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Sakai, Kanagawa

Chiaki Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100184246	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICK-UP DEVICE - There is provided a method for manufacturing a solid-state image device which includes the steps of: forming a silicon epitaxial growth layer on a silicon substrate; forming photoelectric conversion portions, transfer gates, and a peripheral circuit portion in and/or on the silicon epitaxial growth layer and further forming a wiring layer on the silicon epitaxial growth layer; forming a split layer in the silicon substrate at a side of the silicon epitaxial growth layer; forming a support substrate on the wiring layer; peeling the silicon substrate from the split layer so as to leave a silicon layer formed of a part of the silicon substrate at a side of the support substrate; and planarizing the surface of the silicon layer.	07-22-2010
20100214457	Solid-state imaging device, manufacturing method thereof, and imaging apparatus - A solid-state imaging device includes: a photoelectric conversion portion that receives an incident light from a back surface side of a silicon layer to perform photoelectric conversion on the incident light; and a pixel transistor portion that outputs signal charges generated in the photoelectric conversion portion towards a front surface side of the silicon layer, wherein a gettering layer having internal stress is provided on the front surface side of the silicon layer at a position to overlap the photoelectric conversion portion on a plan view layout thereof.	08-26-2010
20110136295	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP-DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a solid-state image device which includes the steps of: forming a silicon epitaxial growth layer on a silicon substrate; forming photoelectric conversion portions, transfer gates, and a peripheral circuit portion in and/or on the silicon epitaxial growth layer and further forming a wiring layer on the silicon epitaxial growth layer; forming a split layer in the silicon substrate at a side of the silicon epitaxial growth layer; forming a support substrate on the wiring layer; peeling the silicon substrate from the split layer so as to leave a silicon layer formed of a part of the silicon substrate at a side of the support substrate; and planarizing the surface of the silicon layer.	06-09-2011

Chiharu Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090324201	DATA-PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data-processing device includes: a conversion section performing a process of format-conversion in an interactive manner on an AV file between an AV independent format and an AV multiplex format at the time of data communication between an AV server and a network module; a time slot setting section setting a conversion process time slot, a server-side time slot and a network-side time slot; and a time slot control section controlling the allocation of the format conversion process, the data communication process with the AV server and the data communication process with the network module, so that each of the three processes is periodically performed at specified time intervals by allocating the format conversion process and the data communication process on a plurality of AV files to the conversion process time slot and the server-side time slot, respectively, and so that the two processes are performed in parallel.	12-31-2009

Daisuke Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090138548	APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION - An information processing apparatus includes a plurality of virtual machines, each including an application managing unit that determines whether an application can process a client request by referring to address information specified in the client request and application information. One of the virtual machines includes a request transferring unit that identifies a virtual machine to which a client request is to be transferred by referring to overall application information and address information, and transfers the request to identified virtual machine.	05-28-2009
20100070972	APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION - Port numbers allocated to each HTTP server are registered in association with identification information of the corresponding HTTP server in a port managing table. A worker HTTP server refers to the port managing table and determines unique port numbers as internal ports thereof that do not overlap with port numbers allocated to other HTTP servers.	03-18-2010

Eiji Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090079685	Liquid crystal display device, method for driving liquid crystal display device, and electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device that carries out image displaying through application of a voltage dependent upon an image to a liquid crystal in units of a certain period, wherein in the case of applying an overdrive voltage higher than a voltage for displaying of the image to the liquid crystal before application of the voltage, an application period of the overdrive voltage is set shorter than the certain period.	03-26-2009
20090135167	DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a display device including a first light sensor unit configured to include a light-receiving element and detect intensity of ambient light to a display area; a second light sensor unit configured to include a light-receiving element and be provided with an infrared filter disposed on an optical path to the light-receiving element; and a signal processor configured to execute difference processing for a detection signal of the first light sensor unit and a detection signal of the second light sensor unit, wherein the infrared filter is formed by stacking at least two kinds of color filters.	05-28-2009
20090219458	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal between a drive substrate and a counter substrate, and a plurality of main pixels disposed so as to compose a display area, wherein either a liquid crystal alignment controlling factor or a spacer for substrate distance setting is provided in each of at least two sub-pixels of a plurality of sub-pixels composing the main pixel; and light shielding members provided in the at least two sub-pixels so as to correspond to either the liquid crystal alignment controlling factors or the spacers, respectively, are different in area in planar view from each other.	09-03-2009
20090310068	POLARIZING PLATE, DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present invention provides a polarizing plate including: a layer of polarizer for polarizing incident light and emitting the polarized light; and a coating type optically anisotropic layer disposed on the side to which the polarized light is emitted from the polarizer layer.	12-17-2009

