Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Ueda

Hiroshi Ueda 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: 7760314
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device which has a narrow screen border, and excellent display equality. The display device according to the present invention comprises a display panel comprising a glass substrate and a source driver IC which is provided along the edge of the glass substrate. The FPC is connected between the source driver ICs. At the substrate end side of the source driver IC, a bump for GND, a bump for analog power supply, a bump for digital power supply, a bump for reference voltage at the positive polarity side, and a bump for reference voltage at the negative polarity side are formed sequentially from the outer side along the flow of current. These bumps for input and the FPC are connected with the lines for input on the glass substrate. The logic signal lines and are formed along the short side of the source driver IC and along the long side at the display area side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirofumi Iwanaga, Shigeaki Noumi, Hitoshi Morishita, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20100142346
    Abstract: On a recording medium, data is recorded on at least one of a plurality of recording layers by laser light incident on a surface of the recording medium. The plurality of recording layers include a first recording layer, and second through N-th recording layers (N is an integer of 3 or greater) which are sequentially located in a direction from the first recording layer toward the surface on which the laser is incident. The plurality of recording layers each have a first calibration area and a second calibration area located outer to the first calibration area. The first calibration area located in each of the first through N-th recording layers is located at a different radial position from a radial position of the first calibration area in each of the other recording layers; and the second calibration area located in each of the first through N-th recording layers is located at the same radial position as a radial position of the second calibration area in each of the other recording layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi UEDA, Motoshi ITO
  • Patent number: 7715291
    Abstract: A multi-layered information recording medium including a plurality of recording layers, the multi-layered information recording medium comprising: a user data area for recording user data; and a plurality of spare areas including at least one replacement region, wherein when the user data area includes at least one defect region, the at least one replacement region may be used in place of the at least one defect region, wherein a first spare area of the plurality of spare areas is positioned so as to be contiguous to a first user data area of a first recording layer, a second spare area of the plurality of spare areas is positioned so as to be contiguous to a second user data area of a second recording layer, and the first spare area and the second spare area are positioned approximately at the same radial position on the multi-layered information recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Motoshi Ito, Takashi Ishida, Hiroshi Ueda, Yoshikazu Yamamoto, Mamoru Shoji
  • Patent number: 7714157
    Abstract: A process for preparing an optically active biaryl compound the formula (4): which comprises reacting an aromatic sulfonic acid ester compound of the formula (1): with an organic boron compound of the formula (2): at 70° C. or below in the presence of a nickel catalyst and a base. The biaryl compounds produced using this process possess a high optical purity and are useful as intermediates for medicaments, agrochemicals, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ueda, Isao Kurimoto
  • Publication number: 20100110850
    Abstract: OPC areas are used for adjusting recording parameters (power and strategy). In an optical disc including two recording layers, the recording power for one recording layer is likely to be influenced by a transmittance variance or the like provided by the recording state of the other recording layer (either already recorded or unrecorded). In addition, recording is performed while changing the power. For these reasons, the OPC areas are located so as not to be at the same radial positions among the recording layers. However, as the number of recording layers is increased, the area size for securing the OPC areas is increased, which may undesirably lead to an increase of the lead-in zone or the lead-out zone (decrease of the user data zone) and a decrease of the OPC area size in each recording layer (decrease of the number of times of usage by the user).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi UEDA, Motoshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20100103306
    Abstract: A digital camera in which a recording portion made up of a microcomputer 110 and a card slot 153 performs predetermined processing on image data generated by a CMOS sensor 130 so that the image data takes on the aspect ratio accepted via an operation portion 140 while in live view mode, or performs predetermined processing on the image data generated by the CMOS sensor 130 so that the image data takes on the aspect ratio of an optical viewfinder while in viewfinder mode. The image data is then stored in a memory card 300. Through this configuration, it is possible to provide a digital camera in which an image of a composition that suits the user's intent can be recorded, as well as in which the image can be recorded having an aspect ratio that the user desires, selected from among a plurality of aspect ratios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi UEDA, Kaoru MOKUNAKA, Kenji MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20100103787
    Abstract: A multi-layered information recording medium including a plurality of recording layers, the multi-layered information recording medium comprising: a user data area for recording user data; and a plurality of spare areas including at least one replacement region, wherein when the user data area includes at least one defect region, the at least one replacement region may be used in place of the at least one defect region, wherein a first spare area of the plurality of spare areas is positioned so as to be contiguous to a first user data area of a first recording layer, a second spare area of the plurality of spare areas is positioned so as to be contiguous to a second user data area of a second recording layer, and the first spare area and the second spare area are positioned approximately at the same radial position on the multi-layered information recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Motoshi Ito, Takashi Ishida, Hiroshi Ueda, Yoshikazu Yamamoto, Mamoru Shoji
  • Publication number: 20100097903
    Abstract: To provide a technique for managing a storage area such that if an error has occurred while data is being written, the data will not be written on a defective area where that error has occurred. An optical disc apparatus includes a defect determining section for determining, if an error has occurred on a storage area while data is being written there, the storage area to be a defective area and measuring the size of the defective area, and a defect management section for instructing where on the optical disc to assign a replacement area of the size that has been determined based on the measured one of the defective area in accordance with an instruction to write the data and how to manage the storage area such that no data will be written on the defective area anymore. And the optical disc apparatus continues to write the data on the replacement area that has been assigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Shinichi Kimura, Hiroshi Ueda, Kiyohiko Tamai, Kenji Takauchi
  • Patent number: 7701815
    Abstract: An additionally recordable information recording medium has a complicated management structure for managing an unrecorded area. Therefore, there are problems that it takes a long time for a disk to startup and it is difficult to build a recording/reproducing system. The additionally recordable information recording medium according to the present invention includes a simple data structure for managing a location information for a recorded area located at the rearmost location in a user data area. An additionally recordable apparatus according to the present invention also includes means for updating the location information of the recorded area so that the recorded area located at the rearmost location in the user data area is always managed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ueda, Motoshi Ito
  • Publication number: 20100087680
    Abstract: A method for producing a biaryl compound, comprising reacting an aromatic organic compound with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of aromatic organoboron compounds and boroxine compounds, in the presence of a zero-valent nickel catalyst, phosphine ligand and base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Koichi Sato, Takashi Miki, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 7688705
    Abstract: An information recording medium is provided, which comprises a plurality of recording layers and a first disc information area for storing parameters relating to access to the plurality of recording layers and formats relating to the plurality of recording layers. The first disc information area is provided in a first recording layer which is one of the plurality of recording layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Shoji, Takashi Ishida, Motoshi Ito, Hiroshi Ueda, Yoshikazu Yamamoto, Atsushi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100074072
    Abstract: Provided is an information recording/reproduction apparatus including: a recording request receiving unit for receiving a recording request for recording information on an information recording medium including two or more recording layers; and a recording unit for recording the information by, limiting the number of recording layers including an area with information recorded thereon to a predetermined value N (N?0) or less with respect to other recording layers in which the light passes therethrough until light reaches an unrecorded area of a recording layer as a recording target. According to this configuration, it is possible to guarantee the recording quality of a multilayered information recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Hisae KATO, Hiroshi Ueda, Motoshi Ito
  • Publication number: 20100066890
    Abstract: A digital camera of the present invention allows a lens unit to be attachable/detachable with respect thereto. The digital camera of the present invention includes a plurality of display portions and a control portion. When a mode for displaying an image on a first display portion among the plurality of display portions is set, the control portion causes the digital camera to come out of the mode and causes the display portion to display the setting information of the digital camera in accordance with an operation of the setting manipulation portion. Further, when a battery cover is opened, the control portion stops a display operation in the display portion. Further, when a voltage of a battery accommodated in a battery accommodating portion becomes lower than a predetermined value, the control portion selects a predetermined display portion to perform a warning display and turns off a power source after an elapse of a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi UEDA, Kenichi HONJO, Naoto YUMIKI
  • Publication number: 20100069581
    Abstract: A spouted bed device according to the present invention includes a vertically extending cylinder; a decreasing diameter member which is formed on the cylinder, has an inside diameter that decreases progressively downward, and has a gas inlet orifice at a bottom end thereof; and a tubular portion which extends downward from an edge of the gas inlet orifice. A spouted bed is formed in a treatment zone enclosed by a top surface of the decreasing diameter member and an inner wall of the cylinder above the decreasing diameter member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ogawa, Hideki Sato, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20100066889
    Abstract: A digital camera of the present invention enables a lens unit to be attachable/detachable with respect thereto. The digital camera of the present invention includes a plurality of display portions, a control portion that causes the plurality of display portions to selectively display the image data generated by the image pickup element or image data obtained by subjecting the image data generated by the image pickup element to predetermined processing as a moving image in real time, and a setting portion capable of switching displays of images with respect to the plurality of display portions. After the control portion causes the lens unit to perform an autofocus operation in accordance with setting of the displays of the images with respect to the plurality of display portions by the setting portion, the control portion switches the displays of the images with respect to the plurality of display portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ueda, Kenichi Honjo, Naoto Yumiki
  • Publication number: 20100066845
    Abstract: A digital camera of the present invention allows a lens unit to be attachable/detachable with respect thereto. The digital camera of the present invention includes a plurality of display portions, and a control portion that causes the plurality of display portions to selectively display the image data as a moving image in real time. When the receiving portion receives a control signal from a remote controller, the control portion causes a first display portion among the plurality of display portions to display an image. Further, when the digital camera is fixed to a tripod, the control portion causes a first display portion among the plurality of display portions to display an image. Further, when the display portion capable of being rotated among the plurality of display portions is rotated, the control portion causes the display portion that is being rotated to display an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ueda, Kenichi Honjo, Naoto Yumiki
  • Publication number: 20100066895
    Abstract: A digital camera of the present invention enables a lens unit to be attachable/detachable with respect thereto. The digital camera of the present invention includes a plurality of display portions, a release portion that receives an instruction of a user regarding a start of capturing of an image for recording by the image pickup element, an AF start instruction receiving portion that receives an instruction of the user regarding activation of an autofocus portion in the lens unit, and a control portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi UEDA, Kenichi HONJO, Naoto YUMIKI
  • Publication number: 20100067339
    Abstract: It is determined whether an error will occur due to presence of a defective area like a bubble and the storage area is managed according to the size of the defective area such that no data is written on the defective area once an error has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Kaida, Hiroshi Ueda, Kenji Takauchi
  • Publication number: 20100046336
    Abstract: An information recording medium is provided that includes a data area for recording user data and a defect management area for recording a defect list for managing N number of defect areas existing in the data area, where N is an integer satisfying N?0. The defect list includes two or more blocks, and further includes a header located at a fixed position in the defect list and N number of defect entries, located subsequent to the header, including position information on the respective positions of the N number of defect areas. An anchor is located subsequent to the defect entries, and the header includes first update times information representing the number of times that the defect list has been updated. The anchor includes second update times information representing the number of times that the defect list has been updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshihisa TAKAHASHI, Motoshi Ito, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Patent number: RE41246
    Abstract: An information recording medium is provided, which comprises a plurality of recording layers and a first disc information area for storing parameters relating to access to the plurality of recording layers and formats relating to the plurality of recording layer. The first disc information area is provided in a first recording layer which is one of the plurality of recording layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Shoji, Takashi Ishida, Motoshi Ito, Hiroshi Ueda, Yoshikazu Yamamoto, Atsushi Nakamura