Patents by Inventor Taiki Watanabe

Taiki 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: 20240161294
    Abstract: The image processing device 1X includes an acquisition means 30X, a variation detection means 311X, a selection means 312X, and a lesion detection means 34X. The acquisition means 30X acquires an endoscopic image obtained by photographing an examination target by a photographing unit provided in an endoscope. The variation detection means 311X detects a degree of variation between the endoscopic images. The selection means 312X selects either one of a first model or a second model based on the degree of variation, the first model making an inference regarding a lesion of the examination target based on a predetermined number of the endoscopic images, the second model making an inference regarding the lesion based on a variable number of the endoscopic images. The lesion detection means 34X detects the lesion based on a selection model that is either the first model or the second model selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: NEC corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro WATANABE, Yuji IWADATE, Masahiro SAIKOU, Akinori EBIHARA, Taiki MIYAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240135539
    Abstract: The image processing device 1X includes an acquisition means 30X and a lesion detection means 34X. The acquisition means 30X acquires an endoscopic image obtained by photographing an examination target by a photographing unit provided in an endoscope. The lesion detection means 34X detects a lesion based on a selection model which is selected from a first model and a second model, the first model being configured to make an inference regarding a lesion of the examination target based on a predetermined number of endoscopic images, the second model being configured to make an inference regarding a lesion of the examination target based on a variable number of endoscopic images. Besides, the lesion detection means 34X changes a parameter to be used for detection of the lesion based on a non-selection model that is the first model or the second model other than the selection model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro WATANABE, Yuji IWADATE, Masahiro SAIKOU, Akinori EBIHARA, Taiki MIYAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240127442
    Abstract: The image processing device 1X includes an acquisition means 30X, a variation detection means 311X, a selection means 312X, and a lesion detection means 34X. The acquisition means 30X acquires an endoscopic image obtained by photographing an examination target by a photographing unit provided in an endoscope. The variation detection means 311X detects a degree of variation between the endoscopic images. The selection means 312X selects either one of a first model or a second model based on the degree of variation, the first model making an inference regarding a lesion of the examination target based on a predetermined number of the endoscopic images, the second model making an inference regarding the lesion based on a variable number of the endoscopic images. The lesion detection means 34X detects the lesion based on a selection model that is either the first model or the second model selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro WATANABE, Yuji IWADATE, Masahiro SAIKOU, Akinori EBIHARA, Taiki MIYAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240127443
    Abstract: The image processing device 1X includes an acquisition means 30X and a lesion detection means 34X. The acquisition means 30X acquires an endoscopic image obtained by photographing an examination target by a photographing unit provided in an endoscope. The lesion detection means 34X detects a lesion based on a selection model which is selected from a first model and a second model, the first model being configured to make an inference regarding a lesion of the examination target based on a predetermined number of endoscopic images, the second model being configured to make an inference regarding a lesion of the examination target based on a variable number of endoscopic images. Besides, the lesion detection means 34X changes a parameter to be used for detection of the lesion based on a non-selection model that is the first model or the second model other than the selection model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro WATANABE, Yuji Iwadate, Masahiro Saikou, Akinori Ebihara, Taiki Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 11927904
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic belt of an endless shape including a substrate, wherein the substrate contains a polyimide resin and carbon nanotubes, wherein a content of the carbon nanotubes in the substrate is 15 vol % or less with respect to a total volume of the polyimide resin, wherein the substrate has a tensile strength of 200 MPa or more in each of a peripheral direction thereof and a direction perpendicular to the peripheral direction, and wherein the substrate has a thermal conductivity of 0.9 W/(m·K) or more in a thickness direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akeshi Asaka, Taiki Watanabe, Yuma Kobayashi, Hidetaka Kawamura, Satoru Nishiuma, Akihiro Taya, Ryunosuke Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20240079687
    Abstract: Provided are a power generation method and a power generating element capable of obtaining an electromotive force by utilizing humidity variation in an environment and having excellent operation stability. An aqueous solution of an ionic compound having deliquescence is separated by an ion permeable membrane, electrodes are inserted into the aqueous solution on both sides of the ion permeable membrane, one is blocked from outside air and sealed, and the other is connected to the outside air, and a difference in ion concentration derived from the ionic compound in the aqueous solution is generated across the ion permeable membrane due to a change in humidity in the outside air to generate an electromotive force between the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yusuke Komazaki, Kenji Kanazawa, Taiki Nobeshima, Hirotada Hirama, Yuichi Watanabe, Sei Uemura
  • Publication number: 20240037329
