Patents by Inventor Kenji Matsuura
Kenji Matsuura 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: 20150027033Abstract: A termite extermination method of the present invention includes putting a termite extermination device 1 at a termite habitat. The termite extermination device 1 includes an exterminating agent housing 3 that is at least partially formed of a moisture-proof film 12 and houses an exterminating agent 13 in an interior of the exterminating agent housing 3. The moisture-proof film 12 includes a laminate having a paper layer and a metal layer laminated one upon another. At least the paper layer is subjected to a rugging process. The laminate is disposed in the exterminating agent housing 3 so that the paper layer serves as an outermost surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2012Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OKAYAMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Kenji Matsuura, Chihiro Himuro, Tomoyuki Yokoi, Yuya Suzuki, Kosaku Nozaki, Masanaga Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20140328886Abstract: The present invention provides an insect pest repellant and a method for repelling insect pest using the same, which is highly transported by the insect pests and which effectively exterminates insect pests and does not badly affect ecological system. The present invention is to provide an insect pest repellant comprising, in a mixed condition, (A) a dummy egg imitating an egg of an insect pest, formed from a particulate substrate on which an egg recognizing pheromone is coated, and (B) a particle containing an active component for repelling the insect pest either on a surface or in an inside of the particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: MORISHITA JINTAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Matsuura, Daisuke Tagawa, Ryosei Kamaguchi, Masaaki Nakatsuji, Taku Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20140259881Abstract: The present invention provides a termite attractant comprising 1-butanol, 2-butanol, or esters, ketones, ethers, carboxylic acids thereof, or salts thereof; a mimic termite-egg comprising the attractant; and a method for exterminating and controlling termites using the attractant or mimic termite-egg.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: National University Corporation Okayama UniversityInventors: Kenji MATSUURA, Chihiro HIMURO, Tomoyuki YOKOI
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Patent number: 8691218Abstract: The present invention provides a mimetic egg comprising lysozyme, a salt or biological fragment thereof or a lysozyme-related peptide and an active ingredient in its base material mimicking an egg of a vermin; and a vermin exterminating method using the mimetic egg.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2008Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: National University Corporation Okayama UniversityInventors: Kenji Matsuura, Takashi Tamura, Norimasa Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8681239Abstract: A camcorder (100), which is an example of image capturing devices, includes the following units. An imaging unit (110) captures moving pictures. An attribute information generation unit (120) generates attribute information indicating features of the moving pictures captured by the imaging unit (110). An evaluation unit (130) applies the attribute information generated by the attribute information generation unit (120) to a predetermined criterion, so as to calculate an evaluation value of the moving pictures for each predetermined time width. A still picture extraction unit (140) extracts a still picture from moving pictures in a predetermined time width, when the evaluation value calculated by the evaluation unit (130) for the predetermined time width exceeds an evaluation threshold value. A threshold value change unit (150) changes the evaluation threshold value based on at least one of person information and a composition change amount which are included in the attribute information.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Morioka, Kenji Matsuura, Takuma Masuda, Hiroji Takebayashi, Eiji Yamauchi
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Patent number: 8643745Abstract: A content shooting apparatus is provided which is suitable for generating a digest meeting the user's desire. A scene information generation portion detects a characteristic scene with reference to a parameter contained in either video/audio in content recorded during shooting operation information for the shooting apparatus, and generates scene information, an auxiliary information assignment portion assigns the scene information its type, priority, start time, end time, or representative time as auxiliary information in accordance with a prescribed rule, a listing portion makes a list of the scene information and the auxiliary information thereof, and a scene sorting-out portion sorts out scenes from the content with reference to the priority, such that the number of scenes is within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2008Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Morioka, Kenji Matsuura, Hisashi Inoue, Masaaki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20140002612Abstract: A stereoscopic shooting device includes: a first and second shooting sections that obtain a first and second images, respectively; and an angle of view matching section. The angle of view matching section performs: calculating a vertical image area of the second image that has the same vertical direction range as the first image by comparing ratios of the vertical coordinates of respective representative points in image blocks selected from the first and second images, respectively; adjusting the number of horizontal lines included in the vertical image area of the second image and the number of horizontal lines included in the first image; outputting a first and second horizontal line signals representing the horizontal lines included in the first image and the vertical image area of the second image, respectively; and carrying out stereo matching by comparing the first and second horizontal line signals to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro MORIOKA, Yoshimitsu ASAI, Keisuke OKAWA, Shuji YANO, Shoji SOH, Kenji MATSUURA, Kenichi KUBOTA, Yusuke ONO
