Patents by Inventor Seiji Murakami
Seiji Murakami 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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Publication number: 20100157423Abstract: The observation unit according to the present invention comprises an observation device observing a sample, a placing table on which the sample is placed, a drive device moving the placing table to an observation position where the sample is observed by the observation device, and a casing sealing a first space extending in a vertical direction. The first space and the placing table are arranged so as to be displaced from each other in a horizontal direction, and the drive device is arranged in the first space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Mikio HOUJOU, Seiji MURAKAMI, Yasuhiro ASAI, Yoshitaro YAMANAKA, Takahiro INOUE
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Patent number: 7714827Abstract: An integrated circuit is provided for scan driving that can significantly reduce the chip size. In first region AODD, odd-numbered output pads OUT1, OUT3, . . . OUT173, OUT175, driver circuits DR1, DR3, . . . DR173, DR175, and flip-flops SREG1, SREG3, . . . SREG173, SREG175 in an order corresponding to the order of the odd-numbered scanning lines are each arranged as a column in the X-direction, and, at the same time, output pads OUTi, driver circuits DRi and flip-flops SREGi corresponding to the scanning lines are arranged in the same row in the Y-direction (chip width direction). In second region AEVEN, even-numbered output pads OUT2, OUT4, . . . OUT174, OUT176, driver circuits DR2, DR4, . . . DR174, DR176, and flip-flops SREG2, SREG4, . . .Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2003Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Yasushi Kubota, Seiji Murakami
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Patent number: 7560245Abstract: The present invention relates to luciferase having resistance to a surfactant and a method for measuring intracellular ATP which is characterized in that the luciferase having resistance to a surfactant is used in this method comprising the steps of: a first step wherein ATP is extracted from cells in a sample; a second step wherein light emission is produced by adding a luminescence reagent containing luciferase to the extracted ATP solution; and a third step wherein the light emission is measured.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2004Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Kikkoman CorporationInventors: Noriaki Hattori, Seiji Murakami
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Patent number: 7347100Abstract: A force detection device of the present invention includes a handle to be given an operation force by an operator, disposed on a support reciprocatably in a first axis direction along a forward/backward direction of the truck and a second axis direction orthogonal thereto. A pair of force detection parts capable of detecting only a force in the first axis direction is disposed on the support in a spaced-apart relationship in the second axis direction. A force propagation body intervenes between both force detection parts and the handle. A part of the force propagation body passes through the inside of a gripped part of the handle. The force propagation body is coupled to the handle by a coupling axis extending in a third axis direction orthogonal to the first axis and second axis so as to be capable of relative rotation about the coupling axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2006Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiji Murakami, Naoto Tojo
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Publication number: 20080012608Abstract: Objective To provide a current driving circuit that can improve the driving current setting accuracy. Means to solve Transistors 1-1-1-n of bias voltage generating circuit 1 and transistors 3-1-3-8 of output circuits 2-1-2-160 are distributed and formed in a common region on a semiconductor substrate. In this way, the threshold voltage of the synthetic transistor constituted by transistors 1-1-1-n connected in parallel with each other is close to the average threshold voltage of transistors 3-1-3-8 of output circuits 2-1-2-160. As a result, the error in threshold voltage between this synthetic transistor and transistors 3-1-3-8 of output circuits 2-1-2-160 is about half the variation in threshold voltage of transistors 3-1-3-8 of output circuits 2-1-2-160. In other words, the error in threshold voltage of the transistors that constitute the current mirror circuit can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2006Publication date: January 17, 2008Inventors: Atsushi Sudoh, Yoshinori Okada, Seiji Murakami, Atsuhiro Miwata
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Patent number: 7316165Abstract: A force detection device of the present invention is for detecting an operation force of an operator applied in a uniaxial direction, and includes a force receiving part for receiving the operation force, a force detection part placed on a support for detecting the uniaxial force, a force propagation body disposed reciprocatably along the uniaxial direction on the support for propagating the operation force received by the force receiving part to the force detection part, a guide provided on the support for guiding reciprocation of the force propagation body, a preload receiving part pivoted to the force propagation body and capable of swinging within a plane along the uniaxial direction, and a pair of coil springs coupled to both sides of the preload receiving part with a pivot axis thereof held therebetween for giving a preload to the force detection part.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiji Murakami, Naoto Tojo
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Patent number: 7193403Abstract: A current driver that can control variation in the consumed current in conjunction with variation in the setting value of the driving current. The mirror current of transistors Q2-0 to Q2-7 at each of output circuits 10-1 to 10-160 keeps flowing through output terminal To1 or node N8 irrespective of the setting value of the pixel data. Also, the mirror current of transistor Q4D keeps flowing in the series circuit of transistors Q4D and Q5D irrespective of the setting value of the pixel data. Consequently, even when the setting value of the driving current varies in various ways, the current consumed in each output circuit can still be kept constant. As a result, it is possible to prevent variation in the voltage of the power supply line in conjunction with variation of the consumed current, and it is possible to reduce fluctuation in the driving current between output channels.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2006Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Atsushi Sudoh, Yoshinori Okada, Seiji Murakami, Atsuhiro Miwata
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Patent number: 7152882Abstract: The invention provides a mobile carriage which is adapted to shift the center of gravity efficiently by utilizing the weight of wheel rotating means, power source means and control means to thereby increase the weight of a weight portion and reduce the increase in the weight of the entire carriage, the carriage comprising a base frame, a front wheel and a rear wheel which are disposed under the base frame, wheel rotating means coupled to the front wheel and the rear wheel for rotatingly driving the wheels, power source means for the wheel rotating means, center-of-gravity shifting means having a weight portion disposed above the base frame and a mechanism for moving the weight portion relative to the base frame to shift the position of the center of gravity of the base frame by moving the weight portion by the moving mechanism, and control means for controlling the wheel rotating means and the moving mechanism, the carriage being characterized in that at least one of the wheel rotating means, the power sourceType: GrantFiled: March 27, 2003Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoyoshi Tokumaru, Kazushige Kakutani, Atsushi Oda, Seiji Murakami, Naoto Tojo
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Publication number: 20060272406Abstract: A force detection device of the present invention includes a handle to be given an operation force by an operator, disposed on a support reciprocatably in a first axis direction along a forward/backward direction of the truck and a second axis direction orthogonal thereto. A pair of force detection parts capable of detecting only a force in the first axis direction is disposed on the support in a spaced-apart relationship in the second axis direction. A force propagation body intervenes between both force detection parts and the handle. A part of the force propagation body passes through the inside of a gripped part of the handle. The force propagation body is coupled to the handle by a coupling axis extending in a third axis direction orthogonal to the first axis and second axis so as to be capable of relative rotation about the coupling axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2006Publication date: December 7, 2006Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiji Murakami, Naoto Tojo
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Publication number: 20060243058Abstract: A force detection device of the present invention is for detecting an operation force of an operator applied in a uniaxial direction, and includes a force receiving part for receiving the operation force, a force detection part placed on a support for detecting the uniaxial force, a force propagation body disposed reciprocatably along the uniaxial direction on the support for propagating the operation force received by the force receiving part to the force detection part, a guide provided on the support for guiding reciprocation of the force propagation body, a preload receiving part pivoted to the force propagation body and capable of swinging within a plane along the uniaxial direction, and a pair of coil springs coupled to both sides of the preload receiving part with a pivot axis thereof held therebetween for giving a preload to the force detection part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2006Publication date: November 2, 2006Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiji Murakami, Naoto Tojo
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Publication number: 20060181259Abstract: A current driver that can control variation in the consumed current in conjunction with variation in the setting value of the driving current. The mirror current of transistors Q2-0 to Q2-7 at each of output circuits 10-1 to 10-160 keeps flowing through output terminal To1 or node N8 irrespective of the setting value of the pixel data. Also, the mirror current of transistor Q4D keeps flowing in the series circuit of transistors Q4D and Q5D irrespective of the setting value of the pixel data. Consequently, even when the setting value of the driving current varies in various ways, the current consumed in each output circuit can still be kept constant. As a result, it is possible to prevent variation in the voltage of the power supply line in conjunction with variation of the consumed current, and it is possible to reduce fluctuation in the driving current between output channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2006Publication date: August 17, 2006Inventors: Atsushi Sudoh, Yoshinori Okada, Seiji Murakami, Atsuhiro Miwata
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Patent number: 7047105Abstract: A user communicates with a companion with his or her portable telephone attached to a telephone attachment pocket of a robot. The robot acts in accordance with a voice signal which is outputted from the portable telephone, thereby behaving as if it were speaking to the user. The robot outputs a voice in response to the user's voice which is picked up by a microphone, thereby behaving as if it were listening to the user. Owing to this robot or a robot system using the same, the user feels less odd in his or her communication using the portable telephone.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2002Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazushige Kakutani, Shin Miyaji, Naoto Tojo, Shinya Kataoka, Seiji Murakami, Tomoyoshi Tokumaru, Hideaki Aoki
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Publication number: 20040235077Abstract: The present invention relates to luciferase having resistance to a surfactant and a method for measuring intracellular ATP which is characterized in that the luciferase having resistance to a surfactant is used in this method comprising the steps of: a first step wherein ATP is extracted from cells in a sample; a second step wherein light emission is produced by adding a luminescence reagent containing luciferase to the extracted ATP solution; and a third step wherein the light emission is measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2004Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: Kikkoman CorporationInventors: Noriaki Hattori, Seiji Murakami
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Patent number: 6812012Abstract: The present invention relates to luciferase having resistance to a surfactant and a method for measuring intracellular ATP which is characterized in that the luciferase having resistance to a surfactant is used in this method comprising the steps of: a first step wherein ATP is extracted from cells in a sample; a second step wherein light emission is produced by adding a luminescence reagent containing luciferase to the extracted ATP solution; and a third step wherein the light emission is measured.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2000Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Kikkoman CorporationInventors: Noriaki Hattori, Seiji Murakami
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Publication number: 20040160432Abstract: An integrated circuit is provided for scan driving that can significantly reduce the chip size. In first region AODD, odd-numbered output pads OUT1, OUT3, . . . OUT173, OUT175, driver circuits DR1, DR3, . . . DR173, DR175, and flip-flops SREG1, SREG3, SREG173, SREG175 in an order corresponding to the order of the odd-numbered scanning lines are each arranged as a column in the X-direction, and, at the same time, output pads OUTi, driver circuits DRi and flip-flops SREGi corresponding to the scanning lines are arranged in the same row in the Y-direction (chip width direction). In second region AEVEN, even-numbered output pads OUT2, OUT4, . . . OUT174, OUT176, driver circuits DR2, DR4, . . . DR174, DR176, and flip-flops SREG2, SREG4, . . .Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2003Publication date: August 19, 2004Inventors: Yasushi Kubota, Seiji Murakami
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Publication number: 20030184071Abstract: The invention provides a mobile carriage which is adapted to shift the center of gravity efficiently by utilizing the weight of wheel rotating means, power source means and control means to thereby increase the weight of a weight portion and reduce the increase in the weight of the entire carriage, the carriage comprising a base frame, a front wheel and a rear wheel which are disposed under the base frame, wheel rotating means coupled to the front wheel and the rear wheel for rotatingly driving the wheels, power source means for the wheel rotating means, center-of-gravity shifting means having a weight portion disposed above the base frame and a mechanism for moving the weight portion relative to the base frame to shift the position of the center of gravity of the base frame by moving the weight portion by the moving mechanism, and control means for controlling the wheel rotating means and the moving mechanism, the carriage being characterized in that at least one of the wheel rotating means, the power sourceType: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoyoshi Tokumaru, Kazushige Kakutani, Atsushi Oda, Seiji Murakami, Naoto Tojo
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Patent number: 6599712Abstract: A method for measuring stains of a test sample by measuring adenosine phosphates. Luminescence of the adenosine phosphates is induced by a luminescent reagent (33) containing an ATP regenerating enzyme. The level or quantity of luminescence is detected by a silicon photodiode (5) to thereby measure the stains.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Kikkoman CorporationInventors: Tatsuya Sakakibara, Toshinori Igarashi, Seiji Murakami, Yasushi Haketa
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Patent number: 6524530Abstract: A wipe inspecting instrument comprising a sample collecting member and a reactive reagent container. The sample collecting member comprises a tubular main body having both upper and lower ends thereof opened, a sample wiping member removably fitted to the upper open portion of the main body and an extracting liquid container disposed below the main body. The sample wiping member includes a retaining member inserted into the upper part of the main body and a cotton swab held by the retaining member. Further, the sample collecting member includes a splash-proofing member disposed at a lower part of the extracting liquid container, for preventing the splash of the extracting liquid. The reactive reagent container has a test tube shape and so inserted into the open portion at the lower end of the main body as to be capable of moving up and down.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2000Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: Kikkoman CorporationInventors: Toshinori Igarashi, Noriaki Hattori, Seiji Murakami, Tatsuya Sakakibara, Morisaku Saito
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Publication number: 20020161480Abstract: A user communicates with a companion with his or her portable telephone attached to a telephone attachment pocket of a robot. The robot acts in accordance with a voice signal which is outputted from the portable telephone, thereby behaving as if it were speaking to the user. The robot outputs a voice in response to the user's voice which is picked up by a microphone, thereby behaving as if it were listening to the user. Owing to this robot or a robot system using the same, the user feels less odd in his or her communication using the portable telephone.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2002Publication date: October 31, 2002Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazushige Kakutani, Shin Miyaji, Naoto Tojo, Shinya Kataoka, Seiji Murakami, Tomoyoshi Tokumaru, Hideaki Aoki
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Patent number: 6238857Abstract: A method for analyzing an intracellular component comprising the following steps, and a reagent kit comprising (a) an extraction reagent, (b) branched dextrin or a derivative thereof, and (c) a reagent for analyzing an intracellular component: (1) step of adding an extraction reagent to a sample containing cells to extract the intracellular component; (2) step of adding branched dextrin or a derivative thereof to the sample containing the extraction reagent; and (3) step of analyzing the extracted intracellular component.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2000Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Kikkoman CorporationInventors: Noriaki Hattori, Keiko Yajitate, Motoo Nakajima, Seiji Murakami