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a generation program for causing a computer to execute processing including: generating a feature vector of each of a plurality of words based on document data that includes the plurality of words; and generating a feature vector of a compound word obtained by combining two or more words based on the generated feature vector of each of the plurality of words. The feature vector of each of the plurality of words and the feature vector of the compound word are used to predict a word that follows one word in the document data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Taiki WATANABE, Tomoya IWAKURA
  • Patent number: 11687021
    Abstract: A sheet discharge device includes: at least one processor; a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path; a discharge unit to which the sheet is discharged; a storage unit that is provided in a middle of the conveyance path and temporarily stores the sheet; an alignment unit provided in the discharge unit and configured to align the sheet in a width direction intersecting a convey direction of the sheet, in which the processor is configured to change a method of aligning the sheets by the alignment unit between a case where storage control for storing the sheets in the storage unit is performed and a case where the storage control is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Taiki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230127728
    Abstract: The modified graphene includes a structure represented by the following formula (I), wherein the modified graphene has a ratio (g/d) of an intensity “g” of a G band to an intensity “d” of a D band of 1.0 or more in a Raman spectroscopy spectrum thereof. Gr1-Ar1-X1-(Y1)n1??(I) in the formula (I), Gr1 represents a single-layer graphene or a multilayer graphene, Ar1 represents an arylene group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, X1 represents a single bond, a linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a group obtained by substituting at least one carbon atom in a linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms with at least one structure selected from the group consisting of —O—, —NH—, —CO—, —COO—, —CONH—, and an arylene group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Taiki Watanabe, Akiko Kitao, Koichi Suzuki, Yuma Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11618645
    Abstract: Provided is a recording material processing apparatus including: a recording material support portion configured to support a recording material loaded thereon from below; a contact member disposed on a side of the recording material loaded on the recording material support portion and configured to be pushed by an edge portion of the recording material, the contact member being configured to move to a side opposite to the side of the recording material; an elastic member configured to receive a load from the contact member pushed by the edge portion of the recording material; and a member support portion disposed without contacting the recording material loaded on the recording material support portion and configured to support the contact member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yoneyama, Shiro Ohashi, Naoto Hamabata, Taiki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11592776
    Abstract: A recording material processing apparatus includes a guide shaft of which an axial direction extends in a recording material width direction intersecting a discharge direction of a recording material, and an alignment unit that moves along the guide shaft, in which the alignment unit includes a bearing portion that is movably fitted onto the guide shaft, an alignment portion that is provided to be exposed at an outer side in the discharge direction and comes into contact with an end surface of the recording material that is parallel to the discharge direction from an outer side of the recording material to align a position of the end surface, an arm portion that connects the bearing portion and the alignment portion to each other, and a protruding portion that protrudes from a surface of the arm portion to a position outside the recording material in the axial direction of the guide shaft and comes into contact with a surface of a device main body, which is parallel to the discharge direction, in a case where
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Taiki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220404751
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic belt of an endless shape including a substrate, wherein the substrate contains a polyimide resin and carbon nanotubes, wherein a content of the carbon nanotubes in the substrate is 15 vol % or less with respect to a total volume of the polyimide resin, wherein the substrate has a tensile strength of 200 MPa or more in each of a peripheral direction thereof and a direction perpendicular to the peripheral direction, and wherein the substrate has a thermal conductivity of 0.9 W/(m·K) or more in a thickness direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Akeshi Asaka, Taiki Watanabe, Yuma Kobayashi, Hidetaka Kawamura, Satoru Nishiuma, Akihiro Taya, Ryunosuke Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20220404750
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic belt having an endless shape including a base layer, wherein the base layer includes a polyimide film containing polyimide serving as a binder resin and a carbon nanotube, wherein the polyimide has an imidization ratio of 80% or more, wherein the carbon nanotube has at least one resin selected from the group consisting of: polyphenylsulfone; polysulfone; and polyethersulfone present on at least part of a surface thereof. The base layer has a tensile strength of 200 MPa or more in each of a peripheral direction thereof and a direction perpendicular to the peripheral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Akeshi Asaka, Yuma Kobayashi, Taiki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11518889
