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Patent JP-2004236089-A (JP)
Title: Hard disk recorder
Inventor: KAWASAKI MICHIHIKO
IPC: H04N5/76
Filed: 2003-01-31
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make performable access to a following recording file at a high speed by re-allocating a recording file in a continuous free area at a standby state in a hard disk recorder.  <P>SOLUTION: When the standby state of the hard disk recorder is maintained over a prescribed period (YES in #3), no following recording reservation exists (YES in #4), fragmented recording files exist in the hard disk (YES in #5) and the continuous free area for reproducing the recording file exists in the hard disk (YES in #6), the fragmented recording files are continued and copied (#7) in the free area in order of reproducing them. Thus, the recording file is optimized and the access to the following recording file is made performable at a high speed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004240500-A (JP)
Title: Device and program for processing image, and storing medium
Inventor: MIYAZAWA TOSHIO
IPC: G06K9/20
Filed: 2003-02-03
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and program for processing an image and a storing medium capable of extracting a table region even for a table wherein a ruler line is not provided at the boundary of cells and the boundary of the cells is expressed by respective colors.  <P>SOLUTION: This device comprises a ruler line/fictitious ruler line extraction section 202 extracting a ruler line and a fictitious ruler line from input image data, a color image binary section 205 making the input image data binary, a ruler line/fictitious ruler line writing section 203 writing the ruler line and fictitious ruler line extracted by the ruler line/fictitious ruler line extraction section 202 as binary image data into the image data made binary by the color image binary section 205, a ruler line extraction section 206 extracting the ruler line from the binary image data into which the ruler line and fictitious ruler line are written by the ruler line/fictitious ruler line writing section 203, and a table region coordinate extraction section 204 extracting the table region coordinates on the basis of the ruler line extracted by the ruler line extraction section 206.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003237375-A (JP)
Title: Cabriolet automobile with foldable hard top
Inventor: STENVERS JUERGEN
IPC: B60J7/12
Filed: 2003-02-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a movement volume, and a storage volume in a stored position of a foldable roof.  <P>SOLUTION: In a cabriolet automobile 10 with a foldable roof, especially a foldable hard top 12, a rigid rear window 18 is operable between a closed position to cover an automobile interior and a stored position for storage in a storage compartment 54 of the automobile 10, and the hard top 12 comprises a front roof part 14 connectable to a roof cross member 20 edging a windshield, and a rear roof part 16 connected to the front roof part and movable relative to the front roof part. The rear window 18 is formed as a rear window element 18 movable relative to an automobile body and relative to the rear roof part 16.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004242037-A (JP)
Title: Film holder and image reading apparatus
Inventor: HARADA HIDEKAZU
IPC: H04N1/107
Filed: 2003-02-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the operability of reading a transparent original from being deteriorated in an image reading apparatus capable of reading the transparent original with a read area corresponding to the number of frames that is a half the number of frames for one strip film.  <P>SOLUTION: Provided is a film holder wherein the read area includes a half of all the frames for one strip film when one corner of the film holder is matched with a corner of an original platen of the image reading apparatus in the same positional relation and which has a strip film holder arranged at a position of the read area including other frames than the half of the frames of the strip film when a corner of the film holder opposite to the matched corner in the longitudinal side direction is matched with a corner opposite to the matched corner of the original platen of the image reading apparatus in the lateral side direction.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004236908-A (JP)
Title: Apparatus for sewing tatami mat
Inventor: UEDA TOMOHIRO
IPC: D05B23/00
