Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Inoue

Hiroaki Inoue has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20150044290
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid food composition capable of semi-solidifying in the stomach, which is a one-pack type product containing a water-soluble dietary fiber preliminarily added thereto and in the form of a liquid that can be easily taken, and stably sustains the liquid nature thereof during distribution and storage. The liquid food composition, which is capable of semi-solidifying in an acidic region, comprises a water-soluble dietary fiber (a), a specific metal compound (b), a protein (c) and an emulsifier (d), and the particle size distribution of particles contained in said liquid food composition shows two or more peaks in a neutral region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Yui Kawashima, Kazuya Hamada, Shinichi Yokota, Hiromi Maeda, Tatsumasa Mae, Jun Tomono
  • Patent number: 8938537
    Abstract: A central control verifying apparatus includes a plurality of quasi switches respectively corresponding to a plurality of switches in a network; a connection data managing section which manages connection data between the plurality of switches; and a verifying section. Each of the plurality of quasi switches is communicably connected with the network central control section through a control link. A requesting quasi switch of the plurality of quasi switch transmits a route setting request to the network central control section. A target quasi switch of the plurality of quasi switches receives the route indication data generated in response to the route setting request from the network central control section. The verifying section refers to the connection data and the route indication data received by the target quasi switch to verify whether or not a desired route setting is performed according to the route setting request by the network central control section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Masaharu Morimoto, Kiyohisa Ichino
  • Patent number: 8935510
    Abstract: For flexibly setting up an execution environment according to contents of processing to be executed while taking stability or a security level into consideration, the multiple processor system includes the execution environment main control unit 10 which determines CPU assignment at the time of deciding CPU assignment, the execution environment sub control unit 20 which controls starting, stopping and switching of an execution environment according to an instruction from the execution environment main control unit 10 to synchronize with the execution environment main control unit 10, and the execution environment management unit 30 which receives input of management information or reference refusal information of shared resources for each CPU 4 or each execution environment 100 to separate the execution environment main control unit 10 from the execution environment sub control units 20a through 20n, or the execution environment sub control units 20a through 20n from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Junji Sakai, Tsuyoshi Abe, Masato Edahiro
  • Patent number: 8889617
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid food composition capable of semi-solidifying in the stomach, which is a one-pack type product containing a water-soluble dietary fiber preliminarily added thereto and in the form of a liquid that can be easily taken, and stably sustains the liquid nature thereof during distribution and storage. The liquid food composition, which is capable of semi-solidifying in an acidic region, comprises a water-soluble dietary fiber (a), a specific metal compound (b), a protein (c) and an emulsifier (d), and the particle size distribution of particles contained in said liquid food composition shows two or more peaks in a neutral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Yui Kawashima, Kazuya Hamada, Shinichi Yokota, Hiromi Maeda, Tatsumasa Mae, Jun Tomono
  • Patent number: 8872537
    Abstract: This invention has an object of providing a semiconductor integrated circuit enabling further reduction of the number of test terminals without depending on a compression/expansion technique alone. The semiconductor integrated circuit of the invention is connected to a terminal group used to exchange test information of a circuit to be tested, and comprises a utilization device which utilizes, when reading a test result, a terminal subgroup of the terminal group, which is not used to transmit information required to read the test result, to receive the test result from the circuit to be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140208334
    Abstract: A computation device includes a data path element (300) including a function processing unit (4000) that executes a computation specified in a function using input data included in an event (1000) as an argument; and a control path element (2000) that detects the event (1000) by use of a return value (ret) of the function. The function processing unit (4000) includes a data calculation unit (4001) that executes a computation and outputs a first result (d0); and a control comparison unit (4002) that outputs, to the control path element (2000), a result of comparison between the input data and data for specifying the event (1000), as the return value (ret).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Takashi Takenaka
  • Publication number: 20140183014
    Abstract: On seed metal layer of first metal, pedestal and counter electrode are formed of second metal by plating, adjacent to free space region. The free space region is filled with first sacrificial layer. By using resist pattern, second sacrificial metal layer is formed, extending from the first sacrificial layer to a portion of the pedestal, and lower structure of third metal is formed on the second sacrificial layer, by contiguous plating, exposing a portion of the pedestal not formed with the second sacrificial layer, the third metal having composition and thermal expansion coefficient equivalent to the second metal. Upper structure of fourth metal having composition and thermal expansion coefficient equivalent to the second and third metals is formed on the pedestal and the lower structure by plating. The first and second sacrificial layers are removed, leaving an electric equipment with a movable portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroaki INOUE, Xiaoyu Mi
  • Patent number: 8718629
    Abstract: Provided is the information communication processing device capable of executing terminal function switching control in linkage with an external communication content on one information communication processing device based on the external communication content without a problem in switching. The information communication processing device has at least one information processing device having a plurality of function environments for executing an application, and a switching control unit for switching a function environment, in which the switching control unit determines a function environment to be switched based on contents of communication with the outside of the information communication processing device and sets context of the function environment to be switched at context of a function environment being executed, thereby executing switching to the function environment to be switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Masato Edahiro
  • Publication number: 20140122793
    Abstract: A magnetic disk device has a magnetic head, a magnetic disk that includes a plurality of data regions and a plurality of media cache regions associated with the data regions, and a controller configured to control the magnetic head to write data received from an external device in the media cache regions and then write back the data written in the media cache regions to the data regions associated with the media cache regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventor: Hiroaki INOUE
  • Patent number: 8695566
    Abstract: An engine control apparatus includes a hydraulic pump driven by an engine, a hydraulic actuator to which pressure oil discharged form the hydraulic pump is supplied, an operation lever configured to operate the hydraulic actuators, a detection means detecting operation amounts of operation lever means, an target flow rate calculation unit (50) calculating an target flow rate of the hydraulic pump based on the operation amount of the operation lever, a first target speed calculation unit (61) calculating a first target speed of the engine according to the target flow rate, a pump output limit value calculation unit (500) limiting the maximum target speed of the engine in an relief operation according to a load pressure of the hydraulic pump, a fourth engine target speed calculation unit (63).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kawaguchi, Jun Morinaga, Hiroaki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140087055
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an oil-in-water emulsified food product composition. The method includes adding an oil and fat containing a highly hydrophilic emulsifier or a mixture of an oil and fat containing a highly hydrophilic emulsifier and water to water or an aqueous solution of water-soluble minerals and mixing them, then adding a protein or a protein and an additional component, and heating and sterilizing the composition, and the oil and fat contains a medium chain fatty acid in a ratio of more than 0.1% by weight and less than 100% by weight with respect to the total fatty acid composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yui Kawashima, Hiroaki Inoue, Shinichi Yokota, Kazuya Hamada, Masao Sato
  • Patent number: 8640194
    Abstract: A device and a method are provided for increasing processing speed and for ensuring system security when an application or a driver is added. The device includes a first CPU group that executes software composed of basic processing and an OS; a second CPU group that executes software composed of additional processing and OS corresponding to the additional processing, inter-processor communication means used for communication between the first CPU and the second CPU, and access control means that controls access made by the second CPU to a memory and/or an input/output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Junji Sakai, Tsuyoshi Abe, Masato Edahiro
  • Patent number: 8607558
    Abstract: A work machine includes: hydraulic actuators 21, 22, 23, 31, and 32; a capacitor 61 for storing electric power when a generator motor 44 operates as a generator and for supplying electric power when the generator motor 44 operates as a motor; and a swing electric motor 10, the hydraulic actuators 21, 22, 23, 31, and 32 and the swing electric motor 10 are operated by operation of operating levers 50, 70. The work machine includes an idling stop control unit 110 for stopping the idling of an engine 40 and retains the swing electric motor 10 in an operation prohibited state at least on the condition that stored voltage of the capacitor 61 is predetermined voltage or higher when the neutral states of the operating levers 50, 70 continue for a predetermined stop time during operation of the engine 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kawaguchi, Jun Morinaga, Hiroaki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20130306599
    Abstract: A radical etching apparatus comprising a vacuum chamber for a substrate to be treated; a pipe pathway, connected to the vacuum chamber, a zone for generating plasma and with a gas introduction device through which N2 and at least one of H2 and NH3 can be introduced; a microwave applying microwaves to the interior of the pipe pathway; a gas introducer as a source of supply for F, between the vacuum chamber and the zone; and a shower plate. A method comprises introducing N2 and at least one of H2 gas and NH3 into a pipe pathway and applying microwaves. The gas mixture is decomposed by the plasma forming decomposition products as active species which react with F during transportation to a the vacuum chamber to make radicals. An SiO2 layer on a the substrate etched in the vacuum chamber, by irradiating the substrate with the radicals through a the shower plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Yasushi Higuchi, Michio Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20130311647
    Abstract: A central control verifying apparatus includes a plurality of quasi switches respectively corresponding to a plurality of switches in a network; a connection data managing section which manages connection data between the plurality of switches; and a verifying section. Each of the plurality of quasi switches is communicably connected with the network central control section through a control link. A requesting quasi switch of the plurality of quasi switch transmits a route setting request to the network central control section. A target quasi switch of the plurality of quasi switches receives the route indication data generated in response to the route setting request from the network central control section. The verifying section refers to the connection data and the route indication data received by the target quasi switch to verify whether or not a desired route setting is performed according to the route setting request by the network central control section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Masaharu Morimoto, Kiyohisa Ichino
  • Patent number: 8534264
    Abstract: An engine control apparatus includes an engine target speed set unit 51 setting a first target speed through a throttle dial, a relief engine maximum speed calculation unit 52 calculating a second target speed limiting a maximum target speed in a relief operation according to a load pressure of a hydraulic pump, a speed control means controlling an engine speed such that the engine speed is equal to lower one of the first target speed and the second target speed, a determination means determining whether an engine torque assist action of a generator motor is performed, based on a deviation between an target speed and a real speed of the engine. When the determination means determines that the engine torque assist action is performed, the speed control means controls the engine speed to be equal to the target speed through the engine torque assist action of the generator motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kawaguchi, Jun Morinaga, Hiroaki Inoue
  • Patent number: 8536963
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a stationary electrode provided above the substrate, a movable electrode that is provided to face the stationary electrode, a wall portion that is provided on the substrate and surrounds the movable electrode and the stationary electrode, a film member that is fixed to the wall portion and seals space including the movable electrode and the stationary electrode, and a support portion that is provided, on an inner side of the wall portion on the substrate, in addition to the movable electrode and the stationary electrode to support the film member from within the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakatani, Hiroaki Inoue, Hitoshi Yamada, Satoshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 8531963
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit of the invention comprises a plurality of cores, and an interconnecting network including adaptors connected to each of the cores and a plurality of routers connecting the adaptors to communicate therebetween. Transmission side adaptors store first delivery information, and control delivery of the request signal to be received from the first core in accordance with the first delivery information. Reception side adaptors store second delivery information, and control delivery of the request signal to be received through the interconnecting network to the second core in accordance with the second delivery information. The first delivery information and the second delivery information are hierarchically set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Inoue, Masamichi Takagi, Masaki Uekubo, Sunao Torii, Masato Edahiro
  • Patent number: 8519284
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate including an active layer, a signal electrode formed on a surface of the active layer, a first driving electrode that is formed on the surface of the active layer and is connected to a ground, and a second driving electrode including a first part that is formed on the surface of the active layer and a second part that is connected to the first part and is provided above the first driving electrode. The substrate is provided with a loop-like groove that penetrates through the active layer and encompasses the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakatani, Hiroaki Inoue, Satoshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20130194690
    Abstract: According to at least one embodiment, a magnetic disk apparatus includes a disk, a random number generator, a determination module, and a refresh module. The disk includes a plurality of tracks. A random number generator generates a random number within a range of N integers in accordance with writing to a first area of a first track of the plurality of tracks. A determination module determines whether the generated random number includes a predetermined number. A refresh module refreshes a second area of a second track near the first track based on a result of determination of the determination module. The second area corresponds to the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hiroaki INOUE