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Sasaki, Osaka

Asami Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110222912DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a developing device including: a developing container partitioned into a stirring-transport chamber, a supplying-transport chamber, and a collecting-transport chamber that are arranged substantially in parallel with one another, for storing a two-component developer; a developer carrying member for carrying the developer on a surface thereof; a supplying-transport member located within the supplying-transport chamber; a stirring-transport member located within the stirring-transport chamber; a collecting-transport member located within the collecting-transport chamber, for stirring and transporting the developer in the same direction as the supplying-transport member and at the different speed from the supplying-transport member; a first developer passage for passing the developer from the stirring-transport chamber to the supplying-transport chamber; a second developer passage for passing the developer from the supplying-transport chamber to the stirring-transport chamber; and a communication portion for passing the developer from the collecting-transport chamber to the supplying-transport chamber.09-15-2011
20110222913DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A developing device includes: a developing container partitioned into a stirring-transport chamber, a supplying-transport chamber, and a collecting-transport chamber; a developer carrying member for carrying the developer on a surface thereof; a supplying-transport member located within the supplying-transport chamber; a stirring-transport member located within the stirring-transport chamber, for stirring and transporting the developer in a reverse direction to the supplying-transport member; a collecting-transport member located within the collecting-transport chamber, for stirring and transporting the developer in the same direction as the supplying-transport member; a first developer passage for passing the developer from the stirring-transport chamber to the supplying-transport chamber; a second developer passage for passing the developer from the supplying-transport chamber to the stirring-transport chamber, in which a communication portion for passing the developer from the collecting-transport chamber to the supplying-transport chamber is provided on an upstream side of the second developer passage in terms of a developer transporting direction.09-15-2011
20110229210TONER DISPERSING MECHANISM, AND DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - Provided is a toner dispersing mechanism, including: a housing arranged between a toner storage container and a developing device and provided with a toner filling port communicating to the toner storage container and a toner discharge port communicating to the developing device; and a dispersing member constituted by a large number of dispersing protrusions formed of an elastic material on a rotary shaft rotatably supported in the housing and on an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft, in which toner replenished from the toner storage container is dispersed and discharged into the developing device.09-22-2011
20120183334TONER DISPERSING MECHANISM, DEVELOPING DEVICE INCLUDING THE TONER DISPERSING MECHANISM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a toner dispersing mechanism arranged between a toner storage container and a developing device, for dispersing toner replenished from the toner storage container. The toner dispersing mechanism includes a housing, a toner dispersing member, and a projecting portion formed continuously at least at a part of an inner wall surface in a longitudinal direction of the housing. The housing includes a toner filling port communicating to the toner storage container, and a toner discharge port communicating to the developing device. The toner dispersing member includes a rotary shaft rotatably supported in the housing, and a large number of dispersing protrusions made of an elastic material and formed on an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft. The large number of dispersing protrusions face the part and come into contact with the projecting portion.07-19-2012

Bungo Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090054182BICYCLE COMPONENT WITH POSITION SENSING - A bicycle component is basically provided with a base member, a movable portion, a magnetic element and a position sensing device. The base member is configured to be attached to a bicycle. The movable portion is movably coupled to the base member, the movable portion including a plurality of predetermined operating positions. The magnetic element is attached to one of the base member and the movable portion. The position sensing device is attached to the other one of the base member and the movable portion. The position sensing device includes a sensor element being sensitive to a presence of a magnetic field to generate an analog signal, and an analog-to-digital conversion unit configured to convert the analog signal from the sensor element into a digital signal to identify one of the predetermined operating positions of the movable portion.02-26-2009
20100282001BICYCLE BOTTOM BRACKET FORCE SENSOR - A bicycle bottom bracket force sensor includes an outer portion, an inner portion, at least one sensor mounting surface and a strain gauge. The inner portion is dimensioned to receive and support a crank axle bearing that rotatably supports a crank axle. The at least one sensor mounting surface extends between the outer portion and the inner portion has the strain gauge fixed thereto. The sensor mounting surface extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to a rotation axis of the crank axle when the force sensor is coupled to the bicycle bottom bracket.11-11-2010
20120285264BICYCLE FORCE SENSING DEVICE - A bicycle force sensing device is basically provided with an attachment member, a translation detecting structure and an orientation detector. The attachment member is configured to be mounted to a bicycle bottom bracket hanger and is configured to receive and rotatably support a crank axle. The translation detecting structure is coupled to the attachment member such that the translation detecting structure senses strain on the attachment member in a first strain measurement direction and in a second strain measurement direction that is nonparallel to the first strain measurement direction. The orientation detector is coupled to the attachment member such that the orientation detector detects an orientation of the attachment member.11-15-2012
20120285265BICYCLE FORCE SENSING ASSEMBLY - A bicycle force sensing assembly is basically provided with a first attachment member, a second attachment member, a first translation sensing device and a second translation sensing device. The first attachment member is configured to be mounted to a first side of a bicycle bottom bracket hanger and configured to receive and rotatably support a crank axle. The second attachment member is configured to be mounted to a second side of the bicycle bottom bracket hanger and configured to receive and rotatably support the crank axle. The first translation sensing device is coupled to the first attachment member such that the first translation sensing device senses strain on the first attachment member. The second translation sensing device is coupled to the second attachment member such that the second translation sensor senses strain on the second attachment member.11-15-2012
20130030629BICYCLE MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A bicycle motor control apparatus includes a bicycle crank position detecting device, a bicycle crank position determining section, a stop determining section and a motor control section. The bicycle crank position detecting device detects a position of a bicycle crank. The bicycle crank position determining section determines if the bicycle crank is in a prescribed region including a bottom dead center position based on a detection result from the bicycle crank position detecting device. The stop determining section that determines a stopped state indicative of at least one a bicycle crank stopped state and a bicycle stopped state. The motor control section selectively outputs a motor driving command and stops the output of the motor driving command during a period in which the bicycle crank position determining section determines that the bicycle crank is in the prescribed region and the stop determining section determines that the stopped state exists.01-31-2013

