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Shimizu, Tokyo

Akiko Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090305760	Portable electronic game machine - Disclosed is a portable electronic game machine comprising: a chassis which can be in a basic configuration where each of a front plane, left plane, right plane, flat plane, bottom plane and rear plane is composed of a same number of blocks in vertical and horizontal directions and the chassis can change its configuration by rotating the block around three axis lines, wherein each block group provided aligned along each of the three axis lines is structured to be able to rotate around the axis line independently with respect to other block groups; part of the blocks is a game machine block; part of the remaining blocks is an information holding block to hold identification information; the game machine block includes an identification information detecting section; and the game section is structured to advance the game by reflecting a detected result by the identification information detecting section.	12-10-2009

Hideaki Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100315674	Information Processing Apparatus - Disclosed is the information processing apparatus, which makes it possible to easily conduct a setting change operation for a plurality of setting items after the concerned setting operation has been completed. The information processing apparatus includes: an operating section to establish a set of setting values corresponding to a plurality of setting items, therefrom; a storage section to store the set of setting values established from the operating section, therein; a display section; and a controlling section to control the display section. When receiving a request for changing the set of setting values established in advance through the operating section, the controlling section controls the display section so as to display at least one candidate of change contents onto the display section, based on differential components between the set of setting values established in advance and another set of setting values stored in the storage section.	12-16-2010
20110071224	NOVEL GAMMA-SECRETASE INHIBITOR - It is intended to provide a novel compound that has an excellent γ-secretase inhibitory effect and specifically inhibits Aβ production.	03-24-2011

Hidenori Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100211674	COMMUNITY GENERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, COMMUNITY GENERATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMMUNITY GENERATION SUPPORT PROGRAM - A community generation support system and a community generation support method. A community generation support device (	08-19-2010

Hidetaka Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110304064	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LENS CASTING MOLD - The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a lens casting mold by introducing a forming mold, with a forming surface on which is positioned a glass material being formed, into a continuous heating furnace and conducting thermal treatment while conveying the forming mold to form an upper surface of the glass material being formed into a shape of a molding surface for forming a surface comprising a progressive surface. The method of manufacturing a lens casting mold of the present invention comprises controlling a temperature of the continuous heating furnace so that the continuous heating furnace comprises a temperature rising region having a temperature distribution such that the temperature rises in a conveyance direction of the forming mold; utilizing a forming mold having a curvature distribution on the forming surface as the forming mold; and conveying the forming mold in the temperature rising region so that a portion with the largest curvature on the forming surface is comprised in a portion on a side of the conveyance direction as divided in two by an imaginary line, the imaginary line running orthogonally to the conveyance direction of the forming mold and passing through a geometric center of the forming surface.	12-15-2011

Hirofumi Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100041441	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect of the invention there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a controller configured to execute a first application program and a second application program; a display module including a screen configured to simultaneously display a first window for the first application program and a second window for the second application program; an extraction module configured to extract information related to the first application program when the first and second windows are displayed on the screen and the first window is inactive; and a reference module configured to refer to the information in the second application program when the first and second windows are displayed on the screen and the second window is active.	02-18-2010

Hirokazu Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090267653	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - For a semiconductor integrated circuit device such as AFE including a CDS amplifier, in case of excessive signal input to the CDS amplifier, a technique capable of preventing the response characteristic of the CDS amplifier from deteriorating is provided. In the AFE including the CDS amplifier, the CDS amplifier is prevented from becoming saturated by detecting an excessive signal input and triggering the reset of the CDS amplifier. Thereby, no abnormality occurs in the transient response of the CDS amplifier. Specifically, comparison of input signals to the CDS amplifier is performed by a comparator and the CDS amplifier is reset by a reset circuit (by fixing the input terminals of the CDS amplifier to a constant voltage) in case of excessive signal input, so that the CDS amplifier will not amplify excessive signal inputs.	10-29-2009
20100302825	SINGLE-PHASE VOLTAGE SOURCE AC-DC POWER CONVERTER AND THREE-PHASE VOLTAGE SOURCE AC-DC POWER CONVERTER - The present invention is a single-phase voltage source AC-DC power converter and a three-phase voltage source AC-DC power converter. Each of the single-phase voltage source AC-DC power converter and the three-phase voltage source AC-DC power converter includes a voltage source AC-DC power converting circuit that converts power from a DC voltage source into AC power to output the AC power from an AC terminal; and target current producing means that includes a filter voltage command device and a voltage controller, the filter voltage command device generating a filter voltage command value that becomes a reference of the AC power output from the AC terminal, the AC output voltage at the AC terminal being input as an input signal to the voltage controller, the voltage controller integrating a difference between the filter voltage command value from the filter voltage command device and the AC output voltage at the AC terminal, the target current producing means outputting a PWM command such that the integration value of the difference between the filter voltage command value from the filter voltage command device and the AC output voltage at the AC terminal becomes zero.	12-02-2010

