Patents by Inventor Takuya Hara

Takuya Hara 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: 8157379
    Abstract: In a perimeter, luminance judging means measures a sensitivity of an examinee, sensitivity deviation computing means obtains a sensitivity deviation, means for computing ratio to p value obtains a ratio to p value, and means for adding ratios to p value adds ratios to p value of respective measurement positions. The sensitivity deviation at the position where sensitivity dispersion is large is low evaluated and the sensitivity deviation at the position where the sensitivity dispersion is small is highly evaluated. Then, an element of the position where the sensitivity was changed can be also considered in a graph showing test results of perimetry periodically conducted with time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Hara
  • Publication number: 20120045194
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an apparatus body having an outer casing, at least a shutter mechanism and an imaging device placed inside the outer casing, an opening formed in the outer casing, and a storage space and a placement space defined inside the outer casing and communicating with the opening and the storage space, respectively, a strobe unit having a lid part and a light-emitting part and connected to the apparatus body so as to be movable between close and open positions, a sensor unit placed in the placement space and having an autofocus sensor and a sensor adjusting part having plural adjusting screws, and a mirror placed inside the outer casing to reflect part of incident light toward the autofocus sensor. When the strobe unit is moved to the open position, the storage space is defined as an adjustment space into which an adjustment jig can be inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Yoshii, Takuya Hara, Nobuhisa Koike
  • Patent number: 8110292
    Abstract: The present invention provides high strength steel plate with excellent low temperature toughness, high strength steel pipe using this as a base metal, and methods of production of the same. The steel plate of the present invention contains Mo: 0.05 to 1.00% and B: 0.0003 to 0.0100%, has a Ceq of 0.30 to 0.53, has a Pcm of 0.10 to 0.20, and has a metal structure which has an area percentage of polygonal ferrite of 20 to 90% and has a balance of a hard phase comprised of one or both of bainite and martensite. To obtain this steel plate, strain-introducing rolling is performed with a start temperature of not more than Ar3+60° C., an end temperature of Ar3 or more, and a reduction ratio of 1.5 or more, then the plate is air-cooled and then acceleratedly cooled from Ar3?100° C. to Ar3?10° C. in temperature by 10° C./s or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Taishi Fujishiro, Shinya Sakamoto, Takuya Hara, Hitoshi Asahi
  • Publication number: 20120000567
    Abstract: Electric resistance welded steel pipe excellent in deformability and fatigue properties after quenching which enables working into complicated shapes without spheroidization and which improves the fatigue properties after cold working and quenching without carburization are provided. The electric resistance welded steel pipe is characterized by containing, by mass %, C: 0.15 to 0.55%, Si: 0.01 to 0.30%, Mn: 0.5 to 1.5%, Ca: 0.0010 to 0.0030%, S: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, and O: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, having contents of Ca, O, and S satisfying 0.10?[Ca](1?124[O])/1.25[S]?2.50, having Ca-based inclusions present at the base material and electric resistance weld zone with an average particle size of 1.0 to 10 ?m and a density of 3 to 300/mm2, and having a difference ?Hv of the maximum hardness of the electric resistance weld zone and the average hardness of the base material part satisfying 100 to 500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Shinya Sakamoto, Takuya Hara, Yoshio Terada, Takafumi Sebayashi, Itsuroh Hiroshige
  • Publication number: 20120003745
    Abstract: When assessing the start time of the limulus reaction between biogenous biologically active substances and LAL and using the reaction start time to determine the concentration of the biogenous biologically active substances, in order to exclude the influence of progressive changes which occur regardless of the conditions of the limulus reaction, the strength of transmitted light or scattered light in the liquid mixture of the measurement sample and LAL is detected, the variation (delta) in the transmittance or number of gel particles is acquired at set intervals, and the time when the variation (delta) crosses a threshold value is taken as the reaction start time. Furthermore, the time intervals when acquiring the abovementioned delta are not uniform, and either change over time from the start of measurement as defined by a time function, or multiple sequences with differing time intervals are prepared in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Yabusaki, Takuya Hara, Yuka Sugiura
  • Patent number: 8084144
    Abstract: The present invention provides high strength thick welded steel pipe for line pipe superior in low temperature toughness, and a method of production of the same. A base material steel plate containing C: 0.010 to 0.050%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00%, Al: 0.020% or less, Ti: 0.003 to 0.030%, and Mo: 0.10 to 1.50%, having a carbon equivalent Ceq of 0.30 to 0.53, having a crack susceptability parameter Pcm of 0.10 to 0.20, satisfying formula 3, comprised an area ratio of 20% or less of polygonal ferrite and an area ratio of 80% or more of bainite, and having an effective crystal grain size of 20 ?m or less is formed into a pipe shape, then seam welded to make the effective crystal grain size of the heat affected zone 150 ?m or less: 10C+100Al+5Mo+5Ni<3.3??formula 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Hara, Hitoshi Asahi
  • Patent number: 8070887
