Patents by Inventor Takashi Nagano

Takashi Nagano 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: 20080275217
    Abstract: The present invention relates to which have a role in controlling neuronal cell migration and cell death as well as to the DNA which encode those proteins. It is an object of the present invention to provide control of cell migration and/or cell death by providing a method for screening for promoters or inhibitors of proteins which affect the control of cell migration and/or cell death of neurons by interacting with an actin-binding protein, Filamin 1, through promoting the degradation of Filamin 1 or the DNA encoding Filamin 1. The cDNAs of S-FILIP, L-FILIP and h-FILIP cDNAs, which interact with Filamin 1, thereby negatively affecting cell migration and cell death by promoting the degradation of the Filamin 1, were isolated and the full nucleotide and amino acid sequences thereof were determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Makoto Sato, Takashi Nagano
  • Patent number: 7248554
    Abstract: A strategy process used for recording data on an optical disk is also used during DC erase is performed. Effects similar to those obtained in the case, in which a high frequency signal is superposed on a laser diode output current during the DC erase, can be obtained by performing the strategy process on the laser diode output current during the DC erase. This eliminates the necessity for generating high-level and high-frequency signals. Consequently, an apparatus can be constructed at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nagano, Koji Suzuki, Katsuichi Osakabe
  • Patent number: 7235835
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a semiconductor device, its manufacturing method and to an electronic apparatus thereof equipped with the semiconductor device where it becomes possible to make a CMOS type solid-state imaging device, an imager area formed with a MOS transistor of an LDD structure without having a metal silicide layer of a refractory metal, an area of DRAM cells and the like into a single semiconductor chip. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device is constituted such that an insulating film having a plurality of layers is used, sidewalls at the gate electrodes are formed by etching back the insulating film of the plurality of layers or a single layer film in the region where metal silicide layers are formed and in the region where the metal silicide layers are not formed, sidewalls composed of an upper layer insulating film is formed on a lower layer insulating film whose surface is coated or the insulating film of the plurality of layers remain unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nagano, Yasushi Morita
  • Publication number: 20070138568
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a semiconductor device, its manufacturing method and to an electronic apparatus thereof equipped with the semiconductor device where it becomes possible to make a CMOS type solid-state imaging device, an imager area formed with a MOS transistor of an LDD structure without having a metal silicide layer of a refractory metal, an area of DRAM cells and the like into a single semiconductor chip. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device is constituted such that an insulating film having a plurality of layers is used, sidewalls at the gate electrodes are formed by etchingback the insulating film of the plurality of layers or a single layer film in the region where metal silicide layers are formed and in the region where the metal silicide layers are not formed, sidewalls composed of an upper layer insulating film is formed on a lower layer insulating film whose surface is coated or the insulating film of the plurality of layers remain unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Takashi Nagano, Yasushi Morita
  • Publication number: 20070141772
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a semiconductor device, its manufacturing method and to an electronic apparatus thereof equipped with the semiconductor device where it becomes possible to make a CMOS type solid-state imaging device, an imager area formed with a MOS transistor of an LDD structure without having a metal silicide layer of a refractory metal, an area of DRAM cells and the like into a single semiconductor chip. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device is constituted such that an insulating film having a plurality of layers is used, sidewalls at the gate electrodes are formed by etchingback the insulating film of the plurality of layers or a single layer film in the region where metal silicide layers are formed and in the region where the metal silicide layers are not formed, sidewalls composed of an upper layer insulating film is formed on a lower layer insulating film whose surface is coated or the insulating film of the plurality of layers remain unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Takashi Nagano, Yasushi Morita
  • Patent number: 7053919
    Abstract: In an optical recording apparatus, a detecting section detects disk identification information of an optical disk for selecting a constant which relates to the detected disk identification information. A test OPC section performs test writing operation for OPC at a predetermined linear velocity prior to recording of data so as to obtain a test value. A formulating section formulates an equation expressing a target value in function of a recording linear velocity based on the constant, the predetermined linear velocity and the test value. A running OPC section performs running operation of OPC by monitoring an actual value while irradiating a laser beam for the recording of data at the recording linear velocity. A controlling section controls the power of the laser beam such that the monitored actual value coincides with the target value which is determined by the equation with respect to the recording linear velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Nagano
  • Patent number: 7046601
    Abstract: A method is designed for recording information on an optical disk in the form of a sequence of pits along a track of the optical disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Tamon Kondo, Takashi Nagano
  • Patent number: 7039413
    Abstract: While a plurality of cellular mobile communication systems have their respective service areas regionally overlapping each other in part, a mobile station is configured to perform a standby for calling or communication while selecting one of the plural systems in the overlapping areas, and is arranged as follows: the mobile station preliminarily stores cell information notified of by a base station and indicating whether the mobile station is transferable to each surrounding cell while maintaining the current system; when the arrival of transfer timing to a surrounding cell is detected, the mobile station extracts the information about the pertinent cell and judges whether the surrounding cell is a transferable cell, based on the cell information; when the surrounding cell is a transferable cell, the mobile station transfers to the surrounding cell; when the surrounding cell is not a transferable cell, the mobile station directly transfers to a cell of a different system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Masafumi Masuda, Akihiro Maebara, Hidetoshi Yazaki, Hiromu Niiyama, Takashi Nagano
  • Patent number: 6996047
    Abstract: An opical disc recording method, comprises the steps of: a) forming a record signal in accordance with input information; b) generating a recording laser beam modulated with the record signal; c) controlling a laser radiation time at a record power for a 16× or higher write-speed to be (n+K)T for a pit length nT, where n=three to eleven, K is a constant (0?K?1.6), and T is a unit time corresponding to a pit length or a land length at a write-speed; and d) radiating the recording laser beam alternately at the recording power for the controlled radiating time to form pits and at a non-recording power to form lands toward a record surface of a recordable optical disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20050169115
    Abstract: In an apparatus for recording a broadcast program on an optical disk, a broadcast reception section receives a broadcast signal containing various programs broadcasted from a broadcast station. A recording setup section specifies a program to be recorded on an optical disk among the various programs contained in the received broadcast signal. An information acquisition section acquires attribute information associative of content of the specified program from an electronic program guide of various programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Nagano, Morito Morishima
  • Publication number: 20040232494
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a semiconductor device, its manufacturing method and to an electronic apparatus thereof equipped with the semiconductor device where it becomes possible to make a CMOS type solid-state imaging device, an imager area formed with a MOS transistor of an LDD structure without having a metal silicide layer of a refractory metal, an area of DRAM cells and the like into a single semiconductor chip. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device is constituted such that an insulating film having a plurality of layers is used, sidewalls at the gate electrodes are formed by etchingback the insulating film of the plurality of layers or a single layer film in the region where metal silicide layers are formed and in the region where the metal silicide layers are not formed, sidewalls composed of an upper layer insulating film is formed on a lower layer insulating film whose surface is coated or the insulating film of the plurality of layers remain unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Takashi Nagano, Yasushi Morita
  • Publication number: 20040229797
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a protein having effects of controlling cell migration and cell death of such as neurons and a DNA encoding the protein, and an object of the present invention is to provide control cell migration and/or cell death and a method for screening a promoter or an inhibitor of the effects of controlling cell migration and/or cell death with the use of proteins controlling the cell motility and cell death of neurons by interacting particularly with an actin-binding protein and promoting the degradation of the actin-binding protein and the DNA encoding the proteins. S-FILIP, L-FILIP and h-FILIP cDNAs, interacting with an actin-binding protein Filamin 1, and negatively controlling cell migration by promoting the degradation of the Filamin 1, and involved in the control of the cell death, were isolated and the full base sequences and amino acid sequences thereof were determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Makoto Sato, Takashi Nagano
  • Patent number: 6788458
    Abstract: A microscope stage of this invention includes an upper stage, a handle shaft rotatably supported on the upper stage, a pulley rotatably supported on the upper stage in a position different from the handle shaft, a lower stage directly driven and guided with respect to the upper stage and a transmission member for interlocking the handle shaft, pulley and lower stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nishida, Kenichi Yamagishi, Takashi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20030210624
    Abstract: A method is designed for recording information on an optical disk in the form of a sequence of pits along a track of the optical disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Tamon Kondo, Takashi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20030169492
    Abstract: A microscope stage of this invention includes an upper stage, a handle shaft rotatably supported on the upper stage, a pulley rotatably supported on the upper stage in a position different from the handle shaft, a lower stage directly driven and guided with respect to the upper stage and a transmission member for interlocking the handle shaft, pulley and lower stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nishida, Kenichi Yamagishi, Takashi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20030107642
    Abstract: In an optical recording apparatus, a detecting section detects disk identification information of an optical disk for selecting a constant which relates to the detected disk identification information. A test OPC section performs test writing operation for OPC at a predetermined linear velocity prior to recording of data so as to obtain a test value. A formulating section formulates an equation expressing a target value in function of a recording linear velocity based on the constant, the predetermined linear velocity and the test value. A running OPC section performs running operation of OPC by monitoring an actual value while irradiating a laser beam for the recording of data at the recording linear velocity. A controlling section controls the power of the laser beam such that the monitored actual value coincides with the target value which is determined by the equation with respect to the recording linear velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Nagano
  • Patent number: 6563635
    Abstract: A microscope stage of this invention includes an upper stage, a handle shaft rotatably supported on the upper stage, a pulley rotatably supported on the upper stage in a position different from the handle shaft, a lower stage directly driven and guided with respect to the upper stage and a transmission member for interlocking the handle shaft, pulley and lower stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nishida, Kenichi Yamagishi, Takashi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20030087637
    Abstract: While a plurality of cellular mobile communication systems have their respective service areas regionally overlapping each other in part, a mobile station is configured to perform a standby for calling or communication while selecting one of the plural systems in the overlapping areas, and is arranged as follows: the mobile station preliminarily stores cell information notified of by a base station and indicating whether the mobile station is transferable to each surrounding cell while maintaining the current system; when the arrival of transfer timing to a surrounding cell is detected, the mobile station extracts the information about the pertinent cell and judges whether the surrounding cell is a transferable cell, based on the cell information; when the surrounding cell is a transferable cell, the mobile station transfers to the surrounding cell; when the surrounding cell is not a transferable cell, the mobile station directly transfers to a cell of a different system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Masafumi Masuda, Akihiro Maebara, Hidetoshi Yazaki, Hiromu Niiyama, Takashi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20020167878
    Abstract: An optical disc recording method, comprises the steps of:a) forming a record signal in accordance with input information; b) generating a recording laser beam modulated with the record signal; c) controlling a laser radiation time at a record power for a 16x or higher write-speed to be (n+K)T for a pit length nT, where n=three to eleven, K is a constant (0≦K≦1.6), and T is a unit time corresponding to a pit length or a land length at a write-speed; and d) radiating the recording laser beam alternately at the recording power for the controlled radiating time to form pits and at a non-recording power to form lands toward a record surface of a recordable optical disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventor: Takashi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20020141324
    Abstract: A strategy process used for recording data on an optical disk is also used during DC erase is performed. Effects similar to those obtained in the case, in which a high frequency signal is superposed on a laser diode output current during the DC erase, can be obtained by performing the strategy process on the laser diode output current during the DC erase. This eliminates the necessity for generating high-level and high-frequency signals. Consequently, an apparatus can be constructed at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Takashi Nagano, Koji Suzuki, Katsuichi Osakabe