Patents by Inventor Shinji Watanabe
Shinji Watanabe 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: 11965454Abstract: A thermostat device ensures a coolant amount from a bypass passage sufficiently and excellent temperature sensitivity to the coolant temperature. The thermo-operating unit is provided with a control valve for controlling an introduced coolant amount from a first flow inlet via a radiator, corresponding to the temperature of the coolant from a second flow inlet via a bypass passage. Within the housing are provided multiple guides, which are formed extending from the second flow inlet side toward a thermo-element, are arranged intermittently around the thermo-element, and support the thermo-element slidably movable in an axial direction and coolant rectifying protrusions arranged spaced apart from the thermo-element between the guides, wherein a detoured passage for the coolant, directed from the second flow inlet side toward an outflow port, is formed by forming gaps between the guides and the coolant rectifying protrusions.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Tatsuya Takahata, Shinji Watanabe, Keita Watanabe, Takayuki Tominaga
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Patent number: 11964009Abstract: The present invention provides cells which have a high ability to propagate influenza virus, are suitable for use in production of an influenza virus for preparing a vaccine, and are able to be cultured in vitro, and a method for producing an influenza virus using the cells. That is, the present invention provides cells for producing an influenza virus in which expression of one or more genes that encode proteins involved in an effect of suppressing influenza virus production in a cell is suppressed and the gene is at least one selected from the group including ACTG1 gene and the like, and a method for producing an influenza virus that includes infecting the cells for producing an influenza virus with an influenza virus and then culturing.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Japan Science and Technology AgencyInventors: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Tokiko Watanabe, Eiryo Kawakami, Shinji Watanabe
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Patent number: 11952423Abstract: A novel antibody that can be used as an anti-tumor agent and an anti-tumor agent that comprises, as an active ingredient, a molecule containing such an antibody.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: MIE UNIVERSITY, DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hiroshi Shiku, Yasushi Akahori, Kento Tanaka, Ayaka Yatsu, Junya Ichikawa, Toshiaki Ohtsuka, Shiho Kozuma, Ryuji Hashimoto, Makiko Nakayama, Naoya Shinozaki, Kensuke Nakamura, Ichiro Watanabe, Shinji Furuzono
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Patent number: 11945560Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a navigation monitoring program that causes at least one computer to execute a process, the process includes acquiring direction information that indicates a direction of a vessel and position information that indicates a position of the vessel; and predicting whether or not the vessel navigates along a course by inputting the acquired direction information and the acquired position information to a prediction model generated by machine learning by using direction information and position information for each of a plurality of vessels that has navigated in the past and a correct answer label that indicates whether or not each of the plurality of vessels navigates along a course.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Isamu Watanabe, Shinji Ito, Hiraku Fujimoto, Ryusei Ikeda, Kenta Usui
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Publication number: 20240093630Abstract: A thermostat device ensures a coolant amount from a bypass passage sufficiently and excellent temperature sensitivity to the coolant temperature. The thermo-operating unit is provided with a control valve for controlling an introduced coolant amount from a first flow inlet via a radiator, corresponding to the temperature of the coolant from a second flow inlet via a bypass passage. Within the housing are provided multiple guides, which are formed extending from the second flow inlet side toward a thermo-element, are arranged intermittently around the thermo-element, and support the thermo-element slidably movable in an axial direction and coolant rectifying protrusions arranged spaced apart from the thermo-element between the guides, wherein a detoured passage for the coolant, directed from the second flow inlet side toward an outflow port, is formed by forming gaps between the guides and the coolant rectifying protrusions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Tatsuya TAKAHATA, Shinji WATANABE, Keita WATANABE, Takayuki TOMINAGA
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Publication number: 20240093631Abstract: A thermostat device is provided that smoothens the flow of the coolant to keep the pressure loss small and can sufficiently secure the flow rate of the coolant from the radiator side to the engine side. A housing having a first inlet for introducing a coolant cooled by a radiator and a coolant outlet supplied to the internal combustion engine, a thermo-element accommodated in the housing that moves axially depending on the temperature of the coolant, a control valve that controls the amount of coolant introduced from the first inlet as the thermoelement moves in the axial direction, and a slope having an upward slope from the outlet side to the valve seat side inside the exit-side conduit extending from the valve seat in the housing, wherein the control valve is in contact with in the valve-closed state, toward the flow outlet of the coolant, are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Tatsuya TAKAHATA, Shinji WATANABE, Keita WATANABE, Takayuki TOMINAGA
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Publication number: 20240094234Abstract: The present invention controls liquid shaking during transportation while maintaining high-precision with respect to the stopping position of a specimen at the time of device start-up.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Satoru KANEKO, Takahiro SUZUKI, Yasuaki AOYAMA, Ryosuke HOSHI, Hiroshi WATANABE, Shinji AZUMA
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Publication number: 20240093632Abstract: The thermostat device includes a housing including a first flow inlet that receives a coolant from a radiator, a second flow inlet that receives a coolant through a bypass passage, and a flow outlet of coolant in which each coolant is mixed; a thermo-element that is accommodated in the housing and moves in an axial direction depending on a temperature of the coolant from the second flow inlet; a control valve that controls amount of the coolant introduced from the first flow inlet as the thermo-element moves; a valve seat that is formed at a tip portion of an annular protrusion formed to protrude in a moving axis direction of the thermo-element in the housing and with which the control valve is in contact in a valve-closed state; and an annular groove formed by an annular gap provided outside of the valve seat and continuous in a circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Tetsuya NISHIMURA, Tatsuya TAKAHATA, Shinji WATANABE, Keita WATANABE, Takayuki TOMINAGA
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Publication number: 20240075627Abstract: A three-dimensional measuring apparatus includes a projection unit that projects a pattern onto a subject, a plurality of image capturing units that capture images of the subject from mutually different points of view, and a processing unit that calculates a distance value to the subject by performing association using image groups captured of the subject by the plurality of image capturing units, wherein the processing unit integrates information based on a first image group that was captured by projecting the pattern onto the subject, and information based on a second image group that was captured without projecting the pattern onto the subject, into integrated images or evaluation values to be used during the association such that features of the images from both the first image group and the second image group remain, and calculates the distance value using the integrated images that have been integrated or the evaluation values.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: YUTAKA NIWAYAMA, TAKUMI TOKIMITSU, SHINJI UCHIYAMA, DAISUKE WATANABE, TAKAMASA SASAKI, HIDEKI MATSUDA
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Patent number: 11919325Abstract: An enclosing-sealing apparatus includes a flap opener that opens a flap of an envelope while the envelope is conveyed to an enclosing position. A first envelope detector is disposed upstream from the flap opener in an envelope conveyance direction and detects both ends of the envelope in the envelope conveyance direction. A second envelope detector is disposed downstream from the flap opener in the envelope conveyance direction and detects both ends of the envelope in the envelope conveyance direction in an open state in which the flap opens. A controller determines the open state of the flap based on a first detection result sent from the first envelope detector and a second detection result sent from the second envelope detector. The controller performs troubleshooting for enclosing the enclosure into the envelope if the controller determines that the open state of the flap is faulty.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Akira Kunieda, Michitaka Suzuki, Shinji Asami, Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Takahiro Matsuda, Makoto Hidaka, Kazuyoshi Matsuo, Shingo Yoshizawa, Takahiro Watanabe, Takuya Morinaga
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Publication number: 20240055674Abstract: An electrical device body connectable to a battery pack, includes a drive part, and a terminal part. The terminal part having a positive input terminal electrically connected to the drive part, a negative input terminal electrically connected to the drive part, and a short circuit element having a first terminal part, a second terminal part, and a connection part connecting the first terminal part and the second terminal part, wherein the positive input terminal and the negative input terminal are disposed on an upper side of the terminal part and the short circuit element is disposed on a lower side of the terminal part in an upper-lower direction, the positive input terminal and the negative input terminal being apart from each other in a left-right direction crossing the upper-lower direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomomasa NISHIKAWA, Takuya Teranishi, Naoto Wakatabe, Akira Matsushita, Masaru Hirano, Osamu Kawanobe, Nobuhiro TAKANO, Shinji Watanabe, Hiroyuki HANAWA, Takuhiro Murakami, Shota Kanno, Junpei SATO, Hikaru Tamura, Hayato Yamaguchi, Toshio Mizoguchi, Yasushi NAKANO, Kazuhiko FUNABASHI, Masayuki Ogura, Yusuke FUNABIKI, Junichi TOUKAIRIN, Shota TAKEUCHI
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Patent number: 11837741Abstract: The electrical apparatus, in which a series connection state and a parallel connection state of an upper cell unit including five battery cells and a lower cell unit can be automatically switched by means of a difference in a terminal shape on the electrical apparatus body side, has a terminal holder and holds apparatus side terminals. The terminal holder, which establishes an electrically connected state with the connection terminals of the battery pack, is provided with two parallel protruding parts that extend in the forward-backward direction, and second rail grooves fitted to the protruding parts on the electrical apparatus side. Due to the fitting, relative movement of the terminal holder and the battery pack in the vertical direction can be suppressed, and wear on the apparatus side terminals can be greatly suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuhiro Murakami, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Shinji Watanabe, Junpei Sato, Hikaru Tamura, Shota Kanno, Toshio Mizoguchi, Yasushi Nakano, Hiroyuki Hanawa, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Masayuki Ogura, Takuya Teranishi, Junichi Toukairin, Shota Takeuchi, Yusuke Funabiki
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Patent number: 11824169Abstract: A battery pack houses first and second cell units that are composed of a plurality of cells, and has a positive electrode power source terminal and a negative electrode power source terminal. This battery pack is provided with a series connector capable of connecting, in series, the first and second cell units and a parallel connector capable of connecting, in parallel, the first and second cell units, and is capable of switching between a parallel connection voltage and a series connection voltage. In the case of attachment to the high voltage electrical device body, the series connector becomes conductive and the parallel connector pair is cut off by the action of the series/parallel switching terminal. In the case of attachment to a low voltage electrical device body, the state is returned to an initial state, the series connector is cut off, and the parallel connector pair becomes conductive.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomomasa Nishikawa, Takuya Teranishi, Naoto Wakatabe, Akira Matsushita, Masaru Hirano, Osamu Kawanobe, Nobuhiro Takano, Shinji Watanabe, Hiroyuki Hanawa, Takuhiro Murakami, Shota Kanno, Junpei Sato, Hikaru Tamura, Hayato Yamaguchi, Toshio Mizoguchi, Yasushi Nakano, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Masayuki Ogura, Yusuke Funabiki, Junichi Toukairin, Shota Takeuchi
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Patent number: 11802273Abstract: The disclosure provides for an isolated recombinant influenza virus having at least one of: a PA gene segment encoding PA with a residue at position 443 that is not arginine, a PB1 gene segment encoding PB1 with a residue at position 737 that is not lysine, a PB2 gene segment encoding PB2 with a residue at position 25 that is not valine or a residue at position 712 that is not glutamic acid, a NS gene segment encoding a NS1 with a residue at position 167 that is not proline, a HA gene segment encoding a HA with a residue at position 380 that is not threonine, or any combination thereof, and methods of making and using the virus.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Satoshi Fukuyama, Shinji Watanabe
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Publication number: 20230169647Abstract: An estimation result can be more effectively utilized. An information processing apparatus includes a deriving unit (100) that derives an estimation result of diagnosis for a second pathology image using a trained model on which learning has performed using training data including a plurality of first pathology images, and an identifying unit (100) that identifies a basis image that serves as a basis for derivation of the estimation result by the trained model from the plurality of first pathology images.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kazuki AISAKA, Shinji WATANABE, Toya TERAMOTO
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Patent number: 11663714Abstract: [Problem] To shorten the processing time without performing complicated processing during image reading. [Solution] The present disclosure provides an image processing apparatus that includes: a dividing unit that divides a detection region for detecting a feature value of an image into a plurality of regions; a decimation processing unit that performs a decimation process on a pixel value for each of the regions; and a histogram calculating unit that interpolates a pixel value having undergone the decimation process to calculate a histogram of pixel values of the regions. With this configuration, it is possible to shorten the processing time without performing complicated processing during image reading.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Shinji Watanabe
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Publication number: 20230114929Abstract: A container includes a container main body that is composed of a main-body forming sheet member and surrounds a containing portion, wherein the container main body includes a first surface portion, a second surface portion that is arranged so as to face the first surface portion with the containing portion being arranged therebetween, and a gusset portion which connects the first surface portion and the second surface portion to each other. The gusset portion is provided with a discharge port that discharges a contents from the containing portion. The main-body forming sheet member includes a main-body sealing portion in which a plurality of film layers are attached to each other, a non-attached region in which the plurality of film layers are partially non-attached to each other, and a filling portion in which a filler can be enclosed between layers of the plurality of film layers in the non-attached region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Kao CorporationInventor: Shinji WATANABE
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Publication number: 20230095577Abstract: To provide a microscope device capable of efficiently or appropriately acquiring an image of a specific region of a living tissue. The present technology provides a microscope device including: a first imaging element that images a target including a body tissue and acquires image data; and a second imaging element that images the target at a magnification different from a magnification of the first imaging element and acquires image data, in which the first imaging element includes a determination unit that determines a feature related to the target on the basis of the image data, and the second imaging element is controlled on the basis of a result of the determination. Furthermore, the present technology also provides an image acquisition system including the microscope device. Furthermore, the present technology also provides an image acquisition method performed in the microscope device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: HIROKAZU TATSUTA, TOMOHIKO NAKAMURA, SHINJI WATANABE, KENJI YAMANE, YOSHIO SOMA
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Publication number: 20220399118Abstract: The generation device 100 according to the present application includes an acquisition unit 131 and a generation unit 134. The acquisition unit 131 acquires a first pathological image captured and an annotation that is information added to the first pathological image and is meta information related to the first pathological image. The generation unit 134 generates learning data for evaluating pathological-related information based on a second pathological image according to the second pathological image different from the first pathological image, the learning data being learning data obtained by transcribing the annotation in a manner corresponding to the second pathological image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: KENJI YAMANE, SHINJI WATANABE
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Publication number: 20220363262Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes a vehicle detection unit that detects behavior of a user's own vehicle that is traveling, a neighboring vehicle detection unit that detects behavior of a neighboring vehicle preceding the user's vehicle, a neighboring vehicle following the user's vehicle, or both of neighboring vehicles, a road determination unit that determines the condition of a road on which the user's vehicle is traveling on the basis of behavior of the user's vehicle detected by the user's vehicle detection unit and behavior of a neighboring vehicle detected by the neighboring vehicle detection unit, and a transmission information creation unit and a transmission unit that transmit road information including a determination result by the road determination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: Alps Alpine Co., LTDInventor: Shinji Watanabe