Patents by Inventor Kosuke Hosoi

Kosuke Hosoi 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).

  • Publication number: 20220214307
    Abstract: An ion analyzer 1 includes: an ionization chamber 10; an ionization unit 3 configured to generate ions from a sample 11 in the ionization chamber 10; an analysis chamber 20 separated from the ionization chamber 10 by a partition wall 21 in which an opening 211 is formed; an ion transport unit 22, 23, and 24 provided in the analysis chamber 20 and configured to transport the ions generated in the ionization unit; an ion trapping unit 25 provided in the analysis chamber 20 and configured to trap the ions transported by the ion transport unit 22, 23, and 24; an ion detection unit 26 provided in the analysis chamber 20 and configured to detect the ions released from the ion trapping unit 25; and a single evacuation mechanism 28 connected only to the analysis chamber 20 and configured to evacuate the analysis chamber 20 to a pressure of 103 Pa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shosei YAMAUCHI, Masaji FURUTA, Kosuke HOSOI
  • Patent number: 11342172
    Abstract: A mass spectrometer includes a position controller that adjusts a position of a sample plate, an image acquirer that acquires an image of a sample/matrix mixture on the sample plate, a laser light emitter that emits laser light to the sample/matrix mixture, a detector that detects ions generated from the sample/matrix mixture by the emission of the laser light by the laser light emitter, and a controller that acquires an image of a sample plate identification code displayed on the sample plate by utilizing the image acquirer and specifies plate identification information of the sample plate from the image of the sample plate identification code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Kosuke Hosoi
  • Patent number: 11043367
    Abstract: Provided is a valve 130 which requires only a small space for the open/close operation of an opening 113 in a partition wall. A sealing part 140 includes a sealing member 141 for sealing the opening by being pressed onto the partition wall around the opening. An urging means 144 urges the sealing member 141 against the opening when the sealing member 141 is in contact with the opening. A driving means 160 generates a driving force orthogonal to an opening central axis A which is an axis perpendicular to a partition plate 111 and passing through the center of the opening. A linkage 150, which is a Scott Russell linkage connecting the sealing part 140 and the driving means 160, converts the driving force of the driving means 160 into a driving force which is parallel to the opening central axis A and makes the sealing part 140 move along the same axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Kosuke Hosoi
  • Patent number: 10971349
    Abstract: An ion analyzer includes: a sample placement unit 2 on which a sample 1 is to be placed; an excitation beam irradiation unit 3 that irradiates the sample 1 placed on the sample placement unit 2 with an excitation beam in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the sample 1; a deflection unit 6 that makes at least some of ions generated from the sample 1 to fly in a direction deviating from an irradiation path of the excitation beam; and an analysis unit 8 disposed in a flight direction of ions deflected by the deflection unit 6, that separates and measures the ions in accordance with a predetermined physical quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Kodera, Kosuke Hosoi, Hideharu Shichi
  • Publication number: 20200388477
    Abstract: Provided is a valve 130 which requires only a small space for the open/close operation of an opening 113 in a partition wall. A sealing part 140 includes a sealing member 141 for sealing the opening by being pressed onto the partition wall around the opening. An urging means 144 urges the sealing member 141 against the opening when the sealing member 141 is in contact with the opening. A driving means 160 generates a driving force orthogonal to an opening central axis A which is an axis perpendicular to a partition plate 111 and passing through the center of the opening. A linkage 150, which is a Scott Russell linkage connecting the sealing part 140 and the driving means 160, converts the driving force of the driving means 160 into a driving force which is parallel to the opening central axis A and makes the sealing part 140 move along the same axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Kosuke HOSOI
  • Publication number: 20200194248
    Abstract: A mass spectrometer includes a position controller that adjusts a position of a sample plate, an image acquirer that acquires an image of a sample/matrix mixture on the sample plate, a laser light emitter that emits laser light to the sample/matrix mixture, a detector that detects ions generated from the sample/matrix mixture by the emission of the laser light by the laser light emitter, and a controller that acquires an image of a sample plate identification code displayed on the sample plate by utilizing the image acquirer and specifies plate identification information of the sample plate from the image of the sample plate identification code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Kosuke HOSOI
  • Patent number: 10580631
    Abstract: An analytical device includes: a regulator to which a gas storage container attached and which is held by a holder; a gas introduction chamber to which gas in the gas storage container is supplied through the regulator; and a movement mechanism that moves the holder so that the regulator moves between a measurement position and a non-measurement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kosuke Hosoi
  • Publication number: 20190279857
    Abstract: An ion analyzer includes: a sample placement unit 2 on which a sample 1 is to be placed; an excitation beam irradiation unit 3 that irradiates the sample 1 placed on the sample placement unit 2 with an excitation beam in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the sample 1; a deflection unit 6 that makes at least some of ions generated from the sample 1 to fly in a direction deviating from an irradiation path of the excitation beam; and an analysis unit 8 disposed in a flight direction of ions deflected by the deflection unit 6, that separates and measures the ions in accordance with a predetermined physical quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Kei KODERA, Kosuke HOSOI, Hideharu SHICHI
  • Patent number: 10410852
    Abstract: An analytical device includes: a valve assembly that is connected to a plurality of gas supply conduits; and a gas supply chamber to which a plurality of gases are supplied through the valve assembly, wherein: the valve assembly includes a plurality of valves that regulate flow rates of the plurality of gases supplied to the gas supply chamber through the plurality of gas supply conduits, a fixing member that integrally fixes the plurality of valves, a plurality of first sealing members that seal the plurality of valves against the fixing member, and a retainer that is fastened to the fixing member to integrally press the first sealing member against the fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kosuke Hosoi
  • Publication number: 20190050139
    Abstract: Contents of one or a plurality of setting items included in each of a plurality of steps of an operation sequence are acquired by an acquirer. Screen data for displaying contents of the one or plurality of setting items of the plurality of steps acquired by the acquirer as an operation sequence screen is generated by a generator. The operation sequence screen is displayed in a display unit by a display controller based on the screen data generated by the generator. In the operation sequence screen, the plurality of steps of an analysis device are arranged in a first direction in a chronological order. Further, contents of one or a plurality of setting items of each step are arranged in a second direction that intersects with the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kosuke HOSOI
  • Publication number: 20190051505
    Abstract: An analytical device includes: a valve assembly that is connected to a plurality of gas supply conduits; and a gas supply chamber to which a plurality of gases are supplied through the valve assembly, wherein: the valve assembly includes a plurality of valves that regulate flow rates of the plurality of gases supplied to the gas supply chamber through the plurality of gas supply conduits, a fixing member that integrally fixes the plurality of valves, a plurality of first sealing members that seal the plurality of valves against the fixing member, and a retainer that is fastened to the fixing member to integrally press the first sealing member against the fixing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kosuke HOSOI
  • Patent number: 10178356
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus includes a processor, wherein the monitoring apparatus images a monitoring area and outputs a moving image of the monitoring area, and the processor detects all persons appearing in the moving image, performs mask processing of changing inner portions of outlines of all persons into translucent mask images, and superposes the mask images on a background image, to generate a mask-processed moving image, and outputs the mask-processed moving image to a browsing apparatus through a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Fujii, Kazuhiko Iwai, Tetsurou Kakizawa, Kosuke Hosoi, Marie Kuwahara, Kazuma Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20180374691
    Abstract: An analytical device includes: a regulator to which a gas storage container attached and which is held by a holder; a gas introduction chamber to which gas in the gas storage container is supplied through the regulator; and a movement mechanism that moves the holder so that the regulator moves between a measurement position and a non-measurement position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kosuke HOSOI
  • Publication number: 20170257604
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus includes a processor, wherein the monitoring apparatus images a monitoring area and outputs a moving image of the monitoring area, and the processor detects all persons appearing in the moving image, performs mask processing of changing inner portions of outlines of all persons into translucent mask images, and superposes the mask images on a background image, to generate a mask-processed moving image, and outputs the mask-processed moving image to a browsing apparatus through a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi FUJII, Kazuhiko IWAI, Tetsurou KAKIZAWA, Kosuke HOSOI, Marie KUWAHARA, Kazuma YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9693023
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus according to embodiments of the invention generates and outputs an output moving image obtained by changing an image area of a person detected from an imaged moving image of a monitoring area to a mask image. The monitoring apparatus includes a person image analyzer including a person detector which detects a person from the imaged moving image and acquires area information regarding each person and an attribute determinator which determines attributes for each person detected from the imaged moving image, a mask image setter which sets the mask image by the attribute, and a moving image output controller which generates and outputs the output moving image obtained by changing the image area for each person to the mask image by the attribute, based on the area information and the attribute for each person output from the person image analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Fujii, Kazuhiko Iwai, Tetsurou Kakizawa, Kosuke Hosoi, Marie Kuwahara, Kazuma Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20160328627
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging device including a moving image processor that performs a masking process of changing the inside of contours of a person to a mask image on a moving image resulting from imaging a monitored area, a moving image outputter that outputs a masking processed moving image on which the masking process is performed in a first output mode and outputs an unprocessed moving image on which the masking process is not performed in a second output mode, and a controller that switches the output mode of the moving image outputter according to an instruction of a user, in which the controller performs output mode initialization that sets the output mode to the first output mode at a booting of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi FUJII, Kazuhiko IWAI, Tetsurou KAKIZAWA, Kosuke HOSOI, Marie KUWAHARA, Kazuma YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150244991
    Abstract: An image processing camera generates movement information on the basis of an omnidirectional image captured at a fixed field angle, and notifies PTZ camera of first movement information through a network. The PTZ camera analyzes the first movement information, changes a field angle to a specific monitoring target area. The image processing camera transmits second movement information to the PTZ camera. The PTZ camera analyzes the second movement information, captures a projected image of the specific monitoring target area when it is recognized that a current field angle is correct on the basis of the second movement information. Accordingly, an image of the specific monitoring target area is captured in a situation where there is no object such as a figure while monitoring a wide range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Junko Noda, Kosuke Hosoi, Akinobu Tanaka, Toshihiro Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20150222861
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus according to embodiments of the invention generates and outputs an output moving image obtained by changing an image area of a person detected from an imaged moving image of a monitoring area to a mask image. The monitoring apparatus includes a person image analyzer including a person detector which detects a person from the imaged moving image and acquires area information regarding each person and an attribute determinator which determines attributes for each person detected from the imaged moving image, a mask image setter which sets the mask image by the attribute, and a moving image output controller which generates and outputs the output moving image obtained by changing the image area for each person to the mask image by the attribute, based on the area information and the attribute for each person output from the person image analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi FUJII, Kazuhiko IWAI, Tetsurou KAKIZAWA, Kosuke HOSOI, Marie KUWAHARA, Kazuma YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 8885092
    Abstract: A camera device (1) includes an imaging unit (2) which outputs a long exposure signal and a short exposure signal in one field period. A face detection unit (8) detects a face area from an image captured by the imaging unit (2). The weighting processing unit (12) applies a weighting process to luminance data of the long exposure signal in the detected face area using a weighting constant for reducing the luminance level of the long exposure signal. If the luminance level of the weighting-processed long exposure signal rises to a predetermined saturation level or higher, an exposure control unit (15) performs exposure control using the long exposure signal and the short exposure signal. This can suppress occurrence of a noise due to a short exposure signal (flickering) in the face area, thereby improving visibility in the face area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Mori, Shoji Hatta, Kosuke Hosoi, Yasuji Nakamura, Ryoko Kato
  • Publication number: 20120113297
    Abstract: A camera device (1) includes an imaging unit (2) which outputs a long exposure signal and a short exposure signal in one field period. A face detection unit (8) detects a face area from an image captured by the imaging unit (2). The weighting processing unit (12) applies a weighting process to luminance data of the long exposure signal in the detected face area using a weighting constant for reducing the luminance level of the long exposure signal. If the luminance level of the weighting-processed long exposure signal rises to a predetermined saturation level or higher, an exposure control unit (15) performs exposure control using the long exposure signal and the short exposure signal. This can suppress occurrence of a noise due to a short exposure signal (flickering) in the face area, thereby improving visibility in the face area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro Mori, Shoji Hatta, Kosuke Hosoi, Yasuji Nakamura, Ryoko Kato