    Abstract: The present invention provides a line pipe of, e.g., the API standard X60 to X100 class. The line pipe has an excellent deformability, as well as excellent low temperature toughness and high productivity, a steel plate used as the material of the steel pipe. Methods for producing the steel pipe and the steel plate are also provided. In particular, a high-strength steel plate excellent in the deformability has a ferrite phase is dispersed finely, and accounts for 5% to 40% in area percentage in a low temperature transformation structure mainly composed of a bainite phase. For example, most grain sizes of the ferrite phase are smaller than the average grain size of the bainite phase. A high-strength steel pipe excellent in deformability is also provided, in which a large diameter steel pipe is produced through forming the steel plate into a pipe shape. The steel pipe has the above-referenced structure, and satisfies the conditions that YS/TS is 0.95 or less and YS×uEL is 5,000 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Asahi, Yasuhiro Shinohara, Takuya Hara
  • Patent number: 8049131
    Abstract: The present invention, in a welded joint of steel sheets and a steel pipe body having a tensile strength of 800 MPa or more (over X100 in API Standards), provides: the welded joint of the steel sheets and the steel pipe produced by forming a steel sheet into a cylindrical shape and welding both the ends thereof, both excellent in cold cracking resistance; and methods for producing them. The present invention includes an ultrahigh strength welded joint and an ultrahigh strength welded steel pipe excellent in the cold cracking resistance of a weld metal, characterized in that the amount of non-diffusible hydrogen in the inner side weld metal is 0.01 ppm or more. It is preferable that the ratio of the non-diffusible hydrogen amount to the total hydrogen amount in said inner side weld metal is 0.5% or more. Further, it is preferable that Mo carbide is contained by not less than 1 piece/?m2 in said inner side weld metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Hara, Hitoshi Asahi
  • Patent number: 8039118
    Abstract: The present invention provides high strength welded steel pipe for line pipe inexpensive in cost and superior in low temperature toughness, and a method of production of the same, produced by forming a base material steel plate containing, by mass %, C: 0.010 to 0.050%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00%, S: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, and Ti: 0.003 to 0.030%, limiting Al to 0.020% or less and Mo to less than 0.10%, having a carbon equivalent Ceq of 0.30 to 0.53 and a crack susceptibility parameter Pcm of 0.10 to 0.20, comprised of polygonal ferrite and residual bainite of an area rate of 20% or less, and having an effective crystal grain size of 20 ?m or less, into a pipe shape, then seam welding it and making the effective crystal grain size of the heat affected zone 150 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Hara, Hitoshi Asahi
  • Publication number: 20110250471
    Abstract: The present invention, in a welded joint of steel sheets and a steel pipe body having a tensile strength of 800 MPa or more (over X100 in API Standards), provides: the welded joint of the steel sheets and the steel pipe produced by forming a steel sheet into a cylindrical shape and welding both the ends thereof, both excellent in cold cracking resistance; and methods for producing them. The present invention includes an ultrahigh strength welded joint and an ultrahigh strength welded steel pipe excellent in the cold cracking resistance of a weld metal, characterized in that the amount of non-diffusible hydrogen in the inner side weld metal is 0.01 ppm or more. It is preferable that the ratio of the non-diffusible hydrogen amount to the total hydrogen amount in said inner side weld metal is 0.5% or more. Further, it is preferable that Mo carbide is contained by not less than 1 piece/?m2 in said inner side weld metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Hara, Hitoshi Asahi
  • Publication number: 20110234980
    Abstract: In a perimeter, luminance judging means measures a sensitivity of an examinee, sensitivity deviation computing means obtains a sensitivity deviation, means for computing ratio to p value obtains a ratio to p value, and means for adding ratios to p value adds ratios to p value of respective measurement positions. The sensitivity deviation at the position where sensitivity dispersion is large is low evaluated and the sensitivity deviation at the position where the sensitivity dispersion is small is highly evaluated. Then, an element of the position where the sensitivity was changed can be also considered in a graph showing test results of perimetry periodically conducted with time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Takuya HARA
  • Publication number: 20110234979
    Abstract: A perimeter according to the invention has fixation state detecting means for detecting a fixation state of an examinee in association with each portion where a stimulus should be presented, and necessity of retest is judged for each stimulus. Even if no good fixation state is detected for some stimulus, it is sufficient to retest the portion where the stimulus was presented. Then, burdens on the examinee or an examiner are lighter and the test time is shorter, and test efficiency is increased thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Takuya HARA
  • Patent number: 8002479
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a mount fixing member to which a lens mount is fixed; a connected body obtained by integrally connecting a plurality of constituent units including a battery holder unit, the plurality of constituent units provided around the mount fixing member; and a front member fixed to the connected body and integrated therewith, wherein the mount fixing member is fixed to the front member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ueda, Hideo Fukumoto, Takuya Hara, Yoshinori Sugiyama, Shigekazu Inaba
  • Patent number: 7942528
    Abstract: A perimeter has fixation state judging means for individually judging a fixation state of an examinee in connection with each presented stimulus, and the fixation state judging means individually judges the fixation state whenever the stimulus is presented. Even if defective fixation is judged, retest is conducted on only a point where the stimulus was presented, which was judged to be defective fixation. Then, examiner's burden and examinee's burden can be lightened, the test time can be made shorter and test efficiency can be improved in comparison with a case where the whole test is retried from the first as a conventional way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Hara
  • Publication number: 20110023991
    Abstract: The present invention provides high strength steel plate with excellent low temperature toughness, high strength steel pipe using this as a base metal, and methods of production of the same. The steel plate of the present invention contains Mo: 0.05 to 1.00% and B: 0.0003 to 0.0100%, has a Ceq of 0.30 to 0.53, has a Pcm of 0.10 to 0.20, and has a metal structure which has an area percentage of polygonal ferrite of 20 to 90% and has a balance of a hard phase comprised of one or both of bainite and martensite. To obtain this steel plate, strain-introducing rolling is performed with a start temperature of not more than Ar3+60° C., an end temperature of Ar3 or more, and a reduction ratio of 1.5 or more, then the plate is air-cooled and then acceleratedly cooled from Ar3?100° C. to Ar3?10° C. in temperature by 10° C./s or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Taishi Fujishiro, Shinya Sakamoto, Takuya Hara, Hitoshi Asahi
  • Publication number: 20100330388
    Abstract: The present invention provides high strength welded steel pipe for line pipe inexpensive in cost and superior in low temperature toughness, and a method of production of the same, produced by forming a base material steel plate containing, by mass %, C: 0.010 to 0.050%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.50 to 2.00%, S: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, and Ti: 0.003 to 0.030%, limiting Al to 0.020% or less and Mo to less than 0.10%, having a carbon equivalent Ceq of 0.30 to 0.53 and a crack susceptibility parameter Pcm of 0.10 to 0.20, comprised of polygonal ferrite and residual bainite of an area rate of 20% or less, and having an effective crystal grain size of 20 ?m or less, into a pipe shape, then seam welding it and making the effective crystal grain size of the heat affected zone 150 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Takuya Hara, Hitoshi Asahi
  • Publication number: 20100254700
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a mount fixing member to which a lens mount is fixed; a connected body obtained by integrally connecting a plurality of constituent units including a battery holder unit, the plurality of constituent units provided around the mount fixing member; and a front member fixed to the connected body and integrated therewith, wherein the mount fixing member is fixed to the front member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ueda, Hideo Fukumoto, Takuya Hara, Yoshinori Sugiyama, Shigekazu Inaba
  • Publication number: 20100236668
    Abstract: The present invention provides high strength steel pipe for line pipe superior in low temperature toughness suppressed in drop of toughness of the HAZ and a method of production of the same, more particularly high strength steel plate for line pipe used as a material for high strength steel pipe for line pipe and a method of production of the same, in particular high strength steel pipe for line pipe superior in low temperature toughness characterized in that the chemical compositions of the base metal is, by mass %, C: 0.020 to 0.080%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mo: 0.01 to 0.15%, Al: 0.0005 to 0.030%, and Nb: 0.0001 to 0.030% contained in a range of C+0.25Si+0.1Mo+Al+Nb: 0.100% or less and the mixture of austenite and martensite present along prior austenite grain boundaries of the reheated part of the heat affected zone has a width of 10 ?m or less and a length of 50 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Takuya Hara, Hitoshi Asahi, Yoshio Terada
  • Patent number: 7753525
    Abstract: A virtual sensitivity value which is obtained, variously changing a pupil diameter is measured in advance for many examinees, and volume of correction which is necessary at the time when the sensitivity value is corrected into one in a standard pupil diameter is stored as correction volume database. An apparatus has measurement means for measuring the pupil diameter of the eye to be examined, computing means for computing a shape parameter rate of the measured pupil diameter to the standard pupil diameter, and judgment means for computing volume of correction by referring to the correction volume database from the shape parameter rate and correcting the virtual sensitivity value obtained by measurement of the eye to be examined and for judging a sensitivity step of the eye to be examined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Hara, Satoshi Shimada
  • Patent number: 7736447
    Abstract: Ultra-high-strength linepipes having excellent low-temperature toughness manufactured by welding together the edges of steel plates comprising C of 0.03 to 0.07 mass %, Si of not more than 0.6 mass %, Mn of 1.5 to 2.5 mass %, P of not more than 0.015 mass %, S of not more than 0.003 mass %, Ni of 0.1 to 1.5 mass %, Mo of 0.15 to 0.60 mass %, Nb of 0.01 to 0.10 mass %, Ti of 0.005 to 0.030 mass %, Al of not more than 0.06 mass %, one or more of required amounts of B, N, V, Cu, Cr, Ca, REM (rare-earth metals) and Mg, with the remainder consisting of iron and unavoidable impurities and having a (Hv-ave)/(Hv-M) ratio between 0.8 and 0.9 at 2.5?P?4.0, wherein Hv-ave is the average Vickers hardness in the direction of the thickness of the base metal and Hv-M is the martensite hardness depending on C-content (Hv-M=270+1300C) and a tensile strength TS-C between 900 MPa and 1100 MPa; P=2.7C+0.4Si+Mn+0.8Cr+0.45(Ni+Cu)+(1+?)Mo?1+? (?=1 when B?3 ppm and ?=0 when B<3 ppm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Hitoshi Asahi, Takuya Hara