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Patent JP-2004220828-A (JP)
Title: Separator structure for polymer electrolyte fuel cell
Inventor: KARAKANE MITSUO
IPC: H01M8/02
Filed: 2003-01-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a separator for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell preventing infiltration of condensed water into a gas flow channel for reaction gas contributing to an electrochemical reaction and capable of securing a uniform power generation through a whole face of a unit cell stably for along period of time by quickly eliminating retention of the infiltrating water.  <P>SOLUTION: Of the separator 30 fitted with a nozzle plate 20 between a manifold 31 for supply of reaction gas and gas inflow end part 40 of a reaction gas flow channel 33, the nozzle plate 20 is almost shaped like a square plate, at one face of which, a plurality of convex nozzles 23 are fitted in the same direction as the reaction gas flow channel and at the same interval so as to get protruded from one end part in a length direction to another end part in a length direction. Furthermore, a nozzle hole 24 is fitted nearly at the center part of each nozzle 23 so as to penetrate through the whole length of the nozzle 23.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004221731-A (JP)
Title: Image transmission apparatus and digital camera
Inventor: SUENAGA KAZUNORI
IPC: H04W4/24
Filed: 2003-01-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image transmission apparatus and a digital camera capable of easily suppressing a communication charge of digital image data within a prescribed upper limit.  <P>SOLUTION: The image transmission apparatus, for transmitting digital image data by utilizing a communication network for collecting a communication charge in response to a transmitted data amount, includes: a selection means for selecting the digital image data (S110); a communication charge notice means for informing a user (S115) about an estimated communication charge of the digital image data selected by the selection means before its transmission on the basis of communication information to obtain the communication charge in response to the data amount; and a transmission means for transmitting the digital image data selected by the selection means.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004222005-A (JP)
Title: Device and method for image processing, and storage medium
Inventor: TAKESUE TOSHIHIRO
IPC: H04N1/405
Filed: 2003-01-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and a method for image processing which has improved image quality by controlling concatenation of a binarized image in response to differences in characteristics among image output devices on a network, and to changes in reproducibility caused by environmental changes or changes with the passage of time.  <P>SOLUTION: The device comprises: a digital filter circuit 203 for edge enhancement, etc.; an LOG conversion circuit 204 which converts each RGB image data to CMY data; a color conversion processing circuit 205 for color conversion processing corresponding to a print toner; a ϒ conversion circuit 206 which corrects brightness levels; a binarization circuit 207 which binarizes multivalued image data; a selector 208 which selects whether to print the binarized image as is or to send it to the network; a CPU 210 which controls the entire device; an RAM 211, which supports concatenation parameters; a network interface 212 which sends print data to a printer; and a correlation table 213 which stores correlation between print characteristics of each printer and the concatenation parameters.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004218373-A (JP)
Title: Door handle device for vehicle
Inventor: TODAKA ISAO
IPC: E05B1/00
Filed: 2003-01-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the length of a return spring comparatively short to contribute to miniaturization while suppressing the generation of noise and squeaks in a door handle device for a vehicle wherein an operating handle for opening/closing a vehicle door is rotatably supported to a support member mounted to the vehicle door, and a return spring with a coil formed by winding a wire material in a coil shape with the rotation axis of the operating handle as the approximate center is provided between the support member and the operating handle to exhibit a spring force for energizing the operating handle to rotate to the non-operating position side.  <P>SOLUTION: The coil 20 of the return spring 18 comprises a close contact portion 20a with the wire material 19 brought into mutually close contact, and a pair of non-close contact portion 20b with the wire material 19 formed to be separate from each other and in line with both sides of the close contact portion 20a.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004229357-A (JP)
Title: Hydrogen supply apparatus
