Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Oliff & Berridge
  • Patent number: 8335041
    Abstract: A head mounted display includes a display unit, a concave mirror, an optical unit that is arranged between the display unit and the concave mirror, transmits a part of incident light from the display unit and reflects the other part of the incident light from the display unit, a first optical system that guides light reflected by the concave mirror to the left eye, and a second optical system that guides light reflected by the optical unit to the right eye. In the head mounted display, on the concave mirror, a right end is closer to the display unit in comparison with a left end. Further, the curvature of the concave mirror at the right end is larger than the curvature of the concave mirror at the left end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takehiko Kubota
  • Patent number: 8335052
    Abstract: A plasmon antenna of the present invention is used in a thermally assisted magnetic head that includes: a medium-facing surface set, parallel to an XY plane; a magnetic pole for writing, extending toward the medium-facing surface, and a plasmon antenna comprising a pair of small metal bodies irradiated with excitation light for near-field light generation propagating in a Z-axis direction. Respective corners of the small metal bodies are spaced apart opposite each other along a TE mode direction of the excitation light. A distance between the corners gives the shortest distance between the small metal bodies, and a distance from each corner to the leading end of the magnetic pole gives a shortest distance from the small metal bodies to the leading end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Takayama, Eiji Komura, Yasuhiro Ito, Kosuke Tanaka, Koji Shimazawa
  • Patent number: 8334077
    Abstract: A fuel cell system capable of suppressing noise caused by backflow of air when a compressor stops. Also, there is provided a fuel cell vehicle provided with this fuel cell system. A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell and a compressor that compresses air taken in from outside and supplies compressed air to the fuel cell. Operation of the compressor is stopped after a pressure difference between an upstream side and a downstream side of the compressor has become equal to or smaller than a predetermined value by using a control unit. In this case, the predetermined value can be a pressure difference corresponding to a predetermined noise level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Kitamura
  • Patent number: 8335603
    Abstract: Upon the occurrence of the abnormality that the inverter for driving the motor is in the one-phase short circuited state, this inverter is stopped in the three-phase short circuited state and sets the execution torque by subtracting the counter electromotive force application torque that is applied the driveshaft due to the counter electromotive force generated by rotation of the motor and the steering angle application torque corresponding to the steering angle from the torque demand according to the step-on amount of the accelerator pedal. The engine and the inverter for driving the motor is controlled so that the vehicle is driven with the set execution torque. This enables the driving force output to the driveshaft from the engine and the motor to be in accordance with the torque demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noritake Mitsutani, Wataru Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 8334817
    Abstract: An image display system includes a data processing device and an image display device. The data processing device includes a display item detection unit that detects display items running on a display screen, a display/non-display selection unit that selects whether or not to display the display items detected by the display item detection unit on the image display device. The image display device includes a display image data forming unit that forms display image data on the basis of the image data of the display items selected by the display/non-display selection unit to be displayed on the image display device among the image data received by a receiving unit, and an image display unit that displays an image on the basis of the display image data formed by the display image data forming unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiki Fujimori
  • Patent number: 8333680
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device that includes a speed change mechanism; a hydraulic transmission provided closer to an engine attachment side than the speed change mechanism is and including a lock-up clutch; an electric motor having a rotor and a stator and connecting the rotor to an input portion of the hydraulic transmission; and an engine power cut-off clutch that transmits or cuts off a driving force of an engine to or from the hydraulic transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kasuya, Mikio Iwase, Tomohide Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8334858
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing a display apparatus capable of improving display quality by expanding the light-emission area of pixels by improving the layout of pixels and common power-feed lines formed on a substrate, pixels (7A, 7B) including a light-emission element (40), such as an electroluminescence element or an LED element, are arranged on both sides of common power-feed lines (com) so that the number of common power-feed lines (com) is reduced. Further, the polarity of a driving current flowing between the pixels (7A, 7B) and the light-emission element (40) is inverted so that the amount of current flowing through the common power-supply lines “com” is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tokuroh Ozawa
  • Patent number: 8334215
    Abstract: A substrate can be appropriately oxidized, while oxidation of the substrate can be suppressed. The present invention includes a step of generating mixed plasma by causing a mixed gas of hydrogen (H2) gas and oxygen(O2) or oxygen/containing gas supplied to a processing chamber to form a plasma discharge, and processing the starting substrate by the mixed plasma; and a step of generating hydrogen plasma by causing hydrogen (H2) gas supplied to the processing chamber to form a plasma discharge, and processing the substrate by the hydrogen plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsushi Ueda, Tadashi Terasaki, Unryu Ogawa, Akito Hirano
  • Patent number: 8336096
    Abstract: An access control apparatus including a memory section that stores information; an authentication information memory section that stores at least first stored user authentication information and second stored user authentication information corresponding to a user; an input section in which first inputted user authentication information and second inputted user authentication information are inputted; a judgment section that judges whether the first inputted user authentication information matches the first stored user authentication information; a registration section that stores a second inputted authentication information in the authentication information memory section, if the judgment sections judges that the first inputted authentication information matches the first stored user authentication information; and an approval section that approves access to the information stored in the memory section for a predetermined time period if the judgment section judges that: (1) the first inputted authentication
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Narusawa, Yasuhito Nagatomo, Masanori Morita, Nobutake Ishii, Mamoru Sakai
  • Patent number: 8334026
    Abstract: The radiation-curable phase-change ink composition having at least one radiation curable fluorescent co-monomer and a gellant. The radiation-curable phase-change ink composition offers both document security features as well as potential brand highlight features. The radiation-curable phase-change ink composition combines the unique attributes of the UV curable gel system, with its tremendous substrate latitude, with the ability to add tunable fluorescent effects without the safety concerns of small molecule fluorescent additives. Exemplary ink compositions include a first co-monomer, least one radiation curable fluorescent co-monomer, and a gellant. Methods for making and using these ink compositions and ink compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Michelle N Chretien, Naveen Chopra, Peter G Odell, Jennifer L Belelie
  • Patent number: 8333910
    Abstract: A microencapsulated silane coupling agent includes adduct particles of an epoxy compound and an imidazole silane coupling agent, and an ethyl cellulose film coating a periphery of the adduct particles, in which the ethyl cellulose film is crosslinked by a polyfunctional isocyanate compound. Preferred examples of the imidazole silane coupling agent include a compound represented by the formula (1), wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, and R3 is a lower alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Chemical & Information Device Corporation
    Inventor: Minoru Nagashima
  • Patent number: 8335073
    Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition includes, as a main component, a compound having perovskite type crystal structure shown by a general formula ABO3, as subcomponents, in terms of respective element with respect to 100 moles of the compound, and 0.6 to 2.0 moles of an oxide of Mg, 0.010 to 0.6 mole of oxide of Mn and/or Cr, 0.010 to 0.2 mole of an oxide of at least one selected from V, Mo and W, 0.10 to 1.0 mole of an oxide of R1 (R1 is at least one selected from Y, Yb, Er and Ho), 0.10 to 1.0 mole of an oxide of R2 (R2 is at least one selected from Dy, Gd and Tb) and 0.2 to 1.5 moles of a component consisting of an oxide of Ba and/or oxide of Ca and an oxide of Si. According to the present invention, even when a dielectric layer is made thinner, a dielectric ceramic composition having good characteristics can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Komatsu, Yoichiro Hoshi, Shuhei Yoshikawa, Yuichiro Sueda
  • Patent number: 8334988
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that has a display control unit that causes, when one or more of setting items for specifying a processing are sequentially specified by a manipulation made by an operator, a display unit to display processing information sets each including setting items in a predetermined order on the basis of the sequentially specified setting items, and has a processing execution unit that executes a processing specified by setting items included in a processing information set specified by a manipulation made by the operator among the displayed processing information sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Sekine
  • Patent number: 8335641
