Patents by Inventor Akihiko Fujiwara

Akihiko Fujiwara has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20130236528
    Abstract: The present invention provides an allergen inhibitor which effectively prevents allergens from reacting with specific antibodies, mitigates the allergic symptoms or prevents appearance thereof, and is less likely to cause unpredictable discoloration and discoloration under usual conditions. The allergen inhibitor of the present invention comprises an allergen-inhibiting compound including a linear polymer having at least one of substituents represented by the formulas (1) to (3) at a side chain. Thus, the allergen inhibitor of the present invention shows excellent allergen-inhibiting effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko FUJIWARA, Taro SUZUKI, Mitsuhito TERAMOTO, Taro SUZUKI, Mitsuhito TERAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8454735
    Abstract: The present invention provides an allergen inhibitor which effectively prevents allergens from reacting with specific antibodies, mitigates the allergic symptoms or prevents appearance thereof, and is less likely to cause unpredictable discoloration and discoloration under usual conditions. The allergen inhibitor of the present invention comprises an allergen-inhibiting compound including a linear polymer having at least one of substituents represented by the formulas (1) to (3) at a side chain. Thus, the allergen inhibitor of the present invention shows excellent allergen-inhibiting effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Fujiwara, Taro Suzuki, Mitsuhito Teramoto
  • Patent number: 8444961
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an RNA virus infection inhibitor that is capable of effectively inhibiting humans from being infected with RNA viruses to prevent the occurrence of symptoms or, even when symptoms occur, to relieve the symptoms and is less likely to cause unexpected discoloration or discoloration under normal service conditions. The RNA virus infection inhibitor comprises an RNA virus infection-inhibiting compound comprising a linear polymer having, in its side chain, at least one of substituents having structural formulas represented by general formulas (1) to (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Akamine, Akihiko Fujiwara, Taro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8436119
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an allergen suppressor exerting an effect of suppressing an allergen under humidities normally used, and an allergen-suppression processed fiber, which can suppress an allergen adhering to fibers automatically without applying an allergen-suppression process and a method of producing the same. That is, the present invention is an allergen suppressor, which contains a hydrophilic polymer and a component suppressing an allergen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taro Suzuki, Mitsuhito Teramoto, Akihiko Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8404793
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an allergen suppressor exerting an effect of suppressing an allergen under humidities normally used, and an allergen-suppression processed fiber, which can suppress an allergen adhering to fibers automatically without applying an allergen-suppression process and a method of producing the same. That is, the present invention is an allergen suppressor, which contains a hydrophilic polymer and a component suppressing an allergen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taro Suzuki, Mitsuhito Teramoto, Akihiko Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20130070305
    Abstract: A printed image erasing system in an embodiment is configured to erase image information obtained by printing both characteristic identification information and document information or only the document information with an erasable color material on a printing medium, comprising: a printer unit configured to print the image information on the printing medium; an erasing unit configured to erase an image printed on the printing medium with the erasable color material; a reading unit configured to read the characteristic identification information on the printing medium to be erased by the erasing unit; and a document management unit configured to manage an erasability condition of the document information on the basis of the characteristic identification information and instruct the printer unit to output new document information according to the erasability condition of the document information that is contained in the characteristic identification information read by the reading unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicants: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hajime Tomizawa, Akihiko Fujiwara, Shunichi Megawa, Masaaki Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 8230365
    Abstract: There is provided a technique which can contribute to the improvement of management efficiency of a document file. Metadata relating to a document as a management object are acquired, and the plural metadata are hierarchically displayed in a tree form based on respective attributes of the acquired plural metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Kaisha, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Tomizawa, Akihiko Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8189920
    Abstract: A technique that can contribute to a reduction in an operation burden in managing a processing result of semantic determination processing applied to objects included in an image is provided. An object included in an image of image data is extracted. A semantic of the object in a layout of the image data is determined. When it is determined that plural objects have an identical semantic, a display unit is caused to notify information concerning the plural objects, which are determined as having the semantic, in association with information concerning the semantic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Tomizawa, Akihiko Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20120093763
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an RNA virus infection inhibitor that is capable of effectively inhibiting humans from being infected with RNA viruses to prevent the occurrence of symptoms or, even when symptoms occur, to relieve the symptoms and is less likely to cause unexpected discoloration or discoloration under normal service conditions. The RNA virus infection inhibitor comprises an RNA virus infection-inhibiting compound comprising a linear polymer having, in its side chain, at least one of substituents having structural formulas represented by general formulas (1) to (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Takayuki Akamine, Akihiko Fujiwara, Taro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20110317216
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data processing apparatus includes a communicating unit, a managing unit, and a control unit. The communicating unit communicates with a plurality of external apparatuses. The managing unit manages first process information on a first process that is performed by a first external apparatus in the plurality of external apparatuses, and a first process result corresponding to the first process. The control unit transmits the first process result to a second external apparatus of a plurality of external apparatuses on the basis of the first process information, in accordance with a trouble of the first external apparatus, and gives an instruction of performing a second process following the first process with the second external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicants: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Akihiko Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20110154791
    Abstract: The present invention provides an allergen inhibitor which effectively prevents allergens from reacting with specific antibodies, mitigates the allergic symptoms or prevents appearance thereof, and is less likely to cause unpredictable discoloration and discoloration under usual conditions. The allergen inhibitor of the present invention comprises an allergen-inhibiting compound including a linear polymer having at least one of substituents represented by the formulas (1) to (3) at a side chain. Thus, the allergen inhibitor of the present invention shows excellent allergen-inhibiting effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Akihiko Fujiwara, Taro Suzuki, Mitsuhito Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20110102826
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a user information acquiring unit, a scanner, a display, a processing unit, and a printer. The user information acquiring unit acquires user information. The scanner scans a document image added with a tracking ID. The display displays a list of selectable destinations according to the tracking ID extracted from the image scanned by the scanner and the user information acquired by the user information acquiring unit. The processing unit acquires the tracking ID added to a print for destinations selected out of the list of the destinations displayed on the display and acquires print data obtained by combining the acquired tracking ID and the document image scanned by the scanner. The printer prints the print data acquired by the processing unit on a recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiko Fujiwara, Kazuhiro Ogura, Toshihiro Ida, Hajime Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 7839530
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus receives, from a server connected to a network, a notification that a module operating units composing the apparatus can be added. The apparatus requests distribution of a program including the module to the server. Further, when a function of the module can be realized from information of the module stored in each hierarchy composing the program of the apparatus acquired each predetermined period and information of main and option devices, the server transmits program distributing information including the module. The device stores the module in an area of a predetermined hierarchy on the basis of the program distributing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiko Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20100290075
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a document managing system includes a user authentication unit configured to acquire user information of a user, a read unit configured to read a manuscript and read manuscript trace information given to the manuscript, a determination unit configured to determine, in case of copying the manuscript, whether the user is authorized to copy the manuscript based on the user information read in the user authentication unit and the manuscript trace information, and an image output unit configured to, if the determination unit determines that the user is authorized to copy, output an image including new trace information readable in a read unit along with the manuscript read in the read unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ogura, Toshihiro Ida, Akihiko Fujiwara, Hajime Tomizawa
  • Publication number: 20100292985
    Abstract: A document management apparatus is aimed at easily processing, managing and reusing newly taken image data in accordance with user's needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akihiko Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20100271650
    Abstract: A data providing method comprises performing contactless communication with a mobile device brought close to the relay, selecting an appropriate workspace that is appropriate for unique information representing the status of the contactless communication with the mobile device from a plurality of workspaces that collects a plurality of information related to each task, sending information of the selected appropriate workspace to the mobile device by the contactless communication, and allowing the mobile device to access the appropriate workspace in response to an access request for the appropriate workspace from the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hajime Tomizawa, Akihiko Fujiwara, Shinji Makishima, Kazuhiro Ogura, Akihiro Mizutani, Toshihiro Ida, Yusuke Hamada
  • Patent number: 7778953
    Abstract: A document management apparatus according to the invention is aimed at easily processing, managing and reusing newly taken image data in accordance with user's needs. The apparatus includes: a document area analyzing unit; a text information analyzing unit; a text information semantic analysis unit; a managing unit; an integrated information presenting unit; and a user-designated semantic setting unit capable of allowing the user to change the semantics of the text information presented by the integrated information presenting unit and to set the changed semantics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiko Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7772805
    Abstract: A charge/discharge protection circuit that protects a secondary battery from overcharge, over-discharge, charge over-current, and discharge over-current is disclosed. The charge/discharge protection circuit includes an overcharge detection circuit, an over-discharge detection circuit, a charge over-current detection circuit, a discharge over-current detection circuit, a charge control FET that is turned off when overcharge is detected and when charge over-current is detected, a discharge control FET that is turned off when over-discharge is detected and when discharge over-current is detected, and a charger connection recovery circuit that controls on/off operations of the discharge control FET. When connection with a charger is established at a time over-discharge is detected and the discharge control FET is turned off, the discharge control FET is forcefully turned on after a first predetermined time elapses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norifumi Yamamoto, Akihiko Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20100192053
    Abstract: A workflow system stores types of input information input which are input to activities that are constitution units of a workflow in an activity input information type storage module, stores types of output information which are output from the activities in an activity output information type storage module, determines input information needed for a workflow constituted by a plurality of the activities depending on the types of the input and output information of the activities stored in the activity input information type storage module and the activity output information type storage module, and provides a design environment for designing an input form to input the determined input information needed for the workflow, thereby creating the input form designed in the design environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akihiko Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7754803
    Abstract: A resin composition, substrate material, sheet, laminated board, resin-bearing copper foil, copper-clad laminate, TAB tape, printed circuit board, prepreg and adhesive sheet are provided which exhibit improved physical properties, dimensional stability, heat resistance and flame retardance, particularly high-temperature physical properties. A resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin and 0.1-65 parts by weight of an inorganic compound, the resin composition having a mean linear expansion coefficient (?2) of 1.0×10?3 [° C.?1] or below over the temperature range from a temperature 10° C. higher than a glass transition temperature of the resin composition to a temperature 50° C. higher than the glass transition temperature of the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Fujiwara, Koichi Shibayama, Hidenobu Deguchi