Patents by Inventor Masaki Seki

Masaki Seki 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: 11946910
    Abstract: Provided are a stable triazolinedione adduct, a method for producing the same, a method for producing an ene compound, and a method for analyzing an ene compound. A triazolinedione adduct that is stable until the time of use and can be reacted while reverting to a triazolinedione compound at the time of use. Specifically, a triazolinedione adduct represented by formula (1). (In the formula, R1 is an organic group, and A is a fused ring of three or more rings including at least one aromatic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Tokuyama Corporation, Jeol Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Seki, Seketsu Fukuzawa, Masaki Takiwaki
  • Publication number: 20240066047
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound having a STING agonistic activity, which may be expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of STING-related diseases. The present disclosure relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: MASATO YOSHIKAWA, MORIHISA SAITOH, TAISUKE KATO, YAYOI NAKAYAMA, TOMOHIRO SEKI, YASUO NAKAGAWA, YUSUKE TOMINARI, MASAKI SETO, YUSUKE SASAKI, MASANORI OKANIWA, TSUNEO ODA, AKITO SHIBUYA, KOSUKE HIDAKA, ZENYU SHIOKAWA, SHUMPEI MURATA, ATSUTOSHI OKABE, YOSHIHISA NAKADA, MICHIYO MOCHIZUKI, BRIAN SCOTT FREEZE, TAISUKE TAWARAISHI, YASUFUMI WADA, PAUL D. GREENSPAN
  • Publication number: 20230406002
    Abstract: Provided are a defective nozzle estimation device, a defective nozzle estimation method, a defective nozzle estimation program, a printing device, and a method for manufacturing a printed matter, with which a defective nozzle is accurately estimated. A position in a nozzle direction of an image defect of a printed matter caused by a defective nozzle in imaging data is acquired, nozzle mapping information indicating a correspondence relationship between positions of a plurality of nozzles of an ink jet head and pixel positions of the imaging data in the nozzle direction is acquired, nozzle mapping information is corrected using nozzle mapping correction information for correcting a positional relationship between at least two of a print medium, the ink jet head, and a scanner in the nozzle direction, and at least one of defective nozzle candidates is estimated using the corrected nozzle mapping information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki SEKI
  • Publication number: 20230406003
    Abstract: Provided are a defective nozzle estimation device, a defective nozzle estimation method, a defective nozzle estimation program, a printing device, and a method for manufacturing a printed matter, with which a defective nozzle is estimated in a short time. A position of an image defect of a printed matter caused by a defective nozzle in imaging data based on a captured image in which the printed matter is imaged by a scanner is acquired, a first pixel value at the position of the image defect of the imaging data is acquired, a second pixel value at a position corresponding to the position of the image defect of reference data is acquired, and at least one defective nozzle candidate, which is a cause of the image defect of the printed matter, is estimated from the first pixel value and the second pixel value using a learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki SEKI
  • Patent number: 11776107
    Abstract: Provided are an inspection method, a program, an inspection device, and a printing device capable of realizing a uniform inspection in a defect inspection of a printed article using a special substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Seki
  • Publication number: 20230103391
    Abstract: Provided are a defect inspection device, a defect inspection method, and a program, and a printing device and a method of manufacturing a printed matter, in which a defect of a printed matter is inspected by performing registration between reference data and imaging data of the printed matter printed on the basis of the reference data with high accuracy at high speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki SEKI
  • Publication number: 20220198638
    Abstract: Provided are a printed matter inspection device, a printed matter inspection method, a program, and a printing apparatus capable of suppressing erroneous detection in detection of a defect occurring in one direction. The printed matter inspection device and the printing apparatus include a print data acquisition unit that acquires print data, an imaging data acquisition unit that acquires imaging data of a printed matter, a registration processing unit that executes registration between the print data and the imaging data by applying a specified registration accuracy, and an inspection processing unit that acquires defect information of the imaging data based on the print data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Seki
  • Publication number: 20210334953
    Abstract: Provided are an inspection method, a program, an inspection device, and a printing device capable of realizing a uniform inspection in a defect inspection of a printed article using a special substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki SEKI
  • Patent number: 8720792
    Abstract: A ballast retaining structure according to the present invention is a ballast retaining structure in which ballast laid on the roadbed is tamped to thereby retain a track bed extended in an extending direction of the roadbed from a transverse direction thereof, and includes a layered body formed by a plurality of bag-like objects, each being formed in a bag shape and containing the ballast, which are stacked from a toe of slope to a top of slope of the track bed such that each of the bag-like objects is tilted to decline from an outer end portion to an inner end portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Central Japan Railway Company
    Inventors: Mikihito Kobayashi, Masaki Seki, Yasuhito Watanabe, Hironari Muramatsu, Junichi Koseki
  • Patent number: 8485452
    Abstract: The first object of the present invention is to provide a derailment prevention guard which can be easily shunted outside the range of the ballast tamping work, the rail grinding work and the rail maintenance work, and has no problem on safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: Central Japan Railway Company, Yamato Trackwork System Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Seki, Takashi Kachi, Tomomi Funada, Takaaki Irie, Katsunari Konishi, Tetsuya Hanazaki
  • Patent number: 8418932
    Abstract: A wheel guard apparatus capable of preventing a wheel from derailing and preventing a vehicle from seriously deviating from a track even if the wheel has derailed includes a fixed portion fixed to a railroad tie located between main line rails; a movable portion supported by a rotating shaft provided on the fixed portion and extending in a horizontal direction and configured to be rotatable around the rotating shaft toward a track center side; and a guard rail located at a position separated from the rotating shaft of the movable portion and held to extend in parallel with the main line rail. The guard rail includes an outer stopper portion configured to prevent the wheel from derailing toward an inner side of the main line rail and an inner stopper portion configured to prevent a derailed vehicle from deviating to an outer side of a track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: Central Japan Railway Company, Yamato Trackwork System Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Seki, Kazuhiro Miwa, Tomomi Funada, Hironari Muramatsu, Takaaki Irie, Yoshio Morikawa, Katsunari Konishi, Tetsuya Hanazaki
  • Publication number: 20120318785
    Abstract: A ceramic heater comprising: a support body made of a first non-conductive ceramic material; a heater pattern, which is made of a conductive material and has a terminal junction at each end and is laid on the support body; a coating layer, which is made of a second non-conductive ceramic material and is laid to cover the support body and the heater pattern but not to cover the terminal junctions of the heater pattern; and a lead wire for connecting the terminal junctions to a power source; and this ceramic heater is comprised of that the terminal junctions of the heater are coated with a conductive protective layer; that each heater terminal junction coated with the protective layer and the lead that is connected to the power source are electrically connected to each other via a washer made of a malleable conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma KUSHIHASHI, Noboru KIMURA, Nobuhiko KODANA, Masaki SEKI
  • Patent number: 8302877
    Abstract: The first object of the present invention is to provide a derailment prevention guard which can be easily shunted outside the range of the ballast tamping work, the rail grinding work and the rail maintenance work, and has no problem on safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignees: Central Japan Railway Company, Yamato Trackwork System Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Seki, Takashi Kachi, Tomomi Funada, Takaaki Irie, Katsunari Konishi, Tetsuya Hanazaki
  • Patent number: 8240580
    Abstract: A ballast retaining structure includes a first layered body constituted by a plurality of bag-like objects, each being formed in a bag shape and containing the ballast, stacked from a toe of slope to a top of slope of the track bed and disposed in the extending direction of the roadbed. The bag-like object has communication holes for communicating an inside and an outside of the bag-like object formed in at least upper and lower surfaces of the bag-like object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Central Japan Railroad Company
    Inventors: Masaki Seki, Takashi Kachi, Mikihito Kobayashi, Junichi Koseki
  • Publication number: 20110155818
    Abstract: A ballast retaining structure according to the present invention is a ballast retaining structure in which ballast laid on the roadbed is tamped to thereby retain a track bed extended in an extending direction of the roadbed from a transverse direction thereof, and includes a layered body formed by a plurality of bag-like objects, each being formed in a bag shape and containing the ballast, which are stacked from a toe of slope to a top of slope of the track bed such that each of the bag-like objects is tilted to decline from an outer end portion to an inner end portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
    Inventors: Mikihito Kobayashi, Masaki Seki, Yasuhito Watanabe, Hironari Muramatsu, Junichi Koseki
  • Publication number: 20110121089
    Abstract: The first object of the present invention is to provide a derailment prevention guard which can be easily shunted outside the range of the ballast tamping work, the rail grinding work and the rail maintenance work, and has no problem on safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicants: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, YAMATO TRACKWORK SYSTEM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masaki Seki, Takashi Kachi, Tomomi Funada, Takaaki Irie, Katsunari Konishi, Tetsuya Hanazaki
  • Publication number: 20110121088
    Abstract: The first object of the present invention is to provide a derailment prevention guard which can be easily shunted outside the range of the ballast tamping work, the rail grinding work and the rail maintenance work, and has no problem on safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicants: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, YAMATO TRACKWORK SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Seki, Takashi Kachi, Tomomi Funada, Takaaki Irie, Katsunari Konishi, Tetsuya Hanazaki
  • Publication number: 20110049254
    Abstract: A wheel guard apparatus capable of preventing a wheel from derailing and preventing a vehicle from seriously deviating from a track even if the wheel has derailed includes a fixed portion fixed to a railroad tie located between main line rails; a movable portion supported by a rotating shaft provided on the fixed portion and extending in a horizontal direction and configured to be rotatable around the rotating shaft toward a track center side; and a guard rail located at a position separated from the rotating shaft of the movable portion and held to extend in parallel with the main line rail. The guard rail includes an outer stopper portion configured to prevent the wheel from derailing toward an inner side of the main line rail and an inner stopper portion configured to prevent a derailed vehicle from deviating to an outer side of a track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicants: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY, YAMATO TRACKWORK SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Seki, Kazuhiro Miwa, Tomomi Funada, Hironari Muramatsu, Takaaki Irie, Yoshio Morikawa, Katsunari Konishi, Tetsuya Hanazaki
  • Patent number: 7891577
    Abstract: A derailment prevention guard includes a guard member (3) installed within a gauge and a support member (6) fixed to a sleeper (4) or a concrete slab track. The guard member (3) engages a hold member (8) moveable around an axis (7) supported by the support member (6) as turning center between a main rail (1) and the inside of the gauge on the sleeper. The support member (6) engages the hold member (8) by bolt (12) through turning the hold member (8) toward the main rail (1) around the central axis (7) as turning center on the sleeper (4), and the guard member (3) can be shunted inward by turning the hold member (8) toward the inside of the gauge around the central axis (7) as turning center on the sleeper (4) after loosening the bolt (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignees: Central Japan Railway Company, Yamato Trackwork System Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Seki, Takashi Kachi, Tomomi Funada, Takaaki Irie, Katsunari Konishi, Tetsuya Hanazaki
  • Publication number: 20100193596
    Abstract: A ballast retaining structure includes a first layered body constituted by a plurality of bag-like objects, each being formed in a bag shape and containing the ballast, stacked from a toe of slope to a top of slope of the track bed and disposed in the extending direction of the roadbed. The bag-like object has communication holes for communicating an inside and an outside of the bag-like object formed in at least upper and lower surfaces of the bag-like object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
    Inventors: Masaki Seki, Takashi Kachi, Mikihito Kobayashi, Junichi Koseki