Patents by Inventor Kenichi Yoshikawa
Kenichi Yoshikawa 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: 20240138815Abstract: A push wave transmission unit transmits a push wave to a biological tissue of a subject. A tracking wave transmission/reception unit transmits a tracking wave to the biological tissue and receives a reflected ultrasound wave reflected by the biological tissue. An elasticity analysis unit measures a propagation velocity of a shear wave generated in the biological tissue by the push wave and measures an elastic property of the biological tissue based on the propagation velocity, and measures the propagation velocity of the shear wave based on a measurement signal obtained by the reflected ultrasound wave received by the tracking wave transmission/reception unit. A controller determines whether to re-measure the elastic property according to an unnecessary component included in the measurement signal. When determining to re-measure the elastic property, the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus re-measures the elastic property by changing an acoustic property of the push wave according to the unnecessary component.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Healthcare CorporationInventors: KENICHI KAWABATA, Hideki Yoshikawa, Noriaki Inoue
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Patent number: 11942278Abstract: Provided is a thin film capacitor comprising a capacitance portion in which at least one dielectric layer is sandwiched between a pair of electrode layers included in a plurality of electrode layers, wherein the capacitance portion has an opening which extends in a lamination direction in which the plurality of electrode layers and the dielectric layer are laminated and through which one electrode layer of the plurality of electrode layers is exposed, the one electrode layer has an exposed portion exposed at a bottom surface of the opening, the exposed portion is in contact with a wiring layer connecting the one electrode layer and an electrode terminal, and a thickness of the exposed portion of the one electrode layer is smaller than a thickness of other portions of the one electrode layer and is 50% or more of the thickness of the other portions of the one electrode layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Michihiro Kumagae, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Kenichi Yoshida, Junki Nakamoto, Norihiko Matsuzaka
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Patent number: 11929589Abstract: A light-emitting component includes: a substrate; plural light-emitting elements that are disposed on the substrate and that emit light in a direction intersecting with a surface of the substrate; and plural thyristors that are stacked on the plural light-emitting elements and that are turned ON to drive the corresponding light-emitting elements so that the light-emitting elements emit light or an amount of light emitted from the light-emitting elements is increased. Each of the plural light-emitting elements includes a current confinement region which is oxidized via a hole provided in a multilayer structure. The multilayer structure is constituted by a corresponding light-emitting element and a corresponding thyristor.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Takashi Kondo, Michiaki Murata, Kenichi Ono, Masahiro Yoshikawa, Takehito Hikichi, Yuji Shirai
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Patent number: 11915536Abstract: An anomaly determination apparatus for a vehicle that includes a transmission includes an execution device and a memory device. The memory device is configured to store map data that defines pre-trained map, which has been trained through machine learning. When a variable representing time-series data of a rotation speed of a gear is fed to the map as an input variable, the map outputs a state variable representing a state of the gear as an output variable. The execution device is configured to execute: an obtaining process that obtains the variable representing the time-series data as a value of the input variable; and a determination process that determines whether there is an anomaly in the transmission based on a value of the output variable that is output by the map when the value of the input variable is fed to the map.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideaki Bunazawa, Tetsuya Yoshikawa, Kei Yuasa, Kenichi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20220370977Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for forming a liquid flow in a surface region of a liquid, and a method for moving a larger object in a non-contact and non-invasive manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: The DoshishaInventors: Takahiro Kenmotsu, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Satoshi Takatori, Mayu Shono
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Patent number: 10886293Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming alternately a plurality of first films and a plurality of second films on a substrate, forming a hole in the first and second films, forming a first metal layer on a surface of the hole, and removing the first metal layer from a bottom of the hole. The method further includes forming a second metal layer on a surface of the first metal layer after removing the first metal layer from the bottom of the hole. The method further includes processing the bottom of the hole exposed from the first and second metal layers to increase a depth of the hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventor: Kenichi Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 10846850Abstract: Provided are a morbidity diagnosis support system, a morbidity diagnosis data-generating system, and a morbidity diagnosis support method that are capable of supporting a highly reliable morbidity diagnosis. A morbidity diagnosis support system includes an extension device for extending a tissue section of cells, an image-photographing device for acquiring image data by image-photographing the tissue section, an image analysis device for analyzing the image data to calculate an index of morbidity based on a mode of cracks generated in the tissue section by the extension, and an output device for outputting the calculated index.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: THE DOSHISHAInventors: Kenichi Yoshikawa, Masaya Ikegawa, Takahiro Kenmotsu, Nobuto Kakuda, Takuto Nakamura, Keisuke Danno, Natsumi Okoso, Naohiko Nakamura, Kohta Iguchi, Etsuro Hatano, Shinji Uemoto
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Patent number: 10737599Abstract: An occupant posture adjusting device includes: a plate-shaped bottom support member pivotably supported by a seat cushion via a pivot shaft extending laterally at a position directly under a hip point of a seated occupant to support at least thighs of the occupant from below; a plate-shaped lower part support member pivotably supported by a seat back via a pivot shaft extending laterally at a position lower than an intermediate portion of the seat back to support at least a pelvis of the occupant; a plate-shaped upper part support member pivotably supported by the seat back via a pivot shaft extending laterally at a position higher than the intermediate portion to support at least scapulae of the occupant; first to third drive devices configured to drive the bottom support member, lower part support member, and upper part support member, respectively; and a control device configured to control the drive devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Yoshikawa, Makoto Ota, Tomoo Ito, Kenta Hirayama, Atsumi Sakurai
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Patent number: 10734402Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is described. A plurality of first films and a plurality of second films are alternately formed on a substrate. A hole is formed in the first and second films. A first metal layer is formed on a surface of the hole. The first metal layer is removed from a bottom surface of the hole. A second metal layer may be formed on a surface of the first metal layer after removing the first metal layer from the bottom surface of the hole. The bottom of the hole exposed from the first and second metal layers may be processed to increase a depth of the hole.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventor: Kenichi Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 10703225Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat capable of stably supporting buttocks of a seated occupant in an adaptive manner according to each right-to-left width of the seated occupant's body, which width is different from occupant to occupant, during a turn of a vehicle. The vehicle seat includes a seat cushion (2) having a seat surface (8) and configured to support buttocks of the seated occupant from below, and a right and left pair of side supports (9, 9) provided on right and left sides of the seat surface, which side supports bulge upward to be higher than the seat surface and allowed to laterally support the buttocks of the seated occupant from either side. Each of the right and left pair of side supports (9, 9) is movable individually in the right-to-left direction with respect to the seat surface. During a turn of the vehicle, one of the side supports on an outer side of the turn is moved inward so as to support the buttocks of the seated occupant from the outer side of the turn.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoo Ito, Makoto Ota, Atsumi Sakurai, Kenta Hirayama, Kenichi Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20190248260Abstract: An occupant posture adjusting device includes: a plate-shaped bottom support member pivotably supported by a seat cushion via a pivot shaft extending laterally at a position directly under a hip point of a seated occupant to support at least thighs of the occupant from below; a plate-shaped lower part support member pivotably supported by a seat back via a pivot shaft extending laterally at a position lower than an intermediate portion of the seat back to support at least a pelvis of the occupant; a plate-shaped upper part support member pivotably supported by the seat back via a pivot shaft extending laterally at a position higher than the intermediate portion to support at least scapulae of the occupant; first to third drive devices configured to drive the bottom support member, lower part support member, and upper part support member, respectively; and a control device configured to control the drive devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Kenichi YOSHIKAWA, Makoto OTA, Tomoo ITO, Kenta HIRAYAMA, Atsumi SAKURAI
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Publication number: 20190241096Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat capable of stably supporting buttocks of a seated occupant in an adaptive manner according to each right-to-left width of the seated occupant's body, which width is different from occupant to occupant, during a turn of a vehicle. The vehicle seat includes a seat cushion (2) having a seat surface (8) and configured to support buttocks of the seated occupant from below, and a right and left pair of side supports (9, 9) provided on right and left sides of the seat surface, which side supports bulge upward to be higher than the seat surface and allowed to laterally support the buttocks of the seated occupant from either side. Each of the right and left pair of side supports (9, 9) is movable individually in the right-to-left direction with respect to the seat surface. During a turn of the vehicle, one of the side supports on an outer side of the turn is moved inward so as to support the buttocks of the seated occupant from the outer side of the turn.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Tomoo ITO, Makoto OTA, Atsumi SAKURAI, Kenta HIRAYAMA, Kenichi YOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20190172203Abstract: Provided are a morbidity diagnosis support system, a morbidity diagnosis data-generating system, and a morbidity diagnosis support method that are capable of supporting a highly reliable morbidity diagnosis. A morbidity diagnosis support system includes an extension device for extending a tissue section of cells, an image-photographing device for acquiring image data by image-photographing the tissue section, an image analysis device for analyzing the image data to calculate an index of morbidity based on a mode of cracks generated in the tissue section by the extension, and an output device for outputting the calculated index.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: THE DOSHISHAInventors: Kenichi YOSHIKAWA, Masaya IKEGAWA, Takahiro KENMOTSU, Nobuto KAKUDA, Takuto NAKAMURA, Keisuke DANNO, Natsumi OKOSO, Naohiko NAKAMURA, Kohta IGUCHI, Etsuro HATANO, Shinji UEMOTO
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Publication number: 20190148402Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes: forming alternately a plurality of first films and a plurality of second films on a substrate, forming a hole in the first and second films, forming a first metal layer on a surface of the hole, and removing the first metal layer from a bottom of the hole. The method further includes forming a second metal layer on a surface of the first metal layer after removing the first metal layer from the bottom of the hole. The method further includes processing the bottom of the hole exposed from the first and second metal layers to increase a depth of the hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventor: Kenichi YOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20190074288Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is described. A plurality of first films and a plurality of second films are alternately formed on a substrate. A hole is formed in the first and second films. A first metal layer is formed on a surface of the hole. The first metal layer is removed from a bottom surface of the hole. A second metal layer may be formed on a surface of the first metal layer after removing the first metal layer from the bottom surface of the hole. The bottom of the hole exposed from the first and second metal layers may be processed to increase a depth of the hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventor: Kenichi YOSHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9126198Abstract: A technique capable of making an object move and transporting it without generation of a current, and extracting mechanical work. As a result of diligent effort, the present inventors have found that by arranging two electrodes for generating an electric field for a dielectric body of a micrometer-size or the like in an insulating fluid such as oil, such that the central axes of the two electrodes are not aligned, and applying an electric field (for example, constant electric field), the dielectric body can be transported three-dimensionally at will, and as a result, mechanical work can be extracted.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Kenichi Yoshikawa, Masahiro Takinoue, Yu Atsumi
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Patent number: 9057065Abstract: An object of the present invention is to construct an mRNA which specifically responds to a short RNA sequence and can activate, repress, and regulate the translation of the desired gene, and to construct an artificial cell model system using a liposome comprising the mRNA and a cell-free translational system encapsulated therein. The present invention provides: an mRNA comprising a target RNA-binding site located immediately 5? to the ribosome-binding site, and a nucleotide sequence located 5? to the target RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence being complementary to the ribosome-binding site; an mRNA comprising a small RNA-binding site located 3? to the start codon, and a nucleotide sequence located 3? to the small RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence encoding a protein; and a liposome comprising any of these mRNAs encapsulated therein.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Tan Inoue, Hirohide Saito, Yusho Kato, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Ayako Yamada, Toru Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20140030707Abstract: An object of the present invention is to construct an mRNA which specifically responds to a short RNA sequence and can activate, repress, and regulate the translation of the desired gene, and to construct an artificial cell model system using a liposome comprising the mRNA and a cell-free translational system encapsulated therein. The present invention provides: an mRNA comprising a target RNA-binding site located immediately 5? to the ribosome-binding site, and a nucleotide sequence located 5? to the target RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence being complementary to the ribosome-binding site; an mRNA comprising a small RNA-binding site located 3? to the start codon, and a nucleotide sequence located 3? to the small RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence encoding a protein; and a liposome comprising any of these mRNAs encapsulated therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYInventors: Tan Inoue, Hirohide Saito, Yusho Kato, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Ayako Yamada, Toru Yamanaka
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Patent number: 8592569Abstract: An object of the present invention is to construct an mRNA which specifically responds to a short RNA sequence and can activate, repress, and regulate the translation of the desired gene, and to construct an artificial cell model system using a liposome comprising the mRNA and a cell-free translational system encapsulated therein. The present invention provides: an mRNA comprising a target RNA-binding site located immediately 5? to the ribosome-binding site, and a nucleotide sequence located 5? to the target RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence being complementary to the ribosome-binding site; an mRNA comprising a small RNA-binding site located 3? to the start codon, and a nucleotide sequence located 3? to the small RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence encoding a protein; and a liposome comprising any of these mRNAs encapsulated therein.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Tan Inoue, Hirohide Saito, Yusho Kato, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Ayako Yamada, Toru Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20120001517Abstract: A technique capable of making an object move and transporting it without generation of a current, and extracting mechanical work. As a result of diligent effort, the present inventors have found that by arranging two electrodes for generating an electric field for a dielectric body of a micrometer-size or the like in an insulating fluid such as oil, such that the central axes of the two electrodes are not aligned, and applying an electric field (for example, constant electric field), the dielectric body can be transported three-dimensionally at will, and as a result, mechanical work can be extracted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Kenichi Yoshikawa, Masahiro Takinoue, Yu Atsumi