Inventor: KIBE TATSURO
IPC: H01M8/04
Filed: 2003-01-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To assure high safety by early detecting hydrogen leakage and eliminating possibility of an adverse effect having on a receiving side of hydrogen supply.  <P>SOLUTION: Respective positions which are apt to have hydrogen leakage on a route of hydrogen supply piping 3 are surrounded by each of sealing containers 6 to seal odorant-mixed gas in each of the sealing containers 6. Each of the sealing containers 6 is fitted with a pressure sensor 7 to monitor its gas pressure. When the pressure sensor 7 detects a rise in gas pressure inside the sealing container 6, a shut-down valve 8 connected to any of the sealing containers 6 except the sealing containers 6 of which gas pressure rises have been detected is opened to emit the odorant-mixed gas sealed in the sealing containers 6 to the outside.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004227085-A (JP)
Title: Electronic control device and program
Inventor: KATO KEIJI
IPC: G01C21/00
Filed: 2003-01-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reliably save data in an electronic control device even if power supply from an on-vehicle battery to the device is lowered significantly or interrupted.  <P>SOLUTION: If a power source monitoring circuit 5 determines that a disconnection of a vehicular battery power source 3 or a reduction in the output voltage of the battery power source 3 after long use lowers the output voltage of a built-in power circuit 4 below a lower limit value (S210: YES), a CPU 12 saves various data once in a volatile memory 21 under power supply from the built-in power circuit 4 before the power supply from the built-in power circuit 4 runs out (S130). A dedicated controlling element 23 then transfers and saves the various data once saved in the volatile memory 21 from the volatile memory 21 to a flash memory 22 under power supply from a capacitor 7 (S320).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004219390-A (JP)
Title: Method of evaluating medicine having antipruritic effect to atopic dermatitis
Inventor: TAKANO KENICHI
IPC: A61K31/436
Filed: 2003-01-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To precisely evaluate a medicine having an antipruritic effect to atopic dermatitis.  <P>SOLUTION: In this method of evaluating the medicine having the antipruritic effect to the atopic dermatitis, (1) an autochthonous pruritic behavior of 1.0 second or more is extracted to be measured, in an NC/Nga mouse under the crisis of the atopic dermatitis, and (2) the pruritic behavior of 1.5 second or more is extracted to be measured.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004224733-A (JP)
Title: Peripheral blood circulation ameliorating composition
Inventor: NAOKI HIROSHI
IPC: A61K31/7048
Filed: 2003-01-23
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a peripheral blood circulation ameliorating composition which can effectively ameliorate the circulation of peripheral blood and can very quickly restore a lowered body temperature as compared with the case where a concentrated or dried product of black currant juice or an Acanthopanax senticosus Harms root extract is applied alone.  <P>SOLUTION: The peripheral blood circulation ameliorating composition comprises a concentrated or dried product of black currant juice and an extract of Acanthopanax senticosus Harms roots extracted with hot water and ethanol, the dry weight ratio of anthocyanin contained in the former component to the latter being 1:20 to 1:1,000. The Acanthopanax senticosus Harms roots extract is an extract of the roots extracted with hot water and ethanol, and its raw crude drug ratio in the dried state is 20:1 to 80:1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004226877-A (JP)
Title: Sound generating device
Inventor: AKASE NARIYUKI
IPC: G10H7/02
Filed: 2003-01-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sound generating device capable of generating many sounds without requiring complicated calculation by making it possible to optionally set a plurality of sounds at different sampling frequencies.  <P>SOLUTION: The sound generating device is equipped with a storage device 11 such as a memory which stores sound data encoded with a sampling frequency, a scale selecting circuit 14 which selects a scale by using a clock of frequency calculated based upon the frequency of a frequency counter original oscillation clock 18, a CPU 12, and a sound output circuit13. Counter values by scales of a clock inputted to a frequency counter 15 of the scale selecting circuit are fixed irrelevantly to a plurality of kinds of sampling frequencies.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004230273-A (JP)
Title: Method for treating organic waste
Inventor: NAKAHATA SHIGEO
IPC: C10L3/06
Filed: 2003-01-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for treating organic waste where denitrification treatment is made possible without using an excessively large biological nitrification/denitrification device, discharged water of extremely high water quality can be obtained, further, the amount of excess sludge to be generated is reduced, and driving cost is also low compared with the conventional treatment method for organic waste.  <P>SOLUTION: The treatment method is at least provided with: a pretreatment stage where organic waste is crushed, and matters unsuitable for fermentation is removed; a methane fermentation stage where the organic waste freed from the matters suitable for fermentation in the pretreatment stage is subjected to methane fermentation treatment; a solid-liquid separation stage where the methane fermentation liquid from the methane fermentation stage is subjected to solid-liquid separation; an anaerobic treatment stage where the liquid separated in the solid-liquid separation stage is subjected to anaerobic treatment by an upflow anaerobic treatment apparatus filled with self-granulation sludge; and an ammonia removal stage where ammonia components are removed from the anaerobic treatment liquid in the anaerobic treatment stage.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004236463-A (JP)
Title: Electronic equipment and control method for battery charging
Inventor: IWASAKI JUNICHI
IPC: H04R1/10
Filed: 2003-01-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide electronic equipment provided with a communicating function, wherein the operation of charging a battery can be performed with ease and stability.  <P>SOLUTION: A headset 20 is provided with a wireless communication device 58 and a rechargeable battery 51. When a power cable 53 is connected to a power supply connector 205 when charging the battery 51, this state is detected by a power supply connector status detecting portion 56. If communication with other equipment is underway through the wireless communication device 58 at this time, after disconnection processing is carried out, CPU 54 is turned off and brought into operation stoppage state. Thus, by merely connecting the power cable 53, the operation of the equipment can be changed into a stoppage state, and the operation of charging the battery 51 can be performed with ease and stability.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004231400-A (JP)
Title: Gathering machine, its controller, and control method
Inventor: MARUYAMA TOMOYOSHI
IPC: B65H39/00
Filed: 2003-01-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gathering machine capable of corresponding to change operation of gathering speed of a user performing gathering operation on real time mainly.  <P>SOLUTION: This gathering machine is provided with a plurality of paper feeding devices for accumulating and loading a plurality of sheets such as middle sheet and folding sheet on a paper feeding tray, a folding part folding the folding sheet, a driving motor in the folding part, a folding part control function controlling the folding part driving motor, a longitudinal conveyance roll conveying sheets fed by the plurality of paper feeding devices to the folding part, respectively, a longitudinal conveyance roll driving motor driving the longitudinal conveyance roll, a longitudinal conveyance roll driving system operating in the interlocking relationship with it, and a longitudinal conveyance roll driving control function controlling the longitudinal conveyance roll driving motor. In this gathering machine, respective control functions of each motor control start/stop, speed, and acceleration of each motor freely by obtaining external signals. A pulse signal generator generating frequency proportional to speed of the longitudinal conveyance roll driving motor is attached to the longitudinal conveyance roll driving motor or the longitudinal conveyance roll driving system operating in the interlocking relationship with it.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004230540-A (JP)
Title: Production line
Inventor: KOBAYASHI YUKIHIKO
IPC: B23P21/00
Filed: 2003-02-03
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce walking fatigue of an operator in a production line.  <P>SOLUTION: In the production line L provided with a vehicle conveyor 1 and an operator conveyer 3 arranged along the vehicle conveyor 1 and having a same transfer direction as the vehicle conveyor 1, an operator conveyor 4 arranged along the operator conveyor 3 and having a reverse transfer direction of the operator conveyor 3 is provided.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004239815-A (JP)
Title: X-ray inspection device
Inventor: KAWAI TSUTOMU
IPC: G01N23/04
Filed: 2003-02-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an X-ray inspection device for generating two-dimensional X-ray transmission image by fixing an X-ray source and a line detector, using a simple mechanism, in particular, an inexpensive X-ray inspection device which observes a specimen while setting it in an optional posture and position in an X-ray image by radial X-ray irradiation such as a microfocus X-ray source.  <P>SOLUTION: The X-ray radiation source 1 is opposed to the line detector 4, they are fixed to make the X-ray radiation get surely incident into the line detector, a sample table 3 wherein a stage 2 for mounting the specimen is reciprocated along a direction perpendicular to a shaft of the line detector is interposed therebetween, the specimen is reciprocated along a direction crossing the fixed line detector, a one-dimensional X-ray transmission profile is acquired thereby in every position adjacent to the specimen, and one-dimensional X-ray measurement results are integrated and compounded to generate the two-dimensional X-ray transmission image.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003235378-A (JP)
Title: Method for changing experimental animal cage and rack to be used therefor
Inventor: AUSTIN DARYL E
IPC: A01K1/03
Filed: 2003-02-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for efficiently changing experimental animal cages and cleaning the cage and a method therefor.  <P>SOLUTION: The method for changing the experimental animal cages having bottom parts 31, lattices 32 and lids 38 comprises removing the clean bottom 31, the lattice 32 and the lid 38 from a first rack 20 holding the bottom part 31, the lattice 32 and the lid 38, assembling a clean cage from the bottom part 31, the lattice 32 and the lid 38, transferring an experimental animal from the stained cage to the clear assembled cage, disassembling the stained cage into each constituent component of the bottom part 31, the lattice 32 and the lid 38, placing the stained lattice 32 and lid 38 on a second rack, cleaning the stained lattice 2 and lid 38 while placing them on the second rack, removing a stained bedding material from the stained bottom part 31, cleaning the bottom part 31, placing the cleaned bedding material on the cleaned bottom part 31, placing the cleaned bottom part 31 having the cleaned bedding material on the second rack so as change the experimental animal cages.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004048652-A (JP)
Title: High frequency piezo-oscillator
Inventor: SATO TOMIO
IPC: H03B5/36
Filed: 2003-02-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high frequency piezo-oscillator in which high stability is obtained by reducing an increase in inter-electrode capacitance C0 which occurs in the high frequency piezo-oscillator and suppressing oscillation caused by unwanted resonance.  <P>SOLUTION: In the high frequency oscillation circuit, capacitors C1 and C2 to become a part of load capacitance are connected between a base of an oscillation transistor TR1 and the ground, connected from the connecting point to an emitter of the oscillation transistor TR1 and grounded via an emitter resistor R1. Further, a base bias circuit composed of a resistor RB1 and a resistor RB2 is connected to the base of the oscillation transistor TR1, a piezoelectric vibrator Xra1, an inductor L0 and a resistor R0 are parallel connected between the base of the oscillation transistor TR1 and the ground, and grounded by inserting and connecting a capacitor C3 to the connecting point. Further, a collector of the oscillation transistor TR1 and a power supply voltage Vcc line are connected.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004246263-A (JP)
Title: Method of manufacturing dielectric multi-layer film filter element
Inventor: SEKIGUCHI TOSHISADA
IPC: G02B5/28
Filed: 2003-02-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a filter element capable of minimizing fluctuation of a center wavelength of transmission light in the filter element by a simple method, uniformalizing the optical characteristic in the filter element, and reducing an adjustment process or the like in incorporating this filter element into a small optical component.  <P>SOLUTION: The filter element 7 is irradiated with a laser beam for heating, and a filter raw material is irradiated with a measuring beam and the wavelength of the transmission light through a dielectric thin film is measured by a photo-receiving unit for measurement 12. The heating light is pulse light of 50 ms or shorter for causing temperature distribution on the filter element 7, and is moved on the filter element 7. The wavelengths transmitting the filter element 7 are measured and the irradiation time and movement of the heating light are controlled, and the filter element is manufactured so that the wavelengths of the transmission light are distributed within the range of ±0.1nm on the whole element.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004250595-A (JP)
Title: Method for producing black pigment
Inventor: HAYASHI SHIZUO
IPC: A61K8/00
