Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Murakami
Yoshihiro Murakami 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: 20240119190Abstract: An area evaluation unit (51) acquires for each area of a plurality of areas, a predictive value of each area which is predicted to be measured when a device operates in a space that includes the plurality of areas. A building evaluation unit (52) acquires an overall predictive value which is a predictive value of the entire space calculated using a plurality of predictive values of the plurality of areas. Further, the area evaluation unit (51) evaluates the predictive value of each area, using a partial evaluation criterion which is an evaluation criterion applied to each area. Further, the building evaluation unit (52) evaluates the overall predictive value, using an overall evaluation criterion which is an evaluation criterion applied to the entire space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Jin Kawasaki, Shinichiro Otani, Risa Murakami, Yoshihiro Ohta, Masanori Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20240093322Abstract: A hot rolled steel sheet is for a non oriented electrical steel sheet, wherein vickers hardness at the widthwise edge is 180 Hv or more, a value obtained by subtracting a vickers hardness at the widthwise center from the vickers hardness at the widthwise edge is 10 to 100 Hv, ductile brittle transition temperature at the widthwise edge is 0° C. or less, a value obtained by subtracting the ductile brittle transition temperature at the widthwise edge from a ductile brittle transition temperature at the widthwise center is 10 to 100° C., and a value obtained by subtracting a sheet thickness at the widthwise edge from a sheet thickness at the widthwise center is 50 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro ARITA, Takeru ICHIE, Fuminobu MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20230065079Abstract: [Problem] To provide a labeled fatty acid derivative for diagnostic imaging that enables the quantification of myocardial fatty acid metabolic activity. [Solution] The inventors, engaging in diligent research into methods that enable the quantification of fatty acid metabolic activity, discovered that a labeled fatty acid derivative represented by formula (1), in which [18F] has been substituted at a specific position of a long-chain carboxylic acid compound containing a sulfur atom, or a salt thereof, has good accumulation in the myocardium, and enables imaging of fatty acid metabolic activity via positron emission tomography (PET). Therefore, the labeled fatty acid derivative according to the present invention can be used as a radiotracer for swift and noninvasive quantification of myocardial fatty acid metabolic activity, diagnostic imaging of heart diseases such as ischemic heart disease, diagnostic imaging of the therapeutic effects yielded by a heart disease therapeutic agent, and so forth.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Yoshihiro Murakami, Hiroshi Fushiki, Koichi Yonezawa
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Publication number: 20230012091Abstract: A rangefinder includes a light emitting part, a light receiving part, a calculating part that calculates the distance from a reflective object, and a control part. The calculating part has a received light intensity determining part, a peak detecting part, and a distance calculating part, and a distance determining part. The control part controls at least one of the intensity of the pulsed light, the sensitivity of the light receiving part to received light, and a position of the region of interest so that a first received light intensity is obtained as the received light intensity of each of the plurality of times of flight at least once, and a second received light intensity having a higher S/N ratio is obtained as the received light intensity of each of the plurality of times of flight at least once.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Noriyuki OZAKI, Yoshihiro MURAKAMI, Takehiro HATA, Yoshiaki HOASHI, Masato NAKAJIMA
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Patent number: 11448586Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an inspection apparatus, a sensing apparatus, a sensitivity control apparatus, an inspection method, and a program that perform inspection with improved accuracy. The inspection apparatus includes a detection section for detecting a plurality of different wavelength region components of ambient light reflected from an inspection target to be inspected, and a control section for controlling the sensitivity of each of the different wavelength region components. The control section controls the sensitivity by calculating a histogram indicating the detection level in every wavelength region of light reflected from the inspection target that is detected by the detection section, and determining, based on histograms of particular spectroscopic components, whether or not the sensitivity is properly set for the detection section. The present technology is applicable, for example, to an inspection apparatus that inspects vegetation.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Masatoshi Takashima, Yoshihiro Murakami, Hiroshi Mori
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Publication number: 20220117944Abstract: An ointment is provided. The ointment stably comprises an oxazole compound that has specific inhibitory activity against PDE4 and that is represented by the following formula (11). The ointment can be efficiently absorbed into the skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2022Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro MURAKAMI, Hitoshi MATSUSHITA, Kengo MATSUMOTO, Minoru OKADA, Yohei YUKI, Noriyuki KOYAMA, Naohiko KANAI
