Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Sakamoto
Kazuaki Sakamoto 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: 20240095850Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing therein an information management program for causing a computer to execute a process comprises: receiving property information indicating a reliability of a post uploaded on the Internet and a digital signature generated from the property information; and storing the property information, to which identification information of the post and the digital signature are added, in a storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicants: Fujitsu Limited, KEIO UNIVERSITYInventors: Takuya SAKAMOTO, Kazuaki NIMURA, Ryuichi MATSUKURA, Koji NAKAMICHI, Masayuki FUKUI, Shigeya SUZUKI, Osamu NAKAMURA, Ryosuke ABE
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Patent number: 10083715Abstract: A method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic disk comprises forming, on a base, a film of a first ground layer made of Ru or a Ru alloy at a first pressure, forming, on the first ground layer, a film of a second ground layer made of Ru or a Ru alloy at a second pressure higher than a first pressure, forming, on the second ground layer, a film of a third ground layer having Ru or a Ru alloy as a main component and an oxide as an accessory component at a third pressure higher than the first pressure and lower than the second pressure, and forming, on a layer above the third ground layer, a film of a granular magnetic layer in which a non-magnetic substance having an oxide is segregated around magnetic particles having an CoCrPt alloy grown in a columnar shape to form a grain boundary.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: WD MEDIA (SINGAPORE) PTE.LTD.Inventors: Kazuaki Sakamoto, Takenori Kajiwara
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Patent number: 9349404Abstract: [Problem] A perpendicular magnetic disk with an improved SNR and an increased recording density by further improving crystal orientation of a preliminary ground layer formed of an Ni-base alloy is provided. [Solution] A typical structure of the perpendicular magnetic disk according to the present invention includes, on a base 110, a soft magnetic layer 130, a Ta alloy layer 140 provided on the soft magnetic layer 130, an Ni alloy layer 142 provided on the Ta alloy layer 140, a ground layer 150 provided on the Ni alloy layer 142 and having Ru as a main component, and a granular magnetic layer 160 provided on the ground layer 150. The Ta alloy layer 140 is a layer containing 10 atomic percent or more and 45 atomic percent or less Ta and having amorphous and soft magnetic properties.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: WD Media (Singapore) PTE. LTDInventors: Teiichiro Umezawa, Kazuaki Sakamoto
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Patent number: 9159351Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a soft magnetic layer, a pre-underlayer, an underlayer, and a main recording layer serving as a magnetic recording layer. The pre-underlayer contains seed crystal grains that serve as a base for crystal grains of the underlayer, and an addition substance that is added between the seed crystal grains and composed of an element having an atomic radius smaller than that of an element forming the seed crystal grains.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: WD Media (Singapore) PTE. LTDInventors: Kazuaki Sakamoto, Kong Kim, Takahiro Onoue, Masafumi Ishiyama, Teiichiro Umezawa, Kenji Ayama
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Patent number: 8979280Abstract: A light source lamp lighting device includes a light source lamp, cooling means for cooling the light source lamp, an extinguishing time measurer that calculates extinguishing time information indicating an extinguishing period when the light source lamp was last switched off to a present time, a storage that stores lighting performance, which is a history of successes and failures of lighting the light source lamp, a plurality of cooling times corresponding to an extinguishing period when the light source lamp is switched off indicated by the extinguishing time information as a cooling time for causing the cooling means to operate, and a first threshold set with respect to the lighting performance, and a controller that reads out, in lighting the light source lamp, the lighting performance, the cooling time stored in the storage based on the extinguishing period when the light source lamp is switched off calculated by the extinguishing time measurer, and the first threshold and, when a number of successes ofType: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.Inventor: Kazuaki Sakamoto
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Patent number: 8951651Abstract: [Problem] A perpendicular magnetic disk with an improved SNR and increased recording density by further advancing microfabrication and uniformalization of particle diameters and improving crystal orientation regarding a preliminary ground layer made of a Ni-base alloy is provided. [Solution] The perpendicular magnetic disk includes: on a base 110, a first Ni alloy layer 142 and a second Ni alloy layer 144; a ground layer 150 having Ru as a main component; and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer 160 containing a CoPt-base alloy and an oxide in this order, the first Ni alloy layer 142 and the second Ni alloy layer 144 including at least one element that takes a bcc crystal structure as a simple substance, and the second Ni alloy layer 144 further including an oxide.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: WD Media (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Kazuaki Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20130148085Abstract: A light source lamp lighting device includes a light source lamp, cooling means for cooling the light source lamp, an extinguishing time measurer that calculates extinguishing time information indicating an extinguishing period when the light source lamp was last switched off to a present time, a storage that stores lighting performance, which is a history of successes and failures of lighting the light source lamp, a plurality of cooling times corresponding to an extinguishing period when the light source lamp is switched off indicated by the extinguishing time information as a cooling time for causing the cooling means to operate, and a first threshold set with respect to the lighting performance, and a controller that reads out, in lighting the light source lamp, the lighting performance, the cooling time stored in the storage based on the extinguishing period when the light source lamp is switched off calculated by the extinguishing time measurer, and the first threshold and, when a number of successes ofType: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: June 13, 2013Inventor: Kazuaki Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20120320346Abstract: The present invention provides an image display device that includes projection lens (150) configured to project an image to a projection surface, and openable/closable lens cover (161) for covering the front of projection lens (150). The image display device includes focus adjustment control unit (320) that adjusts the focus of projection lens (150), and open/close detection unit (160) that detects the opened/closed state of lens cover (160) to notify focus adjustment control unit (320) of the result. Focus adjustment control unit (320) stops the focus adjustment when it is notified of the closing of lens cover (161) by open/close detection unit (160).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2010Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Kazuaki Sakamoto, Yasuhiro Ochiai
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Publication number: 20120207919Abstract: A method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic disk comprises forming, on a base, a film of a first ground layer made of Ru or a Ru alloy at a first pressure, forming, on the first ground layer, a film of a second ground layer made of Ru or a Ru alloy at a second pressure higher than a first pressure, forming, on the second ground layer, a film of a third ground layer having Ru or a Ru alloy as a main component and an oxide as an accessory component at a third pressure higher than the first pressure and lower than the second pressure, and forming, on a layer above the third ground layer, a film of a granular magnetic layer in which a non-magnetic substance having an oxide is segregated around magnetic particles having an CoCrPt alloy grown in a columnar shape to form a grain boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: WD MEDIA (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: KAZUAKI SAKAMOTO, TAKENORI KAJIWARA
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Publication number: 20120141833Abstract: [Problem] A perpendicular magnetic disk with an improved SNR and an increased recording density by further improving crystal orientation of a preliminary ground layer formed of an Ni-base alloy is provided. [Solution] A typical structure of the perpendicular magnetic disk according to the present invention includes, on a base 110, a soft magnetic layer 130, a Ta alloy layer 140 provided on the soft magnetic layer 130, an Ni alloy layer 142 provided on the Ta alloy layer 140, a ground layer 150 provided on the Ni alloy layer 142 and having Ru as a main component, and a granular magnetic layer 160 provided on the ground layer 150. The Ta alloy layer 140 is a layer containing 10 atomic percent or more and 45 atomic percent or less Ta and having amorphous and soft magnetic properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: WD MEDIA (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: TEIICHIRO UMEZAWA, KAZUAKI SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20120141835Abstract: [Problem] A perpendicular magnetic disk with an improved SNR and increased recording density by further advancing microfabrication and uniformalization of particle diameters and improving crystal orientation regarding a preliminary ground layer made of a Ni-base alloy is provided. [Solution] The perpendicular magnetic disk includes: on a base 110, a first Ni alloy layer 142 and a second Ni alloy layer 144; a ground layer 150 having Ru as a main component; and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer 160 containing a CoPt-base alloy and an oxide in this order, the first Ni alloy layer 142 and the second Ni alloy layer 144 including at least one element that takes a bcc crystal structure as a simple substance, and the second Ni alloy layer 144 further including an oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: WD MEDIA (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventor: KAZUAKI SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20100279151Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a soft magnetic layer, a pre-underlayer, an underlayer, and a main recording layer serving as a magnetic recording layer. The pre-underlayer contains seed crystal grains that serve as a base for crystal grains of the underlayer, and an addition substance that is added between the seed crystal grains and composed of an element having an atomic radius smaller than that of an element forming the seed crystal grains.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicants: HOYA CORPORATION, HOYA MAGNETICS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Kazuaki Sakamoto, Kong Kim, Takahiro Onoue, Masafumi Ishiyama, Teiichiro Umezawa, Kenji Ayama
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Patent number: 7375766Abstract: The device for displaying an image of the present invention is configured such as to have font data including the left-to-right reversion of the characters of the language written from right to left and also a reversion selection register in the OSD control section, wherein OSD picture data in the memory section are left-to-right reversed and transferred to VRAM when a language to be written from right to left is selected as a display language.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2005Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: NEC Viewtechnology, Ltd.Inventor: Kazuaki Sakamoto
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Patent number: 6950955Abstract: When a communication speed of CPU 104 can be increased, a procedure of automatic phase adjustment involves setting phase shift amount CLK_DLY=n immediately after a vertical synchronization signal interrupt is generated, and reading video detection data VIDEO_DATA(n) after setting phase shift amount CLK_DLY=n+1 when the next vertical synchronization signal interrupt is generated. When CPU 104 is limited in the communication speed, the automatic adjustment is performed by an automatic adjusting circuit which has phase control data memory 107, video detection data memory 109, and a trigger input served by vertical synchronization signal S102.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2002Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignees: NEC Viewtechnology, Ltd., NEC Mitsubishi Electric Visual Systems CorporationInventors: Kazuaki Sakamoto, Masatoshi Abe
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Publication number: 20050168642Abstract: The device for displaying an image of the present invention is configured such as to have font data including the left-to-right reversion of the characters of the language written from right to left and also a reversion selection register in the OSD control section, wherein OSD picture data in the memory section are left-to-right reversed and transferred to VRAM when a language to be written from right to left is selected as a display language.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2005Publication date: August 4, 2005Applicant: NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD.Inventor: Kazuaki Sakamoto
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Patent number: 6687453Abstract: A digital image reproducing apparatus which can easily reproduce image and/or sound recorded by a digital still camera is disclosed. The apparatus has an input interface for inputting image data of the digital still camera. A converter converts the image data into displayable data. The apparatus further has a display for producing a visible image based on the displayable data.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1999Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: NEC Viewtechnology, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuaki Sakamoto, Masaharu Yamaguchi, Tuneo Miyamoto, Michio Yokozawa, Yuushi Takehara, Hiroki Tanaka, Hiroshi Sunagare
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Publication number: 20020104036Abstract: When a communication speed of CPU 104 can be increased, a procedure of automatic phase adjustment involves setting phase shift amount CLK_DLY=n immediately after a vertical synchronization signal interrupt is generated, and reading video detection data VIDEO_DATA(n) after setting phase shift amount CLK_DLY=n+1 when the next vertical synchronization signal interrupt is generated. When CPU 104 is limited in the communication speed, the automatic adjustment is performed by an automatic adjusting circuit which has phase control data memory 107, video detection data memory 109, and a trigger input served by vertical synchronization signal S102.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2002Publication date: August 1, 2002Applicant: NEC V IEWTECHNOLOGY, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuaki Sakamoto, Masatoshi Abe