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Yamada, Yokohama-Shi
Arisa Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20120225957 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING A BORON ADSORBENT - The present embodiment relates to a method for recovering a boron adsorbent, including: preparing water having an electric resistivity of 0.01 MΩ·cm or more and kept at a temperature within a temperature range; and contacting the water with the boron adsorbent to release boron adsorbed at the boron adsorbent. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120234764 | METHOD FOR TREATING BORON-CONTAINING WATER AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING BORON-CONTAINING WATER - There is provided an efficient treatment method for boron-containing water capable of reducing an amount of use of medical agent and an amount of generation of sludge. A treatment method for boron-containing water of an embodiment includes a first process of concentrating boron-containing water to obtain boron-concentrated liquid. Further, the method includes a second process of making the boron-concentrated liquid to be brought into contact with a layered inorganic hydroxide, and making the layered inorganic hydroxide adsorb boron in the boron-concentrated liquid to remove boron. | 09-20-2012 |
Atsuro Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20110297166 | NON-HEATING TOBACCO FLAVOR SUCTION DEVICE - A non-heating tobacco flavor suction device ( | 12-08-2011 |
Ayako Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20090220259 | Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Method and Image Forming Program - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms multicolor toner images superposed on a transfer belt. A sensor is disposed in an image formation region and detects a pattern on the transfer belt. A controller determines, when image data is received, whether or not a region of a toner image based on the image data will be superposed on a region of the pattern. The controller controls the image forming unit to form the toner image based on the image data and the pattern simultaneously on the transfer belt when the controller determines that the region of the toner image based on the image data will not be superposed on the region of the pattern. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20110013921 | Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Method and Image Forming Program - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms multicolor toner images superposed on a transfer belt. A sensor is disposed in an image formation region and detects a pattern on the transfer belt. A controller determines, when image data is received, whether or not a region of a toner image based on the image data will be superposed on a region of the pattern. The controller controls the image forming unit to form the toner image based on the image data and the pattern simultaneously on the transfer belt when the controller determines that the region of the toner image based on the image data will not be superposed on the region of the pattern. | 01-20-2011 |
Eiichiro Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20080267567 | Optical splicer, optical module, and method of producing optical splicer - An optical splicer | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100068673 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE AND ITS PROCESSING METHOD - A laser processing apparatus | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100276344 | DETECTING APPARATUS, REMOVING APPARATUS, DETECTING METHOD, AND REMOVING METHOD - A detection apparatus for detecting foreign substances or defective goods, with which it is easy to accomplish inspection even if the inspection objects have a shape that tends to allow rolling, comprises: transparent members | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110141315 | IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an imaging apparatus capable of obtaining images of an object at high precision even if the intensities of illuminating light temporally varies. The imaging apparatus | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110155709 | LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD EMPLOYED THEREIN - A laser processing apparatus | 06-30-2011 |
Hidehiko Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20100201315 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CHARGER, AND CHARGING DEVICE - There is provided an electronic device for enabling the user to recognize the relative position of the electronic device to a power supply device such as a charger. An electronic device | 08-12-2010 |
Hidekatsu Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20130055160 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays an object corresponding to either an application in execution or an application terminated. The controller erases the object when a flick gesture with respect to the object is detected through the touch screen display. | 02-28-2013 |
Katsuhiko Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20100201474 | INDUCTANCE ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE INDUCTANCE ELEMENT, AND SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY USING THE INDUCTANCE ELEMENT - In one embodiment, an inductance element includes a toroidal core and a bottomed insulating resin case. The bottomed insulating resin case includes a cylindrical outer wall section, a cylindrical inner wall section, a bottom section, an open section and a hollow section. The cylindrical outer wall section has an extending section exceeding the height of the toroidal core. The open section of the insulating resin case is covered with a cover portion having a bent section formed by bending an extending section of the cylindrical outer wall section. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110248819 | ANTENNA CORE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ANTENNA AND DETECTION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An antenna core includes a laminate of a plurality of Co-based amorphous magnetic alloy thin strips in which a length ratio of a long axis to a short axis is greater than 1. 60% or more of the Co-based amorphous magnetic alloy thin strips in terms of the number of the thin strips as percentage have a line-shaped mark formed along the long axis on at least one surface thereof. An antenna includes the antenna core and a winding wound around the antenna core along the long axis. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20120157320 | RARE-EARTH REGENERATOR MATERIAL PARTICLES, AND GROUP OF RARE-EARTH REGENERATOR MATERIAL PARTICLES, REFRIGERATOR AND MEASURING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a group of rare-earth regenerator material particles having an average particle size of 0.01 to 3 mm, wherein the proportion of particles having a ratio of a long diameter to a short diameter of 2 or less is 90% or more by number, and the proportion of particles having a depressed portion having a length of 1/10 to ½ of a circumferential length on a particle surface is 30% or more by number. By forming the depressed portion on the surface of the regenerator material particles, it is possible to increase permeability of an operating medium gas and a contact surface area with the operating medium gas. | 06-21-2012 |
