Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Itou
Hiroyuki Itou 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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Publication number: 20180158858Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image sensor and an electronic device that make it possible to suppress the trouble such as mixing color, stray light, and reduction of the contour resolution that can be caused in the image sensor having a structure in which the light shielding body is arranged on the light receiving element layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: YUSUKE MORIYA, KUNIHIKO HIKICHI, HIROYUKI ITOU, ATSUSHI YAMAMOTO, MASAHIKO SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20180108697Abstract: A deformation of a stacked lens is suppressed. A stacked lens structure has a configuration in which substrates with lenses having a lens disposed on an inner side of a through-hole formed in the substrate are bonded and stacked by direct bonding. The present technique can be applied to a camera module or the like in which a stacked lens structure in which at least three substrates with lenses including first to third substrates with lenses which are substrates with lenses in which a through-hole is formed in the substrate and a lens is formed on an inner side of the through-hole is integrated with a light receiving element, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyasu MATSUGAI, Hiroyuki ITOU, Suguru SAITO, Keiji OHSHIMA, Masanori IWASAKI, Toshihiko HAYASHI, Shuzo SATO, Nobutoshi FUJII, Hiroshi TAZAWA, Toshiaki SHIRAIWA, Minoru ISHIDA
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Publication number: 20180071346Abstract: The present invention provides a novel anticariogenic agent without side effects so that anticariogenic effect can also be obtained in humans who are highly sensitive to oligosaccharides and sugar alcohols. Also, an agent for preventing periodontal disease or for treating periodontal disease which has an effect of preventing or treating periodontal disease and which does not have side effects is provided. The invention relates to an anticariogenic agent and an anticariogenic composition comprising a bifidobacterium, an agent and a composition for preventing periodontal disease comprising a bifidobacterium and an agent and a composition for treating periodontal disease comprising a bifidobacterium.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: Meiji Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaki TERAHARA, Takeshi TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki ITOU
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Publication number: 20180037680Abstract: The invention provides an acrylic resin-based transparent substrate having an alignment layer spread thereon, wherein the photo-alignment layer and the substrate are kept tightly bonded to each other. The invention also provides a layered body having an acrylic resin-containing transparent substrate and, as formed on one surface of the transparent substrate by spreading and bonding thereto, a photo-alignment layer containing photo-responsive molecules capable of responding to light. According to the invention, there can be provided an acrylic resin-based transparent substrate having on the surface thereof, a photo-alignment layer having excellent adhesion force and containing photo-responsive molecules capable of responding to light.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2015Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: DIC CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Saito, Kazuki Obi, Hiroyuki Itou, Kouji Sato, Hiroshi Hasebe, Masanao Takashima, Fumiaki Kodera
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Patent number: 9708535Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photoalignment layer with a more reliable absorption anisotropy parameter as a photoalignment layer that allows for reduced AC image-sticking. Specifically, provided is a photoalignment layer, obtained by exposure to polarized UV radiation, that has a maximum ?A (=A1?A2, where A1 is the absorbance in a direction parallel to a vibration direction of the polarized UV radiation, and A2 is the absorbance in a direction parallel to the vibration direction of the polarized UV radiation) of 0.35 or more per micrometer of layer thickness in a range of 230 to 380 nm.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: DIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Hasebe, Fumiaki Kodera, Masanao Takashima, Isa Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Itou, Yutaka Kadomoto, Kazuki Obi, Yoshitaka Saitou, Yuuichirou Tani, Keisuke Fujisawa
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Publication number: 20170176656Abstract: An optical element is provided includes an optical layer having a flat incident surface on which light is incident and a wavelength-selective reflective layer disposed in the optical layer. Of light incident on the incident surface at an incident angle (?, ?), the optical element selectively directionally reflects light in at least one specific wavelength range in at least one direction other than a specular reflection direction (??, ?+180°) while transmitting light in at least one wavelength range other than the specific wavelength range, and is transparent to light in at least one wavelength range other than the specific wavelength range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Tsutomu NAGAHAMA, Hironori YOSHIDA, Masaharu SENOUE, Masashi ENOMOTO, Hiroyuki ITOU
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Publication number: 20170088777Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photoalignment layer with a more reliable absorption anisotropy parameter as a photoalignment layer that allows for reduced AC image-sticking. Specifically, provided is a photoalignment layer, obtained by exposure to polarized UV radiation, that has a maximum ?A (=A1?A2, where A1 is the absorbance in a direction parallel to a vibration direction of the polarized UV radiation, and A2 is the absorbance in a direction parallel to the vibration direction of the polarized UV radiation) of 0.35 or more per micrometer of layer thickness in a range of 230 to 380 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: DIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Hasebe, Fumiaki Kodera, Masanao Takashima, Isa Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Itou, Yutaka Kadomoto, Kazuki Obi, Yoshitaka Saitou, Yuuichirou Tani, Keisuke Fujisawa
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Patent number: 9588267Abstract: An optical element is provided includes an optical layer having a flat incident surface on which light is incident and a wavelength-selective reflective layer disposed in the optical layer. Of light incident on the incident surface at an incident angle (?, ?), the optical element selectively directionally reflects light in at least one specific wavelength range in at least one direction other than a specular reflection direction (??, ?+180°) while transmitting light in at least one wavelength range other than the specific wavelength range, and is transparent to light in at least one wavelength range other than the specific wavelength range.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Tsutomu Nagahama, Hironori Yoshida, Masaharu Senoue, Masashi Enomoto, Hiroyuki Itou
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Publication number: 20160206733Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an antibody titer-increasing agent, such as an adjuvant, capable of sustaining an effect achieved by, for example, vaccination, which is an antibody titer-increasing agent such as an adjuvant that is safe, convenient and economical and can be easily taken irrespective of age, and a method for manufacturing the same. A method for increasing an antibody titer and a method for enhancing the effect of a vaccine, each method comprising using Lactobacillus delbrueckii subspecies bulgaricus OLL1073R-1 or a culture thereof; and an antibody titer-increasing agent such as an adjuvant that comprises Lactobacillus delbrueckii subspecies bulgaricus OLL1073R-1 or a culture thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: Meiji Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiya Makino, Jun Henmi, Hiroshi Kano, Yukio Asami, Shuji Ikegami, Hiroyuki Itou, Yoshio Suzuki, Sachio Kawai, Keisuke Sawaki, Yasushi Okumura, Isao Nagaoka, Kazuyoshi Takeda
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Publication number: 20160003992Abstract: An optical element is provided includes an optical layer having a flat incident surface on which light is incident and a wavelength-selective reflective layer disposed in the optical layer. Of light incident on the incident surface at an incident angle (?, ?), the optical element selectively directionally reflects light in at least one specific wavelength range in at least one direction other than a specular reflection direction (??, ?+180°) while transmitting light in at least one wavelength range other than the specific wavelength range, and is transparent to light in at least one wavelength range other than the specific wavelength range.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Tsutomu NAGAHAMA, Hironori YOSHIDA, Masaharu SENOUE, Masashi ENOMOTO, Hiroyuki ITOU
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Patent number: 9132608Abstract: An optical element is provided includes an optical layer having a flat incident surface on which light is incident and a wavelength-selective reflective layer disposed in the optical layer. Of light incident on the incident surface at an incident angle (?, ?), the optical element selectively directionally reflects light in at least one specific wavelength range in at least one direction other than a specular reflection direction (??, ?+180°) while transmitting light in at least one wavelength range other than the specific wavelength range, and is transparent to light in at least one wavelength range other than the specific wavelength range.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2009Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Tsutomu Nagahama, Hironori Yoshida, Masaharu Senoue, Masashi Enomoto, Hiroyuki Itou
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Publication number: 20150040797Abstract: To provide an ink composition for a water-based ballpoint pen, having properties such as excellent writing stability in which writing failure such as starving does not occur. Disclosed is an ink composition for a water-based ballpoint pen, including an aqueous phase, and an oil phase contained in the aqueous phase in a state of an oil-in-water type emulsion, wherein the oil phase, or the oil phase and the aqueous phase contains a colorant, and the oil phase contains, in components composing the oil phase, a fatty acid having 6 to 22 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hiroyuki Itou, Kousuke Ogura, Yuichi Miyazaki, Yoshihiro Kawakita
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Patent number: 8585123Abstract: A door trim for a vehicle includes a trim body and an armrest. The trim body has an armrest mount hole, a mount member arranged in an edge area of the armrest mount hole, and a support member. The armrest is fitted in the armrest mount hole. The armrest has a mount base to which the mount member is mounted. The mount base has a weak portion and is configured to be supported by the support member. The weak portion has lower rigidity than another portion of the mount base. The support member is configured to guide the mount base toward an outer side of an interior of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Itou, Yutaka Kimoto
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Patent number: 8547629Abstract: An optical amplification device which includes first and second optical amplifiers, and a controller. The first optical amplifier receives a light and amplifies the received light. The second optical amplifier receives the light amplified by the first optical amplifier, and amplifies the received light. When a level of the light received by the first optical amplifier changes by ?, the controller controls a level of the light received by the second optical amplifier to change by approximately ??. In various embodiments, the controller causes the sum of the gains of the first and second optical amplifiers to be constant. In other embodiments, the optical amplification device includes first and second optical amplifier and a gain adjustor. The gain adjustor detects a deviation in gain of the first optical amplifier from a target gain, and adjusts the gain of the second optical amplifier to compensate for the detected deviation.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Shinya Inagaki, Norifumi Shukunami, Susumu Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Itou, Taiki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20130129711Abstract: Provided is an antiallergic agent including, as an active ingredient, a fermentation product of a propionic acid bacterium. Also provided is a method of using the antiallergic agent to prevent and/or improve skin roughness.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2013Publication date: May 23, 2013Inventors: Hiroshi KANO, Shuji Ikegami, Keisuke Furuichi, Hiroyuki Itou, Naoki Orii
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Publication number: 20130087070Abstract: Provided is a novel ink composition for a ballpoint pen such that the ink composition combines the strength of water-based ink for ballpoint pens and oil-based ink for ballpoint pens. Specifically provided is a water-based ink composition for ballpoint pens, wherein an oily phase containing an oily solution obtained by dissolving a dye in an organic solvent is contained, as an oil-in-water emulsion, in an aqueous phase comprising a pigment dispersant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2010Publication date: April 11, 2013Inventors: Hiroyuki Itou, Yoshihiro Kawakita
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Publication number: 20120274095Abstract: A door trim for a vehicle includes a trim body and an armrest. The trim body has an armrest mount hole, a mount member arranged in an edge area of the armrest mount hole, and a support member. The armrest is fitted in the armrest mount hole. The armrest has a mount base to which the mount member is mounted. The mount base has a weak portion and is configured to be supported by the support member. The weak portion has lower rigidity than another portion of the mount base. The support member is configured to guide the mount base toward an outer side of an interior of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki ITOU, Yutaka KIMOTO
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Video game processing apparatus, a method and a computer program product for processing a video game
Patent number: 8197339Abstract: Multiple characters in a video game can be displayed in a field so as to be easily distinguished, allowing the video game to proceed smoothly while maintaining realism. When an action content command and an action target character are received, a control section and a graphics processor carry out the control to display a target line for notifying the category of action in an action content specified by the action content command and a character that a player character specifies as the action target. In this way, by viewing an image in which a target line is in turn drawn from the player character to the target character, a player of the video game can quickly and easily recognize an action entity and an action target. This makes it possible to display the multiple characters in a field so as to be easily distinguished, and therefore, the video game can proceed smoothly while maintaining realism.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2006Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Square Enix Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazutoyo Maehiro, Hiroyuki Itou -
Publication number: 20120117925Abstract: A chip component packaging arrangement prevents occurrence of defective loading of chip components during a taping process that is carried out to the package chip components. This arrangement has a small size. A cover tape is prepared having a base tape and a plurality of cover film pieces sequentially attached to the base tape. Each cover film piece has an adhesive part. The cover tape extends in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of a carrier tape. The carrier tape has a plurality of component receiving parts sequentially formed in its longitudinal direction. The cover tape is pressed to the carrier tape so that one of the cover film pieces is adhered to the carrier tape to seal the corresponding component receiving part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyuki ITOU
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Patent number: 8016490Abstract: A thin-wall bearing, comprising a retainer (4) formed in a divided type having a plurality of resin plate-like members (5), (5), . . . curved along an inner ring (1) and an outer ring (2). The retainer (4) comprises pockets (6) opening to the axial end part thereof and rollingly holding balls (3). Slit-like through holes (14) extending in the axial direction and opening to the axial end part where the opening parts (7) of the pockets (6) are positioned are formed at the center parts of pillars (10) between the pockets (6) and (6) adjacent to each other. As a result, the thin-wall bearing can have excellent lubricity.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2006Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Masachi Hosoya, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Saitou, Hiroyuki Itou, Yasushi Tomizuka, Toyohisa Yamamoto