Patents by Inventor Katsuyoshi Suzuki
Katsuyoshi Suzuki 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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Publication number: 20020120913Abstract: A computer program stored on a storage medium for performing wiring condition processing for a semiconductor integrated circuit. The computer program when executed causes a computer to perform the steps of creating layout information to determine a layout of devices on the semiconductor integrated circuit based on logic information describing connections of the devices on the semiconductor integrated circuit, determining a virtual wiring path from the layout information and calculating a wiring delay value based on the virtual wiring path. Other steps performed upon execution of the computer program include upon the calculated wiring delay value of the virtual wiring path exceeding a predetermined reference value, calculating a wiring delay value of the virtual wiring path when a wide wiring line is used at a predetermined usage ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2002Publication date: August 29, 2002Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Masato Mogaki, Katsuaki Hongyo
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Patent number: 6436361Abstract: Silicon carbide having a resistivity of from 103 to 106 &OHgr;·cm and a powder X-ray diffraction peak intensity ratio of at least 0.005 as represented by Id1/Id2 where Id1 is the peak intensity in the vicinity of 2&thgr; being 34° and Id2 is the peak intensity in the vicinity of 2&thgr; being 36°.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2000Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Youichi Kamisuki, Naomichi Miyakawa, Shinya Kikugawa, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Satohiro Enomoto
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Patent number: 6436600Abstract: An image-forming system has an image-forming sheet, and a printer for forming an image on the sheet. The sheet has a sheet of paper, and a layer of microcapsule, coated over the paper sheet, that contains a plurality of microcapsules filled with a dye. A shell wall of each microcapsule is composed of a resin exhibiting a pressure/temperature characteristic such that, when each microcapsule is squashed under a predetermined pressure at a predetermined temperature, the dye seeps from the squashed microcapsule. The microcapsules are covered with an infrared absorbent coating that absorbs infrared rays having a specific wavelength. The printer has a transparent glass plate, and a roller platen elastically pressed against the plate at the predetermined pressure, with the sheet being interposed between the plate and the platen.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1998Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Suzuki, Hiroshi Orita, Hiroyuki Saito, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Koichi Furusawa
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Patent number: 6433855Abstract: An image transfer apparatus that records an image through selective heat and pressure application has an ink ribbon and a film disposed between a driving head and a flat platen. Color dyes of the ink ribbon are transferred to the film as the image. The image on the film is thus conveyed to a position for transferring the image to a recording sheet. The film and the recording sheet are pressed between a transfer roller and a conveyor roller with a pressure that sufficiently smooths unevenness in the surface of the recording sheet. A high quality image is thus recorded on the recording sheet regardless of the surface condition of the recording sheet.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2001Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Suzuki, Hiroshi Orita, Hiroyuki Saito, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Koichi Furusawa
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Publication number: 20020089580Abstract: An image-forming system has an image-forming sheet, and a printer for forming an image on the sheet. The sheet has a sheet of paper, and a layer of microcapsule, coated over the paper sheet, that contains a plurality of microcapsules filled with a dye. A shell wall of each microcapsule is composed of a resin exhibiting a pressure/temperature characteristic such that, when each microcapsule is squashed under a predetermined pressure at a predetermined temperature, the dye seeps from the squashed microcapsule. The microcapsules are covered with an infrared absorbent coating that absorbs infrared rays having a specific wavelength. The printer has a transparent glass plate, and a roller platen elastically pressed against the plate at the predetermined pressure, with the sheet being interposed between the plate and the platen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2002Publication date: July 11, 2002Applicant: ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Minoru Suzuki, Hiroshi Orita, Hiroyuki Saito, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Koichi Furusawa
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Patent number: 6417915Abstract: In an image-forming system, an image-forming substrate is used, which has a sheet of paper, and a layer of microcapsules coated over the sheet of paper. The layer of microcapsules includes at least one type of microcapsules filled with an ink. A shell wall of each microcapsule is formed of resin, which exhibits a temperature/pressure characteristic such that each of the microcapsules is squashed under a predetermined pressure when being heated to a predetermined temperature, thereby discharging the dye out of the shell wall. A printer, having a roller platen and a thermal head, forms an image on the substrate. The platen locally exerts the pressure on the microcapsule layer. The thermal head selectively heats a localized area of the microcapsule layer, on which the pressure is exerted by the platen, to a temperature in accordance with an image-information data, such that the microcapsules in the microcapsule layer are selectively squashed and an image on the microcapsule layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1998Date of Patent: July 9, 2002Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Suzuki, Hiroshi Orita, Hiroyuki Saito, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Koichi Furusawa
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Patent number: 6411369Abstract: A recording sheet includes a micro-capsule layer which includes a plurality types of micro-capsules colored with different colors, for example, primary or complimentary colors of a subtractive mixture. The micro-capsules are filled with core materials which are discharged when the micro-capsules are broken. Each type of micro-capsule is selectively broken by a selective temperature and pressure application. When a micro-capsule is broken, the core material blends out the color of the micro-capsule. Additionally, an image forming system includes a heating unit for selectively heating the micro-capsules by an output of a Joule heat or light irradiation. Different wavelengths of light are radiated by the light irradiation heating unit, which are absorbed depending upon an absorption band exhibited by the different colored micro-capsules.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1999Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Suzuki, Hiroshi Orita, Hiroyuki Saito, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Koichi Furusawa
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Patent number: 6402402Abstract: A pressure-sensitive and heat-sensitive recording apparatus has a pre-coating container that pre-coats a recording sheet prior to a printing operation on the recording sheet. The pre-coating material container, ribbon cassette and an over-coating material container are provided in a recording head, while being movable in a printing direction lead by the pre-coating material container. The printed color-image is protected by an over-coating material dispensed from the trailing over-coating material container.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2000Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Suzuki, Hiroshi Orita, Hiroyuki Saito, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Koichi Furusawa
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Patent number: 6403166Abstract: Process for forming fine speckle-shaped depressions over an outer surface of a shell wall of a microcapsule encapsulating a dye, including cohering fine ceramic particles to the microcapsule, due to triboelectrification acting therebetween, such that a plurality of fine spaces are defined among the cohered fine ceramic particles around the outer surface of the shell wall; immersing the microcapsule with the cohered fine ceramic particles in a solvent over a predetermined period of time such that a plurality of fine speckle-shaped depressions is formed in the outer surface of the shell wall at locations corresponding to the plurality of fine spaces defined around the outer surface of the shell wall; withdrawing the microcapsule with the cohered fine ceramic particles from the solvent; and washing off retained solvent from the microcapsule with the cohered fine ceramic particles, wherein the period of time, over which the microcapsule with the cohered fine ceramic particles is immersed in the solvent, is regulaType: GrantFiled: September 7, 2000Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Suzuki, Hiroshi Orita, Hiroyuki Saito, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Koichi Furusawa
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Patent number: 6401233Abstract: In a wiring condition processing method for a semiconductor integrated circuit layout information, which determines the layout of devices on the semiconductor circuit, is created based on logic information describing a connection relationship among the devices on the semiconductor. Next, a virtual wiring path is determined from the layout information. Based on the virtual wiring path, a wiring delay value is calculated. If the wiring delay value exceeds a predetermined reference value, one or more of information on the usage ratio of a wide wiring line, information on the usage ratio of a wiring layer with a small wiring load capacity, information on the usage ratio of a parallel wiring line, and information on the usage ratio of a wiring material are added to the information on the virtual wiring path to create wiring condition information.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1999Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Masato Mogaki, Katsuaki Hongyo
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Patent number: 6392761Abstract: A scanner system is provided with a scanner provided with an image sensor, and a sheet feed adapter detachably coupled to the scanner. A predetermined surface of the sheet feed adapter faces the image sensor when the sheet feed adapter is coupled to the scanner. The scanner is operable in a hand scan mode when the sheet feed adapter is detached from the scanner, and in a sheet through mode when the sheet feed adapter is coupled to the scanner. In the sheet through mode, an original to be scanned is automatically fed between the predetermined surface and the image sensor. A predetermined image is formed on the predetermined surface of the sheet feed adapter, and the scanner comprises a judging system that judges that the sheet feed adapter is coupled to the scanner only when the image sensor scans the predetermined image on the predetermined surface of the sheet feed adapter.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 1999Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Suzuki, Katsuyoshi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20020015087Abstract: A thermal head for a printer includes a heating resistor temperature which is controlled by a temperature control apparatus. The temperature control apparatus senses the temperature of the heating resistor from a current flowing through the heating resistor and a temperature coefficient of the resistor. The temperature control apparatus includes a down-counter for decreasing an initial data corresponding to a current of the heating element when the heating element has a positive temperature coefficient. While, the temperature control apparatus includes an up-counter for increasing an initial data corresponding to a current of the heating element up to a full-count data when the heating element has a negative temperature coefficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 1999Publication date: February 7, 2002Applicant: ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: HIROSHI ORITA, MINORU SUZUKI, MIKIO HORIE, TAKEMI IWAYAMA, MASAHIKO SASAKI, KATSUYOSHI SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20010049800Abstract: RAID information and physical position information of hard disk units are managed by a disk controller in a mapped fashion. When the physical position of the hard disk units is changed, the information mapping is retried. Further, the positional information of the hard disk units accommodated in a disk array system under the administration of the disk controller, is calculated so as to form n-dimensional coordinate system information, and the resulting information is stored in each of the hard disk units. When the hard disk units are inserted into the disk array system, the n-dimensional coordinate system information is read from each hard disk unit. If it is detected that there is difference from the current coordinate system information, then information before removal and that after the insertion are compared with each other and a data link is reconstructed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2001Publication date: December 6, 2001Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Kenichi Takamoto, Kenji Muraoka, Hidehiko Iwasaki
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Patent number: 6321370Abstract: Optimal layout of logic elements of semiconductor integrated circuits is achieved in conformity with the intention of the logic designer in a short period of time in an interactive mode. When logic blocks are to be laid out on a display screen, a logic block file consisting at least of logic block names, logic block sizes, and information on connection relationships with other logic blocks is used, and logic blocks essential for the designer's intention are laid out in random positions on a display screen, and then the connection relationships among the logic blocks are displayed according to the logic block file. In this procedure, whether the layout is appropriate or not is made readily recognizable by a table of relationships among the logic blocks.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 1999Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Toru Hiyama
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Publication number: 20010024232Abstract: An Internet camera is provided with an image capturing device that captures images and converts the captured images into digital data, a storage device that stores digital data corresponding to the captured images in a form of image data files, a memory that stores schedule data including a plurality of schedule scripts. A schedule merging device is further provided to merge the plurality of schedule scripts into a merged schedule. The image capturing device and a data transfer client are controlled, in accordance with the merged schedule, to capture images and transfer image data files corresponding to the captured images to a predetermined site on the Internet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2001Publication date: September 27, 2001Applicant: ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Katsuyoshi Suzuki
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Patent number: 6283649Abstract: A plurality of thermal heads for different colors, are disposed in parallel in a line-printing direction, being offset with respect to each other in a transport direction along which an image-forming sheet is moved via a conveyer path. The image forming sheet is a pressure/temperature-sensitive sheet or a temperature-sensitive sheet. The thermal heads are moved in the line-printing direction. Adjacent-opposing ends of adjacent thermal heads are separated in the line-printing direction, and overlap in the transport direction. The thermal heads are controlled so as to simultaneously generate image-pixels on the image-forming sheet. The printing speed is high due to a plurality of colors being simultaneously printed. The thermal heads are used as part of pressure applying unit. The pressure applying unit is provided for selectively applying predetermined pressure to the micro-capsules, when the image-forming sheet is a pressure/temperature-sensitive sheet.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2000Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Suzuki, Hiroshi Orita, Hiroyuki Saito, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Koichi Furusawa
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Publication number: 20010012103Abstract: An image transfer apparatus that records an image through selective heat and pressure application has an ink ribbon and a film disposed between a driving head and a flat platen. Color dyes of the ink ribbon are transferred to the film as the image. The image on the film is thus conveyed to a position for transferring the image to a recording sheet. The film and the recording sheet are pressed between a transfer roller and a conveyor roller with a pressure that sufficiently smooths unevenness in the surface of the recording sheet. A high quality image is thus recorded on the recording sheet regardless of the surface condition of the recording sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2001Publication date: August 9, 2001Applicant: ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Minoru Suzuki, Hiroshi Orita, Hiroyuki Saito, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Koichi Furusawa
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Patent number: 6259464Abstract: An image-forming substrate has a base member, and a layer of microcapsules coated over the base member. The microcapsule layer contains a first type of microcapsule filled with a first type of single-color dye, and a second type of microcapsule filled with a second type of single-color dye. The first and second types of single-color dyes comprise a same single-color dye exhibiting differing densities. The first type of microcapsule exhibits a first characteristic such that, when the first type of microcapsule is squashed under a first pressure at a first temperature, discharge of the first type of single-color dye from the squashed microcapsule occurs. The second type of microcapsule exhibits a second characteristic such that, when the second type of microcapsule is squashed under the first pressure at a second temperature, discharge of the second type of single-color dye from the squashed microcapsule occurs.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1999Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Suzuki, Hiroshi Orita, Hiroyuki Saito, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Koichi Furusawa
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Patent number: 6256050Abstract: A ink transfer printer includes a thermal head having an array of heating elements, a film having through-holes facing the heating elements, an ink space formed between the thermal head and the film, and a mechanism which brings a recording medium in contact with the film. When the heating element generates heat, the ink is transmitted through the through-hole of the film and is transferred to the recording medium. An ink amount controller is provided in the ink space, which controls the amount of ink transmitted through the through-hole to the recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1999Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takemi Iwayama, Minoru Suzuki, Mikio Horie, Hiroshi Orita, Masahiko Sasaki, Katsuyoshi Suzuki
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Patent number: 6246465Abstract: An image transfer apparatus that records an image through selective heat and pressure application has an ink ribbon and a film disposed between a driving head and a flat platen. Color dyes of the ink ribbon are transferred to the film as the image. The image on the film is thus conveyed to a position for transferring the image to a recording sheet. The film and the recording sheet are pressed between a transfer roller and a conveyer roller with a pressure that sufficiently smoothes unevenness in the surface of the recording sheet. A high quality image is thus recorded on the recording sheet regardless of the surface condition of the recording sheet.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 1999Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Minoru Suzuki, Hiroshi Orita, Hiroyuki Saito, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Koichi Furusawa