Patents by Inventor Kenji Maeda
Kenji Maeda 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).
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Patent number: 9051191Abstract: Provided is a lead-free dielectric ceramics having a low leakage current value, and a bismuth iron oxide powder as a raw material thereof. The bismuth iron oxide powder includes at least: (A) grains including a bismuth iron oxide having a perovskite-type crystal structure; (B) grains including a bismuth iron oxide having a crystal structure classified to a space group Pbam; and (C) grains including a bismuth iron oxide or a bismuth oxide having a crystal structure that is classified to a space group I23. The dielectric ceramics are made of bismuth iron oxide in which the bismuth iron oxide crystals having the crystal structure classified to the space group Pbam are distributed at a grain boundary of crystal grains of the bismuth iron oxide crystals having the perovskite-type crystal structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Fuji Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisato Yabuta, Makoto Kubota, Mikio Shimada, Kenji Takashima, Fumio Uchida, Kenji Maeda, Chiemi Shimizu
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Patent number: 9038567Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a plasma processing apparatus having enhanced plasma processing uniformity. The plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber 1, means 13 and 14 for supplying processing gas into the processing chamber, evacuation means 25 and 26 for decompressing the processing chamber 1, an electrode 4 on which an object 2 to be processed such as a wafer is placed, and an electromagnetic radiation power supply 5A, wherein at least two kinds of processing gases having different composition ratios of O2 or N2 are introduced into the processing chamber through different gas inlets so as to control the in-plane uniformity of the critical dimension while maintaining the in-plane uniformity of the process depth.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kenji Maeda, Kenetsu Yokogawa, Masaru Izawa, Tadamitsu Kanekiyo
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Publication number: 20150139237Abstract: A node device includes: a communication unit to transmit a data frame containing frequency information and receive the data frame; a storage unit to store a table in which frame identification information and the frequency information are associated; and a control unit to: determine whether a destination of the received data frame is its own node device; determine whether the frame identification information of the received data frame is registered in the table; determine whether the number of transmission times is less than or equal to the number of transmission times corresponding to the frame identification information registered in the table; update the frequency information corresponding to the frame identification information registered in the table with the frequency information of the received data frame; and increase the number of transmission times, wherein the communication unit transmits the data frame for which the number of transmission times is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Kenji MAEDA, Satoshi Esaka, Yoshiyuki Jufuku, Tatsuya Soneda, Kiyoshi Nakagawa, Taiji Kondo
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Patent number: 9017737Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of one or more cannabinoids in combination with one or more anti-psychotic medicaments for use in the prevention or treatment of psychosis and psychotic disorders. Preferably the one or more cannabinoids are taken from the group: cannabidiol (CBD); cannabidiolic acid (CBDA); tetrahydrocannbidivarin (THCV); tetrahydrocannbidivarinin acid (THCVA); cannabichromene (CBC); cannabichromenic acid (CBCA); cannabigerol (CBG) and cannabigerolic acid (CBGA). Preferably the anti-psychotic medication is an atypical anti-psychotic medication.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignees: GW Pharma Limited, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., LimitedInventors: Tetsuro Kikuchi, Kenji Maeda, Geoffrey Guy, Philip Robson, Colin Stott
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Publication number: 20150089705Abstract: A glove includes: a first leather member on a side of a ball catching plane; a second leather member disposed to face the first leather member; and a connection portion in which the first leather member and the second leather member are connected at a part of an outer peripheral portion of the ball catching plane. The connection portion includes a first loop contiguous to the first leather member and having a central axis, a second loop disposed adjacent to the first loop in a direction along the central axis and contiguous to the second leather member, and a string member passing through the first loop and the second loop along the central axis. At least one identical string member passes through the first loop and the second loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Norifumi Ito, Mieko Nagano, Kenji Maeda, Shigeki Kuroda
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Patent number: 8979057Abstract: A swinging support device is provided which includes: a display device 120 which is opened and closed between a stowage position 121 and a view position 122; an opening and closing mechanism 110 operable to open and close the display device 120; a retaining mechanism 130 for holding the display device 120 located at the view position 122 by switching between at least two levels of retaining forces; a first acceleration sensor 160 mounted to a top inner surface portion 190 of a movable carrier in the vicinity of the display device 120; and a second acceleration sensor 170 mounted to the display device 120.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Maeda, Tomotaka Takeuchi
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Patent number: 8970759Abstract: A digital camera of the present invention includes a receiving portion 155 that receives a control signal from a remote controller, and a microcomputer 110 having a live view mode controlling so that image data generated by a CMOS sensor 130 or image data obtained by subjecting the image data generated by the CMOS sensor 130 to predetermined processing is displayed on a liquid crystal monitor 150 as a moving image in real time, wherein when the receiving portion 155 receives the control signal from the remote controller, the microcomputer 110 controls so as to shift the digital camera to a live view mode. Due to this configuration, in a digital camera that includes a movable mirror and is capable of displaying a subject image in a live view through an electronic viewfinder, the operability thereof can be enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Ueda, Kenichi Honjo, Naoto Yumiki, Toshio Makabe, Kenji Maeda, Kaoru Mokunaka, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
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Publication number: 20150049759Abstract: A node apparatus includes a receiving unit receiving a data frame from one of adjacent nodes apparatuses; a storing unit storing an identification information management table in which frame identification information with which the data frame may be uniquely identified, and overlapped data identification information; a processor which performs a process including: judging whether or not a final destination of the received data frame is the node apparatus itself; judging whether or not a registration that matches the frame identification information of the received data frame exists in the identification information management table; judging whether or not the overlapped data identification information of the received data frame and the overlapped data identification information corresponding to the registration match; and discarding the received data frame; and performing a retransmission of the received data frame to another adjacent node that has not been a transmission destination of the data frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Mitsuhiro Noyama, Kenji MAEDA, Kazuhisa Matsumoto, Yoshinobu Shimokawa, Katsuhiko Yamatsu, Koki Mie, Yuji HIGASHIHARA
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Publication number: 20150042769Abstract: A display device includes control electronics and a pixellated liquid crystal (LC) panel. The control electronics receives inputs of main image data for a main image and side image data for a side image. The control electronics outputs combined image data combining the main and side images such that an on-axis viewer perceives from the combined image the main image, and an off-axis viewer perceives from the combined image the side image. The output image data comprises data values chosen from a set of available output data values for the pixels selected from multiple sets of available data values depending on at least on the side image data. For a pixel currently being processed, the output data value is chosen from the selected set of available output data values for which a resulting luminance value is closest to a target luminance value for the current pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Benjamin John BROUGHTON, Kenji MAEDA, Tatsuo WATANABE
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Patent number: 8951385Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus is offered which has evacuable vacuum vessel, processing chamber disposed inside the vacuum vessel and having inside space in which plasma for processing sample to be processed is generated and in which the sample is placed, unit for supplying gas for plasma generation into processing chamber, vacuum evacuation unit for evacuating inside of processing chamber, helical resonator configured of helical resonance coil disposed outside the vacuum vessel and electrically grounded shield disposed outside the coil, RF power supply of variable frequency for supplying RF electric power in given range to the resonance coil, and frequency matching device capable of adjusting frequency of the RF power supply so as to minimize reflected RF power. The resonance coil has electrical length that is set to integral multiple of one wavelength at given frequency. The helical resonance coil has feeding point connected to ground potential using variable capacitive device.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2013Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies CorporationInventors: Kenji Maeda, Ken Yoshioka, Hiromichi Kawasaki, Takahiro Shimomura
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Patent number: 8915410Abstract: A rotary support apparatus is provided that includes a rotation mechanism, a support mechanism, an object detector and a controller. The rotation mechanism is configured to rotatably support a supported body between a first position and a second position. The support mechanism is configured to support the supported body with at least a two stage support force at the first position. The object detector is configured to detect a person or an object. The controller is configured to control the support mechanism so as to switch the support force based on the results detected by the object detector.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kenji Maeda, Tomotaka Takeuchi
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Patent number: 8879972Abstract: A fuser includes a cylindrical heating rotating body including a heat generator and a pressure rotating body including a circumferential face which has contact with the heating rotating body to form a nip portion for fusing, wherein a disk-like outside plate, which is exposed outside, is provided in one end or both ends of the heating rotating body in a rotation axis direction, a disk-like inside plate is provided in an inner circumferential face of the heating rotating body on an inside of the outside plate to have an interval relative to the outside plate, a center vent is provided near a center of the outside plate, an outer edge vent is provided in an outer edge or the neighborhood thereof of the outside plate, and a flow path, which connects the center vent and the outer edge vent, is provided between the outside vent and the inside vent.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Kawamoto, Kenji Maeda, Kenji Taguchi, Yukari Isoe, Toshiki Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20140292160Abstract: Provided is a lead-free piezoelectric material having a satisfactory and stable piezoelectric constant and electric insulation property in a wide practical temperature range. Provided is a piezoelectric material, including a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the following general formula (1) as a main component, the piezoelectric material containing Mn in a content of 0.01 part by weight or more and 0.80 part by weight or less with respect to 100 parts by weight of the perovskite-type metal oxide: (Li?xNa?yK?zBa?Bi0.5?+?)a(Ti?+?Fe?) O3 . . . (1), where 0.800???0.999, 0???0.150, 0.001???0.050, ?+?+?=1, 0?x?0.050, 0.045?y?0.450, 0.045?z?0.450, 0.450?x+y+z?0.500, and 0.980?a?1.020.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicants: FUJI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Kubota, Jumpei Hayashi, Fumio Uchida, Kenji Maeda, Chiemi Shimizu
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Patent number: 8836715Abstract: A method of processing image data for display by a display panel of a display device. The method comprises receiving main image pixel data representing a main image and side image pixel data representing a side image, and performing a mapping of the pixel data to signals used to drive the display panel. The mapping is arranged to produce an average on-axis luminance which is dependent mainly on the main image pixel data and an average off-axis luminance which is dependent at least to some extent on the side image pixel data. A compression of the main image pixel data is performed in advance of or at least partly incorporated into the mapping, the compression being performed at least partly in dependence upon the main image pixel data and at least partly in dependence upon how the off-axis luminance varies with pixel data input to the mapping.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Benjamin John Broughton, Andrew Kay, Marc Paul Servais, Paul Antony Gass, Masahiro Esashi, Kenji Maeda, Tatsuo Watanabe, Yuuichi Sato, Yoshimitsu Inamori, Takashi Yasumoto
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Publication number: 20140231015Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a plasma processing apparatus having enhanced plasma processing uniformity. The plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber 1, means 13 and 14 for supplying processing gas into the processing chamber, evacuation means 25 and 26 for decompressing the processing chamber 1, an electrode 4 on which an object 2 to be processed such as a wafer is placed, and an electromagnetic radiation power supply 5A, wherein at least two kinds of processing gases having different composition ratios of O2 or N2 are introduced into the processing chamber through different gas inlets so as to control the in-plane uniformity of the critical dimension while maintaining the in-plane uniformity of the process depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Kenji MAEDA, Kenetsu YOKOGAWA, Masaru IZAWA, Tadamitsu KANEKIYO
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Publication number: 20140210878Abstract: A method of processing image data for display on a display device having a multi-primary image display panel (2) comprises receiving image data constituting an image for display on the image display panel. In a first mode, signal voltages to be applied to sub-pixels of the image display panel are determined from the received image data and from a secondary data value for the pixel thereby to generate luminance variations perceivable at a first viewing position (5) but substantially not perceivable at a second viewing position (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Benjamin John Broughton, Charlotte Wendy Michele Borgers, Paul Antony Gass, Scott Boham, Kenji Maeda, Tatsuo Watanabe
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Publication number: 20140204728Abstract: A node equipment includes a receiver, a processor, a memory and a transmitter. The node equipment is relayed by a plurality of relay devices with a server. The receiver receives a frame from adjacent node equipment. The processor generates a wait number by incrementing a number of hops for each of the relay devices, when the number of hops to the adjacent node equipment is reported with a synchronization request, the number of hops being generated by designating each of the plurality of relay devices as a starting point. The memory stores the wait number in association with an identifier of the relay device. The transmitter transmits a data frame in which the server is designated as an address. The processor outputs to the transmitter a data frame in which a relay device having a relatively small wait number stored in the memory is designated as a relay destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Toshitsugu Kobayashi, Yoshinobu Shimokawa, Satoshi Hamanaka, SYOICHI URATA, Kenji MAEDA, YOSHIYUKI JUFUKU, Yasunori Murata, YUZURU SHIMOMURA
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Publication number: 20140178290Abstract: Provided is a lead-free dielectric ceramics having a low leakage current value, and a bismuth iron oxide powder as a raw material thereof. The bismuth iron oxide powder includes at least: (A) grains including a bismuth iron oxide having a perovskite-type crystal structure; (B) grains including a bismuth iron oxide having a crystal structure classified to a space group Pbam; and (C) grains including a bismuth iron oxide or a bismuth oxide having a crystal structure that is classified to a space group I23. The dielectric ceramics are made of bismuth iron oxide in which the bismuth iron oxide crystals having the crystal structure classified to the space group Pbam are distributed at a grain boundary of crystal grains of the bismuth iron oxide crystals having the perovskite-type crystal structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicants: FUJI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisato Yabuta, Makoto Kubota, Mikio Shimada, Kenji Takashima, Fumio Uchida, Kenji Maeda, Chiemi Shimizu
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Patent number: 8733282Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a plasma processing apparatus having enhanced plasma processing uniformity. The plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber 1, means 13 and 14 for supplying processing gas into the processing chamber, evacuation means 25 and 26 for decompressing the processing chamber 1, an electrode 4 on which an object 2 to be processed such as a wafer is placed, and an electromagnetic radiation power supply 5A, wherein at least two kinds of processing gases having different composition ratios of O2 or N2 are introduced into the processing chamber through different gas inlets so as to control the in-plane uniformity of the critical dimension while maintaining the in-plane uniformity of the process depth.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kenji Maeda, Kenetsu Yokogawa, Masaru Izawa, Tadamitsu Kanekiyo
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Publication number: 20140139915Abstract: An image display apparatus having sub-pixels of four colors is provided in which the resolution when an image is two-dimensionally displayed is not affected, and deterioration in the color balance of a three-dimensionally displayed image is suppressed. In the image display apparatus, the arrangement of a sub-pixel for displaying red for a left eye and a sub-pixel for displaying green for a right eye has been replaced with the arrangement of a sub-pixel (Lg1) for displaying green for the left eye and a sub-pixel (Rr1) for displaying red for the right eye. The arrangement of a sub-pixel for displaying blue for the left eye and a sub-pixel for displaying yellow for the right eye has been replaced with the arrangement of a sub-pixel (Lx1) for displaying yellow for the left eye and a sub-pixel (Rb1) for displaying blue for the right eye. Replacement with the sub-pixel and the sub-pixel and replacement with the sub-pixel and the sub-pixel are made for every other pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Sato, Kenji Maeda, Masayuki Natsumi, Tatsuo Watanabe, Kazuya Takayama, Takashi Yasumoto, Yoshimitsu Inamori