Patents by Inventor Yuko Yamauchi

Yuko Yamauchi 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: 20240132432
    Abstract: Provided is a compound represented by Formula (1A) below wherein the symbols are as defined in the description: Also disclosed are a composition containing at least one of the compound and a formed article of the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Kyoto University, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki OGOSHI, Katsuto ONISHI, Shuhei YAMAGUCHI, Yuko SHIOTANI, Masaji KOMORI, Hirokazu AOYAMA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 10689327
    Abstract: Provided is an amino acid derivative prodrug represented by general formula (I-A) that is a prodrug form of an amino acid derivative which is a group 2 metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. More specifically, provided is an amino acid derivative prodrug represented by general formula (I-A) that is a preventive or therapeutic drug for mood disorders (including depression and bipolar disorder), anxiety disorder, cognitive disorders, developmental disorders, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, movement disorders associated with muscular rigidity, sleep disorders, Huntington's chorea, eating disorders, drug dependence, epilepsy, brain infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral insufficiency, cerebral edema, spinal cord disorders, head trauma, inflammation and immune-related diseases, and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norikazu Otake, Takashi Hashihayata, Yohei Matsuda, Seiji Masuda, Yuko Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20190337887
    Abstract: Provided is an amino acid derivative prodrug represented by general formula (I-A) that is a prodrug form of an amino acid derivative which is a group 2 metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. More specifically, provided is an amino acid derivative prodrug represented by general formula (I-A) that is a preventive or therapeutic drug for mood disorders (including depression and bipolar disorder), anxiety disorder, cognitive disorders, developmental disorders, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, movement disorders associated with muscular rigidity, sleep disorders, Huntington's chorea, eating disorders, drug dependence, epilepsy, brain infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral insufficiency, cerebral edema, spinal cord disorders, head trauma, inflammation and immune-related diseases, and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norikazu OTAKE, Takashi HASHIHAYATA, Yohei MATSUDA, Seiji MASUDA, Yuko YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 10464884
    Abstract: Provided is an amino acid derivative prodrug represented by general formula (I-A) that is a prodrug form of an amino acid derivative which is a group 2 metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. More specifically, provided is an amino acid derivative prodrug represented by general formula (I-A) that is a preventive or therapeutic drug for mood disorders (including depression and bipolar disorder), anxiety disorder, cognitive disorders, developmental disorders, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, movement disorders associated with muscular rigidity, sleep disorders, Huntington's chorea, eating disorders, drug dependence, epilepsy, brain infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral insufficiency, cerebral edema, spinal cord disorders, head trauma, inflammation and immune-related diseases, and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norikazu Otake, Takashi Hashihayata, Yohei Matsuda, Seiji Masuda, Yuko Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20190047943
    Abstract: Provided is an amino acid derivative prodrug represented by general formula (I-A) that is a prodrug form of an amino acid derivative which is a group 2 metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. More specifically, provided is an amino acid derivative prodrug represented by general formula (I-A) that is a preventive or therapeutic drug for mood disorders (including depression and bipolar disorder), anxiety disorder, cognitive disorders, developmental disorders, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, movement disorders associated with muscular rigidity, sleep disorders, Huntington's chorea, eating disorders, drug dependence, epilepsy, brain infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral insufficiency, cerebral edema, spinal cord disorders, head trauma, inflammation and immune-related diseases, and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norikazu OTAKE, Takashi HASHIHAYATA, Yohei MATSUDA, Seiji MASUDA, Yuko YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 9223435
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate section formed on the front side of the display panel, a second substrate section which is opposed to the first substrate section, a plurality of pixel sections formed in a matrix form between the first and second substrate sections, and a plurality of sensor sections, each of the sensor sections having two electrodes, one electrode disposed with a electrode-to-electrode gap from the other between the first and second substrate sections, the electrode-to-electrode gap being removed as a result of the deformation of the first substrate section under pressure so that the one electrode is brought into contact with the other electrode, the sensor sections being provided between the first and second substrate sections with one of a plurality of electrode-to-electrode gap lengths respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shuji Hayashi, Tsutomu Tanaka, Takeo Koito, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yuko Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20150077380
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate section formed on the front side of the display panel, a second substrate section which is opposed to the first substrate section, a plurality of pixel sections formed in a matrix form between the first and second substrate sections, and a plurality of sensor sections, each of the sensor sections having two electrodes, one electrode disposed with a electrode-to-electrode gap from the other between the first and second substrate sections, the electrode-to-electrode gap being removed as a result of the deformation of the first substrate section under pressure so that the one electrode is brought into contact with the other electrode, the sensor sections being provided between the first and second substrate sections with one of a plurality of electrode-to-electrode gap lengths respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Shuji Hayashi, Tsutomu Tanaka, Takeo Koito, Hiroshi Muzuhashi, Yuko Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 8928596
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a first substrate section formed on the front side of the display panel; a second substrate section which is opposed to the first substrate section; a plurality of pixel sections formed in a matrix form between the first and second substrate sections; and a plurality of sensor sections, each of the sensor sections having two electrodes, one electrode disposed with a electrode-to-electrode gap from the other between the first and second substrate sections, the electrode-to-electrode gap being removed as a result of the deformation of the first substrate section under pressure so that the one electrode is brought into contact with the other electrode, the sensor sections being provided between the first and second substrate sections with one of a plurality of electrode-to-electrode gap lengths respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.