Fuminori Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110084880	ARRAY ANTENNA - Disclosed is an electronic scanning array antenna which can be used as a UWB radar having an occupied band of not less than 500 MHz. An impulse generator is connected to each of a plurality of antenna elements constituting the electronic scanning array antenna, and a transmission trigger time to each of the impulse generators connected to the antenna elements is changed, whereby the phase of radio waves emitted from an antenna is equivalently changed. Moreover, a transmission trigger repletion interval is changed to thereby control a direction of a beam emitted from the array antenna. As means of changing a transmission trigger timing to each of the impulse generators connected to the antenna elements, a method of changing a frequency of a transmission trigger pulse and a method of changing a pulse position are adopted.	04-14-2011

Hideaki Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080226692	Cultured Cell Sheet, Production Method Thereof, and Application Method Thereof - The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a cultured cell sheet that expresses phenotypes of the chondroid tissue. The problems can be solved by producing the cultured cell sheet in which cells are cultured on a surface of a cell culture support that is coated with a temperature responsive polymer having an upper or lower critical solution temperature ranging from 0° C. to 80° C. in water, including steps of: adjusting the temperature of the culture medium to a temperature below the lower critical solution temperature or above the upper critical solution temperature; bringing the cultured cell sheet in close contact with the carrier; and detaching the cultured cell sheet together with the carrier.	09-18-2008
20100190033	BISTABLE RESISTANCE VALUE ACQUISITION DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, METAL OXIDE THIN FILM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A ferroelectric layer (	07-29-2010
20110097843	BISTABLE RESISTANCE VALUE ACQUISITION DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, METAL OXIDE THIN FILM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A ferroelectric layer (	04-28-2011

Hidekazu Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080286702	Silver Halide Color Photosensitive Material and Method of Processing the Same - A silver halide color photosensitive material, having, on a transparent support, at least one each of yellow-, cyan-, and magenta-color-forming photosensitive silver halide emulsion layers, and photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a coupler that forms a dye having its absorption maximum at a wavelength longer than 730 nm upon reaction with an oxidized product of a developing agent,	11-20-2008
20100143838	SILVER HALIDE PHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - Silver halide photographic photosensitive materials are disclosed. A silver halide photographic photosensitive material has a support, and on or above the support, a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a first interlayer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a second interlayer, and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer in this order from the support, wherein the first interlayer includes a chelating agent and another silver halide photographic photosensitive material has, in the following order, a support, and provided on or above the support, a first interlayer containing a chelating agent, a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a second interlayer, a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a third interlayer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a protective layer.	06-10-2010

Hitoshi Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100245677	RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - A receiving apparatus includes: a deinterleaving device configured to perform a deinterleaving process on an LDPC-coded data signal having undergone an interleaving process, the LDPC representing Low Density Parity Check, by use of a memory which has columns capable of storing as many as “a” data, the “a” being an integer of at least 1; and a control device configured such that if the data signal is supplied in units of N data, the N being an integer smaller than the “a,” the control device controls the deinterleaving device to write the data signal to a predetermined address of the memory while reading previously written data from the predetermined address in a write period, the control device further controlling the deinterleaving device to stop writing the data signal to the predetermined address of the memory while reading the previously written data from the predetermined address in a write inhibit period.	09-30-2010
20110142176	RECIEVING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECIEVING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a receiving apparatus for receiving an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal, namely, OFDM signal having a frame having one frame length of a plurality of patterns, including: an acquiring section configured to acquire information on a preamble signal from the OFDM signal transmitted from a transmitting apparatus in accordance with an OFDM system; a frame determining section configured to determine whether or not the one frame length is short in the frame based on the information on the preamble signal acquired from the acquiring section; and a time interpolating section configured to obtain transmission path characteristics by comparing a pilot contained in the preamble signal and a known pilot corresponding to the pilot in a phase of transmission with each other when the frame determining section determines that the one frame length is short in the frame, and interpolate a data portion in a time direction based on the transmission path characteristics thus obtained.	06-16-2011
20110158354	RECEIVER, RECEIVING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a receiver including a receiving section, a first sorting section, a second sorting section, and a switching section.	06-30-2011
20110317790	RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - A receiving apparatus includes: a transmission path characteristics estimating section obtaining pre-interpolation transmission path characteristic data as estimate values for transmission path characteristics as characteristics of a transmission path of an OFDM signal for transmission symbols of pilot signals by using the pilot signals contained in the OFDM signal, and filtering the pre-interpolation transmission path characteristic data by using an interpolation filter, thereby obtaining transmission path characteristic data as estimate values for transmission path characteristics for transmission symbols of the OFDM signal; a distortion correcting section performing distortion correction for the OFDM signal by using the transmission path characteristic data; and a filter controlling section controlling a pass band of the interpolation filter.	12-29-2011

Isami Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090200597	Split-gate nonvolatile semiconductor memory device - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a floating gate; an erasing gat; and a control gate. The floating gate is provided on a channel region of a semiconductor substrate through a first insulating layer. The erasing gate is provided on the floating gate through a second insulating layer. The control gate is provided beside the floating gate and the erasing gate through a third insulating layer. The floating gate is U-shaped.	08-13-2009

