Patents by Inventor Tomohiko Nakamura

Tomohiko Nakamura 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: 20240140026
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a 3-dimensional model object by a powder bed fusion method using a resin granular material, in which the resin granular material comprises a resin powder (A) and a flow aid (B), a sphericity of the resin powder (A) is 80 or more and 100 or less, the resin powder (A) has a D80 particle size of 60 ?m or less and a D20 particle size of 1 ?m or more, the flow aid (B) is contained at an amount of more than 0.01 part by mass and less than 5 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin powder (A), and steps (a) to (c) are performed in this order repeatedly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Tomohiko Nakamura, Hirokazu Iwata, Yota Okuno, Itaru Asano
  • Publication number: 20240132666
    Abstract: A polymer powder includes a polyamide, wherein a melting point determined in differential scanning calorimetry is 190° C. or higher, a difference between the melting point and a melting onset temperature, which is defined in differential scanning calorimetry as a lowest temperature among temperatures at each of which a first temperature differential value of Heat Flow (W/g) observed between a peak top temperature of an endothermic peak, observed when 10 mg of powder is heated at a rate of 20° C./min from 30° C. in a nitrogen atmosphere, and a temperature point of ?50° C. from the peak top, becomes ?0.2 (W/g.° C.), is less than 30° C., and a D50 particle size is 1 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hirokazu Iwata, Tomohiko Nakamura, Yota Okuno, Kei Watanabe, Mikiya Nishida, Itaru Asano
  • Publication number: 20230288427
    Abstract: To provide a technique for supporting selection of a binding molecule and a labeled molecule to be used in detecting and/or analyzing a target molecule. An information processing apparatus, including: a processing unit configured to calculate, based on a signal derived from a sample including a biological specimen, when using a plurality of different binding molecules labeled by different labeled molecules, reactivity between a target molecule and each of the plurality of different binding molecules, wherein the signal includes: a first signal group acquired when each of a plurality of different binding molecules having been labeled by a labeled molecule of a same type is reacted with a target molecule, and a second signal group acquired when each of binding molecules of a same type having been labeled by different labeled molecules is reacted with a target molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiko Nakamura, Kazuhiro Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20230243839
    Abstract: To improve analysis accuracy in fluorescence microscopy. An information processing device according to an embodiment includes: a separation unit (132) that separates a fluorescence image obtained by observing a specimen labeled with one or more fluorescent dyes into a fluorescence component image containing one or more fluorescence components and an autofluorescence component image containing one or more autofluorescence components; a generation unit (133) that generates an autofluorescence component correction image using a reference spectrum of each of one or more autofluorescent substances included in the specimen and using the autofluorescence component image; and a processing unit (130) that processes the fluorescence component image based on the autofluorescence component correction image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ai Goto, Kazuhiro Nakagawa, Tomohiko Nakamura, Kenji Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11685813
    Abstract: A method produces polyamide fine particles by polymerizing a polyamide monomer (A) in the presence of a polymer (B) at a temperature equal to or higher than the crystallization temperature of a polyamide to be obtained, wherein the polyamide monomer (A) and the polymer (B) are homogeneously dissolved at the start of polymerization, and polyamide fine particles are precipitated after the polymerization. Polyamide fine particles have a number average particle size of 0.1 to 100 ?m, a sphericity of 90 or more, a particle size distribution index of 3.0 or less, a linseed oil absorption of 100 mL/100 g or less, and a crystallization temperature of 150° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Itaru Asano, Tomohiko Nakamura, Yota Okuno, Nobuhiro Morioka
  • Publication number: 20230184639
    Abstract: To provide a technique for supporting setting of staining conditions for a reagent containing binding molecules when target molecules are detected and/or analyzed. There is provided an information processing device including a signal acquisition unit that acquires a signal derived from a sample including a biological sample, a processing unit that calculates immunostaining conditions of a reagent for the sample including the biological sample based on the signal, and an output unit that outputs the immunostaining conditions, wherein the signal includes a signal derived from the reagent containing target molecules in the biological sample and binding molecules that are able to bind to the target molecules and/or a signal derived from non-target molecules and the reagent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: TOMOHIKO NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230135918
    Abstract: A manufacturing system including a container manufacturing line for manufacturing a container, and a filling line for filling the container with a filler is provided. The container manufacturing line is coupled to the filling line, and the container manufactured in the container manufacturing line is supplied to the filling line. The container manufacturing line may include a first speed control unit for controlling a manufacturing line speed depending on a filling line speed of the filling line. The first speed control unit may change the manufacturing line speed of the container manufacturing line depending on a change in a number of containers in a predetermined process of the filling line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Hideki ISHIGURO, Seitarou KANAZAWA, Tomohiko NAKAMURA, Tsutomu MURAYAMA, Jun SUDO
