Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Yamada

Hirokazu Yamada 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).

  • Patent number: 8830518
    Abstract: An image data management apparatus which provides a pull-print mark for a file which is expected to be printed at an externally connected image forming apparatus, that is, to be subjected to pull-printing. It is possible to provide the pull-print mark for a plural number of files. When a user commands pull-printing of such a file at an externally connected image forming apparatus, a search is made within the files provided with the pull-print mark. Thereby, the load on the image data management apparatus for searching the file is light. In order to permit a user to command pull-printing at a printer with a simple user interface, simple authentication codes may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Yamada, Yoshikazu Ikenoue
  • Patent number: 8814396
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus according to an embodiment includes an optical unit and a body. The Optical unit includes a light emitting module that has a light emitting element, a reflector that controls distribution of light from the light emitting module, and a unit supporting member that supports the light emitting module and the reflector. A plurality of optical units are mounted to the apparatus body such that each optical unit is detachable. And the body includes an irradiating portion that has an opening through which the optical units irradiate light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ishida, Akimichi Takahashi, Hirokazu Yamada, Makoto Kawagoe, Hiroyuki Kuramochi
  • Publication number: 20140160274
    Abstract: An omnidirectional camera comprises a camera mounting frame 6 of cylindrical hollow body, a plurality of horizontal camera units 7 each of which is provided on a horizontal plane orthogonal to a center line of the camera mounting frame 6 and adapted to acquire an image in a horizontal direction, a vertical camera unit 8 provided so as to coincide with the center line of the camera mounting frame 6 and adapted to acquire an image in a zenith direction, and a ring-like GPS antenna 19 provided so as to surround the vertical camera unit 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Takeshi Ishida, Jun Sasagawa, Tomohiro Abe, Hirokazu Yamada, Tetsuya Akimoto
  • Patent number: 8680158
    Abstract: A compound having inhibitory activity on the binding of a substance ? to a PTGS suppressor protein, wherein the substance ? has a property of inducing PTGS and a property of binding to the PTGS suppressor protein and shows a decrease in the property of inducing PTGS upon binding to the PTGS suppressor protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd., Hokkaido University
    Inventors: Shinsuke Sano, Takako Fukagawa, Hirokazu Yamada, Chikara Masuta, Hanako Shimura
  • Patent number: 8644483
    Abstract: A telephone relay apparatus stores peripheral telephone numbers of a plurality of peripheral telephone terminals scheduled to be located at the periphery of each specific terminal user. When a line connecting request from an outgoing telephone terminal of an arbitrary telephone outgoing user to a specific telephone terminal is received, connection of a telephone call execution line from the outgoing telephone terminal to the specific telephone terminal is tried. Therefore, when the connection is connected, a telephone call between the telephone outgoing user and the specific terminal user can be immediately made. However, when the telephone call execution line to the specific telephone terminal is not connected, the peripheral telephone terminal is selected in a transfer trying order, and connection of the telephone call execution line is tried with the peripheral telephone numbers in the transfer trying order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Arao, Teruharu Serada, Hirokazu Yamada, Noriaki Hayase, Takayuki Omino, Yasuaki Tsunemi, Kenichi Kamiya, Michio Nishioka
  • Patent number: 8617232
    Abstract: Present invention is a medical catheter apparatus used for implanting a vascular stent into a vessel of a living body comprising a catheter (2) provided with a balloon (3), on which a vascular stent (4) is mounted, and a sheath into which the catheter is relatively movably inserted. The catheter is provided at the middle portion with a guide wire leading-out opening (11) for leading out the inserted guide wire (9) toward the side direction of the catheter, the sheath is provided at a middle portion with a guide wire drawing-out opening (13) for drawing the guide wire drawn from the catheter out of the sheath, and a guide wire drawing-out guiding mechanism (14) is provided between the guide wire leading-out opening and the guide wire drawing-out opening for guiding the guide wire led out from the guide wire leading-out opening to the guide wire drawing-out opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Kyoto Medical Planning Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Igaki, Hirokazu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20130345787
