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Patent JP-2018149165-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: ICHIHARA TAKUTO
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2017-03-14
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance interest in a game by increasing a player's sense of participation in a game.SOLUTION: In a game machine for granting a predetermined privilege based on satisfaction of a predetermined privilege granting condition, a predetermined image to be changed in which a display mode changes is displayed. Based on operation of a predetermined operation part by a player, the display mode of the image to be changed is changed. The image to be changed is changeable to a special mode, and a possibility of granting the privilege is suggested to be higher when the image to be changed is changed to the special mode than when it is not changed to the special mode. A plurality of images to be changed can be displayed, the plurality of images to be changed are displayed, and they are displayed non-overlappingly.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 20
Patent JP-2018054591-A (JP)
Title: Measurement instrument for heating element
Inventor: MORI TOMOHIRO
IPC: H02N11/00
Filed: 2017-03-16
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a measurement instrument for heating element which can continuously measure variation in data such as displacement and temperature of an outer surface of a heating element as a measurement object and monitor the data for a long period of time.SOLUTION: A measurement instrument for heating element 101 comprises: a fixed part 10 installed on a heating element 91 as a measurement object; a detection unit 20A for measuring the heating element 91; a control unit 30A which controls the detection unit 20A and communicates with an external device; and a power supply unit 40A for supplying power to the detection unit 20A and the control unit 30A. The power supply unit 40A comprises: a heat collection part 41A disposed in the side nearer to the fixed part 10, to which heat of the fixed part 10 is transmitted; a heat dissipation part 42A disposed in the side opposite to the fixed part 10; and a thermoelectric power generation module 43 which uses a temperature difference between the heat collection part 41A and the heat dissipation part 42A to generate power. The control unit 30A is disposed in a position far from the thermoelectric power generation module 43 on the heat dissipation part 42A.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018157048-A (JP)
Title: Etching method and plasma processing apparatus
Inventor: MATSUI MIYAKO
IPC: H01L21/3065
Filed: 2017-03-17
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an etching method and a plasma processing apparatus for performing high-precision etching in plasma etching for controlling an excessive deposit film thickness on a pattern.SOLUTION: The etching method includes: a reactive layer forming step of adsorbing a gas on a surface of a material to be etched to form a reactive layer; a desorption step of desorbing the reactive layer after the reactive layer forming step; and a removing step of removing the reactive layer or a deposited film. A surface of the material to be etched is etched by the reactive layer forming step and the desorption step.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Patent JP-2018155676-A (JP)
Title: Integrating sphere with sample holding part, and optical measurement method and quantum efficiency measurement method using the same
Inventor: TAKEDA TAKASHI
IPC: G01J3/443
Filed: 2017-03-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an integrating sphere which improves workability and measurement accuracy, and an optical measurement method and a quantum efficiency measurement method using the integrating sphere.SOLUTION: An integrating sphere with a sample holding part includes: an integrating sphere whose inner surface is covered by a white material, and which has a spherical or hemispherical shape; and a sample holding part which is positioned at an upper part of the integrating sphere, and which holds a sample container with a bottom face made of a transparent material.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018156897-A (JP)
Title: Active material, electrode, secondary battery, assembled battery, battery pack, and vehicle
Inventor: HARADA YASUHIRO
IPC: H01M4/36
Filed: 2017-03-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an active material capable of exhibiting high energy density and capable of realizing a secondary battery excellent in output performance and lifetime performance at high temperature, an electrode including the active material, a secondary battery including the electrode, an assembled battery equipped with the secondary battery, a battery pack including the secondary battery, and a vehicle equipped with the battery pack.SOLUTION: In an embodiment, there is provided an active material including a titanium-containing composite oxide phase and a carbon coating layer containing a carboxyl group. The titanium-containing composite oxide phase includes a crystal structure belonging to a space group Cmca and/or a space group Fmmm. The carbon coating layer covers at least a part of the surface of the titanium-containing composite oxide phase.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018156590-A (JP)
Title: Input device, image forming apparatus, and program
Inventor: NOGUCHI MARE
IPC: G06F3/0485
Filed: 2017-03-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily make a function effective irrespective of the direction of an operation input, compared with a case where an area for making the function effective is not divided for an operation input directed to a convex part and an operation input directed to another direction.SOLUTION: An input device comprises: a display part that displays an operation screen; at least one convex part that is arranged along an outer edge of the display part; and a detection part that uses a display area of the display part as a detection area. When continuous operation inputs toward a direction in which the convex part is provided are detected, a function corresponding to the continuous operation inputs can be made effective faster than a case where continuous operation inputs toward a direction different from the direction are detected.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Patent JP-2018157888-A (JP)
Title: Satchel
Inventor: HIGUCHI KENJI
IPC: A45F3/04
Filed: 2017-03-22
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly provide a light reflection part for the side face of a satchel, without affecting a traditional design of a satchel.SOLUTION: A satchel 1 has a light reflection part 2a provided in a front binder 2. The front binder 2 includes a belt body 6 and a reflection sheet 7 that is attached to a surface 6a of the belt body 6 to be the reflection part 2a. In the belt body 6, both left and right side parts 6d, 6d of a base sheet 6c having essentially a double width of the belt body 6 are folded and bonded in a manner that the left side edge 6e and the right side edge 6e of the base sheet 6c are butting against each other on one face 6h side of the base sheet 6c. Also, in both left and right side parts 6j, 6m of such folded base sheet 6c, a seam 6g is formed along the longitudinal direction respectively. Then, the reflection sheet 7 is deposited in a part which is the surface 6a of the belt body 6 and which excludes the formed part of the seam 6g.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6
Patent JP-2018159802-A (JP)
Title: Manufacturing method of xerographic photoreceptor
Inventor: KUDO KOICHI
IPC: G03G5/00
Filed: 2017-03-23
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method of a xerographic photoreceptor capable of forming a uniform film ensuring stable coating for long time while suppressing unevenness in film thickness among plural coaters.SOLUTION: Disclosed manufacturing method of a xerographic photoreceptor is a manufacturing method of a xerographic photoreceptor which uses a slide hopper coating unit configured to supply a coating liquid to a plurality of coaters from a common liquid supply pump. A plurality of coaters is connected to a common liquid supply pump by a common liquid pipe via a manifold for supplying a coating liquid. The manifold is configured to contain the coating liquid and a gas therein, and the liquid level in the manifold is controlled to be higher than the position of the coating liquid discharge port of the coater.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018159653-A (JP)
Title: Fine particle measuring device and fine particle measuring system
Inventor: KONO MOTONORI
IPC: G01N15/06
Filed: 2017-03-23
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fine particle measuring device and a fine particle measuring system that can detect a change in their electric state without additionally installing insulation resistance measuring circuit unit as an external unit.SOLUTION: A fine particle measuring device of the present disclosure includes a high-voltage generation unit, a voltage control unit, a fine particle computation unit, a circuit board, a protection boundary unit, a voltage conversion stop unit, and an insulation resistance computation unit. The voltage conversion stop unit stops power conduction to a primary coil by the voltage control unit and stops generation of drive voltage at the high-voltage generation unit. The insulation resistance computation unit computes insulation resistance between a primary region and a secondary region on the circuit board on the basis of signal current during stop, i.e. signal current detected by the fine particle computation unit when generation of drive voltage at the high-voltage generation unit is stopped by the voltage conversion stop unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Patent JP-2018164122-A (JP)
Title: Receiver and delay time correction method
Inventor: TAKASHIMA MITSUHIRO
IPC: H04B1/16
Filed: 2017-03-24
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: a receiver in which receive signals with good characteristics can be obtained by detecting the delay difference between different transmission routes with good accuracy without widening a frequency band width of the receive signals; and a delay time correction method.SOLUTION: A receiver and a delay time correction method are arranged to correct the delay difference between a first transmission line 35 from a first antenna and a second transmission line 36 from a second antenna, in which a delay unit 16 delays a second signal from the second transmission line 36; a correlation calculating unit 17 determines a correlation value of a first signal from the first transmission line 35 and a delayed second signal, and corrects the second signal in amplitude and phase from the correlation value; a power measurement unit 18 subtracts a corrected second signal from the first signal and calculates a value of electric power as a result of the subtraction; a communication unit 19 sets, as a correction delay time, a delay time when the value of electric power is minimized on a delay correcting unit 22; and the delay correcting unit 22 delays the second signal from the second transmission line 36 by the correction delay time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2018164144-A (JP)
Title: In-vehicle sound field control device
Inventor: NISHISU YOSHIHISA
IPC: H04R3/12
Filed: 2017-03-24