Filed: 2003-02-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Tatami mat sewing apparatus for easily performing changeover between a zigzag stitch and a ladder stitch.  <P>SOLUTION: When the zigzag stitch is selected by using a sewing changeover switch 179, the zigzag stitch is performed by the control of a controller 181. When the ladder stitch is selected, the ladder stitch is performed. The zigzag stitch and the ladder stitch are changed over only with an operation of the sewing changeover switch 179. Thus, the zigzag and ladder stitches are easily changed-over without trouble of exchanging a mechanical component such as a cam.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004253827-A (JP)
Title: Liquid crystal display device
Inventor: OSADA TOSHIHIKO
IPC: G09G3/36
Filed: 2003-02-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid crystal display device capable of suppressing the deterioration in image quality due to movement blur by providing a black display period in one frame period of an input image signal, and capable of compensating the response characteristic of a liquid crystal to realize high-quality image display by applying proper emphasis conversion to the image signal.  <P>SOLUTION: The device is provided with a frame frequency converter 8 for repeatedly outputting the image signal whose vertical display period is compressed to 1/N on the time axis by converting the frame frequency of the input image signal into N times, a signal switching section 10 for inserting the black display signal into at least an N-th vertical display period in one frame period of the input image signal, and emphasis converting means 12, 13 for obtaining an emphasis converting signal with which a liquid crystal display panel 5 reaches transmissivity defined by the image signal after one vertical display period elapses.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004244250-A (JP)
Title: Method for producing optical fiber
Inventor: SAITO TATSUHIKO
IPC: G02B6/00
Filed: 2003-02-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing an optical fiber having axially extended hollows and a reduced transmission loss.  <P>SOLUTION: The method for producing the optical fiber 10 having axially extended hollows 13 comprises a step 1 of preparing an optical fiber preform having through-holes to become hollows, a step 2 of drawing the optical fiber preform in a drawing furnace to form the optical fiber having hollows, and a step 3 of heating the optical fiber formed in the step 2 to a temperature in the range of 900 to 1,300°C in a heating furnace provided downstream of the drawing furnace.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004247121-A (JP)
Title: Connector for printed wiring board
Inventor: ASAI KIYOSHI
IPC: H01R12/00
Filed: 2003-02-13
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connector for a printed wiring board in which a male contact piece (3b) of a male contact (3) is not influenced by solder, and which can reduce the overall height in fitting while maintaining a fitting length (D) when an opposite-side connector (30) is fitted in for connection.  <P>SOLUTION: Each fitting part (5), to which the opposite-side connector (30) is inserted from above, is formed in the insertion direction so as to penetrate an insulating housing (2), and a connection piece (3c) is bridged between a leg piece (3a) and the male contact piece (3b) of the male contact (3) in the lower position of each fitting part (5). Since the male contact piece (3b) is separated by the fitting part (5) from the leg piece (3a) which is connected to a conductive pattern on the printed wiring board (300) with the solder, the male contact piece (3b) is not influenced by the solder, and the opposite-side connector (30) inserted to the fitting parts (5) does not abut on the insulating housing (2), and the satisfactory fitting length (D) is secured even when the overall height is reduced.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004248416-A (JP)
Title: Battery charging controller
Inventor: HAGIWARA MASANORI
IPC: H01M10/44
Filed: 2003-02-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a battery charging controller which can prevent a main battery power from being consumed due to execution of charging of a sub battery, under the condition of the charging of the main battery being insufficient.  <P>SOLUTION: A switch 21 for current application control is interposed between the main battery 5, which is charged by the rectified output of a generator 1 driven by an engine, and the sub battery 6. This battery charging controller charges the sub battery 6, giving a drive signal to the switch 21 for current application control, only when it is confirmed that the main battery voltage is at a value capable of permitting the charging of the sub battery 6, and that the rotational speed of the engine is at or over a value required for generating an output sufficient for enabling the charging of both of the main battery and the sub battery 6 from the generator 1, and moreover when the voltage of the sub battery needs to be charged.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003256141-A (JP)
Title: Multilayer with spacers, touch screen and method
Inventor: ANDERSON CHARLES CHESTER
IPC: B32B7/02
Filed: 2003-02-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved touch screen and its manufacturing method that can reduce the problem of inserting spacer elements while maintaining or improving the image quality.  <P>SOLUTION: A transparent multilayer comprises a first conductive layer containing an intrinsically conducting a polymer, a film forming binder, and the spacer elements embedded in and projecting from the surface of the first conductive layer; and a second conductive layer separated from the first conductive layer by the spacer elements. The multilayer is useful as a component in a touch screen display.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004244282-A (JP)
Title: Oxide ion conductor and its manufacturing process
Inventor: HIGUCHI YOSHIKATSU
IPC: H01M8/12
Filed: 2003-02-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oxide ion conductor that has anisotropy in oxide ion conductivity, for example, because of approximate consistency of a crystal orientation, and to provide a manufacturing method thereof.  <P>SOLUTION: For example, a heat treatment is conducted after a La<SB>2</SB>O<SB>3</SB>powder and a SiO<SB>2</SB>powder are mixed. A porous material of a complex oxide represented by La<SB>X</SB>Si<SB>6</SB>O<SB>1.5X +12</SB>(8≤X≤10) is produced by the treatment. Subsequently, the porous material is milled to form a powder material followed by adding the powder material to a solvent to form slurry. The slurry is solidified under the presence of a magnetic field to form a shaped article and then the resultant shaped article is sintered to obtain the oxide ion conductor.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004244977-A (JP)
Title: Temporary fixing blocking implement for blocking open end face of pipe body
Inventor: IKEJIMA KATSUJI
IPC: F16L55/00
Filed: 2003-02-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily block the open end face 18 of a buried pipe body in a water feed and drain pipeline formed to facilitate repair and replacement by allowing the insertion and detachment of a water feed and drain pipe piped in a foundation 13.  <P>SOLUTION: This temporary fixing blocking implement blocks the elliptic open end face 18 of the blocked pipe body 17 with one end face formed at an angle larger than 0° and smaller than 90° to an axis. A temporary fixing blocking implement body 21 for blocking the open end face 18 of the blocked pipe body 17 has a fitting cylinder part 23 fitted to the inner periphery of the blocked pipe body 17 from the open end face 18. The fitting cylinder part 23 is blocked at one end face and opened at the other end face. An elliptic engaging step part 24 abutting on the open end face 18 of the blocked pipe body 17 is formed at the outer peripheral surface of the fitting cylinder part 23. A guide protruding part 25 coming in pressure contact with the inner peripheral surface of the blocked pipe body 17 is formed at the outer peripheral surface of the fitting cylinder part 23. A hand hold part 26 is provided at the outer periphery of the fitting cylinder part 23 on one end side rather than the engaging step part 24.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004245784-A (JP)
Title: Volume measuring system by image processing and its method
Inventor: KUBO HIDEKI
IPC: G01B11/02
Filed: 2003-02-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a volume measuring system by image processing and its method capable of measuring the volume of a volume measuring object by a highly accurate and simple method.  <P>SOLUTION: This volume measuring system 1 by image processing is equipped with a block region setting means 4a for setting a block region and a reference line, a focal point position control means 4b for controlling the focal point position of a camera 3, a focal point distance input means 4d for inputting the focal point distance, a reference line length calculation means 4e for calculating the length of the reference line in such a region that the volume measuring object exists in the block region, and a volume calculation means 4f for calculating the volume of a required region of the volume measuring object by multiplying the length of the reference line by the area of a section of the block region.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004251939-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: ASAKURA MASANORI
IPC: G03G15/20
Filed: 2003-02-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attach or detach a fixing unit to or from an image forming apparatus in such a manner that a power supply line which is not permitted to be detached as a cable used for supply of power to the fixing unit is disposed in the form of a loop via a support and the size of the loop is adjusted to prevent the cable from slacking.  <P>SOLUTION: The cable 39 is connected to the fixing unit 30 disposed in the recording part of the image forming apparatus in order to supply power to the fixing unit 30. The cable 39 is disposed on the back side of a partition wall 44 in such a manner as to form a loop by means of the support 41. The support 41 is provided with an intermediate stopper 42, so that the power source side and the apparatus side of the loop 40 of the cable 39 are separated. The size of the loop of the cable is adjusted to prevent a slack or the like from being made in the cable. Thereby the fixing unit can be moved.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004249159-A (JP)
Title: Method and apparatus for eluting and recovering phosphorus in sludge
Inventor: YASUNAGA NOZOMI
IPC: C02F11/06
Filed: 2003-02-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a phosphorus eluting method capable of efficiently eluting phosphorus in sludge into a liquid phase in a short time and an apparatus therefor, and a phosphorus recovering method capable of efficiently recovering eluted phosphorus and an apparatus therefor.  <P>SOLUTION: In the method for eluting phosphorus in sludge and an apparatus therefor, phosphorus in sludge is eluted into an alkali solution by a pretreatment process for damaging microorganisms in sludge and a process for bringing sludge after pretreatment into contact with the alkali solution. Further, in the method for recovering phosphorus in sludge and the apparatus therefor, a flocculant is supplied to the alkali solution containing phosphorus eluted by the phosphorus eluting method and sedimented phosphorus is recovered.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004253475-A (JP)
Title: Solar cell module, its producing process and heat source for use therein
Inventor: KAMITAKA MASUO
IPC: H01L31/042
Filed: 2003-02-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solar cell module in which a solar cell can be prevented from cracking.  <P>SOLUTION: The solar cell module 1 comprises a plurality of solar cells 4 having electrodes, and interconnectors 5 for electrically connecting the electrodes of respective solar cells 4 wherein the interconnectors 5 are bonded to the electrodes of respective solar cells 4 by discontinuous spot soldering at a plurality of points.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004254013-A (JP)
Title: Diaphragm for speaker
Inventor: IMAMURA SATOSHI
IPC: H04R31/00
Filed: 2003-02-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wooden diaphragm for a speaker with excellent acoustic characteristics, which is excellent in mass-productivity.  <P>SOLUTION: In the speaker diaphragm 30 for the speaker formed to be nearly a funnel-shape by press-forming a wooden sheet 10, a nearly V-shaped notch 11 is formed to a lamination sheet 15 to one side of which thin unwoven cloth or Japanese paper 13 is adhered, water content is given to the sheet 15 to be softened and a lubrication agent 16 acting like holding the water content is impregnated into the sheet 15, edges 11a, 11b of the notch 11 are overlapped by primary press hot forming and the sheet 15 is tentatively formed to be nearly a funnel shape, and dried, a thermosetting resin 17 is impregnated into the sheet 15, which is made to be semidry, secondary press hot forming is applied to the sheet 15 in a semidry state, a desiccating agent 18 is applied to the sheet 15, and blanking of a center hole 25 for a voice coil and outer shape blanking are applied to the sheet 15 so that the sheet 15 is formed to have a prescribed size and shape as the diaphragm.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004253625-A (JP)
Title: Adhesive film for protecting surface of semiconductor wafer and method for protecting semiconductor wafer by using adhesive film
Inventor: KOSHIMIZU TAKANOBU
IPC: H01L21/304
Filed: 2003-02-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor wafer protecting method effective for preventing a semiconductor wafer from damage in working processes applied to a circuit non-formation surface of the semiconductor wafer, by fixing a supporting substrate by wax to support the semiconductor wafer, thinning the semiconductor wafer to 150 μm thickness or less by mechanical cutting and broken layer removing processes, peeling the supporting substrate, and washing the semiconductor wafer.  <P>SOLUTION: An adhesive film is used for the semiconductor wafer protecting method. At least one layer of a base material film is a resin film having 200°C fusing point and 10-200 μm thickness. An adhesive film having an adhesive layer is used for one side of the base material with storage modulus of 1×10<SP>5</SP>Pa at 150°C and thickness of 3-100 μm. Even when the thickness of the semiconductor wafer is thinned to ≤100 μm in a series of processes for working the circuit formation surface of the semiconductor wafer, the method can prevent the semiconductor wafer from damage or the like in the series of processes.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004248937-A (JP)
Title: Sitting posture evaluation device and sitting posture supporting device
Inventor: ARAKI TAKASHI
IPC: A61G5/00
Filed: 2003-02-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chair which can easily and precisely support a sitting posture of an aged person or a handicapped person.  <P>SOLUTION: A sitting posture evaluation device adopts a form of a stable posture of a person in a sitting condition, wherein the back is constituted with more than one split plates 42 which are extended horizontally and disposed in parallel vertically to support each other by side-by-side arrangement, actuators 44 and 44 are disposed to control a projection amount of each split plate 42 in both sides of left and right parts so that each split plate 42 can move or tilt in the direction of the projection, and a sensor means 62 is equipped to detect the body pressure applied on each split plate 42 so that a form of the sitting posture supporting which achieves an appropriate body pressure distribution can be detected by operating and controlling the actuators 44 and 44 based on the detection signal from the sensor means 62.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004249647-A (JP)
Title: Ball-point pen
Inventor: TANAKA HIDEYUKI
IPC: B43K7/00
Filed: 2003-02-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ball-point pen, the rear end of a ball-point pen tip of which has no fear for falling in the stepped part of a mounting hole even when the ball-point pen tip varies at its manufacturing.  <P>SOLUTION: The ball-point pen 1 consists of the ball-point pen tip 2 and a synthetic resin member 4. The ball-point pen tip 2 is made of a metal pipe 3, at the tip of which a ball 31 for a pen point is rotatably held. The synthetic resin member 4 is equipped with a mounting hole 5, in which the rear outer surface of the ball-point pen tip 2, and a stepped part 51, which is provided on the inner surface of the mounting hole 5 and against which the rear end of the ball-point pen tip 2 is axially abutting. When the forcible fixing of the ball-point pen tip 2 to the mounting hole 5 is completed, an axial clearance C is provided between the stepped part 51 and the rear end of the ball-point pen tip 2.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004253322-A (JP)
Title: Socket for lamp bulb and lighting fixture
Inventor: NISHIHAMA NOBUMICHI
IPC: H01R4/48
Filed: 2003-02-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the socket for a lamp bulb which has a less complicated structure and can be easily assembled, and to provide a lighting fixture.  <P>SOLUTION: The socket for the lamp bulb comprises a first conductive member 12 in which a central contact piece 8 and a wire connection terminal 10 are integrally formed, a second conductive member 11 in which a side face contact piece 7 and a wire connection terminal 9 are integrally formed, a cylindrical body 1 which has a lamp insertion port 2 at its front end and wire insertion ports 4, 5 on the side faces at its rear end side and in which the first conductive member 12 and the second conductive member 11 are mounted from the lamp insertion port 2. The body 1 comprises on its bottom a positioning part 32 for positioning the central contact piece 8 and the side face contact piece 7 in such a state that the wire connection terminals 9, 10 are aligned to the wire insertion ports 4, 5, locking parts 35 formed in the body 1, and fall out preventing cut-raised pieces 36 which are locked to the locking parts 35 and composed in the first conductive member 12 and the second conductive member 11.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004250412-A (JP)
Title: Benzothiazoleylidene acetamide derivative and its application
Inventor: TAKAYAMA WATARU
IPC: A61P31/04
Filed: 2003-02-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a benzothiazoleylidene acetamide derivative having a strong antimicrobial action.  <P>SOLUTION: An antimicrobial agent comprises a compound represented by the formula (wherein R<SP>1</SP>is hydrogen or a lower alkyl group; R<SP>2</SP>is an aromatic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent group or a heterocyclic group which may have a substituent group; R<SP>3</SP>is a lower alkyl group; R<SP>4</SP>is hydrogen, a halogen, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group or an amino group or trifluoromethyl group which may have a substituent group; A is a lower alkylene group) or its salt.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI