Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Ueno
Yoshiaki Ueno 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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Patent number: 11927558Abstract: Provided is a microelectrode having a layered structure, including a layer containing a polymer compound having an aromatic ring (polymer compound layer) and a layer containing a conductive material (conductive layer), wherein a thickness of the polymer compound layer is 10 to 900 nm, a thickness of the conductive layer is 0.3 to 10 nm, and the microelectrode has a three-dimensional curved shape.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Tetsuhiko Teshima, Yuko Ueno, Yui Ogawa, Yoshiaki Kashimura, Satoshi Sasaki, Shengnan Wang, Makoto Takamura, Hiroshi Nakashima
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Patent number: 10191640Abstract: Provided is a control parameter setting method for use in an illumination system including: luminaires; an illumination controller that controls lighting of the luminaires; and an operation terminal that communicates with the illumination controller. The control parameter setting method includes: capturing, by a camera of the operation terminal, at least one luminaire in an image, and displaying, by a touch panel of the operation terminal, the image including the at least one luminaire; obtaining identification information of the at least one luminaire based on the image; determining whether a control parameter of the at least one luminaire captured by the camera is settable by the operation terminal; displaying, by the touch panel, information relating to the identification information, in association with the at least one luminaire; displaying, by the touch panel, a control parameter of a luminaire; and setting, by the touch panel, the control parameter of the luminaire.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Natsuka Nakauchi, Kentaro Yamauchi, Tomokazu Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Ueno
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Publication number: 20180314412Abstract: Provided is a control parameter setting method for use in an illumination system including: luminaires; an illumination controller that controls lighting of the luminaires; and an operation terminal that communicates with the illumination controller. The control parameter setting method includes: capturing, by a camera of the operation terminal, at least one luminaire in an image, and displaying, by a touch panel of the operation terminal, the image including the at least one luminaire; obtaining identification information of the at least one luminaire based on the image; determining whether a control parameter of the at least one luminaire captured by the camera is settable by the operation terminal; displaying, by the touch panel, information relating to the identification information, in association with the at least one luminaire; displaying, by the touch panel, a control parameter of a luminaire; and setting, by the touch panel, the control parameter of the luminaire.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Natsuka NAKAUCHI, Kentaro YAMAUCHI, Tomokazu YAMAMOTO, Yoshiaki UENO
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Patent number: 9992459Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: a light modulator which modulates light emitted from a light source, using frames received by a receiver; an illuminator which emits the modulated light; and a controller. The controller periodically performs a storage control which continues for a predetermined period of time and in which, every time the receiver receives a frame, the received frame is stored into a storage. When a detector detects an interruption in the reception of the frames at the receiver, the light modulator modulates the light emitted from the light source, sequentially using two or more consecutive frames stored into the storage.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kentaro Yamauchi, Yoshiaki Ueno
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Patent number: 9960847Abstract: In an information presenting method, visible light including unique information, which is unique to a passenger carrier and specific to a location of the carrier, is emitted. The light is received in the passenger space and the unique information is obtained. One or more stop points at which the carrier is currently stopped or is to subsequently stop are obtained. The one or more stop points are derived from the unique information. An alighting point at which a user is to alight from the carrier is obtained. Whether the alighting point is included in the one or more stop points is determined. Alighting information notifying the user to alight from the bus is presented to the user via a terminal, when the alighting point is determined to be included in the one or more stop points.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiya Moriwaki, Yoshiaki Ueno, Itaru Onishi, Shojiro Kido, Tamotsu Ando
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Publication number: 20170078019Abstract: In an information presenting method, visible light including unique information, which is unique to a passenger carrier and specific to a location of the carrier, is emitted. The light is received in the passenger space and the unique information is obtained. One or more stop points at which the carrier is currently stopped or is to subsequently stop are obtained. The one or more stop points are derived from the unique information. An alighting point at which a user is to alight from the carrier is obtained. Whether the alighting point is included in the one or more stop points is determined. Alighting information notifying the user to alight from the bus is presented to the user via a terminal, when the alighting point is determined to be included in the one or more stop points.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Toshiya MORIWAKI, Yoshiaki UENO, Itaru ONISHI, Shojiro KIDO, Tamotsu ANDO
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Publication number: 20170070710Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: a light modulator which modulates light emitted from a light source, using frames received by a receiver; an illuminator which emits the modulated light; and a controller. The controller periodically performs a storage control which continues for a predetermined period of time and in which, every time the receiver receives a frame, the received frame is stored into a storage. When a detector detects an interruption in the reception of the frames at the receiver, the light modulator modulates the light emitted from the light source, sequentially using two or more consecutive frames stored into the storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Kentaro YAMAUCHI, Yoshiaki UENO
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Patent number: 9156991Abstract: A process for producing a resin-coated pigment capable of providing an ink and a paint being superior in dispersion stability of a pigment and having rapid drying property, high gloss and density without containing those such as an organic solvent and a salt that cause the lowering of performance of pigment dispersion, characterized in that a pigment is dispersed in an aqueous solution in which an anionic group-containing resin is dissolved in the presence of a basic compound and then, the anionic group-containing resin is precipitated on the surface of the pigment by removing the basic compound in the aqueous solution, using an ion exchange means.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2005Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: SAKATA INX CORP.Inventors: Yoshiaki Ueno, Hideo Hisamoto, Akemi Hisamoto, Tomohiro Kita, Akinori Moriyama, Kayoko Ishizaki
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Patent number: 8466213Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a white ink composition for ink jet textile printing by which even if printing is carried out without discoloring the dye of textile piece, the whiteness degree of a dyed article obtained is high and the dyed article superior in coating film durability and laundering fastness is further obtained without losing the drape of the textile piece. The invention is directed to a white ink composition for ink jet textile printing including a white pigment, a polymer dispersant, an anionic resin emulsion and an aqueous medium, wherein the polymer dispersant is a polymer dispersant (A) obtained by neutralizing a anionic water-soluble resin having a glass transition temperature of 0 to 80° C.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2008Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Sakata Inx Corp.Inventors: Yoshiaki Ueno, Yoichi Sato, Akinori Moriyama, Masakazu Ohashi
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Patent number: 7892615Abstract: The present invention provides a coating material composition with a gas-barrier property which comprises, as essential components, an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) obtained by saponifying an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, an inorganic layered compound (B) and a solvent, wherein the total amount of (A) and (B) is 1 to 30% by mass and the mass ratio (A)/(B) is (30/70) to (50/50). The coating material provides gas-barrier properties to packaging materials.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2003Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Sakata Inx Corp.Inventors: Yutaka Matsuoka, Yoshiaki Ueno, Masanori Kano
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Publication number: 20100288144Abstract: The invention relates to a printing method by an offset printing press and an offset printing press by which a substrate process is carried out for low-whiteness printing paper such as paper for newspaper with aqueous substrate treatment agent so that the print quality can be improved. In the invention, in order to suppress occurrence of a curl of printing paper, substrate treatment agent containing solid fine particles and a binder component is supplied to a printing face of printing paper, and the substrate treatment agent is dried to form a porous layer having a great number of holes having a smaller diameter than that of pigment contained in printing ink from the solid fine particles and the binder resin. Then, offset printing is carried out on the printing paper.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2008Publication date: November 18, 2010Inventors: Yasuharu Suda, Mitsuru Tabuchi, Fumiko Omae, Koji Nishiyama, Ryota Takahashi, Yoshiaki Ueno
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Publication number: 20090148640Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas barrier composite film for a hydrothermally processable package, wherein at least one gas barrier layer containing a gas barrier resin and an inorganic layered compound is interposed between a base film layer and a sealing material layer, and an adhesive layer is further formed on both sides of the gas barrier layer by applying an adhesive composition comprising: a base material mainly comprising a polyurethane resin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of an amino group, a hydroxyl group, and a carboxyl group; and a curing agent comprising an isocyanate curing agent and an epoxy curing agent, at the following functional group ratio: I/P=0.3 to 30.0 E/P=1.5 to 25.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2006Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: SAKATA INX CORP.Inventors: Junichi Yoshida, Yutaka Matsuoka, Yoshiaki Ueno, Masanori Kano
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Publication number: 20080274350Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a coating material with a gas-barrier property which can give a very transparent packaging material with a satisfactory gas-barrier property when it has a thin gas-barrier layer and, when it has a gas-barrier layer with an ordinary thickness, can give a packaging material with a higher gas-barrier property, a process for producing such coating material with a gas-barrier property, and a packaging container with a high gas-barrier level obtained by coating with such coating material with a gas-barrier property. The present invention provides a coating material composition with a gas-barrier property which comprises, as essential components, an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) obtained by saponifying an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, an inorganic layered compound (B) and a solvent, wherein the total amount of (A) and (B) is 1 to 30% by mass and the mass ratio (A)/(B) is (30/70) to (50/50).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2003Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicant: SAKATA INX CORPInventors: Yutaka Matsuoka, Yoshiaki Ueno, Masanori Kano
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Publication number: 20080268156Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a white ink composition for ink jet textile printing by which even if printing is carried out without discoloring the dye of textile piece, the whiteness degree of a dyed article obtained is high and the dyed article superior in coating film durability and laundering fastness is further obtained without losing the drape of the textile piece. The invention is directed to a white ink composition for ink jet textile printing including a white pigment, a polymer dispersant, an anionic resin emulsion and an aqueous medium, wherein the polymer dispersant is a polymer dispersant (A) obtained by neutralizing a anionic water-soluble resin having a glass transition temperature of 0 to 80° C., an acid value of 100 to 300 mgKOH/g and a mass average molecular weight of 5000 to 30000 with a basic compound, and the anionic resin emulsion is an anionic resin emulsion (B) with a glass transition temperature of at most 0° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Yoshiaki Ueno, Yoichi Sato, Akinori Moriyama, Masakazu Ohashi
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Publication number: 20080262122Abstract: A process for producing a resin-coated pigment capable of providing an ink and a paint being superior in dispersion stability of a pigment and having rapid drying property, high gloss and density without containing those such as an organic solvent and a salt that cause the lowering of performance of pigment dispersion, characterized in that a pigment is dispersed in an aqueous solution in which an anionic group-containing resin is dissolved in the presence of a basic compound and then, the anionic group-containing resin is precipitated on the surface of the pigment by removing the basic compound in the aqueous solution, using an ion exchange means.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2005Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: SAKATA INX CORP.Inventors: Yoshiaki Ueno, Hideo Hisamoto, Akemi Hisamoto, Tomohiro Kita, Akinori Moriyama, Kayoko Ishizaki
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Publication number: 20060141178Abstract: The present invention provides: an inorganic layered compound dispersion prepared by cleaving the inorganic layered compound to a thinner layer level and capable of providing high corrosion resistance and gas barrier properties when utilized in the form of a coating composition or a gas barrier coating composition; a gas barrier coating composition with which films having high transparency and satisfactory gas barrier properties can be obtained at low cost when the gas barrier layers are formed ina thinner film form and, when the filmthickness is increased, films having good transparency and still better gas barrier properties can be obtained; and plastic- or paper-based gas barrier packaging containers having high gas barrier performance characteristics as obtainable by application of such a gas barrier coating composition. The present invention provides: an inorganic layered compound dispersion, wherein an inorganic layered compound (b) is dispersed using a peroxide (a) in a dispersion medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2003Publication date: June 29, 2006Inventors: Yutaka Matsuoka, Yoshiaki Ueno, Massanori Kano
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Patent number: 5548254Abstract: A balanced-to-unbalanced transformer for interconnecting a balanced signal transmitted on a balanced cable and an unbalanced signal transmitted on an unbalanced cable through a transformer. Common-mode impedance is reduced by grounding a center point of two or more impedance elements between signal lines on the balanced cable side of the transformer to a signal circuit ground or a frame ground on the unbalanced cable side of the transformer.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1995Date of Patent: August 20, 1996Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiaki Ueno, Haruhiko Hyosu, Takao Sase, Koji Matsushita, Koji Yamashita
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Patent number: 5355523Abstract: A wireless transmission system includes a plurality of terminal units, a specific one of which is provided with a transmission/receiving circuit that transmits a reference signal of a local oscillation frequency, while all others of which are provided respectively with a transmission/receiving circuit that prepares, on the basis of the reference signal received, a local oscillation frequency signal for frequency conversion of transmitting/receiving frequency signal and intermediate frequency signal, to thereby realize the system at lower costs even when a high local oscillation frequency is employed.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1992Date of Patent: October 11, 1994Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Haruo Ogawa, Haruhiro Kuboyama, Hirofumi Konishi, Toshiaki Inage, Shinji Morino, Yoshiaki Ueno, Haruhiko Hyosu, Yoshihiro Shogaki
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Patent number: 5032820Abstract: Two-wire television interphone system is arranged to discriminate by a line voltage discriminator incorporated in a master device a line voltage variation due to a calling operation on the side of a branch device, to actuate a voltage controller in the branch device to shift the system from standby state to operation state, and to drive a call signal generator in the branch device for actuation of a call signal receiver in the master device. The system is thus made to have a power supply circuit energized for a power supply to the system only when required for effecting the calling operation, talking between the both devices, and so on.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1989Date of Patent: July 16, 1991Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Tanikawa, Yoshikazu Minakuchi, Yoshiaki Ueno, Masahiko Amano, Muneo Suzuki, Kazuhito Kayanoki
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Patent number: 4963892Abstract: A microwave plane antenna including rows comprising pairs of parallel conductive line antenna elements configured as a pair of out-of-phase square waves and a signal feed circuit of strip lines arranged as a corporate feed network. The respective conducting paths which run from a main feed inlet end of the circuit to each signal receiving end of the respective elements being varied in length, so that the main beam direction can be set in a plane including that of the antenna and normal to lengthwise axis of the antenna elements for a remarkable increase in the reception gain.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1989Date of Patent: October 16, 1990Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Matsuo, Toshio Abiko, Yoshiaki Ueno, Minoru Kanda