Patents by Inventor Susumu Morita

Susumu Morita 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: 11312929
    Abstract: Provided are a method of producing a beverage and a method of improving a flavor of a beverage by each of which the imparting of an undesirable aroma is suppressed. The method of producing a beverage according to one embodiment of the present invention is a method of producing a beverage using a raw material liquid, including adding hops that have been subjected to acid treatment to the raw material liquid. The method of improving a flavor of a beverage according to one embodiment of the present invention is a method of improving a flavor of a beverage to be produced using a raw material liquid, including adding hops that have been subjected to acid treatment to the raw material liquid, to thereby improve the flavor of the beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Sapporo Breweries Limited
    Inventors: Susumu Morita, Tomokazu Takaoka, Hideo Harada, Nobuchika Ishibashi, Hajime Kanda, Ryuma Ikutani
  • Patent number: 11313017
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sintered body containing W and WC, having excellent hardness, strength, compactness, and corrosion resistance, without containing W2C, and capable of being used for the purpose of a cutting tool or a glass molding die, or a seal ring. There is provided a sintered body containing 4 to 50 vol % of tungsten metal as binder phases, 50 to 95 vol % of tungsten carbide (WC), and 0.5 to 5.0 vol % of tungsten oxide (WO2), in which the tungsten oxide (WO2) has an average grain size of 5 nm to 150 nm and is present in a sintered body structure at an average density of 5 to 20 particles/?m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Yano, Akio Nishiyama, Susumu Morita
  • Patent number: 10621254
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage unit; a first display control unit; and a demanding unit. The storage unit that stores attribute data representing specified attribute of contents and category data representing a category of the attribute correlated to each other. The first display control unit that provides controls for displaying information for a selected attribute and for displaying, in a categorized state, information for related attributes correlated to the same category as that of the attribute on a correlation display screen. The demanding unit that demands data search by referring to the correlated attribute selected corresponding to information selected from among those displayed on the correlation display screen to an information provision device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shirai, Toshihiro Morita, Susumu Morita, Taku Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20200032376
    Abstract: Provided is a super-hard sintered material which contains 5 to 55 mass % of W and a WC balance containing inevitable impurities and is excellent in high hardness and high strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION, JAPAN NEW METALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio NISHIYAMA, Masahiro YANO, Susumu MORITA
  • Publication number: 20200010372
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sintered body containing W and WC, having excellent hardness, strength, compactness, and corrosion resistance, without containing W2C, and capable of being used for the purpose of a cutting tool or a glass molding die, or a seal ring. There is provided a sintered body containing 4 to 50 vol % of tungsten metal as binder phases, 50 to 95 vol % of tungsten carbide (WC), and 0.5 to 5.0 vol % of tungsten oxide (WO2), in which the tungsten oxide (WO2) has an average grain size of 5 nm to 150 nm and is present in a sintered body structure at an average density of 5 to 20 particles/?m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro YANO, Akio NISHIYAMA, Susumu MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190119613
    Abstract: Provided are a method of producing a beverage and a method of improving a flavor of a beverage by each of which the imparting of an undesirable aroma is suppressed. The method of producing a beverage according to one embodiment of the present invention is a method of producing a beverage using a raw material liquid, including adding hops that have been subjected to acid treatment to the raw material liquid. The method of improving a flavor of a beverage according to one embodiment of the present invention is a method of improving a flavor of a beverage to be produced using a raw material liquid, including adding hops that have been subjected to acid treatment to the raw material liquid, to thereby improve the flavor of the beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Sapporo Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Susumu Morita, Tomokazu Takaoka, Hideo Harada, Nobuchika Ishibashi, Hajime Kanda, Ryuma Ikutani
  • Publication number: 20170293692
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage unit; a first display control unit; and a demanding unit. The storage unit that stores attribute data representing specified attribute of contents and category data representing a category of the attribute correlated to each other. The first display control unit that provides controls for displaying information for a selected attribute and for displaying, in a categorized state, information for related attributes correlated to the same category as that of the attribute on a correlation display screen. The demanding unit that demands data search by referring to the correlated attribute selected corresponding to information selected from among those displayed on the correlation display screen to an information provision device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIRAI, Toshihiro MORITA, Susumu MORITA, Taku SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 9652533
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage unit; a first display control unit; and a demanding unit. The storage unit that stores attribute data representing specified attribute of contents and category data representing a category of the attribute correlated to each other. The first display control unit that provides controls for displaying information for a selected attribute and for displaying, in a categorized state, information for related attributes correlated to the same category as that of the attribute on a correlation display screen. The demanding unit that demands data search by referring to the correlated attribute selected corresponding to information selected from among those displayed on the correlation display screen to an information provision device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shirai, Toshihiro Morita, Susumu Morita, Taku Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20160350417
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage unit; a first display control unit; and a demanding unit. The storage unit that stores attribute data representing specified attribute of contents and category data representing a category of the attribute correlated to each other. The first display control unit that provides controls for displaying information for a selected attribute and for displaying, in a categorized state, information for related attributes correlated to the same category as that of the attribute on a correlation display screen. The demanding unit that demands data search by referring to the correlated attribute selected corresponding to information selected from among those displayed on the correlation display screen to an information provision device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIRAI, Toshihiro MORITA, Susumu MORITA, Taku SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 9443003
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage unit; a first display control unit; and a demanding unit. The storage unit that stores attribute data representing specified attribute of contents and category data representing a category of the attribute correlated to each other. The first display control unit that provides controls for displaying information for a selected attribute and for displaying, in a categorized state, information for related attributes correlated to the same category as that of the attribute on a correlation display screen. The demanding unit that demands data search by referring to the correlated attribute selected corresponding to information selected from among those displayed on the correlation display screen to an information provision device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shirai, Toshihiro Morita, Susumu Morita, Taku Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20160085847
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage unit; a first display control unit; and a demanding unit. The storage unit that stores attribute data representing specified attribute of contents and category data representing a category of the attribute correlated to each other. The first display control unit that provides controls for displaying information for a selected attribute and for displaying, in a categorized state, information for related attributes correlated to the same category as that of the attribute on a correlation display screen. The demanding unit that demands data search by referring to the correlated attribute selected corresponding to information selected from among those displayed on the correlation display screen to an information provision device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIRAI, Toshihiro MORITA, Susumu MORITA, Taku SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 9268847
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage unit; a first display control unit; and a demanding unit. The storage unit that stores attribute data representing specified attribute of contents and category data representing a category of the attribute correlated to each other. The first display control unit that provides controls for displaying information for a selected attribute and for displaying, in a categorized state, information for related attributes correlated to the same category as that of the attribute on a correlation display screen. The demanding unit that demands data search by referring to the correlated attribute selected corresponding to information selected from among those displayed on the correlation display screen to an information provision device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shirai, Toshihiro Morita, Susumu Morita, Taku Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20150106716
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage unit; a first display control unit; and a demanding unit. The storage unit that stores attribute data representing specified attribute of contents and category data representing a category of the attribute correlated to each other. The first display control unit that provides controls for displaying information for a selected attribute and for displaying, in a categorized state, information for related attributes correlated to the same category as that of the attribute on a correlation display screen. The demanding unit that demands data search by referring to the correlated attribute selected corresponding to information selected from among those displayed on the correlation display screen to an information provision device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIRAI, Toshihiro MORITA, Susumu MORITA, Taku SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 8954855
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage unit; a first display control unit; and a demanding unit. The storage unit that stores attribute data representing specified attribute of contents and category data representing a category of the attribute correlated to each other. The first display control unit that provides controls for displaying information for a selected attribute and for displaying, in a categorized state, information for related attributes correlated to the same category as that of the attribute on a correlation display screen. The demanding unit that demands data search by referring to the correlated attribute selected corresponding to information selected from among those displayed on the correlation display screen to an information provision device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shirai, Toshihiro Morita, Susumu Morita, Taku Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20140214849
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that performs processing for editing information on contents includes: an acquisition means for acquiring attribute data classification information in which a plurality of attribute data indicating predetermined attributes of contents is correlated with category data indicating categories for classifying the plurality of attributes; a selection means for selecting predetermined attribute data from the attribute data included in the attribute data classification information acquired by the acquisition means; and a correlation means for newly correlating the attribute data selected by the selection means with category data other than the category data, which is correlated in the attribute data classification information acquired by the acquisition means, in response to a user's instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIRAI, Toshihiro MORITA, Taku SUGAWARA, Shin OGATA, Susumu MORITA
  • Patent number: 8762380
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that performs processing for editing information on contents includes: an acquisition means for acquiring attribute data classification information in which a plurality of attribute data indicating predetermined attributes of contents is correlated with category data indicating categories for classifying the plurality of attributes; a selection means for selecting predetermined attribute data from the attribute data included in the attribute data classification information acquired by the acquisition means; and a correlation means for newly correlating the attribute data selected by the selection means with category data other than the category data, which is correlated in the attribute data classification information acquired by the acquisition means, in response to a user's instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shirai, Toshihiro Morita, Taku Sugawara, Shin Ogata, Susumu Morita
  • Publication number: 20140149420
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage unit; a first display control unit; and a demanding unit. The storage unit that stores attribute data representing specified attribute of contents and category data representing a category of the attribute correlated to each other. The first display control unit that provides controls for displaying information for a selected attribute and for displaying, in a categorized state, information for related attributes correlated to the same category as that of the attribute on a correlation display screen. The demanding unit that demands data search by referring to the correlated attribute selected corresponding to information selected from among those displayed on the correlation display screen to an information provision device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro SHIRAI, Toshihiro Morita, Susumu Morita, Taku Sugawara
  • Patent number: 8707169
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that controls reproduction of contents includes: a first storage means for storing contents and attribute data indicating predetermined attributes of the contents so as to correspond to each other; a second storage means for storing association among the attribute data; and a selection means for selecting a second content to be reproduced subsequent to a first content which is being reproduced or whose reproduction has been instructed. The selection means selects, as the second content, a content having attribute data that is stored in the second storage means so as to be associated with the attribute data of the first content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Morita, Yasuhiro Shirai, Shin Ogata, Susumu Morita, Taku Sugawara
  • Patent number: 8683335
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage unit; a first display control unit; and a demanding unit. The storage unit that stores attribute data representing specified attribute of contents and category data representing a category of the attribute correlated to each other. The first display control unit that provides controls for displaying information for a selected attribute and for displaying, in a categorized state, information for related attributes correlated to the same category as that of the attribute on a correlation display screen. The demanding unit that demands data search by referring to the correlated attribute selected corresponding to information selected from among those displayed on the correlation display screen to an information provision device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shirai, Toshihiro Morita, Susumu Morita, Taku Sugawara
  • Patent number: 8462175
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storing unit that stores first attribute data representing first attributes, which are attributes of content as an object to be played, and second attribute data representing second attributes, which are attributes of the first attributes, in association with each other, and a first display control unit that controls related display for displaying first attributes having the second attributes identical with a selected first attribute of the first attributes as related attributes. The first display control unit controls the related display to display a second attribute of the selected first attribute and display the related attributes by dividing the related attributes for each of the second attributes identical with the selected first attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Ogata, Yasuhiro Shirai, Toshihiro Morita, Susumu Morita, Taku Sugawara