    Abstract: A catheter apparatus comprising a catheter and a sheath are provided. The catheter has a distal end to which an insertion guiding member is attached, provided at its distal end with a balloon to expand a vascular stent, and provided with an expansion medium supplying channel for supplying an expansion medium to inflate the balloon and with a guide wire insertion channel for inserting a guide wire. The sheath is operated to move relative to the catheter between the section where it is covering the balloon attaching the vascular stent and the section where it is supposed to expose the vascular stent attached to the balloon. A first movement restrictor and a second movement restrictor are provided, thereby restricting movable position such that excessive movement of the sheath is restricted, injuring of a blood vessel is prevented and the stent is implanted to a desired site in a blood vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: KYOTO MEDICAL PLANNING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Igaki, Hirokazu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20130305811
    Abstract: The gas sensor includes a sensor element, a first insulator inside which the sensor element is inserted, a second insulator disposed on a proximal side of the first insulator so as to cover a proximal side of the sensor element, and a contact member held by the second insulator and sandwiching the sensor element. A proximal end portion of the first insulator and a distal end portion of the second insulator abut on each other in an axial direction. Each the proximal end portion and the distal end portion is provided with a positioning structure. The positioning structure is configured to restrict a relative movement between the first and second insulators in a sandwiching direction in which the sensor element is sandwiched by the contact member and in an orthogonal direction perpendicular to the sandwiching direction and in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi NODA, Hirokazu YAMADA, Satoshi HINO
  • Patent number: 8537704
    Abstract: A plurality of data communication terminals having a data display function is individually provided in each of a plurality of locations of use where general users individually check in. A user storage unit stores the user ID data and the location ID data with respect to each general user who has checked in, and a situation storage unit stores user situation data of the general user who has checked in, together with the user ID data. A group identification unit identifies the plurality of general users who have checked in as a group, and a listing display unit causes each of the data communication terminals in the plurality of locations of use where the general users of the group have checked in, to display a listing of at least the user ID data, the location ID data, and the user situation data of another member of the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Teruharu Serada, Shinya Arao, Hirokazu Yamada, Noriaki Hayase, Takayuki Omino, Yasuaki Tsunemi, Kenichi Kamiya, Michio Nishioka
  • Patent number: 8524379
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device capable of realizing both high light emitting efficiency and high reliability with an inexpensive structure is provided. The organic electroluminescence device includes an organic layer including a light emitting layer between an anode and a cathode. The anode has a laminated structure including a first layer composed of aluminum (Al) or an alloy containing aluminum as a main component and a second layer that is provided between the first layer and the organic layer and is composed of an alloy containing aluminum as a main component, and a resistance of the first layer is lower than a resistance of the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Yoshizaki, Hirokazu Yamada
  • Patent number: 8511862
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical unit includes a light emitting module having a light emitting element, a supporting substrate supporting the light emitting module, a reflector controlling distribution of light from the light emitting module, and a heat sink thermally connected to the supporting substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignees: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ishida, Akimichi Takahashi, Hirokazu Yamada, Makoto Kawagoe, Hiroyuki Kuramochi
  • Patent number: 8451982
    Abstract: A management apparatus of a notification system includes an interface unit that communicates with a store terminal used for a predetermined site work process by a site worker and an IP telephone terminal used for IP phone call, which are located at one work site; an accepting unit that accepts an emergency notification to the site worker; a display control unit that displays and outputs the accepted emergency notification on the store terminal via the interface unit; and a calling unit that calls the IP telephone terminal via the interface unit to make the site worker recognize the emergency notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Arao, Teruharu Serada, Hirokazu Yamada, Noriaki Hayase, Takayuki Omino, Yasuaki Tsunemi, Kenichi Kamiya, Michio Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20130131778
    Abstract: Present invention is a stent apparatus wherein a stent covering member holds a stent, which scaffolds a blood vessel from the inside when implanted in the blood vessel, in contracted state. The stent is formed of a biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA) as a tubular shape, shape memorized to a size capable of, when implanted in a vessel, scaffolding the blood vessel from the inside. This stent is held by the stent covering member in contracted state and mounted on a balloon of a balloon. The covering member is formed of a biodegradable polymer having elasticity as a cylindrical shape having an inner diameter to keep the stent in contracted state and, when the stent is expanded to the shape memorized shape, plastically deformed to release the holding of the stent. The stent and the stent covering member disappear in a vessel after they are implanted in the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: KYOTO MEDICAL PLANNING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Igaki, Hirokazu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20130100174
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a luminaire includes an image forming part, a display part, a light-emitting part and a control part. The image forming part is configured to form an image. The display part is configured to display the image formed. by the image forming part. The light-emitting part is configured to generate a light having directivity, and to irradiate the light through the display part to an irradiation area, with luminous intensity distribution of the light being controlled. The control part is configured to control the image forming part, the display part and the light-emitting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Yamada, Jun Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8379234
    Abstract: A document data processing apparatus comprising: an obtaining portion for obtaining transmitted document data; a giving portion for giving the obtained document data multiple pieces of recommended information to recommend an operation when outputting; and a transmitting portion for transmitting document data to a destination, the document data carrying multiple pieces of given recommended information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanobu Kuge, Kazuo Matoba, Hirokazu Yamada, Atsushi Ohshima
  • Publication number: 20120242837
    Abstract: An omnidirectional camera comprises two or more camera units 6, 7, a camera assembly 2 in which the two or more camera units are mounted, a heat shield cover 4 to accommodate the camera assembly, a heat insulating member interposed between the camera assembly and the heat shield cover, a space formed between the camera assembly and the heat shield cover, a required number of slit 36 formed in the heat shield cover and extending in up-and-down direction, and in the omnidirectional camera, the space communicates with an outside through the slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Jun Sasagawa, Hirokazu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20120245669
    Abstract: Medical catheter apparatus used for implanting a vascular stent into a vessel of a living body comprising a catheter including a distal portion where a balloon attaching a vascular stent is provided, and a sheath into which the catheter is inserted and to be moved relative to the catheter between the section where it covers the balloon on which a vascular stent is mounted and the section where it exposes the vascular stent mounted on the balloon. The sheath comprises a first tubular member covering the distal portion at which the balloon is provided, and a second tubular member covering the proximal portion of the catheter and connected with the first tubular member. The first tubular member is formed of a tubular member capable of flexible deformation and the second tubular member is formed of a tubular member less extensible in the axial direction than the first tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Kyoto Medical Planning Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Igaki, Hirokazu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20120242786
    Abstract: An omnidirectional camera comprises a camera assembly 2 having two or more horizontal camera units 6 provided radiantly and a cover 4 for accommodating the camera assembly, and in the omnidirectional camera, a lens hole 37, through which an objective lens of the horizontal camera units come out, is formed on the cover, a lens hood 38 is provided on the cover concentrically with the lens hole, the lens hood has a shape of surface which does not intercept a field angle of the horizontal camera units, and a maximum height of the lens hood is larger than a protruding amount of the objective lens from the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Jun Sasagawa, Hirokazu Yamada
  • Publication number: 20120242785
    Abstract: An omnidirectional camera comprises a camera mounting frame 5 of a cylindrical hollow body, two or more first mount blocks 8 which hold a first lens unit 9 in a horizontal posture and are installed to the camera mounting frame from a horizontal direction, and first circuit boards provided on inner end surfaces of the first mount blocks, and in the omnidirectional camera, the camera mounting frame and the first mount blocks are made of materials with good heat transfer properties, the first circuit board has a ground layer formed on an abutting surface with respect to the first mount block and a first image pickup element arranged on an optical axis of the first lens unit, and the heat generated from the first image pickup element is radiated from the first mount block and the camera mounting frame through the ground layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventors: Jun Sasagawa, Hirokazu Yamada
  • Patent number: D675771
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Hirokazu Yamada