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Patent JP-2003309790-A (JP)
Title: Device and method for reproduction and digital camera
Inventor: FURUKAWA SHINJI
IPC: H04N5/93
Filed: 2002-04-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and method for reproduction, and a digital camera realizing start of reproduction from a reproduction position where reproduction of a picture is finished even when the reproduction is finished in the middle.  <P>SOLUTION: The digital camera 1 is provided with: an LCD 13 for reading and displaying the file name of a moving picture or a still picture recorded in an internal recording medium 5 or an external recording medium 16; an operation part 3 for selecting the moving picture or the still picture which is recorded in the recording medium 5 or 16 and has to be recorded on the basis of the file name; a CPU 4 and a EEPROM 8 which hold the reproduction position on a file of the moving picture or the still picture in the middle of reproduction and reproduces the moving picture or the still picture from the held reproduction position. In automatically reproducing the moving image from the reproduction position of the held still picture, and when reproducing the same moving picture again after turning off the power source 14 of the digital camera 1 in a temporarily stopped state by a switch 15, the moving picture is reproduced from the reproduction position where the reproduction start position is held.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003309857-A (JP)
Title: Image processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program
Inventor: ONO HIROAKI
IPC: H04N9/07
Filed: 2002-04-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce a wide dynamic color image with uniformized sensitivity of all pixels and excellent color reproducibility by correcting a problem of a color/sensitivity mosaic image due to a spectral transmissivity of an ND filter.  <P>SOLUTION: The image processing method includes: a step S11 of allowing a local information calculation section to calculate local information corresponding to a target pixel being a low sensitivity pixel; a step S12 wherein a sensitivity correction value calculation section applies the local information calculated by the local information calculation section to a prepared function in advance to calculate a sensitivity correction value corresponding to the target pixel being the low sensitivity pixel; and a step S13 wherein a sensitivity correction section corrects the target pixel on the basis of the sensitivity correction value from the sensitivity correction calculation section so that the exposure sensitivity ratio in the target pixel being the low sensitivity pixel is a prescribed value. This invention is applicable to e.g. digital cameras.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003312960-A (JP)
Title: Elevator device
Inventor: HIRAI MASAAKI
IPC: B66B11/00
Filed: 2002-04-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively secure an available space of the building by effectively minimizing the occuping area of an elevator shaft.  <P>SOLUTION: Relative distance between an elevator cage 3 and a balance weight 4 in the horizontal direction is made to be changed according to the height position of the elevator shaft 5. Specifically, the balance weight guide rail 13 regulating the position in the horizontal direction of the balance weight 4 is laid in the elevator shaft 5 on the rail track separating from the cage guide rail 9 only near the middle floor of the elevator shaft 5 where the cage 3 and the balance weight 4 pass each other.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003023182-A (JP)
Title: Nitride semiconductor element
Inventor: TOYODA TATSUNORI
IPC: H01L21/28
Filed: 2002-04-22
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nitride semiconductor element in which a current can be injected uniformly into a light emitting layer (or a light receiving layer) and light emission efficiency (or light receiving efficiency) can be enhanced. SOLUTION: In a nitride semiconductor element where an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer are formed sequentially on a substrate, a positive electrode is formed on the p-type nitride semiconductor layer and a negative electrode is formed to make ohmic contact with the surface of the n-type nitride semiconductor layer exposed by removing a part of the p-type nitride semiconductor layer, a first insulation film is formed to cover the positive electrode and the p-type nitride semiconductor layer and the negative electrode is formed while extending on the positive electrode through the first insulation film such that the area at the contact, part of the negative electrode and an external circuit is increased.
Patent JP-2003316508-A (JP)
Title: Character input device and electronic equipment
Inventor: IMADA KATSUMI
IPC: G06F3/03
Filed: 2002-04-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a character input device mountable on a compact electronic device such as a portable telephone for easily inputting various characters only by moving the tip of the finger to a character plotting direction.  <P>SOLUTION: The character input device is provided with a character input means 2 for generating an electric signal based on the movement of a tip of a finger 1 to the plotting direction of a character. The character input means 2 is provided with an information input part 2a with which the tip of the finger 1 is brought into contact and a signal conversion part 2b for converting the movement of the tip of the finger 1 into an electric signal. Furthermore, this character input device is provided with a first information processing means 4 for converting an electric signal transmitted from the signal conversion part 2b into the pattern signal of the character and a second information processing means 5 for collating the pattern signal of the character with the pattern data of the character stored in a memory 5, and for extracting the character corresponding to the movement of the tip of the finger 1 from the memory 5.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003035512-A (JP)
Title: Method and device for measuring interface position at crystal growth
Inventor: PARTHIER LUTZ
IPC: C30B29/12
Filed: 2002-04-24
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a device for measuring an interface position at crystal growth in order to measure a crystal growth rate as a requirement of the crystal growth process control. SOLUTION: This is a method for measuring the interface position between a fused material and a crystal growing from the fused material, which has a process a) passing an incident light signal to the interface between the fused material and the crystal and a process b) measuring a reflected light signal generated on the interface by the incident light signal for the purpose of the interface position measurement.
Patent JP-2003317608-A (JP)
Title: Electron source and display device
Inventor: KATAKURA KAZUNORI
IPC: H01J31/12
Filed: 2002-04-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electron source substrate capable of obtaining enough luminous brightness.  <P>SOLUTION: Scanning electrodes 18<SB>1</SB>to 18<SB>3</SB>are wired in a line direction as against electron emission elements 11, 11' adjacent to each other in a row direction, and at the same time, information electrodes 14, 15 are wired in a row direction. The electron emission element 11 has its one end connected with the scanning electrode 18<SB>1</SB>through a resistive element 12 and with the information electrode 17 through a resistive element 15 and its other end connected with the scanning electrode 18<SB>2</SB>through a resistive element 13 and with the information electrode 16 through a resistive element 14, while, the electron emission element 11' has its one end connected with the scanning electrode 18<SB>2</SB>through the resistive element 12 and with the information electrode 16 through the resistive element 14 and its other end connected with the scanning electrode 18<SB>3</SB>through the resistive element 13 and with the information electrode 17 through the resistive element 15.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003310325-A (JP)
Title: School bag
Inventor: NAKAMURA KAIU
IPC: A45C3/02
Filed: 2002-04-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a school bag which can increase more width of space to store notebooks, or the like, without increase in the width of a back plate and can easily store big textbooks and notebooks of A4 size, or the like.  <P>SOLUTION: In the school bag, a rear face side of a back side of a gusset 10 is abutted on a side rim 11 of the back plate 8 to join the gusset 10 to the back plate 8, and a back rim 12 of the gusset 10 is attached flush with a front face of the back plate 8.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003049030-A (JP)
Title: Ionomer composition
Inventor: NAKADA KAZUYUKI
IPC: C08L33/14
Filed: 2002-04-30
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an ionomer composition having excellent scratch resistance and impact resistance being characteristics of ionomers, improved in combined properties of heat resistance, flexibility, processability and surface gloss. SOLUTION: This ionomer composition is obtained by mixing (A) 100 pts.wt. of an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer having >=100 deg.C melting point or its ionomer with (B) 50-400 pts.wt. of an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer having <100 deg.C melting point and <=100 MPa stiffness modulus, (C) 2-50 pts.wt. of a copolymer of an α-olefin and glycidyl (meth)acrylate and (D) 10-100 pts.wt. of an ethylene/α-olefin random copolymer, and has <=100 MPa modulus in flexure, >=10 MPa strength at break point and >=500% elongation.
Patent JP-2003320249-A (JP)
Title: Metal-carrying catalyst and production of the same and solid polymer electrolyte type fuel cell using the same
Inventor: NOZAKI MIO
IPC: H01M4/90
Filed: 2002-05-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a metal-carrying catalyst having high activity by making an active metal fine and highly dispersing the active metal, a method for producing the catalyst, and a solid polymer electrolyte type fuel cell.  <P>SOLUTION: The metal-carrying catalyst is produced by adding and dispersing Ketjen carbon as a carrier to and in a mixed solution of ion-exchanged water as a solvent and ethanol as a reducing agent; sufficiently removing dissolved oxygen from the obtained solution by boiling the solution; and after that, adding dinitrodiammineplatinum as a metal salt; reducing Pt ion to make the Ketjen carbon carry Pt colloid by heating and refluxing the resulting solution; and cooling the solution to cooling (to a room temperature); and filtering, washing and drying the obtained Ketjen carbon.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003321278-A (JP)
Title: Composite ceramic material and method for producing the same
Inventor: YAMAMOTO MITSUO
IPC: C04B35/80
Filed: 2002-05-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a composite ceramic material having such airtightness as to be favorable for use in e.g. a heat exchanger which treats high-temperature gases.  <P>SOLUTION: The composite ceramic material is the one comprising a woven fabric made of a ceramic fiber and a matrix containing inorganic particles, wherein oxidatively expandable particles constitute a part of the inorganic particles. When the ceramic material is exposed to high temperatures during firing or use, the oxidatively expandable material is oxidized and expanded to fill fine gaps formed among the particles of the matrix and between the matrix and the woven fabric to realize enhanced airtightness.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003291730-A (JP)
Title: Rear-part safety confirmation mirror for rear spoiler integration type vehicle or the like
Inventor: FURUICHI MAMORU
IPC: B60R1/06
Filed: 2002-04-02
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To contribute to prevention of a minor collision accident or the like by mounting a mirror to a rear spoiler (including a rear wing and a roof rear spoiler) or in the inside of a rear spoiler die to make the entire sight in the rear area of the vehicle within the vehicle width to be viewed, and thereby reducing a dead angle to further safely move backward, and to provide a rear- part safety confirmation mirror for a vehicle or the like having a strong mounting part by integrating the mirror with the rear spoiler (including a rear wing and a roof rear spoiler) or with the rear spoiler die.  <P>SOLUTION: This rear-part safety confirmation mirror for a vehicle or the like of an integration type is made by mounting the mirror to the rear spoiler (including a rear wing and a roof rear spoiler) or in the inside of the rear spoiler die.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003332997-A (JP)
Title: Clock transmission apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same
Inventor: HORIUCHI TAKAO
IPC: H03L7/22
Filed: 2002-05-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To exactly synchronize the timing between selected devices 31, 41 while surely suppressing EMI (electromagnetic interference) noise when a clock is shared among devices 11, 21, 31 and 41.  <P>SOLUTION: A clock CLK 2 formed by applying spread spectrum to a clock CLK 1 formed in a clock oscillation circuit 2 is transmitted to thereby suppress the EMI noise. Demodulation circuits 33, 43 are provided for the devices 31, 41 whose timing must be exactly synchronized. The clock CLK 2 which has been subjected to the spread spectrum is despreaded to demodulate clocks CLK 3, CLK 4 having no frequency fluctuation.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003328865-A (JP)
Title: Device for determining leakage of evaporating fuel treatment system
Inventor: OKI HIDEYUKI
IPC: F02M37/00
Filed: 2002-05-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the accuracy of leakage determination after the stop of an internal combustion engine.  <P>SOLUTION: This device for determining the leakage of an evaporating fuel treatment system comprises a pressure sensor for detecting pressure in the evaporating fuel treatment system and engine stop detecting means for detecting the stop of the internal combustion engine. It closes the evaporating fuel treatment system when the stop of the internal combustion engine is detected and then determines whether the evaporating fuel treatment system leaks or not, in accordance with the pressure detected by the pressure sensor in a certain period and a preset determination value. The leakage determining device calculates a first fuel level by applying moderating computation using a first moderating coefficient as predetermined for the detected amount of a fuel in a fuel tank and corrects the determination value to be used for leakage determination in accordance with the first fuel level. The leakage determining device calculates a second fuel level by applying moderating computation using a second moderating coefficient as predetermined for the detected amount of the fuel and prohibits the leakage determination of the leakage determining means in accordance with the second fuel level.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003327371-A (JP)
Title: Fascia plate for elevator
Inventor: TAKAHASHI TOSHIAKI
IPC: B66B7/00
Filed: 2002-05-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fascia plate for an elevator, having reduced cost and offering simplified mounting work.  <P>SOLUTION: Fixtures 4 are fixed to right and left access wall faces under and around a toe guard 2 mounted under an elevator hall sill 1 and above and around a hanger case 3 while being spaced a certain gap or larger in accordance with an access width, where mounting columns 5 with fitting grooves are arranged. Fascia plates 6 are slid downward and stacked while being fitted through the mounting columns 5 and a level adjusting and fixing fascia plate 7 is fixed thereon with fixing screws 8.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003065477-A (JP)
Title: Synchronous machine having cryogenic gas transfer coupling to rotor with superconductive coils
Inventor: LASKARIS EVANGELOS TRIFON
IPC: H02K9/193
Filed: 2002-05-14
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooling fluid coupling for supplying cooling fluid to a superconductive winding of a synchronous machine and a rotor having a source of cryogenic cooling fluid. SOLUTION: The fluid coupling is provided with an inlet cooling tube 156 and an outlet cooling tube 166 coaxial with the axis of the rotor in the rotor. The inlet cooling tube has an inlet port coupled so as to receive the cooling fluid 157 from the source 190 of the cryogenic cooling fluid. The outlet cooling tube has an outlet port coupled so as to return the cooling fluid 164 from the rotor to the source. A fixed motion gap seal 162 separates the inlet port and the outlet port of the coupling.
Patent JP-2003335360-A (JP)
Title: Apparatus and method for holding roundness of steel pipe
Inventor: IMAI TOSHIO
IPC: B65D63/02
Filed: 2002-05-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and a method for holding the roundness of a steel pipe when relatively thin-walled large diameter pipes are transported and stored.  <P>SOLUTION: Two pairs of clamps which are positioned at both ends of each of diameters orthogonal at the center point of the end face of a steel pipe and which engagedly hold the end of the steel pipe are made to be one set. The end of the steel pipe is engagedly held with one or more sets of the clamps, and the paired clamps among the clamps are tensely connected to each other by a wire with an interposed pulling means. A tension of the wire between the paired clamps is adjusted and imparted to them by the pulling means, respectively, and the roundness of the steel pipe is thereby held.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003331269-A (JP)
Title: Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program
Inventor: TSURIBE SATOYUKI
IPC: G06T1/00
Filed: 2002-05-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing apparatus that can shorten time for image processing with small memory capacity, in image processing for fingerprint authentication or decoding.  <P>SOLUTION: The image processing apparatus comprises: a sensor 101 sequentially reading fingerprints by a part of the fingerprint; a buffer 102 temporally accumulating the partial image read by the sensor 101; composite image generating means 103, 104 sequentially taking the partial images out of the buffer 102 and overlapping the partial images with each other to generate composite images; and a timing signal generating means 106 outputting timing signals to the sensor 101, buffer 102, and composite image generating means 103, 104 so that the composite images are generated by overlapping the partial images read by the sensor 101 with each other before the sensor 101 reads the next partial images. Therefore, the time required for overlapping the partial images of the fingerprint, a code, or a character original to form the composite images of the fingerprint, code, or character original can be shortened, and capacity of the buffer 102 storing the partial images of the fingerprint, code, or character original can be reduced.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003333580-A (JP)
Title: Video distribution apparatus and system, and charging method for video distribution system
Inventor: TOJO HIROSHI
IPC: H04N21/258
Filed: 2002-05-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a charging technology with extensibility capable of confirming the charges to a user when the user receives video distribution services.  <P>SOLUTION: An authentication server 4 authenticates a user with respect to a video view request from a receiver 1 of the user, a video server 3 distributes the video image to the authenticated user in terms of IP multicasting, and a charging server 7 calculates the view charges for a distributed video image to each user. The authentication server 4 generates an authentication history at the start and end of viewing of the video image by the user after the user authentication and stores the history in a database 5, and the charging server 7 refers to the authentication history and program data and a charging type provided from a program information server 6 to calculate the view charges.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003325294-A (JP)
Title: Bedding cover
Inventor: FUSHIMI KAZUHISA
IPC: A47G9/02
Filed: 2002-05-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bedding cover by which convenience is enhanced.  <P>SOLUTION: The bedding cover 1 for covering the circumference of bedding 2 is divided. One division is a first bedding cover member 3, the other division is a second bedding cover member 4, and the first and second bedding cover members 3, 4 are joined so as to be freely attachable/detachable.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003325882-A (JP)
Title: Game machine, control program and server
Inventor: NAKANO FUMIO
IPC: A63F13/33
Filed: 2002-05-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine in which expectations or excitement on game's whereabouts are improved, player's feelings of satisfaction or achievement are excited and interest is remarkably improved by providing a highly speculative thrilling game without losing original interest in the game.  <P>SOLUTION: The game machine has a first big win (ordinary big win) to provide a prescribed profit and/or advantageous status just after the end of a variable display game and a second big win (stock bit win) to hold the provision of the prescribed profit and/or advantageous status just after the end of the variable display game, as big wins, and when the prescribed number of game balls enter a V prize winning hole formed inside a bit prize winning hole provided on a game board, a big win executing means provides the prescribed profit and/or advantageous status based on the second big win.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003337709-A (JP)
Title: Compiling method
Inventor: OTA TOMOYA
IPC: G06F9/45
Filed: 2002-05-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a time necessary for optimizing a program.  <P>SOLUTION: Optimization information representing an optimized unit to which optimization is applied once is stored. When applying optimization to an optimized unit identical or similar to the stored optimized unit, the stored optimization information is modified and used. Because the identical or similar optimized unit is optimized only once, the time necessary for optimization can be reduced.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003024701-A (JP)
Title: Circulating evaporator having chamber
Inventor: KUPPER KURT-MANFRED
IPC: B01D1/00
Filed: 2002-05-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a circulating evaporator capable of lowering evaporation temperature and capable of reducing heating quantity to a mixture consisting of a component having higher volatility and a component having lower volatility. SOLUTION: The circulating evaporator has an evaporator, the discharge container connected to the evaporator through a connection piece, a condenser, a vacuum pump, a recirculation line connecting the discharge container to the evaporator and having a pump, a supply line for a raw material mixture and an outflow line for a refined mixture. The discharge container has at least a supply chamber and an outflow chamber, and the outflow chamber to which the outflow line for the refined mixture is connected is directly connected to the connection piece in order to discharge a non-evaporative liquid from the everporator. The supply chamber communicating with the supply line for the raw material mixture is directly connected to the condenser.