Hironori Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090109319	Lens barrel and imaging apparatus - A lens barrel includes: a plurality of lenses disposed in an outer enclosure; and an imaging device that converts image light introduced as an image capturing signal through the plurality of lenses into an image signal. The outer enclosure has a unit assembling portion in which an imaging unit is disposed. The imaging unit includes a centering lens disposed in the bottom portion of the unit assembling portion, a pressing plate that presses the centering lens from the side opposite the bottom portion, a packing disposed on the opposite side of the pressing plate, and an imaging module having the imaging device and disposed on the opposite side of the packing to the pressing plate and pressing the packing against the pressing plate. A working hole through which an adjustment jig is inserted is formed in the peripheral side portion of the unit assembling portion.	04-30-2009
20090109555	Lens barrel and imaging apparatus - A lens barrel includes: a plurality of lenses disposed in an outer enclosure; an imaging device that converts image light introduced through the plurality of lenses into an image signal; a first movable unit including a first movable lens and a first lens holder that holds the first movable lens; a second movable unit including a second movable lens and a second lens holder that holds the second movable lens; a first lead screw rotated by a first drive motor; a second lead screw rotated by a second drive motor; a first nut member made of a metal material threadably engaging the first lead screw and connected to the first lens holder; and a second nut member made of a metal material threadably engaging the second lead screw and connected to the second lens holder.	04-30-2009
20090109556	Lens barrel and imaging apparatus - A lens barrel includes: a plurality of lenses disposed in an outer enclosure; an imaging device that converts image light introduced through the plurality of lenses into an image signal; a movable unit including a movable lens and a lens holder that holds the movable lens; a lead screw rotated by a drive motor; a nut member made of a metal material threadably engaging the lead screw and connected to the lens holder, the nut member moved by the rotation of the lead screw in the optical axis direction moving the movable unit in the optical axis direction; a guide shaft that guides the movable unit in the optical axis direction, both axial ends of the guide shaft held by the outer enclosure; and an urging spring that presses part of the lens holder against the nut member when the movable unit moves in the optical axis direction.	04-30-2009
20100157137	CAMERA MODULE - A shutter section (	06-24-2010

Hiroyuki Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100211674	COMMUNITY GENERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, COMMUNITY GENERATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMMUNITY GENERATION SUPPORT PROGRAM - A community generation support system and a community generation support method. A community generation support device (	08-19-2010
20100241713	INFORMATION PROPAGATION ANALYZING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROPAGATION ANALYZING APPARATUS, METHOD OF INFORMATION PROPAGATION ANALYSIS AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information propagation analyzing system and method of information propagation analysis. Information propagation analyzing apparatus (	09-23-2010

Hitoshzi Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090245312	SURFACE EMITTING LASER ELEMENT ARRAY - Provided is a surface emitting laser element array of low cost and high reliability. The surface emitting laser element array has a substrate having a semiconductor of a first conduction type; and a plurality of surface emitting laser elements each having, above the substrate, an active layer sandwiched between a first conduction type semiconductor layer area and a second conduction type semiconductor layer area and disposed between a upper reflective mirror and a lower reflective mirror, the surface emitting laser elements being separated from each other by an electric separation structure formed having such a depth as to reach the substrate. The first conduction type semiconductor layer area is arranged between the substrate and the active layer. The surface emitting laser element array further has a current blocking layer arranged between the substrate and the first conduction type semiconductor layer area; and two electrodes connected to the first conduction type semiconductor layer area and the second conduction type semiconductor layer area, respectively, and arranged on a side of the current blocking layer opposite to the substrate.	10-01-2009

Ichio Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090190320	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Coupling reliability of a passive component is improved to increase the reliability of a semiconductor device. A first through hole is formed in a first electrode part of a first plate-like lead, and a second through hole is formed in a second electrode part of a second plate-like lead. As a result, at the first electrode part of the first plate-like lead, one external terminal of the passive component can be coupled to the first electrode parts on both sides of the first through hole while being laid across the first through hole. Also, at the second electrode part of the second plate-like lead, the other external terminal of the passive component can be coupled to the second electrode parts on both sides of the second through hole while being laid across the second through hole. Accordingly, at central portions both in the longitudinal and width directions of the passive component, the passive component is surrounded by sealing members. As a result, thermal stress applied to jointing materials such as solder can be reduced, improving the reliability of the semiconductor device (semiconductor package).	07-30-2009
20100140718	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device having a plurality of chips is reduced in size. In HSOP (semiconductor device) for driving a three-phase motor, a first semiconductor chip including a pMISFET and a second semiconductor chip including an nMISFET are mounted over each of a first tab, second tab, and third tab. The drains of the pMISFET and nMISFET over each tab are electrically connected with each other. Thus, two of six MISFETs can be placed over each of three tabs divided in correspondence with the number of phases of the motor, and they can be packaged in one in a compact manner. As a result, the size of the HSOP for driving a three-phase motor, having a plurality of chips can be reduced.	06-10-2010
20110156274	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides a semiconductor device capable of suppressing degradation in connection reliability due to the decrease in thickness of a conductive adhesive caused by the movement of a connecting plate in a semiconductor device to which a power transistor is mounted. A step is provided in the thin part of the connecting plate connected to a lead post to lock the connecting plate by contacting the step to the tip of the lead post. Alternatively, a groove is provided in the thin part of the connecting plate to lock the connecting plate by connecting the lead post to only the part of the connecting plate on the tip side from the groove.	06-30-2011

Ikuko Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110184617	DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR AVOIDING COLLISIONS OF A VEHICLE WITH PEDESTRIANS - A driver assistance system for avoiding collisions of a vehicle with pedestrians, the system including a camera sensor and/or a beam sensor. When an object moving at a given speed on a pedestrian crossing is detected, the object is detected as being a pedestrian with a probability that is sufficiently high to output a warning to the driver, reducing the likelihood of a potential collision.	07-28-2011