    Abstract: The modified graphene includes a structure represented by the following formula (I), wherein the modified graphene has a ratio (g/d) of an intensity “g” of a G band to an intensity “d” of a D band of 1.0 or more in a Raman spectroscopy spectrum thereof: Gr1-Ar1-X1-(Y1)n1??(I) in the formula (I), Gr1 represents a single-layer graphene or a multilayer graphene, Ar1 represents an arylene group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, X1 represents a single bond, a linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a group obtained by substituting at least one carbon atom in a linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms with at least one structure selected from the group consisting of —O—, —NH—, —CO—, —COO—, —CONH—, and an arylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiki Watanabe, Akiko Kitao, Koichi Suzuki, Yuma Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220373952
    Abstract: A sheet discharge device includes: at least one processor; a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path; a discharge unit to which the sheet is discharged; a storage unit that is provided in a middle of the conveyance path and temporarily stores the sheet; an alignment unit provided in the discharge unit and configured to align the sheet in a width direction intersecting a convey direction of the sheet, in which the processor is configured to change a method of aligning the sheets by the alignment unit between a case where storage control for storing the sheets in the storage unit is performed and a case where the storage control is not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Taiki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220171928
    Abstract: An information processing method in which a computer executes processing includes: acquiring a sentence; specifying a word that appears immediately before or immediately after a first word in the acquired sentence by using a prediction model that predicts a word that appears immediately before or immediately after an input word; determining whether or not an estimated relationship between the first word and the second word in the sentence is appropriate on the basis of the specified word and a rule regarding a unit that corresponds to a relationship between words stored in a storage; and outputting information regarding the estimated relationship between the first word and the second word in a case where it is determined that the relationship is appropriate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoya Iwakura, Taiki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220107599
    Abstract: A recording material processing apparatus includes a guide shaft of which an axial direction extends in a recording material width direction intersecting a discharge direction of a recording material, and an alignment unit that moves along the guide shaft, in which the alignment unit includes a bearing portion that is movably fitted onto the guide shaft, an alignment portion that is provided to be exposed at an outer side in the discharge direction and comes into contact with an end surface of the recording material that is parallel to the discharge direction from an outer side of the recording material to align a position of the end surface, an arm portion that connects the bearing portion and the alignment portion to each other, and a protruding portion that protrudes from a surface of the arm portion to a position outside the recording material in the axial direction of the guide shaft and comes into contact with a surface of a device main body, which is parallel to the discharge direction, in a case where
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Taiki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210300703
    Abstract: Provided is a recording material processing apparatus including: a recording material support portion configured to support a recording material loaded thereon from below; a contact member disposed on a side of the recording material loaded on the recording material support portion and configured to be pushed by an edge portion of the recording material, the contact member being configured to move to a side opposite to the side of the recording material; an elastic member configured to receive a load from the contact member pushed by the edge portion of the recording material; and a member support portion disposed without contacting the recording material loaded on the recording material support portion and configured to support the contact member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Takeshi YONEYAMA, Shiro OHASHI, Naoto HAMABATA, Taiki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210155440
    Abstract: A recording-material processing apparatus includes a supporter, an advancing unit, and a contact member. The supporter supports at least one recording material from below. The advancing unit advances toward the recording material from a lateral side of the recording material supported by the supporter. The contact member is attached to the advancing unit and comes into contact with an edge of the recording material as the advancing unit advances toward the recording material. The contact member is movable in a direction opposite to an advancing direction of the advancing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi YONEYAMA, Shiro OHASHI, Naoto HAMABATA, Taiki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200270463
    Abstract: The modified graphene includes a structure represented by the following formula (I), wherein the modified graphene has a ratio (g/d) of an intensity “g” of a G band to an intensity “d” of a D band of 1.0 or more in a Raman spectroscopy spectrum thereof: Gr1-Ar1-X1-(Y1)n1??(I) in the formula (I), Gr1 represents a single-layer graphene or a multilayer graphene, Ar1 represents an arylene group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, X1 represents a single bond, a linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a group obtained by substituting at least one carbon atom in a linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms with at least one structure selected from the group consisting of —O—, —NH—, —CO—, —COO—, —CONH—, and an arylene group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Taiki Watanabe, Akiko Kitao, Koichi Suzuki, Yuma Kobayashi