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Yanagawa, JP

Akifumi Yanagawa, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110119509STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING POWER SAVING FUNCTION - A controller of a storage system associates a portion of the logical area of logical storage devices with one or more pool area of a pool. The frequency of I/O (Input/Output) of any of the portion of the logical areas is higher than the I/O frequency of the remaining logical areas of the logical storage devices. In the event of I/O, if a first physical storage device group which forms the basis of the physical storage devices is in a power saving state, then the controller performs I/O of a data element to/from the pool area corresponding to the logical area of the I/O destination, without canceling the power saving state of the first physical storage device group.05-19-2011

Akifumi Yanagawa, Odawara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110161520STORAGE SYSTEM FOR OPTIMALLY CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF DATA TRANSFER PATHS AND METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a storage system, which includes: a storage medium for storing data; a plurality of ports for connection to a network; and a control section, and in which: the network is connected to another storage system; the plurality of ports include a first port; the plurality of ports involve a plurality of data transfer paths extending from the plurality of ports to the another storage system, which include a first data transfer path extending from the first port to the another storage system; and the control section: transmits data to be stored into the another storage system from the plurality of ports; acquires performances of the plurality of data transfer paths; and transmits, if the performance of the first data transfer path is lower than a predetermined threshold value, the data to be stored into the another storage system from the plurality of ports excluding the first port.06-30-2011

Akira Yanagawa, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090120436POWDER MEDICINE ADMINISTERING APPARATUS - A powder medicine administering apparatus includes: an upper body including a lower surface, and a medicine storage chamber having an upper opening portion opened on the lower surface; a lower body including an upper surface, and a medicine receiving chamber which has a lower opening portion, and which is recessed in a downward direction from the lower opening portion. The lower body is relatively slid with respect to the upper body so that the lower surface of the upper body is slidably moved on the upper surface of the lower body to be switched between a connection state and a non-connection state. The medicine receiving chamber is arranged to be moved in a one section from the standby position to the discharge position so that entire of the lower opening portion of the medicine receiving chamber is within the upper opening portion of the upper body.05-14-2009

Atsushi Yanagawa, Kitasaku-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100124387Fluid dynamic bearing system - The fluid dynamic bearing system has at least one stationary part, and at least one rotating part that is supported rotatable about a rotational axis with respect to the stationary part. A bearing gap filled with bearing fluid is formed between mutually opposing surfaces of the stationary and of the rotating part. The bearing system comprises at least one fluid dynamic radial bearing and at least one fluid dynamic axial bearing that are disposed along sections of the bearing gap. Moreover, sealing means for sealing the open ends of the bearing gap are provided. According to the invention, one of the sealing means comprises an annular sealing gap that has one end connected to the bearing gap and one end connected to an annular reservoir, the outside radius of the reservoir measured from the rotational axis being larger than the outside radius of the sealing gap.05-20-2010

Hidehiro Yanagawa, Toyama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100154711SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Films are formed on a plurality of substrates through a batch process while preventing formation of films on the rear surfaces of the substrates. For this, a substrate processing apparatus comprises a reaction vessel, supports, a support holder, and an induction heating device. The reaction vessel is configured to process substrates therein. The supports are made of a conductive material and having a disk shape, and each of the supports is configured to accommodate a substrate in its concave part in a state where the substrate is horizontally positioned with a top surface of the substrate being exposed. The concave part is formed concentrically with a circumference of the support, and a difference between radii of the support and the concave part is greater than a distance between neighboring two of the supports held by the support holder. The support holder is configured to hold at least the supports horizontally in multiple stages. The induction heating device is configured to heat at least the supports held by the support holder inside the reaction vessel by using an induction heating method.06-24-2010

Hirofumi Yanagawa, Narashino-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090161879Sound Signal Processing Device, Method of Processing Sound Signal, Sound Reproducing System, Method of Designing Sound Signal Processing Device - [Problems to be Solved] At regeneration of sounds by a speaker having common vibration boards for left and right channels allows an audience to percept a broader sound field.06-25-2009

Hirohiko Yanagawa, Chiryu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090236825SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING THE ATTACHMENT OF A TRAILER TO A VEHICLE - A system for assisting the alignment of a hitch pin mounted on the rear of a vehicle with a hitch socket mounted on the front of a trailer. The system includes a camera mounted to the vehicle and positioned to capture an image rearwardly of the vehicle. A video display is contained within the vehicle which displays the image captured by the camera. A processor is also contained in the vehicle which calculates a preferred path of travel of the vehicle to position the hitch pin in alignment with the hitch socket. The processor is programmed to provide instructions to an operator of the vehicle of the required steering to maintain the vehicle on the preferred path of travel. The processor recalculates the preferred path of travel whenever the vehicle veers from the preferred path of travel by a preset threshold.09-24-2009

Hirohiko Yanagawa, Chiryu-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090299684Method for calibrating cameras installed on vehicle - A method for calibrating vehicle cameras is simplified by providing painted patterns on a road surface and by capturing those patterns by the cameras to be calibrated. According to a predefined positional relationship of the cameras with the painted patterns, captured images of the painted patterns are bird's-eye converted and matched with reference to calculate camera positions in a vehicle, thereby enabling an automatic calibration of camera directions and the like.12-03-2009
20110301846VEHICLE PERIMETER MONITOR - A vehicle perimeter monitor includes: a shooting device mounted on a vehicle for shooting an image of an outside of the vehicle; a controller including a detector and a generator, wherein the detector sets a detection line in a shot image, and detects a change amount of brightness of a picture cell on the detection line so that the detector detects movement of a moving object along with the detection line, and wherein the generator generates information display according to a detection result of the moving object; and a display for displaying the shot image and the information display.12-08-2011

Patent applications by Hirohiko Yanagawa, Chiryu-City JP

Hiroki Yanagawa, Minami-Ashigara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110223337Extrusion coating apparatus and coating method as well as coating film forming method - The present invention provides an extrusion coating apparatus which can control the coating shape in end portions regardless of the coating thickness and can suppress high edges. The extrusion coating apparatus includes a coating width regulating plate inserted into both end portions of a slit, a slit die discharging the coating solution from a discharge opening of the slit, and a chamber depressurizing in a web running direction on an upstream side. The coating width regulating plate has a protruded portion bent toward the web downstream side and facing the web. The coating solution is applied to the web in a state in which the coating solution is oozed on a web facing surface of the protruded portion of the coating width regulating plate by depressurization of the chamber.09-15-2011

