Patents by Inventor Akira Watanabe

Akira Watanabe 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).

  • Patent number: 8024008
    Abstract: When an instruction to change the display size of the content of a 1-segment broadcast received by a television broadcast communication unit is given while the content is being displayed on a display screen, and if it is possible to receive the content of a 12-segment broadcast continuously to the content of the 1-segment broadcast, a CPU switches to receiving the 12-segment broadcast and displays the broadcast content in the standard display size (second display size) of the 12-segment broadcast. If it is not possible to receive the 12-segment broadcast continuously to the 1-segment broadcast, the CPU displays the content of the 1-segment broadcast by changing it to the second display size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20110220026
    Abstract: A plasma processing device according to the present invention includes a plasma processing chamber consisting of a vacuum container, a pair of substrate holders standing opposite each other in the plasma processing chamber, a plurality of first reaction gas tubes provided between the two substrate holders, and a plurality of second reaction gas tubes provided between the plurality of first reaction gas tubes and each of the two substrate holders. The first reaction gas tubes, which are made of an electrically conductive material, are electrically connected to a first radio-frequency power source or second radio-frequency power source. The first reaction gas tubes double as a radio-frequency antenna, while the second reaction gas tubes double as an electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: EVATECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ino, Akira Watanabe, Shunichi Ishihara, Hajime Ashida, Hiroshi Shoji, Keiichi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 8012573
    Abstract: To provide a cellulose fiber composite having high transparency, low water absorption and low coefficient of linear thermal expansion. A fiber composite which comprises fibers having an average fiber diameter of at most 30 nm and a matrix material and which has a haze of at most 5 according to JIS K-7136 when the fiber composite has a thickness of 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Sachiko Kowata, Akira Watanabe, Hideko Akai
  • Publication number: 20110132752
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electroforming master comprises a patterns of protrusions and recesses formed on one major surface of an Si substrate having two major surfaces, corresponding to information for positioning of a read/write head (a preamble, address, and burst), recording tracks or recording bits. Impurity ions are doped in the surface of this patterns of protrusions and recesses. The impurity ion concentration distribution in the film thickness direction of the Si substrate has a peak in a portion from the patterns of protrusions and recesses surface to a depth of 40 nm in the film thickness direction. The impurity concentration of this peak is 1×1020 to 2×1021 ions/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Satoshi SHIROTORI, Akira WATANABE, Yoshiyuki KAMATA, Masatoshi SAKURAI
  • Patent number: 7884296
    Abstract: The present invention is a side-surface light-emitting unit to illuminate one or more illuminated objects disposed on a flat surface to extend in one direction, from a side surface of the illuminated object and includes a light guiding body which is disposed along the side surface of the illuminated object and emits light toward the side surface of the illuminated object, and an LED disposed at at least one end of light guiding body, an upper surface and a lower surface of the light guiding body except the side surface facing the object being optically shielded. It is possible to brightly illuminate objects such as key switches or the like from one end of the arrangement along a direction of the arrangement by uninterrupted continuous emission light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Watanabe, Kazuya Ishihara, Kosuke Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20110026268
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a lamp body having an opening, a resin cover attached to the opening to form a lamp chamber together with the lamp body; and a light source disposed inside the lamp chamber to irradiate light through the resin cover. The resin cover includes a design surface portion, and a peripheral edge portion surrounding the design surface portion. The peripheral edge portion includes a gate mark, and a thick-walled portion having a greater wall thickness than the other part of the peripheral edge portion and extending from the gate mark toward the design surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji OMURA, Akira WATANABE, Toshimasa IKEDA
  • Patent number: 7858919
    Abstract: A photo reflector (30) includes a circuit board (32) provided with electrode patterns, a light-emitting element (42) and a light-receiving element (44) disposed on the circuit board, a light-transmitting resin sealing the light receiving element (44), and a light shielding member (50) provided on the circuit board to cover peripheral side surfaces of the first light-transmitting resin and the second light-transmitting resin except for upper surfaces thereof. A light-intensity adjuster (60) to adjust the photocurrent is provided on the light-transmitting resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Funakubo, Akira Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100309202
    Abstract: In a mobile phone 1, a display section 19 capable of 3D display, which includes a high-definition liquid crystal, has a liquid crystal layer for generating a parallax barrier (not shown) on the front surface thereof. A central controlling section 11 judges suitability in 3D display of content based on the contents of the content before displaying the content in the display section 19 capable of 3D display, and displays the content in 3D when the content is judged to be suitable for 3D display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100272980
    Abstract: To provide a cellulose fiber composite having high transparency, low water absorption and low coefficient of linear thermal expansion. A fiber composite which comprises fibers having an average fiber diameter of at most 30 nm and a matrix material and which has a haze of at most 5 according to JIS K-7136 when the fiber composite has a thickness of 100 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Sachiko Kowata, Akira Watanabe, Hideko Akai
  • Publication number: 20100272550
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate holding mechanism capable of assuredly holding a substrate and delivering/receiving it: a substrate holding mechanism including a substrate holding unit for holding a rectangular substrate, comprising: a plurality of substrate holding rollers provided at positions corresponding to two opposite sides of the substrate on the substrate holding unit and pivotally supported by the substrate holding unit; and a roller driver for rotating the substrate holding rollers, wherein: the substrate holding roller comprises a cylinder part and a holding flange provided along a portion of a circumference of each end of the cylinder part; and each of the substrate holding rollers is rotated by the roller driver so that a state of holding edges of the substrate by the holding flange and a state of releasing the edges can be switched in accordance with a rotation angle of the substrate holding rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: EVATECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Ishihara, Hajime Ashida, Akira Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100263797
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a plasma processing apparatus for performing a plasma processing on a planar substrate body to be processed, the apparatus being capable of generating the plasma with good uniformity and efficiently using the plasma, and having a high productivity. That is, the plasma processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a vacuum chamber; one or plural antenna supporters (plasma generator supporters) projecting into the internal space of the vacuum chamber; radio-frequency antennas (plasma generators) attached to each antenna supporter; and a pair of substrate body holders provided across the antenna supporter in the vacuum chamber, for holding a planar substrate body to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicants: EMD CORPORATION, EVATECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Setsuhara, Akinori Ebe, Eiji Ino, Shinichiro Ishihara, Hajime Ashida, Akira Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100243163
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus for carrying a substrate W in a standing position and performing a predetermined process to the substrate W, including: a plurality of substrate processing chambers; and a common carrying delivery chamber for carrying a substrate to each of the substrate processing chambers, where: at least one of the substrate processing chambers is provided above or below the common carrying delivery chamber; and a substrate passage opening through which the substrate W can pass is provided at the boundaries between the processing chambers and the carrying chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: EVATECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ino, Akira Watanabe, Hajime Ashida
  • Publication number: 20100248796
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first casing; a second casing; a coupling mechanism for coupling the first and second casings while allowing the first and second casings to slide and rotate with each other in a state where the first and second casings being overlapped with each other, the coupling mechanism retaining the first and second casings to be in one of: a first posture in which the first and second casings are being overlapped; a second posture in which the first and second casings are being slidably moved; and a third posture in which the first and second casing are being rotated; a magnet provided in one of the first casing and the second casing; a first magnetic sensor and a second magnetic sensor which are provided in the other of the first casing and the second casing, the sensors outputting detection signals generated by a magnetic force of the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hisashi Higashigawa, Akira Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100231964
    Abstract: A scanner that provides WSD standard scan service does not allow the notification and identification by a client PC of scan parameters, such as a resolution and a reading range, that are selected by a user in push scan on a panel, for example, attached to the scanner body. This prevents the push scan with the user-specified scan parameters. Accordingly, an event that temporarily limits the scanning functions is issued to inhibit the specification of parameters excluding user-specified scan parameters from a client PC. Thus, the client PC can instruct the scanning with the user-specified parameters, and the push scan requested by the user can be implemented. The limitation is valid only to the destination client of the push scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akira Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100133083
    Abstract: A side surface light emitting unit illuminates, from its side surfaces, one or more objects to be illuminated which are arranged to extend in one direction on a flat surface. The side surface light emitting unit is provided with a light guide body arranged along the side surface of the objects to be illuminated, for projecting light to the side surfaces of the objects, and an LED arranged at least on one end of the light guide body. In the side surface light emitting unit, the upper surface and the lower surface, excluding the side surfaces facing the objects, are blocked from light. The objects to be illuminated, such as key switches, can be brightly illuminated by unintermittent continuous outgoing light, along the arrangement direction of the objects from one end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Akira Watanabe, Kazuya Ishihara, Kosuke Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20100116472
    Abstract: A heat exchanger tube comprising an Al alloy extruded tube, and a flux layer including Si powder, Zn-containing flux, and binder formed on an outer surface of the Al alloy extruded tube, wherein an amount of the Si powder applied on the Al alloy extruded tube is in a range of 1 g/m2 or more and 5 g/m2 or less, an amount of the Zn containing flux applied on the Al alloy extruded tube is in a range of 3 g/m2 or more and 20 g/m2 or less, and the Si powder has a particle diameter distribution such that 99% particle diameter is 5 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less, and an amount of coarse particle having a diameter of not smaller than 5 times (D99) is less than 1 ppm by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ALUMINUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya KATSUMATA, Yasunori HYOGO, Akira WATANABE
  • Patent number: 7690881
    Abstract: A substrate transfer apparatus for loading and unloading substrates in a reaction chamber, includes: an arm having a distal end which is laterally movable in a straight line direction; and end-effectors for loading and unloading substrates in a reaction chamber, which include a lower end-effector and an upper end-effector. One of the lower end-effector or the upper end-effector is movably coupled to the arm at a distal end of the arm, and the other end-effector is fixed to the movably coupled end-effector. The fixed end-effector is fixed to the movably coupled end-effector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: ASM Japan K.K.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yamagishi, Tamihiro Kobayashi, Akira Watanabe, Kunihiro Kaneuchi
  • Patent number: 7689369
    Abstract: A problem diagnosis method and problem repair method for a laser device are provided. The method includes measuring the intensity of scattered light generated by an optical part inside the laser device; referring to data indicating a temporal change in the scattered light predicted under predetermined operating conditions of the laser device, and predicting the seriousness of the problem from the intensity of scattered light; and determining what kind of maintenance work is necessary based on the seriousness of the problem. Additionally, the seriousness of the problem in the optical part can be predicted by executing fuzzy logic based on membership functions defining the relationship between scattered light intensity and the seriousness of problems of optical parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Cyber Laser Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Watanabe, Tadashi Okuno, Hiroshi Tsugita, Tetsumi Sumiyoshi, Hitoshi Sekita
  • Patent number: 7677781
    Abstract: A sheet switch module including a circuit board (22), at least one key switch (25) disposed on the circuit board, and a flexible light guiding sheet (31) which is disposed on the key switch and configured to cover the circuit board, the light guiding sheet being configured to flexibly fit over and follow the shape of the key switch along an outer surface of the key switch, when the light guiding sheet is disposed on the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignees: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd., Fuji Polymer Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Ishihara, Kosuke Tsuchiya, Akira Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7663872
    Abstract: A sliding mechanism includes: a slidable intermediate member having first and second guide holes; a first shaft that is slidably inserted into the first guide hole, the first shaft having first and second end portions; a first spring member that is interposed between the first end portion of the first shaft and the slidable intermediate member to urge the slidable intermediate member toward the second end portion of the first shaft; a second shaft that is slidably inserted into the second guide hole, the second shaft having third and fourth end portions, the third end portion being disposed at a position opposite to the first end portion; and a second spring member that is interposed between the third end portion of the second shaft and the slidable intermediate member to urge the slidable intermediate member toward the fourth end portion of the second shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hisashi Higashigawa, Yasushi Komine, Akira Watanabe