Ikuo Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080316890	Optical Recording Medium, Recording and Reproducing Method Thereof, and Optical Recording Apparatus - The present invention relates to an optical recording medium containing a first substrate, a first information layer, an intermediate layer, a second information layer and a second substrate in this order, wherein the first information layer contains a first recording layer disposed on the first substrate and the second information layer contains a reflective layer, a second recording layer containing an organic dye and a protective layer which are disposed on the second substrate in this order; and the second recording layer contains an organic dye which is at least one elected from the group consisting of the specified squarylium metal chelate compounds.	12-25-2008
20090035702	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND HAVING ACID-LABILE GROUP - The present invention provides a process for producing a compound having a group represented by general formula (II):	02-05-2009
20090135706	Optical recording medium, and optical recording method and optical recording apparatus thereof - The present invention provides an optical recording medium including a substrate and a recording layer on the substrate having a squarylium metal chelate compound with a central metal. The recording layer includes a mixture of squarylium metal chelate compounds having ligands of the same type as well as metals of two or more types as the central metal. It is preferable that the recording layer includes a squarylium metal chelate compound having a bivalent metal as its central metal and a squarylium metal chelate compound having a metal other than a bivalent metal as its central metal.	05-28-2009

Jo Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110240962	EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An epitaxial substrate for an electronic device having a Si single crystal substrate, a buffer as an insulating layer formed on the Si single crystal substrate, and a main laminated body formed by plural group III nitride layers epitaxially grown on the buffer, wherein a lateral direction of the epitaxial substrate is defined as an electric current conducting direction. The buffer including at least an initially grown layer in contact with the Si single crystal substrate and a superlattice laminate constituted of a superlattice multilayer structure on the initially grown layer.	10-06-2011
20110298009	EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide an epitaxial substrate for an electronic device, in which a lateral direction of the substrate is defined as a main current conducting direction and a warp configuration of the epitaxial substrate is adequately controlled, as well as a method of producing the epitaxial substrate. Specifically, the epitaxial substrate for an electron device, including: a Si single crystal substrate; and a Group III nitride laminated body formed by epitaxially growing plural Group III nitride layers on the Si single crystal substrate, wherein a lateral direction of the epitaxial substrate is defined as a main current conducting direction, is characterized in that the Si single crystal substrate is a p-type substrate having a specific resistance value of not larger than 0.01 Ω·cm.	12-08-2011

Junichi Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100103691	AUTOMOTIVE LAMP WHOSE LIGHT SOURCE IS A SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - An automotive lamp includes a semiconductor light emitting device used as a light source and bracket used as a support member supporting the semiconductor light emitting device. The bracket includes a first heat-transfer member having an isotropic thermal conductivity in at least part of region in contact with the semiconductor light emitting device, and a second heat-transfer member having an anisotropic thermal conductivity in a region in contact with the first heat-transfer member.	04-29-2010

Kanjiro Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110215756	COORDINATING CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION AND CHARGING FUNCTIONS - An electronic device includes a contactless integrated circuit card function unit, a contactless charging function unit, and a switching unit. The contactless integrated circuit card function unit includes a clamp circuit and realizes a contactless integrated circuit card function. The clamp circuit suppresses excessive voltage of a signal received at an antenna whose operating frequency is a predetermined frequency. The contactless charging function unit commonly uses the antenna and realizes a contactless charging function. The switching unit invalidates or reduces the function of the clamp circuit when the contactless charging function unit is used.	09-08-2011

Katsuhiko Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080199179	TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND SYSTEM STARTUP METHOD - An exemplary aspect of the invention is a transmitter for transmitting an optical signal, comprising a level comparing unit for measuring an input level of an entered optical signal, and determining whether the input level has exceeded a preset level and a controller for performing high-speed control of the level of an optical signal to be outputted when the input level exceeds the preset level.	08-21-2008
20110060063	METHOD FOR PRODUCING RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM - To provide a method for producing a rigid polyurethane foam using a polymer-dispersed polyol, which has high compatibility with a polyol to be used and is excellent in the storage stability, and with which good heat insulating properties can be obtained when it is formed into a foam.	03-10-2011

Katsuhiro Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090135304	DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display device equipped with a display unit, the display device including a receiving part for receiving a difference signal of a plurality of channels including an image signal and content identification information inserted in a blanking period and outputting the image signal and the content identification information; a light emission amount regulation part for setting a reference duty according to image information of the image signal; an adjustment part for adjusting so that an actual duty is within a predetermined range based on the reference duty and an adjustment signal and adjusting a gain of the image signal so that a light emission amount defined by the actual duty and the gain of the image signal becomes the same as the light emission amount defined by the reference duty; and an adjustment signal generation part for generating the adjustment signal based on the content identification information.	05-28-2009
20100033627	COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS AND RECEPTION METHOD	02-11-2010
20100239263	OPTICAL RELAY DEVICE AND OPTICAL RELAY TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A control-target-value setting unit sets a control target value corresponding to the number of multiplexed wavelengths measured by a number-of-multiplexed-wavelengths measuring unit. A controller controls the variable optical attenuator based on the control target value. An optical amplifier performs an optical amplification with a constant gain regardless of power of a wavelength-multiplexed light. The controller performs feedback control of the variable optical attenuator such that a result of measurement of the total power of the wavelength-multiplexed light coincides with the control target value.	09-23-2010
20100284694	OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND REPEATER - A repeater includes a variable optical attenuating unit that collectively attenuates WDM optical signal input, an optical-attenuation adjusting unit that adjusts attenuation in the variable optical attenuating unit, and an optical amplifying unit that collectively amplifies and outputs the WDM optical signal collectively attenuated, to a downstream side. An optical-attenuation adjusting unit includes an input level detector; an output level detector; an output-level transmitting unit that receives information of a signal level of WDM optical signal output by a repeater at an upstream side and transmits information of a signal level of the WDM optical signal detected by the output level detector to a repeater at a downstream side; and an attenuation amount controller that controls the variable optical attenuating unit by calculating an attenuation amount thereof based on information of a signal level detected by the input level detector and a signal level received by the output-level transmitting unit.	11-11-2010

