Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20080271154Apparatus, method and computer readable storage medium with recorded program for managing files with alteration preventing/detecting functions - By storing an authenticator created from a data file in a secure area usually unaccessible, the alteration of the data file can be detected. Furthermore, by designating the data file as a main-file and creating authenticators from various kinds of sub-files related to the main-file, the size of the secure area where the authenticators are stored, can be reduced.10-30-2008

Hirokazu Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20120016268ABDOMINAL OBESITY INDEX MEASURING APPARATUS - An abdomen width determiner determines an abdomen width of a subject. A shape index calculator calculates a shape index corresponding to a cross-sectional shape of an abdomen of the subject. An obesity evaluator evaluates whether an obesity degree of the subject is high or low. An obesity index calculator calculates an obesity index corresponding to the abdomen width using a first equation if the obesity evaluator evaluates that the obesity degree is low, and calculates an obesity index corresponding to the abdomen width and the shape index using a second equation different from the first equation if the obesity evaluator evaluates that the obesity degree is high.01-19-2012

Hiroki Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20090309989Camera capable of taking movie - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that repeatedly captures images of a subject to obtain image information; a recording unit that records timing information indicative of a given point in time during an imaging period of the image information; and a display unit that displays an image corresponding to the timing information, which is extracted from the image information, in response to an end of the imaging period.12-17-2009

Kaori Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20090048340GROWTH HORMONE SECRETION REGULATOR - The present invention provides a growth hormone secretion regulator or an anti-aging agent comprising aspartic acid and valine as active ingredients. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical, food, nutritional supplement (supplement), or feeding stuff comprising the growth hormone secretion regulator or anti-aging agent.02-19-2009

Kota Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20120044665OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical apparatus includes a catoptric element that causes incoming light traveling from an object in a direction of a first optical axis to be refracted in a direction of a second optical axis, a motor that drives an optical member provided on the second optical axis, and a stereo microphone including a left-channel microphone and a right-channel microphone that are provided on a side of the optical apparatus opposite the motor with respect to the second optical axis when seen from an object side and arranged in a direction substantially parallel to the second optical axis.02-23-2012

Michitaka Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20100313574SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided a superconducting magnetic apparatus that conductively cools a superconducting coil contained in a vacuum container with a cryogenic refrigerator. The superconducting magnetic apparatus includes a thermal conductor thermally connecting a cooling stage of the cryogenic refrigerator to the superconducting coil, a radiation blocking layer provided around the superconducting coil, and a coil supporting body supporting the superconducting coil by partial or entire contact with a surface of the superconducting coil.12-16-2010

Miho Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20080280909NEW PHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVES - Phenylalanine derivatives of the following formula, analogues thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof have an antagonistic activity to α4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents or preventive agents for various diseases concerning α4 integrin in which α4 integrin-depending adhesion process participates in the pathology, such as inflammatory diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, Sjögren's syndrome, asthma, psoriasis, allergy, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, arterial sclerosis, restenosis, tumor proliferation, tumor metastasis and transplantation rejection.11-13-2008
20100076044THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE AND TNF-ALPHA PRODUCTION INHIBITOR - Disclosed is an agent for use in the treatment or prevention of inflammatory bowel disease. Also disclosed is an agent for inhibiting the production of TNF-α. A therapeutic or prophylactic agent for inflammatory bowel disease comprising at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of lysine, histidine, phenylalanine, methionine, tryptophan, glutamine, glycine, cysteine, cystine and threonine, the amino acid being administered at a dose of 0.1 to 4000 mg/kg per day; and a TNF-α production inhibitor comprising an amino acid selected from the group consisting of histidine, phenylalanine and tryptophan, the amino acid being administered at a dose of 0.1 to 4000 mg/kg per day.03-25-2010

Patent applications by Miho Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Tachio Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20100093327COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - There is provided a communication terminal comprising: a readout unit which reads out, from a plurality of storage media each storing an identifier concerning a communication carrier, the identifiers; a communication unit which determines the communication carriers based on the identifiers read out by the readout unit, and performs communication using the determined communication carriers; a generation unit which generates address book information in which identifying information for identifying an address of a communication partner is registered in association with carrier information concerning a communication carrier of the communication partner; and a control unit which controls the communication unit to perform communication with the communication partner based on the identifying information and the carrier information registered in the address book information.04-15-2010
20100141982DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR COPYING OR BACKUP - When conditions for copying are satisfied while an image sensing apparatus is connected to a PC, copying is executed by only operating the copy button of the image sensing apparatus, and the progress of copying operation can be notified on the image sensing apparatus side. For this purpose, a program monitoring whether a digital video camera is connected is resident in a memory of the PC. When the digital video camera is connected to the PC, it is determined whether a writable optical disk is set, i.e., whether conditions for copying are satisfied. If the PC is ready for copying operation, the program notifies it to the digital video camera. Upon reception of this, the digital video camera turns on a copy button incorporating an LED. When this button is pressed, corresponding information is notified as response data to the PC, thereby starting copying operation.06-10-2010
20100175094COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus comprises a connecting unit for connecting with a power line, a circuit for receiving a power supply through the connecting unit, and a communicating unit for communicating with an external apparatus through the connecting unit, a controlling unit for determining whether or not to permit a power supply stop, in accordance with the communicating unit receiving information on a request for the power supply stop, and controlling the communicating unit to transmit response data corresponding to the determination.07-08-2010
20110032384DISPLAY APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a display unit, a classification unit configured to classify a plurality of images into a landscape-oriented image and a portrait-oriented image, a detection unit configured to detect whether the apparatus is in the landscape orientation or in the portrait orientation, and a control unit configured to display a plurality of images in one orientation of the landscape-oriented image and the portrait-oriented image on the display unit in response to an instruction, and thereafter display a plurality of images in the other orientation on the display unit. The control unit determines the orientation of the image to be displayed first based on a detection result upon receiving the instruction.02-10-2011

Patent applications by Tachio Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Toshiyuki Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20090136132METHOD FOR IMPROVING QUALITY OF IMAGE AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - A method for improving quality of an image includes storing feature quantity candidates each having a luminance component for improving of quality of a first image, dividing the first image into blocks with an overlapping region formed between adjacent first and second blocks, assigning first and second feature quantity candidates selected from the feature quantity candidates of the storage to the first and second blocks, respectively, calculating an energy expressing each similarity between first and second luminance patterns of the first and second feature quantity candidates in the overlapping region, selecting one first feature quantity and one second feature quantity from the first and second feature quantity candidates, using the energy, and improving qualities of the first and second blocks using the first and second feature quantities to generate a second image.05-28-2009
20090161992IMAGE RESOLUTION INCREASING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image resolution increasing method include setting a first block which is included in a low resolution image and is located at a first position, and a second block which is included in a high resolution image and is located at a second position, and setting, as an increasing resolution block of the first block, a third block expressed by a second vector obtained by projecting a first vector representing the second block to a linear manifold as a set of vectors that indicate fourth blocks of the second block size, the fourth blocks becoming the first block due to reduced resolution, in a Euclidean space having, as the number of dimensions, a product of the number of pixels arranged vertically in the second block size and the number of pixels arranged horizontally in the second block size.06-25-2009

Yoshiaki Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20100170877LASER SHOCK HARDENING METHOD AND APPARATUS - There is provided an improved laser shock hardening method and apparatus which can eliminate spattering of a liquid and waving of the liquid surface upon laser irradiation, and can stably irradiate a workpiece with a laser beam. Thus, the present invention provides in a laser shock hardening method for carrying out surface processing of a workpiece in contact with a liquid by irradiating through the liquid the surface of the workpiece with a pulsed laser beam intermittently emitted from a laser irradiation device, the improvement comprising: providing a solid transparent to the wavelength of the laser, serving as an entrance window to the surface of the liquid; allowing the liquid to be present in the light path of the laser beam between the solid and the surface of the workpiece; and allowing the laser beam to enter through the solid and irradiating through the liquid the surface of the workpiece with the laser beam, thereby shock-hardening the surface of the workpiece.07-08-2010

Yukitsugu Ono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

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20100120172SUBSTANCE WITH ANTITHROMBOTIC ACTIVITY AND METHOD FOR DETECTING GLYCOKALLIDIN - A method for conveniently detecting binding between the von Willebrand factor and glycoprotein Ib and a means to be used therein. The von Willebrand factor fixed in a reactor immobilized in a reaction vessel in the presence of bottrocetin is bound to a chimeric protein constructed by fusing the carboxyl terminal of a partial protein containing the von Willebrand factor-binding site of glycoprotein Ib with the amino terminal of the Fc region of an immunoglobulin molecule. Then the Fc region of the above immunoglobulin molecule is detected to thereby detect the binding between the von Willebrand factor and the glycoprotein Ib or inhibition of this binding.05-13-2010