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Patent JP-2003093212-A (JP)
Title: O s good pillow
Inventor: NAKAZATO OSAMU
IPC: A47G9/10
Filed: 2001-09-25
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a neck and head supporting pillow that can be adjusted in its width and height to fit various types of necks and heads. SOLUTION: The pillow is provided with a short cloth ring 7 closer to the circular portion 2 of the pillow, where a central cervical vertebrae portion of a head rests, and plus and minus surface fasteners 3 and 4 attached on a narrow cloth strip under the circular or half-oval shaped portions of the pillow. The height and width of the pillow can be freely and easily adjusted by them.
Patent JP-2003136257-A (JP)
Title: Method for manufacturing curved surface structure
Inventor: YOSHINAGA FUMIO
IPC: B23K9/00
Filed: 2001-11-01
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manufacture a structure having a curved surface highly precisely at a low cost. SOLUTION: In the structure constituted of a plurality of large blocks, each block 50 is composed of a curved face plate 51 and ribs 55 which are provided on the outer periphery or the like of one surface of the face plate 51. The blocks are further divided into several sub-blocks, which are also composed of the face plate 51 and the ribs 55 similar to the large blocks. The sub-blocks are assembled by friction stir welding to form the large blocks. Then, the plurality of large blocks are placed on a frame, and the outer peripheral rib end-faces of the adjacent large blocks are brought into contact with or brought close to each other with the face plates of the large blocks welded to each other, and also with the ribs welded to each other. Consequently, the structure can be manufactured highly precisely at a low cost.
Patent JP-2003142561-A (JP)
Title: Device for positioning substrate and substrate treatment unit comprising it
Inventor: MITSUTA SHINICHIRO
IPC: H01L21/68
Filed: 2001-11-01
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for positioning a substrate through a simple structure in which the chipping of the substrate and the generation of duct therefrom can be reduced. SOLUTION: The device 10 for positioning a substrate comprises a stage 14 having a prescribed region 18 for holding a substrate 12 on its upper surface, and at least one roller guide 20 having a roller 22 disposed in proximity to the prescribed region 18 and rotatable about a rotational axis parallel with the upper surface of the stage 14.
Patent JP-2003135358-A (JP)
Title: Dishwasher
Inventor: KADOMA OSAMU
IPC: A47L15/50
Filed: 2001-11-08
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dishwasher wherein tableware baskets can be pulled out from the front side, the working efficiency for tableware setting is favorable, and also, the setting and washing of cooking utensils having a long handle such as a frying pan or large tableware can be easily performed. SOLUTION: This dishwasher is equipped with a main body 1, a washing tank 2, an upper washing nozzle 13 and a lower washing nozzle 17, a pull-out type door 18, and an upper tableware basket and a lower tableware basket 6. In this case, the washing tank 2 is fixed in the main body 1, and has an opening on the front side. The upper and lower washing nozzles 13 and 17 are provided in the washing tank 2. The pull-out type door 18 is supported by an upper slide rail 7 and a lower slide rail 8 provided in the washing tank 2, and closes the opening of the washing tank. The upper and lower tableware baskets 4 and 6 are fastened to the door 18 by a fastening means. Thus, by pulling out the door 18, the upper tableware basket 4 and the lower tableware basket 6 are simultaneously pulled out.
Patent JP-2003144388-A (JP)
Title: Visual line detector
Inventor: KONISHI KAZUKI
IPC: G03B7/00
Filed: 2001-11-16
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extract the pupil edge without error in a visual line detector for detecting the visual line of a user by illuminating the eyeball of the user with a flood means, estimating the central position of the pupil by reading out the signals of the respective pixels of a sensor for photo-detecting light flux reflected from the eyeball, and detecting the visual line of the user by extracting the edge of the pupil from the central position. SOLUTION: The central position of the pupil is estimated by illuminating the eyeball of the user with the flood means and reading out the signals of the respective pixels of the sensor for photo-detecting the light flux reflected from the eyeball (#203) and the visual line of the user is detected by extracting the edge of the pupil from that position. In such a visual line detector, the edge of the pupil is extracted on the basis of the signals of the respective pixels in a radial direction from the estimated center of the pupil (#210).
Patent JP-2003148984-A (JP)
Title: System, method and program for providing information for automobile
Inventor: OKAZAKI HARUKI
IPC: G08G1/133
Filed: 2001-11-16
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To propine a system and the like for providing automobile information that allows safe and comfortable travel to a destination. SOLUTION: This invention provides an information providing system for an automobile for providing information required to the automobile. The system has a reception means 2 for receiving a travel-planned route from the prescribed automobile, a weather information input means 2 for inputting weather information related to the received planned route, and an equipment information notifying means 2 for informing the prescribed automobile of equipments required for traveling the planned route, based on the obtained weather information.
Patent JP-2003150887-A (JP)
Title: Simulation device based on extended petri-net
Inventor: SHIOTANI MASANORI
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2001-11-16
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means for carrying out simulation at a high speed in a device for carrying out simulation of a scattered phenomenon system such as physical distribution using Petri-net. SOLUTION: An attribute can be defined in at least a token and by using an attribute of the token, an ignition rule of a transition is determined using the extended Petri-net freely describable by a user. When some token arrangement is given, a possibility of ignition of not all the transition but the less number of transitions is searched by automatically disconnecting/connecting a relationship of the transition and the place from the token arrangement.
Patent JP-2003155027-A (JP)
Title: Packaging box
Inventor: ISHIMARU HIROSHI
IPC: B65D5/495
Filed: 2001-11-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent end portions of partition plates for use in forming individual small chambers inside a packaging box from being flattered by depressing them. SOLUTION: There are provided partition plates 3 for dividing an inside part of a main body 2 of a packaging box into a plurality of small chambers; and a top plate 5 and a bottom plate 4 each of which is arranged in the main body 2 of the packaging box to close the upper and lower releasing surfaces of the partition plate 3, respectively. Then, the bottom plate 4 is formed with a plurality of protrusions 6 having some slits 6c into which a plurality of end portions of some longitudinal plates constituting the partition plate 3 are inserted so as to prevent the partition plates 3 from being flattered and depressed.
Patent JP-2002223190-A (JP)
Title: Signal reception method
Inventor: GNAUCK ALAN H
IPC: G02B6/00
Filed: 2001-11-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a signal reception method by which immunity to link robustness, chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion(PIM) can be enhanced in an optical fiber system. SOLUTION: A transmitted signal is fed to a line encoder 316 and a modulator 312 applies amplitude modulation to an optical carrier. The double sideband signal that is amplitude-modulated is transmitted through an optical fiber. A splitter 322 and optical filters 324, 326 split the received signal into an upper sideband signal and a lower sideband signal. The upper sideband signal and the lower sideband signal are photodetected separately and equalized by equalizers 330, 334. The photodetected and equalized upper sideband signal is combined with the photodetected and equalized lower sideband signal by using a diversity combiner 336. The combiner uses the weighted sum of the signals to select the better of the two signals, or sums the signals or combines the signals.
Patent JP-2003158673-A (JP)
Title: Image pickup device and method
Inventor: SHIGA AKIRA
IPC: H04N5/235
Filed: 2001-11-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain a scrupulous exposure in response to the feature of an object. SOLUTION: A digital still camera 1 produces a histogram denoting the frequency of pixels with respect to a luminance level from an object image picked up with an optional exposure control variable, and detects the feature of the object image on the basis of the histogram. Then the digital still camera 1 corrects the original exposure control variable in response to the feature to calculate a new exposure control variable and controls the exposure to be the new exposure control variable and picks up the object image.
Patent JP-2002232312-A (JP)
Title: Information processing unit and method
Inventor: SHIGA TOMOHISA
IPC: H04H20/00
Filed: 2001-11-22
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To output received news information by voice. SOLUTION: News information generated by a workstation and broadcasted from a broadcasting center, is received by a BS tuner 51, and is stored in a RAM 60. A priority order is set on a plurality of article information items of the news information stored in the RAM 60 by a remote controller 62. Based on the priority order set by the remote controller 62, news image data based on the news information stored in the RAM 60 is outputted to an NTSC-signal- generation circuit 54, and the text information based on the news information is outputted to a text-reading circuit 58. The text-reading circuit 58 converts the text information of the news information stored in the RAM 60 to voice output in accordance with the control of a CPU 61, and outputs the voice output to a speaker (not illustrated).
Patent JP-2003154286-A (JP)
Title: Electrical crushing apparatus and method
Inventor: HOSHIKAWA SHOICHI
IPC: B02C19/18
Filed: 2001-11-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an electrical crushing apparatus and a method by which throughput in electrical crushing is improved. SOLUTION: The electrical crushing apparatus 1 is provided with a conveyer 5 for transporting a material 27 to be crushed by a transporting belt 3 having a plurality of through holes on the transporting surface, a treating vessel 11 in which an insulating liquid 9 is stored and at least the crushing treatment range 7 of the conveyer 5 is dipped into the liquid 9, a fixed electrode 13 provided below the crushing treatment range 7 of the conveyer 5 in the treating vessel 11, a rod like counter electrode 15 provided to face the fixed electrode 13 across the crushing treatment range 7 of the conveyer 5 and a high voltage generating means 16 for imparting high voltage between the fixed electrode 13 and the counter electrode 15.
Patent JP-2002231623-A (JP)
Title: Cooling device and substrate processing device
Inventor: TSUJI MASAO
IPC: H01L21/027
Filed: 2001-11-28
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooling device which is capable of keeping a substrate high in temperature uniformity, while subjecting the substrate to cooling and improving the throughput. SOLUTION: A substrate W as a work is placed on a mounting plate 31. A Peltier module 40 is laminated under the mounting plate 31 through the intermediary of a silicone grease film 32 of high thermal conductivity, and a cooling plate 34 is laminated under the Peltier module 40 through the intermediary of a silicone grease film 33. Electrical energy supplied to the Peltier module 40 is adjusted by a power supply/control unit 37, on the basis of the measurement result of a temperature sensor 38 embedded in the mounting plate 31.  Since the Peltier module 40 has the same planar shape as that of the mounting plate 31, and Peltier elements are arranged in the module 40 to be uniform in number per unit area in a plan view, the mounting plate 31 can be kept uniform in temperature distribution, even if it is reduced in thickness, the substrate W can be kept high in temperature uniformity, when it undergoes a cooling, and this cooling device can obtain high throughput.
Patent JP-2003168024-A (JP)
Title: Negotiation system on network
Inventor: CHIHAMA SEIJI
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 2001-11-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to negotiate various conditions between a first party and a second party on a network.  <P>SOLUTION: This system is interposed between the first party and the second party so that the both parties can input respective negotiation conditions. Only a negotiation starter can settle the negotiation, and if the negotiation is on the way, can end the negotiation on the basis of the one-sided will of one party. A plurality of negotiations can be recorded/stored/retrieved in/from a database as negotiation history. Since the system has a continuation/repetition property differently from a temporary auction, a negotiation server automatically manages the negotiations of both parties.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003166924-A (JP)
Title: Reciprocating abrasion tester
Inventor: KAMIYA KAZUTAKA
IPC: G01N3/56
Filed: 2001-11-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reciprocating abrasion tester capable of performing abrasion test with few variations, even in the abrasion test in conformance with abrasion conditions by a wiper blade on window shield glass of an automobile.  <P>SOLUTION: The reciprocating abrasion tester comprises reciprocating abrasion mechanisms for abrading a sample surface by sliding pieces. The reciprocating abrasion mechanism contains a motor, a crank mechanism, a reciprocating mechanism, and the sliding pieces. A load is applied to the slider by a loading mechanism. A plurality of the reciprocating mechanisms are provided so that their phases may differ from one another.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003165791-A (JP)
Title: Method for producing silicon single crystal and device using the same
Inventor: NISHIMOTO MANABU
IPC: C30B29/06
Filed: 2001-11-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the high-speed growth of a silicon single crystal by Czochralski method and also to improve its yield in the high-speed growth thereof.  <P>SOLUTION: A cooling body 8 is provided within a thermally shielded body 7 surrounding the silicon single crystal 11 which is picked from material molten liquid 10 in a crucible 3. A heater 9 is formed below the cooling body 8. The pulled crystal is forcibly cooled with the cooling body 8 and the deformation of the crystal is suppressed, thus the high-speed growth of the crystal is made possible. The vicinity of the solid-liquid interface of the pulled crystal is forcibly heated by the heater 9, thus the cracking of the crystal or the formation of dislocation thereof which is caused by the increase of thermal stress in the vicinity of the solid-liquid interface due to forcible cooling is prevented, so that the yield of the crystal is improved.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003166933-A (JP)
Title: Measuring-chip holder and measuring-chip conveyance system
Inventor: KIMURA TOSHIHITO
IPC: G01N35/02
Filed: 2001-11-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a measuring-chip holder which is used to potect and handle a measuring chip and by which the measuring chip can be held and released easily.  <P>SOLUTION: The measuring-chip holder is provided with a set of sidewall parts 11 which hold the measuring chip so as to sandwich its side faces and which are arranged so as to be faced, a set of shoulder parts 12 as a set of shoulder parts which are formed so as to be faced in order to connect the set of sidewall parts and in which protrusions used to prevent the measuring chip from falling are installed on their respective inner walls and a set of leg parts 13 which are formed so as to be faced in order to connect the set of sidewall parts.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003164929-A (JP)
Title: Determination method of hole opening position for coordinate hole
Inventor: KURODA YOSHINORI
IPC: B21D43/00
Filed: 2001-11-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine a suitable hole opening position for coordinate holes based on product data such as CAD data.  <P>SOLUTION: An area where a coordinate hole can be opened is extracted using product CAD data and drawing process forming CAD data (S1). A flat area viewed in a press direction is extracted within the potential area for hole opening (S2). Then, a potential area for hole opening is extracted from the flat area (S3). After the potential hole opening area for the coordinate hole is extracted, the hole opening position for the coordinate hole is determined within the potential area for hole opening (S4).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003165959-A (JP)
Title: Pressure-sensitive adhesive protection film
Inventor: MIYAKE TOSHIYUKI
IPC: C09J121/00
Filed: 2001-11-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prepare a pressure-sensitive adhesive protection film which secures solvent resistance and transparency and has good flexibility and applicability to a three-dimensional curved surface, and excels in easy incineration properties.  <P>SOLUTION: The pressure-sensitive adhesive protection film is a colorant-free, substantially transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a pressure- sensitive adhesive layer provided on one surface of a thermoplastic resin substrate film obtained by crosslinking a liquid dehalogenated thermoplastic resin A (preferably an acrylic resin) with a crosslinking agent B (preferably an isocyanate based crosslinking agent) (and preferably having a modulus of 4-30 N/15 mm when 2% elongated), the crosslink point distance of the crosslinking agent B being 200-400.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003170644-A (JP)
Title: System and method for verifying operation of controller section, storage medium, and program
Inventor: MOCHIZUKI AKIHITO
IPC: H04N1/00
Filed: 2001-12-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for verifying operation of a controller section, a recording medium, and a program in which development efficiency of an image output unit can be enhanced by displaying and confirming an abnormality occurred in the processing of a plurality of continuous pages retroactively.  <P>SOLUTION: At the time of developing an image output unit comprising a printer controller 21 generating image data, and an engine section forming an image on a medium based on the image data, a printer emulator 23 is used in place of the engine section. When an off-line mode is selected by an operator, a general purpose computer 24 in the printer emulator 23 controls the operation to display a plurality of pieces of image data, acquired from the printer controller 21 and stored in a storage device 26, on a CRT 25 at a specified display interval while switching sequentially.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003174131-A (JP)
Title: Resin-sealed semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
Inventor: NANO MASANORI
IPC: H01L21/56
Filed: 2001-12-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a resin-sealed semiconductor device which has realized further reduction of thickness and reduced stress to be applied to a lead member within the sealing resin, and also to provide a method of manufacturing the same semiconductor device.  <P>SOLUTION: The resin-sealed semiconductor device comprises a die pad 2 including thin lower portion of the lead frame, a semiconductor chip 1 mounted on the die pad 2, a plurality of leads 3 including thin upper portion of the lead frame, connecting members 4 to connect the semiconductor chip and the leads 3, a plurality of handing leads 8 connected to the die pad 2, and sealing resin to seal the upper portion of the lead frame. Therefore, while the die pad 2 is being upset, the resin-sealing semiconductor device realizes further reduction of thickness. Moreover, stress by resin sealing is absorbed due to self-bending deformation of the die pad 2 and leads 3 reduced in the thickness. As a result, reliability of connection can be improved.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003170306-A (JP)
Title: Diaphragm type air chuck
Inventor: UCHIDA MASATAKA
IPC: B23B31/32
Filed: 2001-12-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a diaphragm type air chuck that has mold claws for grappling a small-diameter workpiece at the tip of the air chuck, increases a grappling force of the small-diameter workpiece, and certainly grapples it.  <P>SOLUTION: This diaphragm type air chuck comprises a body 2, a piston 10 for tension, pistons 12 and 14 for opening or closing the chuck, a diaphragm 4, the mold claw 28 that are mounted to the diaphragm 4 and driven by the diaphragm 4 in the opening/closing direction, a bar body insert hole 32 where a taper engagement receiving part 32a is formed at the tip formed in the center of the mold claw 28, and an engaging part slidably driven in the bar body insert hole 32 of the mold claw 28 by the pistons.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003172378-A (JP)
Title: Control device and control method for automatic transmission
Inventor: OKADA TAKASHI
IPC: B60W10/10
Filed: 2001-12-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device and a control method for an automobile capable of restraining shaft vibration generated at switching from a second friction transmitting means to a dog clutch, and capable of achieving smooth speed change.  <P>SOLUTION: An input torque transmission control means 200 changes a transmission torque command value of a first friction clutch 5 based on torque inputted into the friction clutch 5 as a first friction transmitting means. A clutch slip quantity control means 300 changes transmission torque of the first friction clutch 5 based on the difference between a number of revolutions of a prime mover 1 and a number of revolutions of an input shaft of the transmission.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2003005996-A (JP)
Title: Device for evaluating microcomputer
Inventor: TSUZUKI MASASHI
IPC: G06F11/28
Filed: 2001-12-13
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an evaluating device capable of quickly and accurately evaluating an operating program to be executed on a microcomputer incorporating a non-volatile memory while realizing operations and functions specific to the non-volatile memory without using the non-volatile memory. SOLUTION: When a detecting circuit 7A for monitoring a bus 2A detects a writing instruction, a timer circuit 8A is started, and a time equivalent to the write time of a flash memory 5 is measured. Write data at a prescribed bit position are inverted by an inverting circuit 9A, and either the write data at the same bit position or the inverted write data are selected by a selecting circuit 10A, and written in an RAM 11A. A signal is selected according to an output signal from a logical sum circuit 16A, and an inversion signal is written at the bit position of the RAM 11A during the measurement of the time equivalent to the write time, and the write data are written according to the end of the measurement.
Patent JP-2003184676-A (JP)
Title: Installing structure of vacuum tank
Inventor: YAMAMOTO SHINYA
IPC: B60K11/04
Filed: 2001-12-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To abolish a special-purpose bracket for installing a vacuum tank.  <P>SOLUTION: In this installing structure of a vacuum tank for arranging a vacuum tank 14 to an engine 1, an intake manifold 6 is supported on the outer face of the engine 1 via an intake manifold bracket 10, and a vacuum tank 14 is attached and supported to the intake manifold bracket 10. The vacuum tank 14 is arranged between a cooling water passage 15 of the engine 1 arranged around the intake manifold bracket 10 and an intake pipe 8, and the intake manifold bracket 10 is nipped in the direction of a crankshaft of the engine 1. Accessories are arranged on the side of the engine 1, and the vacuum tank 14 is arranged on the opposite side.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO