Patents by Inventor Masato Itoh

Masato Itoh 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: 11935234
    Abstract: A computer obtains a chest X-ray image, detects boundary lines in the chest X-ray image using a model constructed through machine learning, sets a third lung area including at least one of a first lung area or a second lung area, extracts a vascular index indicating at least one of thickness or density of at least one pulmonary blood vessel present in an area included in the third lung area, determines whether the area included in the third lung area is in an abnormal state on a basis of the vascular index and a reference index based on indices extracted in advance from an area in chest X-ray images in a normal state corresponding to the area included in the third lung area, and outputs, if determining that the area included in the third lung area is in an abnormal state, information indicating a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kondo, Jun Ozawa, Hirohiko Kimura, Harumi Itoh, Masato Tanaka, Shinichi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11914270
    Abstract: A slide mechanism includes: a slider that is movable between a first position and a second position along an edge wall; a shield cover on the slider, the shield cover being located to cover the front of the camera when the slider is in the first position and located to be away from the front of the camera when the slider is in the second position; a movable magnet at the slider; and a fixed magnet at the chassis. The movable magnet and the fixed magnet are disposed to face each other so that when the slider is in the first position and the second position, the movable magnet and the fixed magnet attract to each other, and when the slider is located between the first position and the second position, the movable magnet and the fixed magnet repel each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Ishikawa, Masato Itoh, Tabito Miyamoto, Takehito Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20230004068
    Abstract: A slide mechanism includes: a slider that is movable between a first position and a second position along an edge wall; a shield cover on the slider, the shield cover being located to cover the front of the camera when the slider is in the first position and located to be away from the front of the camera when the slider is in the second position; a movable magnet at the slider; and a fixed magnet at the chassis. The movable magnet and the fixed magnet are disposed to face each other so that when the slider is in the first position and the second position, the movable magnet and the fixed magnet attract to each other, and when the slider is located between the first position and the second position, the movable magnet and the fixed magnet repel each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Ishikawa, Masato Itoh, Tabito Miyamoto, Takehito Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 11221653
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods that determine the positional state of a lid body relative to a chassis body based on a detected amount of magnetic flux are disclosed. One apparatus includes a lid body including a first magnet and a magnetic sensor and a chassis body including a second magnet. The magnetic sensor is configured to detect an amount of magnetic flux from the first magnet and the second magnet is positioned on the chassis body to influence the amount of magnetic flux detected by the magnetic sensor based on the relative positions of the lid body and the chassis body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Itoh, Tabito Miyamoto, Masaaki Bandoh, Toshikazu Horino
  • Patent number: 11079800
    Abstract: An expansion device removably attachable even to a thin portable information apparatus and an electronic apparatus including the portable information apparatus and the expansion device are disclosed. An expansion device includes: a device chassis having a shorter front-rear dimension than a front-rear dimension of an apparatus chassis of a portable information apparatus; a plurality of attracted bodies such as a plurality of magnets or iron plates provided to face a top surface of the device chassis and capable of attracting a plurality of magnets provided to face a bottom surface of the apparatus chassis; and a fitting hole that is provided at the top surface of the device chassis and into which a leg portion protruding from the bottom surface of the apparatus chassis is fittable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Kazuo Fujii, Tabito Miyamoto, Masato Itoh
  • Patent number: 10938480
    Abstract: A transceiver is disclosed. The transceiver includes a first unit capable of a full-duplex communication using an electromagnetic wave, and a second unit capable of a full-duplex communication using an electromagnetic wave. The first unit includes a transmitter and a receiver arranged in this order at a predetermined interval in a first direction. The second unit includes a receiver and a transmitter arranged in this order at a predetermined interval in the first direction. The second unit is placed adjacent to the first unit in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Hirohide Komiyama, Masayuki Amano, Tabito Miyamoto, Masato Itoh
  • Publication number: 20200387197
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods that determine the positional state of a lid body relative to a chassis body based on a detected amount of magnetic flux are disclosed. One apparatus includes a lid body including a first magnet and a magnetic sensor and a chassis body including a second magnet. The magnetic sensor is configured to detect an amount of magnetic flux from the first magnet and the second magnet is positioned on the chassis body to influence the amount of magnetic flux detected by the magnetic sensor based on the relative positions of the lid body and the chassis body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Masato Itoh, Tabito Miyamoto, Masaaki Bandoh, Toshikazu Horino
  • Publication number: 20200106525
    Abstract: A transceiver is disclosed. The transceiver includes a first unit capable of a full-duplex communication using an electromagnetic wave, and a second unit capable of a full-duplex communication using an electromagnetic wave. The first unit includes a transmitter and a receiver arranged in this order at a predetermined interval in a first direction. The second unit includes a receiver and a transmitter arranged in this order at a predetermined interval in the first direction. The second unit is placed adjacent to the first unit in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hirohide Komiyama, Masayuki Amano, Tabito Miyamoto, Masato Itoh
  • Patent number: 10599187
    Abstract: A low-cost electronic device capable of storing keycaps within a chassis is disclosed. The electronic device includes a support plate; a set of keycaps supported above the top face of the support plate, the keycaps moving up and down between the operating position and the storage position; and a frame functioning as a driving member that is movable relative to the keycaps in the direction parallel to the top face of the support plate. Each keycap has a pressure-receiving part. The frame has pressing parts that move relative to the keycaps to come in contact with the pressure-receiving parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD
    Inventors: Fumiio Tamura, Masato Itoh, Tabito Miyamoto, Yoshiyuki Shibayama
  • Publication number: 20200026329
    Abstract: An expansion device removably attachable even to a thin portable information apparatus and an electronic apparatus including the portable information apparatus and the expansion device are disclosed. An expansion device includes: a device chassis having a shorter front-rear dimension than a front-rear dimension of an apparatus chassis of a portable information apparatus; a plurality of attracted bodies such as a plurality of magnets or iron plates provided to face a top surface of the device chassis and capable of attracting a plurality of magnets provided to face a bottom surface of the apparatus chassis; and a fitting hole that is provided at the top surface of the device chassis and into which a leg portion protruding from the bottom surface of the apparatus chassis is fittable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: KAZUO FUJII, TABITO MIYAMOTO, MASATO ITOH
  • Publication number: 20190377389
    Abstract: A low-cost electronic device capable of storing keycaps within a chassis is disclosed. The electronic device includes a support plate; a set of keycaps supported above the top face of the support plate, the keycaps moving up and down between the operating position and the storage position; and a frame functioning as a driving member that is movable relative to the keycaps in the direction parallel to the top face of the support plate. Each keycap has a pressure-receiving part. The frame has pressing parts that move relative to the keycaps to come in contact with the pressure-receiving parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: FUMIO TAMURA, MASATO ITOH, TABITO MIYAMOTO, YOSHIYUKI SHIBAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10208364
    Abstract: A Ni-based alloy comprises nitrides, of which an estimated largest size is an area-equivalent diameter of 12 ?m to 25 ?m, the estimated largest size of the nitrides being determined by calculating an area-equivalent diameter D which is defined as D=A1/2 in relation to an area A of a nitride with a largest size among nitrides present in a measurement field of view area S0 of an observation of the Ni-based alloy, repeatedly performing this operation for n times corresponding to a measurement field of view number n to acquire n pieces of data of the area-equivalent diameter D, arranging the pieces of data of area-equivalent diameter D in ascending order into D1, D2, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Okada, Masaki Taneike, Hidetaka Oguma, Yoshitaka Uemura, Daisuke Yoshida, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Masato Itoh, Kenichi Yaguchi, Tadashi Fukuda, Takanori Matsui
  • Patent number: 9828656
    Abstract: In a Ni-base alloy, an area-equivalent diameter D is calculated. D is defined by D=A1/2 from an area A of a largest nitride in a field of view when an observation area S0 is observed. This process is repeated in n fields of view for measurement, where n is the number of the fields of view for measurement, so as to acquire n pieces of data on D, and the pieces are arranged in ascending order D1, D2, . . . , Dn to obtain a reduced variate yj. The obtained values are plotted on X-Y axis coordinates, where an X axis corresponds to D and a Y axis corresponds to yj. In a regression line yj=a×D+b, yj is obtained when a target cross-sectional area S is set to 100 mm2. When the obtained yj is substituted into the regression line, the estimated nitride maximum size is ?25 ?m in diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals MMC Superalloy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Itoh, Kenichi Yaguchi, Tadashi Fukuda, Takanori Matsui
  • Publication number: 20160177423
    Abstract: A Ni-based alloy comprises nitrides, of which an estimated largest size is an area-equivalent diameter of 12 ?m to 25 ?m, the estimated largest size of the nitrides being determined by calculating an area-equivalent diameter D which is defined as D=A1/2 in relation to an area A of a nitride with a largest size among nitrides present in a measurement field of view area S0 of an observation of the Ni-based alloy, repeatedly performing this operation for n times corresponding to a measurement field of view number n to acquire n pieces of data of the area-equivalent diameter D, arranging the pieces of data of area-equivalent diameter D in ascending order into D1, D2, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Ikuo OKADA, Masaki TANEIKE, Hidetaka OGUMA, Yoshitaka UEMURA, Daisuke YOSHIDA, Yoshiyuki INOUE, Masato ITOH, Kenichi YAGUCHI, Tadashi FUKUDA, Takanori MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20150010427