Itaru Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100300965	DIFFUSER APPARATUS, AND DIFFUSER APPARATUS RUNNING METHOD - The present invention provides a diffuser apparatus which has fine pores capable of achieving a high oxygen transfer efficiency and rarely becoming clogged so that the apparatus can be operated stably over a prolonged period. The diffuser apparatus according to the present invention includes: an aeration plate	12-02-2010

Junji Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100332709	PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is a performance optimization system that can identify a case where the impact on performance is large even when the number of cache misses is small. The performance optimization system includes: a required-period-of-time measurement unit that measures a required period of time concerning a to-be-observed access; a required-period-of-time table holding unit that holds a required-period-of-time table that consists of a plurality of table entries in which stored are measured values of the required period of time for each of classification regions produced by dividing a memory region for each of types based on the to-be-observed access to store a measured value of the required period of time; a table entry selection unit that makes a selection as to in which table entry, out of a plurality of table entries for each of the classification regions that make up the required-period-of-time table, the measured value of the required period of time is stored on the basis of the to-be-observed access; and a cache miss observation unit that detects the occurrence of a cache miss associated with the to-be-observed access.	12-30-2010

Keiichi Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110091082	MEDICAL IMAGE HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A medical image handling system includes a monitor for displaying a medical image, an input device for inputting an image reading report corresponding to the medical image displayed on the monitor, and a processor. The processor judges the presence or absence of an image reading report corresponding to the medical image displayed on the monitor, and restricts a change of the medical image in a case where the image reading report is judged as being absent.	04-21-2011
20110274329	PROCESSING OF MEDICAL IMAGE DATA - An anti-aliasing filter comprised by a first filter kernel is applied to the medical image data so as to obtain filtered image data. The filtered image data is downsampled so as to obtain decimated image data, and pixel resolution of the decimated image data is approximately one half of pixel resolution of the image data for the medical image. The decimated image data is upsampled and an interpolation filter is applied so as to obtain interpolated image data. The interpolation filter is comprised by a second filter kernel, and the size of the first kernel is smaller than the size of the second filter kernel. Pixel resolution of the interpolated image data is approximately equal to pixel resolution of the medical image data. Difference image data between the interpolated image data and the medical image data for the medical image is obtained, and the difference image data is displayed.	11-10-2011

Keiko Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100324271	PHAGE-DISPLAYING SINGLE-CHAIN ANTIBODY CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING NON-REDUCED MANNOSE RESIDUE - It is an object of the present invention to provide antibodies which recognize non-reducing mannose residues. The present invention provides antibodies recognizing non-reducing mannose residues, which are obtained through screening of phage-display library of human scFvs by using, as an antigen, Man3-DPPE which is an artificial glycolipid synthesized from mannotriose and dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine by reductive amination.	12-23-2010

Kohji Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100042880	TEST APPARATUS AND TEST METHOD - Provided is a test apparatus provided in common for a plurality of memories under test, comprising an address generating section that sequentially generates addresses to be tested in the memories under test and a plurality of buffer memories that are provided to correspond respectively to the plurality of memories under test and that each store addresses to be independently supplied to the corresponding memory under test. The test apparatus (i) compares block data output by the corresponding memory under test in response to the read command to an expected value of this block data, for each generated address, (ii) sequentially stores, in the buffer memory provided corresponding to each memory under test and in response to detection of a discrepancy in the comparison, the address generated for reading the block data, and (iii) writes, in parallel to the plurality of memories under test, a disable data that includes, as individual addresses, the addresses stored in the buffer memory.	02-18-2010

Koichi Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090271739	INPUT CONTROL UNIT - An input control unit for enabling the user to change the input function of an input key without operating any button is provided.	10-29-2009
20090293021	INPUT CONTROL DEVICE - An input control device for enabling the user to perform predetermined operation for an icon simply by performing move operation of a pointer without button operation is provided. An operation selection area generation section	11-26-2009

Kuniaki Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Lui Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100275101	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus and a data processing method which can improve the tolerance to errors of data. A demultiplexer replaces, in accordance with an allocation rule for allocating code bits of an LDPC code to symbol bits representative of symbols, mb bits from among the code bits and sets the code bits after the replacement as symbol bits of b symbols. According to the allocation rule, where groups into which the code bits and the symbol bits are to be grouped in response to an error probability thereof are set as code bit groups and symbol bit groups, respectively, a combination of any of the code bit groups and the symbol bit group of the symbol bits to which the code bits of the code bit group are to be allocated and bit numbers of the code bits and the symbols bits are prescribed.	10-28-2010
20100281329	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus, a data processing method and a program which can improve the tolerance of code bits of an LDPC code to errors.	11-04-2010
20100306627	RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a receiving apparatus including a reception device configured to receive a code sequence coded in LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) and punctured at least partially as a target to be decoded; and an LDPC decoding device configured to perform a punctured matrix transform process including a first and a second process on an original parity check matrix noted to have punctured bits or symbols and used in the LDPC coding. The LDPC decoding device further performs the first process to carry out Galois field addition operations on those rows of the original parity check matrix to set the non-zero elements to zero. The LDPC decoding device further performs the second process to delete the columns rid of the non-zero elements. The LDPC decoding device uses the matrix resulting from the process as the parity check matrix for performing an LDPC decoding process on the code sequence.	12-02-2010

Masahiko Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100077870	Torque Sensor - The present invention aims at detecting torque with a high degree of precision, by suppressing influences such as disturbance and rotation dependency. An output side cylinder is provided with a reference slit, and an input side cylinder is provided with a first detection slit and a second detection slit, which overlap the reference slit, the overlap amount between the first detection slit and the reference slit changing inversely with the overlap amount between the second detection slit and the reference slit, magnetic flux is applied from the inner side of the input side cylinder by a first drive coil and a second drive coil, a measuring circuit detects a phase difference between a phase of a detection signal for detecting the magnetic flux by a first detection coil provided on a position facing to the first detection slit on the outer side of the output side cylinder, and a phase of a detection signal for detecting the magnetic flux by a second detection coil provided on a position facing to the second detection slit on the outer side of the output side cylinder, and based on the phase difference, a torsion amount of the torsion bar is calculated. The directions of the magnetic flux generated by the first drive coil and second drive coil are opposite to each other.	04-01-2010

Masahiro Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090054025	MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF RECEIVING APPARATUSES MOUNTED ON MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - Signals are received with a wider power range even through the use of existing AGCs than by conventional mobile communication terminals. In an AGC on one antenna side, in order to enable reception of a signal at a higher level, a target TA of a dynamic range DA of this AGC is changed to a value 5 dB higher than a value defined as a standard TS. On the other hand, in an AGC on another antenna side, in order to enable reception of a signal at a lower level, a target TB of a dynamic range DB of this AGC is changed to a value 5 dB lower than the value defined as the standard TS.	02-26-2009

Masatoshi Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100304499	METHOD OF EXTRACTING FOOD COMPONENT, FOOD INSPECTION METHOD AND FOOD INSPECTION KIT - Provided is a technique of extracting a component in a food from the food by using a reducing agent that is inexpensive and has a mild reducing action. A component in a food is extracted by mixing the food with an extractant containing a sulfite. In addition, the resultant food extract is brought into contact with a specific antibody that specifically recognizes a substance included in a specified ingredient of interest for inspection, to thereby inspect the presence or absence and/or the amount of a specified ingredient in a food by utilizing an immunological measurement method. Further provided is a food inspection kit for inspection of the presence or absence and/or the amount of a specified ingredient in a food, including: (1) an extractant and a sulfite to be added to the extractant, or an extractant including a sulfite added; and (2) an antibody that specifically recognizes a substance included in a specified ingredient of interest for inspection.	12-02-2010

