Patents by Inventor Shinichi Nakano
Shinichi Nakano 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: 20130207852Abstract: In an antenna apparatus, on an undersurface of a metal cover, a feeding coil module is disposed. In a casing, a printed circuit board is included. A ground conductor, a feeding pin, and a ground connection conductor are disposed on the printed circuit board. When the metal cover is mounted on the casing, the feeding pin is in contact with a connection portion of the feeding coil module and is electrically connected thereto. The ground connection conductor is in contact with the metal cover and connects the metal cover to the ground conductor. The ground connection conductor is disposed at either side of a slit outside an area in which the current density of an induced current flowing through the metal cover is in a range from a maximum value to approximately 80% of the maximum value or one side of the slit in the area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2012Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shinichi NAKANO
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Patent number: 8508467Abstract: A display device (10) includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (2), a lower substrate (second substrate) (3), and a conductive liquid (16) that is movably sealed in a display space (S) formed between the upper substrate (2) and the lower substrate (3). In the display device (10), a signal electrode (first electrode) (4) is provided on the upper substrate (2), and a scanning electrode (second electrode) (5) and a reference electrode (third electrode) (6) are provided on the lower substrate (3). The signal electrode (4) comes into contact with the conductive liquid (16) and is made of a material that is electrochemically inert to the conductive liquid (16).Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2008Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoko Teranishi, Akio Miyata, Shinichi Nakano, Toshiki Matsuoka
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Patent number: 8363040Abstract: A display device (10) includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (2), a lower substrate (second substrate) (3), and a conductive liquid (16) that is sealed in a display space (S) formed between the upper substrate (2) and the lower substrate (3) so as to be moved toward an effective display region (P1) or a non-effective display region (P2). In the display device (10), a signal electrode (4), a reference electrode (5), and a scanning electrode (6) are configured so that voltages in a predetermined voltage range can be independently applied to the respective electrodes. The same voltages (third voltage and fourth voltage) are applied to the reference electrode (5) and the scanning electrode (6) that are provided on the lower substrate (3) so as to be located on the effective display region (P1) side and the non-effective display region (P2) side, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2008Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiki Matsuoka, Akio Miyata, Tomoko Teranishi, Shinichi Nakano, Kazuhiro Deguchi
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Publication number: 20120257257Abstract: Even when image processing such as halftone processing and zoom processing is performed, it is enabled to execute image processing at high speed. When controlling image processing which is performed by each of a first image processing portion and a second image processing portion in parallel and independently from each other for image data including a plurality of pages, a control portion performs execution control by selecting any of the first image processing portion and the second image processing portion for each page of the image data and causing the first image processing portion or the second image processing portion which is selected to execute the image processing for the page.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Inventor: Shinichi Nakano
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Patent number: 8279121Abstract: A compact and low-cost antenna device in which no interference occurs even when many antenna units corresponding to various systems are mounted close together in a small area, and a wireless communication apparatus including the antenna device. An antenna device includes plural antenna units mounted on a single dielectric base. A first antenna unit having a lowest fundamental frequency is disposed at a left end of a non-ground region, a second antenna unit having a highest fundamental frequency of the plurality of the antenna units is disposed at a right end of the non-ground region, and a third antenna unit having a fundamental frequency between those of the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit is disposed between the first and second antenna units. A current-density control coil is connected between a first radiation electrode and a power feeder of the first antenna unit, while a reactance circuit is disposed in the middle of the first radiation electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Ishizuka, Kazunari Kawahata, Nobuhito Tsubaki, Shigeyuki Fujieda, Shinichi Nakano
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Patent number: 8259038Abstract: A display device (10) includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (2), a lower substrate (second substrate) (3), and a conductive liquid (16) that is movably sealed in a display space (S) formed between the upper substrate (2) and the lower substrate (3). In the display device (10), a signal electrode (first electrode) (4) made of a material that is electrochemically inert to the conductive liquid (16) is placed in the display space (S). Moreover, a scanning electrode (second electrode) (5) and a reference electrode (third electrode) (6) are provided on the lower substrate (3).Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiki Matsuoka, Akio Miyata, Tomoko Teranishi, Shinichi Nakano
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Patent number: 8194304Abstract: In a display device including: an upper space (display space) 13 provided on a display surface side; and a colored liquid 21 that is sealed inside the upper space 13 so as to be operable and is colored in a predetermined color, which is structured so as to be able to change a display color on the display surface side according to application of an electric field to the colored liquid 21, the colored liquid 21 contains a conductive liquid as a dispersion medium and a pigment of a self-dispersing type as a coloring agent. Thereby, the display device that can improve display quality and have high durability that enables to maintain an excellent displaying function over a long period of time, and the electric apparatus using the display device can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2006Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroko Niwano, Akio Miyata, Tomoko Teranishi, Shinichi Nakano
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Publication number: 20120113151Abstract: A position specification accepting section accepts a position specification on a display screen of a display section, and a display position accepting section accepts from a user a specification of a display position of an instruction acceptance image for accepting an instruction concerning to display of an image via the position specification accepting section. A display control section causes the display section to display the instruction acceptance image at the to display position concerning the specification accepted by the display position accepting section from the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventor: Shinichi NAKANO
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Publication number: 20120001821Abstract: There is provided an antenna device which has a structure using control lines of an integrated circuit as a portion of an emitting electrode so as to prevent electromagnetic coupling between the emitting electrode and the control lines, and thereby prevent the occurrence of unnecessary resonance and deteriorations in antenna characteristics. Also there is provided a wireless communication device of the same. The antenna device includes at least one emitting electrode and an other emitting electrode provided with the control lines. Connection circuits are provided between the control lines and the other emitting electrode to allow an RF signal of the emitting electrode to flow to the control lines such that the other emitting electrode and the control lines function as a single emitting electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi NAKANO, Kazunari KAWAHATA, Hiroshi NISHIDA, Kenichi ISHIZUKA
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Publication number: 20110216106Abstract: In a display device including: a display space provided on a display surface side; and a conductive liquid sealed inside the display space so as to be operable, which is constituted so as to be able to change a display color on the display surface side according to an application of an electric field to the conductive liquid, a power source portion, a first driving circuit that is connected to the power source portion, and allows the conductive liquid to flow into an inside of the display space according to a voltage applied by the power source portion, and a second driving circuit that is connected to the power source portion, and allows the conductive liquid to flow out of the inside of the display space according to a voltage applied by the power source portion are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akio Miyata, Shinichi Nakano, Syuichi Kouzaki
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Publication number: 20110188074Abstract: A print processing device includes a print processing portion, a first setting portion, a second setting portion, a priority information retaining portion, and a control portion. The print processing portion executes print processing on paper, based on a print job request. The first setting portion receives input of setting of priority information. The second setting portion receives input of setting of a time zone where the priority information is set. The priority information retaining portion retains a relationship between the priority information and the time zone. The control portion performs priority processing in which the print job request is preferentially supplied to the print processing portion, the print job request being inputted from the information processing device determined to have a higher priority in the time zone including current time based on the relationship retained in the priority information retaining portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shinichi Nakano
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Patent number: 7931876Abstract: The invention provides a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a developer, which can manufacture a developer having a uniform and fine particle shape in a narrow particle size distribution and having a coloring agent highly dispersed therein at the primary particle level, the method and apparatus at the same time enabling continuous and efficient production without opening and closing a reactor. The method comprises the steps of: dissolving a binding resin component in a supercritical or subcritical fluid so that the binding resin component is blended with a coloring agent component; and reducing the solubility of the binding resin component in the supercritical or subcritical fluid so that the binding resin component is precipitated in the form of particles with the coloring agent component dispersed in the interior thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichi Nakano, Yasuhiro Shibai, Keiichi Kikawa
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Patent number: 7865310Abstract: An information provision apparatus mounted in a driver's vehicle, including a vehicle approach determiner configured to execute a vehicle approach determination process to determine whether or not an opponent vehicle is likely to approach the driver's vehicle at a future time, based on driving information including information as to whether a blinker of the driver's vehicle is in an on-state or in an off-state at a current time, and driving information including information as to whether a blinker of the opponent vehicle is in an on-state or in an off-state, and a notification device configured to inform a driver driving the driver's vehicle of an opponent vehicle that is likely to approach the driver's vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2006Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichi Nakano, Akira Nakaya
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Patent number: 7839555Abstract: In a display device that includes a display space provided on a display surface side and a liquid sealed inside the display space so as to be operable and is constituted so as to be able to change a display color on the display surface side according to an application of an electric field to the liquid, the liquid is an ionic liquid containing an ambient temperature molten salt combining a cation and an anion. Further, an amount of water blended in the liquid is 0 to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the ionic liquid. This makes it possible both to reduce a voltage to be applied to the liquid so as to allow driving at a low voltage and to improve an operation performance.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2006Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichi Nakano, Akio Miyata, Tomoko Teranishi, Hiroko Niwano
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Publication number: 20100271352Abstract: A display device (10) includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (2), a lower substrate (second substrate) (3), and a conductive liquid (16) that is movably sealed in a display space (S) formed between the upper substrate (2) and the lower substrate (3). In the display device (10), an electrode member (f) for filling the conductive liquid (16) is provided in the display space (S) and configured so that a predetermined voltage can be applied thereto, and the conductive liquid (16) is filled in the display space (S) by applying the predetermined voltage to the electrode member (f).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2008Publication date: October 28, 2010Inventors: Shinichi Nakano, Akio Miyata, Tomoko Teranishi, Toshiki Matsuoka, Kazuhiro Deguchi
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Publication number: 20100245408Abstract: A display device (10) includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (2), a lower substrate (second substrate) (3), and a conductive liquid (16) that is sealed in a display space (S) formed between the upper substrate (2) and the lower substrate (3) so as to be moved toward an effective display region (P1) or a non-effective display region (P2). In the display device (10), a signal electrode (4), a reference electrode (5), and a scanning electrode (6) are configured so that voltages in a predetermined voltage range can be independently applied to the respective electrodes. The same voltages (third voltage and fourth voltage) are applied to the reference electrode (5) and the scanning electrode (6) that are provided on the lower substrate (3) so as to be located on the effective display region (P1) side and the non-effective display region (P2) side, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Toshiki Matsuoka, Akio Miyata, Tomoko Teranishi, Shinichi Nakano, Kazuhiro Deguchi
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Publication number: 20100182290Abstract: A display device (10) includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (2), a lower substrate (second substrate) (3), and a conductive liquid (16) that is movably sealed in a display space (S) formed between the upper substrate (2) and the lower substrate (3). In the display device (10), a signal electrode (first electrode) (4) made of a material that is electrochemically inert to the conductive liquid (16) is placed in the display space (S). Moreover, a scanning electrode (second electrode) (5) and a reference electrode (third electrode) (6) are provided on the lower substrate (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2008Publication date: July 22, 2010Inventors: Toshiki Matsuoka, Akio Miyata, Tomoko Teranishi, Shinichi Nakano
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Publication number: 20100177022Abstract: A display device (10) includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (2), a lower substrate (second substrate) (3), and a conductive liquid (16) that is movably sealed in a display space (S) formed between the upper substrate (2) and the lower substrate (3). In the display device (10), a signal electrode (first electrode) (4) is provided on the upper substrate (2), and a scanning electrode (second electrode) (5) and a reference electrode (third electrode) (6) are provided on the lower substrate (3). The signal electrode (4) comes into contact with the conductive liquid (16) and is made of a material that is electrochemically inert to the conductive liquid (16).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2008Publication date: July 15, 2010Inventors: Tomoko Teranishi, Akio Miyata, Shinichi Nakano, Toshiki Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20100149053Abstract: An antenna apparatus and a radio communication apparatus are capable of separately controlling a resonance frequency in a basic mode and a resonance frequency in a higher mode and have a wide bandwidth in which the resonance frequency in the basic mode is variable. The antenna apparatus includes a feeding electrode 2, a loop-shaped radiation electrode 3, a capacitance portion 4, and inductors 5 and 6. The capacitance portion 4 is formed by a gap between an open end 3a of the loop-shaped radiation electrode 3 and the feeding electrode 2. The inductor 5 is disposed at a position where a large current is obtained in the basic mode and a small current is obtained in the higher mode. The inductor 6 is disposed at a position where a large current is obtained in the higher mode and a small current is obtained in the basic mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2010Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi NAKANO, Kazunari KAWAHATA, Nobuhito TUBAKI, Kenichi ISHIZUKA, Shigeyuki FUJIEDA
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Patent number: 7674022Abstract: To provide a headlight device, in which a change of the region of illumination afforded by the headlamp can be initiated substantially punctual to the start of cornering of the motorcycle, the headlight device includes a headlamp for illuminating forwardly of the motorcycle, a light-distribution adjusting mechanism for changing a region of illumination, a bank angle detecting unit for detecting a bank angle ? of the motorcycle in reference to an angular velocity ?y about a vertical axis of the motorcycle, an angular velocity ?r about a longitudinal axis of the motorcycle and a motorcycle velocity v, and a light-distribution controller for controlling the light-distribution adjusting mechanism based on the detected bank angle ? to change the region of illumination into an area further away from and at least inwardly of a direction of turn of the motorcycle during a cornering.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2006Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinichi Nakano, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Mikio Domoto, Makoto Baino