Hiroto Yanagawa, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080239634Flat Panel Display Device - A flat panel display device is provided which is capable of reliably inhibiting the surface temperature of a relevant portion of the casing of the flat panel display device from rising too much while efficiently cooling the inside of the casing. The flat panel display device (10-02-2008
20090009047Display Device - The present invention provides a display apparatus that can achieve high durability by making the most of the function of the exhaust fans to effectively suppress the rise of the temperature. The display apparatus comprises a display panel for displaying images, a rear case covering a rear side of the display panel, and an exhaust fan disposed within the rear case, wherein the rear case includes a first air-hole area and a second air-hole area each provided with a plurality of air holes, the first air-hole area is located at a higher level than the second air-hole area with respect to a vertical direction with a spacing therebetween, and at least partially faces the exhaust fan, and an area surrounded by the first air-hole area, the second air-hole area and external common tangents thereof is a shielded area in which no air hole is provided.01-08-2009
20110089827PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention provides a PDP especially having a high definition or super high definition cell structure and realizing excellent image display performance by obtaining light-emitting efficiency as favorable as or more favorable than conventional PDPs while suppressing discharge voltage rise.04-21-2011

Patent applications by Hiroto Yanagawa, Osaka JP

Kaoru Yanagawa, Ichinomiya JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090073155Image Display Device - The present invention provides an image display device which can realize the stabilization of system electric power, and can suppress crosstalk attributed to voltage drop of power source line by preventing the irregularities in power consumption which occur with time. The image display device includes a plurality of pixels each of which includes a current-drive-type light emitting element, a plurality of signal lines which writes an image voltage in the respective pixels; and a write pixel selection means which selects the pixels in which the image voltage is written via the plurality of signal lines among the plurality of pixels with respect to every display line, and the image display device includes a power source line which supplies electricity to the light emitting elements in the respective pixels arranged on each display line, and a power source circuit which supplies a voltage having a ramp waveform whose voltage level is changed with time with respect to the power source line during a light emission period. The power source line is provided for every display line, and a phase of the voltage having the ramp waveform differs for every power source line.03-19-2009

Katsuhiko Yanagawa, Hino-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120241953UNIT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device has a single unit capable of improving adhesion to a cooling body and a heat dissipation performance, and an aggregate of the single units is capable of configuring any circuit at a low cost. A single unit (09-27-2012

Katsuhiko Yanagawa, Inagi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090276650INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store data, a supply unit configured to supply electric power to the storage unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether to cause the information processing apparatus to operate in a power saving mode, a measuring unit configured to measure an elapsed time after a power source of the information processing apparatus is turned on and until the determination unit determines to cause the information processing apparatus to operate in a power saving mode, and a control unit configured to control the supply unit to decrease electric power supplied from the supply unit to the storage unit at a timing determined based on the elapsed time and a predetermined reference time, in case that the determination unit determines to cause the information processing apparatus to operate in a power saving mode.11-05-2009
20090313408BUS CONTROL DEVICE - A bus control device includes a multiplexer which connects a ROM controller to a common bus when a ROM mode is set and which connects a PCI controller to the common bus when a PCI mode is set. The bus control unit further includes a bus switch which disconnects a PCI bus from the common bus when the ROM mode is set and which connects the PCI bus to the common bus when the PCI mode is set.12-17-2009
20110032559DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method is provided that restricts execution of a job where a finished sheet which is specified in a job, and another finished sheet that is fed, do not match each other. The method for controlling a data processing apparatus for causing a post-processing apparatus to execute post-processing on a print product output by executing printing based on print data received from an information processing apparatus includes inputting image data generated by reading a sheet to be post-processed, receiving checking data for checking an image of the sheet, and restricting, if the checking data does not match the input image data, execution of the post-processing.02-10-2011
20110179961PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CAPABLE OF MAKING QUALITY INSPECTION - A printing apparatus capable of improving the printing quality and at the same time reducing the printing failure occurrence rate. An inspection controller of the printing apparatus causes an image reader to read plural pages, which are printed on a sheet according to first image data from a host computer, and generates second image data based on a result of the reading. The inspection controller detects, based on the first and second image data, an amount of printing displacement on each page printed on the sheet, and determines whether the detected amount of printing displacement on each page falls within an allowable range defined by an allowable value. If a saddle-stitching book-binding process is specified in print settings, the allowable value is changed between particular pages where there is an image in a peripheral area around a folded sheet portion and other pages.07-28-2011
20120166850INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store data, a supply unit configured to supply electric power to the storage unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether to cause the information processing apparatus to operate in a power saving mode, a measuring unit configured to measure an elapsed time after a power source of the information processing apparatus is turned on and until the determination unit determines to cause the information processing apparatus to operate in a power saving mode, and a control unit configured to control the supply unit to decrease electric power supplied from the supply unit to the storage unit at a timing determined based on the elapsed time and a predetermined reference time, in case that the determination unit determines to cause the information processing apparatus to operate in a power saving mode.06-28-2012

Patent applications by Katsuhiko Yanagawa, Inagi-Shi JP

Katsuki Yanagawa, Aiko JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120206923Optical Element, Light-Emitting Device, Lighting Device, and Method for Manufacturing Optical Element - An optical element comprises an organic resin and bubbles distributed to have a number density increasing from a first plane of the optical element toward a second plane of the optical element, where a diameter of the bubbles is less than or equal to a wavelength of light which enters the optical element. At least one of the first plane and the second plane may have an uneven structure.08-16-2012

Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090022314INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, READ TERMINAL, NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION READ SYSTEM, NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION READ METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION READ PROGRAM - In a personal information access system 01-22-2009

Patent applications by Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Tokyo JP

Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Mobara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080297714Active-Matrix Liquid Crystal Display - A display device includes first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, video signal lines and scan lines on one of the substrates, and display electrodes connected to a video signal line through an active device. Pixel areas are defined by the video signal and scan signal lines, and each pixel area has the display electrode, a reference electrode and the active device. Display electrodes are arranged on the first substrate and reference electrodes are arranged the second substrate. A part of the reference electrodes have a plurality layers and is conductive. A sealing material is formed between the substrates and along a periphery thereof and include conductive beads. A connecting terminal is formed from an edge of the first substrate to under the sealing material, and is connected electrically to the reference electrodes thorough the sealing material.12-04-2008
20080303998In-Plane Field Type Liquid Crystal Display Device Comprising Liquid Crystal Molecules With More Than Two Kinds Of Reorientation Directions - A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween with a plurality of scanning signal lines and of video signal lines being formed on a first substrate. The scanning and video signal lines are arranged in a shape of a grid, and a pixel region is defined as a region surrounded by the scanning and video signal lines. A black matrix is formed on a second substrate, is arranged in a position overlapped on the scanning and video signal lines, and has an opening portion in each pixel region. A plurality of first electrodes are provided on the first substrate, and a plurality of second electrodes are provided on the second substrate, wherein at least one of first electrodes and at least one of the second electrodes are arranged in a position overlapped with the opening portion.12-11-2008
20090040438Active Matrix Type Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel having polarizers, and a back light having a light source for illumination of the liquid crystal panel which has a characteristic of spectral transmittance required to satisfy the following equation, x>y>z, when a medium tone display voltage varies in a range between a minimum and maximum voltage for a Blue pixel, where “x” is a value of the transmittance in the panel at a wavelength corresponding to a longest wavelength in a range of wavelengths designated for blue light, “y” is a value of the transmittance in the panel at a wavelength corresponding to a maximum value of the intensity in a range of wavelengths designated for green light, and “z” is a value of the transmittance in the panel at a wavelength corresponding to a maximum value of the intensity in a range of wavelengths designated for red light.02-12-2009
20090167997Liquid crystal display - An active matrix liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, and plural image signal lines and scan signal lines formed on the first substrate. Respective pixel regions are formed by adjacent image signal lines and adjacent scan signal lines and have at least an active device. A light shield layer is formed between the first substrate and at least one of the image signal lines and is elongated in a direction of extension of the at least one of the image signal lines. The light shield layer and the at least one of the scan signal lines are formed on a same layer on the first substrate.07-02-2009
20100195038Liquid Crystal Display Device - An active matrix liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, and plural image signal lines and scan signal lines formed on the first substrate. Respective pixel regions are formed by adjacent image signal lines and adjacent scan signal lines, and the respective pixel regions have at least one of a semiconductor layer, a pixel electrode, a counter electrode, and a source electrode which connects the semiconductor layer to the pixel electrode. The pixel electrode is formed between the source electrode and the first substrate.08-05-2010
20110228199In-Plane Field Type Liquid Crystal Display Device Comprising Liquid Crystal Molecules With More Than Two Kinds of Reorientation Directions - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates, and an orientation film formed on the first substrate. The orientation film has two orientation regions in a pixel, and the orientation regions are formed by polarized light.09-22-2011
20110234961In-Plane Field Type Liquid Crystal Display Device Comprising Liquid Crystal Molecules With More Than Two Kinds Of Reorientation Directions - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the first substrate, the second electrode being arranged at an upper layer with respect to the first electrode, a drain signal line and a gate signal line formed on the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer driven by an electric field formed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode extends in parallel to the drain signal lien and the second electrode extends at a slanted direction to the drain signal line.09-29-2011
20120008076Liquid Crystal Display - An active matrix type liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, a plurality of pixel regions formed by image signal lines and scan signal lines, and a semiconductor layer, a pixel electrode, a counter electrode formed on the first substrate in a pixel region. The pixel electrode is arranged at level which is lower than a level of the semiconductor layer.01-12-2012
20120057113Liquid Crystal Display - An active matrix type liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, a plurality of pixel regions formed by image signal lines and scan signal lines, a semiconductor layer, a pixel electrode, a counter electrode formed on the first substrate in a pixel region, and a metal layer and a transparent conductive layer. The metal layer is completely covered by the transparent conductive layer when viewed in cross-section.03-08-2012

Patent applications by Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Mobara-Shi JP

Kazuhiro Yanagawa, Mobara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100103361In-Plane Field Type Liquid Crystal Display Device Comprising Liquid Crystal Molecules With More Than Two Kinds of Reorientation Directions - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate with a liquid crystal material sandwiched therebetween, neighboring first, second, third and fourth regions arranged in a rectangular shape and in a clockwise direction, the first, second, third and fourth regions having a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a third pixel electrode and a fourth pixel electrode, respectively. The first pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode extend in a parallel direction to one another, and the second pixel electrode and the fourth pixel electrode extend in a parallel direction to one another.04-29-2010

Keita Yanagawa, Anjo-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100279145Coating structure and method for forming the same - A coating structure for a metal member includes a surface-smoothing layer formed on the metal member for smoothing a surface of the metal member, and a fluorine-based film formed on the surface-smoothing layer. The fluorine-based film can be formed by applying a fluorine-containing solution on the surface-smoothing layer, and by drying the fluorine-containing solution. The coating structure can be suitably used for a fuel injection nozzle.11-04-2010
20120017946CLEANING AND DRYING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A cleaning liquid is pressurized and superheated to a condition, in which temperature of the cleaning liquid is above an atmospheric boiling point. A product to be cleaned is interposed between a pair of liquid holding blocks, so that gaps are respectively formed between side surfaces of the product and the liquid holding blocks. The pressurized and superheated liquid is injected to the product so that layers of condensate of vapor of injected cleaning liquid are formed in the gaps. Contamination on the surface of the product is removed by the cleaning liquid and the surface is dried by latent heat of the condensate of the vapor of the cleaning liquid.01-26-2012

Patent applications by Keita Yanagawa, Anjo-City JP

Kenji Yanagawa, Miyazaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090058392REFERENCE VOLTAGE CIRCUIT - A reference voltage circuit that obtains a precisely constant voltage by compensating a temperature variation of a reference voltage circuit using band gap voltage. A p-type MOS transistor (PNP) outputs a reference voltage according to a control voltage, and provides respective PNPs having diode connections with currents corresponding to the reference voltage. A temperature compensation unit adds compensation currents proportional to the second power of absolute current to currents flowing in the respective PNPs, so that both voltages generated corresponding to the currents flowing in the respective PNPs become the same in the case where the band gap unit has temperature characteristics including a peak value. The band gap unit has a differential amplifier for outputting the control voltage. In the case where the band gap unit has a bottom value, the compensation unit subtracts the above compensation currents from the currents flowing in the respective PNPs.03-05-2009
20100079121CONSTANT-VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - A constant-voltage power supply circuit which limits the consumption current inside at startup or when overloaded and suppresses the occurrence of an overshoot at startup, comprises an error amplifying part; an output part having an outputting PMOS; a load current monitoring part that monitors a load current flowing through the PMOS and increases the bias current of the error amplifying part according to the load current; and a gain adjusting part having a current limiting resistor and that monitors the load current and decreases a gain of the error amplifying part according to this load current. Hence, at startup or when overloaded, the gain adjusting part operates as a limiter circuit. Hence, at startup or when overloaded, the consumption current inside can be limited. Further, at startup, the response is made slower by this limiter operation, thus suppressing the occurrence of an overshoot.04-01-2010