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Publication number: 20130342641Abstract: A stereoscopic shooting device includes: a first shooting section that obtains a first image; a second shooting section that outputs a second image; an angle of view matching section that cuts image portions to have the same angle of view from the first and second images; a parallax information generating section that generates parallax information indicating parallax between the two image portions; a reliability information generating section that generates reliability information indicating the degree of reliability of the parallax information based on at least one of the first and second images and the parallax information; and an image generating section that generates, based on the parallax information and the first image, a third image that forms, with the first image, stereoscopic images. The parallax information generating section corrects the parallax information based on the reliability information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro MORIOKA, Akihiro TAKEUCHI, Kenji MATSUURA
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Patent number: 8586021Abstract: The present invention provides a mimetic egg comprising ?-glucosidase, a salt thereof, a biological fragment thereof or a ?-glucosidase-related peptide as an egg recognition pheromone in its base material mimicking an egg of a insect pests, particularly a termite, a method for exterminating and controlling insect pests, and a tool for a biological study using the same.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2009Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: National University Corporation Okayama UniversityInventor: Kenji Matsuura
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Publication number: 20130278249Abstract: A rotating electric machine according to the embodiments includes a rotating-electric-machine unit, a rotation detector, an Oldham coupling, and a washer. The rotating-electric-machine unit includes a shaft. The rotation detector includes a body and a rotation input pin that is rotatably provided on the body. The Oldham coupling couples the rotation input pin of the rotation detector and the shaft to each other while allowing any relative displacement in a direction intersecting an axial direction. The washer is provided on the rotating-electric-machine unit while being positioned with respect to the shaft. The washer includes an attaching portion at which the body of the rotation detector is attached to the washer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Ryuta KAGAWA, Kenji MATSUURA, Koji UEMURA
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Publication number: 20130057119Abstract: A rotary electric machine according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a detector and a brake. The detector is provided at the counter-load side of a shaft for rotating along with a rotor to drive a predetermined load and detects the rotation position of the shaft. The brake is exchangeably provided at the outer circumferential side of the detector to control the rotation of the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Ryuta KAGAWA, Kenji MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20120282214Abstract: The present invention provides a termite attractant comprising 1-butanol, 2-butanol, or esters, ketones, ethers, carboxylic acids thereof, or salts thereof; a mimic termite-egg comprising the attractant; and a method for exterminating and controlling termites using the attractant or mimic termite-egg.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: Kenji Matsuura, Chihiro Himuro, Tomoyuki Yokoi
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Publication number: 20120225817Abstract: The present invention provides a therapeutic agent and a prophylactic agent for a gastrointestinal disease. A peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by Ser-Ser-Ser-Arg or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof promotes wound healing in a gastrointestinal mucosal tissue, and is therefore useful as a therapeutic agent or a prophylactic agent for a gastrointestinal disease. Further, when (a) a peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by Ser-Ser-Ser-Arg or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (b) a peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by Phe-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are administered in combination, these medicaments act synergistically and can significantly promote wound healing in a gastrointestinal mucosal tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2010Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicants: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Yamaguchi UniversityInventors: Teruo Nishida, Makoto Inui, Kenji Matsuura, Masatsugu Nakamura, Takashi Nagano
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Publication number: 20120175982Abstract: The disclosure discloses a rotating electrical machine that is integrally formed with a reduction device having an input shaft to which a roller gear cam is provided and an output shaft to which cam followers configured to sequentially engage with the roller gear cam is provided on an outer periphery, extending along a direction orthogonal to the input shaft, and is configured to employ one of a field system or an armature as a rotator and the other of the field system or the armature as a stator, including a rotating shaft that is fixed to the rotator and integrally formed as a single shaft with the input shaft of the reduction device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicants: Sankyo Seisakusho Co., Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Toshiyuki YAMAGISHI, Nobukazu MIYAUCHI, Kenji MATSUURA, Toshinao KATO, Atsushi OISHI, Toshiki TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 8208792Abstract: In a content shooting apparatus (Acc) for recording content data (Sav) containing video, audio, or data onto an information recording medium (214), in combination with first metadata (Di, Dm) containing a parameter representing scene information (SI), and allowing access to a specific portion of the content (Sav) with reference to the scene information (SI), a camera microcomputer (206) detects movement of a camera (101) to generate the first metadata (Di, Dm) by comparing the detected movement with a predetermined value (Th), and also generates second meta data (Di, Dm) by filtering out the first metadata (Di, Dm) generated within a predetermined specific window period (W) via a predetermined function.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2007Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Morioka, Kenji Matsuura, Masaaki Kobayashi, Akihiro Takeuchi, Takashi Kurama, Hisashi Inoue, Takeshi Hamasaki, Michifumi Inai, Masakazu Mimura
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Patent number: 8118183Abstract: A particularly small eyedropper or the like is provided, which has a construction such that, when a body thereof is squeezed, an introduction hole thereof can be easily closed to compress air in a space between an inner layer and an outer layer thereof even in the absence of a check valve in the introduction hole, and defectiveness of the introduction hole can be easily checked. To this end, a test hole (19) communicating with an introduction hole (17) via a space between an outer layer bottle. (1) and an inner layer bag (16) is provided in an outer layer mouth portion (4). The test hole (19) is closed by the inner layer bag (16) and an inside plug (21) fitted in the mouth portion (4). Further, the introduction hole (17) is provided in a middle portion of a body which is pressed by a finger when the bottle is squeezed. The introduction hole (17) is closed by the finger.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2004Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignees: Taisei Kako Co., Ltd., Nihon Tenganyaku Kankyusho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya Iwahashi, Hirokazu Mihashi, Keiji Hamamoto, Masaru Otsuka, Yorishisa Uetake, Kenji Matsuura
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Publication number: 20120019685Abstract: A camcorder (100), which is an example of image capturing devices, includes the following units. An imaging unit (110) captures moving pictures. An attribute information generation unit (120) generates attribute information indicating features of the moving pictures captured by the imaging unit (110). An evaluation unit (130) applies the attribute information generated by the attribute information generation unit (120) to a predetermined criterion, so as to calculate an evaluation value of the moving pictures for each predetermined time width. A still picture extraction unit (140) extracts a still picture from moving pictures in a predetermined time width, when the evaluation value calculated by the evaluation unit (130) for the predetermined time width exceeds an evaluation threshold value. A threshold value change unit (150) changes the evaluation threshold value based on at least one of person information and a composition change amount which are included in the attribute information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Yoshihiro Morioka, Kenji Matsuura, Takuma Masuda, Hiroji Takebayashi, Eiji Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20110091409Abstract: The present invention provides a mimetic egg comprising ?-glucosidase, a salt thereof, a biological fragment thereof or a ?-glucosidase-related peptide as an egg recognition pheromone in its base material mimicking an egg of a insect pests, particularly a termite, a method for exterminating and controlling insect pests, and a tool for a biological study using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventor: Kenji Matsuura
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Patent number: 7884860Abstract: A content shooting apparatus is provided, in which thresholds for generating metadata concerning shot images can be calibrated in accordance with shooting conditions. In a content shooting apparatus (Acc) for converting content data (Dc) into a stream (AV) and recording the stream (AV) to a recording medium (214) in combination with content-related metadata (Dm), a camera (101) shoots a subject (105) and generates the content data (Dc), a camerawork statistics portion (206s) detects movement (?) of the camera, a camera microcomputer (206) compares the detected movement (?) with a predetermined value (Th) to generate the metadata (Dm), and an automatic threshold setting portion (206t) changes the predetermined value (Th) in accordance with the detected movement (?).Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Morioka, Kenji Matsuura, Takeshi Hamasaki, Michifumi Inai, Masakazu Mimura, Hisasi Inoue, Masaaki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7867434Abstract: A particularly small eyedropper or the like is provided, which has a construction such that, when a body thereof is squeezed, an introduction hole thereof can be easily closed to compress air in a space between an inner layer and an outer layer thereof even in the absence of a check valve in the introduction hole, and defectiveness of the introduction hole can be easily checked. To this end, a test hole (19) communicating with an introduction hole (17) via a space between an outer layer bottle (1) and an inner layer bag (16) is provided in an outer layer mouth portion (4). The test hole (19) is closed by the inner layer bag (16) and an inside plug (21) fitted in the mouth portion (4). Further, the introduction hole (17) is provided in a middle portion of a body which is pressed by a finger when the bottle is squeezed. The introduction hole (17) is closed by the finger.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignees: Taisei Kako Co., Ltd., Nihon Tenganyaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya Iwahashi, Hirokazu Mihashi, Keiji Hamamoto, Masaru Otsuka, Yorishisa Uetake, Kenji Matsuura