Filed: 2003-02-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for easily obtaining a carbonized product while reducing the treatment of an organic gas by combustion or reducing the generation of bad smell by subjecting a protein fiber to a high-speed jetting treatment with a superheated steam by incorporating a steam-type heat dissipation device in a carbonizing process; to provide a method for obtaining a fired product by inserting the carbonized product into a vacuum kiln in a nearly oxygen-free state, and heat-treating the carbonized product at high temperature; and to provide a method for producing a black pigment from them.  <P>SOLUTION: The black pigment comprises individual or mixed two kinds of black pigments of the black pigment obtained by pulverizing the carbonized product obtained by thermally decomposing a material composed of an animal protein fiber by high-temperature steam jetted at a high speed, and the black pigment obtained by pulverizing the fired product obtained by inserting the carbonized product in the vacuum kiln in the nearly oxygen-free state, and heat-treating the carbonized product at the high temperature.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004253075-A (JP)
Title: Optical recording medium
Inventor: KOMAKI TAKESHI
IPC: G11B7/24
Filed: 2003-02-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To keep a warpage angle in a usage environmental temperature range within a permissible range, in an optical recording medium.  <P>SOLUTION: In the optical recording medium, a light transmission layer 4 is formed so as to cover a recording film 3 formed on one surface of a base material 2 and an adjustment layer 5 is formed on the other surface of the base material 2. The adjustment layer 5 is formed by using a resin material whose value obtained by multiplying the linear expansion coefficient and the Young's modulus of the adjustment layer 5 together is greater than the value obtained by multiplying the linear expansion coefficient and the the Young's modulus of the light transmission layer 4 together thinner than the light transmission layer 4. The adjustment layer 5 is formed in a prescribed thickness T3 by using the material having a prescribed linear expansion coefficient and a prescribed Young's modulus so that the difference between the internal stress generated when a half body 1b on the adjustment layer 5 side in the thickness direction of the optical recording medium works on a half body 1a on the light transmission layer 4 side in the direction parallel to one surface of the base material 2 associating with expansion or shrinkage of the optical recording medium 1 and the internal stress generated when the half body 1a on the light transmission layer 4 side works on the half body 1b on the adjustment layer 5 side associated with expansion or shrinkage satisfies the conditions of 3.3 MPa or lower in the temperature range of -10°C to 55°C.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004254827-A (JP)
Title: Sleeping state judging device
Inventor: IWASAKI MASAHIRO
IPC: A61B5/08
Filed: 2003-02-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sleeping state judging method which enables a precise judgment of a sleeping state depending on an individual difference or the body condition or the like on that day.  <P>SOLUTION: This sleeping state judging device includes a biological information detecting unit 11, a sleeping state model unit 12, a display unit 14 which displays the sleeping state and the presence/absence of somnipathy, a user's input unit 15 which inputs user's subjective symptoms or sleepiness, and a learning unit 13. In this case, the biological information detecting unit 11 detects biological information including a skin temperature, a body temperature, a pulse, a heartbeat, a blood pressure, respiration, perspiration and body movements by a sensor. The sleeping state model unit 12 performs clustering by integrating the biological information, forms a model of variations with time of the sleeping state by a state transitional probability, and prepares a sleeping state model which absorbs temporary variations of the biological information. The learning part 13 updates the state transitional probability from the user's subjective symptoms, the sleeping state model in the past, and the falling asleep and the waking up time in the past.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003284042-A (JP)
Title: Method and system for delivering image
Inventor: HARDINGHAM COLIN
IPC: H04N21/472
Filed: 2003-02-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a system for selling an image regarding a television program via a two-way television.  <P>SOLUTION: The method for delivering an image comprises the step of displaying an image of an article for sale and an inducement to purchase the image with respect to the television program on a display of the user's two-way television.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO