Patents by Inventor Naoko Saito
Naoko Saito 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: 20150110731Abstract: Provided is a substance inhibiting an odor caused by 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone. An inhibitor of an odor caused by 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone, comprising a substance inhibiting the response of an olfactory receptor OR5K1 as an active ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: Kao CorporationInventors: Aya NAMBA, Naoko Saito, Michiaki Inoue, Tsuyoshi Toyabe
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Patent number: 8976296Abstract: A digital receiver including: a receiver; a decoder; and a display controller, with a display having a first display zone displaying at least a part of the title included in program information and a second display zone displaying an entirety of the title, under control of the display controller; wherein the display controller includes an input data amount calculator calculating an amount of input data for the first display zone inputted from memory, and a comparator to compare the amount calculated with an amount of displayable data, and when the amount of the input data is larger than the amount of the displayable data, a part of the title and a symbol indicative of omission are displayed, and when the first display zone is selected, an entirety of the title in the selected first display zone is displayed in the second display zone.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichifuji, Takehito Kishi, Naoko Saito, Satoru Takashimizu, Takanori Eda
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Publication number: 20140186864Abstract: Provided is a method for identifying a malodor inhibitor based on a response of an olfactory receptor. The present invention provides a method for identifying a malodor inhibitor including: adding a test substance and a malodor-causing substance to at least one olfactory receptor selected from the group consisting of OR5P3, OR5K1, OR2W1, OR8H1, and a polypeptide which has 80% or more identity in amino acid sequence to any one of the aforementioned polypeptides; measuring the response of the olfactory receptor to the malodor-causing substance; identifying the test substance which can suppress the response of the olfactory receptor based on the measured response; and selecting, as a malodor inhibitor, the test substance which can suppress the response of the olfactory receptor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Kao CorporationInventors: Aya Kato, Naoko Saito
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Publication number: 20130216492Abstract: Provided are a method for searching for a malodor inhibitor by using the response of an olfactory receptor as an indicator; a method for inhibiting malodor based on the antagonism of olfactory receptors; and a malodor inhibitor. Disclosed are a method for searching for a malodor inhibitor, the method including: adding a test substance and a malodor-causing substance to any one olfactory receptor selected from the group consisting of OR51E1, OR2W1, OR10A6, OR51I2, and OR51L1, measuring the response of the olfactory receptor to the malodor-causing substance, identifying the test substance that suppresses the response of the olfactory receptor on the basis of the measured response, and selecting the identified test substance as a malodor inhibitor; an antagonist to any one olfactory receptor selected from the group consisting of OR51E1, OR2W1, OR10A6, OR51I2, and OR51L1; a method for inhibiting malodor using the antagonist.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Aya Kato, Naoko Saito, Etsuji Wakisaka
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Patent number: 8511746Abstract: A frame for a vehicle which is formed to have a closed cross section and constitutes part of a vehicle body, comprising a first face portion on which a compressive force acts when a load acts from an outside, a second face portion on which a tensional force acts when the load acts from the outside, a pair of third face portions which are located between the first face portion and the second face portion and form ridgelines together with the first face portion, and a lateral reinforcement potion which is provided at least one of the third face portions and extending in a line shape from the first face portion toward the second face portion. Accordingly, the frame for a vehicle which can increase the bending strength of the frame is provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Chikara Kawamura, Masanori Honda, Shin Sasaki, Mitsugi Fukahori, Naoko Saito
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Patent number: 8365411Abstract: The present invention provides a method capable of accurately producing a metal closed-section member in a relatively simple manner.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Naoko Saito, Kyosou Ishida, Tetsuo Hamamoto
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Publication number: 20120098299Abstract: A frame for a vehicle which is formed to have a closed cross section and constitutes part of a vehicle body, comprising a first face portion on which a compressive force acts when a load acts from an outside, a second face portion on which a tensional force acts when the load acts from the outside, a pair of third face portions which are located between the first face portion and the second face portion and form ridgelines together with the first face portion, and a lateral reinforcement potion which is provided at least one of the third face portions and extending in a line shape from the first face portion toward the second face portion. Accordingly, the frame for a vehicle which can increase the bending strength of the frame is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Chikara KAWAMURA, Masanori HONDA, Shin SASAKI, Mitsugi FUKAHORI, Naoko SAITO
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Publication number: 20120062795Abstract: A digital receiver including: a receiver; a decoder; and a display controller, with a display having a first display zone displaying at least a part of the title included in program information and a second display zone displaying an entirety of the title, under control of the display controller; wherein the display controller includes an input data amount calculator calculating an amount of input data for the first display zone inputted from memory, and a comparator to compare the amount calculated with an amount of displayable data, and when the amount of the input data is larger than the amount of the displayable data, a part of the title and a symbol indicative of omission are displayed, and when the first display zone is selected, an entirety of the title in the selected first display zone is displayed in the second display zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichifuji, Takehito Kishi, Naoko Saito, Satoru Takashimizu, Takanori Eda
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Patent number: 8009233Abstract: A digital receiver to effect display of at least one of video or a plurality of background information blocks each indicative of a program time period, including: a display change controller provided in the digital receiver, which changes a displayed shape of a particular background information block indicative of a program time period in the grid when the program time period indicated by the particular background information block exceeds a program time period which is displayed in a first prescribed zone; a full display controller controlling display of the program start time and program end time to occur concurrently together with the selected background information block on a same display whenever the selected background information block is selected.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2006Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichifuji, Takehito Kishi, Naoko Saito, Satoru Takashimizu, Takanori Eda
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Publication number: 20100218375Abstract: The present invention provides a method capable of accurately producing a metal closed-section member in a relatively simple manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2009Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Naoko SAITO, Kyosou ISHIDA, Tetsuo HAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20100165466Abstract: An optical sheet for display use wherein two or more optical sheets are stacked therein and the optical sheets are joined to one another on one peripheral side of each by a thermoadhesive film is to be provided. Also an optical sheet for display use wherein two or more optical sheets are stacked therein and the optical sheets are joined to one another on two or more peripheral sides of each by a thermoadhesive film is to be provided. Since the optical sheets are joined to one another on one peripheral side or two or more peripheral sides of each by a thermoadhesive film, the step of cutting each of multiple films (sheets) into the product size can be omitted, and so can be the step of stacking multiple layers of films (sheets) while positioning them. Also, it is free from a problem which derives from protective sheets, resulting in advantages in both cost and quality aspects. Moreover, it is free from a problem which arises when multiple layers of films are stacked.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2006Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Keisuke Endo, Takehiko Nakayama, Naoko Saito
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Patent number: 7289158Abstract: A broadcasting and communication receiver apparatus for displaying program-associated information, in which, in addition to a predetermined display zone, another display zone is provided so that display data of specific information selected by a viewer is wholly displayed and, when the display data is displayed as omitted, a symbol indicative of the information omission is attached to the display data to display the display data within the limited display zone. The apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving the program-associated information including a title, start and end times of a broadcast program together with a video signal and an audio signal, a decoder for decoding the program-associated information, a display unit for displaying the decoded program-associated information thereon, a command receiver for receiving an input signal from a remote controller or from a key or keys provided to the receiver, and a display controller for controlling a display screen on the basis of the input signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2004Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichifuji, Takehito Kishi, Naoko Saito, Satoru Takashimizu, Takanori Eda
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Publication number: 20070136120Abstract: A service providing system connected to clients comprises an acquisition unit for acquiring first data that indicates a clients' operating status; a prediction unit for predicting the failure of facilities owned by the clients based on the first data; and an output unit for outputting second data indicating resources for restoring the facilities based on the result of damage prediction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Tohru Watanabe, Shigetoshi Sameshima, Naoko Saito
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Patent number: 7158188Abstract: A broadcasting and communication receiver apparatus for displaying program-associated information, in which, in addition to a predetermined display zone, another display zone is provided so that display data of specific information selected by a viewer is wholly displayed and, when the display data is displayed as omitted, a symbol indicative of the information omission is attached to the display data to display the display data within the limited display zone. The apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving the program-associated information including a title, start and end times of a broadcast program together with a video signal and an audio signal, a decoder for decoding the program-associated information, a display unit for displaying the decoded program-associated information thereon, a command receiver for receiving an input signal from a remote controller or from a key or keys provided to the receiver, and a display controller for controlling a display screen on the basis of the input signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1999Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichifuji, Takehito Kishi, Naoko Saito, Satoru Takashimizu, Takanori Eda
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Publication number: 20060274205Abstract: A digital receiver to effect display of at least one of video or a plurality of background information blocks each indicative of a program time period, including: a display change controller provided in the digital receiver, which changes a displayed shape of a particular background information block indicative of a program time period in the grid when the program time period indicated by the particular background information block exceeds a program time period which is displayed in a first prescribed zone; a full display controller controlling display of the program start time and program end time to occur concurrently together with the selected background information block on a same display whenever the selected background information block is selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2006Publication date: December 7, 2006Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichifuji, Takehito Kishi, Naoko Saito, Satoru Takashimizu, Takanori Eda
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Publication number: 20040155981Abstract: A broadcasting and communication receiver apparatus for displaying program-associated information, in which, in addition to a predetermined display zone, another display zone is provided so that display data of specific information selected by a viewer is wholly displayed and, when the display data is displayed as omitted, a symbol indicative of the information omission is attached to the display data to display the display data within the limited display zone. The apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving the program-associated information including a title, start and end times of a broadcast program together with a video signal and an audio signal, a decoder for decoding the program-associated information, a display unit for displaying the decoded program-associated information thereon, a command receiver for receiving an input signal from a remote controller or from a key or keys provided to the receiver, and a display controller for controlling a display screen on the basis of the input signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2004Publication date: August 12, 2004Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichifuji, Takehito Kishi, Naoko Saito, Satoru Takashimizu, Tokanori Eda
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Patent number: 6037995Abstract: A broadcasting and communication receiver apparatus for displaying program-associated information, in which, in addition to a predetermined display zone, another display zone is provided so that display data of specific information selected by a viewer is wholly displayed and, when the display data is displayed as omitted, a symbol indicative of the information omission is attached to the display data to display the display data within the limited display zone. The apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving the program-associated information including a title, start and end times of a broadcast program together with a video signal and an audio signal, a decoder for decoding the program-associated information, a display unit for displaying the decoded program-associated information thereon, a command receiver for receiving an input signal from a remote controller or from a key or keys provided to the receiver, and a display controller for controlling a display screen on the basis of the input signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1997Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhisa Ichifuji, Takehito Kishi, Naoko Saito, Satoru Takashimizu, Takanori Eda