Patents by Inventor Takao Shimizu

Takao Shimizu 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: 7909698
    Abstract: With a game system, a timing fetch section fetches an input-timing for input data determined to be valid by an input-determination section, and an evaluation section compares the fetched input-timing and a reference-timing, and evaluates an operation with an operation section by a player or a sound-input action performed in answer to a first or second direction-mark. An input-reception section receives first and second input data generated based on an operation-detection of the operation section a sound-detection of the sound-detection section, respectively, and an input-determination section compares the first and second input data, determines that the first input data is valid when it is determined that the operation with the operation section by the player and the sound-input action by the player overlap within a given period, based on the first and second input data, and determines that the first and second input data are valid in other cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignees: Namco Bandai Games, Inc., Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onoda, Hiroumi Endo, Hiroshi Igarashi, Junji Takamoto, Takeshi Nagareda, Kuniaki Ito, Takao Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20110058552
    Abstract: In this invention, an idea of the reverse direction label switched path (RLP) in Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is applied to the multicast transmission to improve the management transmission in the multicast transmission, and to easily carry out an additional connection and disconnection. Specifically, in the reverse direction symmetric routing Label switched Path (LP), a virtual label in addition to an input label and an output label is used for the reverse direction routing. However, in this invention, instead of the virtual label, a multicast address to which a client terminal, which is connected to a head of the path on the reverse direction routing, and corresponds to a leaf in the multicast tree, is connected, is registered, as a multicast index, in routers on the path. Then, when receiving a multicast packet including a label and a multicast address, an output label corresponding to the received label is identified, thereby a destination link is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takao SHIMIZU, Yuichi Hotta, Yoko Torii, Seiji Matsuoka, Yuichi Fujita, Masanobu Shimakura, Maki Harada
  • Patent number: 7843896
    Abstract: In this invention, an idea of the reverse direction label switched path (RLP) in Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is applied to the multicast transmission to improve the management transmission in the multicast transmission, and to easily carry out an additional connection and disconnection. Specifically, in the reverse direction symmetric routing Label switched Path (LP), a virtual label in addition to an input label and an output label is used for the reverse direction routing. However, in this invention, instead of the virtual label, a multicast address to which a client terminal, which is connected to a head of the path on the reverse direction routing, and corresponds to a leaf in the multicast tree, is connected, is registered, as a multicast index, in routers on the path. Then, when receiving a multicast packet including a label and a multicast address, an output label corresponding to the received label is identified, thereby a destination link is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Takao Shimizu, Yuichi Hotta, Yoko Torii, Seiji Matsuoka, Yuichi Fujita, Masanobu Shimakura, Maki Harada
  • Publication number: 20100241271
    Abstract: The wafer storing cabinet has a storing cabinet main body 10 which is provided therein with storage cassettes 11, accommodation shelves 12A and 12B, and a wafer transfer section 20, and has an in/out storing cabinet 17, inert gas is supplied into the storing cabinet main body 10, in the wafer transfer section 20, wafers taken out from the transfer cassettes 15 and 16 which are transferred into the storing cabinet main body 10 are accommodated in the storage cassette 11, wafer taken out from the storage cassette 11 are accommodated in the transfer cassettes 15 and 16, the storage cassette 11 has a door which can secure a hermetic function, and the door is always closed except when a wafer is transferred into the storage cassette 11 and when a wafer is transferred out from the storage cassette 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Shimizu, Kunihisa Miyoshi, Toshitaka Oono, Mareto Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 7666611
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a novel receptor of LPA and a method of screening a drug such as an LPA receptor antagonist using the same. Use as a lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptor comprising a G protein-coupled protein p2y9. More specifically, use of the G protein-coupled protein p2y9 as a lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptor. A method of screening an agonist or an antagonist to the LPA receptor as described above by using the receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Takao Shimizu, Satoshi Ishii, Kyoko Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20090295640
    Abstract: The radiowave direction detector has a radiowave direction detecting unit detects an arrival direction of the desired radio wave, a converting unit including a plurality of electromagnetic-to-electric converters to convert the desired radio wave, and a computing unit for determining the arrival direction of the radio wave, which matches a preset condition, by comparing the levels of electric signals that are transferred from the converting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Takao SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 7618322
    Abstract: A game system includes a game apparatus, and the game apparatus is connected with a monitor and a percussion-type controller. When a game player beats a first beating operation surface or a second beating operation surface, first operation data is input from the controller to the game apparatus. Furthermore, when a microphone detects an operation sound generated at a time that a beating operation is performed, second operation data including volume data is input from the controller to the game apparatus. In the game apparatus, when a magnitude of the volume data is equal to or more than the predetermined threshold value, an ability value as to an action of the player object to be executed according to a command indicated by the first operation data is changed to execute the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Shimizu, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Takeshi Hayakawa, Koichi Hayashida
  • Patent number: 7570638
    Abstract: This invention is to enable inter-domain routing using MPLS. When communication is carried out passing through plural domains, respective management servers managing respective domains cooperate to carry out path constitution and optimum routing. At the path constitution, the respective management servers connect links within the respective controlling domain to constitute paths to reach a target address. When the paths are constituted, label data is notified to nodes associated with the constituted paths, and is used at the routing. At the routing, the management server controlling the source domain obtains the dynamic transmission bandwidths from the respective management servers, and identifies the routing policy from a port number of a request to be routed or the like to identify the optimum path. When the optimum path is determined, it is possible to carry out the routing using the label data held in the respective nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Takao Shimizu, Naoyuki Takahashi, Norikazu Matsukawa, Kazuhiro Iitsuka, Michio Kitade
  • Publication number: 20080154028
    Abstract: Novel calcium-independent phospholipases A2; genes encoding the same; an antibody against them; an inherent promoter or a regulator gene which comprises a base sequence occurring in intron and inducing site-specific expression in response to an external stimulus; a method of expressing a target protein in response to an external stimulus; and an organism having this gene transferred thereinto. Novel calcium-independent phospholipases A2 having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, 3 or 5 or an amino acid sequence derived from such an amino acid sequence by the substitution, deletion or addition of one or more amino acids; a gene having a base sequence occurring in an intron and being capable of initiating RNA transcription due to an external stimulus such as a stimulus with kainic acid or an electrical stimulus; a method of regulating expression by using the gene; and an organism having the gene transferred thereinto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Japan Science and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Shimizu, Koji Kishimoto, Yasuyoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20080132574
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] The compound that selectively binds to BLT2 and the preventive and/or therapeutic drug for BLT2-mediated disease such as skin disease are needed. [MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS] The present invention provides the compound with BLT2 binding activity, salt thereof, solvate thereof or prodrug thereof. Since the compound with BLT2 binding activity, particularly the compound represented by the formula (I) salt thereof, solvate thereof or prodrug thereof (symbols in formula have the same meanings as specification.) have BLT2 binding activity, it is useful for prevention and/or therapy of BLT2 mediated diseases, e.g., dermatosis, intestinal disease, HIV infection, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, rejection to transplant, transplant rejection, graft-versus-host disease, autoimmune disease, allergic disease, inflammation, infection, ulcers, lymphoma, malignant tumor, leucaemia, arterial sclerosis, hepatitis, hepatic cirrhosis or cancer, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Shinji Nakade, Tomoyuki Shouno, Takao Shimizu, Takehiko Yokomizo, Yoshiko Iizuka
  • Patent number: 7364660
    Abstract: A polyamide having an equilibrium water absorption of not more than 10% is used as a main material. As a polyamide having an equilibrium water absorption of not.more than 10%, for example, a polyamide comprising a dicarboxylic acid component comprising 60-100 mol % of terephthalic acid and a diamine component comprising 60-100 mol % of 1,9-nonanediamine and/or 2-methyl-1,8-octanediamine is used. As a result, a porous membrane showing extremely small dimensional change even after a hot water treatment, and particularly useful as a medical separation membrane permitting an AC sterilization treatment and the like is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignees: Kuraray Co., Ltd., Kuraray Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Takai, Yoichi Matsumoto, Kouji Sekiguchi, Tomoki Kakiuchi, Hitoshi Tsuruta, Takao Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7332318
    Abstract: Novel calcium-independent phospholipases A2; genes encoding the same; an antibody against them; an inherent promoter or a regulator gene which comprises a base sequence occurring in intron and inducing site-specific expression in response to an external stimulus; a method of expressing a target protein in response to an external stimulus; and an organism having this gene transferred thereinto. Novel calcium-independent phospholipases A2 having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, 3 or 5 or an amino acid sequence derived from such an amino acid sequence by the substitution, deletion or addition of one or more amino acids; a gene having a base sequence occurring in an intron and being capable of initiating RNA transcription due to an external stimulus such as a stimulus with kainic acid or an electrical stimulus; a method of regulating expression by using the gene; and an organism having the gene transferred thereinto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Takao Shimizu, Koji Kishimoto, Yasuyoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7182907
    Abstract: A key top member for a push button switch structure capable of facilitating change and modification of a design while eliminating deformation and misregistration of a display section, being accommodated to a variety of data, being increased in design properties and visibility, and being reduced in manufacturing cost. An upper resin sheet made of thermoplastic resin and having display sections such as a letter, a symbol, a pattern or the like printed thereon is formed with projections having configurations conforming to outer configurations of key top elements. The projections are each securely provided therein with a filler member made of photo-setting resin directly or through an adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Shimizu, Satoshi Mieno, Tsutomu Nagasawa, Yoshinari Shizukuda
  • Publication number: 20060268934
