Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko Honda
Kazuhiko Honda 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: 20060222882Abstract: Galvannealed steel sheet simultaneously able to achieve excellent workability and high strength and a method of production of the same are provided as an objective, in particular high strength galvannealed steel sheet excellent in workability, comprising high strength steel sheet containing, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: 0.3 to 2.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 2.8%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.005 to 0.5%, and N: 0.0060% or less and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, where, when % C, % Si, and % Mn respectively represent the C, Si, and Mn contents, (% Mn)/(% C)?12 and (% Si)/(% C)?4 being satisfied, on the surface of which having a galvannealed layer containing Al: 0.05 to 0.5 mass % and Fe: 5 to 15 mass % and a balance of Zn and unavoidable impurities, said steel sheet satisfying a relationship of tensile strength F (MPa) and elongation L (%) of L?52?0.035×F.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2002Publication date: October 5, 2006Inventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Masaharu Kameda, Yasuharu Sakuma, Akio Saito, Tetsuo Nishiyama, Atsushi Itami
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Publication number: 20060197824Abstract: A visible light characteristic changing layer is formed in a location which can be viewed from a part of a label surface of an optical medium. The optical medium is set on a turntable of an optical disk unit, which may be rotated at a constant angular velocity, while the power of a laser beam is modulated in accordance with image data. The optical pickup operates at a first power level when changing a visible light characteristic of the optical medium to form the visible information and the optical pickup operates at a lower power level when not changing a visible light characteristic of the optical medium. As a result, a visible-light reflectivity of the visible light characteristic changing layer is changed, thereby forming a image corresponding to the image data on the label surface. A tracking servo operation is turned off while the optical pickup forms the visible information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2006Publication date: September 7, 2006Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Tamon Kondo
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Publication number: 20060132593Abstract: A visible light characteristic changing layer is formed in a location which can be viewed from a part of a label surface of an optical medium. The optical medium is set on a turntable of an optical disk unit, which may be rotated at a constant angular velocity, while the power of a laser beam is modulated in accordance with image data. The optical pickup operates at a first power level when changing a visible light characteristic of the optical medium to form the visible information and the optical pickup operates at a lower power level when not changing a visible light characteristic of the optical medium. As a result, a visible-light reflectivity of the visible light characteristic changing layer is changed, thereby forming a image corresponding to the image data on the label surface. A tracking servo operation is turned off while the optical pickup forms the visible information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2006Publication date: June 22, 2006Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Tamon Kondo
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Publication number: 20060073355Abstract: The present invention provides a highly corrosion-resistant plated steel sheet that can achieve excellent surface smoothness and formability and, according to the process of the present invention, a hot-dip galvanized steel product excellent in surface smoothness and formability having on the steel product surface a zinc alloy plating layer composed of 4 to 22% by mass of Al, 1 to 5% by mass of Mg, 0.000001 to 0.1% by mass of Ti, 0.000001 to 0.5% by mass of Si and the balance of Zn and unavoidable impurities, the plating layer of the plated steel product having a metal structure in which an [Mg2Si phase], an [Al phase], a [Zn2Mg phase] and a [Zn phase] are present in a mixture in the matrix of an [Al/Zn/Zn2Mg ternary eutectic structure], and the plating layer containing a Ti—Al base intermetallic compound in the [Al phase] and/or the [Zn2Mg phase] and/or the [Zn phase], is produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2003Publication date: April 6, 2006Inventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Hidetoshi Hatanaka, Hajime Onozawa
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Patent number: 7015939Abstract: A visible light characteristic changing layer is formed in a location which can be viewed from a part of a label surface of an optical medium. The optical medium is set on a turntable of an optical disk unit, which may be rotated at a constant angular velocity, while the power of a laser beam is modulated in accordance with image data. The optical pickup operates at a first power level when changing a visible light characteristic of the optical medium to form the visible information and the optical pickup operates at a lower power level when not changing a visible light characteristic of the optical medium. As a result, a visible-light reflectivity of the visible light characteristic layer is changed, thereby forming an image corresponding to the image data on the label surface, A tracking servo operation is turned off while the optical pickup forms the visible information.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2005Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Tamon Kondo
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Patent number: 7012864Abstract: An optical disk recording apparatus operates on an optical disk having circular tracks which are provisionally written with an index signal used for securing a constant linear velocity of the optical disk from an innermost circular track to an outermost circular track, and records data along the circular tracks at different linear densities on different annular zones of the optical disk. In the apparatus, a disk drive section rotates the optical disk while synchronizing the index signal successively read from the rotated optical disk with a predetermined reference clock signal to thereby maintain the constant linear velocity of the circular tracks. A clock generating section multiples or divides the reference clock signal by different rates to generate different writing clock signals in correspondence to the different annular zones of the optical disk.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2004Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Takuya Tamaru, Tatsuo Fushiki, Katsuichi Osakabe, Yusuke Konagai, Akira Usui, Kentaro Nomoto, Masaki Dojun, Kazuhiko Honda
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Publication number: 20050281152Abstract: A visible light characteristic changing layer formed from photosensitive or heat-sensitive material is formed in a location which can be viewed from a part of a label surface of an optical disk. The optical disk is set on a turntable of an optical disk unit while the label surface of the optical disk is directed downward. The optical disk and an optical pickup are moved mutually along the plane of the optical disk. In synchronism with the relative movement, the power of a laser beam output from the optical pickup is modulated in accordance with image data, such as characters or graphic images to be printed, and the laser beam is emitted onto the visible light characteristic changing layer. As a result of the visible light characteristic changing layer being exposed to the laser beam, a visible-light reflectivity of the visible light characteristic changing layer is changed, thereby forming a image corresponding to the image data on the label surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2005Publication date: December 22, 2005Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Tamon Kondo
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Publication number: 20050281183Abstract: A visible light characteristic changing layer formed from photosensitive or heat-sensitive material is formed in a location which can be viewed from a part of a label surface of an optical disk. The optical disk is set on a turntable of an optical disk unit while the label surface of the optical disk is directed downward. The optical disk and an optical pickup are moved mutually along the plane of the optical disk. In synchronism with the relative movement, the power of a laser beam output from the optical pickup is modulated in accordance with image data, such as characters or graphic images to be printed, and the laser beam is emitted onto the visible light characteristic changing layer. As a result of the visible light characteristic changing layer being exposed to the laser beam, a visible-light reflectivity of the visible light characteristic changing layer is changed, thereby forming a image corresponding to the image data on the label surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2005Publication date: December 22, 2005Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Tamon Kondo
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Publication number: 20050281181Abstract: A visible light characteristic changing layer formed from photosensitive or heat-sensitive material is formed in a location which can be viewed from a part of a label surface of an optical disk. The optical disk is set on a turntable of an optical disk unit while the label surface of the optical disk is directed downward. The optical disk and an optical pickup are moved mutually along the plane of the optical disk. In synchronism with the relative movement, the power of a laser beam output from the optical pickup is modulated in accordance with image data, such as characters or graphic images to be printed, and the laser beam is emitted onto the visible light characteristic changing layer. As a result of the visible light characteristic changing layer being exposed to the laser beam, a visible-light reflectivity of the visible light characteristic changing layer is changed, thereby forming a image corresponding to the image data on the label surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2005Publication date: December 22, 2005Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Tamon Kondo
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Publication number: 20050281182Abstract: A visible light characteristic changing layer formed from photosensitive or heat-sensitive material is formed in a location which can be viewed from a part of a label surface of an optical disk. The optical disk is set on a turntable of an optical disk unit while the label surface of the optical disk is directed downward. The optical disk and an optical pickup are moved mutually along the plane of the optical disk. In synchronism with the relative movement, the power of a laser beam output from the optical pickup is modulated in accordance with image data, such as characters or graphic images to be printed, and the laser beam is emitted onto the visible light characteristic changing layer. As a result of the visible light characteristic changing layer being exposed to the laser beam, a visible-light reflectivity of the visible light characteristic changing layer is changed, thereby forming a image corresponding to the image data on the label surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2005Publication date: December 22, 2005Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Tamon Kondo
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Publication number: 20050281149Abstract: A visible light characteristic changing layer formed from photosensitive or heat-sensitive material is formed in a location which can be viewed from a part of a label surface of an optical disk. The optical disk is set on a turntable of an optical disk unit while the label surface of the optical disk is directed downward. The optical disk and an optical pickup are moved mutually along the plane of the optical disk. In synchronism with the relative movement, the power of a laser beam output from the optical pickup is modulated in accordance with image data, such as characters or graphic images to be printed, and the laser beam is emitted onto the visible light characteristic changing layer. As a result of the visible light characteristic changing layer being exposed to the laser beam, a visible-light reflectivity of the visible light characteristic changing layer is changed, thereby forming a image corresponding to the image data on the label surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2005Publication date: December 22, 2005Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Tamon Kondo
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Patent number: 6963525Abstract: Prior to an actual record on an optical disc (10), in an outer peripheral test area (22a) which is on the outer peripheral side with respect to a program area (18) of the optical disc (10), a test record is repeatedly performed a plurality of times while the velocity is controlled to a predetermined linear velocity and the recording power is sequentially changed. An appropriate recording power value at the linear velocity is obtained on the basis of reproduced signals of the plural test records in the outer peripheral test area. In an actual record on the optical disc (10), the record is performed while the recording power is controlled to the appropriate value in accordance with the linear velocity, on the basis of the obtained recording power value.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2001Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventor: Kazuhiko Honda
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Publication number: 20050123786Abstract: The present invention provides a plated steel material, said plated steel material having a plated layer which contains Al of 4% or more in mass, excellent in surface smoothness even when a cooling rate is low. In the present invention: a plated layer which contains Al of 4% or more in mass and has an Al-type intermetallic compound in an Al phase or abutting on an Al phase is formed on the surface of a steel material; in particular, high corrosion-resistance is secured in various environments by using a plated layer containing Al of 4 to 20% and Mg of 1 to 10% in mass with the balance consisting of Zn and unavoidable impurities or a plated layer containing Al of 4 to 20%, Mg of 1 to 10% and Si of 0.001 to 2% in mass with the balance consisting of Zn and unavoidable impurities; said plated layer contains an intermetallic compound having a melting point of 600° C. or higher by 0.001 to 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2003Publication date: June 9, 2005Inventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Akira Takahashi, Yoshihiro Suemune, Hidetoshi Hatanaka, Tsuyoshi Miyake, Wataru Yamada, Koki Tanaka
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Patent number: 6891782Abstract: Push-pull signal is created on the basis of reflected-light detection signals output from four divided light receiving elements that receive a reflection of a recording laser light beam off an optical disk. The push-pull signal is sent to a gain variation circuit. The push-pull signal is normalized by setting the gain of the gain variation circuit to a low level in response to a mark forming section of a recording signal, but to a high level in response to a blank forming section of the recording signal. Wobble detection and pre-pit detection are performed on the basis of the normalized push-pull signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2000Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Minoru Saito, Kazunobu Fujiwara, Kazuhiko Honda
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Publication number: 20040258949Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a plated steel sheet capable of securing excellent post-painting corrosion resistance and brightness, and the present invention makes it possible to produce a plated steel sheet excellent in post-painting corrosion resistance and paint coat image clarity by further adding one or more elements selected from among 0.01 to 0.5% of Ca, 0.01 to 0.2% of Be, 0.0001 to 0.2% of Ti, 0.1 to 10% of Cu, 0.001 to 0.2% of Ni, 0.01 to 0.3% of Co, 0.0001 to 0.2% of Cr and 0.01 to 0.5% of Mn, in mass, to the plated layer of the plated steel sheet which is characterized in that the center line average roughness Ra of the Zn alloy plated steel sheet is 1.0 &mgr;m or less and the filtered waviness curve WCA thereof is 0.8 &mgr;m or less, the Zn alloy plated steel sheet having on the surface thereof the plated layer containing 1 to 10% of Mg, 2 to 19% of Al and 0.001 to 2% of Si in mass and other elements the total amount of which is suppressed to 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Akira Takahashi, Yoshihiro Suemune, Hidetoshi Hatanaka, Tsuyoshi Miyake
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Publication number: 20040228242Abstract: An optical disk recording apparatus operates on an optical disk having circular tracks which are provisionally written with an index signal used for securing a constant linear velocity of the optical disk from an innermost circular track to an outermost circular track, and records data along the circular tracks at different linear densities on different annular zones of the optical disk. In the apparatus, a disk drive section rotates the optical disk while synchronizing the index signal successively read from the rotated optical disk with a predetermined reference clock signal to thereby maintain the constant linear velocity of the circular tracks. A clock generating section multiples or divides the reference clock signal by different rates to generate different writing clock signals in correspondence to the different annular zones of the optical disk.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2004Publication date: November 18, 2004Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Takuya Tamaru, Tatsuo Fushiki, Katsuichi Osakabe, Yusuke Konagai, Akira Usui, Kentaro Nomoto, Masaki Dojun, Kazuhiko Honda
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Publication number: 20040179451Abstract: Optical disk writing apparatus includes a flexible substrate connecting a main sheep and a pickup section. Because the flexible substrate has poor frequency characteristics, a frequency band for signals transmitted through the flexible substrate is lowered. Namely, a write strategy circuit and the like which output signals containing a lot of high-frequency components are provided in the pickup section. Further, to suppress an amount of heat emission from the pickup section, the main sheet section includes a constant-current supply/current consumption circuit that consumes a current not consumed by a laser diode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2001Publication date: September 16, 2004Inventors: Morito Morishima, Kazuhiko Honda, Masao Noro, Nobuaki Tsuji
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Publication number: 20040144452Abstract: The present invention: provides a good-workability and high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet excellent in post-painting corrosion resistance to the extent of securing excellent resistance to salt warm water immersion which is a good-workability and high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet excellent in post-painting corrosion resistance characterized in that: said steel sheet contains, in mass, 0.16 to 0.19% C, 1.10 to 1.30% Si, 1.50 to 1.60% Mn, not more than 0.1% P and 0.015 to 0.050% Al, with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities; the average of the amount of Si incrassating on the surface of said steel sheet is not more than 20 times the Si concentration in said steel sheet; and the area percentage of the portions where the ratio of the Si concentration on the surface of said steel sheet to the Si concentration in said steel sheet is not less than 10 is not more than 95%.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Inventors: Toshiyuki Katsumi, Kazuhiko Honda, Koki Tanaka, Kaoru Yamazaki, Takahiro Tanae, Katsuyoshi Kaneko, Yoshikazu Umeno, Yoshitaka Okitsu
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Publication number: 20020191517Abstract: A visible light characteristic changing layer formed from photosensitive or heat-sensitive material is formed in a location which can be viewed from a part of a label surface of an optical disk. The optical disk is set on a turntable of an optical disk unit while the label surface of the optical disk is directed downward. The optical disk and an optical pickup are moved mutually along the plane of the optical disk. In synchronism with the relative movement, the power of a laser beam output from the optical pickup is modulated in accordance with image data, such as characters or graphic images to be printed, and the laser beam is emitted onto the visible light characteristic changing layer. As a result of the visible light characteristic changing layer being exposed to the laser beam, a visible-light reflectivity of the visible light characteristic changing layer is changed, thereby forming a image corresponding to the image data on the label surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2001Publication date: December 19, 2002Inventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Tamon Kondo
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Patent number: 6465114Abstract: A coated steel material excellent in corrosion resistance and a method of producing the same, wherein a coated steel material has on the surface of the steel sheet a Zn-alloy coating layer containing 1-10 wt % of Mg, 2-19 wt % of Al and 0.01-2 wt % of Si, where Mg and Al satisfy Mg (%)+Al (%)≦20%, the balance being Zn and unavoidable impurities, and has a coating layer structure of a Mg intermetallic compound or the like. As a base metal treatment, it is preferably provided with a Ni coating layer. The coated Zn-alloy coated steel sheet may have provided on the coating layer, as an intermediate layer, a chromate film layer, and, as an upper layer, an organic coating layer. The Zn-alloy coating layer may further contain one or more of 0.01-1 wt % of In, 0.01-1 wt % of Bi and 1-10 wt % of Sn. The coated steel material may be painted.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Honda, Kazumi Nishimura, Yasuhide Morimoto, Satoru Tanaka, Yoshihiro Suemune, Jun Maki, Hidetoshi Shindo, Masaaki Sugiyama, Hiroyasu Furukawa, Masao Kurosaki, Hiromasa Nomura, Hiroshi Kanai, Kohei Ueda