Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Watanabe

Hitoshi Watanabe 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: 11309611
    Abstract: A battery mount from which a battery device is attachable and detachable results in a configuration that enables easy attachment and detachment of a battery having various shapes. The battery mount includes: connection terminals configured to fit to external terminals of the battery and having a shape along which the external terminals are slidable in at least one direction; and a lever rotatable about a fulcrum and located at a side at which the connection terminals are located when seen from the battery in a state where the external terminals are fitted to the connection terminals. The external terminals are configured to be elastically deformable to fit to the connection terminals by sandwiching the connection terminals therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: THE FURUKAWA BATTERY CO., LTD., NILEWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Yuta Onishi, Akino Isa, Hitoshi Watanabe, Masanori Yamakata, Hiroshi Yanagishita, Chihiro Wake
  • Patent number: 11266738
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula (2): wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R8, Y1, Y2, and L are as defined in the description, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which are useful as a vaccine adjuvant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Kimura, Hitoshi Ban, Yoshiaki Isobe, Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11269220
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polarized light irradiation device capable of setting an alignment azimuth angle ? of liquid crystal molecules to be a desired angle even when the incident angle of polarized light on a substrate is not 0° in irradiation of a photo alignment film with polarized light, and a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device by using the polarized light irradiation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiji Fujiwara, Takashi Sonoda, Nobufumi Tomimaru, Hitoshi Watanabe, Shinichi Terashita, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh
  • Publication number: 20220011213
    Abstract: A particle size distribution measurement device includes a cell holding body 31 that holds a measurement cell 2 containing a measurement sample and a dispersion medium and a reference cell 6 containing a reference sample and is rotated by a motor 322, and a cell discrimination mechanism 7 that discriminates the cells 2, 6 passing through a predetermined rotation position by using a magnetic force or electrostatic capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Tetsuji YAMAGUCHI, Hitoshi WATANABE, Hidetaka OSAWA, Ken ASAKURA, Kenichi NEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220014645
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus that is capable of preventing an additional image from being arranged at a position that overruns from a displayed base image when a user carelessly designates such a position. The image processing apparatus including an instruction unit that instructs a composition position by a user's operation at which an additional image selected by a user is combined with a base image displayed on a display, and a controller that controls so as to combine the additional image with the base image at a composition position instructed by the instruction unit. When the composition position where at least a part of the additional image overruns from the base image is instructed by the instruction unit, the controller changes the composition position so that the additional image will fit into the base image and combines the additional image at the changed composition position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Hitoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210198242
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (1) and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound useful as a nerve regeneration promoter wherein R1-L- is R1—OC(O)—, or the like, R1 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, optionally-substituted 3- to 8-membered cycloalkyl group, or the like, R2 is hydrogen atom or the like, Ring A is formula (2) or formula (3) wherein R3 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like, the part of X, Y, and Z is X?Y—Z, X—Y?Z, or X—Y—Z, X is nitrogen atom, NR4 (R4 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like), or the like, Y is carbon atom or the like, and Z is carbon atom, nitrogen atom or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO DAINIPPON PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Watanabe, Yoshiaki Isobe, Hidenori Kimura, Yuji Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11009991
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a touch detecting unit 102 configured to detect a touch operation on a display screen, and a control unit 104 configured to, in response to a touch operation on an unspecified region of the display screen, display a predetermined item at a position corresponding to the touch operation on the first region, and in response to a touch operation on a specified region of the display screen which overlays the first region, display a plurality of options selectable by a touch operation in the specified region. In a case where a touch operation on the specified region is detected while the plurality of options are not displayed in the specified region, the control unit 104 controls to display the plurality of options in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10899016
    Abstract: An example system includes a vehicle, a robot, and a controller. The vehicle may include an accelerator operator and a steering operator. The robot may include as accelerator actuator configured to operate the accelerator operator, and a steering actuator configured to operate-the steering operator. The controller is configured to: in response to an accelerator command, send a first signal to the accelerator actuator to operate the accelerator operator of the vehicle, and in response to a steering command, send a second, signal to the steering actuator to steer the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignees: SRI INTERNATIONAL, YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Thomas Low, Thomas De Candia, Seungkook Yun, Thomas Egan, Bryan Chavez, Alexander Kernbaum, Riley Shear, Leonard Gerard, Stephen Morfey, Richard Mahoney, Regis Vincent, Paul Birkmeyer, Hiroyuki Morita, Hirokatsu Muramatsu, Keiji Nishimura, Hiroshi Saijou, Akira Satou, Toshifumi Uchiyama, Hitoshi Watanabe, Shirou Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210008197
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula (1): wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Y1, Y2, L, and m are as defined in the description, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which are useful as a vaccine adjuvant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Kimura, Hitoshi Ban, Yoshiaki Isobe, Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10884269
    Abstract: A photo-alignment treatment device for a liquid crystal display panel substrate includes at least one light irradiation mechanism including a light source, a polarizer, and a rotation adjustment mechanism and configured to irradiate a liquid crystal display panel substrate with light emitted from the light source through the polarizer. The device also includes a stage configured to support the liquid crystal display panel substrate thereon. The photo-alignment treatment device is configured to irradiate the liquid crystal display panel substrate with light while moving the liquid crystal display panel substrate or while moving the light source with respect to the liquid crystal display panel substrate. A light irradiation direction with respect to the liquid crystal display panel substrate is parallel to a moving direction of the liquid crystal display panel substrate or a moving direction of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiji Fujiwara, Takashi Sonoda, Nobufumi Tomimaru, Hitoshi Watanabe, Yuhichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10870642
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (1) and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound useful as a nerve regeneration promoter wherein R1-L- is R1—OC(O)—, or the like, R1 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, optionally-substituted 3- to 8-membered cycloalkyl group, or the like, R2 is hydrogen atom or the like, Ring A is formula (2) or formula (3) wherein R3 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like, the part of X, Y, and Z is X?Y—Z, X—Y?Z, or X—Y—Z, X is nitrogen atom, NR4 (R4 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like), or the like, Y is carbon atom or the like, and Z is carbon atom, nitrogen atom or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO DAINIPPON PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Watanabe, Yoshiaki Isobe, Hidenori Kimura, Yuji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20200320882
    Abstract: An on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicle fleet controller is configured to send and receive information to and from on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicles each of which automatically runs on a predefined route which is determined in advance and in a runnable area, and control running of the on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicles so that at least one of the on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicles is dispatched to a planned riding location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hokuto FUJII, Hitoshi WATANABE, Makoto YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200317229
    Abstract: An on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicle comprising a vehicle-mounted controller configured to cause the vehicle to run toward a planned riding location such that the vehicle automatically runs along a predefined route which is determined in advance and in a runnable area. The vehicle-mounted controller communicates with an on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicle fleet controller. Based on route information and an in-advance vehicle dispatch command signal received from the vehicle fleet controller, the vehicle-mounted controller controls the vehicle so that the vehicle runs toward an anticipated riding location based on the in-advance vehicle dispatch command signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hokuto FUJII, Hitoshi WATANABE, Makoto YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200317230
    Abstract: An on-demand predefined route automated driving vehicle automatically travels, regardless of whether a passenger is on board, along a annular-connecting predefined route which has a annular predefined route and a connecting predefined route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hokuto FUJII, Hitoshi WATANABE, Makoto YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200295327
    Abstract: In a battery mounting unit to/from which a battery device is attachable and detachable, a configuration that enables easy attachment and detachment of the battery device having various shapes is obtained. A battery mounting unit 1 includes: connection terminals 13 configured to fit to external terminals 110 of a battery device 3 and having a shape along which the external terminals 110 are slidable at least in one direction; and a lever 30 rotatable about a fulcrum and located at a side at which the connection terminals 13 are located when seen from the battery device 3 in a state where the external terminals 110 are fitted to the connection terminals 13. The external terminals 110 are configured to be elastically deformable to fit to the connection terminals 13 by sandwiching the connection terminals 13 therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicants: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD., NILEWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Yuta ONISHI, Akino ISA, Hitoshi WATANABE, Masanori YAMAKATA, Hiroshi YANAGISHITA, Chihiro WAKE
  • Publication number: 20200260606
    Abstract: A faceplate that is attached to a circuit board on the side of an extraction direction in which the circuit board is extracted from a slot includes: a main body that covers an opening of the slot; and two handle portions that are disposed respectively at both ends of the main body with respect to a width direction of the circuit board and that extend in the extraction direction. The two handle portions have respective distal ends shifted from each other in a thickness direction of the circuit board. Multiple slots are formed in a casing of an electronic device along a width direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Hitoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200260607
    Abstract: An electronic device having slots into each of which a circuit board is inserted includes faceplates attached respectively to the circuit boards on the side of an extraction direction. The faceplates each include two handle portions that are disposed respectively at both ends of a main body in the width direction and that extend in the extraction direction. The handle portion of one of two faceplates adjacent in the width direction that is located closer to the other of the faceplates, and the handle portion of the other faceplate that is located closer to the one faceplate, have respective distal ends shifted from each other in a thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Hitoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200142528
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a touch detecting unit 102 configured to detect a touch operation on a display screen, and a control unit 104 configured to, in response to a touch operation on an unspecified region of the display screen, display a predetermined item at a position corresponding to the touch operation on the first region, and in response to a touch operation on a specified region of the display screen which overlays the first region, display a plurality of options selectable by a touch operation in the specified region. In a case where a touch operation on the specified region is detected while the plurality of options are not displayed in the specified region, the control unit 104 controls to display the plurality of options in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10632192
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula (1): wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Y1, Y2, L, and m are as defined in the description, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which are useful as a vaccine adjuvant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Kimura, Hitoshi Ban, Yoshiaki Isobe, Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190324302
    Abstract: A photo-alignment treatment device for a liquid crystal display panel substrate includes at least one light irradiation mechanism including a light source, a polarizer, and a rotation adjustment mechanism and configured to irradiate a liquid crystal display panel substrate with light emitted from the light source through the polarizer. The device also includes a stage configured to support the liquid crystal display panel substrate thereon. The photo-alignment treatment device is configured to irradiate the liquid crystal display panel substrate with light while moving the liquid crystal display panel substrate or while moving the light source with respect to the liquid crystal display panel substrate. A light irradiation direction with respect to the liquid crystal display panel substrate is parallel to a moving direction of the liquid crystal display panel substrate or a moving direction of the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: SEIJI FUJIWARA, TAKASHI SONODA, NOBUFUMI TOMIMARU, HITOSHI WATANABE, YUHICHI YAMAMOTO