Patents by Inventor Wataru Kikuchi

Wataru Kikuchi 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: 20240116182
    Abstract: A first robot (104) is arranged in association with a belt conveyor (101), and performs a first transfer operation of picking up a product such as a blank material conveyed by the belt conveyor (101) and stacking it on a relay table (102). A second robot (108) performs a second transfer operation of transferring a loaded body of a plurality of blank materials stacked on the relay table (102) to a pallet table (103).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Wataru KIKUCHI, Toru MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240094980
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus supports dialogue using dialogue apparatuses used by a plurality of users located remotely from each other. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to estimate, during execution of a remote dialogue, a parameter of each interlocutor with respect to a topic of the remote dialogue based on a video of each interlocutor, display an alert, on a first dialogue apparatus of a first user, indicating each interlocutor whose estimated parameter is less than a threshold, and when the first user gazes at and speaks to an interlocutor displayed with the alert among a plurality of interlocutors as second users displayed on a screen of the first dialogue apparatus, transmit first audio data with a high volume to a second dialogue apparatus of the interlocutor and transmit second audio data with a low volume to second dialogue apparatus of interlocutors other than the interlocutor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Aiko SAWADO, Daisuke KIKUCHI, Wataru KAKU
  • Patent number: 11869559
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder. A fluorine-containing compound is included in a portion on the non-magnetic support on a magnetic layer side, and a ratio ?r of a water contact angle measured on a surface of the magnetic layer after sliding on a magnetic head to a water contact angle measured on the surface of the magnetic layer before sliding on the magnetic head is 0.70 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko Oyanagi, Wataru Kikuchi, Akio Tamura
  • Patent number: 11670334
    Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer further includes a compound including a polyalkyleneimine chain and a vinyl polymer chain. The composition for a magnetic recording medium includes: ferromagnetic powder; and a compound including a polyalkyleneimine chain and a vinyl polymer chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Kikuchi, Masatoshi Yumoto, Takashi Imai
  • Publication number: 20230101868
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder. A fluorine-containing compound is included in a portion on the non-magnetic support on a magnetic layer side, and a ratio ?r of a water contact angle measured on a surface of the magnetic layer after sliding on a magnetic head to a water contact angle measured on the surface of the magnetic layer before sliding on the magnetic head is 0.70 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko OYANAGI, Wataru KIKUCHI, Akio Tamura
  • Publication number: 20220275421
    Abstract: The present invention provides a determination method, a fluorescence measurement device, and a test agent, each of which can easily determine a genotype of a microorganism responsible for causing a periodontal disease, based on enzyme activity. The determination method of determining a genotype of the microorganism responsible for periodontal disease includes the steps of: irradiating a liquid sample with excitation light, the liquid sample including a bacterial body or a bacterial body-based extractive matter of the microorganism responsible for periodontal disease and a reagent in which a substrate for an enzyme reaction by the microorganism responsible for periodontal disease is fluorescently labeled, the liquid sample having a pH value thereof having been adjusted to not lower than pH 7.0 and not higher than pH 8.5 and then having been subjected to the enzyme reaction; and determining the genotype based on an intensity of fluorescence emitted from the liquid sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicants: Tokyo Dental College, The Yoshida Dental Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki ISHIHARA, Wataru KIKUCHI, Mayumi HOSOKAWA, Ai ITO
  • Publication number: 20220115581
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer-based piezoelectric composite material from which a piezoelectric film capable of outputting a higher sound pressure is obtained in a case of using a piezoelectric speaker, a piezoelectric film formed of the polymer-based piezoelectric composite material, and a piezoelectric speaker and a flexible display which are formed of the piezoelectric film. The polymer-based piezoelectric composite material of the present invention is a polymer-based piezoelectric composite material including a polymer matrix which contains a polymer containing a group represented by Formula (1), and piezoelectric particles. *-L1-CR1R2—CN??Formula (1) In Formula (1), L1 represents a divalent linking group excluding a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group. R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Wataru KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220102619
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer-based piezoelectric composite material from which a piezoelectric film capable of outputting a higher sound pressure and exhibiting excellent flexibility even in a low-temperature environment is obtained in a case of using a piezoelectric speaker, a piezoelectric film formed of the polymer-based piezoelectric composite material, and a piezoelectric speaker and a flexible display which are formed of the piezoelectric film. The polymer-based piezoelectric composite material of the present invention is a polymer-based piezoelectric composite material including a polymer matrix which contains a polymer containing a group represented by Formula (1), and piezoelectric particles. *-L1-(CR1R2)n—CN??Formula (1) In Formula (1), L1 represents a divalent linking group excluding a urethane group. R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group. n represents an integer of 3 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Wataru KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 11276429
    Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, in which the magnetic layer includes a compound having a salt structure, and the salt structure is an ammonium salt structure of an alkyl ester anion represented by the following Formula 1. In Formula 1, R represents an alkyl group having 7 or more carbon atoms or a fluorinated alkyl group having 7 or more carbon atoms, Z+ represents an ammonium cation, and a water contact angle on a surface of the magnetic layer is 80° or more and less than 100°. A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes the magnetic recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Kikuchi, So Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20210366513
    Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer further includes a compound including a polyalkyleneimine chain and a vinyl polymer chain. The composition for a magnetic recording medium includes: ferromagnetic powder; and a compound including a polyalkyleneimine chain and a vinyl polymer chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru KIKUCHI, Masatoshi YUMOTO, Takashi IMAI
