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Sugawara, Kawasaki

Eiji Sugawara, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090003199Packet network system - A system enabling inter-ring network connection when a plurality of ring networks are connected via a redundancy network, that is, a packet network system configured by a plurality of ring networks and redundancy networks linking the plurality of ring networks. This system virtually defines a plurality of virtual resilient packet ring networks among all of these packet networks and transfers packets on a designated virtual resilient packet ring network. Here, each virtual resilient packet ring network is identified by a virtual resilient packet ring network identifier allocated to each.01-01-2009
20100209106OPTICAL RING NETWORK SYSTEM - An optical transmission apparatus connected to an optical ring network stores identification information of an optical transmission apparatus as a communication partner predetermined on a communication path. Each optical transmission apparatus includes self identification information in header information of an optical signal having a working wavelength used in normal operation, and transmits the optical signal to one of the two optical ring networks transferring optical signals in mutually opposite directions. The optical transmission apparatus determines whether the identification information included in the header information of the received optical signal having the working wavelength matches pre-stored identification information. The optical transmission apparatus thus detects a fault that occurs by the communication path. The optical transmission apparatus having detected the fault requests the communication partner to transmit the optical signal on a backup wavelength in the optical ring network opposite in direction to the optical ring network in the normal operation.08-19-2010
20110292791COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM, DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND NODE APPARATUS - A communication network system includes a processor, and a plurality of node apparatuses using a protocol to establish paths therebetween, wherein the processor determines each of the node apparatuses to be a packet source or a packet destination, and operates to detect an occurrence of failure in two paths being established between the packet source and the packet destination in the communication network system, and wherein the processor transmits packet data including user data through one of the two paths, and when one of the node apparatuses detects an occurrence of a failure in one of the two paths, the processor changes the path to the other path.12-01-2011
20110292935RELAY DEVICE, CONTROL INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, CONTROL AND INFORMATION GENERATION PROGRAM - A relay device includes: a relay to relay a frame transmitted and received between transmission devices as a termination of a transferring path of a piece of data; an information generator to obtain a piece of path identification information for identifying the transferring path and a piece of device identification information for identifying the transmission device and generate a piece of control information based on the obtained piece of path identification information and the piece of device identification information; and an alarm signal transmitter to generate an alarm signal based on the control information generated by the information generator when an error occurs in the transferring path and transmit the generated alarm signal.12-01-2011
20110292941TRANSMITTER AND CONTROL INFORMATION CONFIGURATION METHOD - A transmitter includes: a receiving unit to receive apparatus identification information that identifies transmitter and path identification information that identifies a data transfer path from another transmitter coupled to a local apparatus; a comparing unit to compare a value indicating an address assigned to the another transmitter to a value indicating an address assigned to the local apparatus; and a configuring unit to configure the local apparatus with apparatus identification information and path identification information determined by the local apparatus, or apparatus identification information and path identification information included in a frame received by the receiving unit, based on comparison results by the comparing unit.12-01-2011
20120140679PATH SETTING METHOD AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A path setting method for setting a backup path corresponding to a currently used path in a ring network using a label switching method includes setting an unused first label as a transmitting label of the backup path corresponding to the currently used path in a first direction; reporting the first label to a adjoining transmission device in the first direction; setting the first label as a receiving label of the backup path in the first direction; setting an unused second label as the transmitting label of the backup path in a second direction; reporting the second label to a adjoining transmission device in the second direction; and setting the second label as the receiving label of the backup path in the second direction, in which the backup path is set when the currently used path is set between two transmission devices.06-07-2012
20120147742APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PACKET FORWARDING - A method for packet forwarding, including receiving packets; extracting a test packet containing information indicating a path to be verified from the received packets; and forwarding the test packet to the path to be verified, rather than to a first path to which the received packets are forwarded, based on the information indicating the path to be verified contained in the test packet.06-14-2012

Patent applications by Eiji Sugawara, Kawasaki JP

Hideaki Sugawara, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120162568DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention provides a display device in which a slope portion is provided in the chassis of the backside member to be nonparallel to the display face of the display panel, and a film member is fixed along the slope portion, and the end of the film member extends beyond the slope portion to be in contact with the display panel, whereby a substantially close contact is established between the chassis and the display panel, and hence the display device can provide excellent dust-proof protection and durability.06-28-2012

Hiroki Sugawara, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080258195SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A ferroelectric capacitor is formed above a semiconductor substrate (10-23-2008
20090302368SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming multiple conductive patterns 12-10-2009