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Publication number: 20210338845Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a labeled fatty acid derivative for diagnostic imaging that enables quantification of fatty acid metabolic activity in the heart muscle. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have conducted intensive investigations on a method that enables quantification of fatty acid metabolic activity and thus have found that a labeled fatty acid derivative typified by 3-{[(5Z)-3-[18F]fluorotetradeca-5-en-1-yl]sulfanyl}propanoic acid or a salt thereof has excellent accumulation to the heart muscle and thus enables imaging of fatty acid metabolic activity by positron emission tomography (PET). Therefore, the labeled fatty acid derivative of the present invention can be used as a radiolabeled tracer for rapid and non-invasive quantification of fatty acid metabolic activity in the heart muscle, diagnostic imaging of heart disease typified by an ischemic heart disease, diagnostic imaging of the therapeutic effect of a therapeutic drug for heart disease, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Yoshihiro Murakami, Hiroshi Fushiki, Yuji Fujita
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Patent number: 10753860Abstract: The present technology relates an inspection apparatus, an inspection method and a program by which accurate measurement light correction can be performed. The inspection apparatus calculates a correction gain of a spectrum based on reference spectral information, under a reference light source, of a reference reflector plate having a characteristic according to an inspection object and measurement spectral information of the reference reflector plate obtained by sensing under a measurement light source, and corrects measurement spectral information of the inspection object obtained by the sensing under the measurement light source based on the calculated correction gain. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a vegetation inspection apparatus that measures a vegetation index of a normalized vegetation index (NDVI) or the like.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Murakami, Masatoshi Takashima, Akira Matsui
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Publication number: 20200171006Abstract: An ointment is provided. The ointment stably comprises an oxazole compound that has specific inhibitory activity against PDE4 and that is represented by the following formula (11). The ointment can be efficiently absorbed into the skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro MURAKAMI, Hitoshi MATSUSHITA, Kengo MATSUMOTO, Minoru OKADA, Yohei YUKI, Noriyuki KOYAMA, Naohiko KANAI
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Patent number: 10588893Abstract: An ointment is provided. The ointment stably comprises an oxazole compound that has specific inhibitory activity against PDE4 and that is represented by the following formula (11). The ointment can be efficiently absorbed into the skin.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Murakami, Hitoshi Matsushita, Kengo Matsumoto, Minoru Okada, Yohei Yuki, Noriyuki Koyama, Naohiko Kanai
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Patent number: 10302982Abstract: A display device includes a display unit having a display panel, a display unit housing having a boxlike shape and accommodating a part of the display unit, a panel holder holding the display panel and engaged with the display unit housing, a driving circuit board driving the display panel and disposed on an outer surface of a bottom plate of the display unit housing, a connection film connecting the driving circuit board and the display panel, a frame body covering a peripheral portion of the display unit in a front view and a portion of the display unit in a side view, and a rib provided on the panel holder and in contact with a portion, which covers the portion of the display unit, of the frame body.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Sakai Display Products CorporationInventor: Yoshihiro Murakami
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Publication number: 20190000810Abstract: An ointment is provided. The ointment stably comprises an oxazole compound that has specific inhibitory activity against PDE4 and that is represented by the following formula (11). The ointment can be efficiently absorbed into the skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro MURAKAMI, Hitoshi MATSUSHITA, Kengo MATSUMOTO, Minoru OKADA, Yohei YUKI, Noriyuki KOYAMA, Naohiko KANAI
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Patent number: 10164414Abstract: A protection tube with latch in which a latch that is formed engageable with an attachment hole of a panel is molded integral with a protection tube that receives an electric wire, and a manufacturing apparatus of the protection tube with latch. The protection tube with latch includes a latch to be engaged with the attachment hole of the panel having the electric wire wired therein disposed on an outer peripheral face of the protection tube that is formed tubular and receives the electric wire.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masataka Yamamoto, Takehiko Uehara, Yoshihiro Murakami, Masahiro Sora
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Publication number: 20180307086Abstract: A display device includes a display unit having a display panel, a display unit housing having a boxlike shape and accommodating a part of the display unit, a panel holder holding the display panel and engaged with the display unit housing, a driving circuit board driving the display panel and disposed on an outer surface of a bottom plate of the display unit housing, a connection film connecting the driving circuit board and the display panel, a frame body covering a peripheral portion of the display unit in a front view and a portion of the display unit in a side view, and a rib provided on the panel holder and in contact with a portion, which covers the portion of the display unit, of the frame body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2015Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventor: Yoshihiro Murakami
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Publication number: 20180188160Abstract: The present technology relates an inspection apparatus, an inspection method and a program by which accurate measurement light correction can be performed. The inspection apparatus determines, based on a table in which reference spectral information and a correction gain for correcting measurement spectral information of an inspection object obtained by sensing under a measurement light source are associated with each other and measurement spectral information of a reference reflector plate obtained by sensing under the measurement light source, a measurement light source correspondence correction gain corresponding to the measurement light source, and corrects the measurement spectral information of the inspection object obtained by sensing under the measurement light source based on the determined measurement light source correspondence correction gain.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Akira Matsui, Yoshihiro Murakami
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Publication number: 20180180533Abstract: The present technology relates an inspection apparatus, an inspection method and a program by which accurate measurement light correction can be performed. The inspection apparatus calculates a correction gain of a spectrum based on reference spectral information, under a reference light source, of a reference reflector plate having a characteristic according to an inspection object and measurement spectral information of the reference reflector plate obtained by sensing under a measurement light source, and corrects measurement spectral information of the inspection object obtained by the sensing under the measurement light source based on the calculated correction gain. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a vegetation inspection apparatus that measures a vegetation index of a normalized vegetation index (NDVI) or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Yoshihiro Murakami, Masatoshi Takashima, Akira Matsui
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Publication number: 20180136116Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an inspection apparatus, a sensing apparatus, a sensitivity control apparatus, an inspection method, and a program that perform inspection with improved accuracy. The inspection apparatus includes a detection section for detecting a plurality of different wavelength region components of ambient light reflected from an inspection target to be inspected, and a control section for controlling the sensitivity of each of the different wavelength region components. The control section controls the sensitivity by calculating a histogram indicating the detection level in every wavelength region of light reflected from the inspection target that is detected by the detection section, and determining, based on histograms of particular spectroscopic components, whether or not the sensitivity is properly set for the detection section. The present technology is applicable, for example, to an inspection apparatus that inspects vegetation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2016Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Masatoshi Takashima, Yoshihiro Murakami, Hiroshi Mori
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Patent number: 9958600Abstract: There are provided a light-source device which is capable of restraining deformation of side walls of a housing due to heat generated by the light emission of the light source, and a display apparatus. A light-source device is provided with a light guide plate which is placed on a bottom plate of a housing having an opening formed at one surface thereof, and a light source which is fixed to the housing and is arranged to face one end face of the light guide plate, and the bottom plate of the housing has a separation part that separates the bottom plate into a first portion in which the light source is disposed and a second portion in which the light source is not disposed.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Sakai Display Products CorporationInventors: Yoshinari Kawazu, Atsushi Koumura, Yasuyuki Aikawa, Arimasa Sugimoto, Yoshihiro Murakami, Kazuhiko Negoro
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Publication number: 20180052114Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an inspection apparatus, an inspection method, and a program that acquire inspection results with increased accuracy. In one example the inspection of lawn vegetation is provided. The inspection apparatus calculates a vegetation index for inspecting the vegetation of a lawn by cancelling a grain-dependent component from an image of the lawn. The inspection apparatus also cancels an imaging-direction-dependent component from the image using two images taken with azimuth angles of imaging directions at the time of taking images in directions opposite to each other. Further, the inspection apparatus cancels an angle-dependent component from the image in accordance with a shining direction of light shone on the lawn using two images taken with azimuth angles of the shining direction of light shone on the lawn at the time of taking images in directions opposite to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Masatoshi Takashima, Tetsu Ogawa, Yoshihiro Murakami, Akira Matsui
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Patent number: 9843177Abstract: Provided is a protection tube with latch in which a latch that is formed engageable with an attachment hole of a panel is molded integral with a protection tube that receives an electric wire, and a manufacturing apparatus of the protection tube with latch. The protection tube with latch includes a latch to be engaged with the attachment hole of the panel having the electric wire wired therein disposed on an outer peripheral face of the protection tube that is formed tubular and receives the electric wire.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masataka Yamamoto, Takehiko Uehara, Yoshihiro Murakami, Masahiro Sora