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Patent JP-2004101121-A (JP)
Title: Hot water storage type hot water supply apparatus
Inventor: NAGAKURA MITSURU
IPC: F24H9/00
Filed: 2002-09-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hot water storage type hot water supply apparatus capable of positively impeding breaking of an interface between hot water and water in an oblong hot water storage tank.  <P>SOLUTION: This hot water storage type hot water supply apparatus is provided with the oblong hot water storage tank 4 for storing hot and cold water with a water supply pipe 7 and a hot water discharge pipe 5 connected thereto, and a heating means 2 for heating hot and cold water in the hot water storage tank 4. The bottom part of the hot water storage tank 4 is provided with a water supply auxiliary pipe 9 longitudinally extended communicating with the water supply pipe 7 and provided below with a plurality of water supply holes 12 formed of small holes. Since the water supply pipe 7 and water supply auxiliary pipe 9 are communicated through a communicating pipe 13 fixed to the hot water storage tank 4, the interface between hot water and water is kept well without breaking, and the supply of stored high temperature water can be carried out to the last. Since the water supply pipe and water supply auxiliary pipe are communicated through the communicating pipe welded beforehand to the hot water storage tank, communication is achieved only by screwing without needing new welding work. Assembly work is thereby facilitated while having no anxiety about a water leak after work.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004104041-A (JP)
Title: Thermoelectric converting device and method for manufacturing the same
Inventor: ORIHASHI MASAKI
IPC: H01L35/32
Filed: 2002-09-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermoelectric converting device whose heat exchanging efficiency with the outside is excellent, and whose damage due to a thermal strain is minimized, and whose physical strength is sufficient and a method for manufacturing the thermoelectric converting device with high convenience, high efficiency, and high cost performance.  <P>SOLUTION: A pair of flexible polymer sheets 7 and 8 whose horizontal end parts are equipped with electrodes 3 and 4 are used as supporting bodies. Bar-shaped p type thermoelectric semiconductor elements 1 and n type thermoelectric semiconductor elements 2 whose length is almost the same as the width of the polymer sheets are alternately arrayed between those two polymer sheets 7 and 8, and those respective elements are soldered to the electrodes 3 and 4 on the end part side faces so as to be serially connected. Then, the transfer of heat with the outside is carried out on the end faces where any supporting body does not exist. In this method for manufacturing this thermoelectric converting device, a set of array bodies where only the p type thermoelectric semiconductor elements 1 and the n type thermoelectric semiconductor elements 2 are arrayed are preliminarily manufactured on the polymer sheets 7 and 8, and both of them are fit to each other, and those respective elements are bonded to the electrodes at predetermined positions so as to be integrated.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003166437-A (JP)
Title: Method and system for controlling fuel for engine
Inventor: CHO SANG-BUM
IPC: F02D41/14
Filed: 2002-09-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel control method for an engine and a system thereof which drives the engine more stably by preventing a lean condition of air-fuel ratio when a reduced fuel amount must be quickly recovered to a normal amount in a situation where the reduced fuel amount is injected, compared with an intake air amount in such a case where an evaporation gas flow-in amount into the engine is rapidly reduced.  <P>SOLUTION: This fuel control method includes a correction amount determining step for determining whether a basic fuel amount is to be reduced and corrected by a set correction amount or more or not in the connection of the basic fuel amount by one or more correction variables calculated based on an oxygen sensor signal; a step for determining whether a change rate of degree of opening of a throttle valve is a set change rate of degree of opening or more or not; a correction variable initialization step for initializing one or more correction variables when the basic fuel amount is reduced and corrected by the set correction amount or more based on the oxygen sensor signal and the change rate of degree of opening of the throttle valve is the set change rate of degree of opening or more, and an initialization maintenance step for repeating processes for calculating fuel amount based on the initialized correction variable until a set time elapses after the correction variable is initialized.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004112382-A (JP)
Title: Code string converting apparatus, image processing apparatus, image recording apparatus, program, storage medium, and code amount reducing method
Inventor: SANO YUTAKA
IPC: H04N19/30
Filed: 2002-09-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform quantization for suppressing deterioration in image quality due to the size of movement or the fluctuation of an image frequency.  <P>SOLUTION: An encoding amount reducing means 43 reduces, for each rectangular region, the encoding amount of code string data from code string data generated by applying orthogonal conversion to pixel values of motion image data for each rectangular region and hierarchically compression-encoding the converted values, according to the movement amount detected by a movement amount detecting means 46, sub-band encoding amount distribution detected by a sub-band encoding amount distribution detecting means 47 and a compression rate designated by a user via compression rate designating means 48. In this way, since quantization in consideration of not only the compression rate but also the movement amount and the sub-band encoding amount distribution is performed, the quantization for suppressing deterioration in image quality due to the size of movement or the fluctuation of an image frequency can be performed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004107771-A (JP)
Title: Hard coated film excellent in adhesion and its forming process
Inventor: WATANABE HISASHI
IPC: F16J9/26
