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).

  • Publication number: 20180342078
    Abstract: [Object] To enable analysis of a change of a cell with high accuracy. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a detector decision unit configured to decide at least one detector in accordance with an analysis method; and an analysis unit configured to perform analysis according to the analysis method using the at least one detector decided by the detector decision unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventor: SHINJI WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10141273
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device according to an embodiment, a second semiconductor chip is mounted on a first rear surface of a first semiconductor chip. Also, the first rear surface of the first semiconductor chip includes a first region in which a plurality of first rear electrodes electrically connected to the second semiconductor chip via a protrusion electrode are formed and a second region which is located on a peripheral side relative to the first region and in which a first metal pattern is formed. In addition, a protrusion height of the first metal pattern with respect to the first rear surface is smaller than a protrusion height of each of the plurality of first rear electrodes with respect to the first rear surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Kida, Yoshihiro Ono, Kentaro Mori, Kenji Sakata, Yusuke Yamada
  • Patent number: 10130697
    Abstract: The invention provides a vaccine comprising an effective amount of an isolated recombinant influenza virus comprising a mutant M gene segment that is mutated so that upon viral replication the mutant M gene expresses a functional M1 protein and a mutant M2 protein with a deletion of the cytoplasmic tail and either lacking a transmembrane domain or having a mutated transmembrane domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Tokiko Watanabe, Yoshihiro Kawaoka
  • Publication number: 20180330718
    Abstract: A speech recognition system includes an input device to receive voice sounds, one or more processors, and one or more storage devices storing parameters and program modules including instructions executable by the one or more processors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Takaaki Hori, Shinji Watanabe, John Hershey
  • Publication number: 20180330510
    Abstract: According to some aspects, an information processing device is provided. The information processing device includes circuitry configured to set at least one region of an image of a biological sample and select a motion compensation parameter calculated based at least on a motion of the at least one region. The circuitry is further configured to control display of a result of performing a process on the at least one region using the selected motion compensation parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180304410
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for forming a tab from a moving original sheet with a laser beam. This apparatus is a tab forming apparatus in a tabbed electrode sheet producing apparatus (100) for moving, in one direction, an original sheet (1) including an electrode portion (1a) obtained by applying an active material layer to a long metal foil (4) and an ear portion (1b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventor: Shinji WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20180268557
    Abstract: According to some aspects, an information processing device is provided. The information processing device includes circuitry configured to dispose a plurality of tracking points within a first region of a first image and set a second region of a second image based on estimated positions of the plurality of tracking points in the second image. The estimated positions are determined by comparing the first image and the second image. The circuitry is further configured to re-dispose the plurality of tracking points within the second region of the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180261225
    Abstract: A speech recognition system includes a plurality of microphones to receive acoustic signals including speech signals, an input interface to generate multichannel inputs from the acoustic signals, one or more storages to store a multichannel speech recognition network, wherein the multichannel speech recognition network comprises mask estimation networks to generate time-frequency masks from the multichannel inputs, a beamformer network trained to select a reference channel input from the multichannel inputs using the time-frequency masks and generate an enhanced speech dataset based on the reference channel input and an encoder-decoder network trained to transform the enhanced speech dataset into a text. The system further includes one or more processors, using the multichannel speech recognition network in association with the one or more storages, to generate the text from the multichannel inputs, and an output interface to render the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Tsubasa Ochiai, Takaaki Hori, John R. Hershey
  • Publication number: 20180245054
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Satoshi Fukuyama, Shinji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180244010
    Abstract: Provided is a pouch container aligned structure, wherein: each pouch container has a folded body part that is the top end of one of a pair of body sheets folded into a substantial V shape, with one end of a top sheet also forming the folded body part by being joined to the top end of the body sheet and the other end of the top sheet forming the distal end portion of the container by being joined to the top end of the other of the pair of body sheets; and the pouch containers are aligned in a state in which the distal end portion of one pouch container is inserted into the folded body part of another pouch container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicants: FUJI SEAL INTERNATIONAL, INC., KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi NII, Hideki ODE, Akira UETSUKI, Shinji WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10053671
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Satoshi Fukuyama, Shinji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180226362
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes preparing a wiring substrate including a first surface, a plurality of first terminals formed on the first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, arranging a first adhesive on the first surface of the wiring substrate, and after the arranging of the first adhesive, mounting a first semiconductor chip, which includes a first front surface, a plurality of first front electrodes formed on the first front surface, a first rear surface opposite to the first front surface, a plurality of first rear electrodes formed on the first rear surface, and a plurality of through electrodes electrically connecting the plurality of first front electrodes to the plurality of first rear electrodes, on the first surface of the wiring substrate via the first adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Kida, Yoshihiro Ono, Kentaro Mori, Kenji Sakata, Yusuke Yamada
  • Publication number: 20180208337
    Abstract: A spout-equipped container (100) that is used to refill a refillable container with a content material includes a refill container spout (1) and a flexible container body portion (2). The container body portion (2) contains the content material. The refill container spout (1) includes a tubular nozzle portion (11) that brings the inside and outside of the container body portion (2) into communication with each other, and a fixing portion (19) that is fixedly attached to the container body portion (2). The nozzle portion (11) includes a throttle projection (14) that protrudes toward a center of the nozzle portion (11) on an inner surface (11c) side in a lower portion (C) that is one of three equal parts obtained by dividing the nozzle portion in a height direction of the nozzle portion. The throttle projection (14) forms, on a leading end side in a protrusion direction of the throttle projection (14), a flow path through which the content material passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicants: KAO CORPORATION, FUJI SEAL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Shinji WATANABE, Yoshinori INAGAWA, Fumihito SUZUKI, Mitsugu IWATSUBO
  • Publication number: 20180157743
    Abstract: A method for performing multi-label classification includes extracting a feature vector from an input vector including input data by a feature extractor, determining, by a label predictor, a relevant vector including relevant labels having relevant scores based on the feature vector, updating a binary masking vector by masking pre-selected labels having been selected in previous label selections, applying the updated binary masking vector to the relevant vector such that the relevant label vector is updated to exclude the pre-selected labels from the relevant labels, and selecting a relevant label from the updated relevant label vector based on the relevant scores of the updated relevant label vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Takaaki Hori, Chiori Hori, Shinji Watanabe, John Hershey, Bret Harsham, Jonathan Le Roux
  • Publication number: 20180130841
    Abstract: An imaging component includes a laminated substrate formed of a resin material; a plurality of electrode pads disposed on an upper face of the laminated substrate, an imaging element being to be mounted on the plurality of electrode pads; and a plurality of conductor patterns which are belt-shaped and disposed between layers of the laminated substrate, the plurality of conductor patterns being connected to the plurality of electrode pads, respectively. A part of at least one of the plurality of conductor patterns has a widened portion, the widened portion being located immediately below any of electrode pads which are not connected to the at least one of the plurality of conductor patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji WATANABE
  • Patent number: 9963909
    Abstract: An electronic key for a vehicle includes an upper case component of a key case, a lower case component attachable to the upper case component, and a mechanical key that is selected from among a first mechanical key that is used in a state of being totally removed from the key case and a second mechanical key that is used in a protruding state of partially protruding from the key case. The lower case component is selected, so as to correspond to the mechanical key, from among a first lower case component that accommodates the first mechanical key to be removable and a second lower case component that accommodates the second mechanical key to be movable into the protruding state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20180104327
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAWAOKA, Tokiko WATANABE, Eiryo KAWAKAMI, Shinji WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20180080249
    Abstract: An electronic key for a vehicle includes an upper case component of a key case, a lower case component attachable to the upper case component, and a mechanical key that is selected from among a first mechanical key that is used in a state of being totally removed from the key case and a second mechanical key that is used in a protruding state of partially protruding from the key case. The lower case component is selected, so as to correspond to the mechanical key, from among a first lower case component that accommodates the first mechanical key to be removable and a second lower case component that accommodates the second mechanical key to be movable into the protruding state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Shinji WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20180079035
    Abstract: Provided is an epoch-making method in which an original sheet is continuously fed, and a rectangular electrode sheet with a tab can be cut out from the original sheet with a normal laser beam during the continuous feeding. The original sheet 1 is continuously moved. An ear portion 1b is separated from an electrode portion 1a with a first laser beam L1 in an ear portion separating region provided in the middle of movement of the original sheet 1, is taken up at a position where the ear portion 1b is separated, in a direction separated from a running direction of the electrode portion 1a, and the laser beam L1 is moved in the ear portion separating step to cut out a tab 5 connected to the electrode portion 1a, from the ear portion 1b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Shinji WATANABE
  • Patent number: D817966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Watanabe