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Patent JP-2004223972-A (JP)
Title: Method for manufacturing split-face tile
Inventor: KAMEI HIROAKI
IPC: B28B3/20
Filed: 2003-01-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a split-face tile of high quality which is effectively and surely split in a splitting process, by effectively utilizing wastes as a material.  <P>SOLUTION: Waste mud and a waste fine grain material are used as a main raw material, and cement, a hardener and required water are mixed and kneaded in this raw material. A block body 10 is obtained by extrusion molding while deaerating this mixture by vacuum suction. The block body 10 is, then, dried without baking, and is divided into two in the thickness direction with a dividing blade C to obtain a split-face tile 20.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004233549-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: NAKAMOTO IKUO
IPC: G03G15/00
Filed: 2003-01-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus that hinders scatter in transfer, which results from a shape change typified by a curl in a transfer material.  <P>SOLUTION: In the image forming apparatus capable of forming at least two or more images in succession on a transfer material P, a method for forming a second image is altered based upon the detection result of a curl detection sensor 15 for the transfer material P to which the fixing of a first image is completed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004236108-A (JP)
Title: Method for processing station discovery and radio communication device
Inventor: FURUYAMA JUNKO
IPC: H04W4/00
Filed: 2003-01-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform high-speed and secure connection processing to universal radio communication devices.  <P>SOLUTION: An originating station transmits a discovery request frame (S101) and determines whether or not the originating station receives data from other communication devices in response to the transmitted data (S102). The originating station receives the data to check an FCS (Field Check Sequence) (S105). If it is detected that the received frame is broken and there is no data reception from other communication devices, a transmission distance control unit 1140 determines a new transmission distance to send a command for controlling transmission power to a power control unit 1121 of a transmission part 1120 (S106), and transmits again the discovery request frame, based on the newly determined transmission distance (S101) to repeat processing the station discovery. Accordingly, it is possible to avoid collisions of responses from a plurality of communication devices and discover other communication devices securely.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004240042-A (JP)
Title: Polarizing plate
Inventor: HASHIMOTO NARIKAZU
IPC: G02B5/30
Filed: 2003-02-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polarizing plate having excellent durability even under severe heat and humidity conditions.  <P>SOLUTION: After the polarizing plate is exposed in an atmosphere at 60°C and 95% RH for 1,000 hours, the boron content in the polarizing layer is 40-100% of the initial content.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004261216-A (JP)
Title: Tension probe for ligament
Inventor: YOKOTA OSAMU
IPC: A61F2/08
Filed: 2003-02-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tension probe for a ligament capable of confirming a tension state of an artificial ligament simply and objectively.  <P>SOLUTION: The artificial ligament J is hooked on a pair of hooks 17 opened left and right and a press body 16 is pressed to the central part thereof. The strain corresponding to the pressure brought about when the press body is pressed is detected by a load cell 11 to numerate the tension state of the artificial ligament J installed in the body.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004239777-A (JP)
Title: Automatic liquid sample analyzer
Inventor: HORIMOTO HIROSHI
IPC: G01N35/02
Filed: 2003-02-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve the preparation of analysis start by setting one of a reagent plate 12, a specimen plate 60, and a reagent container 62 while it reliably corresponds to a set position.  <P>SOLUTION: An automatic liquid sample analyzer comprises: a dispensing stage 18; a dispensing means; a plurality of set positions for setting the reagent plate 12; a plurality of set positions for setting the specimen plate 60, where specimens are retained; a plurality of set positions for setting the reagent container 62, where the medicine is accommodated; a detection means for detecting a set of corresponding objects in the reagent plate 12, the specimen plate 60, and the reagent container 62 at each of the plurality of set positions; and a hand scanner 70 for reading an identifying tag (bar code) attached to the objects. Additionally, the automatic liquid sample analyzer comprises a set position determining means 82 for determining the set position of the objects; and a position identification corresponding means 84 for associating information on the identifying tag with the set position by the set position determining means 82 when the identifying tag attached to the objects is read by a scanner and then is set to the arbitrary set position.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004241688-A (JP)
Title: Electronic apparatus
Inventor: OGISO HARUHIKO
IPC: H05K3/46
Filed: 2003-02-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shield an electromagetic wave noise surely without setting the fixing precision a connector higher.  <P>SOLUTION: A housing 21 is composed of a conductive material and a connection opening 3a is formed in the housing 21. A connector 4 is arranged to contain a connection terminal 4c in a connector case 4b made of a conductive material. The connector 4 is fixed such that its connection terminal 4c faces the outside through the connection opening 3a and the connector case 4b closes the connection opening 3a from the inside. The circuit part 5 and the flexible board part 6 are formed integrally of a multilayer wiring board 7. The circuit part 5 and the connector 4 of the multilayer wiring board 7 are connected through the flexible board part 6.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003284769-A (JP)
Title: Disposable plastic pump cassette used for endoscopic surgical treatment
Inventor: BEISER DAVID G
IPC: A61M31/00
Filed: 2003-02-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a disposable cassette used for endoscopic surgical treatment, including an inflow pump plant.  <P>SOLUTION: The disposable plastic pump cassette used for endoscopic surgical treatment comprises a housing, an inflow pump means for supplying a liquid pressurized during an endoscopic treatment to a body cavity in the housing, a conduit means for supplying the liquid to the inflow pump means in the housing and sending the pressurized liquid out of the inflow pump means, an outflow suction pump for sucking the liquid from the body cavity during the endoscopic treatment in the housing and a conduit means for supplying the liquid to the suction pump means in the housing and sending the liquid out of the outflow pump means. The outflow pump means is equipped with a connecting means for connecting said pump means in non-contact to a motor outside the housing.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004245124-A (JP)
Title: Engine starter for working vehicle
Inventor: NIIKUMA AKIHIRO
IPC: F02N11/10
Filed: 2003-02-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the jeopardy of abruptly running a working vehicle or stalling an engine therein caused by, for example, releasing a clutch pedal during activating a starter motor 140 to transmit the output of the engine to the side of driving wheels.  <P>SOLUTION: The engine starter for a working vehicle comprises the starter motor 140, a clutch for switching between transmission and non-transmission of output of the engine and a forward/backward movement switching means for switching forward/backward movement and a neutral position. The operation of starting the starter motor 140 takes effect when the clutch is in a non-transmission state and the forward/backward movement switching means is in a neutral state.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004215210-A (JP)
Title: Spot zoom ccd camera
Inventor: MURAKAMI NAOYUKI
IPC: H04N5/225
Filed: 2003-01-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect the position of a light emitting object of a specific wavelength such as an infrared LED over a wide range by correcting the optical characteristics of a general narrow band-pass filter for application to optical equipment having a wide incident angle characteristics or a telephotographic lens.  <P>SOLUTION: Light from a wide angle of view is corrected by using a general optical lens to correct the incident angle of light to the narrow band-pass filter into an approximately right-angle direction and to detect the objective infrared LED or a light emitting object of the specific wavelength out of the wide range of wide angles of view, and a detecting position within the wider angle of view is switched and guided to optical equipment of a narrow angle of view, thereby improving accuracy in the position detection of the target within the narrow range of optical equipment for the narrow angle of view.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004094910-A (JP)
Title: Multimedia information providing system and multimedia information providing method
Inventor: SHIMIZU MASAHIRO
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2003-02-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multimedia information providing system and a multimedia information providing method suitably usable for providing multimedia information corresponding to page space information.  <P>SOLUTION: This multimedia information providing system is provided with: a first server, a second server and a user terminal connected to one another over an information communication network, and used for providing, to the user terminal, multimedia information according to page space information inputted to the user terminal. The user terminal is provided with a read part for reading the page space information from a paper space. The first server is provided with a first database wherein a page space information address corresponding to the page space information is stored, and a retrieval part for retrieving, from the first database, the page space information address corresponding to the page space information read by a reading part and transmitted from the user terminal. The second server is provided with a second database wherein the multimedia information corresponding to the page space information address stored in the first database is stored, and used for transmitting, from the second database, the multimedia information corresponding to the page space information address retrieved by the retrieval part and transmitted from the first server to the user terminal.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004251495-A (JP)
Title: Hot water supply device
Inventor: YAGUCHI MASAHIKO
IPC: F24H1/18
Filed: 2003-02-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hot water supply device for boiling hot water in a hot water storage tank in accordance with change in outside air temperature which has an effect on operational efficiency of a heat pump unit 13.  <P>SOLUTION: Amount of remaining hot water in the hot water storage tank is detected by a remaining hot water amount detecting means 42 and the outside air temperature is detected by an outside air temperature detecting means 44. At the time of detecting a specific time period by a specific time period detecting means 45, a boiling target temperature is set according to the outside air temperature by a boiling target temperature setting means 46. A calculating means 47 calculates peak shift time for delaying to start to boil a heat pump unit 13 from a starting time point of the specific time period based on the boiling target temperature and the amount of remaining hot water. In the case that the current boiling target temperature changes in respect to the boiling target temperature at a time point of obtaining peak shift time at the previous time before the peak shift time is elapsed, the peak shift time is recalculated by a recalculation instructing means 48. Operation appropriate for the operation efficiency of the heat pump unit 13 is realized by setting an optimum peak shift time in accordance with the change in outside air temperature.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004252607-A (JP)
Title: Electronic medical chart system
Inventor: KITAJIMA MOTOHARU
IPC: G16H10/60
Filed: 2003-02-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic medical chart system having excellent operability, allowing input of medical chart information of the same contents as note-taking, and allowing record and use of medical information according to time series even between stations or medical institutions.  <P>SOLUTION: This electronic medical chart system is provided with: a medical chart previously printed with minute points over the whole face of a sheet; an entry means making an entry into the medical chart to generate medical record data comprising entry contents thereof and entry position coordinates thereof; a data management means holding the medical record data; and a data control means controlling transmission/reception of the medical record data between the entry means and a storage means.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004250545-A (JP)
Title: Nonresonant two-photon absorption material and nonresonant two-photon luminescent material, methods for inducing nonresonant two-photon absorption and luminescence using the materials, and methine compound
Inventor: AKIBA MASAATSU
IPC: C09K11/06
Filed: 2003-02-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an organic material which efficiently absorbs two photons, i.e. has a large two-photon absorption cross section.  <P>SOLUTION: A nonresonant two-photon absorption material contains a compound of formula (1) or (2) (wherein R<SP>11</SP>-R<SP>16</SP>and R<SP>21</SP>-R<SP>24</SP>are each hydrogen atom or a substituent, some of which may be bound to each other to form a ring; m<SP>1</SP>and n<SP>1</SP>are each an integer of 0-4; R<SP>17</SP>and R<SP>25</SP>are each a substituent; i<SP>1</SP>and i<SP>2</SP>are each an integer of 0-4; X<SP>11</SP>and X<SP>12</SP>are identical to or different from each other and are each a (non)substituted aryl group or a (non)substituted heterocyclic group; m<SP>2</SP>and n<SP>2</SP>are each an integer of 1-4; R<SP>26</SP>and R<SP>27</SP>are each hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; and Z<SP>21</SP>and Z<SP>22</SP>are each independently a group of atoms required for forming a 5- or 6-membered ring containing nitrogen).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004250368-A (JP)
Title: Agent for improving ultraviolet-induced cell damage
Inventor: OTO NOBUAKI
IPC: A61K8/00
Filed: 2003-02-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To find a substance having an action which improves ultraviolet-induced cell damage, e.g. an action which inhibits cell death or wrinkle formation or improves skin elasticity, skin barrier function or moisturizing function in the stratum corneum, and to obtain an agent for improving ultraviolet-induced cell damage, an inhibitor against ultraviolet-induced cell death, a wrinkle formation inhibitor, a skin elasticity improver, a skin barrier function improver and an improver for moisturizing function in the stratum corneum using the same.  <P>SOLUTION: The agent for improving ultraviolet-induced cell damage, the inhibitor against ultraviolet-induced cell death, the wrinkle formation inhibitor, the skin elasticity improver, the skin barrier function improver and the improver for moisturizing function in the stratum corneum contain each glabridin as an active ingredient.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004250634-A (JP)
Title: Flame-retardant plastic material and its molded article
Inventor: NAMIKI TAKAHISA
IPC: C08L101/16
Filed: 2003-02-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plastic material having improved flame retardance by the suppression of wick effect without considerably increasing the amount of a flame retardant.  <P>SOLUTION: The plastic material contains (1) a thermoplastic resin, (2) a filler having affinity to the resin (1) and (3) a resin produced by modifying the resin (1) to decrease the surface energy compared with the resin (1). The modification of the resin (1) is carried out by introducing a substituent MR<SP>1</SP>R<SP>2</SP>R<SP>3</SP>(M is C or Si; and R<SP>1</SP>, R<SP>2</SP>and R<SP>3</SP>are each H, F, a 1-8C alkyl or an aryl) to a part of the molecules of the resin (1).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004258132-A (JP)
Title: Zoom lens
Inventor: SUZUKI KENZABURO
IPC: G02B13/18
Filed: 2003-02-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a zoom lens of a small size and high performance which is adequate for a video camera, digital camera, etc., using a solid-state image sensor etc., has a variable magnification ratio of about three times, and more particularly uses a diffraction optical element.  <P>SOLUTION: The zoom lens has, successively from an object side, a first lens group G1 having negative refractive power, a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power, and a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power. At the time of variable magnification from a wide angle end (W) to a telephoto end (T), the spacing between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 decreases and the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 respectively move. The first lens group G1 provided with a convex lens component is composed of lens components L1 and L2, and has diffraction optical faces Gf at lens faces (corresponding to 4 and 5) of the lens component L1. When the effective diameter (diameter) of the diffraction optical faces Gf is defined as C and the focal length of the entire part of the lens system at the wide angle end as fw, the condition of expression 0.2<C/fw<5.0 is satisfied.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004260353-A (JP)
Title: Ultrasonic probe and manufacturing method therefor
Inventor: SUDO MASAAKI
IPC: H04R17/00
Filed: 2003-02-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonic probe which can improve the bonding strength of a piezoelectric oscillator and a conductive substrate without degrading the strength of a piezoelectric material.  <P>SOLUTION: The ultrasonic probe is provided with a piezoelectric oscillator 1 for transmitting/receiving ultrasonic waves and FPC 6 for supplying power to the piezoelectric oscillator 1. The FPC 6 is disposed opposite to the side of the piezoelectric oscillator 1. A solder material 9 which electrically connects the piezoelectric oscillator 1 and the FPC 6 is disposed at a corner 10 composed of the piezoelectric oscillator 1 and FPC 6.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004088722-A (JP)
Title: Motion picture encoding method and motion picture decoding method
Inventor: KONDO TOSHIYUKI
IPC: H04N19/577
Filed: 2003-02-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a motion picture encoding method and a motion picture decoding method with which encoding efficiency in a direct mode is improved by avoiding deterioration of encoding efficiency of B pictures to be inserted between I pictures or P pictures even when the number of B pictures is increased.  <P>SOLUTION: The method is provided with an encoding control part 110 for rearranging pictures in the order of encoding by determining the encoding order of a plurality of continuous B pictures each held between I pictures or P pictures while taking priority over a picture farthest from an encoded picture when thinking it in display time order, and a mode selecting part 109 for producing a motion vector of an encoding target block by applying scaling to a forward motion vector when the forward motion vector is used for encoding a block at the same position as the encoding target block in a reference picture after an encoding target picture.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003320260-A (JP)
Title: METHOD FOR REGENERATING epsilon-CAPROLACTAM-PRODUCING CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING epsilon-CAPROLACTAM
Inventor: MATSUSHITA TSUYOSHI
IPC: B01J38/66
Filed: 2003-02-26
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a regenerated catalyst with high activity prepared from a used catalyst in subjecting a cyclohexanone oxime to a Beckmann rearrangement reaction in a gas phase.  <P>SOLUTION: A solid catalyst used in subjecting the cyclohexanone oxime to the Beckmann rearrangement reaction in the gas phase is brought into contact with an aqueous solution containing at least one kind selected from among quaternary ammonium compounds and lower alkylamines and ammonia. Thus, the ε-caprolactam is produced at a high yield for a long time by regenerating and reusing the ε-caprolactam-producing catalyst using the described method.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004257690-A (JP)
Title: Air conditioner
Inventor: ONO TATSUO
IPC: F25B1/00
Filed: 2003-02-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air conditioner capable of using a refrigerant with a pressure characteristic that is about 1.5 times higher than an R22 refrigerant under the same temperature like an R410A refrigerant by reducing a condensing pressure of refrigerant to a withstand pressure or less of existing piping used for the R22 refrigerant or an R407C refrigerant.  <P>SOLUTION: In the air conditioner, a refrigerant circuit is composed by sequentially connecting a compressor, a heat source unit side heat exchanger, a restrictor device, and a using side heat exchanger by piping, and a refrigerant is used having an operating pressure higher than the R22 refrigerant or the R407C refrigerant at the same temperature. It is characterized by that rising of a refrigerant pressure is suppressed by carrying out first heat exchange by air when the condensing pressure of the refrigerant is a first predetermined pressure or less as a fluid to be cooled when the heat source unit side heat exchanger is used as a condenser, additionally starting second heat exchange by water when the condensing pressure of the refrigerant exceeds the first predetermined pressure, and carrying out pressure suppression by the water.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004177395-A (JP)
Title: Method for identifying kind of light source
Inventor: TAKAHASHI KIMIHARU
IPC: G01J3/46
Filed: 2003-02-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for identifying the kinds of light sources in photographing light sources from image signals being recorded under a specific photographing condition.  <P>SOLUTION: The light source (including the types of fluorescent lamps), based on black body radiation whose color temperature is known for minimizing the difference between sensor output value data being recorded by a light source (including the types of fluorescent lamps), based on the black body radiation of a known color temperature, and sensor output value data by the color temperature (including the types of fluorescent lamps) of the light source for illuminating the object being prepared in a plurality of numbers is set to be the types of photographing light sources. Concretely speaking, an evaluation value is obtained by using the spectral energy distribution of the black body radiation and the eigenvector of the object according to transmission concentration, where a negative film is subjected to photometry, and the light source (including the types of fluorescent lamps), based on the black body radiation whose color temperature, where the obtained value is minimized, is known is set to the type of photographing light source.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO