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).

  • Patent number: 9051191
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Fuji Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisato Yabuta, Makoto Kubota, Mikio Shimada, Kenji Takashima, Fumio Uchida, Kenji Maeda, Chiemi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9038567
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kenji Maeda, Kenetsu Yokogawa, Masaru Izawa, Tadamitsu Kanekiyo
  • Publication number: 20150139237
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenji MAEDA, Satoshi Esaka, Yoshiyuki Jufuku, Tatsuya Soneda, Kiyoshi Nakagawa, Taiji Kondo
  • Patent number: 9017737
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignees: GW Pharma Limited, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuro Kikuchi, Kenji Maeda, Geoffrey Guy, Philip Robson, Colin Stott
  • Publication number: 20150089705
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Norifumi Ito, Mieko Nagano, Kenji Maeda, Shigeki Kuroda
  • Patent number: 8979057
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Maeda, Tomotaka Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 8970759
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ueda, Kenichi Honjo, Naoto Yumiki, Toshio Makabe, Kenji Maeda, Kaoru Mokunaka, Kazuhiko Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20150049759
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Noyama, Kenji MAEDA, Kazuhisa Matsumoto, Yoshinobu Shimokawa, Katsuhiko Yamatsu, Koki Mie, Yuji HIGASHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20150042769
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Benjamin John BROUGHTON, Kenji MAEDA, Tatsuo WATANABE
  • Patent number: 8951385
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Maeda, Ken Yoshioka, Hiromichi Kawasaki, Takahiro Shimomura
  • Patent number: 8915410
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Maeda, Tomotaka Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 8879972
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Kawamoto, Kenji Maeda, Kenji Taguchi, Yukari Isoe, Toshiki Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20140292160
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicants: FUJI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Kubota, Jumpei Hayashi, Fumio Uchida, Kenji Maeda, Chiemi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8836715
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Benjamin John Broughton, Andrew Kay, Marc Paul Servais, Paul Antony Gass, Masahiro Esashi, Kenji Maeda, Tatsuo Watanabe, Yuuichi Sato, Yoshimitsu Inamori, Takashi Yasumoto
  • Publication number: 20140231015
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Kenji MAEDA, Kenetsu YOKOGAWA, Masaru IZAWA, Tadamitsu KANEKIYO
  • Publication number: 20140210878
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Benjamin John Broughton, Charlotte Wendy Michele Borgers, Paul Antony Gass, Scott Boham, Kenji Maeda, Tatsuo Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140204728
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshitsugu Kobayashi, Yoshinobu Shimokawa, Satoshi Hamanaka, SYOICHI URATA, Kenji MAEDA, YOSHIYUKI JUFUKU, Yasunori Murata, YUZURU SHIMOMURA
  • Publication number: 20140178290
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: FUJI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisato Yabuta, Makoto Kubota, Mikio Shimada, Kenji Takashima, Fumio Uchida, Kenji Maeda, Chiemi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8733282
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Kenji Maeda, Kenetsu Yokogawa, Masaru Izawa, Tadamitsu Kanekiyo
  • Publication number: 20140139915
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Sato, Kenji Maeda, Masayuki Natsumi, Tatsuo Watanabe, Kazuya Takayama, Takashi Yasumoto, Yoshimitsu Inamori