Filed: 2002-09-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hard coated film showing an excellent adhesion, even under severe conditions employed for applying direct fuel injection or EGR (exhaust gas recirculation), etc. for reducing Co<SB>2</SB>and No<SB>x</SB>in exhaust gas and improving fuel consumption of an automobile engine, etc. or under conditions for using tools, and its forming process.  <P>SOLUTION: The obtained hard coating film comprises a mixed structure comprising 95-99.5% crystalline phase comprising a nitride, carbide or carbonitride of a metal and the balance being an amorphous phase. The hard coating film is formed through PVD method by contacting a substrate with metal vapor and a reactive gas.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004114770-A (JP)
Title: Instrument panel
Inventor: TANIGUCHI SHINJI
IPC: B60K37/00
Filed: 2002-09-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the holding strength of an instrument panel body, and to enhance noise insulation.  <P>SOLUTION: An air-conditioning duct 24 is disposed on the back side of an instrument panel body 5, and the front side of the air-conditioning duct 24 is fixed to the back side of the instrument panel body 5. An instrument panel positioning part 52 fitted to a cowl panel 50 is formed on the front side of the air-conditioning duct 24. A flange 31 extending in an overlapping manner along the front side 22 of the instrument panel body 5 is provided on the air-conditioning duct 24. An elastic seal member 77 to seal a space between the instrument panel body 5 and the cowl panel 50 is fitted across the front end 46 of the instrument panel body 5 and an erecting portion 44.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003188835-A (JP)
Title: Transceiver
Inventor: SHINAGAWA MITSURU
IPC: G06F3/00
Filed: 2002-09-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transceiver with an enhanced S/N by utilizing resonant frequencies by an inverse piezoelectric effect of an electro-optic element so as to modulate electric fields induced in an electric field transmission medium and then transmitted.  <P>SOLUTION: A modulation circuit 121 modulates transmission information by using resonant frequencies of an electro-optic element and supplies the modulated transmission information to a transmission circuit 103, which supplies the modulated transmission information to a transmission electrode 105. The transmission electrode 105 induces electric fields corresponding to the modulated transmission information in a living body 100. A reception electrode 107 of the transceiver 3 placed at the other position of the living body 100 receives the electric fields and couples them to an electric field detecting optical unit 110 to resonate its electro-optic element resulting in converting them into an electric signal, and a demodulation circuit 123 demodulates the electric signal.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004113532-A (JP)
Title: Protective bag for sterilization and disinfection for ultrasonic search unit and manufacturing method therefor
Inventor: TAKEGAWA WATARU
IPC: A61L2/18
Filed: 2002-09-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protective bag for sterilization and disinfection of an ultrasonic search unit which prevents creasing of a portion covering a connector and leading a cable outside and prevents penetration of a chemical liquid, or the like, into the portion, on the occasion when the portion is bound.  <P>SOLUTION: A cable lead-out part 120 connected to a bag-shaped connector enclosing part 110 on its opening parts 112 side and projected laterally is formed for the part 110. Opening parts 112 are extended to the cable lead-out part 120 and opening seal parts 130 sealing an aperture between two sheets laid on each other are provided for the opening parts 112. Side portions on the opposite side to the opening parts 112 of the cable lead-out part 120 are welded and two cable binder parts 140 are formed in connection with the side portions. The size of the fore end portion of the cable lead-out part 120 is made such as to closely fit to the periphery of the cable on the occasion of sealing by the opening seal parts 130.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004118648-A (JP)
Title: Resource management server, human resource management method and human resource management system
Inventor: WADA SHINOBU
IPC: G06Q50/00
Filed: 2002-09-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a resource management server, a human resource management method and a human resource management system capable of assigning the optimal human resources to the optimal task.  <P>SOLUTION: This resource management server is provided with a resource management means 11 for acquiring personnel relevant information, knowledge relevant information and project relevant information through a communication line, a ranking database 100 for storing evaluation criteria, a ranking means 12 for evaluating the personnel relevant information, knowledge relevant information and project relevant information based on the evaluation criteria, and storing it as resource information in a resource database 101, a data receiving means 14 for acquiring a retrieval condition from a user terminal, retrieval means 17 and 18 for retrieving the resource information based on the retrieval condition and a data transmitting means 19 for transmitting the retrieval result to the user terminal.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003126095-A (JP)
Title: Imaging system for ultrasonic image of smaller tubular vessel
Inventor: SIEBEN WAYNE
IPC: G01S7/52
Filed: 2002-09-30
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the ultrasonic imaging system which is capable of obtaining an image by positioning it in a tubular vessel. SOLUTION: The device has a proximal end that can be positioned on an external side of the body, while it includes a long narrow member whose distal end can be positioned in a tubular vessel of a patient through a guideline lumen of a catheter. The device also includes a transducer at a distal end of the long narrow member and a signal processor connected with a proximal end of a long thin member for receiving a signal from the transducer that generates a pulse to the transducer. The device includes preferably a motor that rotates the transducer and a drive-cable for connecting the transducer with the motor and the signal processor. This drive-cable can be used for transmitting electric signals to and from the transducer.
Patent JP-2004121022-A (JP)
Title: Pet food composition
Inventor: TABATA MASAHIKO
IPC: A23K1/18
Filed: 2002-09-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a pet food composition having excellent palatability.  <P>SOLUTION: This pet food composition contains, as an active ingredient, yeast extract to which flavor preferred by polyphagous/predatory animals such as dogs, cats is imparted by heating at proper temperatures (70-100°C). Using such yeast extract imparted with the good flavor preferred by the pets makes it possible to easily and inexpensively obtain the safe and highly palatable pet food composition.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004123805-A (JP)
Title: Flame-retardant synthetic polyvinyl alcohol fiber and its production method
Inventor: SASA KATSUO
IPC: C09K21/14
Filed: 2002-09-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a non-halogenous flame retardant capable of imparting durable flame retardance to a synthetic polyvinyl alcohol fiber, a flame-retardant processing agent containing the same, a flame-retardant synthetic polyvinyl alcohol fiber prepared by using them, and a method for producing the flame-retardant synthetic polyvinyl alcohol fiber.  <P>SOLUTION: Preferably, the flame retardant has a particle size of 10 μm or lower and comprises melamine polyphosphate with an average particle size of 0.1-2 μm. The flame retardant in an amount of 2-50 wt.% is compounded into a polyvinyl alcohol resin, and the resin is then spun to give the flame-retardant synthetic polyvinyl alcohol fiber.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004121034-A (JP)
Title: Maintenance method for woodland
Inventor: TERAI MANABU
IPC: E02D17/20
Filed: 2002-09-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control method for woodland intended for controlling flourish of naturalized weeds and blowing of wind to woods of a one-sided incline without running off and collapsing by rainfall like a case of scattering only surface soil.  <P>SOLUTION: This maintenance method for the woodland comprises cutting down and removing trees of a one-sided incline of a mountainous region followed by cutting soil and maintaining the woodland of the other-sided incline on the top of a mountain. Woodchips made by chipping the cut trees are piled up on a boundary of the other-sided incline, and a fence is made out of branches and leaves of the cut trees on the piled woodchips. The fence serves as a buffer zone for a developed land and the woodland.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003128697-A (JP)
Title: Peptide and its application
Inventor: SAITO SABURO
IPC: A61K47/10
Filed: 2002-10-02
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a peptide essentially consisting of T cell epitope to cedar pollen allergen, a peptide homologous with the same, and an immunotherapeutic agent composed by containing the peptides as active ingredients. SOLUTION: The peptides which do not substantially react to IgE antibody specific to cedar pollen allergen but significantly activate T cell specific to cedar pollen allergen compared with a negative control when testing in a method to determine by incorporation of<3> H-thymidine, and the immunotherapeutic agent composed by containing the peptides as active ingredients, are constructed.
Patent JP-2003118143-A (JP)
Title: Method of inspecting genuineness of replaceable printing component and replaceable printing component
Inventor: COVITT MARC L
IPC: B41J29/00
Filed: 2002-10-03
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To customize a replaceable printing component and to allow a specified printer to accept only customized replaceable consumables. SOLUTION: There is disclosed a method of inspecting genuineness of the replaceable printing component (for example, an ink vessel 12). The method comprises a step for generating an encrypted value (an encrypted data value) by encrypting a data value stored in the replaceable printing component by using a selected encryption technology and a step for comparing this encrypted value with an authentication value stored in the replaceable consumable (printing component) and for determining that the replaceable printing component is genuine when the encrypted value is in agreement with the authentication value.
Patent JP-2004122653-A (JP)
Title: Method and apparatus for monitoring color tone variation
Inventor: MARUYAMA HIDEKI
IPC: H04N1/60
Filed: 2002-10-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To propose a method and an apparatus for monitoring color tone variation of a printed matter in printing with the same sensitivity as that of detection of a change in color tone by human visual inspection.  <P>SOLUTION: As to a reference printed matter and the printed matter to be inspected, the respective image data of the matters read by an image input device is divided spatially into blocks in the number of M and pixel data is grouped for each lump of an approximate color in each of the divided blocks. A representative color is determined for each group and the color tone variation of the printed matter to be inspected from the reference printed matter is monitored on the basis of whether a color difference between the corresponding representative colors of the respective image data of the reference printed matter and the printed matter to be inspected is within a permissible color difference or not. The problem is solved by this method and the apparatus for monitoring the color tone variation which realizes the method.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004128373-A (JP)
Title: Piezoelectric transformer
Inventor: ISHIKAWA KATSUYUKI
IPC: H01L41/313
Filed: 2002-10-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a piezoelectric transformer that hardly causes creeping discharge and is excellent in durability.  <P>SOLUTION: This piezoelectric transformer 1 has a structure in which an input-side piezoelectric element 2 and an output-side piezoelectric element 3 are laminated upon another through an insulating board 4. The element 2 is constituted to have input electrodes 12a and 12b on front and rear surfaces of a piezoelectric ceramic board 11, and the element 3 is constituted to have an output electrode 14a and 14b respectively at the central part and both end faces in the lengthwise direction. The insulating board 4 has projecting sections 16 protruded outward on its side faces near the output electrode 14a of the element 3. When this transformer 1 is driven, a high potential difference occurs between the output electrode 14a and input electrode 12a, but the projecting sections 16 prevent the occurrence of creeping discharge between the electrodes 14a and 12a.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004126410-A (JP)
Title: Projection type picture display device
Inventor: SEKIGUCHI AKIRA
IPC: G03B21/14
Filed: 2002-10-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a projection type picture display device of which the size can be reduced without causing a contrast reduction and uneven illuminance.  <P>SOLUTION: The projection type picture display device which is provided with a lamp light source, a converging means for converging light from the lamp light source, a reflection mirror having a plane reflection surface for reflecting light emitted from the converging means, an elliptic mirror having an elliptic reflection surface for reflecting light reflected by the reflection mirror, a light bulb for forming image light by modulating the light reflected by the elliptic mirror, and a projection lens for projecting the image light to a screen, is characterized in that a converging point on which light emitted from the emitting means is converged is symmetrical to one focus of the elliptic mirror about the reflection mirror and the center of an incident pupil of the projection lens is symmetrical to the other focus of the elliptic mirror about the light bulb.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004133051-A (JP)
Title: Voice input device
Inventor: NAKAHARA TSUNENOBU
IPC: G10L21/0316
Filed: 2002-10-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stabilize the signal level of an inputted input voice signal in a voice input device.  <P>SOLUTION: In a voice input device 1 which is provided with a voice amplifying circuit 13 which amplifies the input voice signal by changing a gain according to a gain control signal and a gain control circuit 16 which generates a gain control signal from the signal level of the amplified input voice signal and which outputs the gain control signal to the voice amplifying circuit 13, the gain control circuit 16 is provided with a time constant switching control signal generating means 33 which generates a time constant switching control signal for switching a time constant and a time constant switching means 30 which switches the time constant of the circuit for generating the gain control signal according to a time constant switching control signal to be inputted.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004078874-A (JP)
Title: Method and device for adjusting time of distributed system
Inventor: MORITO TOSHIKI
IPC: G04G5/00
Filed: 2002-10-09
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform time adjustment in each computer with high precision by selecting a median regarding a time adjustment system of a distribution system.  <P>SOLUTION: A time information reception part 1 receives pieces of time information from respective computers from a transmission line 16, a median selection part 2 selects the median in each piece of data, and a system time information setting part 3 sets the median as the time of the present system time and substitutes the set time for the time which has been used. A time information update part 4 updates the time information with a prescribed period, and a time information transmission part 7 transmits the updated time information to the transmission line 16. Since the median is selected, no logic such as selection by the majority or comparison with a set value exists, and the highly precise time adjustment is performed by a simplified system.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004129778-A (JP)
Title: Vacuum cleaner
Inventor: ISHIBASHI TAKAFUMI
IPC: A47L9/28
Filed: 2002-10-09
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vacuum cleaner capable of efficiently obtaining the maximum dust removing effect matching the operation of equipment and maintaining high cleaning capacity even when the amount of sucked dust increases.  <P>SOLUTION: When a control means 20 switches the input of a motor-driven blower 2, a vibration control means 21 operates a vibration device 25 before switching the input of the motor-driven blower 2, in the middle of switching it, or after switching it.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO