Patents by Inventor Akira Kinno
Akira Kinno 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: 7656373Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes an array substrate which includes scanning lines, signal lines, pixel circuits each including a pixel switch and a pixel electrode, a first circuit switching a state of the scanning lines between a first state that they are electrically connected to one another and a second state that they are electrically disconnected from one another, and a second circuit switching a state of the signal lines between a third state that they are electrically connected to one another and a fourth state that they are electrically disconnected from one another, a counter substrate which includes a counter electrode, and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the array and counter substrates and contains a high-molecular weight material and a low-molecular weight liquid crystal material, the low-molecular weight liquid crystal material forming a bend configuration before energizing the display.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2006Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Rei Hasegawa, Yuko Kizu, Akira Kinno
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Publication number: 20090221266Abstract: A mobile terminal (200) comprises an application execution unit (240) configured to execute an application program; an access control rule management unit (270) configured to retain an access control rule defining whether the application program has an access authorization to a confidential resource in the mobile terminal and a determining unit; an access control rule query unit (220) configured to acquire, from an external device, the access control rule by designating at least one of an identifier of a user identity module installed in the mobile terminal and an identifier of the mobile terminal, and to retain the acquired access control rule in the access control management unit; a query requirement determination unit (260) configured to determine whether to update the access control rule when the application program makes an access to the confidential resource, and to update the access control rule; an authorization management unit (230) configured to determine whether the application program has the acceType: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2006Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: NTT DoComo, Inc.Inventors: Ken Ohta, Takashi Yoshikawa, Akira Kinno, Hiroshi Inamura
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Patent number: 7567236Abstract: A communications terminal apparatus, a reception apparatus, and a method can enhance the effect of reducing the amount of information to be transmitted when text data is generated and transmitted. The communications terminal apparatus 100 stores key identifier definition information in a key identifier definition-storage area 1071. The communications terminal apparatus 100 obtains a key identifier corresponding to an operated key from the key identifier definition-storage area 1071 when the key is operated, and adds and stores it as a key identifier string in the input key identifier storage area 1073. The communications terminal apparatus 100 transmits the key identifier string stored in the input key identifier storage area 1073 by the transmission function 1031 when a transmit instruction is detected.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2004Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Takehiro Nakayama, Takashi Suzuki, Hideki Yukitomo, Akira Kinno, Hiroshi Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20090187396Abstract: A software operation modeling device (100) includes: a stack information recording unit (120), an end information recording unit (150), a stack difference information generation unit (130) for generating information for generating stack difference information by concatenating a call stack upper node of stack information with information until the end information is detected by using the end information recorded by the end information recording unit (150), and a model generation unit (140) for generating a software operation model from the stack difference information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2007Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicants: NTT DoCoMo, Inc., The University of TsukubaInventors: Akira Kinno, Takehiro Nakayama, Atsushi Takeshita, Kazuhiko Kato, Hirotake Abe, Katsuhiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 7530017Abstract: A document transformation system comprises: template storing means for storing structure information having a specific pattern, as a template; template match detecting means for importing the structure information forming the structured document, and transformation location information indicating a transformation location of the structure information, and for detecting a match portion between the structure information and the template, excepting the transformation location indicated by the transformation location information, from objects of detection, in the structure information; template replacing means for importing the structure information forming the structured document, and match information indicating the match portion, for replacing the match portion indicated by the match information, in the structure information with the template, and for outputting replaced structure information; and transforming means for importing the character string information forming the structured document, the replaced stType: GrantFiled: September 15, 2004Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Akira Kinno, Hideki Yukitomo, Takehiro Nakayama, Atsushi Takeshita
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Publication number: 20090106137Abstract: To realize charging while in non-contact processing operation for the purpose other than charging. An approach of a portable electronic device 2 with a rapid bulk electricity storing module 20, which is a chargeable power source, is detected at the side of a power transmitting device 1, and power transmission for charging the rapid bulk electricity storing module 20 is executed in response to the detection of the approach. A power source can be charged in operation for non-contact authentication which is executed when a device approaches an authentication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Daisuke OCHI, Akira Kinno, Hiroaki Hagino, Naoki Hashida, Takashi Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 7506249Abstract: Acquisition portion acquires distribution rule information, user situation information, and a distribution information structured document output from contents distribution server, and evaluation object extraction portion extracts evaluation objects related with the user side situation from evaluation objects of each condition description portion contained in the distribution rule information, and user situation extraction portion extracts the situation of user terminal corresponding to evaluation objects concerned from the user situation information, and condition evaluation portion evaluates each condition description portion on the basis of the situation of the user terminal, and conversion rule information generation portion generates a conversion rule information on the basis of the result of the evaluation, and conversion portion converts a distribution information structured document on the basis of the conversion rule information, and output portion outputs the distribution information structured docuType: GrantFiled: December 24, 2003Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignees: NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Panasonic CorporationInventors: Akira Kinno, Minoru Etoh, Yoshifumi Yonemoto, Masashi Morioka, Wataru Fujikawa, Koichi Emura
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Publication number: 20080217623Abstract: An optical sensor element includes: an n-type semiconductor region formed on a substrate; an i-type semiconductor region which is formed on the substrate between the p-type semiconductor region and the n-type semiconductor region and which is lower in impurity concentration than the p-type semiconductor region and the n-type semiconductor region; an anode electrode formed on the insulation film and connected to the p-type semiconductor region; and a cathode electrode formed on the insulation film and connected to the n-type semiconductor region. A reverse bias voltage Vb is applied when detecting the photocurrent, the reverse bias voltage Vb satisfying a following relation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2007Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yujiro Hara, Akira Kinno, Tsuyoshi Hioki, Isao Amemiya, Shuichi Uchikoga
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Publication number: 20080155022Abstract: An object of the invention is to allow a program execution domain to be specified and then a start target program to be started by the specified program execution domain. Disclosed is a remote start system including a communication terminal capable of switching multiple program execution domains from one to another, and a remote start server instructing, via a network, the communication terminal to start a start target program. In the remote server, generated is a switching program start message for requesting the communication terminal to start a switching program that switches a program execution domain to a specific program execution domain for executing the start target program. The switching program start message includes a switching program ID, a parameter for starting the switching program, and a parameter for starting the start target program. The parameter for starting the switching program includes the start target program ID and domain ID.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Takashi SUZUKI, Akira Kinno, Hiroshi Fujimoto
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Patent number: 7292731Abstract: The image coding apparatus is constituted comprising an atom extraction section 109 for acquiring position data indicating the positions of atoms of prediction residual data in macroblocks, for each of the macroblocks; and a variable length encoding section 113 for determining the frequency of occurrence distribution of the position data in the macroblocks to be encoded, in accordance with the number of atoms of prediction residual data present in the macroblocks, and for performing arithmetic coding of the position data on the basis of the frequency of occurrence distribution thus determined. An improvement in the efficiency of the entropy coding of the atom parameters of Matching Pursuits coding is therefore feasible.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Shunichi Sekiguchi, Akira Kinno, Kazuo Sugimoto, Minoru Etoh
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Patent number: 7269601Abstract: The information delivery system is configured with a media database 1009 which stores media data, a sequence information database 1008 which stores sequence information for specifying the address of media data to deliver, a scene searcher 1005 which verifies the sequence information according to a request of the controlling media received from client terminal 1000 and retrieves appropriate media data from the media database 1009 starting from a prescribed point based on a result of the verification, and an output unit 1006 which delivers the retrieved media data to the client terminal 1000.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2003Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Akira Kinno, Minoru Etoh, Yoshifumi Yonemoto, Shunichi Sekiguchi
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Publication number: 20070204257Abstract: The software operation modeling device includes a function call order obtaining unit and a model generator. The function call order obtaining unit obtains or estimates an issuing order of function calls executed in each of specific events in the course of executing software. The model generator statistically grasps a co-occurrence relationship between the specific event and the issuing order of the function calls obtained or estimated by the function call order obtaining unit, and to record the grasped co-occurrence relationship as an operation model of the software.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2006Publication date: August 30, 2007Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Akira Kinno, Takehiro Nakayama
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Patent number: 7200585Abstract: An identifier generating method according to the present invention has a canonicalization process step of subjecting document data to a canonicalization process to correct fluctuation of expression; and an identifier generating step of, based on all or part of document data having been subjected to the canonicalization process in the canonicalization process step, generating an identifier uniquely specifying the document data or part thereof. When the fluctuation of expression is corrected by the canonicalization process, prior to the generation of the identifier in this way, the XML documents or RDF documents with the same meaning are transformed into documents in the same expression, and the identical identifier can be generated for them by a function of generating an identifier from a sequence of characters, as typified by a one-way function.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2003Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Akira Kinno, Minoru Etoh, Yoshifumi Yonemoto
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Publication number: 20070001962Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes an array substrate which includes scanning lines, signal lines, pixel circuits each including a pixel switch and a pixel electrode, a first circuit switching a state of the scanning lines between a first state that they are electrically connected to one another and a second state that they are electrically disconnected from one another, and a second circuit switching a state of the signal lines between a third state that they are electrically connected to one another and a fourth state that they are electrically disconnected from one another, a counter substrate which includes a counter electrode, and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the array and counter substrates and contains a high-molecular weight material and a low-molecular weight liquid crystal material, the low-molecular weight liquid crystal material forming a bend configuration before energizing the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2006Publication date: January 4, 2007Inventors: Rei Hasegawa, Yuko Kizu, Akira Kinno
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Publication number: 20060287763Abstract: To realize charging while in non-contact processing operation for the purpose other than charging. An approach of a portable electronic device 2 with a rapid bulk electricity storing module 20, which is a chargeable power source, is detected at the side of a power transmitting device 1, and power transmission for charging the rapid bulk electricity storing module 20 is executed in response to the detection of the approach. A power source can be charged in operation for non-contact authentication which is executed when a device approaches an authentication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2006Publication date: December 21, 2006Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Daisuke Ochi, Akira Kinno, Hiroaki Hagino, Naoki Hashida, Takashi Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20060274897Abstract: A communication terminal device includes a wireless communication unit, an integrity measurement request unit, a cryptographic processing unit, a pointing unit. The integrity measurement request unit generates a command to request another computer device to measure integrity. The cryptographic processing unit performs cryptographic processing concerning communication with the another computer device. The pointing unit acquires positional information when a result of the integrity measurement satisfies a predetermined condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2006Publication date: December 7, 2006Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Takehiro Nakayama, Akira Kinno, Atsushi Takeshita
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Publication number: 20060237647Abstract: Signal output of an X-ray-electric conversion layer prevents instability of operation due to variation of a threshold voltage of TFT mounted to read a signal. Pixel electrodes 17 are arranged in an array on the X-ray-electric conversion layer. Variation of the threshold voltage (Vth) is suppressed by applying in compensatory manner a voltage pulse for switch-off having a polarity opposite to an average polarity of a voltage for switch-on at operating period to the gate electrode of a field effect type TFT for pixel switching connected to each pixel electrode to read a signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2006Publication date: October 26, 2006Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Mitsushi Ikeda, Akira Kinno, Toshiyuki Oka
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Patent number: 7126128Abstract: A flat panel X-ray detector, including an X-ray-electric-charge converting film containing a metal halide and serving to convert an incident X-ray into an electric charge, a pair of electrodes formed on both surfaces of the X-ray-electric-charge converting film, and a blocking layer formed in contact with at least one surface of the X-ray-electric-charge converting film and containing a substance selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, a metal nitride, a metal halide oxide, a first mixture of at least two of these materials, and a second mixture of a metal halide and any of these materials.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2005Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Mitsushi Ikeda, Masaki Atsuta, Toshiyuki Oka, Kenichi Mori, Akira Kinno
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Patent number: 7115878Abstract: A flat panel X-ray detector which includes an X-ray-charge conversion film converting incident X-rays into electric charges, and a pair of electrodes disposed in contact with both surfaces of the X-ray-charge conversion film The X-ray-charge conversion film has a laminate structure including a plurality of metal halide films differing in band gap from one another and laminated along direction of c-axis of hexagonal crystal structure, and halogen atoms contained in the plurality of metal halide films are of the same kind among them.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2003Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Mitsushi Ikeda, Toshiyuki Oka, Mutsuki Yamazaki, Masaki Atsuta, Akira Kinno
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Publication number: 20060206899Abstract: An access controller controls access to control target resources by a program. The access controller includes a function access detection unit and a resource access control unit. The function access detection unit detects loading of a control target function from the program and generates identification information to specify an access request issued from the detected control target function. The resource access control unit obtains a request of accessing the control target resources from the program and determines permission of the access request based on the identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Akira Kinno, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Takehiro Nakayama