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and programs search for a route to a destination and set a recommended travel lane, based on the searched for route. The systems, methods, and programs provide lane guidance to lead the vehicle into the recommended lane. The systems, methods, and programs receive a current position of the vehicle and determine a movement direction of the vehicle, based on the received current position and the recommended lane. The systems, methods, and programs determine whether to provide lane guidance based on the movement direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Nakayama, Shino Oonishi, Kensuke Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 8335016
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storing unit that stores an image forming information including an image type information indicative of a type of an image for each image, an index value to be a decision source related to a suppression in a consumption of a recording material, and a print setting information; a discriminating unit that discriminates a type of an image to be an image forming target; a calculating unit that calculates the index value; and a selecting unit that selects any of the image forming information which is stored in the storing unit and takes top priority based on a result of the discrimination obtained by the discriminating unit and a result of the calculation obtained by the calculating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumi Nishikata, Kouji Yorimoto, Yasuo Komatsu, Kiyoshi Une
  • Patent number: 8334890
    Abstract: A display control apparatus that receives information from remote controls and that controls a display device. The display control apparatus includes a remote control information obtaining device that obtains remote control information, a display data creation device that creates display data for displaying pointers corresponding to the remote controls based on the remote control information, a display data output device that outputs the display data, a distance determination device that calculates a relative distance between display positions of the pointers and determines whether the relative distance is larger than a predetermined distance, and a driving signal transmission device that transmits, to at least one of the remote controls corresponding to the pointers for which the relative distance is equal to or less than the predetermined distance, a driving signal to cause a notification device provided in the remote control to be driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiro Sato
  • Patent number: 8335849
    Abstract: When acquisition processing of content information starts, a terminal apparatus executes acquisition permission determination processing of content information where permission probability is increased along with a lapse of time from starting of the acquisition processing of the content information for every predetermined period. When a result of the determination processing allows the acquisition of the content information, the terminal apparatus acquires the content information from another terminal apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kentaro Ushiyama
  • Patent number: 8333422
    Abstract: The representative sun visor for vehicles has a sun visor body which can slide in an axial direction of a support rod together with a guide member with respect to a movable element. The sun visor includes a friction mechanism which imposes a predetermined frictional resistance to the relative movement of the sun visor body with respect to the movable element. The friction mechanism has a sliding member and a biasing member. The sliding member is slidably held in contact with the guide member and imposes a frictional resistance to the guide member, and the biasing member applies a biasing force in a direction that holds the sliding member and the guide member in contact with each other. The guide member and the sliding member have a plurality of sliding contact portions on which the biasing force of the biasing member acts in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Kyowa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroto Ogawa, Ryo Tsushima
  • Patent number: 8333153
    Abstract: The invention relates to a launching device for a sub-caliber artillery projectile employing a base with sliding band, the base being linked to sabot sectors by means of hinges that can be detached during flight, the opening of the sabot being activated thanks to the dynamic air pressure on the flared shapes to the fore of the sectors, said hinge is flanged radially so as to prevent its becoming separated from the sabot sectors 5 outside of the flight phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Nexter Munitions
    Inventor: Lionel Caillat
  • Patent number: 8333386
    Abstract: A seal structure for connection sections, which facilitates installation and removal of a seal member from the connection sections. The seal member is placed in the connection sections between a first part and a second part. A first groove-ridge section is formed at the connection section of the first part, and a second groove-ridge section is formed at the connection section of the second part. The seal member has, on one face, a first fitting section fitting to the first groove-ridge section, and also has, on the other face, a second fitting section fitting to the second groove-ridge section. Press-fitting interferences in the wall-thickness direction are provided at the first and second fitting sections. The seal member has an extended section protruding radially outward from an annular body section where the first and second fitting sections are provided. The extended section protrudes to a position outside the connection sections of the first and second parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: CKD Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Takeda, Fumihito Tsuchiya, Tetsuya Ishihara