    Abstract: In this invention, an idea of the reverse direction label switched path (RLP) in Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is applied to the multicast transmission to improve the management transmission in the multicast transmission, and to easily carry out an additional connection and disconnection. Specifically, in the reverse direction symmetric routing Label switched Path (LP), a virtual label in addition to an input label and an output label is used for the reverse direction routing. However, in this invention, instead of the virtual label, a multicast address to which a client terminal, which is connected to a head of the path on the reverse direction routing, and corresponds to a leaf in the multicast tree, is connected, is registered, as a multicast index, in routers on the path. Then, when receiving a multicast packet including a label and a multicast address, an output label corresponding to the received label is identified, thereby a destination link is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takao Shimizu, Yuichi Hotta, Yoko Torii, Seiji Matsuoka, Yuichi Fujita, Masanobu Shimakura, Maki Harada
  • Publication number: 20060262786
    Abstract: This invention is to enable inter-domain routing using MPLS. When communication is carried out passing through plural domains, respective management servers managing respective domains cooperate to carry out path constitution and optimum routing. At the path constitution, the respective management servers connect links within the respective controlling domain to constitute paths to reach a target address. When the paths are constituted, label data is notified to nodes associated with the constituted paths, and isused at the routing. At the routing, the management server controlling the source domain obtains the dynamic transmission bandwidths from the respective management servers, and identifies the routing policy from a port number of a request to be routed or the like to identify the optimum path. When the optimum path is determined, it is possible to carry out the routing using the label data held in the respective nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takao Shimizu, Naoyuki Takahashi, Norikazu Matsukawa, Kazuhiro Iitsuka, Michio Kitade
  • Publication number: 20060264361
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a novel receptor of LPA and a method of screening a drug such as an LPA receptor antagonist using the same. Use as a lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptor comprising a G protein-coupled protein p2y9. More specifically, use of the G protein-coupled protein p2y9 as a lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptor. A method of screening an agonist or an antagonist to the LPA receptor as described above by using the receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Takao Shimizu, Satoshi Ishii, Kyoko Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20060159084
    Abstract: This invention is to provide a technique enabling efficient routing in the entire network by totally viewing a state of the entire network from a specific server. An information processing method for managing paths between arbitrary nodes in a specific network according to the invention, includes: obtaining data concerning a utilization state of each link constituting a path, from associated nodes in the specific network; and calculating a value of dynamic transmission bandwidth in an entire path by using the data concerning the utilization state of each link constituting the path, and storing the calculated value into a management data storage. By the dynamic transmission bandwidth, that is, bandwidth, which can actually be used for communication to be carried out from now, it becomes possible to carry out efficient routing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takao Shimizu, Kiyoharu Makinose, Norikazu Matsukawa, Naoyuki Takahashi, Kazuhiro Iitsuka, Michio Kitade, Hideo Yamaguchi, Yoko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7014672
    Abstract: According to the present invention, in a carrying system comprising a carrying vehicle and a manufacturing apparatus the interior of which is kept cleaner than a surrounding environment, manufactured articles to be transferred are prevented from being contaminated by foreign matter or the like attached to transfer ports. A carrying vehicle includes a running unit 14 that runs along a predetermined carrying path, a cleaning unit 12 that supplies cleaned air, a housing section 13 to which the cleaned air is supplied and in which manufactured articles are housed, a transfer port 11 which is formed in a side of a housing and through which a manufactured article is loaded into or unloaded from the housing section 13, and an air injecting section 19A that blows out air toward the transfer port 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignees: Advanced Display Inc., Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishihara, Takao Shimizu, Takashi Nakao, Ryosuke Tahara, Hidetoshi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20050288099
    Abstract: A game system includes a game apparatus, and the game apparatus is connected with a monitor and a percussion-type controller. When a game player beats a first beating operation surface or a second beating operation surface, first operation data is input from the controller to the game apparatus. Furthermore, when an operation sound generated at a time that a beating operation is performed is detected by a microphone, second operation data including volume data is input from the controller to the game apparatus. In the game apparatus, when a magnitude of the volume data is equal to or more than the predetermined threshold value, an ability value as to an action of the player object to be executed according to a command indicated by the first operation data is changed to execute the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Takao Shimizu, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Takeshi Hayakawa, Koichi Hayashida
  • Publication number: 20050245315
    Abstract: A game system is composed by connecting a game apparatus with a monitor and a percussion type controller. A game player beats a first beating operation surface or a second beating operation surface to input an operation signal from the controller to the game apparatus. In the game apparatus, in response to the operation signal, a player character in a virtual world displayed on the monitor is moved in a left or a right direction. Furthermore, when a sound input by clapping, and so on in the vicinity of a microphone of the controller is present, the game apparatus generates a shock wave from a position of the player character. By the shock wave, a predetermined change such as returning an enemy character to its initial position, gathering fairies in a form of block, and so forth occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Shimizu, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Takeshi Hayakawa