Patents by Inventor Hideo Onodera
Hideo Onodera 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).
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Patent number: 11737727Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a body, a plurality of wheels, and control circuitry. The body sends and receives ultrasonic waves to generate an ultrasonic image. The plurality of wheels supports and moves the body. The assist wheel is electrically driven, and assists movement of the body. The control circuitry is configured to control switching between grounded and ungrounded of the assist wheel to a floor.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hideo Onodera, Shingo Toyoda, Shinichiro Kikuchi, Shuta Fujiwara, Yuji Kuwana
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Publication number: 20220054107Abstract: In one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a main body configured to generate an ultrasonic image; a body housing configured to house the main body; a display/operation panel configured to operate the main body and display the ultrasonic image; and a lifter on which the display/operation panel is placed, the lifter being attached to the body housing and configured to adjust height of the display/operation panel from a floor in each of an electric mode and a manual mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hideo ONODERA, Shingo TOYODA, Shinichiro KIKUCHI, Shuta FUJIWARA, Yuji KUWANA
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Publication number: 20210100529Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a body, a plurality of wheels, and control circuitry. The body sends and receives ultrasonic waves to generate an ultrasonic image. The plurality of wheels supports and moves the body. The assist wheel is electrically driven, and assists movement of the body. The control circuitry is configured to control switching between grounded and ungrounded of the assist wheel to a floor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hideo ONODERA, Shingo TOYODA, Shinichiro KIKUCHI, Shuta FUJIWARA, Yuji KUWANA
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Publication number: 20180368806Abstract: According to one embodiment, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a main body housing, an arm, a device, a table, and an avoiding mechanism. The arm is mounted to the main body housing so as to be capable of ascending and descending and pivotable about a predetermined axis. The device is supported by the arm so as to be capable of ascending and descending and pivotable according to the movement of the arm. The table has a surface which is positioned in a descending direction of the arm and the device, and an object is placed on the surface. The avoiding mechanism changes a relative position between the object and a support position of ascending and descending movement of the arm such that interference between the object and at least one of the arm and the device due to the descending movement of the arm is avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo TOYODA, Hideo Onodera, Shinichiro Kikuchi, Teruki Hagihara, Tomohiro Fujita
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Patent number: 9649088Abstract: After an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is temporally placed on the receptacle of a docking cart to relieve a weight load, the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is placed at a predetermined position by sliding the apparatus while guiding it along the shapes of the edges of the receptacle. After the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is slid on the receptacle and rear foot portions come into contact with the stoppers of the receptacle, the front side of the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is placed on the receptacle. With this operation, front foot portions are fitted in fitting portions, and the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is placed at an accurate position on the receptacle. In addition, when an operator places the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus on the receptacle or lifts the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus from the receptacle, the fingers which grasp the apparatus are placed in the recessed portions of the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2009Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Katsuya Hirakui, Hideo Onodera, Takatoshi Okumura, Kazuhito Nakata, Hironobu Hongou, Hiroyuki Shibanuma, Takayuki Shiina
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Patent number: 9073845Abstract: This invention provides a method for producing acrolein and/or acrylic acid by catalytic gas-phase oxidation, which method makes it possible to carry out a continuous operation steadily for a long period of time while a high yield is maintained. This method is characterized by comprising filling each of reaction tubes of a fixed-bed multitubular reactor with at least two species of catalysts each of which essentially comprises, as catalytically active components, oxide of molybdenum, oxide of bismuth and oxide of iron and/or composite oxide of at least two of said elements, said at least two species of catalysts being different in the ratio of D1/D2, D1 denoting the proportion of the total pore volume of pores whose pore diameter falls within the range of at least 0.03 ?m and less than 0.3 ?m to the total pore volume of the whole pores, and D2 denoting the proportion of the total pore volume of pores whose pore diameter falls within the range of at least 0.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoatsu Kawano, Hideo Onodera
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Patent number: 8961424Abstract: An ultrasound image diagnosis apparatus executing lighting-on and lighting-off of a lighting device by detecting an identification (ID) data of a probe or an operation on an operation panel. The ultrasound image diagnosis also includes a lighting device configured to identify a usage state or non-usage state of the ultrasound probe by a lighting color. While an ultrasound examination is performed in a dimly-lit room, a visibility of an ultrasound probe connector can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Sato, Katsuya Hirakui, Katsuteru Kuramata, Hideo Onodera
