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Shimbo, JP

Atsushi Shimbo, Bunkyo-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080292100NON-LINEAR DATA CONVERTER, ENCODER AND DECODER - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a non-linear data converter including: first to fourth converters that each performs a respective converting process on an input bit string to output respective output bit string; a generator that generates a random number bit string; and a selector that selects any one of the output bit strings from the first to fourth converters based on the random number bit string. Each of the converting processes is equivalent to performing a first mask process, a non-linear conversion predetermined for an encoding or a decoding and a second mask process.11-27-2008

Atsushi Shimbo, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090251063DIMMER NOISE REDUCING CIRCUIT OF PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSFORMER - A dimmer noise reducing circuit wherein vibration noise accompanying the activation/deactivation of a piezoelectric transformer can be reduced, while non-uniformity of brightness of a discharge lamp can be prevented. A chopping circuit turns on/off an output from an input voltage source in a given periodic manner and a full-bridge circuit that receives an output voltage (vb10-08-2009
20090322244PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSFORMER LIGHT ADJUSTING NOISE REDUCTION CIRCUIT - Provided is a light adjusting noise reduction circuit in which the vibration noise accompanying turning ON/OFF of a piezoelectric transformer. A full bridge circuit is controlled by a full bridge drive circuit so as to switch an input voltage (VB12-31-2009

Hiroyuki Shimbo, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100187699SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - There is provided a layout structure of a semiconductor integrated circuit capable of preventing the thinning of a metal wiring line close to a cell boundary and wire breakage therein without involving increases in the amount of data for OPC correction and OPC process time. In a region interposed between a power supply line and a ground line each placed to extend in a first direction, first and second cells each having a transistor and an intra-cell line each for implementing a circuit function are placed to be adjacent to each other in the first direction. In a boundary portion between the first and second cells, a metal wiring line extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction is placed so as not to short-circuit the power supply line and the ground line.07-29-2010

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Shimbo, Osaka JP

Hitoshi Shimbo, Sunto-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090017299THERMOSENSITIVE ADHESIVE MATERIAL - An object of the present invention is to provide a thermosensitive adhesive material which is superior in blocking resistance when not active and which has adequate adhesion in a wide temperature range to a target with little smoothness such as corrugated fiberboard. Specifically, the present invention relates to a thermosensitive adhesive material including a support, and a thermosensitive adhesive layer provided on one surface of the support, the thermosensitive adhesive layer containing as essential components a thermoplastic resin and a hot-melt material that melts when heated, wherein the thermoplastic resin contains as a main component a (meth)acrylic copolymer in which acrylonitrile, a monomer component, occupies 5% by mass to 20% by mass of all monomer components, and wherein the glass transition temperature of the copolymer is in the range of −70° C. to −30° C.01-15-2009
20090048106REVERSIBLE THERMOSENSITIVE RECORDING MEDIUM, REVERSIBLE THERMOSENSITIVE RECORDING LABEL, MEMBER, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention provides a reversible thermosensitive recording medium including: 02-19-2009
20090130441HEAT-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE MATERIAL - The present invention is to provide a heat-sensitive adhesive material containing a support;,and an adhesive under layer, an intermediate layer and a heat-sensitive adhesive layer formed over one surface of the support in this order, wherein the intermediate layer contains at least a thermoplastic resin and hollow particles, the heat-sensitive adhesive layer contains at least a thermoplastic resin, an adhesion imparting agent and a thermofusible material, and the adhesive under layer contains at least a thermoplastic resin, the thermoplastic resin has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of −70° C. to −10° C. and a mass average molecular mass of 100,000 to 1,500,000.05-21-2009
20090155569HEAT-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE, AND HEAT-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE MATERIAL - The present invention provides a heat-sensitive adhesive containing at least a thermoplastic resin, a solid plasticizer, and an adhesion-imparting agent, wherein the adhesion-imparting agent is an adhesion-imparting agent emulsion which is prepared by emulsifying in the presence of a polymeric emulsifier.06-18-2009

Patent applications by Hitoshi Shimbo, Sunto-Gun JP

Hitoshi Shimbo, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110311809HEAT-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE MATERIAL - A heat-sensitive adhesive material according to the present invention includes a support, and a heat-sensitive adhesive layer on the support, the heat-sensitive adhesive layer comprises a water-dispersible heat-sensitive adhesive containing at least a thermoplastic resin, a solid plasticizer and a tackifier, wherein the thermoplastic resin is obtained by emulsion polymerization using a reactive surfactant and has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of lower than −20° C.12-22-2011

Jiro Shimbo, Kanagawa JP

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20110140747ADPLL CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND PORTABLE INFORMATION DEVICE - The present invention provides ABS precision improving means under ADPLL environment or environment close to the ADPLL environment and realizes shortening of process time of the ABS. In a digital frequency comparator in an ABS circuit, a DFF for storing an initial phase difference in a DPE signal output from a DPFD is prepared. Immediately after start of ABS operation, a DPE signal output from the DPFD is recorded as a signal expressing an initial phase difference in an internal circuit of the DPFD into the DFF. After that, the digital frequency comparator performs ABS by using a signal obtained by subtracting the initial phase error recorded in the DFF from an input DPE signal, thereby realizing high-speed and stabilized ABS operation.06-16-2011
20120212266ADPLL CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND PORTABLE INFORMATION DEVICE - The present invention provides ABS precision improving means under ADPLL environment or environment close to the ADPLL environment and realizes shortening of process time of the ABS. In a digital frequency comparator in an ABS circuit, a DFF for storing an initial phase difference in a DPE signal output from a DPFD is prepared. Immediately after start of ABS operation, a DPE signal output from the DPFD is recorded as a signal expressing an initial phase difference in an internal circuit of the DPFD into the DFF. After that, the digital frequency comparator performs ABS by using a signal obtained by subtracting the initial phase error recorded in the DFF from an input DPE signal, thereby realizing high-speed and stabilized ABS operation.08-23-2012

Kenichi Shimbo, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120304005ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A failure caused by a soft-error including MNU, of an electronic apparatus is prevented, while suppressing increase of a mounting area, power consumption, and processing time. The electronic apparatus stores data indicating the state of a flip-flop included in a sequential logic circuit within an arithmetic unit, each time when execution is performed on a check point provided for every predetermined number of instructions. When a symptom of a soft-error is detected, the apparatus sets the state of the flip-flop included in the sequential logic circuit within the arithmetic unit, based on the data stored after execution of the instruction at the immediately preceding check point, and restarts execution from the next instruction, being subsequent to the instruction associated with the immediately preceding check point.11-29-2012

Ken-Ichi Shimbo, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120159269Measurement Device and Measurement Method - Disclosed is means for quantifying resistance to soft errors in a logic circuit. A logic block group 06-21-2012

Kohei Shimbo, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110106472SPECTROMETRIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE EVALUATION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A spectrometric measurement apparatus includes a light radiation unit for radiating light onto a medium; a hole array including openings arranged one-dimensionally for transmitting diffusion light from the medium; an imaging optical system configured to focus an image from the hole array; a diffraction element configured to diffract the light for focusing the image; and a light receiving unit including pixels arranged one-dimensionally configured to receive the light that has been dispersed by the diffraction element and spectrometric sensors each corresponding to a predetermined number of the pixels. The light transmitted through each of the openings of the hole array is dispersed by the diffraction element, and then the light enters the pixels so that spectral properties of the diffusion light are acquired. The structure of the diffraction element includes variations that are formed in accordance with the height of the image that is focused by the imaging optical system.05-05-2011
20110222056SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERISTICS ACQUISITION UNIT, IMAGE EVALUATION UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A spectroscopic characteristics acquisition unit includes a light emitting unit to illuminate a measurement target; a lens array including lenses to receive reflected light reflected from the measurement target; a light blocking member having a pinhole array including openings; a focusing unit to focus light coming from the pinhole array; a diffraction unit to diffract the light to different directions depending on wavelength of light received by the focusing unit; and a light receiving unit to receive the reflected light diffracted by the diffraction unit. The light receiving unit includes a spectroscopic sensor array having spectroscopy sensors including pixels. Each of the lenses constituting the lens array corresponds to one of the openings of the pinhole array. The numerical aperture NA of the lens in the arrangement direction in the lens array satisfies the formula NA>sin(θmax) with respect to the maximum angle of view θmax of the focusing unit.09-15-2011
20110299104SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTIC OBTAINING APPARATUS, IMAGE EVALUATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A spectral characteristic obtaining apparatus including a light irradiation unit configured to emit light onto a reading object; a spectroscopic unit configured to separate at least a part of diffused reflected light from the light emitted onto the reading object by the light irradiation unit into a spectrum; and a light receiving unit configured to receive the diffused reflected light separated into the spectrum by the spectroscopic unit and to obtain a spectral characteristic. In at least one example embodiment, the light receiving unit is configured to be a spectroscopic sensor array including plural spectroscopic sensors arranged in a direction, and the spectroscopic sensors include a predetermined number of pixels arranged in the direction to receive lights with different spectral characteristics from each other.12-08-2011
20110317149SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS ESTIMATION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS ESTIMATION METHOD - Spectral characteristics of an object is estimated using an extended sensor response, which includes a product of at least two light intensity signals whose wavelength ranges are partially overlapped with each other.12-29-2011

Kohei Shimbo, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110063615SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION MEASURING DEVICE - A spectral distribution measuring device includes an illumination unit configured to illuminate white light to a surface of an object being measured; a slit array having a plurality of slits formed in alignment at equal intervals; a linear image sensor including a light receiving face having a plurality of rectangular pixels adjacently arranged in alignment and a plurality of spectral light-irradiated areas divided in each predetermined number of neighboring pixels; a plurality of areas being measured which is set on the surface of the object being measured, and reflects the light irradiated by the illumination unit to the plurality of slits; and a diffraction unit configured to diffract and disperse reflection light which is reflected from the areas being measured and has passed through each slit, the diffraction unit being disposed such that a direction where a diffraction image expands is inclined at an angle to a direction where the light receiving face expands.03-17-2011

Kuniaki Shimbo, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090258428METHOD FOR ANALYZING LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPOUND IN SAMPLE CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMER AND LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPOUND - The invention relates to an analysis method which can conduct analysis on low molecular weight compound in a sample containing water-soluble polymer and low molecular weight compound under isocratic conditions without being affected by proteins or the like and in which water-soluble polymer and low molecular weight compound can be separated efficiently and to a column for such an analysis by high performance liquid chromatography, packed with a packing material comprising a crosslinked organic polymer compound obtained by polymerizing glycerin dimethacrylate at 90 mass % or more as starting material, having the exclusion limit molecular weight measured with pullulan of 30000 or less but 3000 or more and having a mass average particle diameter of 0.1 to 100 μm.10-15-2009

Patent applications by Kuniaki Shimbo, Kanagawa JP

Mitsuhiro Shimbo, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090051766Monitoring System and Imaging Device - An imaging device has a frame selector that performs frame removal processing for removing certain image frames from the image data such that groups of successive image frames remain at predetermined intervals. A monitoring center has a high resolution processor that uses received multiple image frames to perform high resolution processing. The frame selector has a motionless frame generator for generating motionless image frames indicating no motion compared with an image frame to be referenced. The frame selector inserts the motionless image frames into positions in the image data at which image frames have been removed by the frame removal processing to form image data to be transmitted. It is therefore possible to reduce the amount of data to be transmitted and display an acquired image at a high resolution.02-26-2009
20090083395Proxy Server and Network Computer System - When, in a network computer system, a Web browser on a host computer acquires information about images or the like from a network or the like, it analyzes the data received in a proxy server, and, in case the details of the data are moving images, transmits substitute images with the same screen size to host computer, and transmits the moving image access information toward user computer. In case substitute images have been transmitted by proxy server, host computer transmits, to user computer, the display position and screen size of the moving images and information indicating Web server saving the moving images. In this way, it is possible, even when a host computer is remotely operated from a user computer via a network and moving images are displayed, to play back the moving images smoothly.03-26-2009

Naoyuki Shimbo, Saitama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100182433OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM - A detection system that uses a plurality of input devices with different sensitive wavelengths as image and signal acquisition devices for detecting an intruding object and which performs coordinated processing on at least two or more pieces of information to avoid issuing false alarms during an intruding object detection. Based on the position or size of an object detected by processing an input from one of the input devices, an area range in which to process an input from other input devices is defined. According to one or more of processing results, a check is made as to the presence or absence of an intruding object.07-22-2010

Yasuo Shimbo, Niigata JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100326348INSTRUMENT DIAL AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - [Problem] To provide an instrument dial and its manufacturing method wherein it is possible to shorten a print time and achieve a reduction in cost.12-30-2010