Patents by Inventor Noriko Kurihara
Noriko Kurihara 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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Patent number: 11953220Abstract: A comfort-analyzing device includes a display unit, a first control unit, an input unit, and a cognitive-structure constructing unit. The display unit is configured to present a questionnaire for extracting both a comfort level of a user in an environment and at least one environmental factor to determine the comfort level. The first control unit is configured to cause the display unit to present the questionnaire twice or more during a survey period. The input unit is configured to accept, from the user, input of each reply to the questionnaire presented twice or more. The cognitive-structure constructing unit is configured to construct a cognitive-structure model representing a cognitive structure of the user regarding comfort by extracting both the comfort level and the at least one environmental factor in chronological order based on each reply to the questionnaire presented twice or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kota Kurihara, Seiro Yuge, Makoto Takata, Noriko Nagata, Masashi Sugimoto
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Patent number: 9700172Abstract: A heating cooker includes a container for containing an object to be heated, a stirrer for stirring the object inside the container, and a stirring controller for controlling a stirring operation of the stirrer. In cooking the object under stirring by the stirrer, the stirring controller determines a state of the object from at least one of a cooking menu to be executed and a heating time, and controls at least one of a stirring speed, a stirring-operation timing and a stirring direction of the stirrer in accordance with the state of the object. Thus, the heating cooker can perform proper stirring suited to a mixed state and/or viscosity of ingredients during the cooking process.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Motoki Tanaka, Mao Yamada, Noriko Kurihara, Yuko Nakajima, Setsuko Kobashi
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Publication number: 20150068409Abstract: A heating cooker includes a container for containing an object to be heated, a stirrer for stirring the object inside the container, and a stirring controller for controlling a stirring operation of the stirrer. In cooking the object under stirring by the stirrer, the stirring controller determines a state of the object from at least one of a cooking menu to be executed and a heating time, and controls at least one of a stirring speed, a stirring-operation timing and a stirring direction of the stirrer in accordance with the state of the object. Thus, the heating cooker can perform proper stirring suited to a mixed state and/or viscosity of ingredients during the cooking process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Motoki Tanaka, Mao Yamada, Noriko Kurihara, Yuko Nakajima, Setsuko Kobashi
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Patent number: 5382274Abstract: A mold for use for press-molding an optical element, in which a molding surface of a mold base material is coated with a hard carbon film containing 0-5 atom% of hydrogen. It has a spin density of 1.times.10.sup.18 spin/cm.sup.3 or less and a film density of at least 1.5 g/cm.sup.3.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1992Date of Patent: January 17, 1995Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Keiji Hirabayashi, Noriko Kurihara, Yasushi Taniguchi, Keiko Ikoma
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Patent number: 5380349Abstract: A diamond sintered product having diamond particles sintered with a suitable sintering aid is the most suitable as the material for the mold for optical element molding, because it has in combination the advantage of diamond that no fusion with glass at high temperature occurs and oxidation occurs with difficulty to give rise to no precipitation of lead, an appropriate hardness and also the advantage that mirror polishing is possible. "There is also disclosed a mold which has a diamond layer having a (100) face, made by the CVD method utilizing gas having 1-3% methane in hydrogen.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 1994Date of Patent: January 10, 1995Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasushi Taniguchi, Keiji Hirabayashi, Keiko Ikoma, Noriko Kurihara, Masaaki Matsushima, Kiyoshi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 5275967Abstract: An electric field effect light emitting device comprises a light emitting layer consisting of a diamond-like carbon film containing oxygen.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 1992Date of Patent: January 4, 1994Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasushi Taniguchi, Keiji Hirabayashi, Noriko Kurihara, Keiko Ikoma
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Patent number: 5246198Abstract: Disclosed is a mold for forming glass material into optical elements, such as lenses and prisms, by press molding. In particular, the optical-element-molding surface of this mold is coated with diamond crystals in predetermined, spaced apart portions.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1991Date of Patent: September 21, 1993Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Noriko Kurihara
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Patent number: 5210430Abstract: An electric field effect light emitting device comprises a light emitting layer consisting of a diamond-like carbon film containing oxygen.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1989Date of Patent: May 11, 1993Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasushi Taniguchi, Keiji Hirabayashi, Noriko Kurihara, Keiko Ikoma
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Patent number: 5202156Abstract: This specification discloses a mold for use for press-molding an optical element, characterized in that at least the molding surface of a mold base material is coated with an a-C:H film containing 5-40 atom % of hydrogen therein and having a film density of 1.5 g/cm.sup.3 or more, and with hard carbon film containing 0-5 atom % of hydrogen therein and having a spin density of 1.times.10.sup.18 spin/cm.sup.3 or less and a film density of 1.5 g/cm.sup.3 or more.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1991Date of Patent: April 13, 1993Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Keiji Hirabayashi, Noriko Kurihara, Yasushi Taniguchi, Keiko Ikoma
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Patent number: 5202571Abstract: An electron emitting device is provided with a p-semiconductor layer formed on a semiconductor substrate. The p-semiconductor layer is composed of a diamond layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 1991Date of Patent: April 13, 1993Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keiji Hirabayashi, Noriko Kurihara, Takeo Tsukamoto, Nobuo Watanabe, Masahiko Okunuki
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Patent number: 5026415Abstract: This specification discloses a mold for use for press-molding an optical element, characterized in that at least the molding surface of a mold base material is coated with an a-C:H film containing 5-40 atom % of hydrogen therein and having a film density of 1.5 g/cm.sup.3 or more. Other mold coating films also disclosed are a hydrogenated amorphous carbon film with an intermediate carbide layer between the film and the molding surface, and a hard carbon film containing 0-5 atom % of hydrogen therein and having a spin density of 1.times.10.sup.18 spin/cm.sup.3 or less and a film densisy of 1.5 g/cm.sup.3 or more.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 1989Date of Patent: June 25, 1991Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Keiji Hirabayashi, Noriko Kurihara, Yasushi Taniguchi, Keiko Ikoma
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Patent number: 4991541Abstract: A device for treating fine particles is provided which comprises a plural number of reaction chambers for providing reaction fields different from each other provided along the flow pathway on the downstream side of a nozzle which jets out fine particles in a beam. The device may be provided with a chamber for a starting material for forming fine particles. The nozzle may be a convergent-divergent nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1989Date of Patent: February 12, 1991Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Sugata, Masao Sugata, Noriko Kurihara, Tohru Den, Kenji Ando, Osamu Kamiya
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Patent number: 4957061Abstract: A device for blowing fine particles is provided which comprises a plural number of upstream chambers for jetting out fine particles provided against a movable substrate. Each of the upstream chambers may be provided with a gas exciter, and also may be provided with an energy imparter for imparting energy to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1989Date of Patent: September 18, 1990Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Ando, Osamu Kamiya, Masao Sugata, Noriko Kurihara, Hiroyuki Sugata, Tohru Den, Toshiaki Kimura, Takashi Hamamoto, Masahiro Haruta, Kuniji Osabe
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Patent number: 4935303Abstract: A general-purpose novel diamond-like carbon film (DLC film) and its manufacture, and the DLC film is characterized by the following items (i) to (iv); (i) the film structure contains mainly diamond crystalline phases, and has a hydrogen content of 20 atomic %, the presence of diamond crystalline phases is confirmed by analysis by the electron diffraction method, and the diffraction peak appears at 2.theta.=43.9 by analysis by the X-ray diffraction method; (ii) the density is 1.8 g/cm.sup.3 or over; (iii) the film surface is smooth and excellent in etching resistance; and (iv) the film is chemically stable and structurally stable, and these stabilities are not deteriorated under high temperature conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1988Date of Patent: June 19, 1990Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keiko Ikoma, Noriko Kurihara, Keiji Hirabayashi, Yasushi Taniguchi, Kenji Ando, Susumu Ito
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Patent number: 4932331Abstract: There is provided a novel single-bond carbonic film, matrix of which comprises carbon atoms and which is characterized by having a peak A at 1340.+-.20 cm.sup.-1 and a peak B at 1580.+-.10 cm.sup.-1 in Raman spectrum; a value of 9.7 or more for the ratio of I.sub.A /I.sub.B between the intensity of said peak A(I.sub.A) and the intensity of said peak B(I.sub.B): and a value in the range of from 30 cm.sup.-1 to 110 cm.sup.-1 for the half band width of said peak A.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1988Date of Patent: June 12, 1990Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriko Kurihara, Keiko Ikoma, Keiji Hirabayashi, Yasushi Taniguchi, Susumu Ito
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Patent number: 4898798Abstract: An improved photosensitive member for use in electrophotography which comprises a substrate and a light receiving layer having a charge carrier generation layer and a charge carrier transportation layer composed of a carbonic film the nucleus of which matrix being carbon atom, which contains 40 atomic % or less of hydrogen atom and which possesses an optical band gap of 1.5 eV or more and an electric conductivity of 10.sup.-11 .OMEGA..sup.-1 cm.sup.-1 or less.It is always and substantially stable regardless of the changes in use environments and it enables to make highly resolved images with a clear half-tone which are highly dense and quality at high speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1987Date of Patent: February 6, 1990Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masao Sugata, Tohru Den, Susumu Ito, Keiji Hirabayashi, Keiko Ikoma, Noriko Kurihara, Kuniji Osabe, Tatsuo Takeuchi, Hiroshi Satomura, Yoshihiro Oguchi, Akio Maruyama, Keishi Saito
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Patent number: 4897829Abstract: A cardlike optical recording medium comprises a substrate, a recording layer and a protective layer, wherein an ultra-hard film containing a carbon atom is provided at least on the side of said optical recording medium on which a laser beam for writing-reproducing is irradiated.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1987Date of Patent: January 30, 1990Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keiko Ikoma, Noriko Kurihara, Keiji Hirabayashi, Susumu Itoh
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Patent number: 4892800Abstract: An improved photosensitive member for use in electrophotography which is characterized by having a substrate and a photoconductive layer comprising a carbonic film, the nucleus of which matrix being carbon atom, which contains 30 atomic % or less of hydrogen atom and at least one selected from the elements of Group III and Group V of the Periodic Table, and which has an optical band gap of more than 1.5 eV and an electrical conductivity of 10.sup.-11 .OMEGA..sup.-1 cm.sup.-1 or less.It is always and substantially stable regardless of the changes in use environments and it enables to make highly resolved images with a clear half-tone which are highly dense and quality at high speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1987Date of Patent: January 9, 1990Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masao Sugata, Tatsuo Takeuchi, Hiroshi Satomura, Yoshihiro Oguchi, Akio Maruyama, Keishi Saito, Tohru Den, Susumu Ito, Keiji Hirabayashi, Keiko Ikoma, Noriko Kurihara, Kuniji Osabe