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Patent JP-2004072538-A (JP)
Title: Image reading apparatus and image reading method
Inventor: KAWAI MASAAKI
IPC: G03G15/00
Filed: 2002-08-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an original reader which has an identifying function of an original including a black and white original and a color image and reads the entire original at a high speed in reading an original with mixed originals including an black and white original and a color image.  <P>SOLUTION: This image reader is provided with a transportation path for guiding an original fed from an original tray to a reading position, a transporting means for transporting forward the original transported to the reading position or transporting backward the original upstream, a reading means for reading the original transported by the transporting means at the reading position, an identifying means for identifying whether the original read by the reading means is an original including a black and white original or a color image, and a retraction path provided at an upstream side of the reading position and for retracting at least a portion of the original from the transportation path. The original identified by the identifying means is transported backward, once retracted to the retraction path and then transported to the reading position again and read in reading mode that corresponds to the results obtained by identifying the original.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004078385-A (JP)
Title: Service information providing method
Inventor: FUKUDA MITSUAKI
IPC: H04W84/10
Filed: 2002-08-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To selectively provide desirable and proper service information to users and service providers in a service information providing method for providing service information related to reading data when the users read the data.  <P>SOLUTION: A user terminal 10 sends a data reference request 100 of a user to a data management part 14. The data management part 14 reads the data 101 and accompanying position information 102 from a data storage part 15 and sends the information to a service information filtering part 12. The service information filtering part 12 combines the contents of the data 101 with the accompanying position information 102 to form key information, filters the service information 103 received from the service information providing part 13, and sends the data 101 and the filtered service information 104 to the user terminal 10. The user terminal 10 presents the information (101, 104) to the user.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004078436-A (JP)
Title: Input support apparatus
Inventor: AKAI YASUKO
IPC: G06Q50/00
Filed: 2002-08-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it very easy to generate an input screen, which is complicated in a conventional manner, by noting the definition of data to be generated.  <P>SOLUTION: An input support apparatus 10 includes an input screen generating means 1 for analyzing a data definition file F1 wherein a target data definition to be obtained by input by a user is defined, and generating the input screen D1 for the user to input the data; and an input screen output means 2 for outputting the generated input screen D1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004080330-A (JP)
Title: Image processing apparatus
Inventor: SUZUKI TAKAYOSHI
IPC: B41J29/38
Filed: 2002-08-16
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing apparatus capable of enhancing the productivity independently of execution of authentication processing and charging processing.  <P>SOLUTION: The image processing apparatus presets permission of use to processing steps not needing the charging processing and the authentication processing, and preset inhibition of use to processing steps needing the charging processing and the authentication processing. Then a system controller recognizes a use state denoting the permission of use and the inhibition of use and controls various controllers depending on the result of recognition. For example, the image processing apparatus controls execution of the processing steps (processes 01 to 03, and processes 06 and 07) wherein the permission of use is not inhibited independently of the charging processing and authentication, the image processing apparatus controls no execution of the processing steps (processes 04 to 05, and processes 08 and 09) wherein the permission of use is inhibited until the inhibited permission of use is released (charging processing and authentication are performed).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004073530-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: IOKI SADAO
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2002-08-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of informing a chance player of the game performance of a new game stand.  <P>SOLUTION: The game machine comprises a game control means and a display control means, and is capable of applying specific game values when a specific result mode is led out in the variable display game. The game machine also has an operation monitoring means for monitoring the operation of the game machine, a visual presentation selection means for selecting the visual presentation based on a set display selection table among a plurality of visual presentations to be executed in the variable display game, and a selection probability changing means for changing a selection probability table for the visual presentation selected by the visual presentation selection means. The selection probability changing means changes the selection probability table to a selection probability table to reduce the probability for selecting the visual presentation with the highest selection probability.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004080559-A (JP)
Title: Remote control system for recording apparatus
Inventor: TSUJII HIDEAKI
IPC: H04N5/00
Filed: 2002-08-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the operability of an apparatus capable of recording sound and preventing recording unnecessary sound in the case that a means for informing an operator about a state of the apparatus in voice is provided in a remove controller.  <P>SOLUTION: A system includes a first apparatus capable of being transited to a plurality of operating states, a remote controller for remotely controlling the first apparatus from a remote place, and a first communication means whereby the first apparatus and the remote controller make duplex communication. Further, the controller is provided with an external notice means comprising a voice generating means, a vibration generating means, a display means, and a second communication means for communication with a second apparatus or the like; the first apparatus uses the first communication means to inform the remote controller about its operating state or the like; and the remote controller selects any component of the external notice means in response to the notified operating state or the like.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004088814-A (JP)
Title: Dc-dc converter
Inventor: KURIO NOBUHIRO
IPC: H02M3/337
Filed: 2002-08-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the output current of a DC-DC converter from being unbalanced even if there is a slight difference in outputs of converting circuits.  <P>SOLUTION: In unitary units A<SB>1</SB>and A<SB>2</SB>, a pair of converting circuits 11 and 22 convert the power voltage of a DC power source E into an AC by two pairs of switching elements Q<SB>11</SB>-Q<SB>18</SB>and Q<SB>21</SB>-Q<SB>28</SB>composed of full bridge constitutions, are connected in parallel with the DC power source E and rectifying circuits 13-24, and are provided via transformers Tr<SB>11</SB>-Tr<SB>22</SB>on output sides of the converting circuits 11 and 22. Also in the units, series capacitors C<SB>11</SB>-C<SB>22</SB>are inserted between the converting circuit 11 and 22 and the transformers Tr<SB>11</SB>-Tr<SB>22</SB>. The unitary units A<SB>1</SB>and A<SB>2</SB>are provided in (n) groups for the DC power source E, transformer secondary sides of the rectifying circuits 13 and 23 on one hand of the unitary units A<SB>1</SB>and A<SB>2</SB>are connected in series in (n) groups, and transformer secondary sides of the other rectifying circuits 14 and 24 are connected in series in (n) groups.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004087198-A (JP)
Title: Transmission cable and manufacturing method of the same
Inventor: OGASAWARA TAKASHI
IPC: H01B13/00
Filed: 2002-08-23
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transmission cable without fluctuations of inside skew generated by the crush of an insulation layer due to stress between a drain wire and insulated wire generated when transversally winding a conductive tape material.  <P>SOLUTION: The transmission cable 1 is formed by laying a drain wire 11 aside a pair of signal wires composed of a pair of insulated wires 7 formed by covering each signal wire 3 with an insulation layer, for example, a foamed insulation layer 5 through an intermediate 9, and laterally winding a conductive tape material 13 on the periphery of the drain line. Although the conductive tape material 13 is transversally wound when manufacturing the transmission cable, since stress added between the insulated wires 7 and the foamed insulation layer 5 is surely dispersed, relaxed, and absorbed by the intermediate 9 and the crush of the foamed insulation layer 5 is suppressed, the fluctuations of inside skew are reduced.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003120208-A (JP)
Title: Method for controlling coolant flow in airfoil, flow control structural body and airfoil incorporating the same
Inventor: ITZEL GARY MICHAEL
IPC: F01D9/02
Filed: 2002-08-27
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for controlling the flow of coolant for effectively cooling the fillet area 60 of the nozzle blade profile section of a turbine. SOLUTION: A coolant flow control structural body 42 is provided to channel cooling media flow to the fillet region 60 defined at the transition between the wall of a nozzle vane 16 and walls 12 and 14 of a nozzle segment 10, for cooling the fillet region 60. In an exemplary embodiment, the flow control structural body definds gaps 65 and 67 with the fillet region 60 to achieve the required heat transfer coefficient, in this region to meet part life requirement.
Patent JP-2004081505-A (JP)
Title: Ball replenishment adjustor in game machine island equipment
Inventor: IOKI SADAO
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2002-08-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely fill a tank with balls by catching the ball right below and preventing the ball once caught in the tank from jumping out of the tank by attenuating inertia of the flowing-down ball halfway.  <P>SOLUTION: In the first ball downfall path 13 formed in a fixed side passage member 14, a curved flowing-down part, the lower end part of which is curved askew downward from the vertical direction is formed and a lower end outlet of the curved flowing-down part is opened askew downward. A mobile passage member 17 is mounted on the fixed side passage member so as to be rotatable centered on a support shaft 46 arranged on the side opposite to the lower end outlet of the curved flowing-down part and the lower rim of an upper end opening part of the second flow-down path 16 formed in the mobile passage member is positioned right below the lower end outlet of the first flowing-down path to block the flowing-down of the balls as the first stopper part.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004084303-A (JP)
Title: Private parts washing apparatus
Inventor: FUJII SHINJI
IPC: E03D9/08
Filed: 2002-08-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a private parts washing apparatus ensuring that a user does not forget to rinse his private parts after washing with cleaner.  <P>SOLUTION: The private parts washing apparatus has a washing solution retaining part 6 for preserving a washing solution such as cleaner, and a washing solution mixing part 10 which is disposed in a water supply passage L1 leading to a washing nozzle 5 for ejecting wash water from a water inlet toward the private parts and into which the washing solution is injected from the washing solution retaining part 6. The apparatus is capable of private-parts rinsing by which the private parts are rinsed with only the wash water, and cleaner washing in which cleaner-containing wash water obtained by mixing the wash water with the washing solution at the washing solution mixing part is used. An alarm means is provided to urge the user to do the private-parts rinsing while the user is doing the cleaner washing.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004084319-A (JP)
Title: Lifting gate type water intake device
Inventor: TSUMURA OSAMU
IPC: E02B7/50
Filed: 2002-08-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem of a conventional lifting gate type water intake device wherein because the lifting gate is held only in two positions, one in which it fully opens an intake and the other in which it fully closes the intake, the amount of water flowing out of the intake varies depending on the level of water, requiring workers to go to the site of installation in order to release the lifting gate from its closed state.  <P>SOLUTION: The lifting gate type water intake device uses a lifting gate 12 to open and close an intake 15 provided in a sidewall 14 of a water reservoir 13. A floating gate which moves up and down using buoyancy as the level of water varies is used as the lifting gate 2. A recess 22 for the overflow of water is provided at the center position of the upper half of the floating gate 2. The buoyancy of the floating gate 2 is set so that the overflow surface 23 of the recess 22 is maintained at a predetermined depth of water from the surface of water. Thus, even if the level of water in the water reservoir 13 varies, water is taken in by an almost fixed amount, and the intake 15 is opened and closed without electric power and human assistance.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004086043-A (JP)
Title: Optical modulation device
Inventor: KURAHASHI SOJI
IPC: H04B10/516
Filed: 2002-08-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize cost reduction and miniaturization without sufferring from constraints due to operational speed of an electronic device such as a flip-flop circuit in an optical modulation device.  <P>SOLUTION: The optical modulation device is provided with two multiplex circuits 1A-EXOR gate 2A and 1B-EXOR gate 2B multiplexing N parallel digital signals having a data speed B/N and forming a first binary signal and a second binary signal having a data speed B/2, an encoder 3 delaying the second binary signal formed by the multiplex circuit 1B-EXOR gate 2B by time T(=1/B) to the first binary signal formed by the multiplex circuit 1A-EXOR gate 2A and offsetting the DC level of the second binary signal to output the first and the second binary signals, and an optical modulator 6 modulating light inputted from a light source 5 according to the first and the second binary signals outputted from the encoder 3.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004089357-A (JP)
Title: Ultrasonic search unit, and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus using the same
Inventor: SATO YOSHIAKI
IPC: G01N29/24
Filed: 2002-08-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus which needs neither many pulse circuits nor a receipt circuit for changing the focus position of ultrasonic beam or transmit/receipt direction, can be miniaturized and produced at a low cost, and can generate reduced level of heat.  <P>SOLUTION: The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises (a) an ultrasonic search unit 1 and (b) a transmit/receipt position control circuit 80, wherein the ultrasonic search unit 1 comprises ultrasonic transmit/receipt devices for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, an actuator 20 for changing the positions of the ultrasonic transmit/receipt devices, and a sound adjusting material which is positioned on the ultrasonic transmit/receipt sides of the ultrasonic transmit/receipt devices and is reformable according to the changing positions of the ultrasonic transmit/receipt devices; and the transmit/receipt position control circuit 80 controls the actuator to provide desired ultrasonic wave focusing and/or scanning.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004090450-A (JP)
Title: Micro lens piece, method for molding the same, micro lens stamper, method for manufacturing micro lens stamper, micro lens molded body, plastic lens sheet, and projector
Inventor: OGAKI TAKASHI
IPC: C25D5/02
Filed: 2002-08-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a micro lens piece having a small aberration of unit micro lens wherein the unit micro lens can be brought to a spherical surface or intentionally made non-spherical surface by enabling a relative size between a radius of curvature of a central part of the unit micro lens and the radius of curvature of a peripheral part to be controlled without providing a masking frame.  <P>SOLUTION: For the micro lens piece formed by a method wherein an insulation layer 2 is patternized on a surface of a substrate 1 of which at least the surface has conductivity, an electrodeposition starting point is exposed from an opening 2a of the insulation layer 2 and a metal is electrically deposited from the electrodeposition starting part, a deposition starting electrode 3 which is provided at the electrodeposition starting part and projected by the insulation layer 2 according to a shape of the micro lens and a metal layer 4 of the micro lens shape which is electrically deposited with the deposition starting electrode 3, are provided.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003185655-A (JP)
Title: Method of screening compounds that inhibit interaction between proline-rich peptide and sh-3 domain-containing peptide
Inventor: DE MENDEZ ISABELLE
IPC: A61P31/04
Filed: 2002-07-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of screening compounds of therapeutical value which have the ability of inhibiting the interaction between a proline-rich peptide and an SH-3 domain-containing peptide.  <P>SOLUTION: A candidate compound is added to a buffer solution containing a proline-rich peptide which is labelled with a first fluorescent marker. Next, an SH-3 domain-containing peptide, which is directly or indirectly labelled with a second fluorescent marker, is added wherein each fluorescent marker is a first partner or a second partner of paired FRET. By homogeneous time- resolved fluorescence technique, energy at a wavelength corresponding to the excitation wavelength of the first partner is used to measure a fluorescent signal at the emission wavelength of the second partner of paired FRET. The compounds are able to selectively target proteins involved in a variety of intracellular signalling pathways.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004089495-A (JP)
Title: Bag link
Inventor: HIRANUMA TAKAAKI
IPC: A61J1/10
Filed: 2002-08-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bag link capable of substantially preventing the occurrence of organic acid odor while maintaining a high storage stability of blood ingredients.  <P>SOLUTION: This bag link 1 is a quadruple bag formed by connecting a blood collection bag 10, a red blood cell storing bag 20, a plasma storing bag 30 and a preserving liquid bag 40 using respectively predetermined tubes. The bag link 1 is further provided with a white blood cell removing filter 50. Among these bags, the blood collecting bag 10 and the preserving liquid bag 40 are each filled with a liquid medicine and the red blood cell storing bag 20 and the plasma storing bag 30 are empty. The bags filled with the liquid medicine are made of a polyolefin or a polyvinyl chloride containing a trimellitic acid ester as a plasticizer, and the empty bags are made of a polyvinyl chloride containing citric acid ester as a plasticizer.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004065871-A (JP)
Title: Reading desk
Inventor: IO SUMIO
IPC: A47B23/04
Filed: 2002-07-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stably hold a book downward in a state of clearly reading a character; to cope even with the size of the book; to facilitate opening of a page; and to simplify a mechanism for reducing a burden of the body by solving the problem of imposing a fair burden on the body due to lifting and reading the book by hand when reading the book in a posture of lying on one's back.  <P>SOLUTION: This reading desk 1 is constituted so as to sandwich upper-lower parts of the book by installing a sliding type book upper edge support part 6 in an upper part of a fixed type book lower edge support part 4 via a slide mechanism part 8 and inserting a spring part (a compression spring) 10 into an upper part of a slide shaft 9 equipped in the slide mechanism part 8 to connect. A book pressing-down part 12 is installed in a lower part of the fixed type book lower edge support part 4, and presses down back binding-up of the book.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004100482-A (JP)
Title: Low-pressure steam turbine
Inventor: KITAMURA TAKESHI
IPC: F01D25/24
Filed: 2002-09-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent or restrain a steam inlet passage, in a low-pressure steam turbine, which extending into an inner casing and supplies steam to a cascade of blades, from being deformed by thermal stress.  <P>SOLUTION: An outer-periphery wall 42 of steam extraction chambers 18a-18c for expanding a portion between a steam inlet part 26 and the steam inlet passage 28 of the low-pressure steam turbine to its outside in an axial direction of a rotor is provided, a steam intake area 44 is formed by the outer-periphery wall 42 of the steam extraction chambers, the outer-periphery wall 38 of the inner casing 16 and a side wall 40 to be filled with steam 22. The outer-periphery wall 42 is formed to be oblique for reinforcement, a connection part between the outer-periphery wall 42 and the side wall 40 is formed to be buildup welding or a large R portion, or a sleeve is provided at one part of the outer periphery walls 38, 42, and a rib to be fitted so as to remain a steam passing gap in the sleeve is provided on the other. Otherwise, a plurality of springs may be provided between the outer-periphery walls 38 and 42. A plurality of fins may be provided at a surface on the steam intake area side of the outer-periphery walls 38 and 42 to absorb heat from the steam 22.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004100165-A (JP)
Title: Hand roller
Inventor: TASHIRO TOSHIAKI
IPC: E04F21/20
Filed: 2002-09-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hand roller for use in bonding and fixing a rug to a floor or a wall paper to a wall with an adhesive, wherein the hand roller is reduced in weight to alleviate the burden of work to an operator.  <P>SOLUTION: A support shaft body (2) is extended from the tip of a grip (1), and a thick cylindrical roller main body (3) formed of a synthetic resin is axially supported by the shaft body (2) in a rotatable manner. Further a metal protective cylinder body (4) is fitted onto the peripheral surface of the roller main body (3) to protect the surface of the roller main body, whereby the total weight of the entire roller is reduced.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004104299-A (JP)
Title: Image input apparatus
Inventor: KITAZAWA TOMOFUMI
IPC: H04N5/222
Filed: 2002-09-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image input apparatus capable of translating an imaging means with a constant height from a base and changing the height setting in spite of a simple structure of the apparatus.  <P>SOLUTION: An angle restriction means 6 consists of an engagement member 6c and a groove 6b with which the engagement member 6c engages. The engagement member 6c is provided to an end of one-side end of an arm 3a, and a plate member 6a with the groove 6b is provided to one end of an arm 4b. The shape of the groove 6b is decided so that the imaging means 2 makes a translation while keeping the height from mounts 1a, 1b constant when the arms 4a, 4b of a second parallel link mechanism 4 are turned in interlocking with turning of the arms 3a, 3b of a first parallel link mechanism 3.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO