Patents by Inventor Norio Sato
Norio Sato 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: 20060045502Abstract: A photographing lens includes an eccentricity adjusting frame which holds an eccentricity adjusting lens group serving as a part of a photographing optical system of the photographing lens; a lens support frame, an axis of which is coincident with a predetermined optical axis of the photographing optical system, supporting the eccentricity adjusting frame in a manner to allow the eccentricity adjusting frame to move in a plane orthogonal to the predetermined optical axis during an assembly-stage of the photographing lens; and a fixed aperture member having a circular aperture, the fixed aperture member being integrally formed with the lens support frame so that a center of the circular aperture coincides with the axis of the lens support frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2005Publication date: March 2, 2006Applicant: PENTAX CorporationInventor: Norio Sato
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Publication number: 20060034493Abstract: A response signal generating unit (3) applies a predetermined supply signal (2S) to a detection element (1) and outputs, as a response signal (3S), a signal which has changed in accordance with the impedance of an object (10) with which the unit is in contact through the detection element (1). A waveform information detection unit (4) detects waveform information corresponding to the impedance of the object (10) on the basis of the response signal (3S) from the response signal generating unit (3), and outputs a detection signal (4S) representing the waveform information. A biometric recognition unit (5) determines on the basis of the detection signal (4S) from the waveform information detection unit (4) whether or not the object (10) is a living body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2004Publication date: February 16, 2006Inventors: Toshishige Shimamura, Hiroki Morimura, Satoshi Shigematsu, Norio Sato, Masami Urano, Katsuyuki Machida
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Publication number: 20050259850Abstract: A detection element (1A) having a detection electrode (11A) connected to a surface shape detection unit (2) and a detection electrode (12A) connected to a common potential, and a detection element (1B) having a detection electrode (11B) connected to the surface shape detection unit (2) and a detection electrode (12B) connected to a biometric recognition unit (3) are arranged. The surface shape detection unit (2) outputs a signal representing the three-dimensional pattern of the surface shape corresponding to the contact portion to each detection element on the basis of individual capacitances obtained from the detection elements (1A, 1B). The biometric recognition unit (3) determines whether an object (9) is a living body, on the basis of a signal corresponding to the impedance of the object (9) connected between the detection electrode (12B) of the detection element (1B) and the detection electrode (12A) of the detection element (1A).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2004Publication date: November 24, 2005Inventors: Toshishige Shimamura, Hiroki Morimura, Satoshi Shigematsu, Norio Sato, Masami Urano, Katsuyuki Machida
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Publication number: 20050214960Abstract: A method of manufacturing a surface shape recognition sensor. A sacrificial film is formed on an interlevel dielectric to cover a lower electrode while keeping an upper portion of a support electrode exposed. An upper electrode is formed on the sacrificial film and support electrode. The sacrificial film is selectively removed and a protective film is formed on the upper electrode. A photosensitive resin film having photosensitivity is formed on the protective film. A plurality of projections are formed in a region of the protective film above a capacitive detection element. In this manner a plurality of capacitive detection elements each having the lower electrode and upper electrode are formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2005Publication date: September 29, 2005Inventors: Norio Sato, Katsuyuki Machida, Hakaru Kyuragi, Satoshi Shigematsu, Hiroki Morimura, Hiromu Ishii, Toshishige Shimamura
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Patent number: 6777453Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method of reclaiming crosslinked rubber wherein a reduction of qualities due to generation of decomposed products hardly occurs, and a molding of reclaimed rubber. In a reclamation step of reclaiming crosslinked rubber 10 by applying shear stress thereto and/or in a subsequent step in the present invention, a degasification carrier is introduced and decomposed products in the crosslinked rubber 10 are removed together with the degasification carrier. Also the disclosed is a molding of reclaimed rubber prepared by re-crosslinking reclaimed rubber obtained by this method.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2002Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenyusho, Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsumasa Matsushita, Makoto Mouri, Hirotaka Okamoto, Kenzo Fukumori, Norio Sato, Toru Yoshida, Masahito Fukuta, Hidenobu Honda, Katsumi Nakashima, Tamotsu Watanabe, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Masao Owaki
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Publication number: 20040109240Abstract: A lens barrel includes an optical system including a short focal length for a wide angle of view; and an ND filter in the shape of a disc which is provided on an optical axis of the optical system. An optical density of the ND filter decreases in a direction radially outwards from a center of the ND filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Applicant: PENTAX CorporationInventors: Norio Sato, Toshiharu Suzuki
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Patent number: 6727561Abstract: A surface shape recognition sensor includes a plurality of capacitive detection elements, a support electrode, and a protective film. The capacitive detection elements are formed from lower electrodes and a deformable plate-like upper electrode made of a metal. The lower electrodes are insulated and isolated from each other and stationarily laid out on a single plane of an interlevel dielectric formed on a semiconductor substrate. The upper electrode is laid out above the lower electrodes at a predetermined interval and has a plurality of opening portions. The support electrode is laid out around the lower electrodes while being insulated and isolated from the lower electrodes, and formed to be higher than the lower electrodes to support the upper electrode. The protective film is formed on the upper electrode to close the opening portions. The opening portions of the upper electrode are laid out in a region other than regions on a main part of the lower electrode and on the support electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Norio Sato, Katsuyuki Machida, Satoshi Shigematsu, Hiroki Morimura, Hakaru Kyuragi
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Publication number: 20040058037Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a frozen food and a frozen food produced by the process. There are provided a method for producing a frozen food characterized by subjecting a food to a contact treatment with an emulsifier-added fat or oil, and thereafter freezing the food; a frozen food produced by the method; and a method of preventing fluctuation in a water content of a frozen food, characterized by subjecting a food to a contact treatment with an emulsifier-added fat or oil, and thereafter freezing the food.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Inventors: Takuya Masuda, Kenya Mabe, Norio Sato, Tomoharu Kato, Nagahiro Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6632918Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method of reclaiming crosslinked rubber, which can reclaim various kinds of crosslinked rubbers whose reclamation is difficult. The method of reclaiming crosslinked rubber 10 of the present invention includes a step of reclaiming crosslinked rubber by applying shear stress to the crosslinked rubber 10, wherein the maximum pressure in the reclaiming step is 1.5 MPa or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2002Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsumasa Matsushita, Makoto Mouri, Hirotaka Okamoto, Kenzo Fukumori, Norio Sato, Masahito Fukuta, Hidenobu Honda, Katsumi Nakashima, Tamotsu Watanabe, Shigeki Otsuka, Masao Owaki
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Patent number: 6581584Abstract: An ignition control system for an internal combustion engine comprising a signal generator to generate pulse signals at a peculiar rotation angle position of the internal combustion engine and a position detection circuit to output a position detection signal whenever a zero cross point of a waveform of an output from a magneto AC generator driven by the engine is detected whereby when the engine should start, the engine is ignited as the signal generator generates the pulse signal, when the engine is idling, it is ignited as the position detection circuit outputs the position detection signal during the period after the pulse signal is generated and before the next pulse signal is generated and in the area exceeding the idling rotational speed, it is ignited at the ignition position arithmetically operated by a microcomputer.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2001Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Kokusan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Norio Sato, Kenji Kimura, Takahiro Osada
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Publication number: 20030094663Abstract: A surface shape recognition sensor includes a plurality of capacitive detection elements, a support electrode, and a protective film. The capacitive detection elements are formed from lower electrodes and a deformable plate-like upper electrode made of a metal. The lower electrodes are insulated and isolated from each other and stationarily laid out on a single plane of an interlevel dielectric formed on a semiconductor substrate. The upper electrode is laid out above the lower electrodes at a predetermined interval and has a plurality of opening portions. The support electrode is laid out around the lower electrodes while being insulated and isolated from the lower electrodes, and formed to be higher than the lower electrodes to support the upper electrode. The protective film is formed on the upper electrode to close the opening portions. The opening portions of the upper electrode are laid out in a region other than regions on a main part of the lower electrode and on the support electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2002Publication date: May 22, 2003Inventors: Norio Sato, Katsuyuki Machida, Satoshi Shigematsu, Hiroki Morimura, Hakaru Kyuragi
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Publication number: 20030056725Abstract: Prior to the start of transfer of an insulation film to a substrate, the degree of opening of a butterfly valve is set small so that evaporation of a solvent component contained in the insulation film is suppressed and the fluidity of the insulation film is ensured at the start of the transfer. On the other hand, the butterfly valve is totally opened at the start of the transfer, so that the pressure inside a thin film forming chamber rapidly decreases and transfer of the insulation film to the substrate is performed always in a low-pressure state (high-degree of vacuum).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2002Publication date: March 27, 2003Applicant: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Ueyama, Izuru Iseki, Norio Sato, Katsuyuki Machida, Hakaru Kyuragi
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Patent number: 6518083Abstract: A surface shape recognition sensor includes a plurality of capacitive detection elements, a support electrode, and a protective film. The capacitive detection elements are formed from lower electrodes and a deformable plate-like upper electrode made of a metal. The lower electrodes are insulated and isolated from each other and stationarily laid out on a single plane of an interlevel dielectric formed on a semiconductor substrate. The upper electrode is laid out above the lower electrodes at a predetermined interval and has a plurality of opening portions. The support electrode is laid out around the lower electrodes while being insulated and isolated from the lower electrodes, and formed to be higher than the lower electrodes to support the upper electrode. The protective film is formed on the upper electrode to close the opening portions. The opening portions of the upper electrode are laid out in a region other than regions on a main part of the lower electrode and on the support electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2002Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Norio Sato, Katsuyuki Machida, Satoshi Shigematsu, Hiroki Morimura, Hakaru Kyuragi
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Patent number: 6512638Abstract: A step zoom lens camera having a zoom lens and a cam ring provided with a cam groove having step portions. The zoom lens camera includes a focusing lens group which serves also as a variable power lens group of the zoom lens; and an adjusting lens group, serving also as another variable power lens group of the zoom lens, which is guided by the cam groove and is moved in the optical axis direction in a non-linear relationship with respect to the rotation angle of the cam ring in each focal length step. The step portions of the cam groove are each provided with a path which enables the adjusting lens group to move so as to provide a linear relationship between the rotation angle of the cam ring and amount of movement of the focal position of an infinite distance object.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2001Date of Patent: January 28, 2003Assignee: Pentax CorporationInventors: Norio Sato, Shinichiro Ishii
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Patent number: 6493511Abstract: An FPC (flexible printed circuit) board arrangement structure for zoom lens barrels of a camera is provided. The FPC board connects a shutter block carried by each zoom lens and a controller carried by the camera. The FPC board has a first portion to be connected to the shutter block, a second portion to be connected to the controller, and a connecting portion connecting the first and second portions. The connecting portion includes at least one foldable portion and a deformable portion. The length of the deformable portion is substantially constant regardless of an extended amount of a zoom lens barrel. The foldable portion is folded when the flexible printed circuit board is implemented in one of the zoom lens barrels, and is unfolded when implemented in another zoom lens barrel.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2001Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: Pentax CorporationInventor: Norio Sato
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Patent number: 6493512Abstract: A step zoom lens camera includes a rotatable cam ring, a cam groove formed on the cam ring, including step areas, a linear movement member which is connected to the cam ring, and a cam-guided lens group which is guided by the linear movement member to move linearly in the optical axis direction in accordance with the cam groove so as to move to an in-focus position of an object within each step area of the cam groove. The cam ring is provided on the rear end surface thereof with step area indicating indexes representing the corresponding step areas. The linear movement member is provided with a reference index at a predetermined circumferential position thereof, so that the position of use of the cam groove can be visually confirmed by viewing the position of the step area indicating indexes relative to the reference index.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2001Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Norio Sato
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Patent number: 6472460Abstract: Polymeric composites may be produced by a process comprising melt-kneading an organophilic clay and a polymer at an average reduced pressure of at 5×104 Pa, a maximum reduced pressure of at least 1×105 Pa, and a total shear strain between 105 and 107, and/or a total shear energy per unit volume falling between 1010 and 1014 Pa. Polymeric composites produced under these conditions may have 50% or more of the entire layers of the layered organophilic clay dispersed as monolayers.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1999Date of Patent: October 29, 2002Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Hirotaka Okamoto, Makoto Kato, Naoki Hasegawa, Arimitsu Usuki, Norio Sato
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Publication number: 20020121909Abstract: A surface shape recognition sensor includes a plurality of capacitive detection elements, a support electrode, a protective film, and a plurality of projections. The capacitive detection elements are formed from lower electrodes and a deformable plate-like upper electrode made of a metal. The lower electrodes are insulated and isolated from each other and stationarily laid out on a single plane of an interlevel dielectric formed on a semiconductor substrate. The upper electrode is laid out above the lower electrodes at a predetermined interval and has a plurality of opening portions. The support electrode is laid out around the lower electrodes while being insulated and isolated from the lower electrodes, and formed to be higher than the lower electrodes to support the upper electrode. The protective film is formed on the upper electrode to close the opening portions. The projections are laid out in a region of the protective film above the capacitive detection element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2002Publication date: September 5, 2002Inventors: Norio Sato, Katsuyuki Machida, Hakaru Kyuragi, Satoshi Shigematsu, Hiroki Morimura, Hiromu Ishii, Toshishige Shimamura
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Publication number: 20020109137Abstract: A surface shape recognition sensor includes a plurality of capacitive detection elements, a support electrode, and a protective film. The capacitive detection elements are formed from lower electrodes and a deformable plate-like upper electrode made of a metal. The lower electrodes are insulated and isolated from each other and stationarily laid out on a single plane of an interlevel dielectric formed on a semiconductor substrate. The upper electrode is laid out above the lower electrodes at a predetermined interval and has a plurality of opening portions. The support electrode is laid out around the lower electrodes while being insulated and isolated from the lower electrodes, and formed to be higher than the lower electrodes to support the upper electrode. The protective film is formed on the upper electrode to close the opening portions. The opening portions of the upper electrode are laid out in a region other than regions on a main part of the lower electrode and on the support electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2002Publication date: August 15, 2002Inventors: Norio Sato, Katsuyuki Machida, Satoshi Shigematsu, Hiroki Morimura, Hakaru Kyuragi
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Publication number: 20020024747Abstract: A step zoom lens camera having a zoom lens and a cam ring provided with a cam groove having step portions. The zoom lens camera includes a focusing lens group which serves also as a variable power lens group of the zoom lens; and an adjusting lens group, serving also as another variable power lens group of the zoom lens, which is guided by the cam groove and is moved in the optical axis direction in a non-linear relationship with respect to the rotation angle of the cam ring in each focal length step. The step portions of the cam groove are each provided with a path which enables the adjusting lens group to move so as to provide a linear relationship between the rotation angle of the cam ring and amount of movement of the focal position of an infinite distance object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2001Publication date: February 28, 2002Applicant: ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Norio Sato, Shinichiro Ishii