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Patent JP-2003162362-A (JP)
Title: Finger-tip tactile-sense input device and personal digital assistant using the same
Inventor: MIYAMOTO KAZUNOBU
IPC: H04M1/724
Filed: 2002-08-16
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a finger-tip tactile-sense input device and a personal digital assistant which can perform various input operations using a size recognizable by tactile-sense produced by movement of finger-tip.  <P>SOLUTION: The finger-tip tactile-sense input device and the personal digital assistant are provided with an input plate, which has a plurality of protrusions for tactile-sense input that is input by fingers, and an input control means, which can encode an input signal when the protrusions for tactile-sense input are depressed; and when the fingers are moved on the input plate with wrists fixed, the protrusions for tactile-sense input are set in an area which is surrounded with an inverted egg-shaped curve C1 whose surface can be recognized by touching with the finger tips of both hands.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004077889-A (JP)
Title: Automatic electronic flash unit and camera
Inventor: OGAWA HARUMI
IPC: G03B7/16
Filed: 2002-08-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic electronic flash unit and a camera which have a wide range of measurable luminance, can be simplified in circuit constitution and reduced in arrangement space for a light receiving element, and have good response to follow up even a startup of large-output electronic flash light abruptly varying in quantity well.  <P>SOLUTION: An LED 2 or photodiode is used as the light receiving element of the automatic electronic flash unit for the camera. After a voltage based upon the photovoltaic force of the light receiving element is amplified by a MOSFET 9, a capacitor 17 for integration is charged through an amplifying resistance element 11 and a transistor 15 for integration. When the charging voltage of the capacitor 17 for integration exceeds a reference voltage, a comparator 41 turns off a discharge tube 20.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003174556-A (JP)
Title: Image processing apparatus and image processing method
Inventor: MIYAKE NOBUTAKA
IPC: H04N1/387
Filed: 2002-08-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing apparatus and image processing method for suppressing the deterioration of image quality due to information embedding and capable of easily extracting information from paper.  <P>SOLUTION: The image processing apparatus of embedding determined information in an image has an inputting means for inputting the image, a dividing means for dividing the inputted image into a plurality of image regions, a periodicity generating means for generating a plurality of different periodicities, an adding means for adding a predetermined value to a pixel value of each pixel in the image region divided by the dividing means on the basis of the periodicity, and a selecting means for selecting the periodicity for the addition from among the plurality of periodicities, in accordance with the predetermined information.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004080660-A (JP)
Title: Antenna device
Inventor: FUKUSHIMA SUSUMU
IPC: H01Q21/24
Filed: 2002-08-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a diversity antenna capable of reducing the correlation coefficient between three or more antennas, improving diversity effects and being used on the ground.  <P>SOLUTION: A first radiation plate 2 and a second radiation plate 3, each having a diameter or one side of an electric length of about 1/2 wavelength, are arranged on a ground plate 1 with an arbitrary interval. A first feed port 4 and a second feed port 5 provided on the plate 2 are arranged so that straight lines, connecting the positions of the respective feeding ports to the center point of the plate 2 cross each other at right angles. A third feed port 6 and a fourth feed port 7 provided on the plate 3 are arranged so that the straight lines connecting the positions of the respective feed ports to the center point of the plate 3 cross each other at right angles, and that these straight lines have an angle of 45° with respect to the straight lines connecting the position of the first feed port to the center point of the plate 2, and with respect to the straight line connecting the position of the second feed port to the center point of the plate 2.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004085670-A (JP)
Title: Camera
Inventor: AIKAWA SATOSHI
IPC: G03B17/18
Filed: 2002-08-23
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To intelligibly display a photographing mode selected by a mode dial by a display device so that natural operational feeling may be obtained.  <P>SOLUTION: In the camera, a mode selected by dial operation is displayed by using an icon. In the case of selecting respective modes in a 1st zone and a 2nd zone whose photographing modes are different by the dial, the moving direction of the icon at the time of selecting the mode in the 1st zone from the boundary part of the respective zones is made the same as the moving direction of the icon at the time of selecting the mode in the 2nd zone from the boundary part of the respective zones.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004081291-A (JP)
Title: Eyelash curler
Inventor: FURUKAWA TOSHIYUKI
IPC: A45D2/48
Filed: 2002-08-23
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an eyelash curler allowing a user to adjust curvatures of an upper pressing body and a lower pressing body by oneself to just fit the eyelash curler to an eyelash border line, not causing deterioration of a feeling of use by a pull of eyelashes, and capable of making the finishing of a curl beautiful.  <P>SOLUTION: A pair of finger levers 1, 2 opening and closing in a scissors type are continuously formed with bifurcated support rods 3, 4 wherein an interval therebetween is variable, and the support rods 3, 4 are journaled by a support shaft member 5 having a variable support shaft-interval dimension with the support rods 3, 4 crossed. The arc-shaped upper pressing body 6 having the freely-variable curvature is bridged across the upper ends of one support rod 3, and the arc-shaped lower pressing body 7 having the freely-variable curvature is bridged vertically movably along the support rod 3 below the upper pressing body 6. Lower end parts of a link rod 8 are turnably connected to the upper ends of the other support rod 4, and an upper part of the link rod 8 is turnably connected to the lower pressing body 7.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004087703-A (JP)
Title: Method for manufacturing semiconductor integrated circuit device
Inventor: TAMURA MANABU
IPC: H01L29/737
Filed: 2002-08-26
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device which can be further accelerated by reducing an external base resistance without imparting an influence of a heat treatment to an intrinsic base layer and holding base and collector connecting areas small.  <P>SOLUTION: A graft base 45 formed directly under a sidewall is formed before laminating of an epitaxial base layer 21. Deteriorating of crystallizability of the epitaxial base layer or spreading of the base due to diffusion of a dopant of the base layer caused by heating the base layer by the heat treatment in association with the formation of the graft base like prior art is prevented. Since the graft base 45 is formed before the base layer 21 is laminated, a dopant concentration of the base 45 can be raised enough without deteriorating the characteristics of the base layer.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004088377-A (JP)
Title: Interphone system
Inventor: MAEDA HIROKO
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2002-08-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interphone system wherein even an in-home speech terminal not forming a speech path can grasp a visitor at the outside of a home and its surrounding state.  <P>SOLUTION: When a reply button is operated, a control section 6 of an interphone master unit A1 forms a speech path with a doorphone slave unit B by starting a speech processing section 5 to allow a speech between the interphone master unit A1 and the doorphone slave unit B. On the other hand, a control section 16 of an interphone sub master unit A2 allows a control signal transmission reception section 18 to receive a reply control signal transmitted from the interphone master unit A1 and starts a reception processing section 19 when a reply button of an operation section 14 is operated to receive a reception signal from the doorphone slave unit B to the interphone master unit A1 via a speech line and the reception processing section 19 and to monitor the reception signal through a sound output from a speaker 12, to stop the reception processing section 19 when the control signal transmission reception section 18 receives an end control signal transmitted from the interphone master unit A1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004082257-A (JP)
Title: Striking speed-variable impact tool
Inventor: KASHIMOTO KENJI
IPC: F15B11/02
Filed: 2002-08-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a striking speed-variable impact tool capable of controlling a striking speed without complicating and enlarging a constitution, and coping with cases that a low striking speed and a low striking force are needed, and the high striking speed and a high striking force are needed.  <P>SOLUTION: This striking speed-variable impact tool comprises an impact tool body 1 operated by hydraulic oil, an operation start detecting means 8 for detecting the start of the operation of the tool body 1, a timer device 7 for counting a predetermined time after the start of the operation, and hydraulic oil supply amount control means 2, 6 for increasing the striking speed by increasing the amount of the hydraulic oil supplied to the impact tool body per unit time after the lapse of a specific time.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003191091-A (JP)
Title: Welding process including relaxation of residual stress
Inventor: ALLEGRE PIERRE
IPC: B23K31/00
Filed: 2002-08-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide different processes for relaxing a residual stress in a welding process in which an added material is accumulated in a plurality of paths of a joint between two members.  <P>SOLUTION: In a welded joint accumulated at each of successive paths, a bulb (6) formed on a first path is immediately cut to be flattened before a following path on the backside of each member (1) and (2) to be joined in order to limit a plastic deformation at the welded area.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004082669-A (JP)
Title: Inkjet printer head
Inventor: SUZUKI YOSHIBUMI
IPC: B41J2/14
Filed: 2002-08-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inkjet printer head which enables stable ink jetting by more surely preventing generation of an unnecessary capacitance, and can promote production by simplifying assembling processes.  <P>SOLUTION: A common electrode 25 formed on the lowermost stage piezoelectric sheet 22 comprises a shape corresponding to a discrete electrode 24, and projections 25b corresponding to extension parts 24a at both sides of the shape. In other words, the common electrode 25 is formed into a size which includes a region where the discrete electrode 24 and its extension parts 24a are projected. Even when the discrete electrode 24 is nearest to a cavity plate 14, the common electrode 25 intervenes between the discrete electrode 24 and the cavity plate 14. Therefore, a voltage impressed to the discrete electrode 24 is suppressed not to leak to the cavity plate 14, preventing the unnecessary capacitance between the common electrode 25 and the cavity plate 14 via ink. Jetting of ink is prevented from being instable, or abnormal jetting is prevented.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004092933-A (JP)
Title: Refrigeration cycle
Inventor: IIJIMA KENJI
IPC: F25B43/02
Filed: 2002-08-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent heat generation of a compressor without providing a special element, improve cycle efficiency by reduction of temperature of discharge refrigerant, save a space, and reduce a cost.  <P>SOLUTION: Refrigeration cycle is constituted by the compressor using carbon dioxide as refrigerant to feed the refrigerant under pressure, a gas cooler cooling the refrigerant fed by the compressor under pressure, an internal heat exchanger performing heat exchange of the refrigerant between a high pressure line and a low pressure line, and an oil separator 8 separating the refrigerant from lubricating oil. The oil separator 8 is arranged between an outlet of the gas cooler and an inlet of a high pressure side heat exchanger of the internal heat exchanger and is provided with an oil leading means for returning separated lubricating oil into a suction port of the compressor.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004090750-A (JP)
Title: Suspension arm
Inventor: SUZUKI TOMOYUKI
IPC: B60G3/28
Filed: 2002-08-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a suspension arm of sufficient rigidity which is easily manufactured by processing one steel plate.  <P>SOLUTION: In the suspension arm 1 in which a main component of an open section with a lower side opened is formed by pressing one plate, and a vehicle body side fitting part and a wheel side fitting part are provided on the major component, an extension part 1a of the major component extending toward the wheel side fitting part comprises a basic surface 8 and front and rear longitudinal wall surfaces 9 formed by folding edge parts downwardly from the basic surface 8, and a projecting/recessed shape 21 is formed on the wheel side fitting part side of the front and rear longitudinal wall surfaces 9.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004090396-A (JP)
Title: Recording sheet for inkjet
Inventor: TAKEUCHI TSUNEKATSU
IPC: B41M5/00
Filed: 2002-08-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet for inkjet recording excellent in ink absorbing properties in an inkjet printer on a non-ink receiving layer face of the sheet for inkjet recording and excellent in pen writing suitability.  <P>SOLUTION: In the sheet for inkjet recording with at least one ink receiving layer on one face of a base paper, the non-ink receiving layer face is made to have a value measured by the Cobb method under a contact time of 10 s of 250-330 g/m<SP>2</SP>before a size press process of a paper making machine and 10-20 g/m<SP>2</SP>after treating with a sizing liquid, and have a degree of size for pen writing of ≥5.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004092788-A (JP)
Title: Ball screw device
Inventor: HAYASHI EIJI
IPC: F16H25/22
Filed: 2002-08-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the noise externally emitted from the inside of a nut in addition to the prevention of the damage of a ball when scooping up the ball and the enhancement in load capacity without increasing the ball number per circuit (increasing the number of turns).  <P>SOLUTION: This ball screw device has a screw shaft having a spiral screw groove on the circumferential surface, the nut 5 having a screw groove corresponding to the screw groove of the screw shaft and freely fitted to the screw shaft, and a number of balls charged in a load raceway formed between both the screw grooves so as to be capable of rolling. A side cap 7 having a ball circulating passage for scooping the ball rolled on the load raceway in the direction matched to the lead angle of both the screw grooves and returning it to the load raceway is mounted on a mount surface 8 provided on the circumferential part of the nut 5, and a sound insulating member 30 is put on the side cap 7.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004063437-A (JP)
Title: Grip part detecting apparatus
Inventor: ITO ISAO
IPC: H01H35/00
Filed: 2002-07-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a grip part detecting apparatus capable of obtaining an electrical signal proportional to a gripping pressure by using a flexible resistance change detecting material of which the electrical resistance is varied with variations in shape.  <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus is configured by using the flexible resistance change detecting material of silicon rubber in which carbon particles are dispersed, integrating a resistance change detecting part with a terminal part, providing an opening part with a part of the apparatus and integrating an outer circumferential part with insulating rubber or the like.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004093028-A (JP)
Title: Electric expansion valve
Inventor: UMEZAWA HITOSHI
IPC: F25B41/06
Filed: 2002-08-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly return to refrigerant pressure not more than prescribed pressure when refrigerant pressure not less than the prescribed pressure is generated.  <P>SOLUTION: A fluid inlet 3 and a fluid outlet 6 are arranged in a block body 1, and a valve seat fitting hole 9 is formed in a bottom part of a valve chest 8 formed in a fluid passage between these inlet-outlet. A valve seat 40 is arranged in the valve seat fitting hole, and a valve element 34 is arranged for opening-closing the fluid passage by contacting with and separating from the valve seat by an electric valve element operating part 20. When fluid pressure not less than the prescribed pressure acts on the fluid passage, a flow rate is increased by a load of the fluid pressure. Therefor, first prescribed pressure and second prescribed pressure higher than that pressure are set as the prescribed pressure. The valve seat is moved to the first prescribed pressure, and a bypass hole 51 is arranged in an inlet passage 4 to the second prescribed pressure, and the bypass hole is opened-closed by a fluid pressure control valve 50 for opening-closing the bypass hole.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003178979-A (JP)
Title: Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
Inventor: YAMAZAKI SHUNPEI
IPC: G02F1/1368
Filed: 2002-08-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique of forming a crystalline semiconductor film with orientation put in order by controlling the crystal orientation, and of obtaining a crystalline semiconductor film with reduced impurity concentration.  <P>SOLUTION: The method comprises forming a first semiconductor region on a substrate transparent in a visible spectrum region, forming a barrier film covering the first semiconductor region, forming a heat insulating film covering the upper and side surfaces of the first semiconductor region through the barrier film, crystallizing the first semiconductor region by scanning a continuous oscillation laser beam from one end of the first semiconductor region to the other end of the same through the substrate, and forming a second semiconductor region by etching the first semiconductor region into a TFT active layer after removal of the protective film and the barrier film. A pattern of the second semiconductor region formed by the etching is formed such that a scanning direction of the laser beam and a channel length direction in the TFT are substantially coincident each other in order to smooth the drift of a carrier.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Patent JP-2004096011-A (JP)
Title: Minute wiring forming method
Inventor: KITAGAWA YASUO
IPC: H05K3/02
Filed: 2002-09-03
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a minute wiring forming method which satisfies reductions in size, thickness and cost and further obtain high reliability and a stable property.  <P>SOLUTION: Minute wiring are formed on a substrate 1 by a process for forming line electrodes of conductive films 4 on whose upper surface protection films 6 are formed and a process for reattaching a structure material of the substrate 1 to sides of the line electrodes to form protection films 7. The whole surfaces of the conductive films 4 are covered with the protection films 6 and those 7 to improve the reliability of the line electrodes. Further, forming the minute interconnections by using anisotropic etching, makes one process sufficient for processes using a photolithography technique, so that a process with a reduced manufacturing cost can be performed. Furthermore, an applicable scope of a protection film material and in the formation thereof is wide, so that the minute and high-aspect ratio wirings can be formed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004092614-A (JP)
Title: Air flow sensor failure deciding device
Inventor: TAKIZAWA OSAMU
IPC: G01F1/10
Filed: 2002-09-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a failure detecting means to relax the limit of an operation region where the failure of an AFS is detected to enable the increase of frequency of failure detection.  <P>SOLUTION: The failure detecting device detects the trouble of an air flow sensor for an internal combustion engine provided with the air flow sensor situated in an intake air passage; a throttle; and a pressure sensor situated downstream of the throttle, and the device is provided with a first calculating part to calculate a first intake air amount based on an output signal from the air flow sensor; and a deciding part to decide the failure of the air flow sensor through comparison between the first intake air amount and the second intake air amount. Decision of the failure is performed based on comparison between the first intake air amount calculated based on an air flow sensor output and the second intake air amount calculated based on the output of the pressure sensor situated downstream of the throttle of the intake air passage.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004099655-A (JP)
Title: Polyester
Inventor: TOKUMIZU MAKOTO
IPC: C08G63/06
Filed: 2002-09-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To industrially provide a polyester having good heat resistance, good chemical resistance, and persistent transparency.  <P>SOLUTION: The polyester comprises units represented by formula (1). In the polyester, the content of a cyclic member represented by formula (2) is 0.05 mass% or smaller. In formulae (1) and (2), X and Y are each hydrogen, an alkyl group, or a phenyl group; n is an integer of 10-5,000; m is an integer of 2 or greater; and Z is a direct bond, a 1-3C alkylene group, or a phenylene group.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004068555-A (JP)
Title: Multi-purpose air panel
Inventor: NEGISHI SOSUKE
IPC: E04H15/20
Filed: 2002-08-02
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple roof for protecting a workshop from sudden rain in outside work such as in a construction field.  <P>SOLUTION: A fiber material (1) is cut; an end face is adhered for forming a closed body (2); an air valve (3) with a check valve is provided in the closed body; and a plurality of fixing tools (4) are fitted to the end face.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2003150284-A (JP)
Title: Storage device
Inventor: NAGAE YUKARI
IPC: G06F1/32
Filed: 2002-09-06
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize the low power consumption of peripheral equipment and a peripheral equipment controller, and to provide an LSI for peripheral control capable of reducing power consumption as much as possible while reducing the burden of an outer processor or the like, and to reduce the power consumption in a command waiting state from the outer processor or the like, and to maintain satisfactory responsiveness in the peripheral controller, and especially, to easily reduce the current consumption of an SCSI system. SOLUTION: This peripheral controller connected to a bus for controlling peripheral equipment to a processing means such as a processor connected to the bus is provided with an activation start detecting means for detecting the start of an access from the processing means through the bus, an activation end detecting means for detecting the end of an operation based on the access, and a power consumption control means for controlling the power consumption of the peripheral controller corresponding to the outputs of the activation start detecting means and the activation end detecting means.