Patents by Inventor Shigeru Kimura

Shigeru Kimura 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).

  • Publication number: 20090305713
    Abstract: Upon receipt of a new channel allocation request from a mobile communication terminal, a suitable channel is allocated. A base station device performs communication with communication terminals by implementing an adaptive process using a plurality of antennas, and includes an interference recognizing unit that recognizes a level of interference on empty channels for use in the communication, a channel selector that selects an empty channel to be allocated based on a result recognized by the interference recognizing unit, and a channel allocator that, when there is a new channel allocation request from a communication terminal, allocates the empty channel selected by the channel selector to that communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chiharu Yamazaki, Shigeru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090296639
    Abstract: A wireless base station for allocating one or more communication channels to each terminal so as to perform wireless communication therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Kato, Shigeru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090296638
    Abstract: In accordance with the present application, it is possible to determine whether or not it is appropriate to apply SDMA by estimating the fading speed of mobile stations. A wireless communication apparatus of the present application includes: a fading speed estimation portion (30) which detects phase variations of weighting coefficients of an adaptable array antenna and estimates the fading speed of the mobile stations based on the phase variations of the weighting coefficients; and a communication control portion (12) which conducts control operations so as to assign channels for SDMA based on the estimated results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicants: KYOCERA CORPORATION, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Kimura, Yoshihiko Akaiwa
  • Patent number: 7626671
    Abstract: An active matrix LCD device includes a TFT panel, a counter panel and liquid crystal interposed therebetween. The TFT panel includes a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of common lines formed in one layer and extending in a row direction, and a plurality of signal lines extending in a column direction. A coupling line for coupling the common lines together is disposed outside the pixel array of the TFT panel, such as in a TCP mounted on the TFT panel and mounting thereon a driver IC for driving the scanning lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kimura, Hiroaki Tanaka, Akira Fujita, Kiyofumi Kudou, Takahiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Uchida, Akitoshi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20090273752
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is fabricated which has bus wires disposed in a grid shape, switching elements coupled to the bus wires, and pixel electrodes which are disposed on an interlayer insulating film formed by coating and which are coupled with the switching elements. In fabricating the liquid crystal display, when a transparent conductive film is formed on the interlayer insulating film which is formed by coating, the temperature of the substrate is controlled to become 100° C.-170° C. In another embodiment, when the transparent conductive film is formed on the interlayer insulating film in a non-heated condition, an oxygen flow rate ratio is set to 1% or lower, and annealing is performed after forming the film. Thereby, when etching the ITO film on the interlayer insulating film, etching residue is not produced. Further, contact resistance between the ITO film and the lower layer metal can be uniformly decreased, and display defects can be obviated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Shigeru Kimura, Akitoshi Maeda, Satoshi Doi, Takayuki Ishino
  • Patent number: 7586572
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is fabricated which has bus wires disposed in a grid shape, switching elements coupled to the bus wires, and pixel electrodes which are disposed on an interlayer insulating film formed by coating and which are coupled with the switching elements. In fabricating the liquid crystal display, when a transparent conductive film is formed on the interlayer insulating film which is formed by coating, the temperature of the substrate is controlled to become 100° C.-170° C. In another embodiment, when the transparent conductive film is formed on the interlayer insulating film in a non-heated condition, an oxygen flow rate ratio is set to 1% or lower, and annealing is performed after forming the film. Thereby, when etching the ITO film on the interlayer insulating film, etching residue is not produced. Further, contact resistance between the ITO film and the lower layer metal can be uniformly decreased, and display defects can be obviated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kimura, Akitoshi Maeda, Satoshi Doi, Takayuki Ishino
  • Publication number: 20090217247
    Abstract: To provide a program performance analysis apparatus that can present to a user whether tuning made to a program operating on a predetermined hardware is either good or bad, a performance information acquisition unit for obtaining the performance information of a program, a difference information generation unit for generating difference information by making a comparison between the performance information of a first program and that of a second program obtained by making a change to the first program, and a change evaluation unit for evaluating whether the change is either good or bad are comprised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Teruhiko Kamigata, Atsuhiro Suga, Shigeru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090167311
    Abstract: An adaptive array wireless communication apparatus able to suitably select antenna elements, small in amount of processing, fast in convergence speed, and suitable for transmission/reception, and a method of the same, which controls the directionalities of array antenna elements based on array weights, controls an antenna element selecting unit 23 so that the antenna elements are intermittently determined, and adjusts a period of determination of the antenna elements based on information of the antenna elements determined at a controlling unit 26.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fangwei Tong, Kenta Okino, Shigeru Kimura
  • Patent number: 7551943
    Abstract: A wireless communication method includes: transmitting an estimation signal from a first communication device with a first plurality of antenna elements to a second communication device with a second plurality of antenna elements at a training phase for synchronization in a first type of wireless communication using an adaptive array system between the first and second communication devices; detecting the estimation signal by the second communication device; and estimating, based on the detection of the estimation signal, whether or not a wireless communication channel between the first and second communication devices is adaptable to a second type of wireless communication using a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Sunaga, Shigeru Kimura
  • Patent number: 7532270
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display that provides a wide viewing angle and in which its manufacturing processes are shortened and high reliability is provided. The method includes the steps of forming a gate electrode metal layer and forming a gate electrode by patterning using photolithography; forming an interlayer insulating film, an a?Si layer, an n+ a?Si layer, and a drain electrode metal layer and forming a drain line and an island by performing patterning, ashing processing, reflow processing using photolithography, and peeling; forming an insulating film on a transparent insulating substrate and forming an insulating film contact used to provide a connection to a source electrode of an island at a specified position by patterning or a printing method; forming a transparent conductive film and forming a pixel electrode and common electrode by patterning using photolithography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Hashimoto, Hiroaki Tanaka, Shigeru Kimura, Syuusaku Kido
  • Publication number: 20090111777
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a composition having at least one effect among the following effects; a plurality of medicinal ingredients can be taken as one preparation and the convenience for patients is excellent; the drug compliance is excellent; the amount of jelly composition to be taken at a time is small; the release of an active ingredient in the digestive tract is excellent; the absorption of an active ingredient to the body is excellent; the storage stability of an active ingredient is excellent; the dispersibility of an active ingredient in the composition is excellent; the storage stability of the composition is excellent; the syneresis of the composition is less, it has an appropriate jelly strength to a degree that does not disintegrate during carrying and before taking and easily disintegrates after taking; the handleability during preparation of the composition is excellent; the portability of the composition is excellent; the feeling of taking the composition is excellent; it has an effect on red
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroki Ueshima, Shigeharu Suzuki, Naomi Yokomizo, Atsushi Sato, Hirosato Fujii, Shigeru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090090867
    Abstract: A nuclear medical diagnosis apparatus comprises a nuclear radiation detector for detecting a nuclear radiation generated by a nuclide arranged in a body of a subject, a correcting radiation applying mechanism for directing a correcting radiation generated by a correcting radiation source to the subject so that the correcting radiation passes through the subject to be detected by the nuclear radiation detector, and an orbital mechanism arranged to rotate the correcting radiation applying mechanism to orbit around an body axis of the subject, and having a radiation source container by which the correcting radiation source is contained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Norihito Yanagita, Masahito Ooike, Masami Nagaoka, Shigeru Kimura, Fusaaki Kozawa
  • Publication number: 20090088196
    Abstract: Transmission power control is carried out according to the necessary received power of a receiving communication device. A mobile communication system (10) is characterized in that a base station device (20a) transmits a reception scheme of a communication signal; and a mobile station device (30a) includes a reception scheme acquisition part (303) receiving the transmitted reception scheme; a transmission power controller (307a) determining a transmission power at which a communication signal is transmitted; and a transmission BB processing part (308) transmitting the communication signal to the base station device (20a) at the determined transmission power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamitsu Nishikido, Chiharu Yamazaki, Shigeru Kimura, Yuuya Tounai
  • Patent number: 7511301
    Abstract: To provide an active matrix liquid crystal display unit in which a wiring break at the intersection of drain wiring and gate wiring is prevented with reliability. One or more recesses extending along drain wiring and having a depth equal to or greater than the width of the drain wiring are formed in at least one side of gate wiring at an area near an intersection of the gate wiring and the drain wiring. Furthermore, the gate wiring is composed of two layers of Mo and Al, for example, and the side faces of the gate wiring are tapered. The recesses having a sufficient depth formed in the gate wiring at the area near the intersection with the drain wiring adequately elongate the etchant penetration path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090083716
    Abstract: A profiling method for collecting, using a computer, information on an execution status of a target program. Information collection is performed for the target program using an interrupt handler that is initiated in response to an interrupt that occurs when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The profiling method includes specifying a target range in which information collection is to be performed using the interrupt handler, in the target program,; and setting information collected by the interrupt handler in a memory when the interrupt occurs in the target range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
    Inventor: Shigeru KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20090083526
    Abstract: A linker generates a simulator-use executable format program from a pre-conversion object program and a simulator-use object program. A simulator executes the simulator-use object program and acquires branch trace information. A binary program converting tool, based on the branch trace information and a branch penalty table, generates a post-conversion object program having a rewritten branching prediction bit of the pre-conversion object program. Another linker generates an actual-machine-use executable format program from the post-conversion object program and an actual-machine-use object program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited
    Inventor: Shigeru Kimura
  • Patent number: 7490588
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a first fuel-cut duration extending portion that, when a fuel-cut is being executed during deceleration of the vehicle, slows the decrease in the engine speed by executing a slip control of a lock-up clutch; and a second fuel-cut duration extending portion which, when the engine speed has decreased to a coast-downshift threshold, which is higher by a given amount than a fuel-cut cancellation threshold, while the slip control is being executed, allows to downshift the automatic transmission if the road on which the vehicle is presently traveling has a downhill gradient that is larger than a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Kimura, Toshimitsu Satou
  • Publication number: 20090037659
    Abstract: A method of performing cache coloring includes the steps of generating a dynamic function flow representing a temporal sequence in which a plurality of functions are called at a time of executing a program comprised of the plurality of functions by executing the program by a computer, generating function strength information in response to the dynamic function flow by use of the computer, the function strength information including information about runtime relationships between any given one of the plurality of functions and all the other ones of the plurality of functions in terms of a way the plurality of functions are called and further including information about degree of certainty of cache miss occurrence, and allocating the plurality of functions to memory space by use of the computer in response to the function strength information such as to reduce instruction cache conflict.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Shigeru Kimura
  • Publication number: 20090016243
    Abstract: A wireless communication device for transmitting/receiving data uses a plurality of carrier frequencies in a time division duplex scheme. The wireless communication device includes a scheduler for selecting a slot of at least one carrier frequency for transmission of the data; and transmission data assignment means for assigning the data to the slot of the carrier frequency selected by the scheduler and making a slot of a carrier frequency not selected by the scheduler empty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Kimura, Fangwei Tong
  • Patent number: 7478199
    Abstract: A method of performing cache coloring includes the steps of generating function strength information in response to a dynamic function flow representing a sequence in which a plurality of functions are called at a time of executing a program comprised of the plurality of functions, the function strength information including information about runtime relationships between any given one of a plurality of functions and all the other ones of the plurality of functions in terms of a way the plurality of functions are called, and allocating the plurality of functions to memory space in response to the function strength information such as to reduce instruction cache conflict.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Shigeru Kimura