  • Patent number: 11170812
    Abstract: A magnetic recording medium, a composition for it, and a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus are provided. The medium includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the support. The magnetic layer also includes a compound including one or more partial structures selected from partial structures represented by Formulas 1 and 2, and a polyalkyleneimine chain. The composition for the recording medium includes a ferromagnetic powder and the compound. In Formulas 1 and 2, L1 and L2 each independently represents a divalent linking group, Z1 and Z2 each independently represents a monovalent group represented by —OM or a monovalent group represented by —O?A+, M represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom, and A+ represents an ammonium cation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Naoi, Masashi Shirata, Wataru Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11138998
    Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer further includes a compound including a polyalkyleneimine chain and a vinyl polymer chain. The composition for a magnetic recording medium includes: ferromagnetic powder; and a compound including a polyalkyleneimine chain and a vinyl polymer chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Kikuchi, Masatoshi Yumoto, Takashi Imai
  • Publication number: 20210280213
    Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder. An anisotropic magnetic field Hk is 12 kOe or more, a center line average roughness Ra of the surface of the magnetic recording medium on the magnetic layer side is 1.2 nm or less, and a ratio ?r of a contact angle ?2 with respect to 1-bromonaphthalene, measured on a surface on the magnetic layer side after a 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane immersion, to a contact angle ?1 with respect to 1-bromonaphthalene, measured on the surface on the magnetic layer side before the 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane immersion is 0.95 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko OYANAGI, Wataru KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200312362
    Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, in which the magnetic layer includes a compound having a salt structure, and the salt structure is an ammonium salt structure of an alkyl ester anion represented by the following Formula 1. In Formula 1, R represents an alkyl group having 7 or more carbon atoms or a fluorinated alkyl group having 7 or more carbon atoms, Z+ represents an ammonium cation, and a water contact angle on a surface of the magnetic layer is 80° or more and less than 100°. A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes the magnetic recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru KIKUCHI, So MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200227080
    Abstract: The curing agent for a magnetic recording medium includes a compound represented by General Formula 1. In General Formula 1, X represents a monovalent heterocyclic group or a monovalent group represented by General Formula 2, Z represents an m-valent organic group, and m represents an integer of 2 or more. In General Formula 2, R1 represents an alkyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, and * represents a bonding site with an adjacent carbon atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru KIKUCHI, Masatoshi Yumoto, Takashi Imai
  • Publication number: 20200075052
    Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer further includes a compound including one or more partial structures selected from the group consisting of a partial structure represented by Formula 1 and a partial structure represented by Formula 2, and a polyalkyleneimine chain. A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus including this magnetic recording medium. A composition for a magnetic recording medium including a ferromagnetic powder and the compound. L1 in Formula 1 and L2 in Formula 2 each independently represent a divalent linking group, Z1 in Formula 1 and Z2 in Formula 2 each independently represent a monovalent group represented by —OM or a monovalent group represented by —O?A+, M represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom, and A+ represents an ammonium cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji NAOI, Masashi SHIRATA, Wataru KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190295585
    Abstract: The magnetic recording medium includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which the magnetic layer further includes a compound including a polyalkyleneimine chain and a vinyl polymer chain. The composition for a magnetic recording medium includes: ferromagnetic powder; and a compound including a polyalkyleneimine chain and a vinyl polymer chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru KIKUCHI, Masatoshi YUMOTO, Takashi IMAI
  • Patent number: 10391803
    Abstract: An image recording paper medium containing a resin having a constitutional unit represented by General Formula (1) and a constitutional unit represented by General Formula (2-1) and/or a constitutional unit represented by General Formula (2-2), in which in the resin, a content of the constitutional unit represented by General Formula (1) is 30% to 96% by mass, and a total content of the constitutional unit represented by General Formula (2-1) and the constitutional unit represented by General Formula (2-2) is 4% to 70% by mass. Also provided are a manufacturing method of the image recording paper medium and an image recording method including the manufacturing method: where R1, L1, R2, R3, L2, M1 and M2 are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Kikuchi, Yuji Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10355215
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for forming an organic semiconductor film that makes it possible to obtain an organic semiconductor film having excellent mobility and uniformity thereof, an organic semiconductor element including an organic semiconductor film having excellent mobility and uniformity thereof, and a method for manufacturing the organic semiconductor element. The composition for forming an organic semiconductor film of the present invention contains an organic semiconductor as a component A and a polymer chemically modified some or all of the ethylenically unsaturated double bonds of a ethylenically unsaturated double bond-containing polymer, as a component B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi Nakayama, Wataru Kikuchi, Kensuke Masui
  • Publication number: 20190177561
    Abstract: Provided are an aqueous pigment dispersion including: water; a water-soluble organic solvent; a pigment; a polymer dispersant including 20 mass % to 60 mass % of a constitutional unit a-1 represented by Formula 1 with respect to the total mass of the polymer dispersant, 10 mass % to 40 mass % of a constitutional unit a-2 represented by Formula 2 with respect to the total mass of the polymer dispersant, and a constitutional unit a-3 having an acidic group; and an amine compound represented by Formula 3, and an aqueous ink composition using the aqueous pigment dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Masashi KOYANAGI, Wataru KIKUCHI, Naoko NISHIMURA