Katsumasa Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120015063	COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF SKIN DISORDER - To provide a composition for treatment and/or prevention of skin disorder, intensive research has been conducted. As a result, a mangosteen (	01-19-2012

Katsuya Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090036692	Process for Production of Substituted Cyclopentanone - A substituted cyclopentanone represented by the following formula (2):	02-05-2009
20100093119	RESIN COMPOSITION FOR PRINTING PLATE - Disclosed is a polymer having excellent solvent resistance which can be produced by using a polycarbonate diol having a repeating unit represented by the formula (1) and/or (2), having a hydroxyl group at both termini, and having a number average molecular weight of from 300 to 50,000:	04-15-2010
20100151386	PHOTOBASE GENERATOR AND PHOTOCURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a photobase generator comprising a compound having a nitrogen atom and a conjugated multiple bond.	06-17-2010

Kenichi Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090146721	OOB (OUT OF BAND) DETECTION CIRCUIT AND SERIAL ATA SYSTEM - The present invention provides an OOB detection circuit capable of making accurate signal determination even in the case where a characteristic fluctuation occurs in an analog circuit, thereby preventing deterioration in the yield of a product. To an amplitude determining circuit, a characteristic adjustment register for changing setting of an amplitude threshold adjustment mechanism for distinguishing a burst and a squelch from each other provided for the amplitude determining circuit is coupled. The characteristic adjustment register is controlled by a self determination circuit. An output of the amplitude determination circuit is supplied to a time determining circuit and also to the self determination circuit. On the basis of the output of the amplitude determining circuit, the self determination circuit controls the characteristic adjustment register.	06-11-2009

Kentaro Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100291251	METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF CAROTENOID - The present invention provides a composition comprising a high content of highly pure, low-cost, and safe carotenoid and a method for industrially producing the same. The present invention also provides functional food, a pharmaceutical composition and a cosmetic product comprising such a composition. The present invention further provides a method for producing a composition containing at least 80% of carotenoid, which is characterized in treating a microorganism culture with extraction using a lower alcohol at 80° C. at the lowest or a combination of water and a lower alcohol at 80° C. at the lowest, and then washing and filtrating the precipitate obtained from the extract solution with a combination of a lower alcohol and water.	11-18-2010

Kosuke Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110092442	Anticancer agent containing bl-angiostatin - An anticancer agent containing BL-angiostatin as an active ingredient; and a process for producing the same. Also a method for treating cancer comprising administering to a mammal a pharmaceutically effective amount of BL-angiostatin.	04-21-2011

Kouzo Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110260928	PATCH ANTENNA AND METHOD OF MAKING PATCH ANTENNA - A patch antenna can prevent a feed point (solder) from rising upward beyond the main surface of an antenna radiation electrode, and a method of making that patch antenna. A dielectric base plate (	10-27-2011

Kumie Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090243467	PHOSPHOR AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND PHOSPHOR-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY AND LIGHTING SYSTEM - To provide a phosphor having nearly spherical shapes, the phosphor has an elemental ratio represented by the formula below, and contains at least two kinds of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, P, Cl, F, Br, I, Zn, Ga, Ge, In, Sn, Ag, Au, Pb, Cd, Bi and Ti.	10-01-2009
20100090585	PHOSPHOR, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, PHOSPHOR-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - To provide a phosphor that stably shows high emission intensity and brightness as well as superior temperature characteristics, under excitation by near-ultraviolet light, the phosphor contains an alkaline-earth metal aluminate and has a crystal phase comprising an alkali metal element and, in that crystal phase, the rate of substituted Eu (europium) to the number of sites which can be substituted with Eu of the crystal phase is 25% or higher and the ratio of the alkali metal element to the number of sites which can be substituted with Eu of the crystal phase is 3% or lower.	04-15-2010
20110182072	PHOSPHOR, PRODUCTION METHOD OF PHOSPHOR, PHOSPHOR-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - To provide an alkaline-earth metal halogen phosphor that has high luminescent characteristics even when used with an excitation light source that emits light of the near-ultraviolet region, a phosphor-containing composition and a light emitting device using the phosphor, and a display and an illuminating device using the light emitting device,	07-28-2011

Manabu Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110244729	AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN NEIGHBORING CONNECTORS - A connector for a first wiring board of a first module type apparatus and a second wiring board of a second module type apparatus, the connector providing electrical connection between the first wiring board of the first module type apparatus and the second wiring board of the second module type apparatus when the first module type apparatus and the second module type apparatus are engaged with each other, the connector includes a housing; a first terminal; and a second terminal.	10-06-2011

