Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Matsui

Hiroaki Matsui 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: 20060072074
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided an image display device including a non-luminous reflection type spatial light modulating element, illuminating system to illuminate the reflection type spatial light modulating element and a projection lens and in which light from a light source (2) illuminates the reflection type spatial light modulating elements (14, 15) via first and second fly-eye integrators (9, 10). An unnecessary part, not modulated, of the light reflected by the reflection spatial light modulating elements (14, 15) and further by a reflector (4) for recycling. Since the fly-eye integrators (9, 10) are displaced in relation to their optical axes, it is possible to utilize the light with an improved efficiency and prevent any nonuniform illumination from taking place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsui, Tomoya Yano, Yukio Ohmura
  • Publication number: 20050220217
    Abstract: A transmitter that can reduce noise without using an SAW filter whose IC integration is hard, and copes with two modulation formats of constant envelope modulation and non-constant envelope modulation, and a downsized and low-cost wireless communication apparatus that uses the transmitter are provided. The transmitter includes a quadrature modulator that modulates an input signal by quadrature modulation, a first amplifier that amplifies a modulation signal outputted by the quadrature modulator, and a second amplifier that amplifies an output signal of the first amplifier. The first amplifier operates as a limiter when the modulation format is the constant envelope modulation, and performs linear operation when the modulation format is the non-constant envelope modulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Taizo Yamawaki, Masahiro Ito, Masumi Kasahara, Hiroaki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20050190342
    Abstract: A projection type image display apparatus is disclosed which can achieve an improved polarized light demultiplexing characteristic with a simple configuration and can project an image of a high quality having a high contrast. The apparatus includes a polarizing beam splitter having a demultiplexing face inclined to 45 degrees with respect to a plane perpendicular to an optical axis, a linearly polarizing element in the form of a flat plate provided in front of the polarizing beam splitter, and a reflection type liquid crystal element provided at a next stage to the polarizing beam splitter. The linearly polarizing element is disposed perpendicularly to a reference plane which includes a normal to the demultiplexing face and the optical axis and is inclined at an acute angle in the opposite direction to the demultiplexing face with respect to the plane perpendicular to the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroaki Suzuki, Tomoya Yano, Ken Kikuchi, Hiroaki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20050136847
    Abstract: A communication semiconductor integrated circuit (high frequency IC) that has a function of differentially-singly converts and outputs a transmitted signal suppressing deterioration of a harmonic suppression characteristic and enables miniaturization and an electronic component (high frequency module) that mounts the communication semiconductor integrated circuit are provided. In the communication semiconductor integrated circuit (high frequency IC) having a limiter that amplifies a modulated and up-converted transmitted signal and supplies a power amplifier with the signal, an unbalanced reduction means having, for example, differential MOS transistors is provided in collectors or drains of differential transistors that construct the limiter to output pins and continue to apply a current to the output pins and reduces the impedance of the transistor on an off side even when one of the transistors enters an off state in accordance with an input signal in parallel to the transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsui, Taizo Yamawaki, Masahiro Ito, Masakatsu Yokota
  • Publication number: 20050014476
    Abstract: An orthogonal modulating circuit for modulating signals of two oscillation frequencies differing in phase by 90° with transmission data (I and Q) is used in common for a plurality of bands, an LC resonance circuit comprising inductances L and a capacitor C is used as the output load on the orthogonal modulating circuit instead of resistors commonly used according to the prior art, and the values of L or C constituting the resonance circuit are switched over between each other according to the transmission band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Masachika Oono, Hiroaki Matsui, Koichi Yahagi
  • Publication number: 20040229592
    Abstract: A communication semiconductor integrated circuit device is capable of transmission in two or more different modulation modes and outputting transmission signals with less distortion. The communication semiconductor integrated circuit device comprises a gain variable amplification circuit which amplifies I-signals and Q-signals; and a mixer circuit which synthesizes the amplified I-signals and Q-signals and local oscillation signals to carry out modulation and frequency conversion. The communication semiconductor integrated circuit device is capable of transmission in two or more different modulation methods, for example, in GSM mode and EDGE mode. A low-pass filter of second or higher order is placed between the gain variable amplification circuit and the mixer circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsui, Kazuaki Hori
  • Patent number: 6677273
    Abstract: An erasable recording material including a substrate, and an erasable recording layer which is formed overlying the substrate and in which image information is repeatedly recorded and erased, and optionally includes an undercoat layer formed between the substrate and the recording layer, a protective layer formed overlying the recording layer and an intermediate layer formed between the recording layer and the protective layer, wherein the erasable recording material further includes one or more markers which are used for inputting image information additionally written on the recording material. An information recording system and method are also provided in which additional information written on the erasable recording material, in which image information is previously recorded, is incorporated to the previously recorded image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Torii, Hiroaki Matsui, Kyoji Tsutsui, Hitoshi Hattori, Toshiyuki Furuta, Tomohiko Beppu