Iwao Sugawara, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080205617CALL CONNECTION PROGRAM, CALL CONNECTION METHOD AND CALL CONNECTOR - A call connector and method thereof controlling a call connection between a telephone of a connection service user and a telephone corresponding to a registered number of a user. The method includes searching for user information including a user connection number, user identification information and an actual phone number for directly connecting to the telephone of the user and extracting the user identification information corresponding to the user connection number and the actual phone number of the user, based on the user connection number responsive to a call connection request. The call connector includes specifying the actual phone number as a caller's phone number and the user connection number as a phone number of a connection request destination, extracting a dummy number and forwarding a call connection request specifying the user's actual phone number as a forwarding number and the dummy number as a caller.08-28-2008

Kazumasa Sugawara, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110221616ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING INPUT - An electronic apparatus includes a detection circuit having at least a first contact point, a second contact point and a third contact point; an input key unit changes states of the individual contact points based on an accepted input operation, and a detection-circuit control unit obtains a detection signal corresponding to changed states of the individual contact points from the detection circuit, and detects the input operation from the obtained detection signal.09-15-2011

Mari Sugawara, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110181815REFLECTION-TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To suppress a decrease in the contrast caused by the reflection on the interface to the air layer without decreasing the quality of display. A reflection-type liquid crystal display device includes a light guide plate having a polarizing element stuck or adhered thereto on the side facing a reflection-type liquid crystal display panel and arranged maintaining a predetermined gap relative to the reflection-type liquid crystal display panel. The display device further includes a source of light arranged on an end surface side of the light guide plate, and a member having a light-diffusing function and interposed between the polarizing element and the light guide plate.07-28-2011
20110292097ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An illumination device is provided which can reduce a movement blur and a tailing phenomenon on a motion picture display while a drop in display brightness is suppressed, and which can suppress power consumption, can be made small and light, and can prolong the lifetime, and a liquid crystal display device using the same is provided. A light source control part of a control circuit synchronizes a latch pulse signal outputted from a gate driver control part to a gate driver, and outputs light emission control signals to respective light source power supply circuits. The respective light source power supply circuits change emission states of cold cathode fluorescent lamps to one of a first to a third emission states on the basis of the inputted light emission control signals, and illuminate an LCD panel from a rear surface of a display area. A first stage emission state is a non-lighting state, a second stage emission state is a maximum lighting state in which maximum lighting brightness is obtained, and a third emission state is an intermediate lighting state in which brightness of about one half of the second stage emission state is obtained.12-01-2011

Mariko Sugawara, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100052790AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT - An amplifier circuit includes a first amplifier amplifying an input signal and outputting a first amplified signal, a second amplifier amplifying the first amplified signal and outputting a second amplified signal, and a feedback circuitry feeding back the second amplified signal to the input of the second amplifier. The feedback circuitry includes a feedback transistor that keeps the input level of the second amplifier constant.03-04-2010
20100052791AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT - An amplifier circuit including: a multistage amplifier unit including an input-stage transistor and an output-stage transistor and configured to amplify an input signal and to output an amplified signal; and a feedback unit including a first feedback transistor, a second feedback transistor, and a feedback resistor, and configured to feed back the amplified signal to an input of the output-stage transistor in the multistage amplifier unit via the first feedback transistor, the second feedback transistor, and the feedback resistor.03-04-2010
20100135678OPTICAL RECEIVING DEVICE, OPTICAL RECEIVING CIRCUIT, AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING OPTICAL SIGNALS - There is provided an optical receiving device for deriving a signal using for data identification. The optical receiving device includes a demodulator for demodulating a modulated optical signal to an demodulated optical signal, a convertor for converting the demodulated optical signal to a first and a second electric signals, a generator for generating a complement signal by summing the first electric signal of a normal in phase component and the second electric signal of a reverse in phase component, and a suppressor for suppressing, by the use of the complement signal, a variation of potential which appears in a data signal at a time of phase changing of the modulated optical signal, the data signal being a difference of the normal in phase component and the reverse in phase component.06-03-2010
20100176877DIRECT-CURRENT POTENTIAL GENERATION CIRCUIT, MULTISTAGE CIRCUIT AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A current source generates a direct-current potential at a terminal of a resistor by supplying a current to the resistor and a diode-connected transistor coupled to the resistor in series.07-15-2010
20100302081PARALLEL-SERIAL CONVERTER - There is provided a parallel-serial converter including a selector to convert parallel data to serial data, a flip-flop to which the serial data are input so as to latch the serial data, a generator to generate replica data simulating the serial data, a detector to detect a first switching point of the replica data and a second switching point subsequent to the first switching point, and a controller to control relative timings of timing converted to the serial data in the selector and timing when the serial data is latched in the flip-flop, based on the first switching point and the second switching point.12-02-2010
20110050329SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a cascode circuit having a transistor, a detector circuit and a bias generator circuit. A bias is applied to a substrate of the transistor. The detector circuit generates a signal related to a threshold voltage of the transistor. The bias generator circuit generates the bias based on the signal generated by the detector circuit.03-03-2011
20120045218DRIVER AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A driver for shaping a drive signal includes a pre-emphasis circuit, an offset adjustment circuit, and an amplifier. The pre-emphasis circuit symmetrically emphasizes a rising edge portion and a falling edge portion of the drive signal. The offset adjustment circuit applies a direct-current offset to the drive signal. The amplifier amplifies the drive signal with the direct-current offset adjusted by the adjustment circuit. The amplifier has an input-output characteristic with a nonlinear portion. The offset adjustment circuit adjusts the direct-current offset so that the drive signal is amplified in the nonlinear portion.02-23-2012
20120062143DRIVING CIRCUIT - A driving circuit for driving a diode includes at least one differential pair including a first output node and a second output node and configured to switch an output current, a current source configured to adjust the output current, a dummy load coupled to the second output node, a first termination resistor coupled between the first output node and a termination ground, and a second termination resistor coupled between the second output node and the termination ground. The output current is supplied to the diode through the first output node by at least one differential pair.03-15-2012

Patent applications by Mariko Sugawara, Kawasaki JP

Mitsuru Sugawara, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110134950Method of manufacturing semiconductor device - The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device comprises the step of forming quantum dots 06-09-2011

Nobuhiro Sugawara, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090303628DATA MANAGING METHOD, INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS, AND DATA MANGEMENT CIRCUIT - A magnetic disk device regularly monitors an abnormality in heads and, when detecting an abnormality in any head, transfers data in each cell corresponding to the head where the abnormality is detected to a replacement cell corresponding to another head. Then, in a management table, the magnetic disk device updates the logical address of the transfer-destination cell to the logical address of the transfer-source cell. Thereafter, the magnetic disk device deletes the data in the transfer-destination cell from the management table.12-10-2009

Takahiko Sugawara, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120155120POWER SUPPLY UNIT AND AN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A power supply unit includes input terminals to which alternating current power is supplied, a rectifier circuit configured to rectify the alternating current power supplied from the input terminals, a capacitor configured to smooth the alternating current power rectified by the rectifier circuit, a primary transformer winding and a switching element connected in series between first and second terminals of the capacitor, a secondary transformer winding coupled to the primary transformer winding, output terminals connected to the secondary transformer winding, and a snubber circuit connected parallel to the switching element. The snubber circuit includes a parallel circuit having a first capacitor and a second capacitor connected in parallel, and a resistor connected in series with the parallel circuit.06-21-2012

Yoji Sugawara, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100296388COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system includes: a base station; and a mobile terminal for sequentially sending a plurality of data packets at a designated data transfer rate and information of velocity of the mobile terminal to the base station; the base station including: a receiver for receiving the data packet and the velocity information; a transmitter for transmitting a request to the mobile terminal to resend a data packet upon detection of an error in the data packet previously received; and a reply controller for setting number of requests to be repetitively sent in accordance with the velocity information and, after the number of requests have been sent, sending command to change the designated data transfer rate to the mobile terminal.11-25-2010
20110103442MOBILE TERMINAL, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL APPARATUS - A mobile terminal has a communication unit for performing wireless communication, a plurality of modem units for performing modulation and demodulation in different communication methods, respectively, and a control unit for obtaining time information indicating a suspension of a wireless communication from a main modem unit in the plurality of modem units, for suspending the main modem unit from performing wireless communication via the communication unit, and for enabling the main modem unit to perform wireless communication via the communication unit on the basis of the time information, wherein, while the main modem unit suspending wireless communication, the control unit enables a sub modem unit in the plurality of modem units to measure a reception level via the communication unit in accordance with the obtained time information.05-05-2011
20110159879Mobile Terminal and Communication Control Method - A mobile terminal communicating with a plurality of cells, including a serving cell, has a control unit. The control unit performs at least one control of (a) a first control for causing a path search unit to detect a path for the serving cell more preferentially than paths for cells other than the serving cell, (b) a second control for causing a finger assignment unit to assign a path detected for the serving cell preferentially over paths detected for cells other than the serving cell to a plurality of fingers, and 06-30-2011

Youji Sugawara, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090082030Wireless communication device and method of restraining dispersion of propagation environment index - A wireless communication device capable of restraining dispersion of a propagation environment index and thereby improving throughput. A reception controller receives a pilot signal, measures a propagation environment and detects a phase change of the pilot signal. A moving average processor obtains a moving average of propagation environment values. An index function setter generates a propagation environment index function indicative of the correspondence between the propagation environment value and a propagation environment index which is a propagation environment quality index. When the detected phase change is greater than a threshold, a slope corrector corrects the slope of the propagation environment index function by using the moving average as a reference point, and a propagation environment index transmitter obtains a propagation environment index corresponding to the measured propagation environment value by using the propagation environment index function whose slope has been corrected, and transmits the obtained index to a base station.03-26-2009