Patents by Inventor Takuya Higuchi
Takuya Higuchi 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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Publication number: 20240147080Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, an image signal of a plurality of polarized lights is input, for each set of image signals corresponding to the polarized lights, a maximum value of polarization intensities of polarization components of the image signals and a polarization angle at which the maximum value of the polarization intensities is obtained are found, and a target area to which polarization reduction is to be applied is found based on the image signal and a statistical area is set in the target area. Representative intensity and angle which are modes of the polarization intensities and angles of the sets included in the statistical area are found, and first correction processing for correcting each image signal of the sets included in the target area is performed using the representative intensity and angle according to the polarization angle of the each image signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Takuya NABESHIMA, Takenori KOBUSE, Takahiro KAMIKURA, Shigeharu AOKI, Kento WATANABE, Daisuke HIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20240132724Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pigment composition and an ink (in particular, a waterborne ink) that can reduce a viscosity increase over time when an azo lake pigment is used as a pigment and also have excellent color strength and gloss in printed products. The pigment composition according to the present invention includes a divalent metal lake azo pigment, and 0.1% by weight to 20% by weight of a divalent metal salt of a mono- or di-carboxylic acid compound. The divalent metal of the divalent metal salt is preferably an alkaline earth metal ion. The mono- or di-carboxylic acid compound is preferably a mono- or di-carboxylic acid compound having a carbon number of 4 to 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: DIC CorporationInventors: Takuya Yoshida, Arata Kudo, Yukiko Higuchi, Akira Kimura
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Patent number: 11940057Abstract: A valve device includes a flow path formation member provided with at least one flow path hole through which a fluid passes, and a drive part that outputs a rotational force. The valve device includes a shaft, and a rotor having a sliding surface that slides while facing an opening surface of the flow path formation member where the flow path hole is opened, and the rotor is configured to increase or decrease an opening degree of the flow path hole with rotation of the shaft. The valve device includes an energization member that energizes the rotor toward the flow path formation member. The valve device includes a coupling structure configured to tiltably couple the shaft to the rotor such that a contact state between the sliding surface and the opening surface is held regardless of a posture or a position of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Syota Kimura, Hiroki Shimada, Akira Higuchi, Takehito Mizunuma, Takuya Hamada, Ryou Sano
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Patent number: 11939659Abstract: A deposition mask group includes a first deposition mask having two or more first through holes arranged along two different directions, a second deposition mask having two or more second through holes arranged along two different directions and a third deposition mask having two or more third through holes. The first through hole and the second through hole or the third through hole partly overlap when the first deposition mask, the second deposition mask and the third deposition mask are overlapped.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuya Higuchi, Hiromitsu Ochiai, Hiroki Oka
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Publication number: 20240084098Abstract: Provided is a resin composition with which a resin molded article having excellent heat dissipation can be obtained. A resin composition containing: a thermoplastic resin; graphite; and a fibrous body, when the resin composition in a molten state is filled in a mold from a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of a resulting resin molded article 1 and molded to obtain a resin molded article 1 of 100 mm in length×100 mm in width×2 mm in thickness, in a cross-section obtained by cutting the resin molded article 1 along a direction X parallel to a filling direction and a thickness direction Z, among regions 1A to 1E obtained by dividing the cross-section into five equal parts in the thickness direction Z, an average orientation angle (A) with respect to a plane direction of the graphite in at least one of the regions 1A and 1E on outermost layer sides being 15° or less, and an average orientation angle (B) with respect to the plane direction of the graphite in the central region 1C being 35° or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: SEKISUI TECHNO MOLDING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya MASUDA, Yuusuke SUENAGA, Ryuuji MATSUMURA, Isao HIGUCHI, Takamichi SHINOHARA
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Patent number: 11913684Abstract: A fluid circulation circuit includes a flow passage switching valve. The flow passage switching valve includes a body and a switcher. The body includes a first inlet, a second inlet, and outlets including a first outlet. The switcher is capable of switching a passage configuration to a state in which a fluid that has flowed in from the first inlet flows out of either one of the outlets and a state in which the fluid that has flowed in from the second inlet flows out of either one of the outlets.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masamichi Makihara, Yoshiki Katoh, Takahiro Maeda, Kuniyoshi Tanioka, Akira Higuchi, Takehito Mizunuma, Takuya Hamada
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Patent number: 11763834Abstract: Features are extracted from an observed speech signal including at least speech of multiple speakers including a target speaker. A mask is calculated for extracting speech of the target speaker based on the features of the observed speech signal and a speech signal of the target speaker serving as adaptation data of the target speaker. The signal of the speech of the target speaker is calculated from the observed speech signal based on the mask. Speech of the target speaker can be extracted from observed speech that includes speech of multiple speakers.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Marc Delcroix, Keisuke Kinoshita, Atsunori Ogawa, Takuya Higuchi, Tomohiro Nakatani
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Publication number: 20230175137Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus includes a control device. The control device includes a heat treatment control unit that controls a heat treatment performed on a processing target accommodated in a processing container, according to a process condition, a cleaning control unit that controls a cleaning process on deposits adhering to the processing container due to the heat treatment, a cumulative film thickness specification unit that specifies a value of a cumulative film thickness of the deposits adhering to the processing container, based on the process condition for the heat treatment, and a temperature correction unit that corrects a temperature of the heat treatment based on a temperature correction amount corresponding to the value of the cumulative film thickness and a frequency of the cleaning process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Morihito INAGAKI, Takuya HIGUCHI, Hideomi HANE
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Patent number: 11649539Abstract: A deposition mask group includes a first deposition mask having two or more first through holes arranged along two different directions, a second deposition mask having two or more second through holes arranged along two different directions and a third deposition mask having two or more third through holes. The first through hole and the second through hole or the third through hole partly overlap when the first deposition mask, the second deposition mask and the third deposition mask are overlapped.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuya Higuchi, Hiromitsu Ochiai, Hiroki Oka
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Publication number: 20230132323Abstract: A deposition mask group includes a first deposition mask having two or more first through holes arranged along two different directions, a second deposition mask having two or more second through holes arranged along two different directions and a third deposition mask having two or more third through holes. The first through hole and the second through hole or the third through hole partly overlap when the first deposition mask, the second deposition mask and the third deposition mask are overlapped.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuya HIGUCHI, Hiromitsu OCHIAI, Hiroki OKA
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Patent number: 11566316Abstract: A deposition mask group includes a first deposition mask having two or more first through holes arranged along two different directions, a second deposition mask having two or more second through holes arranged along two different directions and a third deposition mask having two or more third through holes. The first through hole and the second through hole or the third through hole partly overlap when the first deposition mask, the second deposition mask and the third deposition mask are overlapped.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuya Higuchi, Hiromitsu Ochiai, Hiroki Oka
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Patent number: 11562765Abstract: A mask estimation apparatus for estimating mask information for specifying a mask used to extract a signal of a specific sound source from an input audio signal includes a converter which converts the input audio signal into embedded vectors of a predetermined dimension using a trained neural network model and a mask calculator which calculates the mask information by fitting the embedded vectors to a mixed Gaussian model.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Higuchi, Tomohiro Nakatani, Keisuke Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20230012723Abstract: Cells may be cultured by a method including the following steps: a first step of preparing a population of cell aggregates having a major axis of not more than 400 ?m, and a second step of suspension culturing the population of cell aggregates obtained in the first step.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Shimpei OGAWA, Takuya HIGUCHI, Shumpei FUROMITSU, Megumi NISHIYAMA, Kotoe KOSEKI
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Publication number: 20230002729Abstract: A medium composition, containing a basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) at not less than 150 ng/mL is useful for culturing cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Shimpei OGAWA, Takuya HIGUCHI, Shumpei FUROMITSU, Kenichiro ITO, Megumi NISHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20220348884Abstract: A medium with a reduced osmotic pressure containing a basal medium, in which the osmotic pressure is adjusted to 150 to 250 mOsm/kg, is useful for culturing cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Shimpei OGAWA, Takuya HIGUCHI, Shumpei FUROMITSU, Yusuke OHYA, Megumi NISHIYAMA, Atsushi KONISHI
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Publication number: 20220348883Abstract: A method including adding choline at a specific concentration to a medium is useful for culturing cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Shimpei OGAWA, Takuya HIGUCHI, Shumpei FUROMITSU, Megumi NISHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20220251622Abstract: A method for producing an objective protein using animal cells as an expression host is provided. The objective protein is produced by culturing animal cells having an objective protein-producing ability under conditions where the phosphoric acid concentration and/or the potassium concentration in the culture medium is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Yasumichi Koseki, Takahiro Katayama, Yusuke Ooya, Fumi Ogata, Kiyoshi Hirakawa, Takuya Higuchi
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Publication number: 20220152901Abstract: A production management system includes: an injection molding unit producing a molded product; and a control device. The injection molding unit includes: an injection molding machine molding the molded product by injection molding; a determination unit determining whether a number of the molded products to be produced is equivalent to a predetermined unit of production or not; and an operation information transmitting unit transmitting operation information of the injection molding unit when it is determined that the number of the molded products to be produced is equivalent to the predetermined unit of production. The control device includes an operation information receiving unit receiving the operation information transmitted from the operation information transmitting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Hiroki MINOWA, Kazuhiko TSUCHIMOTO, Takuya HIGUCHI, Yuji SAITO
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Publication number: 20220143887Abstract: There is provided an injection molding machine management system including an injection molding machine configured to mold a molded article with injection molding, a peripheral device configured to perform a post-process of the injection molding, and a control device communicably coupled to the injection molding machine and the peripheral device. The injection molding machine management system includes a generating section configured to generate a common identifier for each of predetermined production units and transmit the common identifier to the peripheral device. Molding data concerning the injection molding and post-process data concerning the post-process are correlated with the common identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Hiroki MINOWA, Kazuhiko TSUCHIMOTO, Takuya HIGUCHI, Yuji SAITO
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Publication number: 20220106676Abstract: A deposition mask group includes a first deposition mask having two or more first through holes arranged along two different directions, a second deposition mask having two or more second through holes arranged along two different directions and a third deposition mask having two or more third through holes. The first through hole and the second through hole or the third through hole partly overlap when the first deposition mask, the second deposition mask and the third deposition mask are overlapped.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuya HIGUCHI, Hiromitsu OCHIAI, Hiroki OKA