Masaharu Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100198493	CAR, WALKING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DETERMING SHAPE OF WHEEL - A car having a rotatable wheel, the car being able to run by rotating the wheel, the car having a leg used by the car for walking, and an attitude stabilization section for stabilizing an attitude of the car.	08-05-2010
20100230186	CAR - A car includes a car body having a bottom portion, a wheel that is rotatable, and a supporting member for supporting the wheel, the supporting member being provided to the bottom portion. At least eight pairs of the wheel and the supporting member are provided. The supporting member has a first supporting portion for supporting the wheel rotatably, a second supporting portion for supporting the first supporting portion so that a direction of the wheel supported by the first supporting portion can be changed, and a turning portion that is rotatable about a rotation axis with its axial direction along a direction orthogonal to the bottom portion, the turning portion being provided to the bottom portion. The turning portion supports the second supporting portion so that a distance between the wheel and the bottom portion can be changed, and a position of the wheel can be moved by a rotation of the turning portion in a state that the distance is maintained.	09-16-2010

Masahiko Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090172946	SUSPENSION COIL SPRING - A suspension coil spring, when assembled to a suspension device, in which a spring reaction axis is positioned coincident with or sufficiently close to a load input axis, and the design and manufacture of coil springs are facilitated. Namely, A suspension coil spring (	07-09-2009

Masami Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100110227	IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An image capturing apparatus represented by digital camera	05-06-2010

Masashi Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100276531	Pretensioner, seat belt retractor having the same, and seat belt apparatus provided therewith - A seat belt pretension with improved piston sealing performance. A piston has an expanding section formed at one end thereof contacting a force transmission component. When gas pressure resulting from reactive gas generated by a gas generator causes the piston to exert a pressing force on the force transmission component in the event of an emergency, the expanding section expands toward the inner circumferential surface of a pipe due to the gas pressure. As a result, the outer circumferential surface of the expanding section in the piston comes into contact with the inner circumferential surface of the pipe in a more efficient manner, resulting in enhanced sealing between the piston and the inner circumferential surface of the pipe. This prevents reactive gas from losing gas pressure, thereby allowing the gas pressure to more efficiently act on the piston.	11-04-2010

Masayoshi Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090162573	METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FABRICATE SOFT MAGNETIC FILM WITH PREFERRED UNIAXIAL ANISOTROPY FOR PERPENDICULAR RECORDING - Soft magnetic film fabricated with preferred uniaxial anisotropy for perpendicular recording. One type of cathode design has a field direction that is parallel to the direction of the Hex of the second SUL with a magnetically-pinned first SUL. In addition, SUL structures having low AP exchange energy also are disclosed. The SUL structure combines the cathode field direction of the SUL	06-25-2009

Mikio Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080299326	PLASMA CVD APPARATUS HAVING NON-METAL SUSCEPTOR - A plasma CVD apparatus includes: a cooling susceptor for placing a substrate thereon and serving as an electrode; and a shower plate for introducing gas toward the susceptor via multiple throughholes formed therein. The shower plate serves as an electrode and is disposed in parallel to the susceptor. The cooling susceptor is made of a ceramic material provided with a cooling fluid flow path for passing a cooling fluid therethrough.	12-04-2008

Motoko Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110257836	OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE - An operation control device includes: a database for storing generated heat amount conditions of a device provided in a satellite and temperature environment conditions based on an orbital position and attitude of the satellite; a thermal analysis condition generation unit for generating thermal analysis conditions on the basis of telemetry data transmitted from the satellite, the generated heat amount conditions, and the temperature environment conditions; an analysis unit for performing thermal analysis for computing a temperature inside the satellite on the basis of the thermal analysis conditions; a temperature distribution data generation unit for generating temperature distribution data of part or all inside the satellite in a three-dimensional display format on the basis of the temperature values obtained by the thermal analysis; and a display unit for displaying the temperature distribution data.	10-20-2011

Naoki Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110281573	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING DEVICES - A connected-device-information managing unit that obtains connection information that is predetermined information for connection from a connected device as a communication counterpart, holds it, and, when a communication process is completed normally, holds a parameter value used in the communication process as normal connection information which is a part of the connection information for each connected device, and a hands-free controller that performs a communication process based on the connection information. When a communication process is started with a device that normal connection information has been already stored in the connected-device-information managing unit, the hands-free controller sets a parameter based on the normal connection information to perform the communication process.	11-17-2011

Naoshige Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090037051	ACTIVE SUSPENSION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE ATTITUDE CHANGE - An active suspension system has a plurality of actuators which are respectively installed between a wheel and a vehicle body and individually produce a control force, and a control unit which controls an attitude change of a vehicle by controlling the each control force of the plurality of actuators. The control unit sets first and second virtual control lines which extend along a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle and a width direction of the vehicle respectively and are changed so that the first and second virtual control lines follow expected pitching and rolling that would occur to the vehicle, and then controls the vehicle attitude so that the vehicle attitude is brought closer to the virtual control line.	02-05-2009

Naoto Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100040362	Imaging apparatus - An imaging apparatus includes: an apparatus body having a substantially box-like shape and having an imaging lens provided on the front side; and a cover member including a sliding portion slidably supported on the front surface of the apparatus body, a pivotal portion pivotally supported at a side portion of the apparatus body and including a standing piece that faces the front surface of the apparatus body, and a connecting portion that connects the standing piece to the sliding portion, wherein causing the standing piece to face the front surface of the apparatus body produces a lens blocking state in which the imaging lens is blocked, whereas causing the standing piece to stand on the front surface of the apparatus body not only forms a grip formed of the pivotal portion and the connecting portion but also produces a lens unblocking state in which the imaging lens is unblocked.	02-18-2010
20110069275	Glasses for image viewing - Glasses of present invention includes a frame portion which includes an opening through which an image displayed on a displaying device is viewed with bilateral eyes, a temple portion configured to be capable of being opened and closed against the frame portion and which includes spring material capable of being inelastically deformed, a movable portion arranged at one of the temple portion and the frame portion and which contacts to the other of the temple portion and the frame portion when the temple portion is opened to the maximum while the contacting position is movable, and a contacting portion which is arranged at the other of the temple portion and the frame portion and which contacts to the movable portion when the temple portion is opened to the maximum and varies the maximum open amount of the temple portion corresponding to movement of the movable portion.	03-24-2011

Nobuo Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110312253	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FORMED CUTTER AND GRINDING TOOL FOR FORMED CUTTER - A formed cutter	12-22-2011

Nobuyuki Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090066412	CLASS-D AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT - A class-D amplifier circuit of one aspect includes a gain controller, a pulse-width modulator, an output driver, and a drive controller. The gain controller selectively amplifies an analog input signal according to a level control signal, and outputs a corresponding gain-adjusted analog input signal. The pulse-width modulator converts the gain-adjusted analog input signal into a pulse signal. The output driver includes a plurality of output driver circuits which generate an amplified pulse signal corresponding to the pulse signal output by the pulse-width modulator. The drive controller selectively disables a subset of the plurality of output driver circuits according to the level control signal.	03-12-2009
20090218958	DISPLAY PANEL DRIVE APPARATUS - A display panel drive apparatus which can keep display brightness constant, thus preventing the occurrence of unevenness in brightness. The drive apparatus includes a current controlling voltage generating circuit to generate a current control voltage. The drive apparatus also includes a plurality of output drivers to supply brightness pulses whose amplitude is decided based on the current control voltage respectively onto data lines of a display panel in synchronization with a clock signal. The drive apparatus also includes a clock generating circuit to generate a pulse signal of a pulse period based on the current control voltage as the clock signal.	09-03-2009

Ryoichi Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110068986	ANTENNA DEVICE - A mechanism of an antenna for positioning, which is mounted on a measuring vehicle to measure locations of geographic features on and the side of roads and to collect road map information, and which is capable of highly-reliable measurement even when the vehicle is travelling, is realized. The antenna for positioning according to the present invention includes a positioning antenna to receive radio waves from a positioning satellite, a column, to the upper end of which the antenna is attached, and a cylindrical plate to cover the longitudinal direction of the column, wherein by use of the plate, a problem with the strength of the column to hold the positioning antenna is solved by reducing a lift force acting on the positioning antenna while the vehicle is travelling, and further, wind noise is reduced, and a cable is prevented from being damaged.	03-24-2011

Shigeo Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120013837	COMPOSITION FOR FORMING LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT FILM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides: a composition for forming a liquid crystal alignment film capable of forming a liquid crystal alignment film excellent in evenness; and a liquid crystal display device. The present invention provides a composition for forming a liquid crystal alignment film, wherein the composition comprises: a material for forming a liquid crystal alignment film; 4,6-dimethyl-2-heptanone; diisobutyl ketone; and at least one of γ-butyrolactone and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone as solvents.	01-19-2012

Shingo Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090308322	Floor material for pet animal urination - The present invention provides a floor material for pet animal urination, which has an effect to allow urine to pass through by suppressing speed and amount of urine absorption, as well as an effect of low water absorbency allowing to gradually absorb residual urine sweating the grain surface, which also has good shape retentivity so as not to be collapsed even if urine is absorbed, and thus which is highly suitable as a floor material for pet animal urination.	12-17-2009

Shinji Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090075518	Electrical connector - An electrical connector connects to a mating connector in a first direction. The electrical connector includes a housing, a plurality of terminals, a terminal arrangement board made of an electrical insulator for aligning and holding the terminals, and a metal plate attached to the housing at a position facing both surfaces of the terminal arrangement board for connecting to the mating connector. The metal plate has a lock portion at a position facing one surface of the terminal arrangement board. The lock portion engages a latch portion of the mating connector in the first direction when the electrical connector is connected to the mating connector. The metal plate has an elastic pressing portion at a position facing the other surface of the terminal arrangement board. The elastic pressing portion presses the mating connector in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction when the electrical connector is connected to the mating connector.	03-19-2009

Shinsuke Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100126377	PORPHYRAZINE COLORING MATTER AND INK CONTAINING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an ink composition containing a phthalocyanine coloring matter represented by the following formula (1):	05-27-2010
20100279082	Porphyrazine Coloring Matter And Ink Composition Containing The Same - The present invention relates to a porphyrazine coloring matter represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof	11-04-2010
20100309246	TRISAZO COMPOUND, INK COMPOSITION, PRINTING METHOD AND COLORED PRODUCT - The present invention relates to a trisazo compound represented by the following formula (1):	12-09-2010
20110007110	INK COMPOSITION AND TEXTILE PRINTING METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a reactive dye ink exhibiting excellent ejection stability when used in a printer having an inkjet head for commercial use which requires a high-viscosity ink. The reactive dye ink has excellent storage stability and excellent fixability to textiles. Specifically disclosed is an ink composition containing at least one reactive dye serving as a coloring matter, which also contains water and a compound represented by formula (1) and having an average molecular weight of 340-2,200. (1)	01-13-2011

Shuji Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110172017	GAME MACHINE, GAME PROGRAM, AND GAME MACHINE CONTROL METHOD - [Problems] To provide a game machine comprising a controller including an acceleration sensor therein, personifiable and treatable as a mascot by using an information output function and expressiveness, and exhibiting an improved capability of entertaining the user gaming.	07-14-2011

