Akira Matsumoto

Akira Matsumoto, Chino-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090207477	Electrophoretic display device, method of manufacturing electrophoretic display device, and electronic device - An electrophoretic display device is provided. The electrophoretic display device comprises a first electrode provided on a surface of a first base member; second electrodes provided on a surface of a second base member so that the second electrodes are placed in a facing relationship with the first electrode; and a plurality of microcapsules provided between the first electrode and the second electrodes, the plurality of microcapsules each having an internal space filled with an electrophoretic dispersion liquid, and the electrophoretic dispersion liquid containing electrophoretic particles. The electrophoretic display device is configured so that spaces are formed between the adjacent microcapsules and between the first electrode and the second electrodes. The electrophoretic display device can exhibit superior display performance and can be driven with a low voltage and reduced electricity consumption. A method of manufacturing an electrophoretic display device and an electronic device are also provided.	08-20-2009
20090208730	Method of manufacturing electrophoretic display device, electrophoretic display device and electronic device - A method of manufacturing an electrophoretic display device is provided. The method comprises: preparing a plate-shaped first electrode provided on a first base portion, and the first electrode having a surface; preparing plate-shaped second electrodes provided on a second base portion; forming a first binder layer on the surface of the first electrode; supplying a plurality of microcapsules on the first binder layer, the plurality of microcapsules each having an internal space, the internal space filled with an electrophoretic dispersion liquid, the electrophoretic dispersion liquid containing electrophoretic particles having different colors, and the plurality of microcapsules including properly-sized microcapsules and improperly-sized microcapsules; fixing the properly-sized microcapsules to the surface of the first electrode through the first binder layer to obtain an electrophoretic display sheet; removing the improperly-sized microcapsules which are not brought into contact with the first binder layer from the electrophoretic display sheet; forming a second binder layer on the first binder layer so as to cover the properly-sized microcapsules; and providing the second electrodes on the second binder layer to obtain the electrophoretic display device. The method is capable of efficiently manufacturing the electrophoretic display device having high display performance by arranging microcapsules on electrodes so that the microcapsules are not overlapped with each other. Further, an electrophoretic display device and an electronic device are also provided.	08-20-2009
20090315824	Electrophoretic display sheet, electrophoretic display apparatus, and electronic device - An electrophoretic display sheet comprising a display layer, a first electrode, and second electrodes. The display layer has a plurality of reservoir portions filled with a dispersion liquid containing particles. Each of the plurality of reservoir portions has predetermined positions. When an electric field having a direction is generated by applying a voltage to between the first electrode and the second electrodes, the particles are locally gathered to the predetermined positions of each of the plurality of reservoir portions so as to make rows of the particles along the direction of the electric field in the dispersion liquid. The electrophoretic display sheet is capable of exhibiting both superior responsiveness (responsibility) and superior color display performance with high contrast in changing a display color.	12-24-2009
20100097685	Display device, method of manufacturing display device and electronic apparatus - A display device comprises a microcapsule-containing layer including a plurality of microcapsules. A variation of the outer diameters of the microcapsules can be defined by an average value and a CV value. Each of the microcapsules is comprised of: a shell having an inner surface; contact particles electrically charged and provided within the shell in an contact state that the contact particles are in contact with the inner surface of the shell; and a scattering body for scattering light; or a colored particles having a different hue from the hue of the contact particles. The display device further comprises a pair of electrodes that when an electrical voltage is applied to between the pair of electrodes, electrical fields to act on the contact particles are generated. The average value of the outer diameters of the microcapsules is in the range of 20 to 60 μm, and the CV value of the outer diameters of the microcapsules is 20% or less. In a case where the electrical voltage is applied to between the pair of electrodes, the contact particles are moved along the inner surface of the shell while maintaining the contact state with the inner surface of the shell.	04-22-2010
20100259813	DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device having a display surface, comprises: a contact particle-containing layer including a wall portion with an inner surface for defining a space, contact particles electrically charged and provided within the space in a contact state that the contact particles are in contact with the inner surface of the wall portion, the contact particles having a hue, and a scattering medium for scattering light or a colored medium having a different hue from the hue of the contact particles which is provided within the space; and a pair of electrodes that, when applied with an electrical voltage, generate electrical fields to act on the contact particles, wherein the display device is configured so that when the electrical voltage is applied to between the pair of electrodes, the contact particles are moved along the inner surface of the wall portion while maintaining the contact state.	10-14-2010
20110080633	ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY SHEET PRODUCTION PROCESS, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY SHEET, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is a method of producing an electrophoretic display sheet having a substrate and a microcapsule-containing layer disposed on one surface side of the substrate and including microcapsules and a binder holding the microcapsules, the microcapsules each composed of a shell and an electrophoretic dispersion liquid sealed in the shell and containing at least one type of electrophoretic particles. The method includes the step of forming the microcapsule-containing layer where the microcapsules are arranged in a single layer without overlapping in the thickness direction of the substrate by supplying a microcapsule dispersion containing the microcapsules and the binder onto the substrate and then pressurizing the microcapsule dispersion in the thickness direction of the substrate.	04-07-2011

Akira Matsumoto, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090061333	CARRIER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, AND DEVELOPER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, METHOD OF FORMING AN IMAGE, DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image includes carrier particles, and the carrier particles include magnetic particles and a coating layer coating the surfaces of the magnetic particles. The BET specific surface area of the magnetic particles is 0.1300 m	03-05-2009
20090067894	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus comprising at least an image holding member, an charging unit, a latent image forming unit, a developing unit, an intermediate transfer belt, a primary transfer unit, a secondary transfer unit, a fixing unit, and a cleaning unit, wherein a surface hardness of a side, of the intermediate transfer belt, contacting with the image holding member being 10 to 30, a carrier in the developer having at least two resin-coated layers on a surface of a core material containing ferrite, and the core material having a surface roughness Sm of 2.0 μm or less, a surface roughness Ra of 0.1 μm or more, and an average a circularity degree of 0.975 to 1.000.	03-12-2009
20090109448	ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING CARRIER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrostatic charge image developing carrier includes: a magnetic particle; and a resin coating layer that covers a surface of the magnetic particle with a resin, the resin coating layer containing an acid having a cyclic diterpene structure and either of carbon black or nigrosine dispersed therein.	04-30-2009
20090111042	ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrostatic charge image developer includes a toner containing an external additive and a carrier comprising a resin-coated layer formed on a surface of a core material. The average shape factor SF1 of the toner is from 125 to 135, the number of particles having shape factor SF1 of less than 125 is from 5% to 30% by number with respect to the total number of toner particles, the number of particles having shape factor SF1 of greater than 135 is from 5% to 30% by number with respect to the total number of toner particles, the scratch line width in a scratch strength test of the resin used in the resin-coated layer is from 80 μm to 200 μm, and the scratch depth is from 60 μm to 150 μm.	04-30-2009
20100178603	DEVELOPER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE, DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - The invention provides a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image, the developer having at least: a transparent toner; and a carrier. The carrier contains at least: a magnetic particle; and a resin coating layer. The resin coating layer coats the surface of the magnetic particle and has cyan color. The invention further provides a developer cartridge storing the developer. The invention further provides a process cartridge storing the developer. The invention further provides an image formation apparatus having at least a color toner image-forming unit, a transparent toner image-forming unit that uses the developer to form a transparent toner image, and a fixing unit.	07-15-2010
20110076606	TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a toner for electrostatic latent image developing, which includes a binder resin; a carbon black-surface treated with an isocyanate compound including a plurality of isocyanate groups which include one or more isocyanate groups that are not bonded to the carbon black; and a release agent having an acid value of about 5 mgKOH/g or higher and/or a hydroxyl value of about 5 mgKOH/g or higher.	03-31-2011
20110229813	ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE-DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE-FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An electrostatic image-developing toner comprising a binder resin, wherein the content of all the chlorine-substituted benzene derivatives in the electrostatic image-developing toner is about 0.01 ppb or more and about 10 ppb or less.	09-22-2011
20120025371	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, wiring formed thereon, a first insulating film formed on the wiring, provided with a first opening, a pad electrode formed so as to be in contact with the wiring, a second insulating film formed on the pad electrode film, provided with a second opening, and a flip chip bump formed so as to be in contact with the pad electrode film. In this case, the second insulating film exists between the flip chip bump and the pad electrode film, in a region directly underneath the outer edge of the flip chip bump, as seen in a plan view, and the outer edge of the flip chip bump is formed in a region inside the outer edge of the pad electrode film.	02-02-2012
20120077119	ORANGE TONER AND TONER CARTRIDGE FOR STORING THE SAME, ORANGE DEVELOPER AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE FOR STORING THE SAME, COLOR TONER SET, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An orange toner including a binder resin containing a polyester resin having a dodecenyl succinic acid structure as a constituent unit; and C.I. Pigment Orange 38 in a blending amount of from 5% by mass to 18% by mass relative to the whole mass of the toner and a toner storage container for storing the same, an orange developer and a process cartridge for storing the same, a color toner set, and an image forming apparatus.	03-29-2012
20120183894	MAGENTA TONER, TONER SET, MAGENTA DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A magenta toner includes a binder resin containing a polyester resin having a dodecenylsuccinic acid structure as a constituent unit, and a solid solution of C.I. Pigment Violet 19 and C.I. Pigment Red 122, the magenta toner having an amount of the solid solution of from 2% by mass to 30% by mass based on the total mass of the toner.	07-19-2012
20130164667	MAGENTA TONER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A magenta toner for electrophotography, including: toner particles containing, a polyester resin, a coloring agent containing a solid solution of C.I. Pigment Violet 19 and C.I. Pigment Red 122, a release agent, and inorganic particles; and an external additive, wherein an average particle diameter of the inorganic particle is 0.75 times or more the average particle diameter of the coloring agent.	06-27-2013
20130252156	ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles that contain a binder resin having a carboxyl group, in which the carboxyl group in the binder resin present on the surfaces of the toner particles forms an alkaline earth metal salt, and an amount of the alkaline earth metal which is detected through ion chromatography of the toner particles is in a range of from 1.00×10	09-26-2013
20140106273	POSITIVELY CHARGEABLE TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a positively chargeable toner including toner mother particles containing a binder resin having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, wherein the amine value of a component extracted with a water phase by the addition of ion exchanged water after mixing the toner with methyl ethyl ketone is from 600 to 1,250 and the weight average molecular weight of the component extracted with the water phase is from 1,000 to 200,000.	04-17-2014
20140134526	ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic charge image developing toner is configured of a polycondensate of a polyol and a polycarboxylic acid including a trimellitic acid, includes a polyester resin with an ethylenic unsaturated bond, and has toner particles including a reaction product of the polyester resin and a compound having an imidazoline structure in a surface part, a molar ratio of the trimellitic acid is from 0.1 mol % to 10 mol % with respect to the entire polymerization components of the polyester resin, and a weight ratio of the compound having an imidazoline structure is from 0.1% by weight to 10% by weight with respect to the total weight of the toner particles excluding the compound having an imidazoline structure.	05-15-2014
20150035080	Semiconductor Device - Disclosed is a semiconductor device in which a resistance component resulting from wiring is reduced. A plurality of transistor units are arranged side by side in a first direction (Y direction in the view), each of which has a plurality of transistors. The gate electrodes of the transistors extend in the first direction. First source wiring extends between first transistor unit and second transistor unit, and first drain wiring extends between the second transistor unit and third transistor unit. Second drain wiring extends on the side of the first transistor unit opposite to the side where the first source wiring extends, and second source wiring extends on the side of the third transistor unit opposite to the side where the second drain wiring extends.	02-05-2015

