Patents by Inventor Satoshi Nishino
Satoshi Nishino 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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Patent number: 11975800Abstract: A derailleur basically includes a base member, a movable member and a linkage assembly. The base member includes a first base member connecting section and a second base member connecting section. The movable member includes a first movable member connecting section and a second movable member connecting section. The linkage assembly includes an inner link member and an outer link member. The outer link is pivotally coupled to the second base member connecting section about a third pivot axis. The outer link is pivotally coupled to the second movable member connecting section about a fourth pivot axis. The outer link member has a power source receiving part that is configured to be arranged such that the power source receiving part traverses a reference line extending between the third pivot axis and the fourth pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Takafumi Nishino, Satoshi Idogaki
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Publication number: 20240085743Abstract: In order to avoid generation of black unevenness caused by the water intrusion into a liquid crystal display device, there is to provide a liquid crystal display device including a display area and a terminal portion, in which a TFT substrate with an organic passivation film formed and an opposite substrate are adhered to each other by a seal portion and a liquid crystal is enclosed there, wherein in the seal portion of the TFT substrate, a groove-shaped through-hole is formed in the organic passivation film to surround the display area, a water absorption layer formed of the same material in the same process as that of the organic passivation film is formed within the groove-shaped through-hole, and the water absorption layer is not covered with the inorganic insulating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Tomonori NISHINO, Masato SHIMURA, Tomokazu ISHIKAWA, Yuki KURAMOTO, Satoshi HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230011467Abstract: An optical sheet 10 of the present invention includes a laminate including a polarizing layer 4 containing at least one kind of a light absorbing agent and having a polarizing function, and a protective layer 1 laminated on the polarizing layer 4, in which in the polarizing layer 4, a value of a* is 0 or more and 30 or less and a value of b* is 0 or more and 30 or less in an L*a*b* color system defined by JIS Z 8781-4, and in the optical sheet 10, a size of a Q Blue value defined by Australian Standard Australia/New Zealand Standard 1067-2016 is 0.70 or more. Thus, even when the optical sheet is toned to brown, blue light can be distinguished with excellent distinguishability.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2020Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Nishino, Hiroshi Oya
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Patent number: 11402667Abstract: The optical sheet of the present invention is an optical sheet that includes a polarized layer having a polarization function and a light absorbing layer which is formed of a material including a resin and at least one type of light absorbing agent and absorbs light of a specific wavelength range in a visible light range, and is formed of a laminate in which the polarized layer and the light absorbing layer are laminated. The optical sheet has a first peak having an absorptance peak wavelength P1 in a wavelength range of 460 nm or more and 510 nm or less and a second peak having an absorptance peak wavelength P2 in a wavelength range of 430 nm or more and 680 nm or less in a light absorption spectrum. In addition, in a case where an average transmittance of visible light in the wavelength range of 475 nm or more and 650 nm or less is denoted by TAVE and a minimum transmittance of visible light in the wavelength range of 475 nm or more and 650 nm or less is denoted by TMIN, TMIN/TAVE is 0.20 or more.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi Nishino
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Publication number: 20220107447Abstract: An optical sheet of the present invention is an optical sheet used by being disposed on a surface of an optical member having light transmitting properties, the optical sheet including a pair of base materials having light transmitting properties, and a half mirror layer provided between the pair of base materials, which transmits a part of incident light and reflects the rest of the incident light. The base material positioned on an opposite side to the optical member among the pair of base materials include a coloring material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Kitamura, Satoshi Nishino, Junpei Aisu
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Publication number: 20220043283Abstract: The optical sheet of the present invention is an optical sheet that includes a polarized layer having a polarization function and a light absorbing layer which is formed of a material including a resin and at least one type of light absorbing agent and absorbs light of a specific wavelength range in a visible light range, and is formed of a laminate in which the polarized layer and the light absorbing layer are laminated. The optical sheet has a first peak having an absorptance peak wavelength P1 in a wavelength range of 460 nm or more and 510 nm or less and a second peak having an absorptance peak wavelength P2 in a wavelength range of 430 nm or more and 680 nm or less in a light absorption spectrum. In addition, in a case where an average transmittance of visible light in the wavelength range of 475 nm or more and 650 nm or less is denoted by TAVE and a minimum transmittance of visible light in the wavelength range of 475 nm or more and 650 nm or less is denoted by TMIN, TMIN/TAVE is 0.20 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2020Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi NISHINO
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Patent number: 10085701Abstract: A medical image system includes an X-ray imaging device with a Talbot or Talbot-Lau interferometer, a reconstructed image generation unit, an extraction unit, a feature value calculation unit and a determination unit. The generation unit generates, among a differential phase image, an absorption image and a small-angle scattering image, at least the differential phase image based on an image signal obtained by the X-ray imaging device imaging a joint part. The extraction unit extracts a joint cartilage region based on the differential phase image. The calculation unit analyzes the joint cartilage region to calculate a feature value indicating a joint cartilage state. The determination unit compares the feature value with a predetermined reference value and determines, based on the comparison result, into which one of predetermined scores of multiple stages the joint cartilage state falls.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Yoshihide Hoshino, Satoshi Nishino
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Patent number: 9872660Abstract: A medical diagnostic imaging system includes an X-ray Talbot imaging apparatus and an image processing apparatus to reconstruct one or more moire images produced in the X-ray Talbot imaging apparatus into a plurality of types of medical diagnostic images. The image processing apparatus classifies the medical diagnostic images generated based on the same moire image(s) into a group and outputs the group of medical diagnostic images as a unit to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Masaya Hamano, Akira Kurahashi, Norihiro Matsusaka, Tomoyasu Yokoyama, Mitsuharu Kitamura, Satoshi Nishino
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Patent number: 9855018Abstract: Provided are a diagnostic medical image system and the like which enable diagnostic medical images generated in either an imaging system used for general imaging or an imaging system which includes a Talbot imaging device to be accurately associated with imaging order information. In the diagnostic medical image system, a controller groups a plurality of types of diagnostic medical images reconstructed and generated on the basis of a plurality of image signals captured by a second imaging system equipped with a Talbot imaging device and transmits the group to a console; and the console associates one diagnostic medical image generated from one image signal acquired from a first imaging system equipped with an X-ray imaging device with the imaging order information corresponding thereto and, by the same associating method, associates the grouped plurality of types of diagnostic medical images transmitted from the controller with the imaging order information corresponding thereto.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Masaya Hamano, Akira Kurahashi, Norihiro Matsusaka, Junko Kiyohara, Tomoyasu Yokoyama, Satoshi Nishino
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Publication number: 20160374631Abstract: An X-ray Talbot imaging device includes: a plurality of gratings; a subject platform configured to hold a subject; a radiation generator configured to emit radiation; a radiation flat panel detector configured to capture a moire image; and a holding unit configured to hold a knee joint section on the subject platform, wherein the holding unit includes: a first holding section configured to hold a proximal side of the joint section; a second holding section configured to hold a distal side of the joint section; a pivot fixing mechanism capable of pivoting the first and second holding sections relative to each other and capable of fixing a relative pivot angle between the first and second holding sections; and an angle adjustment mechanism configured to change an angle of the knee joint section with respect to an emission direction of radiation emitted from the radiation generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Yoshihide Hoshino, Satoshi Nishino
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Publication number: 20160338659Abstract: A medical image system includes an X-ray imaging device with a Talbot or Talbot-Lau interferometer, a reconstructed image generation unit, an extraction unit, a feature value calculation unit and a determination unit. The generation unit generates, among a differential phase image, an absorption image and a small-angle scattering image, at least the differential phase image based on an image signal obtained by the X-ray imaging device imaging a joint part. The extraction unit extracts a joint cartilage region based on the differential phase image. The calculation unit analyzes the joint cartilage region to calculate a feature value indicating a joint cartilage state. The determination unit compares the feature value with a predetermined reference value and determines, based on the comparison result, into which one of predetermined scores of multiple stages the joint cartilage state falls.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Yoshihide HOSHINO, Satoshi NISHINO
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Publication number: 20160310099Abstract: Provided are a diagnostic medical image system and the like which enable diagnostic medical images generated in either an imaging system used for general imaging or an imaging system which includes a Talbot imaging device to be accurately associated with imaging order information. In the diagnostic medical image system, a controller groups a plurality of types of diagnostic medical images reconstructed and generated on the basis of a plurality of image signals captured by a second imaging system equipped with a Talbot imaging device and transmits the group to a console; and the console associates one diagnostic medical image generated from one image signal acquired from a first imaging system equipped with an X-ray imaging device with the imaging order information corresponding thereto and, by the same associating method, associates the grouped plurality of types of diagnostic medical images transmitted from the controller with the imaging order information corresponding thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Masaya HAMANO, Akira KURAHASHI, Norihiro MATSUSAKA, Junko KIYOHARA, Tomoyasu YOKOYAMA, Satoshi NISHINO
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Publication number: 20150282780Abstract: A medical diagnostic imaging system includes an X-ray Talbot imaging apparatus and an image processing apparatus to reconstruct one or more moire images produced in the X-ray Talbot imaging apparatus into a plurality of types of medical diagnostic images. The image processing apparatus classifies the medical diagnostic images generated based on the same moire image(s) into a group and outputs the group of medical diagnostic images as a unit to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Masaya HAMANO, Akira KURAHASHI, Norihiro MATSUSAKA, Tomoyasu YOKOYAMA, Mitsuharu KITAMURA, Satoshi NISHINO
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Patent number: 9044154Abstract: A joint imaging apparatus includes a subject table and a radiographic unit including a radiation generating section disposed above the subject table to irradiate a joint of a finger, and a detecting section disposed under the subject table to detect radiation passing through the joint. The subject table includes a base unit to fix the wrist, and a subject fixing unit to fix the joint to a predetermined position. The subject fixing unit includes a first fixing member to fix a part on the trunk side of the joint, and a second fixing member to fix a part on the side, opposite to the trunk side, of the joint. A position of the second fixing member is adjustable relative to that of the first fixing member.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Yoshihide Hoshino, Satoshi Nishino
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Publication number: 20130230135Abstract: A joint imaging apparatus includes a subject table and a radiographic unit including a radiation generating section disposed above the subject table to irradiate a joint of a finger, and a detecting section disposed under the subject table to detect radiation passing through the joint. The subject table includes a base unit to fix the wrist, and a subject fixing unit to fix the joint to a predetermined position. The subject fixing unit includes a first fixing member to fix a part on the trunk side of the joint, and a second fixing member to fix a part on the side, opposite to the trunk side, of the joint. A position of the second fixing member is adjustable relative to that of the first fixing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventors: Yoshihide HOSHINO, Satoshi NISHINO
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Patent number: 8485644Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus for recording an image by jetting inks in a plurality of colors includes a plurality of recording-head modules for jetting inks in the plurality of colors, and a carriage for mounting the plurality of recording-head modules, wherein each recording-head module includes a plurality of recording heads for jetting ink in the same color and constructs a unit capable of integrally attaching and detaching the plurality of recording heads to and from the carriage.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventor: Satoshi Nishino
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Publication number: 20110273509Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus for recording an image by jetting inks in a plurality of colors includes a plurality of recording-head modules for jetting inks in the plurality of colors, and a carriage for mounting the plurality of recording-head modules, wherein each recording-head module includes a plurality of recording heads for jetting ink in the same color and constructs a unit capable of integrally attaching and detaching the plurality of recording heads to and from the carriage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventor: Satoshi NISHINO
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Patent number: 8002388Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus for recording an image by jetting inks in a plurality of colors includes a plurality of recording-head modules for jetting inks in the plurality of colors, and a carriage for mounting the plurality of recording-head modules, wherein each recording-head module includes a plurality of recording heads for jetting ink in the same color and constructs a unit capable of integrally attaching and detaching the plurality of recording heads to and from the carriage.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2010Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventor: Satoshi Nishino
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Patent number: 8002387Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus for recording an image by jetting inks in a plurality of colors includes a plurality of recording-head modules for jetting inks in the plurality of colors, and a carriage for mounting the plurality of recording-head modules, wherein each recording-head module includes a plurality of recording heads for jetting ink in the same color and constructs a unit capable of integrally attaching and detaching the plurality of recording heads to and from the carriage.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2010Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventor: Satoshi Nishino
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Patent number: 7891753Abstract: The present invention provides an inkjet recording apparatus, which performs high resolution image recording by inhibiting propagation of heat from a light-radiation device to a recording medium, is provided with a recording medium conveyance device to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction; a recording head 10 to emit ink from a nozzle towards the recording medium; a first supporting member 5 to convey the recording medium so that the recording medium faces the recording head; a light radiation device 16 to radiate an activation energy ray towards the in emitted from the recording head; and a second support member 7 to convey the recording medium in a conveyance direction so that the recording medium faces the light radiation device; wherein between the first supporting member 5 and the second supporting member 7, in a recording medium conveyance direction, there are disposed a guide section 6 having a cooling device.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.Inventor: Satoshi Nishino