Tadashi Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090253378	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING NON-COMMUNICATION MONITORING TIMER - The present invention provides with a terminal having a monitoring period changing function for changing the value (monitoring period) of a no-traffic monitoring timer of the terminal by feeding back the information on radio signal conditions, and a no-traffic monitoring function for changing the status of the call of the terminal to “a disconnected state for only receiving radio signal from a base station” depending on the value (monitoring period) of the no-traffic monitoring timer based on the information fed back.	10-08-2009
20100264084	Apparatus for Water Treatment and Method of Treating Water - An apparatus for water treatment which comprises a means of removing ingredients contained in water and a means of adsorbing ions with a porous molding as an adsorbent, wherein the porous molding comprises fibrils comprising an organic polymer resin and an inorganic ion adsorbent. The fibrils form interconnecting pores open to the outer surface and have voids in inner parts thereof, at least part of the voids being open to the surface of the fibrils. The inorganic ion adsorbent has been deposited on the outer surface of the fibrils and on the surface of the voids in the fibrils.	10-21-2010

Takafumi Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100227866	TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLIN-1-ONE DERIVATIVE OR SALT THEREOF - [Problems] To provide a pharmaceutical, in particular a compound which can be used as a therapeutic agent for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).	09-09-2010
20110063900	MAGNETIC MEMORY - According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory includes a magnetoresistive element includes a fixed layer whose magnetization direction is fixed, a recording layer whose magnetization direction is variable and a nonmagnetic layer disposed between the fixed layer and the recording layer. A direction of a read current is set to a first direction in a case where an expression of MR ratio ≧|I	03-17-2011
20110269744	Benzazepine Compound - [Problem] Provided is a compound which is useful as an agent for treating or preventing 5-HT	11-03-2011

Takahiko Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110309960	POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR TEST APPARATUS - A power supply apparatus is provided for a test apparatus configured to supply a power supply signal to a DUT. An A/D converter performs analog/digital conversion of an analog observed value that corresponds to a power supply signal so as to generate a digital observed value. A digital signal processing circuit generates, by means of digital processing, a control value adjusted such that the digital observed value received from the A/D converter matches a predetermined reference value. A D/A converter performs digital/analog conversion of the control value, and supplies the resulting value to the DUT as the power supply signal. A digital signal processing circuit is configured to be capable of changing the content of its signal processing.	12-22-2011

Takatoku Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090080921	Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearing body that bears a latent image, a charging member applied with a charging voltage and configured to charge a surface of the latent image bearing body, a developer bearing body applied with a developing voltage and configured to develop the latent image with a developer, a developer regulating member applied with a regulating-member-application voltage and configured to form a layer of the developer on the developer bearing body, and a voltage switching unit configured to switch the regulating-member-application voltage. In a non-image-forming period, the voltage switching unit switches the regulating-member-application voltage from a voltage set for an image forming period to a different voltage.	03-26-2009
20090297177	IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes an imaging apparatus configured to form an image according to image data and to maintain information associated with performance of the imaging apparatus, a replaceable member that is mounted in the imaging apparatus and used for forming an image, a consumed amount calculation unit configured to calculate a usage value of the replaceable member, and a notification control unit configured to control a replacement notification. Wherein the notification control unit controls a timing of the replacement notification based on the usage value calculated by the consumed amount calculation unit and the information associated with performance of the imaging apparatus.	12-03-2009
20100196040	Image forming device - An image forming device having an detachable image forming unit that has an image carrier and an opening that exposes a part of the surface of the image carrier includes a determination unit that determines a cleaning time for the image carrier; and a rotation control unit that rotates the image carrier by a rotation unit that is less than or equal to a width of the opening, during the cleaning time.	08-05-2010

Takayoshi Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110267500	IMAGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - An imaging device includes a lens unit and a device body detachably joined with each other. The lens unit includes an optical lens, an image sensor capturing an optical lens image of a subject having transmitted through the optical lens and outputting an output signal, and an image processing unit executing a plurality of image processings on image data generated from the output signal of the image sensor. The device body includes a display unit displaying the image data, a storage unit storing an image file containing the image data and an image processing unit having a substantially same image processing function as that of the lens unit and executing a plurality of image processings on the image data. The imaging device is configured that the image processings to execute on the image data are changeably allocated to the image processing units of the lens unit and the device body.	11-03-2011

Takeo Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100042301	SPEED RATIO CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WORKING VEHICLE - A working vehicle that uses the output of an internal combustion engine (	02-18-2010

Tatsuya Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090050852	Metal Oxide Particle-Containing Polysiloxane Composition and Method for Producing Same - The metal oxide fine particle-containing polysiloxane composition of the present invention is obtained by mixing (A) metal oxide fine particles with (B1) polyfunctional polysiloxane obtained by allowing alkoxy-terminated polyfunctional polysiloxane (b1) represented by the following average compositional formula (1): R	02-26-2009
20090093579	OXIDE PARTICLE-CONTAINING POLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The oxide fine particle-containing polysiloxane composition of the present invention is obtained by mixing (A) silicon oxide fine particles and/or metal oxide fine particles with (B) polyfunctional polysiloxane in an organic solvent in the presence of a basic compound, an acidic compound or a metal chelate compound and thereby dispersing the oxide fine particles (A) in the organic solvent. In the oxide fine particle-containing polysiloxane composition, the oxide fine particles are highly dispersed in the organic solvent without using phosphoric acid or the like having an organic group of 6 or more carbon atoms or a compound having an oxyalkylene group. A polysiloxane-based cured product obtained from such an oxide fine particle-containing polysiloxane composition has excellent transparency and is hardly yellowed even at high temperatures.	04-09-2009

Toshihiko Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100301947	RF POWER AMPLIFIER - The RF power amplifier includes first and second amplifiers Q	12-02-2010

Toshio Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080223899	Staple Cartridge and Staple Leg Chip Processing Apparatus	09-18-2008
20110089215	REFILL CASE AND STAPLE CARTRIDGE - A refill case (A) is provided with: an accommodating part (	04-21-2011
20110089216	REFILL CASE - A refill case is provided with: an accommodating part (	04-21-2011
20110114694	STAPLER - A staple leg cutting mechanism	05-19-2011

Toshiyuki Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090253329	HEAT-RESISTANT NONWOVEN FABRIC - The present invention provides a heat-resistant nonwoven fabric wherein the nonwoven fabric is formed from a poly(phenylene sulfide) fiber, and 30% by weight or more of the poly(phenylene sulfide) fiber has a crystallinity of 25 to 50%. Moreover, the properties of the heat-resistant nonwoven fabric can be further improved by making the nonwoven fabric have a multilayer structure in which layers composed of a poly(phenylene sulfide) filamentary fiber and layers composed of a poly(phenylene sulfide) fine fiber are stacked and integrated.	10-08-2009

Tsutomu Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090217420	Method for transformation using mutant acetolactate synthase gene - Transformed cells are efficiently selected using a mutant ALS gene having high specificity to PC herbicides. The transformation method comprises the steps of: transforming a host cell with a recombination vector containing a gene of interest and a gene coding for a mutant acetolactate synthase having mutation of glycine corresponds to position 95 of the amino acid sequence of a wild-type acetolactate synthase derived from rice to alanine; culturing the transformed cell obtained in the former step in the presence of a pyrimidinyl carboxy herbicide; and wherein the gene coding for the mutant acetolactate synthase is used as a selection marker.	08-27-2009

Tsuyoshi Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100190418	LAPPING PLATE-CONDITIONING GRINDSTONE SEGMENT, LAPPING PLATE-CONDITIONING LAPPING MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONING LAPPING PLATE - In a lapping machine comprising a lapping plate and a conditioning carrier disposed thereon, the carrier being provided with bores for receiving conditioning grindstone segments, the lapping plate is polished and conditioned by cooperatively rotating the lapping plate and the carrier and feeding loose abrasive grains to the lapping plate. The conditioning grindstone segment of a shape of arcuated trapezoid having an included angle of 180°-90° is fitted in the carrier bore.	07-29-2010

Yasuyuki Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100001010	INMOLD LABELED CONTAINER AND MOLDING PROCESS THEREOF - The objects of this invention are to set a predetermined height position for the portion of parison or preform that is the first to come in contact with body molding planes of a split mold and to prevent air from being trapped between in-mold labels and the container which is blow molded from the parison or the preform. In-mold labels	01-07-2010

Yoshihiro Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090098364	Biaxially Oriented Laminated Polypropylene Film and Uses Thereof - A biaxially oriented laminated polypropylene film comprising a biaxially oriented polypropylene film substrate layer (B) made from a propylene-based polymer composition (A) in which an inorganic compound powder (a2) has been added to a propylene-based polymer (a1), the biaxially oriented polypropylene film substrate layer (B) has a front surface layer and a back surface layer on its both sides, both layers are made from the propylene-based polymer (a1), wherein the surface roughness (three-dimensional center-line roughness SRa) of the front and the back surface layers is less than 0.08 μm and the gloss value (at an incidence angle of 60 degrees) is 114% or greater, and the total light transmittance of the laminated polypropylene film is 20% or less and the density is in the range of 0.40 to 0.65 g/cm	04-16-2009
20100279034	Thermal transfer receiving sheet and its manufacturing method - The present invention provides a thermal transfer receiving sheet obtained by sequentially forming a hollow particle-containing intermediate layer and an image receiving layer on one surface of a sheet-like support mainly comprising cellulose pulp, wherein the moisture content of the entire thermal transfer receiving sheet is from 2 to 8 mass % and the moisture permeability of the entire receiving sheet is 400 g/m	11-04-2010

Yusuke Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080292619	Pharmaceutical Composition Containing Meltrin Antagonist - Mainly concerning the pharmaceutical field, it is intended to exert an inhibitory effect on the function of meltrin α of promoting the differentiation of adipocytes by preparing a compound serving as an antagonist to meltrin α (for example, an antisense inhibiting the expression of a meltrin α gene or an anti-meltrin α antibody capable of inhibiting the physiological activity of meltrin α) and administering the same. By employing such a meltrin α antagonist as described above as the active ingredient, it becomes possible to provide a preventive/remedy which is efficacious against fatness, obesity or various diseases caused by obesity or relating thereto such as diabetes.	11-27-2008
20100197407	Game apparatus, server apparatus, program, and recording medium - An object of the present invention is to provide a game server that can simulate the sensation of competing in a game against an actually existing specific person. The game server of the present invention offers a plurality of options for the actions that gamer A can select in game scenes that change along with the progress of a soccer game. The options include dribble (long), dribble (short), pass in front of the player, pass to the foot of the player, wait, and shoot. The action patterns of gamer A are stored for each game scene by counting the number of times each option is selected. The game server refers to the stored action patterns when playing against another gamer B. This configuration makes it possible for the gamer B to have a virtual experience as if he were competing with the gamer A.	08-05-2010