Kazuyoshi Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20090201559 | Rotatable scanner and image forming apparatus - A rotatable scanner includes a scanner body and a document holder. The scanner body includes an exposure surface on which a document is placed. The document holder is provided above the scanner body to cover a document placed on the exposure surface of the scanner body, and includes a hinged side and a free side opposite the hinged side. A front upper edge of the scanner body is chamfered. | 08-13-2009 |
Kiriko Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20120106867 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus capable of performing good luminance correction without performing a cumbersome process is provided. The image processing apparatus includes an illumination light component estimation unit which calculates an estimated illumination light component of an original image, an estimated illumination light component correction unit which outputs a corrected estimated illumination light component obtained by correcting the estimated illumination light component, and a Retinex processing unit which corrects a luminance component of the original image by dividing the luminance component by the corrected estimated illumination light component. | 05-03-2012 |
Kiyoshi Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20130079133 | GAME DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GAME DEVICE, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Dominated area setting means sets, for each of a plurality of game characters, in a game space, at least two of a first dominated area including a position of each of the plurality of game characters, a second dominated area including a position defined according to a position and representative direction of each of the plurality of game characters, and a third dominated area including a position defined according to a position and a movement direction of each of the plurality of game characters. Motion control means controls a motion of at least one of the plurality of game characters based on a positional relationship of a position related to the game character and at least two of the dominated areas mentioned above. | 03-28-2013 |
Ko Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20080241473 | METALLIC FINE PARTICLE DISPERSED FILM, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention is related to a process for producing a metallic fine particle dispersed film which includes metallic fine particles dispersed densely within a silicon oxide layer without aggregation. The process includes hydrolyzing and polycondensing an organosilane to form a silicon oxide layer with hydroxyl and/or alkoxide groups remaining unremoved on its side chains, bringing the silicon oxide layer into contact with an aqueous acidic tin chloride solution, and then bringing the silicon oxide layer into contact with an aqueous metal chelate solution to disperse metallic fine particles in the silicon oxide layer. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20100239219 | PARTICLE AND NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - A particle includes: a metal; and a compound containing a hydrogen-bonding forming group, an absorption group different from the hydrogen-bonding forming group, and an aromatic ring, M representing the metal, A representing the absorption group, B representing the hydrogen-bonding forming group, a representing an integer of 0 or greater, b representing an integer of 0 or greater, c representing an integer of 1 or greater, R1 representing an aromatic ring (a planar ring up to a pi-electron number of 24) and a derivative of the aromatic ring, R2 through R5 representing a hydrogen atom, saturated hydrocarbon, unsaturated hydrocarbon, an ether bond, an ester bond, a cyano group, or derivatives of the substances and bonds, and the compound having a structure expressed by the following chemical formula. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100276649 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METALLIC-NANOPARTICLE INORGANIC COMPOSITE AND METALLIC-NANOPARTICLE INORGANIC COMPOSITE - A process for producing a metallic-nanoparticle inorganic composite | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110235495 | OPTICAL HEAD AND OPTICAL RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - Certain embodiments provide an optical recording/reproducing apparatus including: a slider that has a medium facing surface that faces an optical recording medium, and moves along a recording/reproducing face of the optical recording/reproducing medium; a metal nanoparticle structure that is provided in the medium facing surface of the slider; a light illumination device that illuminates the optical recording medium and the metal nanoparticle structure with light that has polarization components in a direction perpendicular to the recording/reproducing face; and a detection device that detects Rayleigh scattering light that is generated from a portion of the optical recording medium and is intensified by the metal nanoparticle structure, the portion being located close to the metal nanoparticle structure. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120228804 | NEAR-FIELD EXPOSURE MASK, RESIST PATTERN FORMING METHOD, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, NEAR-FIELD EXPOSURE METHOD, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL LITHOGRAPHY MEMBER, AND NEAR-FIELD NANOIMPRINT METHOD - A near-field exposure mask according to an embodiment includes: a silicon substrate; and a near-field light generating unit that is formed on the silicon substrate, the near-field light generating unit being a layer containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Au, Al, Ag, Cu, Cr, Sb, W, Ni, In, Ge, Sn, Pb, Zn, Pd, and C, or a film stack formed with layers made of some of those materials. | 09-13-2012 |
Kou Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20080240652 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - An optical waveguide includes a propagating light waveguide, a coupler including a photonic crystal, and a surface plasmon waveguide, the propagating light waveguide, the coupler, and the surface plasmon waveguide being disposed in one plane along a waveguiding direction. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20100021104 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM - It is made possible to provide an optical waveguide system that has a coupling mechanism capable of selecting a wavelength and has the highest possible conversion efficiency, and that is capable of providing directivity in the light propagation direction. An optical waveguide system includes: a three-dimensional photonic crystalline structure including crystal pillars and having a hollow structure inside thereof; an optical waveguide in which a plurality of metal nanoparticles are dispersed in a dielectric material, the optical waveguide having an end portion inserted between the crystal pillars of the three-dimensional photonic crystalline structure, and containing semiconductor quantum dots that are located adjacent to the metal nanoparticles and emit near-field light when receiving excitation light, the metal nanoparticles exciting surface plasmon when receiving the near-field light; and an excitation light source that emits the excitation light for exciting the semiconductor quantum dots. | 01-28-2010 |
Kunio Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20090041339 | Pseudo 3D image generation device, image encoding device, image encoding method, image transmission method, image decoding device, and image decoding method - A pseudo 3D image generation device includes frame memories that store a plurality of basic depth models used for estimating depth data based on a non-3D image signal and generating a pseudo 3D image signal; a depth model combination unit that combines the plurality of basic depth models for generating a composite depth model based on a control signal indicating composite percentages for combining the plurality of basic depth models; an addition unit that generates depth estimation data from the non-3D image signal and the composite depth models; and a texture shift unit that shifts the texture of the non-3D image for generating the pseudo 3D image signal. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20120113221 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A combination image has a pair of 3D-presentation images horizontally or vertically arranged and resulting from compressing original 3D-presentation images into half size. One of the left-hand and right-hand haves or the upper and lower halves of the combination image is set as a to-be-enhanced image while the other is set as a reference image. A block having a prescribed number of pixels is formed in the to-be-enhanced image. The formed block extends at and around an interpolation object position. The reference image is searched for a reference block matching in pattern with the formed block. A value at a pixel in the reference block which positionally corresponds to the interpolation object position is decided to be a candidate value for an interpolation-result pixel. The interpolation-result pixel having the candidate value is placed at the interpolation object position to change the to-be-enhanced image into a resolution-enhanced image. | 05-10-2012 |
Mitsuteru Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20090030121 | Oil-Based Ink Composition For Ink Jet Recording And Method For Inspecting It - The invention provides an oil-based ink composition for ink jet recording, which is best suited for printing onto polyvinyl chloride substrates, and improved in terms of both the stabilities of ink on storage and jetting, and a method for inspecting the same. The oil-based ink composition for ink jet recording comprises as a main solvent at least a specific polyalkylene glycol dialkyl ether and containing at least a specific quinacridone pigment component. That composition should be such that when a measuring sample comprising it is analyzed by means of high speed liquid chromatography under specific measuring conditions, the concentration of a component having a peak at the holding time of 10.3 minutes is 0.4 ppm or less. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090235843 | Oil Ink Set - The object of the invention is to provide an oil ink set capable of obtaining images having high color reproduction capabilities and high color saturation in particular. The oil ink set of the invention comprises a firsts a second, and a third oil ink having a wavelength region in which the reflectivity of each oil ink on a recording medium changes from 80% to 5% in the wavelength range of 400 nm to 700 nm. In this wavelength region, the reflectivity of the first oil ink is continuously higher than that of the first oil ink, and in the wavelength in which the reflectivity of the second oil ink changes from 80% to 5%, the reflectivity of the third oil ink is continuously higher than that of the second oil ink. Moreover, the coloring materials in the first, the second and the third oil inks are all different. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090239980 | Oil Green Ink Composition For Inkjet Recording, And Oil Ink Set For Inkjet Recording Containing Said Ink Composition - The object of the invention is to provide an inkjet recording oil green ink composition that excels more in terms of all the quality of prints, stability on printing, the ability of prints to be dried, and ink storage stability, and is capable of making wider a color reproduction area expressed by yellow and cyan. The inkjet recording oil green ink composition contains as an organic green pigment coloring agent C. I. Pigment Green 58 comprising a (poly) halogenated zinc phthalocyanine. The invention also provides an ink set comprises the inventive oil green ink composition and further includes at least an oil yellow ink composition and an oil cyan ink composition. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20110034596 | Oil-Based Ink Composition for Ink Jet Recording and Method for Inspecting It - The invention provides an oil-based ink composition for ink jet recording, which is best suited for printing onto polyvinyl chloride substrates, and improved in terms of both the stabilities of ink on storage and jetting, and a method for inspecting the same. The oil-based ink composition for ink jet recording comprises as a main solvent at least a specific polyalkylene glycol dialkyl ether and containing at least a specific quinacridone pigment component. That composition should be such that when a measuring sample comprising it is analyzed by means of high speed liquid chromatography under specific measuring conditions, the concentration of a component having a peak at the holding time of 10.3 minutes is 0.4 ppm or less. | 02-10-2011 |