Minoru Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080306845	CHARGE MANAGING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CHARGE MANAGING SERVER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A charge managing system including an image forming apparatus and a charge managing server is provided. The image forming apparatus includes plural applications each configured for executing a specific process on input data, a counter unit that counts a number of result items output as a result of executing at least one of the applications, a count value storage unit that stores a count value corresponding to the number of result items counted by the counter unit, and a storage area setting unit that secures a plurality of storage areas within the count value storage unit each of which storage areas is configured for storing a corresponding count value obtained for each of the applications. The charge managing server manages charging a fee for using the image forming apparatus based on the corresponding count value stored in each of the storage areas secured for each of the applications.	12-11-2008
20090077231	DEVICE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DEVICE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A device information management apparatus for processing a report from a device management client during a failure of a transaction system is disclosed. The device information management apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive the report from the device management client; a determining unit configured to determine whether to process the report based on an importance level of the report and a load (workload) level of the device information management apparatus; a processing unit configured to process the report if the determining unit determines to process the report; and a discarding unit configured to discard the report if the determining unit determines not to process the report.	03-19-2009
20100055325	INK SET FOR INKJET RECORDING AND INKJET IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An ink set for inkjet recording includes: an ink composition having a surface tension of from 25 to less than 40 mN/m at 25° C.; and a reaction liquid having a surface tension of 40 mN/m or more at 25° C. and including an organic acid and a water-soluble organic solvent that is present at a content ratio of 0.15 to 0.70 relative to the organic acid. The reaction liquid coagulates the ink composition.	03-04-2010
20100144943	INK SET FOR INKJET RECORDING - An ink set for inkjet recording includes an ink composition containing a pigment; and a reaction liquid containing: a solvent and an organic acid which has a first acid dissociation constant (at 25° C.) of 1.5 to 4.5. A 10% by mass aqueous solution of the solvent has a surface tension (at 25° C.) of not less than 40 mN/m.	06-10-2010
20100236447	INK SET FOR INKJET RECORDING - The ink set for inkjet recording of the invention has at least: an aqueous ink composition containing at least a pigment; and a reaction liquid containing at least a reactant that produces an aggregate when contacted with the aqueous ink composition. The static surface tension of the reaction liquid is 40 mN/m or higher. The dynamic surface tension γ0.1 is from 40 mN/m to 50 mN/m and the ratio γ0.1/γ10, that is a ratio of the dynamic surface tension and is sometimes referred to as γ, is from 1.01 to 1.10, in which the dynamic surface tension of the reaction liquid at a surface lifetime of 100 ms and 10000 ms is γ0.1 and γ10, respectively, according to the maximum bubble pressure technique. The aqueous ink composition aggregates by contacting the reaction liquid to form an image.	09-23-2010
20110074868	IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method includes ejecting an ink composition including a volatile organic solvent with a solubility parameter of 20 MPa	03-31-2011
20110193912	INK COMPOSITION AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink composition is disclosed which includes a pigment that is coated with a water-insoluble resin, particles of a water-insoluble polymer having a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or higher, a solid moistening agent, a water-soluble organic solvent, particles of a wax having a melting point of from 40° C. to lower than 100° C., and water.	08-11-2011
20110205290	INKJET IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an inkjet image forming method including:	08-25-2011
20110242192	IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an image forming method including ejecting an ink composition, using an ink jet apparatus, onto a recording medium thereby forming an image, the ink composition comprising a pigment, a water-soluble polymerizable monomer which is polymerized by actinic energy rays, and water, and the recording medium being composed of a base paper, a first layer including a binder, and a second layer including a white pigment and an acidic substance, which are disposed in this order, wherein a surface of the first layer is disposed on the base paper and has a Cobb water absorption capacity of 2.0 g/m	10-06-2011
20110242200	IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method including applying an ink composition onto a recording medium by an inkjet method, and applying an liquid including particles onto the recording medium is disclosed.	10-06-2011

Motoko Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100081074	TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, DEVELOPER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner for developing an electrostatic image includes a toner particle to which particles of an external additive A having a number average particle diameter of from 7 nm to 200 nm and particles of an external additive B having a number average particle diameter of from 30 nm to 4000 nm have been externally added. The ratio of the number average particle diameter of the particles of the external additive B to the number average particle diameter of the particles of the external additive A is in a range of from 2 to 20. The particles of one of the external additive A or the external additive B are particles having a core material covered with an organic material containing hydrogen and nitrogen. The particles of the other one of the external additive A or the external additive B are SiO	04-01-2010
20100248110	TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The invention provides a toner for electrostatic image development, containing a toner particle and external additive particles adhered to the surface of the toner particle, each of the external additive particles being constituted of plural irreversibly coalesced primary particles.	09-30-2010
20110229811	TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The invention provides a toner for developing an electrostatic image including toner particles having a shape factor SF	09-22-2011
20110229812	TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A two-component developer includes: a toner; a carrier having a surface energy of from about 23 dyne/cm to about 37 dyne/cm; and an external additive having a shape factor SF	09-22-2011

Naoki Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090218049	Method and Apparatus for Bonding Polarizing Plate - Method and apparatus for bonding a polarizing plate high in operating efficiency and yield. The apparatus includes a cutting unit for cutting at least a polarizing plate of a strip-shaped film, composed of the polarizing plate and a release film bonded to the polarizing plate, leaving the release film uncut, when a forward end side pre-severed end face of the strip-shaped film perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped film has traveled up to a length corresponding to a length of a substrate, to form a film piece, a release film separating unit for separating the release film from the film piece thus severed, and a bonding unit for bonding the tacky surface of the film piece freed of the release film to a mating position of the substrate so that the forward end side end face of the transported substrate is parallel to the pre-severed end face of the film piece.	09-03-2009

Ryosei Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100017144	Lung cancer evaluating apparatus, method, system, and program and recording medium therefor - According to the method of evaluating lung cancer, amino acid concentration data on the concentration value of amino acid in blood collected from a subject to be evaluated is measured, and a lung cancer state in the subject is evaluated based on the concentration value of at least one of Orn, Lys, ABA, Arg, Glu, His, Tau, Pro, Ala, Cit and Ile contained in the measured amino acid concentration data of the subject.	01-21-2010
20100062413	METHOD OF EVALUATING IBD, AMINO ACID DATA PROCESSOR, AMINO ACID DATA-PROCESSING METHOD, AMINO ACID DATA-PROCESSING SYSTEM, AMINO-ACID DATA-PROCESSING PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - According to the method of evaluating IBD of the present invention, amino acid concentration data on the concentration value of amino acid in blood collected from a subject to be evaluated is measured, and an inflammatory bowel disease state in the subject is evaluated based on the measured amino acid concentration data of the subject.	03-11-2010

Ryousuke Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090107180	Preform production apparatus for precision press molding, production method of a preform for precision press molding and production method of an optical element - A preform production apparatus for precision press molding, which is downsized but can produce preforms at a lower cost, and a production method thereof using the apparatus are provided. The production method of a preform for precision press molding includes forming a molten glass body C by way of receiving and cutting molten glass A, being flowed continuously from a discharge nozzle	04-30-2009
20090107181	Preform producing apparatus and molten glass-supporting member - A preform producing apparatus, in which the apparatus is downsized and capable of producing preforms at a lower cost, and a molten glass-supporting member used for the preform producing apparatus are provided. A molten glass-supporting member	04-30-2009
20120011890	PREFORM PRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR PRECISION PRESS MOLDING, PRODUCTON METHOD OF A PREFORM FOR PRECISION PRESS MOLDING AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF AN OPTICAL ELEMENT - A preform production apparatus for precision press molding, which is downsized but can produce preforms at a lower cost, and a production method thereof using the apparatus are provided. The production method of a preform for precision press molding includes forming a molten glass body C by way of receiving and cutting molten glass A, being flowed continuously from a discharge nozzle	01-19-2012

Shigeki Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100057839	System and method for distributing design system, design system distributing server, and client system - In a design-system distributing method, when a server side design system is updated, a server compares an updated server side design system and a client update state data, and the server distributes an update assisting system, an update indication data and a difference data to a client system based on the comparing result. The client system stores the update assisting system, the update indication data and the difference data, and the client system starts the stored update assisting system such that an update notice is outputted to a user of the client system to urge update of the client side design system each time a preset condition is satisfied until an update command of the client side design system is supplied to the client system. The client system updates the client side design system based on the stored update indication data and the stored difference data in response to the update command. The client system generates and transmits the client update state data to the server to indicate an update state of the client side design system for this time, and the server updates the client update state data based on the client update state data received from the client system.	03-04-2010

Shigeru Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090007522	Method of Producing a Drink Contained in a Container - A method of producing a drink contained in a container comprising steps of heating and thereby sterilizing a tea drink having pH of 4.6 or over and containing catechin in an amount of 30 mg % or over or an acidic drink having pH of less than 4.6 and thereafter maintaining the sterilized drink at a temperature within a range from 60° C. to 70° C. and, in the meanwhile, heating and thereby sterilizing and rinsing a container on at least its inner surface with heated water having a temperature within a range from 65° C. to 100° C., filling the drink in the sterilized container at a filling temperature within a range from 60° C. to 70° C. in an environment controlled space which is separated from an outside environment and in which filling and sealing apparatuses and an environment surrounding the filling and sealing apparatuses have been heated and thereby sterilized and rinsed with heated water having a temperature within a range from 65° C. to 100° C., and sealing the container filled with the drink and thereafter cooling the container to a normal temperature of 40° C. or below.	01-08-2009
20100162662	Method of Producing Contents Filed in a Container - A method for producing contents filled in a container comprising steps of introducing a polyester container with a non-crystallized neck portion into a sterilized closed space having sterility and closed state on a commercial basis and comprising at least space in which a bottle sterilizing process is performed, space in which a filling process is performed and space in which a sealing process is performed, entire inner surface of said sterilized closed space and surface of an apparatus disposed in said sterilized closed space being sterilized by wet heating of the space using heated water and/or steam, at least the space in which the filling process is performed and the space in which the sealing process is performed being kept under a positive pressure by sterilized air; heating and sterilizing the container at least in its inner surface by wet heating using hot water and/or steam; and filling the contents in the sterilized container at a filling temperature within a temperature range from 40° C. to a temperature less than glass transition temperature which is determined by moisture content of the container and then sealing the container.	07-01-2010

Shimon Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090138542	Information processing apparatus and information processing method - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a receiving section that receives function information about one or more functions from an external device connected via a network; a display section that displays a list of the functions of the external device, the functions being included in the function information; a selected-information acquiring section that acquires selected information pertaining to a function selected by a user from the list of the functions displayed by the display section; and a coordinate function executing section that causes the external device to execute the function selected by the user. Such a configuration provides the information processing apparatus designed such that even if the information processing apparatus and the external device do not have information about each other, the function of the external device can be executed by operating the information processing apparatus.	05-28-2009
20100040212	Information processing apparatus, information processing method and information processing system - An information processing apparatus includes: an external device's information obtaining unit for obtaining external device's information containing held function's information on functions held by an external device from the network-connected external device; an application obtaining unit for obtaining an application used for utilizing a function requested to be executed by the external device from a network-connected application providing server, the function being contained in the held function's information; and an external device's function execution request unit for requesting the external device to execute a function held by the external device based on the obtained external device's information and the application.	02-18-2010
20100121900	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and program - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an information acquiring unit for acquiring, from external apparatuses connected via a network, processing information about a processing to be executed by each of the external apparatuses and/or about a result of a processing executed thereby and information about a function that each of the external apparatuses can execute in cooperation with the information processing apparatus; an information display unit for displaying the processing information of each of the external apparatuses and program information about program contents and displaying, on the basis of the information about the function of each of the external apparatuses, functions that can be executed by each of the external apparatuses with respect to the one or more program contents; and a function execution unit for causing the external apparatus to execute a selected function with respect to a selected program content.	05-13-2010
20110040551	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus which is capable of executing applications includes first control means for controlling a system of the information processing apparatus and second control means for controlling the execution of the applications, and the second control means has state transition control means for defining states of application not dependent on the system and controlling transitions of the defined states and conversion means for converting a command into a format which can be recognized by the system when the command instructing a state transition to the state transition control means is issued.	02-17-2011

Shimpei Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120013396	SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT AND CONSTANT VOLTAGE REGULATOR EMPLOYING SAME - A semiconductor circuit includes a voltage regulator and a buffer transistor. The voltage regulator converts an input voltage input to an input terminal thereof into an output voltage output to an output terminal thereof. The buffer transistor is an n-channel depletion-mode metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor, disposed between the power supply terminal and the voltage regulator with a gate terminal thereof connected to the power supply terminal, a drain terminal thereof connected to the power supply terminal, and a source terminal thereof connected to the input terminal of the voltage regulator.	01-19-2012

Shingo Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080269168	WRINKLE-DIMINISHING AGENT - An antiwrinkle agent which is highly effective in alleviating wrinkles caused by the photoaging. The present invention relates to an antiwrinkle agent comprising an N-acetylglucosamine organic acid ester represented by the following general formula (1):	10-30-2008
20080287393	External Skin Composition - The external skin care composition of the present invention comprises N-acetylglucosamine and at least one member selected from the group consisting of retinoid and pro-vitamin A.	11-20-2008
20110002076	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device including an electrostatic discharge element that protects the semiconductor device from electrostatic destruction is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first circuit, a second circuit, a connection node connecting the first node to the second node, and a first inductor connected between the connection node and a first power supply. The first inductor and the electrostatic discharge element are formed so that they vertically overlap each other.	01-06-2011

Shinichiro Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090218449	ATTITUDE CONTROL DATA CREATING METHOD, AND ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM APPLYING THE METHOD - In order to control an attitude of a movable object having a flexible member (	09-03-2009

Shinji Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100121875	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a content associated information acquiring unit that acquires content associated information on a content associated with content data that is data for the content; a content related information acquiring unit that allows a predetermined searching unit to search information not associated with the content data for information on the content, as content associated information acquired by the content associated information acquiring unit is a search condition, and acquires information retrieved as a result of the search from the searching unit as content related information; a display control unit that displays content associated information acquired by the content associated information acquiring unit and content related information acquired by the content related information acquiring unit on a display unit; and a keyword registration unit that registers at least a part of the content associated information displayed on the display unit as a keyword for searching a recommended content in accordance with an instruction by a user.	05-13-2010

Shouichi Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090212818	Integrated circuit design method for improved testability - An integrated circuit design method includes: classifying flipflops arranged around a macro based on a netlist of a integrated circuit incorporating the flipflops and the macro; and generating a flipflop-replaced netlist from the netlist. In classifying the flipflops, a flipflop which is connected to an input terminal of the macro directly or through an input-side logic cone and operated on the same clock signal as the macro is classified as a control type, and a flipflop which has a data output connected to an input terminal of the macro directly or through the input-side logic cone and operated on a different clock signal is classified as a hold type. In the flipflop-replaced netlist, the flipflop classified as the control type is replaced with a control flipflop which is configurable to toggle a data output thereof in synchronization with the clock signal by configuring a control input separately provided a data input thereof, and the flipflop classified as the hold type is replaced with a first hold flipflop which is configurable to hold data so that the data hold therein is unchanged.	08-27-2009

Takahiro Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110109996	MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A HEAD-STACK ASSEMBLY, APPARATUS FOR INTERCONNECTION OF THE HEAD-STACK ASSEMBLY, AND HEAD-STACK ASSEMBLY - A manufacturing method for a head-stack assembly. The method includes preparing a head-stack assembly. The method further includes placing a connection pad forming surface of a connector tab formed on an end of the trace so as to be positioned opposite to an edge of a circuit board; sliding an elastic component along a backside of the connection pad forming surface; and, stopping the elastic component on the backside and pressing the backside with the elastic component so as to press the connection pad forming surface against the edge. In addition, the method includes metal joining the connector tab and a connection pad of the circuit board by applying heat to a connection pad of the connector tab and the connection pad on the circuit board while pressing the connection pad forming surface against the edge with the elastic component; and, removing the elastic component after the metal joining.	05-12-2011
20110209954	AIR DAMPER - There is provided an air damper including: a tubular cylinder	09-01-2011

Tatsuya Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100205462	Systems and Methods for Modular Power Management - A modular, adaptive power management system includes a hard disk drive controller, a read channel module, a host interface controller and a power manager system. The hard disk controller includes a processor executing firmware, and the host interface controller provides for host access via a host interface. The system includes a power island register and an oscillation control register. Both registers are writable via the firmware and via the host interface. The hard disk controller, the interface controller, the read channel module and the power manager system are implemented across two or more distinct power islands and use two or more distinct clocks. Power to the two or more distinct power islands is at least in part controlled by the power manager system via the power island register, and the two or more distinct clocks are each controlled by the power manager system via the oscillation control register.	08-12-2010
20100218020	Systems and Methods for Operational Power Management - Various systems and methods for power management are disclosed herein. For example, a synchronous semiconductor circuit is disclosed that includes two or more clock sources and a power management controller. The power management controller is operable to apply power to one of the clock sources and to select another of the clock sources for synchronization of the circuit. Then, upon stabilization of the first clock source, it is selected by the power management controller to synchronize the circuit.	08-26-2010

Yasutaka Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100296925	Housing Fastening Method - An object of the present invention is to provide, by contriving a housing structure, a housing fastening method and turbocharger capable of keeping down a reduction in fastening force applied by a G-coupling even when housings are exposed to high temperature.	11-25-2010

Yoko Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120015111	DYED PLASTIC LENS FABRICATION METHOD - Provided is a process for producing a dyed plastic lens in accordance with which in accordance with which deformation and change in the color of the plastic lens can be suppressed and a plastic lens having a refractive index of 1.7 or greater and, in particular, a refractive index of 1.7 to 1.8, can be preferably dyed uniformly to a great density without unevenness. Specifically, the process for producing a dyed plastic lens comprises: Step (1) of coating a substrate comprising glass with a sublimation dye; Step (2) of, after placing a plastic lens in a manner such that a face for dyeing of the plastic lens and a face of the substrate coated with the sublimation dye face each other, sublimating the sublimation dye coating the substrate obtained in Step (1) by heating the substrate under a degree of vacuum of 1×10	01-19-2012

Yoshimasa Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090072224	FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A field effect transistor including a gate isulation portion, an organic semiconductor portion, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein when a voltage is applied to the gate at 70° C. for 5.0±0.1 hours so that the field strength in the gate insulation portion would be 100±5 MV/m, the change in the threshold voltage is within 5 V. The organic semiconductor portion has a high driving stability, of which the change in characteristics by driving is thereby small.	03-19-2009
20090159876	ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL AND ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - Disclosed is an adequately stable organic semiconductor material which can be used in a coating process while having high regularity and crystallinity. For obtaining such an organic semiconductor material, there is used a compound wherein 6-20 five-membered and/or six-membered aromatic rings are bound. This compound contains a partial structure represented by the formula (1) below, while having a mobility of not less than 1.0×10	06-25-2009
20100001264	INSULATING LAYER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR, AND POLYVINYLTHIOPHENOL - Provided is an insulating layer that can improve device characteristics of an electronic device including the insulating layer. The insulating layer contains a polymer insulating substance having repeating units represented by the following formula:	01-07-2010

Yoshitsugu Sakai, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110267352	MICROPARTICLE ANALYZING APPARATUS AND DATA DISPLAYING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a microparticle analyzing apparatus including a detecting portion configured to simultaneously detect a fluorescence generated from a microparticle in plural wavelength regions and a displaying portion configured to display thereon detection results in the plural wavelength regions in a form of a spectrum.	11-03-2011
20120010822	FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY COMPENSATION METHOD AND FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATION DEVICE - A fluorescence intensity compensation method, includes: receiving, with photodetectors having different input wavelength bands, fluorescence emitted from fluorochromes excited by irradiating light on microparticles multiply-labeled by a plurality of fluorochromes with overlapping fluorescence wavelengths; collecting detected values for the photodetectors; and obtaining a measurement spectrum, by approximating, from the linear sum of single-stain spectrums obtained from microparticles individually labeled with the fluorochromes; wherein approximation of the measurement spectrum by the linear sum of the single-stain spectrums is performed using the restricted least-square method.	01-12-2012
20120016616	FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CORRECTING METHOD, FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING METHOD, AND FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING APPARATUS - A fluorescence intensity calculating apparatus, includes: a measuring section configured to receive fluorescences generated from plural fluorescent dyes excited by radiating a light to a microparticle multiply-labeled with the plural fluorescent dyes having fluorescence wavelength bands overlapping one another by photodetectors which correspond to different received light wavelength bands, respectively, and whose number is larger than the number of fluorescent dyes, and obtain measured spectra by collecting detected values from the photodetectors; and a calculating section configured to approximate the measured spectra based on a linear sum of single-dyeing spectra obtained from the microparticle individually labeled with the fluorescent dyes, thereby calculating intensities of the fluorescences generated from the fluorescent dyes, respectively.	01-19-2012