  • Patent number: 6673311
    Abstract: A method for continuous heat sterilization of liquid includes a continuous pre-heating step of preheating the liquid, a final heating step of heating the preheated liquid to reach a predetermined sterilizing temperature, a holding step of holding the liquid which has reached the predetermined sterilizing temperature for a predetermined period of time, and a cooling step of cooling the held liquid. The final heating step comprises the following steps (a) and (b): (a) a step of continuously pressurizing the liquid by a high pressure pump; and (b) a step of releasing the liquid continuously to a normal pressure within a time period of less than 10 seconds after the pressurizing step to thereby make the liquid reach the predetermined sterilizing temperature. An apparatus for automatically carrying out the method is provided. According to the continuous heat sterilization method and apparatus, scorch during the final heating step is dispensed with and accordingly, a long period of continuous operation is feasible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Sotoyama, Keiji Iwatsuki, Teruhiko Mizota, Yuzo Asano, Yasutatsu Mizota, Hiroaki Matsui, Tetsushi Mori
  • Publication number: 20030104938
    Abstract: An erasable recording material including a substrate, and an erasable recording layer which is formed overlying the substrate and in which image information is repeatedly recorded and erased, and optionally includes an undercoat layer formed between the substrate and the recording layer, a protective layer formed overlying the recording layer and an intermediate layer formed between the recording layer and the protective layer, wherein the erasable recording material further includes one or more markers which are used for inputting image information additionally written on the recording material. An information recording system and method are also provided in which additional information written on the erasable recording material, in which image information is previously recorded, is incorporated to the previously recorded image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Masafumi Torii, Hiroaki Matsui, Kyoji Tsutsui, Hitoshi Hattori, Toshiyuki Furuta, Tomohiko Beppu
  • Patent number: 6573450
    Abstract: An electric wire is inserted through a through hole formed with a housing body. A first terminal fitting is provided with a first clamper which clamps a portion of the electric wire situated inside of the housing body to electrically connect therewith. A second terminal fitting is provided with a second clamper which clamps a portion of the electric wire situated outside of the housing body. A grommet made of an elastic material has a cylindrical shape such that the electric wire is passed through an inner periphery thereof and an outer periphery thereof is fitted into the through hole of the housing body. A reinforcing spacer is provided on a part of the outer periphery of the grommet so as to abut against at least one of a first edge of the through hole at an outer face of the housing body and a second edge of the through hole at an inner face of the housing body. The reinforcing spacer is made of a material having greater hardness than the elastic material forming the grommet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Saito, Daiji Hotta, Yoshihide Tsukamoto, Hiroaki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20030092416
    Abstract: Providing a transmitter composed of a transmitting circuit that does not require a high-performance low noise VCO restricting cost reduction thereof and that can reduces the number of parts without requiring an RF filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Masamichi Tanabe, Yasuyuki Okuma, Taizo Yamawaki, Koichi Yahagi, Hiroaki Matsui, Bob Henshaw
  • Patent number: 6524377
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive coloring composition including an electron donating coloring agent and an electron accepting color developer, wherein the composition achieves a colored state when heated at a temperature not lower than a coloring temperature and then cooled at a cooling speed (a), and the composition in the colored state achieves a non-colored state when heated at a temperature lower than the coloring temperature and not lower than an erasing temperature, or when heated at a temperature not lower than the coloring temperature and then cooled relatively slowly compared to the cooling speed (a), and wherein the electron accepting color developer includes a phenolic compound having the following formula (1): wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 3; m is an integer of from 1 to 20; r is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 3; X and Y independently represent a divalent group including a hetero atom; R1 represents a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and R2 represents a hydroc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Torii, Hiroaki Matsui, Masaru Shimada
  • Patent number: 6503868
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive coloring composition including an electron donating coloring agent and an electron accepting color developer, wherein the composition achieves a colored state when heated at a temperature not lower than a coloring temperature and then cooled at a cooling speed (a), and the composition in the colored state achieves a non-colored state when heated at a temperature lower than the coloring temperature and not lower than an erasing temperature, or when heated at a temperature not lower than the coloring temperature and then cooled relatively slowly compared to the cooling speed (a), and wherein the electron accepting color developer includes a phenolic compound having the following formula (1): wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 3; m is an integer of from 1 to 20; r is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 3; X and Y independently represent a divalent group including a hetero atom; R1 represents a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and R2 represents a hydroc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Torii, Hiroaki Matsui, Masaru Shimada
  • Publication number: 20020117319
    Abstract: An electric wire is inserted through a through hole formed with a housing body. A first terminal fitting is provided with a first damper which clamps a portion of the electric wire situated inside of the housing body to electrically connect therewith. A second terminal fitting is provided with a second damper which clamps a portion of the electric wire situated outside of the housing body. A grommet made of an elastic material has a cylindrical shape such that the electric wire is passed through an inner periphery thereof and an outer periphery thereof is fitted into the through hole of the housing body. A reinforcing spacer is provided on a part of the outer periphery of the grommet so as to abut against at least one of a first edge of the through hole at an outer face of the housing body and a second edge of the through hole at an inner face of the housing body. The reinforcing spacer is made of a material having greater hardness than the elastic material forming the grommet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION AND
    Inventors: Satoshi Saito, Daiji Hotta, Yoshihide Tsukamoto, Hiroaki Matsui
  • Patent number: 6432518
    Abstract: An erasable recording material including a substrate, and an erasable recording layer which is formed overlying the substrate and in which image information is repeatedly recorded and erased, and optionally includes an undercoat layer formed between the substrate and the recording layer, a protective layer formed overlying the recording layer and an intermediate layer formed between the recording layer and the protective layer, wherein the erasable recording material further includes one or more markers which are used for inputting image information additionally written on the recording material. An information recording system and method are also provided in which additional information written on the erasable recording material, in which image information is previously recorded, is incorporated to the previously recorded image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Torii, Hiroaki Matsui, Kyoji Tsutsui, Hitoshi Hattori, Toshiyuki Furuta, Tomohiko Beppu
  • Patent number: 6410478
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording medium has a support, and a reversible thermosensitive recording layer formed thereon containing a reversible thermosensitive coloring composition of an electron-donating coloring compound and an electron-accepting compound, capable of reversibly assuming a color-developed state or a decolorized state, and a decolorization accelerating agent of formula (I): wherein p is an integer of 0 to 3; q and r are each independently an integer of 1 to 3; X1, X2, and X3 are each a bivalent hetero-atom-containing group; R1, R2, and R3 are each a hydrocarbon group with 1 to 22 carbon atoms, provided that at least one of R1, R2 or R3 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 8 or more carbon atoms; and R4 is a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms. The above recording medium is used as an image display medium in an image display apparatus, and as a rewritable paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Torii, Hiroaki Matsui, Masaru Shimada
  • Publication number: 20010039243
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive coloring composition including an electron donating coloring agent and an electron accepting color developer, wherein the composition achieves a colored state when heated at a temperature not lower than a coloring temperature and then cooled at a cooling speed (a), and the composition in the colored state achieves a non-colored state when heated at a temperature lower than the coloring temperature and not lower than an erasing temperature, or when heated at a temperature not lower than the coloring temperature and then cooled relatively slowly compared to the cooling speed (a), and wherein the electron accepting color developer includes a phenolic compound having the following formula (1): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Masafumi Torii, Hiroaki Matsui, Masaru Shimada
  • Publication number: 20010025587
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive coloring composition including an electron donating coloring agent and an electron accepting color developer, wherein the composition achieves a colored state when heated at a temperature not lower than a coloring temperature and then cooled at a cooling speed (a), and the composition in the colored state achieves a non-colored state when heated at a temperature lower than the coloring temperature and not lower than an erasing temperature, or when heated at a temperature not lower than the coloring temperature and then cooled relatively slowly compared to the cooling speed (a), and wherein the electron accepting color developer includes a phenolic compound having the following formula (1): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: Masafumi Torii, Hiroaki Matsui, Masaru Shimada
  • Patent number: 6261992
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive recording material which includes a recording layer including an electron donating coloring agent and an electron accepting coloring developer and in which an image is reversibly formed and erased by appropriately heating and cooling the recording layer, wherein the recording layer further includes an erasure promoter including one or more secondary amide group having the following formulas (1), (2) or (3): wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 independently represents a hydrocarbon group which is optionally substituted and which may be saturated or unsaturated, and wherein R1 and R2 are optionally combined to form a ring which may include one or more of a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom. Alternatively, the erasure promoter may include two or more secondary amide groups having formula (1), (2) or (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Furuya, Masaru Shimada, Tadafumi Tatewaki, Masafumi Torii, Fumio Kawamura, Hiroaki Matsui
  • Patent number: 6207613
    Abstract: A reversible thermosensitive coloring composition including an electron donating coloring agent and an electron accepting color developer, wherein the composition achieves a colored state when heated at a temperature not lower than a coloring temperature and then cooled at a cooling speed (a), and the composition in the colored state achieves a non-colored state when heated at a temperature lower than the coloring temperature and not lower than an erasing temperature, or when heated at a temperature not lower than the coloring temperature and then cooled relatively slowly compared to the cooling speed (a), and wherein the electron accepting color developer includes a phenolic compound having the following formula (1): wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 3; m is an integer of from 1 to 20; r is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 3; X and Y independently represent a divalent group including a hetero atom; R1 represents a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and R2 represents a hydroc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Torii, Hiroaki Matsui, Masaru Shimada