Patents by Inventor Yoko Sato

Yoko Sato 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: 20050141057
    Abstract: In order to obtain consistent output by a remote color printer over a communication network, a calibration is remotely performed on the remote color printer. More specifically, job data, including setting information for a calibration, is received, and the setting for the calibration is switched in accordance with the setting information between performing calibration processing on the job data by using calibration data obtained based on the setting information and performing calibration processing on the job data and job data received after the job data by using calibration data obtained based on the setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuichi Kumada, Yoko Sato
  • Publication number: 20050112269
    Abstract: A cooked rice food product reduced in the degradation in taste, texture, and aspects of quality due to distribution in the refrigerated or frozen state and thawing at a low temperature or at room temperature as a method rendering it into a consumable state, by the addition of water-soluble soybean polysaccharides, a sugar alcohol, and amylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Keiko Ishibashi, Yoko Sato, Taro Takahashi, Hirokazu Asano, Hitoshi Furuta, Hirokazu Maeda, Youichi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6881841
    Abstract: Dibenzosuberanyl piperazine derivatives represented by the following formula (I): wherein R represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, which may contain one or more heteroatom-containing substituent groups and may preferably contain 2 to 30 carbon atoms, and physiologically acceptable salts thereof; and medicinal compositions containing these dibenzosuberanyl piperazine derivatives and/or physiologically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds show effectiveness in allowing resistance-acquired causes of diseases to restore sensitivity to drug, that is, a resistance overcoming effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignees: Pola Chemical Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Takeuchi, Hiroaki Takayanagi, Seiki Kobayashi, Yumiko Osa, Yumiko Suzuki, Yoko Sato, Masakazu Sakaguchi, Yoshiyuki Miyata
  • Publication number: 20050056908
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided comprising a supporting substrate, an insulating layer on the substrate, and a first semiconductor layer on the insulating layer. A first high breakdown-voltage transistor is formed in the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer is formed on the insulating layer and a second high breakdown-voltage transistor is formed in the second semiconductor layer. A first element isolation region reaching the insulating layer is provided between the first and second semiconductor layers. A third semiconductor layer is formed on the insulating layer, a first low breakdown-voltage transistor is formed in the third semiconductor layer, a second low breakdown-voltage transistor is formed in the third semiconductor layer, and a second element isolation region not reaching the insulating layer is formed in the third semiconductor layer between the first and second low breakdown-voltage transistors. The first element isolation region comprises a dual-trench insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventor: Yoko Sato
  • Publication number: 20040195632
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a high breakdown voltage transistor and a low breakdown voltage transistor. The semiconductor device comprises a support substrate, an insulating layer formed on the support substrate, a high breakdown voltage transistor, a low breakdown voltage transistor, wherein the high breakdown voltage transistor is adjacent to a first isolation region having a depth that reaches the insulating layer, and the low breakdown voltage transistor is adjacent to a second isolation region having a depth that does not reach the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventor: Yoko Sato
  • Patent number: 6709908
    Abstract: Certain embodiments relate to methods for making a semiconductor device that inhibit the formation of a parasitic device. A method for making a semiconductor device includes a delimiting step and a dopant implantation step. The delimiting step partially oxidizes a single-crystal silicon layer provided on a semiconductor substrate 11 with an insulating layer therebetween to form a plurality of isolated single-crystal-silicon-layer segments 13a delimited by the insulating layer 16. In the implantation step, dopant ions 18 are implanted into the single-crystal-silicon-layer segments 13a to activate the single-crystal-silicon-layer segments 13a. In this implantation step, the dopant is implanted into the single-crystal-silicon-layer segments 13a by an implantation energy which is set so that the position of the maximum of the dopant concentration lies at bottom edges Ea and Eb of each single-crystal-silicon-layer segment 13a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Sato, Akihiko Ebina
  • Publication number: 20040029895
    Abstract: Dibenzosuberanyl piperazine derivatives represented by the following formula (I): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Tsutomu Takeuchi, Hiroaki Takayanagi, Seiki Kobayashi, Yumiko Osa, Yumiko Suzuki, Yoko Sato, Masakazu Sakaguchi, Yoshiyuki Miyata
  • Patent number: 6603175
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising: a first power line which supplies a first voltage potential; a second power line which supplies a second voltage potential that is lower than the first voltage potential; a voltage regulator circuit connected electrically to the first and second power lines; a third power line which supplies a constant voltage generated by a voltage regulator circuit, with reference to the first voltage potential; and an operating circuit connected electrically to the first and third power lines. At least one transistor configuring the voltage regulator circuit is a partially-depleted SOI field-effect transistor in which a body region and a source region are connected electrically. At least one transistor configuring the operating circuit is a partially-depleted SOI field-effect transistor in which a body region is in an electrically floating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tadao Kadowaki, Akihiko Ebina, Masayuki Yamaguchi, Yoko Sato
  • Publication number: 20020045326
    Abstract: Certain embodiments relate to methods for making a semiconductor device that inhibit the formation of a parasitic device. A method for making a semiconductor device includes a delimiting step and a dopant implantation step. The delimiting step partially oxidizes a single-crystal silicon layer provided on a semiconductor substrate 11 with an insulating layer therebetween to form a plurality of isolated single-crystal-silicon-layer segments 13a delimited by the insulating layer 16. In the implantation step, dopant ions 18 are implanted into the single-crystal-silicon-layer segments 13a to activate the single-crystal-silicon-layer segments 13a. In this implantation step, the dopant is implanted into the single-crystal-silicon-layer segments 13a by an implantation energy which is set so that the position of the maximum of the dopant concentration lies at bottom edges Ea and Eb of each single-crystal-silicon-layer segment 13a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Yoko Sato, Akihiko Ebina
  • Publication number: 20020038888
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising: a first power line which supplies a first voltage potential; a second power line which supplies a second voltage potential that is lower than the first voltage potential; a voltage regulator circuit connected electrically to the first and second power lines; a third power line which supplies a constant voltage generated by a voltage regulator circuit, with reference to the first voltage potential; and an operating circuit connected electrically to the first and third power lines. At least one transistor configuring the voltage regulator circuit is a partially-depleted SOI field-effect transistor in which a body region and a source region are connected electrically. At least one transistor configuring the operating circuit is a partially-depleted SOI field-effect transistor in which a body region is in an electrically floating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadao Kadowaki, Masayuki Yamaguchi, Akihiko Ebina, Yoko Sato
  • Patent number: 6224931
    Abstract: A method of production of dried noodles, in which the dried noodles are fried noodles of the type which are prepared by adding hot water, etc. or by cooking, or hot air-dried or freeze-dried type noodles, whereby the noodles are treated with water-soluble hemicellulose during one of the steps of production of the noodles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Fuji Oil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Narimatsu, Tomoko Yasunara, Akihiro Nakamura, Yoko Sato, Hirokazu Maeda
  • Patent number: 6045847
    Abstract: A rice cooking method comprising treating polished rice with water-soluble hemicellulose. Rice of consistently good quality can be cooked in large amounts in a short time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Fuji Oil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakamura, Yoko Sato, Hiroki Narimatsu, Tomoko Kaji, Hirokazu Maeda
  • Patent number: 5999005
    Abstract: A voltage and displacement sensitive probe with an electro-optic crystal, electrically conductive transparent films and adhered to a pair of parallel surfaces on the electro-optic crystal, a transparent elastic film which circumferential portion is bonded to the frame and which is symmetric with respect to any plane through the axis thereof, a probing needle bonded at its reflective bottom surface to the central portion on the film, a holder for holding the electro-optic crystal and the transparent elastic film via frame concentrically, a lead for grounding, and electrically conductive films for connecting between the films. Displacement detection of the probing needle is based upon the change in the length of the path of the light travelling through the electro-optic crystal being reflected by the surface and travelling in reverse direction. Voltage detection of the probing needle is based upon the phase difference between the two linearly-polarized light components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Fujii, Yoko Sato, Soichi Hama, Kazuyuki Ozaki, Yoshiro Goto, Yasutoshi Umehara, Yoshiaki Ogiso
  • Patent number: 5940274
    Abstract: A casing is intended to meet various requirements of a computer network system, reduce the cost of a computer network system, enable the enhancement of a computer network system after installation, and secure desired functions and reliability of a computer network system for a long period of use. The casing is constructed by stacking a plurality of types of subordinate casings (2, 3) differing from each other in height on a base (4). Each of the subordinate casings (2, 3) is provided with an individual front cover (5), and common signal lines on its rear surface having removable rear cable covers on the rear surface. The subordinate casings (2, 3) contain general-purpose electronic devices, such as a personal computer, a workstation, an extension disk/disk array, an integrated communication server (ICS), an uninterruptible power supply and the like, respectively. The functional devices are interconnected by signal lines extended on the rear surface of the casing to construct a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoko Sato, Takashi Yamamoto, Tohru Higashihara, Hideki Iwao, Ichirou Asano
  • Patent number: 5848173
    Abstract: A cylindrical frame is mounted in a cabinet and a magnetic circuit is provided at an end of the frame. A diaphragm having a peripheral free edge is connected to a coil bobbin and a cylindrical ring is secured to the free end edge and disposed in a cylindrical supporting portion of the frame. An annular sealing member is secured to the cylindrical ring so that an outside peripheral wall thereof is slidably contacted with an inside wall of the cylindrical supporting portion of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Sato, Satoshi Kumada, Ziging Zhang, Junko Oba, Shinji Koyano, Takashi Morishige, Kohshiro Kogure, Yuichi Mohri, Tomohiro Suenaga, Shouichiro Terauchi, Tatsuya Ando, Takanobu Saito, Takashi Ohyaba, Shunichi Takahashi, Teruo Baba
  • Patent number: 5824808
    Abstract: A cyclic phenol sulfide represented by the following formula (1) is described: ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, or an acyl group; Y.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a halogenated hydrocarbon group, --COR.sup.1, --OR.sup.2, --COOR.sup.3, --CN, --CONH.sub.2, --NO.sub.2, --NR.sup.4 R.sup.5, a halogen atom, --SO.sub.4 R.sup.6, or --SO.sub.3 R.sup.7, in which R.sup.11, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, and R.sup.7 each represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; n is an integer of 3 or more; and m is an integer of 1 to 7, provided that the plural m's of the S.sub.m 's are the same or different; the plural X's are the same or different; and the plural Y.sub.1 's are the same or different. A process for producing the cyclic phenol sulfide is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignees: Cosmo Research Institute, Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Hori, Hitoshi Kumagai, Mitsuharu Hasegawa, Yoko Sato, Hiroshi Munakata, Yoshihiro Sugawa
  • Patent number: 5710270
    Abstract: There is disclosed a water-soluble polysaccharide composed of rhamnose, fucose, arabinose, xylose, galactose, glucose and uronic acid, and a degree of esterification of uronic acid of not more than 50%. This water-soluble polysaccharide is useful as a protein stabilizer. A process for preparing the same and food containing the same is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Fuji Oil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Maeda, Hitoshi Furuta, Ryuji Yoshida, Taro Takahashi, Yoko Sato, Masanori Hisakawa, Susumu Teranishi
  • Patent number: 5700397
    Abstract: An emulsifier comprising as an active ingredient a water-soluble hemicellulose derived from a soybean cotyledon, an emulsion composition comprising the emulsifier, and a powder composition produced by powdering the emulsion composition. The emulsifier of the present invention can provide a very stable emulsion composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Fuji Oil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Maeda, Hitoshi Furuta, Taro Takahashi, Chiemi Takei, Hiroko Kurita, Yoko Sato
  • Patent number: 5677635
    Abstract: A voltage and displacement sensitive probe with an electro-optic crystal, electrically conductive transparent films and adhered to a pair of parallel surfaces on the electro-optic crystal, a transparent elastic film which circumferential portion is bonded to the frame and which is symmetric with respect to any plane through the axis thereof, a probing needle bonded at its reflective bottom surface to the central portion on the film, a holder for holding the electro-optic crystal and the transparent elastic film via frame concentrically, a lead for grounding, and electrically conductive films for connecting between the films. Displacement detection of the probing needle is based upon the change in the length of the path of the light travelling through the electro-optic crystal being reflected by the surface and travelling in reverse direction. Voltage detection of the probing needle is based upon the phase difference between the two linearly-polarized light components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Fujii, Yoko Sato, Soichi Hama, Kazuyuki Ozaki, Yoshiro Goto, Yasutoshi Umehara, Yoshiaki Ogiso
  • Patent number: D429401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi Keiyo Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoko Sato, Yukio Kuroiwa, Tohru Higashihara, Shinichi Sarugaku, Akira Fujishiro, Kazuyuki Terashima