Kouzou Yanagawa, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110238215PROGRAMMING METHOD FOR A ROBOT, PROGRAMMING APPARATUS FOR A ROBOT, AND ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM - An operator inputs a sensing instruction at a sensing point, which is a rough taught point, in a teaching mode (S09-29-2011

Masao Yanagawa, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110020731POLYMER ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION - A polymer electrolyte composition comprising a component (A) and a component (B) described below, wherein if the equivalent weight of cation exchange groups in the component (A) is termed Ic, and the equivalent number of anion exchange groups in the component (B) is termed Ia, then the equivalent weight ratio represented by Ic/Ia is from 1 to 10,000.01-27-2011

Masashi Yanagawa, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080218902METHOD FOR MEASURING WIDTH OF PLATING LAYER, MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A magnetic head has a main magnetic pole made of at least a magnetic material and a coil. The main magnetic pole has a stop layer through an inorganic insulating layer on both sides of the main magnetic pole in the widthwise direction. The boundary between the main magnetic pole and the metal layer becomes clear by the intervention of the inorganic insulating layer when viewing the flattened pattern plane by a scanning electron microscope and measuring the width of the main magnetic pole as a core width. The measurement accuracy of the main magnetic pole width can be improved and reductions in manufacturing yield rates which occur due to measurement errors can be prevented.09-11-2008

Naoharu Yanagawa, Tokorozawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100037247INFORMATION REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - When a medium selection button 02-11-2010

Naoki Yanagawa, Makinohara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090304913Apparatus and Method for Coloring Electrical Wire - The present invention is to provide an apparatus for coloring an electrical wire to improve a visibility and design of the electrical wire. The apparatus includes a coloring device for ejecting a liquid coloring material to an outer surface of the electrical wire and a sliding device for moving relatively the coloring device in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the electrical wire so as to color each whole outer surface of a plurality of coloring regions thereof responsive to a belt-shaped design pattern.12-10-2009
20120216744APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLORING ELECTRICAL WIRE - The present invention is to provide an apparatus for coloring an electrical wire to improve a visibility and design of the electrical wire. The apparatus includes a coloring device for ejecting a liquid coloring material to an outer surface of the electrical wire and a sliding device for moving relatively the coloring device in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the electrical wire so as to color each whole outer surface of a plurality of coloring regions thereof responsive to a belt-shaped design pattern.08-30-2012

Nobuyuki Yanagawa, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090028588CONTROLLING TIMING FOR STARTING IMAGE FORMATION - Exemplary embodiments provide an apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of controlling a timing for starting image formation such that when forming a preceding image and a following image, a timing for starting formation of the following image is adjusted based on a timing for starting the preceding image.01-29-2009

Risuke Yanagawa, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110141422LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device (06-16-2011

Rui Yanagawa, Koriyama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110001162LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PACKAGE - To provide a light emitting diode package of which the height of protrusion of a thermal via is decreased without decreasing the flexural strength of an insulating substrate.01-06-2011

Ryo Yanagawa, Nagoya JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100106862COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device to access a network device storing content-related information is provided. The content-related information includes a title and location information of information content. The communication device includes a location information storage to store the location information, a content-related information obtaining system to obtain the content-related information from the network device, a content-related information storage to store the obtained content-related information, a multiple-display system having a plurality of display areas, a display control system to control the title to be displayed in a fixed line in each display area, a selection receiver system to receive a selection of the title of the information content displayed in the fixed line in one of the display areas, an identifying system to identify the location information corresponding to the selected title, and a location information output system to output the identified location information to a displayable device.04-29-2010

Ryo Yanagawa, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100067062IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes a display unit, an original image display unit, a touch panel, a detecting unit, a selected region determining unit, an image forming unit, and a control unit. The display unit includes a display region. The original image display unit displays an original display image in the display region based on original image data. The touch panel is superposed on the display region. The touch panel enables a user of the image forming device to specify a prescribed position on the touch panel. The detecting unit detects a prescribed position touched by the user and generates position data based on the prescribed position. The selected region determining unit determines, based on the position data, a selected region in the original display image when the original image display unit displays the original display image in the display region. The image forming unit forms an image on a recording medium. The control unit controls the image forming unit to form a partially enhancement image on the recording medium based on the original image data. The partially enhancement image includes an enhancement part and a non-enhancement part, the enhancement part corresponding to the selected region, the non-enhancement part corresponding to a non-selected region that is outside of the selected region in the original display image.03-18-2010
20110242600IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL PROGRAM - A control device has a preview image data generating unit, a display unit displaying a preview image, an image formation controlling unit forming an image corresponding to the preview image on a recording sheet, and a user operation detection unit detecting a user operation to make modification in the preview image. The modification in the preview image includes at least one of a change of size of a preview image frame in which the preview image is displayed, a change of an area of the preview image frame, an area of the preview image appeared in the preview image frame. A preview image data modifying unit reflects the user operation detected by the user operation detection unit in the preview image data. The image formation controlling unit forms the image on the recording sheet with reflecting the modification made in the preview image data.10-06-2011
20120127489Data Processing Program and Data Processor - A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a set of program instructions installed on and executed by a computer. The set of program instructions includes (a) acquiring a layout image size where the layout image is generated based on an original image data, the size of the layout image is specified by base data, and the base data represents graphical image in which the layout image is arranged and includes location data that specifies a location at which the original image data is stored, (b) acquiring an original image size, (c) determining whether the original image size is greater than the layout image size, (d) setting the original image as a print target when the original image size is greater than the layout image size, and (e) generating a print instruction instructing to print the original image set as the print target in a size larger than the layout size.05-24-2012
20120194531NON-VOLATILE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PORTABLE DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PORTABLE DEVICE - A non-volatile storage medium storing a control program readable by a computer of a portable device including a sensor to output detected information indicative of at least one of a movement and an attitude of the portable device, a data memory portion to store image data, and a display portion to display an image on the basis of the image data, wherein the control program enables the computer to function as: a partial area specifying portion to specify, as a partial image area, an area of a partial image that is a portion of the image represented by the image data, on the basis of at least one of the movement and attitude of the portable device indicated by the detected information; and a display control portion to display the partial image in the partial image area specified by the partial area specifying portion, on the display portion.08-02-2012

Patent applications by Ryo Yanagawa, Nagoya-Shi JP

Shigeru Yanagawa, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110192298DRIVE CONTROL METHOD AND DRIVE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR PRINTING PRESS - According to a drive control method and apparatus, an offset printing section and an intaglio printing section are connected together by a gear train. Separately from an offset printing section prime motor for driving an entire sheet-fed printing press, an intaglio printing section auxiliary motor is provided in the intaglio printing section where load is heaviest and load variations are great. By so doing, the entire sheet-fed printing press is driven by the offset printing section prime motor and the intaglio printing section auxiliary motor. Moreover, the electric current value (driving torque value) of the intaglio printing section auxiliary motor is controlled in accordance with an electric current value (torque value) for driving the offset printing section prime motor, the torque distribution rate of the intaglio printing section auxiliary motor, and the rated electric current value of the intaglio printing section auxiliary motor.08-11-2011

Shingo Yanagawa, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080232647Texture image compressing device and method, texture image decompressing device and method, data structures and storage medium - A texture image compressing device includes a separating unit configured to separate intensity maps that include intensity values and light source-independent texture images, those images including color components from a plurality of texture images corresponding to a plurality of different light source directions and a plurality of different viewpoint directions. The device also includes an intensity map compressing unit configured to compress the intensity maps to generate compressed intensity maps and representative intensity maps that are codebooks of the compressed intensity maps, a light source-independent texture image compressing unit configured to compress the light source-independent texture images to generate light source-independent texture compressed images and color component conversion tables that are codebooks of the light source-independent texture compressed images, and a compressed texture generating unit configured to generate compressed textures by combining the compressed intensity maps, the representative intensity maps, the light source-independent texture compressed images and the color component conversion tables.09-25-2008

Shinichiro Yanagawa, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090137850Method for Hydrating Olefins - A novel olefin hydration method is provided for efficiently producing alcohols by hydration of olefins containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst. Thus, alcohols are produced by hydrating olefins containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms at reaction temperature of 100 to 250° C. in the presence of a solid acid catalyst consisting of carbonaceous materials containing sulfonic acid groups obtained from an organic matter by carbonization and sulfonation. In carrying out this method, the organic matter is preferably an aromatic hydrocarbon or a saccharide, the olefin is preferably propylene or a butenes, and the hydration reaction temperature is not lower than 120° C., more preferably not lower than 150° C.05-28-2009

Shinichiro Yanagawa, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110270002CATALYST FOR PRODUCING MONOCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MONOCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS - A catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, used for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., wherein the catalyst contains a crystalline aluminosilicate, gallium and/or zinc, and phosphorus, the molar ratio between silicon and aluminum (Si/Al ratio) in the crystalline aluminosilicate is not more than 100, the molar ratio between the phosphorus supported on the crystalline aluminosilicate and the aluminum of the crystalline aluminosilicate (P/Al ratio) is not less than 0.01 and not more than 1.0, and the amount of gallium and/or zinc is not more than 1.2% by mass based on the mass of the crystalline aluminosilicate.11-03-2011
20110270004CATALYST FOR PRODUCING MONOCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MONOCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS - A catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of 6 to 8 carbon number from a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of not more than 360° C., wherein the catalyst contains a crystalline aluminosilicate, gallium and/or zinc, and phosphorus, and the amount of phosphorus supported on the crystalline aluminosilicate is within a range from 0.1 to 1.9% by mass based on the mass of the crystalline aluminosilicate; and a method for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the method involving bringing a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and an end point temperature of not more than 400° C., or a feedstock oil having a 10 volume % distillation temperature of at least 140° C. and a 90 volume % distillation temperature of not more than 360° C., into contact with the above-mentioned catalyst for producing monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.11-03-2011
20110270005METHOD FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS - A method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons by bringing a feedstock derived from a fraction containing a light cycle oil produced in a fluid catalytic cracking into contact with a catalyst containing a crystalline aluminosilicate, wherein the proportion of the naphthene content within the feedstock is adjusted so as to be greater than the proportion of the naphthene content in the fraction containing the light cycle oil, and the contact between the feedstock and the catalyst is performed under a pressure within a range from 0.1 MPaG to 1.0 MPaG.11-03-2011
20120012504METHOD FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS - A method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons in which at least one feedstock oil selected from the group consisting of LCO produced from an FCC apparatus, hydrotreated LCO, naphtha and straight-run gas oil is brought into contact with a reforming catalyst inside a fluidized bed reactor, wherein the method includes transporting a reforming catalyst that has been extracted from the fluidized bed reactor to a heating tank, heating the reforming catalyst in the heating tank to a temperature at least as high as the reaction temperature inside the fluidized bed reactor, and following heating, transporting the heated reforming catalyst to the fluidized bed reactor.01-19-2012

Shinichirou Yanagawa, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090099345Carbon-Based Solid Acid, Catalyst Comprising the Solid Acid, and Reaction Using the Solid Acid as Catalyst - A carbon-based solid acid which has high activity and high thermal stability and is useful as an acid catalyst for various reactions such as hydration of olefins.04-16-2009

Takahiro Yanagawa, Narashino-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090134536Granulator and method of granulation using the same - A granulator, having: a granulation unit having a bottom floor with a perforated plate as its bottom part; an upper air-supplying pipe for supplying a fluidizing air to the bottom floor of the granulation unit; a lower air-supplying pipe; air-spouting pipes, each of which is branched from the lower air-supplying pipe, and has an opening in the bottom floor of the perforated plate, for jetting the air into the granulation unit; and spray nozzles for spraying a granulation raw material liquid, which each are provided in the center of an air outlet of the air-spouting pipe, or a granulator, having: the bottom floor; the air-supplying pipe; and spray nozzles for spraying a granulation raw material liquid, which each are provided in an opening in the bottom floor of the perforated plate, and use a high-pressure atomizing air as an auxiliary gas, wherein, in each granulator, the spray nozzles are formed in triangular arrangement.05-28-2009

Takahiro Yanagawa, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080303823DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - When a list of file names is to be displayed on a display device, a comparison is made between a necessary display width of each of the file names and a width of a display area of the display device. For each of the file names having a necessary display width greater than the width of the display area, it is checked whether the file name contains a particular character string portion of a predetermined type, and, if so, the file name is displayed in the list in a partly-omitted display style where a leading end portion, particular character string portion and extension of the file name are left in the list with the other part of the character string omitted. The particular character string portion can function as an important element for identifying the data item in question.12-11-2008
20110264674DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - When a list of file names is to be displayed on a display device, a comparison is made between a necessary display width of each of the file names and a width of a display area of the display device. For each of the file names having a necessary display width greater than the width of the display area, it is checked whether the file name contains a particular character string portion of a predetermined type, and, if so, the file name is displayed in the list in a partly-omitted display style where a leading end portion, particular character string portion and extension of the file name are left in the list with the other part of the character string omitted. The particular character string portion can function as an important element for identifying the data item in question.10-27-2011

