Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Higuchi

Tetsuya Higuchi 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: 20060242686
    Abstract: The present invention detects a computer virus at high speed from digital data acquired through a network using hardware in virus monitoring. With the invention, in an information processing terminal 002 capable of communicating with other information processing apparatus through a communication network 005, a virus checking apparatus 001 constructed of a hardware circuit is disposed in the side of an input channel of the network 005 and a virus is checked from input data from the network 005 by the virus checking apparatus 001. In order to change a virus pattern collated with the input data by hardware, the hardware circuit is detachably mounted or a rewritable logic device is used in the hardware circuit. The virus pattern of the logic device can be rewritten by sending virus definition information of a server 004 or control data generated based on this information to the virus checking apparatus 001.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Kenji Toda, Tetsuya Higuchi, Eiichi Takahashi, Masahiro Murakawa, Masaya Iwata
  • Publication number: 20060236146
    Abstract: A digital system (1) which performs a digital processing according to a single or a plurality of clock signals to deliver a specified basic function, and which comprises a plurality of delay elements (4) respectively inserted into a plurality of clock circuits for supplying clock signals in a digital system, and respectively constituted by circuit elements for changing delay times according to values indicated by a control signal, and a plurality of holding circuits (5) for holding a plurality of control signals to be given to a plurality of delay elements. The plurality of holding circuits have a plurality of control signal values, held by these holding circuits, changed by external devices (6-8) according to a probabilistic search method with the digital system (1) supplied with power from a variable-output-voltage power supply (14) so that the basic function of the digital system satisfies specified specifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: National Inst of Adv Industrial Science and Tech
    Inventors: Eiichi Takahashi, Masahiro Murakawa, Yuji Kasai, Tetsuya Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20060109146
    Abstract: A digital circuit according to the present invention includes a pulse delay circuit where a driving current of an inverter is variable, for causing timing of a clock signal to be variable; and the pulse delay circuit has a stabilizing circuit for an amount of a pulse delay by a delay synchronizing loop, and a generating circuit for a pulse delay amount setting voltage with nonlinear characteristics. The present invention makes it possible to realize a timing delay circuit with high resolution, which is not influenced by an operating environment and requires only a small area for the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Eiichi Takahashi, Yuji Kasai, Tetsuya Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20060055449
    Abstract: A bus driving device is provided with a driver circuit for driving a bus line thereof. The driver circuit includes an MOS transistor whose well is separated from other circuits. Further, the bus driving device is provided with a voltage control section for adjusting a well voltage, in accordance with a level of a signal in the bus line. With this bus driving device, a threshold voltage of the MOS transistor is set at a predetermined target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Munehiro Uratani, Yuji Kasai, Tetsuya Higuchi, Eiichi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20060046668
    Abstract: A power consumption controlling apparatus controls power consumption of a high frequency amplifier to reduce the power consumption by adjusting a power supply voltage and a bias voltage of the high frequency amplifier which amplifies a high frequency transmitting signal. The power consumption controlling apparatus includes: a receiving circuit for receiving the high frequency transmitting signal amplified by the high frequency amplifier; an evaluating section for evaluating whether or not a receiving signal obtained from the receiving circuit satisfies a predetermined quality; and an adjusting section for adjusting the power supply voltage and the bias voltage in a range in which the receiving signal evaluated by the evaluating section satisfies the predetermined quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Munehiro Uratani, Yuji Kasai, Tetsuya Higuchi, Eiichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6993672
    Abstract: A digital system that performs a specified function by performing digital processing according to one or more clock signals is provided with a plurality of delay elements which are respectively inserted in a plurality of clock circuits that supply the clock signals in the digital system and each of which is composed of a circuit element that changes a delay time according to a value indicated by a control signal, and a plurality of holding circuits that hold a plurality of control signals to be given to the plurality of delay elements. In the plurality of holding circuits, a value of the control signals held by these holding circuits is changed by external devices according to a probabilistic search technique so that the digital system operates correctly in relation to operation timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignees: Agency of Industrial Science & Technology, Evolvable System Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Eiichi Takahashi, Masahiro Murakawa, Kenji Toda, Tetsuya Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20050179465
    Abstract: A purpose of a high-speed signal transmission system of the present invention is to pass a high-speed digital signal through an outside-chip line exchanging a signal with a high speed LSI chip with a band higher than GHz. The high-speed signal transmission system of the present invention has a configuration of: insertion of a circuit for feeding back received information and adjusting a waveform at a sending side based on genetic algorithm; a device structure for automatically performing pump up and pump down of a transistor carrier; a transmission line of a wiring out of a transistor; and elimination of a common power source of a circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Kanji Otsuka, Tamotsu Usami, Tetsuya Higuchi, Eiichi Takahashi, Yuji Kasai, Masahiro Murakawa
  • Patent number: 6925272
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a simultaneous printing unit configured to transfer a mono-color developer image for two pages onto an intermediate transfer body successively to form a multi-color developer image for two pages onto two sheets of recording media, thereby to form two multi-color images including first and second multi-color images. The simultaneous printing unit generates image data of each color for simultaneous printing so that a variety of colors of image data for forming the first multi-color image coincide with a variety of colors of image data for forming the second multi-color image, when a variety of colors of developers required for forming the first multi-color image are different from a variety of colors of developers required for forming the second multi-color image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tetsuya Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20050117189
    Abstract: When amounts of change in shape of a plurality of deforming portions of the deformable mirror are adjusted, the deformable mirror including: a mirror surface in which the plurality of deforming portions are set and changes in shape of the deforming portions have influence on one another; and a plurality of deforming means for changing shapes of the plurality of deforming portions of the mirror surface respectively in response to control signals from the outside, and the deformable mirror changing a three-dimensional shape of the mirror surface in a segment-to-segment basis in a way that the deforming means change the shapes of the deforming portions of the mirror surface, reflected light, which has been outputted from a predetermined light source, and which has been reflected by the mirror surface, is detected at a predetermined position; the detected, reflected light is evaluated in accordance with a predetermined criteria; and the amounts of change in shape of the plurality of deforming portions are adjuste
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, EVOLVABLE SYSTEM RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC
    Inventors: Masahiro Murakawa, Taro Itatani, Tetsuya Higuchi, Moritoshi Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 6896704
    Abstract: A movable finger for prostheses, having a base a first intermediate portion connected to the base, a second intermediate portion connected to the first intermediate portion, and a fingertip connected to the second intermediate portion. The prosthesis further includes a first intermediate portion bending mechanism for actuating an actuator disposed in the base to pull a first wire to turn an eccentric member, a second intermediate portion bending mechanism for pulling a second wire wound around a pulley disposed as a movable pulley in the first intermediate portion by the eccentric member, whereby the pulling and bending of the second intermediate portion is by a third wire connected to the pulley, and a fingertip bending mechanism for pulling and bending the fingertip by a fourth wire connected to the first intermediate portion, whereby the pulling and straightening is by a fifth wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignees: Harada Electronics Co., Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tetsuya Higuchi C/O National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tetsuya Higuchi, Masahide Harada
  • Publication number: 20050100232
    Abstract: A data compression method using a template, in which a template optimizing means using an artificial intelligent technique (such as a genetic algorithm) applied to segments defined by diving input data into uniform segment units contributes to enhancing the prediction accuracy, data is compressed using the results of optimization, and a database is updated to improve the compression efficiency and speed of the subsequent processings. By updating a database by using an optimized template, a template for improving the prediction accuracy is obtained quickly without applying any artificial intelligent technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Hidenori Sakanashi, Tetsuya Higuchi
  • Patent number: 6879388
    Abstract: An optical apparatus has an adjustment apparatus 5 and an optical unit 1 including a plurality of optical elements. The adjustment apparatus sequentially provides control signals that, according to a probabilistic search technique, change the parameters of a stipulated plurality of optical elements among the optical elements to become parameters that cause the functions of the optical apparatus to satisfy stipulated specifications. A method of adjusting the optical apparatus includes sequentially providing control signals that, according to a probabilistic search technique, change the parameters of the stipulated plurality of optical elements among the optical elements, and searching for optical values at which the functions of the optical apparatus the stipulated specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignees: Agency of Industrial Science & Technology, Ministry of International Trade & Industry, Evolvable System Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Kasai, Masahiro Murakawa, Taro Itatani, Tetsuya Higuchi
  • Patent number: 6870018
    Abstract: A vulcanizable fluorine-containing elastomer composition having excellent stability in molding and kneading property, from which a vulcanized article having a small compression set can be produced in a short period of time. The vulcanizable fluorine-containing elastomer composition comprises a vulcanization agent, a vulcanization aid and a fluorine-containing elastomer having C—H bond in its polymer chain, and an optimum vulcanization time T90 (min) of the composition and a compression set CS (%) of the vulcanized article satisfy the following equations (I) and (II): Equation (I): in case of 50,000?MW?200,000, CS??3.45 Ln(T90)+22.8?4×10?5×MW Equation (II): in case of 200,000<MW, CS??3.45 Ln(T90)+14.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tokuno, Hideya Saito, Tetsuya Higuchi, Satoshi Komatsu, Satoshi Koyama
  • Publication number: 20050052675
    Abstract: Tray information for bth copy is read from a RAM. Next, print data is read from the RAM, and format data corresponding to a macro ID for the bth copy is read from the RAM. Then, image data is generated by combining the print data and the format data. Finally, based on the image data, an image is formed on a recording medium that was supplied from a tray designated by the tray information for the bth copy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsuya Higuchi
  • Patent number: 6861848
    Abstract: A capacitance position sensor includes a pair of opposed tabular electrodes, an LC oscillator circuit having a toroidal core winding and whose oscillating frequency varies with change in capacitance between the pair of electrodes, and an arithmetic processing unit for calculating an absolute value of a distance between the electrodes from the oscillating frequency of the oscillator circuit. A position controller includes a stationary member formed with one electrode of the pair of electrodes of the position sensor, a movable member on which the other electrode of the pair of electrodes is formed, and moving device for moving the movable member relative to the stationary member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yuji Kasai, Hirokazu Nosato, Masahiro Murakawa, Taro Itatani, Tetsuya Higuchi
  • Patent number: 6859663
    Abstract: A myoelectric pattern that is an action potential generated by a coordinated action of a plurality of muscles is measured by a group of surface electrodes on a skin surface, and a feature pattern is extracted from the measured myoelectric pattern. Redundant coding is used to encode the extracted feature pattern into a bit pattern, the coded bit pattern is subjected to pattern classification, and output control signal is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Isamu Kajitani, Tetsuya Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20040232237
    Abstract: An optical apparatus has an adjustment apparatus 5 and an optical unit 1 including a plurality of optical elements. The adjustment apparatus sequentially provides control signals that, according to a probabilistic search technique, change the parameters of a stipulated plurality of optical elements among the optical elements to become parameters that cause the functions of the optical apparatus to satisfy stipulated specifications. A method of adjusting the optical apparatus includes sequentially providing control signals that, according to a probabilistic search technique, change the parameters of the stipulated plurality of optical elements among the optical elements, and searching for optical values at which the functions of the optical apparatus the stipulated specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicants: Evolvable System Research Institute, Inc., Agency of Ind Sci & Tech Min of Int'l Trade & Ind
    Inventors: Yuji Kasai, Masahiro Murakawa, Taro Itatani, Tetsuya Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20040190665
    Abstract: Delay time between an input of data to a circuit block and an output of the data from the data block is measured in accordance with a timing at which the data from the circuit block is acquired by a measurement register and a timing at which the data from the circuit block is acquired by a data latch. An LSI tester sets well voltage adjustment values so that delay time of each circuit block is averaged. From voltages generated by the adjustment voltage generating circuit, a selector selects voltages that are in accordance with the well voltage adjustment values. The voltages selected are applied to a well of a CMOS transistor of each clock timing adjustment circuit. Delay time between timings of inputted clocks is thus adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Munehiro Uratani, Eiichi Takahashi, Yuji Kasai, Tetsuya Higuchi, Masahiro Murakawa
  • Patent number: 6790915
    Abstract: A process for preparing a fluorine-containing elastomeric copolymer, a vulcanizing agent and a vulcanization accelerator, said process comprising the step of coagulating the copolymer from an aqueous dispersion of the fluorine-containing elastomeric copolymer and drying the resulting coagulate of the copolymer while kneading, wherein a mixture of mutually soluble components consisting of the vulcanizing agent and the vulcanization accelerator is added to the coagulate, can give a fluororubber composition having stable vulcanization physical properties, wherein the vulcanizing agent and the vulcanization accelerator are homogeneously dispersed in the fluororubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Higuchi, Akihiro Nakashima, Yutaka Ueta, Satoshi Komatsu
  • Patent number: D532498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Rinnai Corporation
    Inventors: Katsunori Maegawa, Tetsuya Higuchi, Hiroaki Higashijima