Patents by Inventor Akio Higashi
Akio Higashi 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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Patent number: 10910192Abstract: An ion source includes a vacuum chamber having a cooling mechanism, an ion generation container for reacting an ionized gas with an ion material so as to generate ions, an extraction electrode for extracting ions generated in the ion generation container and generating an ion beam, and a shielding member provided inside and in the vicinity of an inner wall of the vacuum chamber, and having a main body made of a conductive metal for blocking deposition of an insulating material on the inner wall (10d) of the vacuum chamber. The main body of the shielding member has a plurality of protruding support portions that is in contact with the inner wall of the vacuum chamber for supporting the main body in a manner such that the main body is fitted at a distance from the inner wall of the vacuum chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: ULVAC, INC.Inventors: Akio Higashi, Naruyasu Sasaki, Toshihiro Terasawa
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Publication number: 20200402759Abstract: An ion source includes a vacuum chamber having a cooling mechanism, an ion generation container for reacting an ionized gas with an ion material so as to generate ions, an extraction electrode for extracting ions generated in the ion generation container and generating an ion beam, and a shielding member provided inside and in the vicinity of an inner wall of the vacuum chamber, and having a main body made of a conductive metal for blocking deposition of an insulating material on the inner wall (10d) of the vacuum chamber. The main body of the shielding member has a plurality of protruding support portions that is in contact with the inner wall of the vacuum chamber for supporting the main body in a manner such that the main body is fitted at a distance from the inner wall of the vacuum chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: ULVAC, INC.Inventors: Akio HIGASHI, Naruyasu SASAKI, Toshihiro TERASAWA
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Publication number: 20140375589Abstract: The display control device is a display control device which receives a signal from the operating device having a touchpad and generates screen data to be displayed on a screen, the display control device including: a touch information detecting unit (201) which detects touch information including position information about a position on the touchpad that is touched with a finger of a user during operation of the touchpad; a direction determining unit (203) which determines a direction intended by the user, using a characteristic which is indicated by the touch information detected by the touch information detecting unit (201) and which results from the operation on the touchpad with the finger; and a screen data generating unit (205) which generates the screen data depending on the direction determined by the direction determining unit (203).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Akio HIGASHI, Masaki YAMAUCHI, Susumu KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 8860676Abstract: The display control device is a display control device which receives a signal from the operating device having a touchpad and generates screen data to be displayed on a screen, the display control device including: a touch information detecting unit (201) which detects touch information including position information about a position on the touchpad that is touched with a finger of a user during operation of the touchpad; a direction determining unit (203) which determines a direction intended by the user, using a characteristic which is indicated by the touch information detected by the touch information detecting unit (201) and which results from the operation on the touchpad with the finger; and a screen data generating unit (205) which generates the screen data depending on the direction determined by the direction determining unit (203).Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of AmericaInventors: Akio Higashi, Masaki Yamauchi, Susumu Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20120013463Abstract: The display control device is a display control device which receives a signal from the operating device having a touchpad and generates screen data to be displayed on a screen, the display control device including: a touch information detecting unit (201) which detects touch information including position information about a position on the touchpad that is touched with a finger of a user during operation of the touchpad; a direction determining unit (203) which determines a direction intended by the user, using a characteristic which is indicated by the touch information detected by the touch information detecting unit (201) and which results from the operation on the touchpad with the finger; and a screen data generating unit (205) which generates the screen data depending on the direction determined by the direction determining unit (203).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Akio Higashi, Masaki Yamauchi, Susumu Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8077980Abstract: An image processing apparatus enables image data to be handled easily after photography. A server apparatus patterns images and controls information in correspondence with user identifiers. A digital camera photographs a subject, obtains a pattern image and a piece of control information from the server apparatus, and judges whether a portion of the image data obtained by photography matches the obtained pattern image. If a matching portion exists, then the digital camera operates in accordance with an operation instruction included in the piece of control information. If the operation instruction is mosaic processing, then the digital camera performs mosaic processing to the matching portion. If the operation instruction is image replacement, then the digital camera replaces the matching portion with a predetermined image or performs CG processing on the matching portion. If the operation instruction is frame deletion, then the digital camera deletes the image data.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2005Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Natsume Matsuzaki, Kaoru Yokota, Masao Nonaka, Mitsuhiro Inoue, Tohru Nakahara, Akio Higashi
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Patent number: 7814168Abstract: A unit-to-unit data exchange system preventing an unfair exchange without increasing communications cost or a load on a server. A unit (11a) exchanges data with a unit (11b). An exchange completion data keeping device keeps exchange completion data that is necessary for each unit (11a and 11b) to reproduce the obtained data after the data exchange is completed. The exchange completion data keeping device transmits the exchange completion data obtained from the unit (11b) to the unit (11a) and transmits the exchange completion data obtained from the unit (11a) to the unit (11b) only when the unit (11a) and the unit (11b) have successfully received data of interest.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masahiro Oho, Akio Higashi, Mitsuhiro Inoue
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Publication number: 20100243029Abstract: A flexible solar cell module that includes a flexible insulating substrate; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements formed on the substrate, each including a rear electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a transparent electrode layer; an organic insulating protection film covering each photoelectric conversion element such that light transparency for each photoelectric conversion element is secured; and an inorganic insulating protection film provided on each transparent electrode layer such that light transparency on a light receiving side of each photoelectric conversion element is secured. The inorganic insulating protection film is formed to have a layer structure that includes a silicon oxynitride layer as the outermost layer of the structure. This enables improvement of the weather resistance and water vapor barrier properties and improvement of the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar cell module to be achieved at a low cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Akio HIGASHI, Hiroshi Nagate
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Patent number: 7725399Abstract: A content usage device includes (i) a license management unit that holds license information and (ii) a content output unit that uses a content in compliance with license information and outputs the content in at least one manner of a sound, video and data. The license management unit, upon receiving a request of license information from the content output unit, requests a license management unit of another content usage device to transfer the license information and acquires the license information, and passes the acquired license information to the content output unit. The content output unit uses a content in compliance with the license information passed from the license management unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2002Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tohru Nakahara, Masanori Nakanishi, Yasushi Uesaka, Kouji Miura, Akio Higashi, Takaaki Namba
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Patent number: 7721088Abstract: To provide a content distribution system which can prevent use of content which has been temporarily stored after the valid period. A content distribution system (1) including a license server (101) which issues a license, a content server (102) which transmits the content, a terminal device (103) which controls use of the content based on the issued license. The terminal device (103) does not allow the use of the received encrypted content when it is judged that the encrypted content received from the content server (102) is not the content received in real time.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Ryuichi Okamoto, Akio Higashi, Hiroki Murakami, Katsumi Tokuda
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Patent number: 7715564Abstract: Each of at least two terminal apparatuses uses content data in accordance with license information which is generated by a content distribution system to which it subscribes. A conversion apparatus includes a working area for storing license information which is compatible with one of the terminal apparatuses, and a central processing section for converting the license information stored in the working area into license information which is compatible with the other terminal apparatus. Thus, there is provided a conversion apparatus which can convert one's own license information so as to be passable to others.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2002Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Tohru Nakahara, Akio Higashi
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Patent number: 7676042Abstract: To reduce a frequency of recording communication management information for communication disconnection countermeasure. A digital content distribution system includes a license server (101) that issues a license, and a user terminal (103) that controls use of content based on the issued license. The license server (101) judges, according to the license to be issued, whether or not the communication management information for the communication disconnection countermeasure needs to be recorded, and notifies the user terminal of a result of the judgment. This enables the user terminal (103) to reduce the frequency of recording the communication management information.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2007Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Ryuichi Okamoto, Akio Higashi, Satoshi Niwano, Hiroki Murakami
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Patent number: 7630922Abstract: A content distribution management system includes a plurality of content distributing devices, which each include a content storage processing unit operable to store and distribute a content, a user interface unit operable to provide viewing and information of a content for a user, a content acquisition processing unit operable to acquire a content from a content providing device, etc. and to perform purchase processing of the content, and a sending/receiving unit operable to exchange data via a communication network. The content distribution management system also includes a content distribution management device, which includes a payment management processing unit operable to perform payment processing of a content, and a copyright management processing unit operable to manage and send copyright-related information (a usage rule, key information, etc.). The content distributing devices and the content distribution management system are configured via the communication network, etc.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2002Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takaaki Namba, Takashi Matsuo, Akio Higashi, Tohru Nakahara, Hiroki Murakami
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Publication number: 20090187762Abstract: To provide a content distribution system which can prevent use of content which has been temporarily stored after the valid period. A content distribution system (1) including a license server (101) which issues a license, a content server (102) which transmits the content, a terminal device (103) which controls use of the content based on the issued license. The terminal device (103) does not allow the use of the received encrypted content when it is judged that the encrypted content received from the content server (102) is not the content received in real time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2007Publication date: July 23, 2009Inventors: Ryuichi Okamoto, Akio Higashi, Hiroki Murakami, Ketsumi Tokuda
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Publication number: 20090010439Abstract: To reduce a frequency of recording communication management information for communication disconnection countermeasure. A digital content distribution system includes a license server (101) that issues a license, and a user terminal (103) that controls use of content based on the issued license. The license server (101) judges, according to the license to be issued, whether or not the communication management information for the communication disconnection countermeasure needs to be recorded, and notifies the user terminal of a result of the judgment. This enables the user terminal (103) to reduce the frequency of recording the communication management information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventors: Ryuichi Okamoto, Akio Higashi, Satoshi Niwano, Hiroki Murakami
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Publication number: 20080281942Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to use data that is held by a given terminal device in another terminal device, even after the given terminal device can no longer be accessed externally. If a terminal device 100a detects an event wherein one's own terminal will no longer be externally accessible, then the data held by one's own terminal 100a is transferred to another device 200 that can be accessed externally. Another terminal device 100b, which acquires and uses data, acquires data from the device 200, and uses such.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2005Publication date: November 13, 2008Inventors: Tohru Nakahara, Akio Higashi, Ryuichi Okamoto, Mitsuhiro Inoue, Natsume Matsuzaki
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Publication number: 20080152150Abstract: The present invention relates to an information distribution system including a distribution device (100) for broadcasting a content and a terminal device (200) for receiving the content broadcast from the distribution device (100). The distribution device (100) includes a PKI-related information acquisition instruction addition determination section (104) for determining whether or not PKI-related information stored therein has been updated, and a broadcast signal multiplex and transmission section (103) for, when the PKI-related information acquisition instruction addition determination section (104) determines that the PKI-related information has been updated, broadcasting a PKI-related information acquisition instruction for requesting the terminal device to acquire latest PKI-related information as being multiplexed to the content, together with information required for using the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2005Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Akio Higashi, Hiroki Murakami, Katsumi Tokuda
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Patent number: 7391866Abstract: A reception apparatus includes: a reception unit for receiving the scrambled content, the scrambled content being scrambled so that a predetermined unit of scrambled content is descrambled using a descrambling key corresponding to the predetermined unit of scrambled content, and at least one piece of storage information in which a list including all descrambling keys used for descrambling the scrambled content is embedded; storage unit for storing the received scrambled content and the storage information; list extraction unit for extracting the list from the stored storage information; descramble processing unit for extracting the predetermined unit of scrambled content from the stored scrambled content, extracting a descrambling key corresponding to the predetermined unit of scrambled content from the extracted list, and descrambling the extracted predetermined unit of scrambled content using the extracted descrambling key; and reproduction unit for reproducing the predetermined unit of descrambled contentType: GrantFiled: December 13, 2001Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukiyasu Fukami, Toru Nakahara, Takashi Matsuo, Akio Higashi, Hiroki Murakami
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Patent number: 7359883Abstract: A management device of a license management system acquires a usage request of a content from an SD card or a printer via a relay device, analyzes the acquired usage request, acquires usage environment information of the SD card or the printer from the relay device, analyzes the acquired usage environment information, generates license information including a usage rule corresponding to the analysis results of the usage request and the usage environment information, generates instruction information indicating how to handle the license information in the relay device based on the analysis result of the usage environment information, embeds the generated instruction information in the license information, and sends the license information to the relay device.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2002Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takaaki Namba, Takashi Matsuo, Akio Higashi, Tohru Nakahara, Hiroki Murakami, Masanori Nakanishi, Yasushi Uesaka, Kouji Miura
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Publication number: 20080040738Abstract: The present invention provides a content reproduction terminal which can be transformed between a general-purpose terminal and a members-only terminal. A content reproduction terminal 30a is composed of: an IC card slot into which a card 20a distributed to a membership user is to be inserted; an application/display-data acquisition unit 304a which sets the operation mode on the basis of a membership certificate 2020 showing a group, to which the user belongs, held previously in the card 20a; and a resident player application execution unit 305a and a member player application execution unit 308a which reproduce the content differently depending on the setting result given by the application/display-data acquisition unit 304a.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2005Publication date: February 14, 2008Inventors: Ryuichi Okamoto, Masaya Yamamoto, Akio Higashi, Senichi Onoda, Katsumi Tokuda