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem in effective use of resources in which a sound image of a speaker output is localized to people who is not interested in listening to a sound or a music that is being reproduced such as those who are sleeping, those who operate personal mobile terminals, etc. in a case in which there are multiple occupants in the same vehicle.SOLUTION: An in-vehicle sound field control device according to the present invention that controls an audio device having a sound output unit for outputting a music or a sound in a vehicle includes a passenger presence/absence detection unit that detects presence or absence of an occupant in a seat in the vehicle, a sound output necessity determining unit that determines whether sound output is necessary at a seat position where an occupant of a music or sound output by the sound output unit is present when the occupant presence/absence detection unit detects occupant presence in the seat, and a sound field processing unit that localizes a sound image of the music or sound output by the sound output unit with the seat position of the occupant for which sound output is determined to be necessary as a listening point based on the determination of the sound output necessity determining unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2017138613-A (JP)
Title: Liquid developer, image forming apparatus, image forming method, liquid developer cartridge, and process cartridge
Inventor: TATSUURA SATOSHI
IPC: G03G15/20
Filed: 2017-03-24
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid developer that can form a fixed image excellent in fixing strength.SOLUTION: There is provided a liquid developer containing: a toner that contains toner particles, where the content of a crystalline resin in the toner particle is 1 mass% or more and 10 mass% or less and the ratio of the storage elastic modulus G'(65) at 65°C to the storage elastic modulus G'(90) at 90°C (G'(65)/G'(90)) is 1×10 or more and 1×10or less; and a carrier liquid having a difference in SP value from the toner (ΔSP(tc)) of 1.5 or more and 7.0 or less.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2017105470-A (JP)
Title: Vehicle-body front structure of vehicle
Inventor: NAKAMURA SATOSHI
IPC: B62D21/15
Filed: 2017-03-27
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle-body front structure of a vehicle, in which a bumper beam and a front side frame are connected via a crash can, which can reduce an impact transmitted to a vehicle-compartment side in a small overlap collision while restraining repair costs of the crash can broken in a low-speed collision as well as appropriately maintaining design flexibility of the vehicle-body front portion.SOLUTION: A first projection portion 50 projecting outward in the vehicle width direction from a front side frame 4 is provided. A front end of the first projection portion 50 is located at the same position, in the vehicle longitudinal direction, as a connection portion of a crash can 6 to the front side frame 4 or located behind the connection portion. A side face of the first projection portion 50 facing outward in the vehicle width direction is formed to slant inward in the vehicle width direction toward the rear of the vehicle body in a plan view. The first projection portion 50 and a power unit 30 are overlapped with each other in the vehicle longitudinal direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2017176832-A (JP)
Title: Device, system, and method for cooling surgical instrument
Inventor: STODDARD ROBERT B
IPC: A61B17/00
Filed: 2017-03-27
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide devices, systems and methods for cooling a surgical instrument.SOLUTION: A surgical system comprises an ultrasonic surgical instrument and a cooling module. The instrument includes a waveguide 152 defining a blade 162 and having a lumen, an inflow conduit 172 disposed in communication with the lumen and configured to supply fluid to the lumen, and a return conduit 174 disposed in communication with the lumen and configured to receive fluid from the lumen. The cooling module includes a pump assembly operably coupled to the inflow and return conduits and configured to pump fluid through the inflow conduit, into the lumen, and back through the return conduit for cooling the blade. The cooling module also includes at least one sensor configured to sense a property of the fluid pumped into the inflow conduit and/or a property of the fluid returned from the return conduit, and a controller configured to control the pump assembly according to the sensed properties.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Patent JP-2018161419-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: ICHIHARA TAKAAKI
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2017-03-27
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of maintaining interest in a game.SOLUTION: A game machine includes: a main control unit capable of executing a lottery based on satisfaction of predetermined conditions and controlling a game based on the lottery result; and a performance control unit for executing a performance of the game and performing dynamic display based on the lottery result. In the game machine, the main control unit can input at least the satisfaction of predetermined conditions and the lottery result to the performance control unit as commands. The performance control unit includes: a command analysis part for analyzing the commands inputted from the main control unit; and a performance execution part capable of executing performance blocks in which performances executed during a predetermined period are defined in combination and in parallel, based on the analysis result by the command analysis part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018164671-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: ICHIHARA TAKAAKI
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2017-03-28
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of maintaining game amusement.SOLUTION: A Pachinko machine 1 includes start pockets capable of receiving a game ball driven onto a game area 5a. When a game ball enters a start pocket, determination processing for winning is performed. Then, variation display corresponding to the determination processing result is started, and a winning game is played when a winning pattern is displayed in the variation display. In this regard, in the Pachinko machine 1, when operation to an operation button is received, specific sound is outputted intermittently regardless of the operation mode and a display pattern is progressed with a predetermined schedule.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 60