Akira Matsumoto, Suwa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110032180	DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device is equipped with a laminate portion of a plurality of laminated adsorption particle-containing layers including a first adsorption particle-containing layer having a wall portion defining a space and electrically charged adsorption particles adsorbed to an inner surface of the wall portion, and a second adsorption particle-containing layer including a wall portion defining a space and electrically charged adsorption particles adsorbed to an inner surface of the wall portion and having a hue different from that of the adsorption particles of the first adsorption particle-containing layer: and one or more pairs of electrodes that, when applied with an electrical voltage, generate electric fields to act on the adsorption particles, and characterized in that, upon application of an electrical voltage across the one or more pairs of electrodes, the adsorption particles of each of the absorption particle-containing layers are moved, while being adsorbed to the inner surface of the wall portion, along the inner surface.	02-10-2011

Akira Matsumoto, Nagano JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090128889	Display device, method of manufacturing display device and electronic apparatus - A display device capable of easily and reliably obtaining an intermediate tone and reliably maintaining individual colors including the intermediate tone even at stoppage of application of an electrical voltage, a manufacturing method of a display device capable of easily and reliably manufacturing the display device, and an electronic apparatus provided with the display device are provided. The display device has a display surface. The display device includes an adsorption particle-containing layer including a wall portion with an inner surface for defining a space, a plurality of electrically charged adsorption particles provided within the space in an adsorbed state that they are adsorbed to the inner surface of the wall portion, and a substantially transparent medium provided within the space, and a pair of electrodes that, when applied with an electrical voltage, generate electrical fields to act on the adsorption particles, wherein in the case where the electrical voltage is applied to between the electrodes, the adsorption particles are moved along the inner surface of the wall portion while maintaining the adsorbed state.	05-21-2009
20100255339	PLATED ALUMINUM PRODUCT - A technique for using an iron plating for coating an aluminum product that results in adequate durability. An aluminum piston (	10-07-2010
20140102905	PLATED ALUMINUM PRODUCT - In a method of plating aluminum based articles, an iron-based composite plating bath formed by admixing a nano-sized, particle-deposited carbon material into an iron plating bath at a ratio of 1.0 g per liter is provided. Using the iron-based composite plating bath, an iron-based composite plating layer containing the nano-sized, particle-deposited carbon material is plated on an aluminum-based base material.	04-17-2014

Akira Matsumoto, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090087759	Oxime Ester Photoinitiators - Compounds of the formula (I), (II), and wherein R	04-02-2009
20090221739	Process for the Post-Modification of Homo and Copolymers Prepared by Controlled Free Radical Polymerization Processes - The instant invention pertains to the preparation of polymers or copolymers wherein in a first step a controlled free radical polymerization process is carried out and in a second step the resulting polymer is modified by transesterification reactions. The final modified polymer or copolymer is useful as a dispersant for pigments. Further aspects of the invention are the thus prepared polymers or copolymers, a pigment concentrate containing the polymer or copolymer and a coating material containing the pigment concentrate.	09-03-2009
20100086881	OXIME ESTER PHOTOINITIATORS - Compounds of the formula (I), wherein A	04-08-2010
20100136467	OXIME ESTER PHOTOINITIATORS - Compounds of the formula (I) and (II) M	06-03-2010
20100136491	OXIME ESTER PHOTOINITIATORS - Compounds of formula (I), (II), and (III), wherein R	06-03-2010
20100188765	Oxime Ester Photoinitiators - Compounds of the Formula (I) and (II) wherein M	07-29-2010
20110134554	PHOTOINITIATOR MIXTURES - Photoinitiator mixture comprising at least one alpha-amino ketone compound; and at least one compound of the Formula (I) or (I′) wherein R	06-09-2011
20110170209	OXIME ESTER PHOTOINITIATORS - Compounds of the formula I or (I′), wherein R	07-14-2011
20110218266	PHOTOINITIATOR MIXTURES - Photoinitiators mixture comprising (i) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of alpha-hydroxy ketones, monoacylphosphine oxides, bisacylphosphine oxides, ketosulfones, benzil ketals, benzoin ether, phenylglyoxylates, borates and titanocenes; and (ii) at least one compound of the formula (I) or (I′) R	09-08-2011
20130059964	PROCESS FOR THE POST-MODIFICATION OF HOMO AND COPOLYMERS PREPARED BY CONTROLLED FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION PROCESSES - The instant invention pertains to the preparation of polymers or copolymers wherein in a first step a controlled free radical polymerization process is carried out and in a second step the resulting polymer is modified by transesterification reactions. The final modified polymer or copolymer is useful as a dispersant for pigments. Further aspects of the invention are the thus prepared polymers or copolymers, a pigment concentrate containing the polymer or copolymer and a coating material containing the pigment concentrate.	03-07-2013

Akira Matsumoto, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100021951	Human Brain Carboxypeptidase B - A novel carboxypeptidase and the encoding gene thereof were successfully identified by screening a human hippocampus extract using brain-APP-cleaving activity as an index. This protein and its gene are useful in, for example, preventing, treating, examining, and diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, and such.	01-28-2010

Akira Matsumoto, Ome JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090224809	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING AN EYE-OPENING MARGIN - An eye-opening margin measurement method for a high-speed serial data reception circuit which uses a circuit for eye-opening margin measurement involving operation of a clock data recovery circuit without fixing the clock phase. In this method, an error acceleration test can also be made on received data by giving an offset pulse signal to phase information to add a jitter component. The method uses a semiconductor integrated circuit device which includes a serializer/deserializer circuit (SerDes) for receiving serial data and a reference serializer/deserializer circuit (Ref_SerDes) for receiving an accompanying clock signal. The SerDes circuit converts received serial data into parallel data through a recovery clock whose phase is controlled using phase control signal P_CS generated by the Ref_SerDes circuit. An offset pulse signal Offset_Pulse from the pulse-forming circuit is applied to the phase control signal P_CS to make eye-opening margin measurement.	09-10-2009

Akira Matsumoto, Kakogawa-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090212627	CAR POWER SOURCE APPARATUS - The car power source apparatus is provided with contactors	08-27-2009

Akira Matsumoto, Kochi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090011188	Nonwoven Fabric Sheet Having Cleaning Function - A nonwoven fabric sheet having a cleaning function having a total basis weight of 40 to 1,500 g/m	01-08-2009
20090165235	SHEET-LIKE WATER-DISINTEGRATABLE CLEANER - There is provided a water-disintegratable cleaner which is light in weight because of its being free from water, does not require a fungicide or a bactericide because of no risk of mold, is excellent in cleaning performance, compared to conventional wet disintegratable cleaners, and can be flushed down a toilet or the like.	07-02-2009

Akira Matsumoto, Okayama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090152086	ROTATING OPERATION TYPE ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A rotating operation type electronic component has a rotation shaft and a signal generating section. The rotation shaft has a rod-shaped intermediate section, a cylindrical operation section, and a coupling section coupling the upper end of the intermediate section with the operation section. The rotatable operation section covers the upper part of the intermediate section, and is mounted with an operation knob. The signal generating section generates an electric signal in response to the rotation of the operation section. The coupling section has strength at which it breaks when a load of a predetermined level or higher is applied to the operation section from an axial direction of the rotation shaft.	06-18-2009
20110132112	ROTARY ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - In a rotary electronic component, the rotor includes a flange with the first face on which grooves are formed radially and the second face. The plate spring with a ring shape in the top view, includes resilient arms and flat parts. The upper member has the bottom face covering the plate spring and the first face, and retains the flat part such that the flat part can be attached to or detached from the bottom face of the upper member while preventing the plate spring from rotating responsive to rotation of the rotor. A spring constant of the resilient arms and the shape of the flat part are set to achieve the state such that the resilient, arms bend and the flat part is partially released from the bottom face of the upper member when the resilient arms go over a position between adjacent grooves.	06-09-2011

Akira Matsumoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090109901	WIRELESS DEVICE WHICH SELECTS ROUTES EXCLUDING LOOP ROUTES AND A MESH NETWORK INCLUDING THE SAME - In wireless communication using links with neighbor wireless devices, a wireless device calculates ratios of throughput to maximum throughput for the links and calculates the costs of the links using the calculated ratios. Then the wireless device finds, for each destination, a route in which the sum of such calculated link costs is the minimum, and sends a packet to the destination using the route. As a consequence, routing can be done according to an isotonic, easy-to-implement routing protocol.	04-30-2009
20090146866	WIRELESS APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A wireless apparatus which can realize a DFS function that avoidance of interference with radar is considered in an Ad-Hoc mode under a multihop circumstance is provided. A Beacon frame is transmitted at a shorter interval than a previously set interval when radar is detected by wireless apparatuses N	06-11-2009
20090149222	WIRELESS BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BELONGING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM - The present invention is to allow prompt and reliable synchronization of belonging information management table even in environments where there is a possibility of receiving update notification information from a plurality of wireless base stations, without needing unnecessarily large traffic for synchronization of belonging information management table. Wireless base station stores belonging information management table, to which belonging information of a terminal belonging to the base station is associated with, to new/old judgment information for judgment of new/old of update. Belonging information update unit performs update of belonging information including the new/old judgment information thereof. Further, upon receiving update notification information from other wireless base station, the belonging information update unit updates the belonging information management table based on the update notification information. The update notification information includes at least updated portion in the belonging information and new/old judgment information.	06-11-2009
20120157128	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A wireless communication terminal includes a communication status measurement element for measuring communication status data representing a communication status of the self terminal at the time of wireless communications; a reference data storage element for storing respective pieces of preset reference data representing communication statuses of a terminal which can be measured at respective locations at the time of wireless communications, in association with respective pieces of location data identifying the respective locations, and a location specifying element for comparing the communication status data measured by the communication status measurement element with the respective pieces of reference data stored in the reference data storage element, and based on the comparison result, specifying a location corresponding to the location data associated with a particular piece of reference data as a location of the self terminal.	06-21-2012
20120244037	SENSING DEVICE AND BIOSENSOR - Provided are a sensing device and a biosensor that are capable of achieving stable performance in sensing saccharides or hydroxyl group-containing polymers, and that can be stored for a long time. The biosensor	09-27-2012
20120258638	CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR SET - A connector etc. that prevents wrong insertion and does not require large rotation of plug etc., when inserting a plug to a socket, is provided. Plug-in connector	10-11-2012
20120283403	Phenylboronic Acid Monomer and Phenylboronic Acid Polymer - Disclosed are a phenylboronic acid monomer and a phenylboronic acid polymer, each of which can have a pKa value suitable for the use under physiological environments and can be used for various applications. The pheanylboronic acid monomer has a structure represented by formula (13) and therefore has high hydrophilicity, can have a satisfactorily low pKa value when the phenyl ring is fluorinated, and can have a polymerizable unsaturated bond. The phenylboronic acid monomer has high hydrophilicity at a pKa value of 7.4 or less which is a physiological level, and can be polymerized with a wide variety of monomers to produce polymers suitable for the intended purposes.	11-08-2012
20120320759	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE THAT IS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING DATA TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY - A wireless communication device includes a data transmission and reception section that wirelessly transmits a plurality of test packets; a signal sensing section that senses a power of a spatial radio wave signal on a frequency channel that is the same as the plurality of test packets and outputs sample data of the sensed spatial radio wave signal; a calculation processing section that converts the sample data into time series sample data; a collision detection section that calculates a packet collision rate based on the number of packet collisions and the number of the plurality of test packets if there is a packet collision due to interference of the plurality of test packets with another communication; and a control section that adjusts a parameter that the data transmission and reception section uses based on a calculation result of the collision detection section.	12-20-2012
20130066264	SUGAR-RESPONSIVE GEL AND MEDICINE ADMINISTERING DEVICE - Disclosed are a sugar-responsive gel and a medicine administering device having a pKa more suitable for use in a body environment and capable of administering medicine more autonomously than before. A sugar-responsive gel and an insulin administering device having a pKa more suitable for use in a body environment and capable of administering insulin more autonomously than before, wherein under a body condition of pKa of 7.4 or less and temperature of 35° C.-40° C., when the glucose concentration increases, insulin can be released from a gel body in response thereto, and when the glucose concentration decreases, insulin release from the gel body can be suppressed.	03-14-2013
20130091137	INFORMATION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM - An information classification system	04-11-2013
20130278056	DC Power Supply System and Control Method - A DC power supply system and a control method, which can continue charging of a storage battery with a constant current even if an assist current is needed due to, for example, overload during charging of the storage battery and can suppress a current output from the storage battery as much as possible. In a power supply system, when a charger operates at a potential of an output voltage smaller than the potential of the output voltage of a rectifier during charging of the storage battery, the output current of the charger is controlled so that a charging current Ie supplied from the charger to the storage battery is kept at a predetermined value, and when a load requires a current larger than the current supplied by the rectifier during charging of the storage battery, the potential of the output voltage of the rectifier is reduced smaller than the potential of the output voltage of the charger by a current drooping operation, and the diode is electrically connected, the output current of the charger is controlled so that the charger outputs the assistant current Ic supplied toward the load while the charging current Ie is kept at a predetermined value.	10-24-2013
20130336188	WIRELESS BASE STATION AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A wireless base station (	12-19-2013
20140072079	DC BALANCE OFFSET ADJUSTABLE CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A mechanism is provided for dynamically adjusting DC offset at the time of deviation from DC balance ½ (DC level) in a data pattern including long-period consecutive bits generating DC offset in a section of data. A receiver circuit unit of an LSI having a serializer/deserializer arrangement for performing high-speed serial transmission includes an offset adjusting circuit. The offset adjusting circuit calculates DC balance in an arbitrary section of data by averaging received serial data. Based on comparison between a DC level and the DC balance obtained by averaging the received data, offset is shifted toward the H side when the DC balance exists on the H side from the DC level, and shifted toward the L side when the DC balance exists on the L side.	03-13-2014
20140124383	ELECTRODE CHIP FOR DETECTING BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE - An electrode chip for detecting a biomolecule includes a substrate; and an electrode that includes an electrode substrate, at least one of a metallic salt or a metallic oxide provided on an outermost surface on an opposite side of the electrode substrate from a side provided with the substrate, and a biomolecular probe-immobilizing material which is provided on the outermost surface and to which a biomolecular probe is fixed.	05-08-2014
20150023181	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE THAT IS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING DATA TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY, ASSOCIATED NETWORK, AND METHOD - A wireless communication device includes a data transmission and reception section that wirelessly transmits a plurality of test packets; a signal sensing section that senses a power of a spatial radio wave signal on a frequency channel that is the same as the plurality of test packets and outputs sample data of the sensed spatial radio wave signal; a calculation processing section that converts the sample data into time series sample data; a collision detection section that calculates a packet collision rate based on the number of packet collisions and the number of the plurality of test packets if there is a packet collision due to interference of the plurality of test packets with another communication; and a control section that adjusts a parameter that the data transmission and reception section uses based on a calculation result of the collision detection section.	01-22-2015
20150051347	BLOCK COPOLYMER HAVING PHENYLBORONIC ACID GROUP INTRODUCED THEREIN, AND USE THEREOF - A block copolymer includes a polyamino acid chain segment and a hydrophilic polymer chain segment. The polyamino acid chain segment includes at least one amino acid residue having a side chain that contains a cationic group and at least one amino acid residue having a side chain that contains a substituted phenylboronic acid group. In the substituted phenylboronic acid group, at least one hydrogen of the phenyl ring is substituted so that the phenylboronic acid group has a pKa of less than 8. Such a block copolymer serves as a carrier that simultaneously imparts stability to a biotechnology-based drug in blood and provides suitable drug-releasing properties of the drug at an affected area.	02-19-2015

Akira Matsumoto, Amagasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090042114	Halogenated oxime derivatives and the use therof as latent acids - Compounds of the formula I or II	02-12-2009

Akira Matsumoto, Basel CH

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080286693	Sulfonate derivatives and the use thereof as latent acids - Chemically amplified photoresist compositions comprising,	11-20-2008

Akira Matsumoto, Kakogawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080224665	Current detection apparatus for a car power source - The current detection apparatus is provided with a current detection section (	09-18-2008

Akira Matsumoto, Amagasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110217654	Latent acids and their use - The invention pertains to a compound generating an acid of the formula I or II, for instance corresponding sulfonium and iodonium salts, as well as corresponding sulfonyloximes	09-08-2011
20110224375	PROCESS FOR THE POST-MODIFICATION OF HOMO AND COPOLYMERS PREPARED BY CONTROLLED FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION PROCESSES - The instant invention pertains to the preparation of polymers or copolymers wherein in a first step a controlled free radical polymerization process is carried out and in a second step the resulting polymer is modified by transesterification reactions. The final modified polymer or copolymer is useful as a dispersant for pigments. Further aspects of the invention are the thus prepared polymers or copolymers, a pigment concentrate containing the polymer or copolymer and a coating material containing the pigment concentrate.	09-15-2011
20150056554	Oxime Ester Photoinitiators - Compounds of formula (I), (II), and (III), wherein R	02-26-2015

Akira Matsumoto, Hino JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110234274	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A digital compensation phase locked loop circuit of a semiconductor device includes a phase locked loop circuit including a voltage controlled oscillator having capacitors at oscillation nodes and consecutively controlled by an applied voltage, and a digital compensation circuit which variably controls the capacitors at the oscillation nodes of the voltage controlled oscillator in accordance with an input phase difference. A gain of the conventional voltage controlled oscillator whose gain is determined by an applied voltage is discretely changed by a control signal of the digital compensation circuit. The digital compensation circuit dynamically controls the gain so as to secure the optimum phase margin by applying a load (capacitor) to the oscillation node of the voltage controlled oscillator with respect to a phase lead and decreasing the load (capacitor) with respect to a phase delay.	09-29-2011

Akira Matsumoto, Toride-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130265620	SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus comprising: a first conveying guide; a second conveying guide which is arranged on a downstream of the first conveying guide; a plurality of first convex portions which is provided in the first conveying guide, extends toward the second conveying guide and is arranged in a sheet width direction; a plurality of second convex portions which is provided in the second conveying guide, extends toward the first conveying guide and is arranged in the sheet width direction, wherein the first convex portions and the second convex portions are alternately arranged in the sheet width direction; and a bent portion which is formed between the plurality of second convex portions in the second conveying guide, and bent in a manner such that an upstream end is arranged at a position farther from the sheet conveying path than a downstream end portions of the first convex portions.	10-10-2013
20140043663	IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a platen on which a document is placed, an image reading unit configured to be movable under the platen, to receive light reflected by the document placed on the platen, and to output an image signal, a flexible flat cable configured to transfer the image signal output from the image reading unit, and a holding member configured to hold the flexible flat cable and attached to the image reading unit. The image reading unit includes a connection portion to which the flexible flat cable is connected, and, when the image reading unit is moved, a curvature portion of the flexible flat cable is formed opposite the connection portion across the image reading unit in a direction in which the image reading unit is moved.	02-13-2014

Akira Matsumoto, Mobara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130230147	X-Ray Tube - An X-ray tube is disclosed. The X-ray tube includes a substrate, a box-shaped case attached to the substrate and being in a high-vacuum state, an X-ray target arranged in the opening of the first substrate in the inside of the case, and a cathode arranged in the case and supplying an electron to the X-ray target. The substrate includes first and second substrates made of 426 alloy and respectively having an opening of honeycomb structure, and an X-ray transmissive window sandwiched between the first and second substrates which is made of a titanium foil and close the opening. The X-ray transmissive window is reinforced by a honeycomb structure of the substrate from both surfaces. Thus, the substrate and the X-ray transmissive window are not deformed, and strength of the package is improved.	09-05-2013
20140093047	X-ray Tube - An X-ray tube includes a radiopaque substrate including a window portion, an X-ray transmission window closing the window portion, an X-ray target provided at the window portion from an inner surface side of the substrate, a highly-evacuated container portion attached to the inner surface of the substrate, a cathode, a first control electrode and a second control electrode provided inside the container portion. A shielding electrode is provided at the inner surface of the substrate so as to surround the window portion. Electrons collide with the X-ray target to generate X-rays. Electrons reflected on the X-ray target between the shielding electrodes are absorbed by the shielding electrodes, so an inner surface of the container portion is not charged. The electron emission from the cathode is not affected by the reflected electrons, so a change in target current is small, and thus X-rays of substantially constant intensity can be radiated.	04-03-2014

Akira Matsumoto, Minamiashigara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130143152	CARRIER AND DEVELOPER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A carrier for electrostatic image development, and a developer, an image formation method and an image formation apparatus using the carrier. The carrier is carrier particles. When the carrier particles each have a coating layer on a magnetic particle, the carrier has a total energy amount of 1500 to 3000 mJ. When the carrier particles each have a coating layer on a magnetic powder-dispersed particle, the carrier has a total energy amount of 1000 to 1500 mJ. The total energy amount is measured with a powder rheometer at a tip end speed of a rotor of 100 mm/s and a helix angle of the rotor of −5°. The total energy amount is a value of a portion of the carrier in a measurement container which portion is contained in the region between the packed surface of the carrier and a surface disposed under the packed surface by 70 mm.	06-06-2013

Akira Matsumoto, Toyonaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140221094	STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A GAME PROGRAM, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME CONTROL METHOD - A game which makes it possible to display a small image for recognizing a target object easily is provided. This invention includes game space control unit for generating a virtual game space, player object control unit for generating a player object and causing the player object to actin the game space, target object control unit for generating a target object in the game space and causing the target object to act in the game space, and game image display unit of generating a game image which is an image obtained by photographing the game space from a specified sight line by a virtual came and displaying the game image on a display, target image display unit for displaying the target image which is a small image for specifying the target object on the display, and lock on unit for controlling the sight line of the virtual camera so that there exists the target object in the game image when a lock-on operation is performed.	08-07-2014
20140329600	GAME SYSTEM, GAME CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A game system which a customization in regard to an arrangement and a size of a panel image can be done with an easy operation is provided. A panel image including an operation panel image corresponded to an operation associated with a game progress is displayed on the second display unit having a touch panel. When an operation on an operation panel image is detected by the touch panel, a game image in which a processing corresponding to the operation is performed is displayed and supplied to a first display unit. In a customization mode for customizing, a panel image display area and a candidate image which is a candidate of the panel image displayed in the panel image display area are displayed on the second display unit. A selection operation of the candidate image is detected by the touch panel, and the candidate image operated for selection is arranged and displayed in the panel image display area as the panel image.	11-06-2014

Akira Matsumoto, Shiojiri JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140292981	RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a housing with a recording unit, and a medium support part. The housing has a first medium path through which the recording medium is configured to pass. The medium support part is slidable with respect to the housing in a sliding direction. The medium support part has a second medium path through which the recording medium is configured to pass. The first and second medium paths have openings that are at least partially disposed on a sliding plane defined between the housing and the medium support part. A wall of the first medium path on one side in the sliding direction and a wall of the second medium path on the other side in the sliding direction are arranged not to contact with respect to each other while the medium support part slides towards the one side in the sliding direction.	10-02-2014

Akira Matsumoto, Shiojiri-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140292985	RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a medium supporting section that supports a recording medium, a recording section that performs a recording on the recording medium, and a medium path that has a first face and a second face facing each other, and that transports the recording medium through between the first face and the second face. The first face has a shape which is convex toward the second face. A plurality of rollers which are lined up in a transport direction of the recording medium are arranged on the first face.	10-02-2014

Akira Matsumoto, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140362976	X-RAY TUBE - Provided is an X-ray tube which can perform stable X-ray radiation under a desired condition in a radiation region extending in a predetermined direction. Included are a base plate having an opening portion and made of alloy 426, an X-ray transmission window made of titanium foil and arranged to close the opening portion of the base plate, a flat box-like vessel portion attached to the base plate and inside of which is in a vacuum state, an X-ray target provided at the opening portion in the vessel portion, and an electron source injecting electrons to the X-ray target in the vessel portion. The electron source includes a liner cathode, a first control electrode pulling out electrons from the cathode and a second control electrode restricting radiation range of the pulled-out electrons. At this time, X-rays emitted from the X-ray window spreads radially from opening shape of the opening portion.	12-11-2014