    Abstract: In a Ni-base alloy, an area-equivalent diameter D is calculated. D is defined by D=A1/2 from an area A of a largest nitride in a field of view when an observation area S0 is observed. This process is repeated in n fields of view for measurement, where n is the number of the fields of view for measurement, so as to acquire n pieces of data on D, and the pieces are arranged in ascending order D1, D2, . . . , Dn to obtain a reduced variate yj. The obtained values are plotted on X-Y axis coordinates, where an X axis corresponds to D and a Y axis corresponds to yj. In a regression line yj=a×D+b, yj is obtained when a target cross-sectional area S is set to 100 mm2. When the obtained yj is substituted into the regression line, the estimated nitride maximum size is ?25 ?m in diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicants: HITACHI METALS MMC SUPERALLOY, LTD., MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Itoh, Kenichi Yaguchi, Tadashi Fukuda, Takanori Matsui
  • Patent number: 8400048
    Abstract: A tuning-fork type piezoelectric resonator plate includes: at least a plurality of leg portions serving as vibrating portions; a bonding portion bonded to the outside, and a base portion from which the leg portions and the bonding portion protrude. The plurality of leg portions protrude from a first end face of the base portion and are provided side-by-side on the first end face. The bonding portion protrude from a second end face located opposite the first end face of the base portion at a position located opposite a center position of the plurality of leg portions in a width direction of the first end face of the base portion. And, at least a base end portion of the bonding portion is used as a bond region that is bonded to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Daishinku Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Shirai, Yoshinobu Sakamoto, Syunsuke Satoh, Tomo Fujii, Masato Itoh, Yoshinari Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20110043079
    Abstract: A tuning-fork type piezoelectric resonator plate includes: at least a plurality of leg portions serving as vibrating portions; a bonding portion bonded to the outside, and a base portion from which the leg portions and the bonding portion protrude. The plurality of leg portions protrude from a first end face of the base portion and are provided side-by-side on the first end face. The bonding portion protrude from a second end face located opposite the first end face of the base portion at a position located opposite a center position of the plurality of leg portions in a width direction of the first end face of the base portion. And, at least a base end portion of the bonding portion is used as a bond region that is bonded to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: DAISHINKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Shirai, Yoshinobu Sakamoto, Syunsuke Satoh, Tomo Fujii, Masato Itoh, Yoshinari Morimoto
  • Patent number: 6703726
    Abstract: A platen used as a stator of a planar linear motor having a platen body (90) comprised of a stacked member (91) of magnetic sheets (T) giving a high performance and a backing plate. The backing plate of the stacked member (91) is formed with dovetail grooves (91a) along a direction perpendicular to the sheet edge direction. The backing plate (92) has a plurality of first through holes (92a) discretely arranged in lines longitudinally across the strip-shaped portions facing the dovetail grooves (91a). Top bent side ends (94) of connecting beam members (93) have pluralities of second through holes (94a) discretely arranged in lines longitudinally across the beam longitudinal direction. Joints (100) of a fluid hardening material injected into the dovetail grooves (91a) and the through holes (94a) (92a) to fill and harden in the same are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Shinano Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Itoh, Kimihiko Tanaka, Katsuhiko Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 6661125
    Abstract: A two-phase planar linear motor used for an IC test handler etc. comprising a platen (50) having a platen surface formed with a plurality of platen dots (D) arranged in a matrix and a composite movable member (70) comprised of two X-axis movable members (60X) and two Y-axis movable members (20Y) connected in an in-plane perpendicular relationship. The platen (50) is a stacked member comprised at a plurality of magnetic sheets T stacked together and uses the parallel sheet edge surfaces as the platen surface (51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Shinano Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Itoh, Kimihiko Taknaka, Katsuhiko Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20020140295
    Abstract: A two-phase planar linear motor used for an IC test handler etc. comprising a platen (50) having a platen surface formed with a plurality of platen dots (D) arranged in a matrix and a composite movable member (70) comprised of two X-axis movable members (60X) and two Y-axis movable members (20Y) connected in an in-plane perpendicular relationship. The platen (50) is a stacked member comprised at a plurality of magnetic sheets T stacked together and uses the parallel sheet edge surfaces as the platen surface (51).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Masato Itoh, Kimihiko Taknaka, Katsuhiko Takeuchi