Patent applications by Bungo Sasaki, Osaka JP

Chie Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100155119PASSIVE COMPONENT INCORPORATING INTERPOSER - A passive component incorporating interposer includes a double-sided circuit board (06-24-2010
20110189348COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SUCRALOSE AND APPLICATION THEREOF - Novel utilization of sucralose which is a high intense sweetener. Compositions containing sucralose including: sweetening compositions having excellent sweetness qualities based on the characteristics of sucralose; foods with a masked unpleasant smell and unpleasant taste; performance food compositions (viscous food compositions, gel food compositions, emulsified food compositions); foods with improved flavors; preservatives and foods with improved quality of taste; and flavor compositions with improved flavors. Novel utilization of sucralose as a sweetener improver, a masking agent for unpleasant smell/unpleasant taste, a flavor improver, a function improver (viscosity, gelling properties, emulsification properties), a taste characteristic improver, and a flavor improver/enhancer.08-04-2011
20120121734COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SUCRALOSE AND APPLICATION THEREOF - Novel utilization of sucralose which is a high intense sweetener. Compositions containing sucralose including: sweetening compositions having excellent sweetness qualities based on the characteristics of sucralose; foods with a masked unpleasant smell and unpleasant taste; performance food compositions (viscous food compositions, gel food compositions, emulsified food compositions); foods with improved flavors; preservatives and foods with improved quality of taste; and flavor compositions with improved flavors. Novel utilization of sucralose as a sweetener improver, a masking agent for unpleasant smell/unpleasant taste, a flavor improver, a function improver (viscosity, gelling properties, emulsification properties), a taste characteristic improver, and a flavor improver/enhancer.05-17-2012

Patent applications by Chie Sasaki, Osaka JP

Chieko Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110299830APPLICATION RUNNING DEVICE - To provide an application life cycle management method for use in switching a movie work that is a playback target within a storage medium on which a plurality of movie works are stored, which is equivalent to one for use in replacement of BD-ROM discs. When a playback target is switched within a local storage on which a plurality of movie works are stored, a playback device, which includes an input unit for issuing a movie work switching request, performs processing with use of a user operation performed on the input unit as a trigger, instead of the medium status change between ejection and insertion. This allows application life cycle management equivalent to one in the case of BD-ROM disc replacement.12-08-2011

Daisuke Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120009824Surface Mount Multi-Connector and Electronic Apparatus Having the Same - A surface mount multi-connector having movable contact sections with high contact reliability and providing connection portions with high coplanarity. The surface mount multi-connector includes a first body in which a plurality of first contacts having movable contact sections and end sections that extend oppositely to each other are held by insert molding, a second body in which a plurality of second contacts having movable contact sections and end sections that extend oppositely to each other are held by insert molding, and a third body that incorporates the first body with which the second body has been coupled so that the movable contact sections of the second contacts and the movable contacts section of the first contacts face in the same direction. Tips ahead of the movable contact sections of the first and second contacts elastically mate with catching parts formed on the inner wall of the third body, and connection portions of the end sections of the first contacts and connection portions of the end sections of the second contacts lie in a same plane.01-12-2012
20120034803Locking Connector and Electronic Apparatus - A locking connector includes: a first head part; a plate-like base covering a plate surface of the first head part, a supporting part one end of which is supported by the base; first and second resilient parts positioned along the plate surface of the base from the supporting part, the first and second resilient part being resiliently deformable in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a direction C from the base end of the first head part to the fore-end of the first head part; first and second arm base end parts extending from end of the first and second resilient parts, respectively; first and second arm parts extending from the first and second arm base end parts, respectively, in the direction C; and first and second latching parts which are protrusions provided on the first and second arm parts, respectively.02-09-2012
20120258618Connector - A connector includes: a contact portion electrically connectable to a plate-shaped connection object; a housing having a slit-shaped opening into which the connection object is insertable, the housing accommodating the contact portion; an actuator which is supported on the housing swingably about an axis extending in a width direction of the opening, and configured to directly press the connection object; and a restricting mechanism which is provided along the width direction of the opening, formed in both the housing and the actuator, and configured to prevent the actuator from being deformed in a direction opposite to a pressing direction of the actuator when the actuator is in a posture of pressing the connection object.10-11-2012

Gen Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090067015BLOCK MATCHING CIRCUIT AND DATA UPDATE METHOD - Scanning image data and target image data are respectively stored in a first storage area and a second storage area. In one case, (J−M+1)×(K−N+1)×M×N pieces of pixel data are stored as comparison image data relating to all comparison areas, and M×N pieces of pixel data are stored as target image data. In contrast, the present invention requires the storage only of J×K pieces of pixel data as scanning image data, and M×N pieces of pixel data as target image data. This means the number of pieces of pixel data to be stored is reduced. In the case discussed above, one piece of target image data and (J−M+03-12-2009
20090245683DEFECTIVE PIXEL CORRECTION DEVICE - First pixel data of a pixel of interest is output from a first shift register, while second and third pixel data of neighboring pixels indicative of the same color are output from second and third shift registers, respectively. Differential data between estimated pixel data calculated from the second and third pixel data and the first pixel data is input to a comparator. A threshold value stored in a register is modulated by the estimated pixel data, and is input to the comparator as modulated threshold data. When the comparator judges that the differential data is greater than the modulated threshold data, a selector outputs the estimated pixel data as corrected pixel data.10-01-2009
20110122298IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: a relative coordinate acquisition part acquiring a corresponding position on an input image with respect to a predetermined pixel on an output image; a first storage part storing position information of the corresponding position; a reading control part causing pixel values of input pixels on the input image to be sequentially read; an organization part organizing a set of grid points formed of input pixels among input pixels read by the reading control part; a judgment part judging, based on the position information, whether or not pixel values of pixels in the vicinity of the corresponding position used in calculating a pixel value of the predetermined pixel have been read; a local memory storing, in a case where judgment is made that pixels in the vicinity of the corresponding position have been read, pixel values of pixels forming the set of grid points as pixel values of surrounding pixels regarding the predetermined pixel; and a pixel value calculation part calculating a pixel value of the predetermined pixel by interpolation using the pixel values of the surrounding pixels.05-26-2011
20110194765IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus is provided which offers higher versatility than conventional image processing apparatuses. When an input signal to a spatial filtering block is a monochrome signal that contains Y component only, a selector selects its input terminal and a selector selects its input terminal. Then, a low-pass filter output signal of a programmable spatial filter is inputted to a spatial filter, and a low-pass filter output signal of the spatial filer is inputted to a spatial filter. That is, the programmable spatial filter and the spatial filters are connected in series (in cascade), and the cascade-connected three spatial filters perform filtering operation. In this example, low-pass filters with 5×5 taps are connected in cascade in three stages, which enables low-pass filtering with 13×13 taps.08-11-2011
20120002080IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING A BUFFER MEMORY FOR IMAGE DATA STORAGE - Two local buffers are provided between an image processing unit and an image compression and expansion unit for compression into a predetermined format. Write and read control units serve to alternately use the two local buffers. As a result, process flow starting from the image processing unit to generate compressed image data by the image compression and expansion unit requires no main memory, whereby high-speed image processing is allowed with low power consumption.01-05-2012
20120081372IMAGE PROCESSOR - An image processing unit includes a computing unit, a data input unit that inputs image data to the computing unit, a data output unit that outputs the image data computed by the computing unit, and a setting unit. The computing unit includes computing cells including multiple types of computing cells, input domain selectors, and at least one of output domain selectors. The setting unit sets the input domain selectors and the output domain selectors so that image data inputted by the data input unit to the computing unit on which desired computing has been performed by at least one computing cell among the computing cells is outputted from the data output unit.04-05-2012
20120093410IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a first storage section and a second storage section, a storage control section, and a computation section. The storage control section sequentially acquires block images obtained as a result of dividing an input image, and stores the block image as a target block image in the first storage section, while storing, in the second storage section, image data of, in a region of the target block image, a region abutting un-inputted block images in the input image, as image data of an abuttal region. The computation section implements a resizing process for changing the size of the target block image by performing an interpolation calculation using image data of the target block image stored in the first storage section and the image data of the abuttal region stored in the second storage section.04-19-2012

Patent applications by Gen Sasaki, Osaka JP

Hisanori Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110129211IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device to which a support can be attached includes a support attachment unit and a support body unit. The support attachment unit includes a first threaded hole configured to be attached to the support, and an exposure face formed around the entrance of the first threaded hole. The support body unit includes a housing having an opening configured to expose the exposure face and an outer surface formed around the opening, and movably supports the support attachment unit. The support attachment unit is disposed at a first position when the support is not attached, and is disposed at a second position when the support is attached. The exposure face is disposed more to the inside of the housing than the outer surface when the support attachment unit is disposed at the first position.06-02-2011
20110285935BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE - In a backlight unit, a plurality of linear light sources arranged in a first direction are accommodated in a case so that they are covered by the case from a side opposite to an illuminated object. In the case, a reflective sheet is disposed on the bottom surface of the case, and a pair of supporting members are disposed to be spaced from each other in the extending direction of the linear light sources. The supporting members support the diffuser plate and the illuminated object. The diffuser plate has, on the light exit surface thereof, a first light-controlling portion having a pattern of stripes parallel to the linear light sources, and a pair of second light-controlling portions extending in the arrangement direction at positions corresponding to the supporting members.11-24-2011
20120033157Backlight Unit and Liquid Crystal Module - A backlight unit disposed behind a liquid crystal panel 02-09-2012

Junpei Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110194187HYBRID OPTICAL ELEMENT - A hybrid optical element includes: a glass substrate having a first optically functional surface and a second optically functional surface; and a resin layer bonded to the second optically functional surface. The glass substrate further has an outer peripheral surface provided around the first optically functional surface. The outer peripheral surface has a surface roughness Ra of at least 1 μm but not more than 20 μm.08-11-2011
20110273775DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A diffractive optical element includes a first optical member including a first diffraction grating; and a second optical member including a second diffraction grating and arranged so that the second diffraction grating faces the first diffraction grating. Inorganic particulates are dispersed in the second optical member. An inorganic particulate volume ratio is higher in the second diffraction grating than a portion of the second optical member on an opposite side of the second diffraction grating.11-10-2011

Katsuya Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120093708DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING AND SEPARATING SODIUM AND POTASSIUM - Provided is an extracting and separating device which includes: an ash reactor 04-19-2012
20120180684BLASTING CARTRIDGE, BLASTING APPARATUS, AND BLASTING METHOD - A blasting cartridge includes a generally cylindrical blasting container, a blasting substance filled in the blasting container, a pair of leadwires contained in the blasting container, and a single thin metal wire connected to tip portions of the pair of leadwires. The leadwires and the thin metal wire are positioned within the blasting substance within the blasting container. The blasting substance is nitromethane, and the thin metal wire is formed of tungsten. With an electric discharge impact blasting apparatus, since the thin metal wire has a higher heating value than a copper wire because of its higher resistance and vaporizes at higher temperatures, it is possible to obtain a greater blasting force at lower voltages than with a blasting apparatus using a copper wire.07-19-2012

Kazuaki Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090012330METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ACTIVE ALCOHOL COMPOUND - A method for producing an optically active alcohol compound comprising reacting a cyclic ether compound with a phenol compound in the presence of an asymmetric complex obtained by reacting an optically active metal complex represented by the formula (1):01-08-2009
20090099387POTASSIUM FLUORIDE DISPERSION SOLUTION, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF FLUORINATED ORGANIC COMPOUND USING THE SAME - A potassium fluoride dispersion essentially consisting of potassium fluoride and an aprotic organic solvent having a boiling point higher than that of methanol, which is obtainable by mixing a mixture containing potassium fluoride and 5 to 50 parts by weight of methanol per 1 part by weight of potassium fluoride with the aprotic organic solvent followed by concentrating the obtained mixture, and a process for producing a fluorine-containing organic compound comprising contacting an organic compound having at least one group capable of being substituted nucleophilically with a fluorine atom with the potassium fluoride dispersion.04-16-2009
20090105475PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 2,3-DIHYDROPYRIDAZINE COMPOUND - A process for producing a 2,3-dihydropyridazine compound represented by the formula (2):04-23-2009
20100234597PROCESS FOR PRODUCING IMIDAZO[1,2-b]PYRIDAZINE COMPOUND - A process for producing an imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine compound represented by the formula (2):09-16-2010
20100234629METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ACTIVE ALCOHOL COMPOUND - A method for producing an optically active alcohol compound comprising reacting a cyclic ether compound with a phenol compound in the presence of an asymmetric complex obtained by reacting an optically active metal complex represented by the formula (1):09-16-2010
20110134431NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION DEVICE FOR OXYGEN CONCENTRATION IN BAG-SHAPED CONTAINER - A non-destructive inspection device for an oxygen concentration in a bag-shaped container includes: right and left affixing plates provided so as to be moved toward and away from the bag-shaped container; a laser emitting section for measuring an oxygen concentration that is provided on one of the affixing plates; and a laser receiving section on the other affixing plate, wherein the end faces of the emitting section and the receiving section have gas-filled chambers that include gas chambers with a constant length and are made of a translucent material. In the measurement of an oxygen concentration, the affixing plates are brought close to each other, the thickness of a gas phase portion is kept constant, and air is removed between the end faces of the emitting section and the receiving section and the surfaces of the container.06-09-2011

Patent applications by Kazuaki Sasaki, Osaka JP

Kazuki Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100075343NOVEL PEPTIDES - The present invention provides novel peptides with energy-modulating activity or circulatory function-modulating activity. The peptides of the present invention have energy-modulating activity or circulatory function-modulating activity and thus are useful for treating food consumption disorders and diseases of the circulatory system.03-25-2010
20100248255NOVEL PEPTIDES - The present invention provides novel peptides with circulation-modulating activity. These peptides are useful as circulation-modulating agents and vasopressors because of their circulation-modulating activity, and can be used for treating diseases of the circulatory system such as myocardial infarction, ischemic heart disease, cerebral infarction, or the like.09-30-2010

Keisuke Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090323485RECORDING OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, OPTICAL DISC RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND RECORDING OPERATION CONTROL METHOD - An information recording precision calculating section (12-31-2009
20110182156OPTICAL DISC RECORDING METHOD, OPTICAL DISC RECORDING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, OPTICAL DISC RECORDING DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, OPTICAL DISC RECORDING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND OPTICAL DISC RECORDING DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM - Optical disc recording processing of recording data to be recorded on an optical disc having a plurality of recording layers at a recording velocity depending on the radial position includes use pattern selection processing of selecting a use pattern in which given recordable regions included in a data zone of the optical disc are used for recording of the data to be recorded in given use order, among a plurality of use patterns different in the number of recording layers used, so that the total recording time is shortened, based on given conditions including at least the capacity of the data to be recorded, the recording velocities of use regions in the use pattern, and the number of interlayer shifts in the use pattern. The data to be recorded is recorded according to the use pattern selected in the use pattern selection processing.07-28-2011

Kenjiro Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110223143STEM CELL FOR THERAPEUTIC USE WHICH IS DERIVED FROM HUMAN MONOCYTE, AND METHOD FOR INDUCING SAME - The present invention relates to stem cells obtained by culturing monocytes in the presence of (i) M-CSF and (ii) at least one member selected from the group consisting of ganglioside and water-soluble plant-derived extract, thereby dedifferentiating the monocytes; a therapeutic agent for treating damaged cells, tissues or organs; a cell drug agent; a method of producing stem cells, a culture medium for dedifferentiating monocytes; a dedifferentiation inducing agent; a cell drug kit; a kit for producing dedifferentiated cells; and a pharmaceutical composition.09-15-2011

Masato Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120075889SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A switching power supply device includes: a fundamental wave component extraction circuit for extracting a fundamental wave component of a voltage induced across a first winding; an oscillator for generating a clock signal having an oscillation frequency that changes according to a change in the fundamental wave component; and a control circuit for (i) generating a control signal for controlling a switching element to be in an ON state or OFF state, the switching signal having a duty that changes according to a change in the oscillation frequency of the clock signal or a change in a voltage of a smoothing capacitor and (ii) supplying the control signal to a gate of the switching element.03-29-2012
20120268090SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A switching power supply device of the present invention switches an application of a voltage to a coil. The switching power supply device includes: a switching element that (i) has a normally-on type first switching element and a normally-off type second switching element which are cascode-connected to each other at and (ii) switches the application of the voltage to the coil; and a control circuit that (i) detects a voltage at a cascode connecting point and (ii) controls turning-on of the switching element in accordance with the detected voltage.10-25-2012

Mitsuhiro Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090207295IMAGING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An imaging device includes a vertical transfer unit to sequentially transfer the charges generated by photoelectric conversion elements in a vertical direction with the transfer registers, during a vertical transfer period, a horizontal transfer unit to horizontally transfer the charges transferred by the vertical transfer unit, during a horizontal transfer period, and a controller to control the vertical transfer unit and the horizontal transfer unit. The controller controls the vertical transfer unit such that the number of transfer registers used to store the charges during the horizontal transfer period is larger than the number of transfer registers used to store the charges during the vertical transfer period.08-20-2009

Mitsuru Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110124626BENZAZEPINE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE AS HISTAMINE H3 ANTAGONISTS - A compound having the formula (1) wherein: R1 is a group selected from C05-26-2011

Nobuo Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100118227LIQUID CYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL WITH MICROLENS ARRAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A highly reliable liquid crystal display panel is provided in which problems such as mixing of foreign matter are prevented.05-13-2010
20120229743DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display panel that can improve the adhesion strength of a sealing member and that can reduce moisture permeation caused by an alignment film without performing a treatment to remove the alignment film. A display panel according to the present invention is a display panel having a pair of substrates attached to each other via a sealing member. At least one of the pair of substrates has a configuration in which a transparent resin film and an alignment film are laminated. In the display panel, a side face of an edge of the transparent resin film has a reverse tapered shape; the alignment film is separated at the side face of the edge; and the transparent resin film and the sealing member are attached to each other without having the alignment film therebetween.09-13-2012

Noriaki Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090147638OPTICAL DISC REPRODUCING APPARATUS - In an optical disc reproducing apparatus, when an amount of light received by an optical pick-up varies or leakage light enters a light receiving portion due to the tilt of the optical pick-up or the like, a tracking control signal generation circuit adds an offset in accordance with a control value outputted from a tracking actuator controller to an output of a tracking servo filter. As a result, a tracking servo pull-in operation is performed in a state where the optical pick-up is forcibly tilted. The direction in which the optical pick-up mentioned above is forcibly tilted is determined from the result of, e.g., measuring the duty ratio of a DPD off-track signal. Therefore, a reproduction signal, a focus error signal, and a tracking error signal are correctly generated without providing a tilt mechanism in the optical pick-up.06-11-2009
20090310452OPTICAL DISC SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DISC REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - An optical disc signal processing apparatus is provided which comprises a rotation control section for measuring and outputting the number of edges within a predetermined time for a binary signal obtained from an RF signal reproduced from an optical disc on which information is recorded, a detecting section for detecting a missing portion of the RF signal, and a parameter control section for, when a missing portion of the RF signal is not detected, calculating and outputting a rotation control parameter for controlling a rotation of the optical disc based on the number of edges obtained by the rotation control section, and when a missing portion of the RF signal is detected, controlling the rotation control parameter so that an influence of the missing portion of the RF signal is suppressed.12-17-2009

Ryuta Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130113400PHASE-SHIFT DETECTION DEVICE, MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE, BRUSHLESS MOTOR, AND PHASE-SHIFT DETECTION METHOD - A phase-shift detection circuit detects a phase shift in motor driving, using pulse-shaped position detection signal Rd and measurement signal Ms. The position detection signal is based on sensor signal Hs from a position sensor disposed in a motor. The measurement signal is based on the induced voltage from windings. The phase-shift detection circuit includes a level difference calculator and a phase-shift calculator. The level difference calculator calculates a level difference between the level of measurement signal Ms at a rising timing of position detection signal Rd and the level of measurement signal Ms at a falling timing thereof. The phase-shift calculator calculates the amount of phase shifts based on the level difference.05-09-2013

Satoyuki Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110065482MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING PULSE METER - A mobile terminal (03-17-2011

Shigekazu Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100317651PYRAZINOOXAZEPINE DERIVATIVES - Provided is a compound having a serotonin 5-HT12-16-2010
20110282054PYRAZINOOXAZEPINE DERIVATIVES - Provided is a compound having a serotonin 5-HT11-17-2011
20110288291PYRAZINOOXAZEPINE DERIVATIVES - Provided is a compound having a serotonin 5-HT11-24-2011

Patent applications by Shigekazu Sasaki, Osaka JP

Shigeyuki Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090186228Method for forming multi-layered coating film and an mutli-layered coating film obtained thereof - An object of the present invention relates to provide a method for forming a multi-layered coating film including a step of baking and curing an uncured intermediate coating film, an uncured base coating film and an uncured clear coating film at the same time which can give a multi-layered coating film excellent in gloss and in appearance, and to provide a multi-layered coating film obtained thereof.07-23-2009

Shin Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110099839DRYING APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE - A drying apparatus for manufacturing a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape in which a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed on a strip-shaped long tape base material is provided. The drying apparatus dries coating agent coated at least on one surface of the tape base material. The tape base material that is transferred in a lengthwise direction thereof is spirally wound around a cylinder body from one end side of the cylinder body to the other end side of the cylinder body in a slidable state. The cylinder body is formed with a plurality of air holes on an entire circumferential wall thereof, around which the tape base material is spirally wound, the air holes through which warm air or hot air flows from the inside of the cylinder body to the outside of the cylinder body.05-05-2011

Shinji Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090034379RECORDING METHOD AND REPRODUCTION METHOD SUITABLE FOR RECORDING/REPRODUCTION OF AV DATA, AND RECORDING DRIVE AND REPRODUCTION DRIVE, INFORMATION RECORDING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM FOR SUCH METHODS - In an information recording medium for recording and reproducing data thereon on a sector-by-sector basis, the recorded data being managed as at least one file by using a file structure, the file structure includes unused space management information for identifying a used region and an unused region. At least one defective region is registered as an unused region in the unused space management information, the at least one defective region being a region on the information recording medium which is incapable of proper reproduction of the recorded data.02-05-2009
20090037790RECORDING METHOD AND REPRODUCTION METHOD SUITABLE FOR RECORDING/REPRODUCTION OF AV DATA, AND RECORDING DRIVE AND REPRODUCTION DRIVE, INFORMATION RECORDING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM FOR SUCH METHODS - In an information recording medium for recording and reproducing data thereon on a sector-by-sector basis, the recorded data being managed as at least one file by using a file structure, the file structure includes unused space management information for identifying a used region and an unused region. At least one defective region is registered as an unused region in the unused space management information, the at least one defective region being a region on the information recording medium which is incapable of proper reproduction of the recorded data.02-05-2009

Patent applications by Shinji Sasaki, Osaka JP

Shinobu Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080269220Aminophenylpropanoic Acid Derivative - A compound represented by the formula (1):10-30-2008
20090012093Receptor Function Regulator - The GPR40 receptor function regulator of the present invention, which comprises a compound having an aromatic ring and a group capable of releasing cation is useful as an insulin secretagogue or an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes and the like.01-08-2009

Shogo Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090268078Imaging Device and Camera Body - A digital camera comprises an interchangeable lens unit and a camera body. The interchangeable lens unit is provided to form an optical image of a subject. A flash memory is configured to hold a correction coefficient table used to electrically correct distortion produced by the optical system. The camera body has a CCD image sensor, a correction coefficient acquisition part, an operation part, and a correction processor. The correction coefficient acquisition part is configured to acquire the correction coefficient table held in the flash memory. The operation part is configured to produce correction data by performing an interpolation operation or an extrapolation operation on the information obtained from the correction coefficient table. The correction processor is configured to correct distortion in the image data on the basis of information produced by the operation part.10-29-2009

Shoichi Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080242153Base connector, socket connector and complex type connector - A base connector includes an insulating base housing and a plurality of base contacts retained by the base housing. An anterior wall of the base housing includes a central convex portion which is formed at the center portion in a left-and-right direction of the anterior face of the anterior wall and projects forward, and a pair of concave portions formed on both sides sandwiching the central convex portion therebetween. At least a part of the upper face on the anterior wall including the upper face of the central convex portion is formed as a flat face. The upper face of the anterior wall is provided with a wide portion including the upper face of the central convex portion and being relatively wide in the front-and-rear direction, and a pair of narrow portions relatively narrow in the front-and-rear direction corresponding in position to the pair of concave portions. The wide portion is provided with a flat adsorbed face, which can be adsorbed by an adsorption member.10-02-2008

Takamitsu Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110060922LICENSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A history file that an IC card received from a receiver is confirmed to be a proper history file, so that a repeat input of a license can be prevented. A server (03-10-2011
20110091184CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD - A content reproduction apparatus (04-21-2011
20120150795SERVER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF AQUIRING CONTENTS - A server apparatus (06-14-2012
20130091253CLIENT APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, CONTENT OBTAINMENT METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A client device manages one type of content list for a plurality of content obtainment servers, and updates information included in the content list based on information received from each content obtainment server. Thus, the client device can provide the content list with less unnecessary information to each home server with a lighter processing load, so that the time for the home server to obtain contents from the client device can be reduced.04-11-2013
20130097196DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A data management device for centrally storing electronic data acquired from a data processing device, the data management device comprising: an identification write unit for writing first identification indicating that the electronic data is saved in a storage device into the electronic data saved in the storage device, and outputting the electronic data having the written first identification to the data processing device; an identification detection unit for detecting second identification written in electronic data inputted from the data processing device, and determining whether the first identification and the second identification match; and a selection unit for recording, into the storage device, the electronic data inputted from the data processing device when it is determined that the first identification and the second identification do not match or when the second identification is not detected.04-18-2013

Patent applications by Takamitsu Sasaki, Osaka JP

Takatoshi Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090311474ADHESIVE SHEET FOR WATER JET LASER DICING - An object of the present invention is to provide an adhesive sheet which, through improvement in the permeability of liquids originating in a liquid stream during water jet laser dicing, allows chips, IC components, or the like to be detached, prevents machining precision from being compromised such as by chipping or the scattering of chips and the like, and allows extremely thin semiconductor wafers or materials to be processed. The adhesive sheet for water jet laser dicing of the present invention comprises an adhesive layer laminated on a base film, the base film made of mesh fiber.12-17-2009
20090314417METHOD OF GRINDING BACK SIDE OF SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER AND ADHESIVE SHEET FOR USE IN THE METHOD OF GRINDING BACK SIDE OF SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER - The present invention provides a method of grinding a back side of a semiconductor wafer, which includes applying an adhesive sheet including a substrate and an adhesive layer formed on one side of the substrate to a front side of a semiconductor wafer to provisionally fix the semiconductor wafer to the adhesive sheet, followed by grinding the back side of the semiconductor wafer, in which the adhesive layer contains 100 parts by weight of a base polymer for radiation-curable adhesives, 0.02 to 10 parts by weight of a phosphoric ester compound having an alkyl group having 10 or more carbon atoms, and more than 10 parts by weight but 200 parts by weight or less of at least one polyfunctional acrylate oligomer and/or monomer having one or more carbon-carbon double bonds, the polyfunctional acrylate oligomer and/or monomer having a weight-average molecular weight per carbon-carbon double bond of 250 to 6,500.12-24-2009

Taku Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100112353ELECTROCONDUCTIVE FINE PARTICLES, ANISOTROPIC ELECTROCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, AND ELECTROCONDUCTIVE CONNECTION STRUCTURE - It is an object of the present invention to provide: a conductive fine particle, which is used for conductive connection between fine electrodes and tends not to give rise to a crack in the solder layer or disconnection caused by breakage in the connection interface between an electrode and the conductive fine particle even with a drop impact and the like, and tends not to have fatigue even after repetitive heating and cooling; an anisotropic conductive material obtained by using the conductive fine particle; and a conductive connection structure.05-06-2010
20100294539ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MICROPARTICLE, ANISOTROPIC ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, CONNECTION STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MICROPARTICLE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a conductive particle which has low initial connection resistance and which is hard to increase in connection resistance even when stored for a long period.11-25-2010
20120056136CONDUCTIVE FINE PARTICLES, ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT, AND CONNECTION STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a conductive fine particle capable of suppressing a blackening phenomenon during storage and thus providing high connection reliability; an anisotropic conductive material containing the conductive fine particle; and a connection structure.03-08-2012

Tamotsu Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100089505METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOT-ROLLED SHEET HAVING FINE-GRAINED FERRITE, AND HOT-ROLLED SHEET - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing the hot-rolled sheet, which includes: a step A including a first rolling in which a steel sheet containing 0.04-0.20% C, 0.01-2.0% Si, 0.5-3.0% Mn by mass, and the reminder being Fe and inevitable impurities, is rolled by successive multi-pass rolling at a total rolling reduction of 80% or more while keeping the steel sheet at temperatures not lower than the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3; a step B including a second rolling in which a single-pass rolling is carried out at a rolling reduction of 30-55% when an entry side temperature is not lower than the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3; a step C including a third rolling in which a single-pass rolling is carried out at a rolling reduction of 35-70% when an entry side temperature is set within a predetermined range; and a step D in which within 0.2 seconds after the third rolling, the rolled sheet is cooled at a cooling rate of 600 degree C./sec or higher to a temperature not higher than {(the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3)−130 degree C.}, in the step C, the third rolling being carried out: within 0.6 seconds after the second rolling when the predetermined temperature range is {(the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3)−60 degree C.} or more and below {(the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3)−30 degree C.}; within 0.5 seconds after the second rolling when the predetermined temperature range is {(the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3)−30 degree C.} or more and below {(the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3)−5 degree C.}; and within 0.3 seconds after the second rolling when the predetermined temperature range is {(the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3)−5 degree C.} or more and below {(the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3)+20 degree C.}.04-15-2010

Tomoo Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120063133LIGHT REFLECTION SHEET, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A through hole penetrating in a vertical direction and a slot which is separated from the through hole in the direction along the sheet surface and is long in a separating direction are provided on a light reflection sheet supported on a support body supporting a light source for reflecting light emitted from the light source, and there are provided a first shaft member fitted in the through hole for setting a position of the light reflection sheet with respect to the support body, and a second shaft member fitted in the slot to enable a relative movement in a longitudinal direction of the slot for setting the position of the light reflection sheet with respect to the support body.03-15-2012
20120087122LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DIPLAY DEVICE - There are provided a light source device and a display device which do not generate a wrinkle on an optical sheet even if the optical sheet is held on an LED substrate. A reflection sheet is disposed between each of head portions possessed by a rivet, a positioning rivet and a support rivet and one surface of an LED substrate where an LED is mounted, and a gap in a direction of a sheet thickness is provided between the head portion of each of the rivets and the reflection sheet. In the case in which a sudden thermal change is caused, therefore, the reflection sheet expands or contracts between the head portion of each of the rivets and the reflection sheet so that the wrinkle can be prevented from being generated over the reflection sheet.04-12-2012
20120087126LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - There are provided a plurality of circuit boards having a light-emitting element mounted on a one surface and disposed apart from each other with a planar direction aligned, a support body positioned on the other surface side of the circuit boards for supporting the circuit boards, and a connector for electrically connecting the adjacent circuit boards to each other. Inserting holes for inserting a fixture for fixing the circuit boards to the support body are formed on the circuit boards apart from each other, and a dimension of the inserting hole is smaller than that of the other inserting hole.04-12-2012
20120105763LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, ILLUMINATING DEVICE, BACKLIGHT DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Concave marks indicative of an orientation of a circuit board are formed on the circuit board, convex indices to be engaged with the marks are formed in a position in which the circuit is to be attached. An operator confirms the orientation of the circuit board easily and accurately by visually recognizing the marks and touching the marks with a finger. Moreover, the operator positions the circuit board by engaging the marks with the indices.05-03-2012

Toshie Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100001680MOTOR DRIVING CONTROL METHOD AND MOTOR DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS - A motor driving control method in which when the steering angular velocity is lower than a predetermined reference angular velocity, an actual motor drive current is inferred from a back electromotive voltage and an applying voltage in a three-phase brushless motor, and a limitation on the peak level of each of three-phase alternating current command waves is mitigated by permitting the interval between a pair of intersection points of a peak area of each of the three-phase alternating current command waves with a peak point neighborhood of a triangle wave to become approximately the same length as a dead time.01-07-2010

Yasushl Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090137689Modified gum arabic - The present invention provides a water-soluble modified gum arabic with a weight average molecular weight not less than 0.9 million and arabinogalactan protein not less than 17% by weight obtained by heating 05-28-2009

Yoshiki Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110250817METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A method for producing a plasma display panel includes the steps of: evacuating air from a discharge space formed between a front plate and a rear plate which are substrates facing each other through piping; introducing a discharge gas into the discharge space through gas piping that branches from the piping; and recovering the discharge gas remaining in the piping system through the piping.10-13-2011

Yoshinari Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080310983Expander - A positive displacement expander includes a volume change mechanism (12-18-2008
20090113907Refrigeration Apparatus - A refrigeration apparatus having a refrigerant circuit (05-07-2009
20090151377Refrigeration System and Refrigeration System Analyzer - In a refrigeration system (06-18-2009
20100244863FLUID SENSOR, REFRIGERANT LEAKAGE DETECTION DEVICE, REFRIGERATION SYSTEM, AND REFRIGERANT LEAKAGE DETECTION METHOD - It is possible to detect refrigerant leakage while pinpointing the location where refrigerant leakage is occurring in a refrigerant circuit of a refrigeration system. A fluid sensor (09-30-2010
20110174059LEAKAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, LEAKAGE DIAGNOSIS METHOD, AND REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - A leakage diagnosis apparatus for diagnosing presence/absence of refrigerant leakage in a refrigerant circuit performing a refrigeration cycle, wherein refrigerant leakage diagnosis using the amount of refrigerant exergy loss in a circuit component of the refrigerant circuit is realized. In a leakage diagnosis apparatus, an exergy calculation section calculates a leakage index value which changes in accordance with the amount of refrigerant leaking out of a refrigerant circuit based on the amount of refrigerant exergy loss in the circuit component. Then, a leakage determination section determines whether there is refrigerant leakage in the refrigerant circuit based on the leakage index value calculated by the exergy calculation section.07-21-2011

Patent applications by Yoshinari Sasaki, Osaka JP

Yuichi Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100305669Neck Pad - [Problems] A neck pad capable of enhancing fitting feeling to the neck and effectively warming or cooling the neck and its vicinity.12-02-2010

Yukinori Sasaki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120022833LIBRARY FOR ELECTRIC CIRCUIT SIMULATION, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IT, AND LIBRARY GENERATION SYSTEM - A library for electronic circuit simulation stores information on electrical characteristics and information on the 3D shape of a flexible substrate. The electrical characteristics of the flexible substrate change in response to changes in the 3D shape. Accordingly, there is no need to execute electromagnetic simulation every time the shape of flexible substrate is changed. This improves the design efficiency.01-26-2012