Naoharu Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20090047909 | AREA ESTIMATION SYSTEM, AREA ESTIMATION METHOD AND AREA ESTIMATION APPARATUS - An area estimation apparatus | 02-19-2009 |
Noriteru Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20090325384 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device has forming a first insulating film on a low dielectric constant film; etching the first insulating film and the low dielectric constant film to form a trench in a region in which the wiring layer is to be formed; forming a first barrier metal film in the trench and on the first insulating film; forming a film of a conductive material on the first barrier metal film, thereby burying the conductive material in the trench to form a conductor layer; polishing and planarizing the conductor layer, the first barrier metal film and the first insulating film by CMP using a slurry, wherein the first insulating film is not completely removed; and etching the remained first insulating film after the planarization by the CMP manner. | 12-31-2009 |
Shoko Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20130129845 | SCREENING METHOD FOR CHRONIC INFLAMMATION INHIBITORS OR CANCER METASTASIS INHIBITORS USING INHIBITION OF BINDING BETWEEN EMMPRIN AND S100A9 AS INDEX - The invention provides a screening method for chronic inflammation inhibitors or cancer metastasis inhibitors wherein, when a candidate substance as a chronic inflammation inhibitor or cancer metastasis inhibitor significantly inhibits binding between EMMPRIN and S100A9 or S100A8/A9, the candidate substance is evaluated as significantly suppressing chronic inflammation or cancer metastasis. | 05-23-2013 |
Tatsuhito Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20100181055 | PLATE LAMINATE TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER - Problem to be Solved A plate laminate type heat exchanger having high heat exchange efficiency is provided. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100193169 | PLATE LAMINATE TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER - Problem to be Solved A plate laminate type heat exchanger having high heat exchange efficiency is provided. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100258285 | PLATE STACKING TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER - An object of the present invention is to provide a plate stacking type heat exchanger including plates having a small longitudinal dimension. In a plate stacking type heat exchanger | 10-14-2010 |
Tomoaki Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20100008543 | SHAPE MEASURING DEVICE AND SHAPE MEASURING METHOD - A shape measuring device includes: a slit pattern projection unit ( | 01-14-2010 |
| 20120246899 | PROFILE MEASURING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MEASURING PROFILE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRUCTURE - A profile measuring apparatus includes: an irradiating unit which is configured to irradiate the measuring object with light from the light source to form a spotted pattern; a scanner which is configured to relatively scan the surface of the measuring object with the spotted pattern; a light receiver which includes a plurality of light-receiving pixels aligned to detect an image of the spotted pattern generated by the light irradiating the measuring object from a different direction different from an irradiation direction of the light irradiating the measuring object; a changing unit which is configured to change positions, at which signals utilized to detect a position of the image of the spotted pattern are obtained, according to the irradiation direction of the light; and a controller which is configured to calculate positional information of the measuring object based on the signals from the light-receiving pixels. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20130127298 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND DEVICES USING THE SAME - Provided is a Bi-based piezoelectric material having good piezoelectric properties. The piezoelectric material includes a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the following general formula (1): | 05-23-2013 |
Toshimasa Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20120280501 | WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A wind power generation system | 11-08-2012 |
Toshimitsu Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20090072654 | COIL INSULATOR, ARMATURE COIL INSULATED BY THE COIL INSULATOR AND ELECTRICAL ROTATING MACHINE HAVING THE ARMATURE COIL - A coil insulator of an electrical rotating machine used as a main insulator for insulating a bundle of conductors formed of a plurality of insulated wires to form an armature coil provided in a slot of a rotor core or a stator core of an electrical rotating machine, wherein the coil insulator includes a mica layer including at least one of a peeled-off mica and a composite mica, a woven- or unwoven cloth including at least one of inorganic and organic materials, hexagonal crystal boron nitride particles having a graphitization index of 1.8 or more, and thermosetting polymer organic resin which integrally connects the mica layer and the hexagonal crystal boron nitride particles to each other, and the hexagonal crystal boron nitride particles is oriented in a longitudinal direction of the coil. | 03-19-2009 |
Tsubasa Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20120241858 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A first semiconductor layer extends from the element region to the element-termination region, and functions as a drain of the MOS transistor. A second semiconductor layer extends, below the first semiconductor layer, from the element region to the element-termination region. A third semiconductor layer extends from the element region to the element-termination region, and is in contact with the second semiconductor layer to function as a drift layer of the MOS transistor. A distance between a boundary between the first semiconductor layer and the field oxide film, and the end portion of the third semiconductor layer on the fifth semiconductor layer side in the element region is smaller than that between a boundary between the first semiconductor layer and the field oxide layer and an end portion of the third semiconductor layer on the fifth semiconductor layer side in the element-termination region. | 09-27-2012 |
Yosuke Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20080304706 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus, comprising: an obtaining unit which obtains video data captured by an image capturing apparatus disposed in a monitored space, location information regarding a location of a moving object in the monitored space, and existence information regarding a capturing period of the moving object in the video data; and a display processing unit which processes a display of a trajectory of the moving object in the monitored space based on the location information, the display processing unit processing a display of the trajectory so that the portion of the trajectory that corresponds to the capturing period is distinguishable from the other portions of the trajectory, based on the existence information. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20100158483 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus is configured to cause a display unit to display image data segments and subtitle data segments. The image processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input image data segments, an extraction unit configured to extract subtitle data segments and time information that associates the subtitle data segments and the image data segments with each other from the image data segments, a control unit configured to create a list of the subtitle data segments and control a subtitle data segment corresponding to an image data segment to be displayed on the display unit so that the subtitle data segment can be distinguished from the other subtitle data segments, and an output unit configured to output the image data segment and the list of the subtitle data segments created by the control unit to the display unit. | 06-24-2010 |
Youji Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20120105375 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a housing; a touch surface exposed to the surface of the housing; a displacement detector; a rotational movement detector; a linear movement detector; a signal generator; and a control unit. The displacement detector detects a displacement of an object touching the touch surface. The rotational movement detector detects a rotational movement of the object based on the displacement. The linear movement detector detects a linear movement of the object based on the displacement. The signal generator generates an operation signal corresponding to the rotational movement and the linear movement. The control unit controls an operation to be performed based on the operation signal. | 05-03-2012 |
Yukie Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20100226045 | DISK DRIVE FLEXURE - A slit is formed between two opposite side portions of a metal base made of an electrically conductive material. The slit penetrates the metal base thicknesswise and extends longitudinally relative to the metal base. An insulating layer is formed on the metal base. A first conductor is formed within the slit. The first conductor extends longitudinally relative to the metal base along the slit. A second conductor is formed on the insulating layer. The second conductor faces the first conductor across the insulating layer. The second conductor extends longitudinally relative to the metal base along the first conductor. The metal base and the first conductor consist of a common base material, such as a stainless-steel plate. The first conductor is formed by etching the base material. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20120275065 | DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION HAVING FLEXURE AND LOAD BEAM WITH INSULATING SPACE BETWEEN LOAD BEAM AND CONDUCTOR OF FLEXURE - A slit is formed between two opposite side portions of a metal base made of an electrically conductive material. The slit penetrates the metal base thicknesswise and extends longitudinally relative to the metal base. An insulating layer is formed on the metal base. A first conductor is formed within the slit. The first conductor extends longitudinally relative to the metal base along the slit. A second conductor is formed on the insulating layer. The second conductor faces the first conductor across the insulating layer. The second conductor extends longitudinally relative to the metal base along the first conductor. The metal base and the first conductor consist of a common base material, such as a stainless-steel plate. The first conductor is formed by etching the base material. | 11-01-2012 |
Yukihiko Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP
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| 20080231109 | Brake apparatus - An object of the present invention is to provide a brake apparatus in which a hydraulic pressure in a master cylinder is prevented from being increasingly varied while an anti-lock brake system is in operation, and therefore a pedal feeling can be improved. The brake apparatus comprises an electric booster including an input member which moves forward or backward in response to an operation of a brake pedal, an assist member which moves forward or backward by being driven by an electric actuator using an electric motor as its driving source. The electric booster generates a boosted brake hydraulic pressure in the master cylinder under an input thrust provided to the input member through the brake pedal and an assist thrust provided to the assist member by the electric actuator. In the brake apparatus, the brake hydraulic pressure generated in the master cylinder is supplied to a wheel cylinder through a hydraulic pressure circuit of an anti-lock brake system, and, while the anti-lock brake system in operation, an operation of the assist member is restricted by a booster control, whereby a change in a hydraulic pressure in the master cylinder due to the operation of the assist member can be restrained. | 09-25-2008 |