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Publication number: 20150045581Abstract: This invention provides a method for producing acrolein and/or acrylic acid by catalytic gas-phase oxidation, which method makes it possible to carry out a continuous operation steadily for a long period of time while a high yield is maintained. This method is characterized by comprising filling each of reaction tubes of a fixed-bed multitubular reactor with at least two species of catalysts each of which essentially comprises, as catalytically active components, oxide of molybdenum, oxide of bismuth and oxide of iron and/or composite oxide of at least two of said elements, said at least two species of catalysts being different in the ratio of D1/D2, D1 denoting the proportion of the total pore volume of pores whose pore diameter falls within the range of at least 0.03 ?m and less than 0.3 ?m to the total pore volume of the whole pores, and D2 denoting the proportion of the total pore volume of pores whose pore diameter falls within the range of at least 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Tomoatsu Kawano, Hideo Onodera
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Patent number: 8404889Abstract: The invention offers an improvement in a process for start-up in the occasion of producing acrolein and acrylic acid by catalytically oxidizing propylene at vapor phase under high load conditions, the start-up meaning the step of increasing the propylene supply rate (loading) from the non-reacting condition to the prescribed reaction conditions. This process is characterized in that the propylene supply rate is increased in the start-up stage of the reaction until the prescribed composition of starting reactant gas and the flow rate of the starting reactant gas are obtained, while adjusting at least one of the reaction temperature, the composition of the starting reactant gas and flow rate of the starting reactant gas, so as to maintain the propylene conversion at not lower than 90 mol %, the maximum peak temperature of the catalyst layer in each reaction zone at no higher than 450° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michio Tanimoto, Hideo Onodera
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Patent number: 8318978Abstract: The invention offers an improvement in a process for start-up in the occasion of producing acrylic acid by catalytically oxidizing acrolein at vapor phase under high load conditions, the start-up meaning the step of increasing the acrolein supply rate (loading) from the non-reacting condition to the prescribed reaction conditions. This process is characterized in that the acrolein supply rate is increased in the start-up stage of the reaction until the prescribed composition of starting reactant gas and the flow rate of the starting reactant gas are obtained, while adjusting at least one of the reaction temperature, the composition of the starting reactant gas and the flow rate of the starting reactant gas, so as to maintain the acrolein conversion at not lower than 90 mol %, the maximum peak temperature of the catalyst layer in each reaction zone at no higher than 400° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michio Tanimoto, Hideo Onodera
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Patent number: 7986354Abstract: A method for correcting a pixel defect of a solid-state image pickup device includes acquiring deviation of image signals obtained by imaging respective spectral lights at specific image pickup position or at vicinities of the specific image pickup position by image pickup device; comparing the deviation with a reference value; detecting a pixel defect in an image pickup device which has imaged one of the spectral lights based on the comparing result; and correcting a pixel defect. For each detected pixel defect, at least address in an image frame, deviation, and information specifying one of the spectral lights are stored, and a determination on a pixel defect correction is made based on the above information.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2009Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.Inventors: Hideo Onodera, Hirokazu Kono
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Publication number: 20100292577Abstract: An ultrasound image diagnosis apparatus executing lighting-on and lighting-off of a lighting device by detecting an identification (ID) data of a probe or an operation on an operation panel. The ultrasound image diagnosis also includes a lighting device configured to identify a usage state or non-usage state of the ultrasound probe by a lighting color. While an ultrasound examination is performed in a dimly-lit room, a visibility of an ultrasound probe connector can be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Sato, Katsuya Hirakui, Katsuteru Kuramata, Hideo Onodera
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Publication number: 20100249454Abstract: The invention offers an improvement in a process for start-up in the occasion of producing acrylic acid by catalytically oxidizing acrolein at vapor phase under high load conditions, the start-up meaning the step of increasing the acrolein supply rate (loading) from the non-reacting condition to the prescribed reaction conditions. This process is characterized in that the acrolein supply rate is increased in the start-up stage of the reaction until the prescribed composition of starting reactant gas and the flow rate of the starting reactant gas are obtained, while adjusting at least one of the reaction temperature, the composition of the starting reactant gas and the flow rate of the starting reactant gas, so as to maintain the acrolein conversion at not lower than 90 mol %, the maximum peak temperature of the catalyst layer in each reaction zone at no higher than 400° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Michio Tanimoto, Hideo Onodera
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Publication number: 20100249455Abstract: The invention offers an improvement in a process for start-up in the occasion of producing acrolein and acrylic acid by catalytically oxidizing propylene at vapor phase under high load conditions, the start-up meaning the step of increasing the propylene supply rate (loading) from the non-reacting condition to the prescribed reaction conditions. This process is characterized in that the propylene supply rate is increased in the start-up stage of the reaction until the prescribed composition of starting reactant gas and the flow rate of the starting reactant gas are obtained, while adjusting at least one of the reaction temperature, the composition of the starting reactant gas and flow rate of the starting reactant gas, so as to maintain the propylene conversion at not lower than 90 mol %, the maximum peak temperature of the catalyst layer in each reaction zone at no higher than 450° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Michio Tanimoto, Hideo Onodera
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Publication number: 20100056913Abstract: After an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is temporally placed on the receptacle of a docking cart to relieve a weight load, the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is placed at a predetermined position by sliding the apparatus while guiding it along the shapes of the edges of the receptacle. After the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is slid on the receptacle and rear foot portions come into contact with the stoppers of the receptacle, the front side of the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is placed on the receptacle. With this operation, front foot portions are fitted in fitting portions, and the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is placed at an accurate position on the receptacle. In addition, when an operator places the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus on the receptacle or lifts the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus from the receptacle, the fingers which grasp the apparatus are placed in the recessed portions of the receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Katsuya HIRAKUI, Hideo Onodera, Takatoshi Okumura, Kazuhito Nakata, Hironobu Hongou, Hiroyuki Shibanuma, Takayuki Shiina
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Publication number: 20090237533Abstract: A method for correcting a pixel defect of a solid-state image pickup device includes acquiring deviation of image signals obtained by imaging respective spectral lights at specific image pickup position or at vicinities of the specific image pickup position by image pickup device; comparing the deviation with a reference value; detecting a pixel defect in an image pickup device which has imaged one of the spectral lights based on the comparing result; and correcting a pixel defect. For each detected pixel defect, at least address in an image frame, deviation, and information specifying one of the spectral lights are stored, and a determination on a pixel defect correction is made based on the above information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.Inventors: Hideo ONODERA, Hirokazu KONO
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Patent number: 7566305Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasound probe and a main unit. The ultrasound probe includes a cable, a probe head coupled to one end of the cable, and a connector coupled to the other end of the cable. The probe head has an ultrasound transducer. The ultrasound probe is configured to transmit an ultrasound signal and receive an echo signal resulting from the ultrasound signal. The main unit has a concave portion into which the connector is inserted. The main unit is configured to receive the echo signal from the ultrasound probe and to process the echo signal so as to obtain an ultrasound image. The concave portion is slanted on a side surface of the main unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2005Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventor: Hideo Onodera
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Patent number: 7253309Abstract: This invention is related to a shell-and-tube type reactor provided with reaction tubes packed with a catalyst and adapted to circulate a heat medium to the fluid outside the tubes and is characterized by a method introducing a gas into the catalyst beds so as to retain the relative humidity of the catalyst in the range of more than 40% while elevating the temperature of the reactor thereby starting up the reactor. This method prevents the catalyst from degradation of activity due to absorption of moisture, exalts the service life of the catalyst, and permits stable production of methacrylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2003Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., LtdInventors: Hiroyuki Uhara, Kazuo Anyouji, Hideyuki Hironaka, Hideo Onodera
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Publication number: 20060099726Abstract: Capacitance sensor electrodes are arranged in a form of matrix on a semiconductor substrate and coated with a cover film. These capacitance sensor electrodes are connected to a drive circuit. ESD electrodes are arranged in the vicinities of corner portions of the capacitance sensor electrodes. Each ESD electrode is composed of a film containing, for example, aluminum excellent in conductivity and a TiN film formed thereon. The ESD electrodes are grounded through the semiconductor substrate. On each ESD electrode, a plurality of fine ESD holes reaching the ESD electrode from a surface of the cover film are formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2005Publication date: May 11, 2006Inventors: Masaki Ito, Hideo Onodera, Shigeru Iwamoto
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Patent number: 7009410Abstract: Capacitance sensor electrodes are arranged in a form of matrix on a semiconductor substrate and coated with a cover film. These capacitance sensor electrodes are connected to a drive circuit. ESD electrodes are arranged in the vicinities of corner portions of the capacitance sensor electrodes. Each ESD electrode is composed of a film containing, for example, aluminum excellent in conductivity and a TiN film formed thereon. The ESD electrodes are grounded through the semiconductor substrate. On each ESD electrode, a plurality of fine ESD holes reaching the ESD electrode from a surface of the cover film are formed.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Masaki Ito, Hideo Onodera, Shigeru Iwamoto