Patent JP-2018170617-A (JP)
Title: Sound pickup device, program, and method
Inventor: FUJIEDA MASARU
IPC: H04R3/00
Filed: 2017-03-29
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to emphasize only a target area sound even when a target area is surrounded by noise sources without adjusting the positions of microphone arrays and without measurement of the distances between the microphone arrays and the target area, and easily cope with change of the target area.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a sound pickup device. The sound pickup device of the present invention comprises: directivity forming means that forms directivity in a target area sound direction with a beamformer for each of acquisition signals output from a plurality of microphone arrays, and acquires a target direction signal for each of the microphone arrays; and target area sound emphasizing means that selects, for each of frequency components, the target direction signal with the minimum power from the target direction signals of the microphone arrays, and outputs the target direction signal selected for each of the frequency components as a result of sound pickup.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018167528-A (JP)
Title: Molding method for fiber reinforced plastic, and molding apparatus for fiber reinforced plastic
Inventor: TADA AKIRA
IPC: B29C35/12
Filed: 2017-03-30
Abstract: To provide a molding apparatus for fiber reinforced plastic capable of molding in a short time.SOLUTION: A molding apparatus 1 for fiber reinforced plastic includes: electrically conductive fiber assemblies 4, 5 and 6; a pressure vessel 2 accommodating therein the electrically conductive fiber assemblies 4, 5 and 6, a fiber reinforced plastic material 101 including a thermosetting resin or thermoplastic resin, and a mold 102 for molding thereof; and a microwave irradiation device 7 for irradiating the electrically conductive fiber assemblies 4, 5 and 6 in the pressure vessel 2 with microwave and heat them to heat up the fiber reinforced plastic material 101 and the mold 102 to a moldable temperature.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018167531-A (JP)
Title: Recording apparatus
Inventor: KANZAKI SHOTARO
IPC: B65H85/00
Filed: 2017-03-30
Abstract: To equalize transportation amounts of a recording medium between when transported by both of upstream and downstream rollers and when transported only by the downstream roller.SOLUTION: A sheet of recording paper Pa supplied from a paper cassette 22 is made to stand by in a return path 32 for returning the same to a paper supply path 24. Then, another sheet of recording paper Pb supplied from the paper cassette 22 is transported by a transportation roller 11 and a paper discharge roller 12. By returning the recording paper Pa from the return path 32 to the paper supply path in the state that a part of the recording paper Pb is located in the paper supply path 24, the recording paper Pa is turned partially overlapped on the recording paper Pb. The length X of a part where the recording paper Pa overlaps on the recording paper Pb is in a magnitude relation of L≤X≤M-L where L is the distance between the transportation roller 11 and the paper discharge roller 12 in a transportation direction, M is the length of the recording paper Pa in the transportation direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Patent JP-2018169586-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: NAKAGAWA TATSUYA
IPC: G03G15/02
Filed: 2017-03-30
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid variations of a detection signal of a DC current flowing in a charging member from adversely affecting control of the level of a charging voltage.SOLUTION: An application period control part 81b sets an application period Ti0 of an AC component of a charging voltage Vc0 according to a predetermined device parameter. A voltage application circuit 420 applies, to a charging member 421, the charging voltage Vc0 including a DC component and an AC component with the application period Ti0. A sampling period setting part 81d sets a period obtained by multiplying the application period Ti0 by a noninteger constant as a sampling period Ts0. A current value calculation part 81c calculates a detected current value Ad0 by sampling the level value of a current detection signal Sa0 of the DC current flowing in the charging member 421 with the sampling period Ts0 and averaging a plurality of sampling values. A voltage control part 81a controls the level of the charging voltage Vc0 according to the detected current value Ad0.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2018176820-A (JP)
Title: Hybrid vehicle
Inventor: NAKATAKE AKEMI
IPC: B60L50/16
Filed: 2017-04-04
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve fuel economy while protecting a battery in a hybrid vehicle incorporating a battery including a lithium ion secondary cell.SOLUTION: A vehicle 1 includes: an engine 50; a battery 100 including a lithium ion secondary cell; a gyro sensor 108 for detecting an inclination of the battery 100; a motor-generator 10 enabled for generation using power generated by the engine 50; and a PCU 200 for converting power between the battery 100 and motor-generator 10. An ECU 300 determines operation points of the engine 50 and motor-generator 10 so as to increase charging power for the battery 100 as a fuel usage efficiency E increases when charging the battery 100. In a case where an inclination θy of the battery 100 is larger than a given value, the ECU 300 calculates density distribution of lithium salt by using the inclination of the battery 100 and corrects the operation points on the basis of the calculated density distribution.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10