Patent applications by Takahiro Yanagawa, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Takayuki Yanagawa, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110169790DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD - The present invention eliminates, for CC driving based on line inversion driving, the appearance of lateral stripes in a first frame in which an image corresponding to a video signal starts to be displayed. The present invention includes: a gate line driving circuit (07-14-2011

Takuya Yanagawa, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110141448SUBSTRATE CARRIER DEVICE, SUBSTRATE CARRYING METHOD, SUBSTRATE SUPPORTING MEMBER, SUBSTRATE HOLDING DEVICE, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A substrate carry-out device carries out an exposed substrate mounted on a substrate stage from a substrate holder by moving the substrate in one axis direction (X-axis direction) parallel to a horizontal plane in a state where the substrate is mounted on a substrate tray housed in the substrate holder. Meanwhile, a substrate carry-in device makes an unexposed substrate to be carried into the substrate stage wait at a substrate exchange position in a state where the unexposed substrate is mounted on another substrate tray, and after the exposed substrate is carried out from the substrate stage, lowers the another substrate tray, thereby mounting the unexposed substrate onto the substrate holder.06-16-2011

Tomoaki Yanagawa, Yamato JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100007468APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING INFORMATION HELD BY AN IC TAG - An apparatus and method for apparatus for recognizing information stored in an IC tag. An embodiment includes: an antenna part having a first antenna and a second antenna for receiving electric waves from the IC tag, and configured to form a plurality of areas including an area in a readable range of the first antenna, an area in a readable range of the second antenna, and an area in a readable range of the first antenna and the second antenna; a reader part for reading the information stored in the IC tag via the antenna part; and a determination part for determining whether the information stored in the IC tag should have been read by the reader part, based on a presence or absence of information read via the first antenna and the second antenna in the plurality of areas.01-14-2010

Toshiyuki Yanagawa, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100021667ADHESIVE TAPE - An adhesive tape 01-28-2010
20100167030ADHESIVE TAPE AND ADHESIVE TAPE ROLL - The invention provides an adhesive tape comprising a tape-like support base and a tape-like adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer is formed on the main side of the support base and the width of the support base is longer than the width of the adhesive layer. According to the invention, seepage of adhesive components in the adhesive layer of the adhesive tape in the widthwise direction from the sides of the support base can be reduced compared to the prior art.07-01-2010

Tsutomu Yanagawa, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090022903METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PERIODICALLY-POLED STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a periodically-poled structure with high conversion efficiency and improved manufacturing yield. The method for manufacturing a periodically-poled structure in a second order nonlinear optical crystal having a single domain structure (01-22-2009
20090303486LIGHT SOURCE AND GAS MEASURING DEVICE - A light source is provided that realizes a single spectral linewidth having a half value width of 1 MHz or less and that is not influenced by the ambient temperature. A light source includes first laser (12-10-2009
20100039699Wavelength Converter and Wavelength Conversion Apparatus - A wavelength converter which performs simultaneously wavelength conversion for a plurality of input light wavelengths that are unequally intervals, is provided. The nonlinear material of the wavelength converter has a modulation structure which has modulation of a nonlinear optical constant at a period Λ02-18-2010
20100053720LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS WITH MODULATION FUNCTION AND ITS DRIVING METHOD - A light source apparatus with modulation function has a wavelength conversion module (03-04-2010

Wataru Yanagawa, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110079673WEBBING WINDING DEVICE - Provided is a webbing winding device capable of mounting a holding member for holding a pretensioner on a frame easily. The webbing winding device has a holder which is mounted on a leg plate only by applying loads to tip ends (upper ends) of load receiving pieces and pushing the tip end (bent portion) sides of engagement claws into hole portions. With this structure, the operation of mounting the holder on the leg plate is easy and does not need any component such as screw. As no fastening component such as screw for mounting the holder on the leg plate is required, the cost for components is reduced and as no fastening step of screw is required, such cost is also reduced.04-07-2011
20110174910WEBBING WINDING DEVICE - It is provided a webbing winding device with good assembly characteristics of components in a second lock unit. In the webbing winding device, due to a leading end of a spring tab of a guide plate interacting with ratchet teeth of an internal ratchet and a second lock base rotating in the pull-out direction in this state, relative rotation occurs between the guide plate and the second lock base, and a second lock pawl is meshed with the ratchet teeth of the internal ratchet. Since this configuration is not a configuration in which relative rotation between the guide plate and a second lock base is induced by bias force of bias means, such as a compression coil spring or the like, there is no bias force received in the rotational circumferential direction when the guide plate and the second lock base are being assembled, resulting in easy assembly.07-21-2011
20110303780WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - A sleeve is fitted in a spool so as to be arranged coaxially with the spool. A fit-insertion hole including plural female splines is formed on a cylindrical inner side of the sleeve coaxially with an axial line of the sleeve. A fit-insertion portion, which is fit-inserted in the fit-insertion hole, of a sub torsion shaft is coaxial with an axial line of the sub torsion shaft and provided with plural male splines formed on an outer peripheral side of the fit-insertion portion. As a result of rotational displacement of the sleeve about the axial line thereof and regulation of rotation of the sub torsion shaft, so an axial center of the fit-insertion portion is made to coincide with an axial center of the fit-insertion hole, a fit-insertion portion side of the sub torsion shaft is fixed by a fixing mechanism with respect to the sleeve.12-15-2011
20110309178WEBBING RETRACTOR - A webbing retractor has a clutch mechanism. The clutch mechanism includes a lock member; a clutch cover; a clutch guide that is positioned between the clutch cover and a spool, the clutch guide being supported in a relatively rotatable manner with respect to the lock member, the clutch guide being capable of relatively rotating between an unactuated position and an actuated position with respect to the clutch cover, the clutch guide being engaged with a trigger member positioned on a side of the spool and being held in the unactuated position; a spring provided in a compressed state between the clutch cover and the clutch guide; a pawl positioned between the clutch cover and the clutch guide, and being engaged with the ring unit; and an axial-direction separation restricting mechanism that restricts axial-direction separation between the clutch cover and the clutch guide while allowing the relative rotation of the clutch cover and the clutch guide with respect to each other.12-22-2011
20110309179WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - The present invention is to suppress a generation of a noise due to repeatedly hitting a clutch plate against a clutch cover and a clutch guide. A webbing take-up device is provided with a clutch cover fixed to a sub-torsion shaft so as to be rotatable integrally therewith; a clutch guide arranged so as to face the clutch cover, and supported capable of relatively rotating to the sub-torsion shaft; a lock ring formed around the clutch cover and the clutch guide; and a clutch plates turned to a lock ring side while being guided by the clutch guide in accordance with relative rotation of the clutch guide to the clutch cover into one rotational direction, and engaged with the lock ring. L-shaped springs which urge the clutch plates to a clutch cover side are formed integrally with the clutch guide.12-22-2011
20110309181WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - A coil spring is provided in a compressed state between a coupling wall section provided at a clutch guide and an inner-side locking section. The clutch guide is provided with a support section which supports one axial-direction end section of the coil spring from a side opposite to the clutch cover in an axial direction of the clutch guide. The clutch cover is provided with a leading-end protruding section which is projected with respect to the inner-side locking section so as to be inserted in the other axial-direction end section of the coil spring. The leading-end protruding section is inclined, with respect to a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the clutch cover, toward a support section side, so that the coil spring is curved so as to be convex to the support section side.12-22-2011
20110315805WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - A webbing take-up device that is both capable of promoting reductions in size and weight and capable of excellently maintaining coupling strength between a pawl member and a ring portion. A clutch plate and a lock ring of this webbing take-up device are coupled by plural teeth provided at the clutch plate meshing with plural teeth provided at the lock ring. This lock ring is specified to have a lower material strength than the clutch plate. A tooth height H12-29-2011
20120024404GAS FLOW STRUCTURE AND WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - Plural door portions are formed by sectioning the gas blowing section of the gas generator with slits. In a state in which gas has been generated by the gas generator, the plural door portions part at the slits and open towards the outside of the casing body. A gas flow path section is connected to a peripheral wall section configuring an deployment space permitting opening of the door portions. The gas flow path section is provided with an upstream portion which is in communication with the deployment space and formed along a direction orthogonal to the direction of gas blowing from the gas blowing section, and an opening portion provided at the gas inflow side, which is set so as to communicate with a space which is between adjacent door portions when the door portions 02-02-2012
20120025001WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - There is provided a webbing take-up device including: a seating portion formed to a cylinder shaped body and facing towards a cylinder shaped body axial direction second side; a bar shaped body housed at the inside of the cylinder shaped body and comprising a protrusion portion protruding out from the bar shaped body towards the cylinder shaped body axial direction second side; a push nut attached by fitting over the protrusion portion; and a washer through which the protrusion portion is inserted, the washer being seated against the seating portion with a face of the washer on the side of the washer away from the seating portion in contact with the push nut, and the rigidity to bending of the washer set higher than the rigidity to bending of the push nut.02-02-2012
20120032017WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - A webbing take-up device comprising a take-up shaft on which webbing is taken up; a movement member that is moved at a specific occasion; a rotation member comprising a coaxially provided rotation shaft support portion and an accommodation portion formed at the periphery of the rotation shaft support portion, the take-up shaft being rotated in the take-up direction by the rotation member meshing with the movement member and being rotated during movement of the movement member; and a shaft bearing member disposed on a rotation shaft support portion side of the rotation member, the shaft bearing member comprising a main body portion, a shaft bearing wall that projects out from the main body portion towards a rotation member side and is accommodated in the accommodation portion, and a shaft bearing hole formed in the main body portion and the shaft bearing wall for supporting the rotation shaft support portion.02-09-2012
20120032018WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - A webbing take-up device capable of smoothly releasing rotation locking while also stabilizing a load support direction during rotation locking. A pawl is equipped with a flat plane shaped load receiving face. The pawl is normally retained in a load receiving position but is rotationally moved when imparted with drive force of a drive mechanism section. The lock ring is equipped with a protrusion portion set with a lower rigidity than the rigidity of the pawl. The lock ring is not capable of rotating by the protrusion portion being supported by the load receiving face of the pawl, and rotation is permitted by moving the load receiving face away from the protrusion portion with rotational movement of the pawl.02-09-2012
20120175451WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - A webbing take-up device including: a spool on which a webbing fitted over an occupant is taken up; a restricting member restricting a rotation of the spool in the pullout direction under specific circumstances; a force limiter mechanism permitting the rotation of the spool in the pullout direction when a force limiter load or a higher load is imparted while the restricting member is restricting the rotation of the spool in the pullout direction; a switching member being capable of switching between a disposed position at a first position and a disposed position at second position, and provided between the first position and the second position; and an operation member being capable of being switched between operation and non-operation, whereby the disposed position of the switching member is switched between the first position and the second position and the force limiter load is switched between a high-load and a low-load.07-12-2012

Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100085655RECORDING/REPRODUCING SYSTEM, RECORDING/REPRODUCTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - It has been difficult to replay data in a manner which better suits a user's intention.04-08-2010

Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Kyoto-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100114846OPTIMIZING MEDIA PLAYER MEMORY DURING RENDERING - Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.05-06-2010
20100114986NAVIGATING MEDIA CONTENT BY GROUPS - Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A folder is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the folder along with references to each of the playlists.05-06-2010
20110173163OPTIMIZING MEDIA PLAYER MEMORY DURING RENDERING - Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.07-14-2011
20110218998NAVIGATING MEDIA CONTENT BY GROUPS - Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A container group is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the container group along with references to each of the playlists.09-08-2011

Patent applications by Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Kyoto-City JP

Yoshiki Yanagawa, Susono-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100010204METHOD OF PREPARING COMPLEX-AZO PIGMENT AND COMPLEX-AZO PIGMENT THEREOF - A method of preparing a complex-azo pigment having plural pigment components including at least an azo pigment represented by the following formula (a)01-14-2010

Yoshiki Yanagawa, Numazu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080292981IMAGE BEARING MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - This invention relates to image bearing member and an image forming apparatus that employs the image bearing member. The image bearing member contains an electroconductive substrate; a charge generation layer; a charge transport layer; a cross-linking surface protective layer, and a monomer having one radical polymerizable functional group with a charge transport structure. The cross-linking surface protective layer is formed by curing a monomer having at least three radical polymerizable functional groups without a charge transport structure. For the image bearing member, the ratio of the layer thickness of the cross linking surface protective layer to the layer thickness of the charge transport layer is from 0.7 to 1.3. 11-27-2008
20090148186CORONA CHARGER, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A corona charger including a corona discharge electrode and a control electrode is provided. A layer including a zeolite, a conductive agent, and a binder resin is formed on a surface of the control electrode.06-11-2009
20100067953SCOROTRON CORONA CHARGER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A scorotron corona charger including a grid electrode is provided. A layer including a zeolite, a resistance controlling agent, and a binder is formed on the grid electrode. The binder resin has a solubility parameter of 10.0 cal03-18-2010
20100209842ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE PHOTORECEPTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE THEREFOR USING THE PHOTORECEPTOR - An electrophotographic photoreceptor, including at lest an electroconductive substrate and a photosensitive layer including at least a tri- or more functional radical polymerizing monomer having no charge transport structure and a monofunctional radical polymerizing compound having a charge transport structure, wherein the photosensitive layer includes radical polymerizing functional groups in an amount of from 2.55×1008-19-2010
20100310975Electrophotographic Photoreceptor, And Image Forming Apparatus And Process Cartridge Therefor Using The Photoreceptor - An electrophotographic photoreceptor, including an electroconductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer overlying the substrate, wherein the photosensitive layer comprises a complex azo pigment comprising an azo compound having the following formula (a):12-09-2010
20110111335ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - To provide an electrophotographic photoconductor that has a layer containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1), and an image forming apparatus using the electrophotographic photoconductor.05-12-2011

Patent applications by Yoshiki Yanagawa, Numazu-Shi JP

Yoshiki Yanagawa, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090035672ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING PHOTOCONDUCTOR, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - To provide an electrophotographic photoconductor that comprises a support and a cross-linked layer formed over the support, wherein the cross-linked layer comprises at least light curable of radically polymerizable compound, the difference of maximum value of the post-exposure electrical potential and minimum value of the post-exposure electrical potential when writing is conducted under the condition that image static power is 0.53 mW, exposure energy is 4.0 erg/cm02-05-2009
20110159418HYDROXYGALLIUM PHTHALOCYANINE COMPOSITE PIGMENT, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR CONTAINING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE FOR IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A hydroxygallium phthalocyanine composite pigment, which is a composite pigment wherein an azo compound expressed by the following general formula (a) is conjugated to a hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigment, wherein the hydroxygallium phthalocyanine composite pigment has diffraction peaks at least at 7.5°, 9.9°, 12.5°, 16.3°, 18.6°, 25.1°, and 28.3° on an X-ray diffraction spectrum with Bragg angle of 2θ±0.2°, using Cu—Kα X-rays:06-30-2011
20110159420GALLIUM PHTHALOCYANINE COMPOUND, GALLIUM PHTHALOCYANINE COMPOSITE PIGMENT, METHOD FOR PREPARING GALLIUM PHTHALOCYANINE COMPOSITE PIGMENT, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR - To provide a gallium phthalocyanine compound, which is expressed by the following general formula (I)06-30-2011
20110207043GALLIUM PHTHALOCYANINE COMPOUND, AND IMAGE BEARING MEMBER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE GALLIUM PHTHALOCYANINE COMPOUND - A gallium phthalocyanine compound represented by the following chemical structure I,08-25-2011

Patent applications by Yoshiki Yanagawa, Shizuoka JP

Yoshimitsu Yanagawa, Musashino JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120267792SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A stacked device includes a plurality of semiconductor chips connected to each other by through electrodes. The same number of through electrodes are included in each of paths extending from a first power source terminal through each of circuit elements formed for the semiconductor chips to a second power source terminal.10-25-2012

Yoshimitsu Yanagawa, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110134678Semiconductor device having hierarchical structured bit line - A sense operation with respect to simultaneously-accessed two memory cells is performed by time division by using two sense amplifiers, and thereafter restore operations are performed simultaneously. With this arrangement, it is not necessary to provide switches in the middle of global bit lines, and no problem occurs when performing the restore operation by time division. Further, because a parasitic CR model of a first sense amplifier and that of a second sense amplifier become mutually the same, high sensitivity can be maintained.06-09-2011
20110176379SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE HAVING MEMORY CELL ARRAY OF OPEN BIT LINE TYPE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor memory device includes: first and second bit lines of an open bit-line system; a sense amplifier that amplifies a potential difference between the first and second bit lines; a pair of first and second local data lines corresponding to the first and second bit lines, respectively; and a write amplifier circuit. The write amplifier circuit changes a potential of the second local data line without changing a potential of the first local data line at a time of writing data for the first bit line, and changes a potential of the first local data line without changing a potential of the second local data line at a time of writing data for the second bit line.07-21-2011

Yuchio Yanagawa, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120036588METHOD FOR OBSERVING GAD67-POSITIVE CELL IN TRANSGENIC ANIMAL - A method for observing glutamate decarboxylase 67-positive cells in a transgenic mouse includes providing the transgenic mouse in which a nucleic acid sequence encoding green fluorescent protein is inserted in a frame within exon 1 of an endogenous glutamate decarboxylase 67 gene, whereby the transgenic mouse is capable of a functional expression of the green fluorescent protein in place of the endogenous glutamate decarboxylase 67 gene. Then, the glutamate decarboxylase 67-positive cells which are specifically visualized by the expression of the green fluorescent protein can be observed. The method may further include analyzing a function or morphology of the GABAergic neurons based on the observation of the glutamate decarboxylase 67-positive cells where the glutamate decarboxylase 67-positive cells are specifically visualized corresponding to a cell distribution of GABAergic neurons.02-09-2012

Yukihiro Yanagawa, Kamisu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100227053OPTICAL DEVICE AND COATING APPLICATOR - In a transmission type screen and other optical devices formed by combining optical sheets such as a Fresnel lens sheet and a lenticular lens sheet, the generation of stray light and defective appearance caused by a friction-reducing agent are prevented. In the optical devices such as a transmission type screen 09-09-2010

Yukiko Yanagawa, Nara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090175512FACE COLLATION APPARATUS - A face collation apparatus has a storage that stores a feature quantity of at least one registrant, the feature quantity being extracted from a registration image of the registrant, a feature quantity extractor that extracts a feature quantity from a collation image of a collation object person, a score calculator that calculates a score indicating an analogy degree between the feature quantity of the registrant and the feature quantity of the collation object person, a score adjuster that adjusts the score using a score adjustment parameter so that any one of a stranger acceptance rate indicating a probability that a stranger is accepted at the time of collation, a principal rejection rate indicating a probability that a principal is rejected at the time of collation, and an equal error rate, which is a probability that the stranger acceptance rate and the principal rejection rate are equal, becomes substantially constant regardless of a registration condition and/or a collation condition, and a determination unit that determines whether the collation object person is the registrant by comparing the adjusted score and a predetermined threshold.07-09-2009