  • Publication number: 20230095577
    Abstract: To provide a microscope device capable of efficiently or appropriately acquiring an image of a specific region of a living tissue. The present technology provides a microscope device including: a first imaging element that images a target including a body tissue and acquires image data; and a second imaging element that images the target at a magnification different from a magnification of the first imaging element and acquires image data, in which the first imaging element includes a determination unit that determines a feature related to the target on the basis of the image data, and the second imaging element is controlled on the basis of a result of the determination. Furthermore, the present technology also provides an image acquisition system including the microscope device. Furthermore, the present technology also provides an image acquisition method performed in the microscope device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: HIROKAZU TATSUTA, TOMOHIKO NAKAMURA, SHINJI WATANABE, KENJI YAMANE, YOSHIO SOMA
  • Publication number: 20230054021
    Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition contains at least: [A] a thermosetting resin; [B] a curing agent; and [C] polyamide particles satisfying following (c1) to (c6): (c1) a melting point of polyamide resin constituting the polyamide particles is 200 to 300° C.; (c2) a crystallization temperature of the polyamide resin constituting the polyamide particles is 150° C. to 250° C.; (c3) a number average particle size of the polyamide particles is 1 to 100 ?m; (c4) a sphericity of the polyamide particles is 80 to 100; and (c5) the linseed oil absorption of the polyamide particles is 10 to 100 mL/100 g. A thermosetting resin composition of the present invention enables suitable production of a fiber-reinforced composite material having sufficient compressive strength after impact and wet heat compression performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Itaru Asano, Atsuhito Arai, Ryohei Watari, Tomohiko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20230003467
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes tubes arranged in one direction, and a corrugated fin provided between the tubes. The corrugated fin includes joints joined to the tubes, and fin bodies that connect the joints which are located next to each other along the wave shape. The fin body includes a cut-raised portion that has a shape in which a part of the fin body is cut and raised for promotion of heat transfer. The cut-raised portion includes a cut-raised end on at least one end of the cut-raised portion in the one direction. The cut-raised end has recesses and projections on its surface that increase hydrophilicity of the surface of the cut-raised end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Keita MORIMOTO, Tomohiko NAKAMURA, Mitsuyoshi SAITO, Tatsuhiko NISHINO, Shota CHATANI, Toshiya NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20220349655
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes tubes arranged side by side, and a tank connected to ends of the tubes. The heat exchanger performs heat exchange between a first fluid flowing inside the tubes and a second fluid flowing outside the tubes. The heat exchanger includes a closing member disposed inside the tank and partially closing an opening provided at an end of a predetermined tube that is at least one of the tubes. The predetermined tube has a protrusion formed at the end of the predetermined tube. The closing member has an avoiding structure that avoids interference between the protrusion and the closing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Shota CHATANI, Hiroshi HAMADA, Mitsugu NAKAMURA, Tomohiko NAKAMURA, Ichio KAMEI
  • Publication number: 20220333875
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes tubes, a tank, and a prevention plate arranged inside the tank and contacting end surfaces of the tubes to prevent heat medium from flowing into the tubes in a certain region. Flow paths are formed in each tube and arranged in a width direction of the tube. The prevention plate includes a deformable portion elastically deformable by contacting an edge of the opening at a time of inserting the prevention plate into the tank from the opening. The deformable portion of the prevention plate that has been inserted into the tank is restored and receives a reaction force from an inner surface of the tank such that the prevention plate is shifted along the width direction by the reaction force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi HAMADA, Tomohiko NAKAMURA, Ichio KAMEI, Shota CHATANI
  • Patent number: 11440695
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal bottle having a mouthpiece in an upper part of a bottomed cylindrical bottle body, including forming a screw part on the mouthpiece and then forming a curl at a tip of the mouthpiece. During formation of the screw part, a height of the first-stage screw thread from a tip side in a complete screw part and a height of the second-stage screw thread from the tip side are substantially equal and a distance between an apex part of the first-stage screw thread and a bottle axis is smaller than a distance between the apex part of the second-stage screw thread and the bottle axis. After formation of the curl, a distance between the apex part of the first-stage screw thread and the bottle axis and a distance between the apex part of the second-stage screw thread and the bottle axis are substantially equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Aihara, Masaomi Tamura, Toshiyuki Hasegawa, Takeshi Murase, Tomohiko Nakamura, Naoya Matsumoto, Nobuhiro Sasajima
  • Publication number: 20220276170
    Abstract: A specimen is analyzed with high accuracy. An information processing device includes an extraction unit (20E) that extracts fluorescence correction information from a bright visual field image of a specimen, and a generation unit (20F) that generates a fluorescence correction image based on fluorescence information of the specimen and the fluorescence correction information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: TOMOHIKO NAKAMURA, KAZUHIRO NAKAGAWA, HIROKAZU TATSUTA
  • Publication number: 20220208316
    Abstract: A test server includes: a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of communication terminals via a network, the plurality of communication terminals each being connectable to a test device capable of executing a test on the presence or absence of a disease and each being capable of inputting a diagnosis on the presence or absence of the disease, the diagnosis being related to the test and made by a doctor; and a control unit that acquires at least one of a result of the test and the diagnosis as a test information item from each of the plurality of communication terminals via the communication unit, causes a storage unit to store the plurality of acquired test information items therein, performs statistical processing on the plurality of stored test information items, and causes the communication unit to return a result of the statistical processing according to a demand given from each of the communication terminals before the doctor makes a diagnosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: TOMOHIKO NAKAMURA, NAOKI MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11333436
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between a heat medium and an air. The heat exchanger includes a tube through which the heat medium flows therein, and a fin that is formed by bending a metal plate and that is brazed to a surface of the tube. The fin includes a louver. The surface of the tube defines an introducing groove configured to introduce a brazing material melted at brazing from a connecting portion between the tube and the fin to an other portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hamada, Tomohiko Nakamura, Yuta Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11302425
    Abstract: A test server includes: a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of communication terminals via a network, the plurality of communication terminals each being connectable to a test device capable of executing a test on the presence or absence of a disease, the diagnosis being related to the test and made by a doctor; and a control unit that acquires at least one of a result of the test and the diagnosis as a test information item from each of the plurality of communication terminals via the communication unit, causes a storage unit to store the plurality of acquired test information items, performs statistical processing on the plurality of stored test information items, and causes the communication unit to return a result of the statistical processing according to a demand given from each of the communication terminals before the doctor makes a diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Nakamura, Naoki Morimoto
  • Patent number: 11250934
    Abstract: A test server includes a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with a plurality of communication terminals via a network. Each communication terminal is connectable to a test device capable of executing a test on presence or absence of a disease and is capable of inputting a diagnosis on the presence or absence of the disease. The diagnosis is related to the test and made by a doctor. The control unit acquires at least one of a result of the test and the diagnosis as a test information item from each communication terminal via the communication unit, causes a storage unit to store the plurality of acquired test information items, performs statistical processing on the plurality of stored test information items, and causes the communication unit to return a result of the statistical processing according to a demand given from each communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Nakamura, Naoki Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20210403651
    Abstract: A method produces polyamide fine particles by polymerizing a polyamide monomer (A) in the presence of a polymer (B) at a temperature equal to or higher than the crystallization temperature of a polyamide to be obtained, wherein the polyamide monomer (A) and the polymer (B) are homogeneously dissolved at the start of polymerization, and polyamide fine particles are precipitated after the polymerization. Polyamide fine particles have a number average particle size of 0.1 to 100 ?m, a sphericity of 90 or more, a particle size distribution index of 3.0 or less, a linseed oil absorption of 100 mL/100 g or less, and a crystallization temperature of 150° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Itaru Asano, Tomohiko Nakamura, Yota Okuno, Nobuhiro Morioka
  • Patent number: 11187432
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a tube, a corrugated fin, and a plurality of grooves. The corrugated fin has a plurality of bent portions and a plurality of fin main bodies disposed between the bent portions. The multiple grooves are arranged at specified intervals from each other and are formed on a surface of the corrugated fin to enhance the hydrophilicity of the surface. The corrugated fin includes a first thick portion in which at least one of the grooves is included and a second thick portion thicker than the first thick portion in a cross-sectional view along an extending direction of the bent portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Morimoto, Tomohiko Nakamura, Tatsuhiko Nishino, Toshiya Nagasawa, Masahiro Shimoya, Mitsuyoshi Saito, Shota Chatani