    Inventors: Shuji Hayashi, Tsutomu Tanaka, Takeo Koito, Hiroshi Muzuhashi, Yuko Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 8754857
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including: a display block configured to have a plurality of picture elements; a switch arranged inside the display block and configured to be closed by an external pressure; a detection block configured to detect whether the switch is closed based on a comparison between a signal supplied from the switch and a reference signal; a precharge block configured to give a precharge potential to a wire conducting with one of electrodes of the switch before detection is executed in the detection block; and a detection block potential supply block configured to give a predetermined potential to a wire conducting with the other electrode of the switch before detection is executed in the detection block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display West, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuko Yamauchi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Tsutomu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8654088
    Abstract: A display includes: a display section having a plurality of pixels provided in a region where a first substrate and a second substrate are disposed opposite to each other; a switch provided in the region where the first substrate and the second substrate are disposed opposite to each other, the switch having two electrodes closed by a pressure from outside; a detecting section comparing a signal from the switch with a reference signal to determine whether the switch is closed or not; and a precharge section applying a precharge potential to a wiring in continuity with one of the electrodes of the switch prior to the detection at the detecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.
    Inventors: Yuko Yamauchi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Tsutomu Tanaka, Shuji Hayashi, Takeo Koito
  • Patent number: 8519933
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit which outputs an active potential in a first period and which holds an inactive potential in a second period which is longer than the first period and then outputs the inactive potential, the semiconductor circuit includes a switch element which is connected between a potential supply section which supplies the inactive potential and a circuit output terminal, and which is brought into a conduction state in the second period so as to output the inactive potential to the circuit output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.
    Inventors: Werapong Jarupoonphol, Yuko Yamauchi, Yoshiharu Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8508484
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a liquid crystal display device, including a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first sensor electrode formed on the first substrate; a second sensor electrode formed on the second substrate, and disposed so as to be adapted to contact the plurality of first sensor electrodes close to one another by pressing from a side of either the first substrate or the second substrate; and a sensor drive circuit for applying a voltage to a first wiring electrically connected to one of the plurality of first sensor electrodes which the second sensor electrode is adapted to contact by the pressing, and detecting a change in potential of a second wiring electrically connected to another one of the plurality of first sensor electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Display West, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yuko Yamauchi, Takeo Koito, Tsutomu Tanaka, Shuji Hayashi, Takayuki Nakanishi, Yoshiharu Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8466886
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal display panel includes: gate lines each serving as a row-direction line which is one of the rows of a two-dimensional matrix; data signal lines each serving as a column-direction line which is one of the columns of the two-dimensional matrix; a plurality of liquid-crystal pixel sections which are laid out to form the two-dimensional matrix and each placed at the intersection of one of the gate lines and one of the data signal lines; chopper-type comparators each connected to one of the data signal lines and each used for converting the value of a sensor signal read out from one of the liquid-crystal pixel sections connected to the data signal lines into a binary value; and a shift register for converting outputs of the chopper-type comparators from parallel data into serial data and outputting the serial data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Display West, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yuko Yamauchi, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Tsutomu Tanaka, Shuji Hayashi, Takeo Koito, Masumitsu Ino
  • Patent number: 7825755
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate; a cantilever which is formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to face the semiconductor substrate with an air layer therebetween, the cantilever being made from an electrically conductive material or a semiconductor material, and the cantilever being mechanically movable; a photodiode which is formed so as to be connected in parallel to a capacitance that is constituted from the cantilever and the semiconductor substrate, and the photodiode being formed between an anchor portion which is a portion of the cantilever and the semiconductor substrate; and a power source which supplies voltage via a resistance on a side of the cantilever which is a connection point of a parallel circuit including both the capacitance and the photodiode so as to be backward bias to the photodiode, are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Foundation for the Promotion of Industrial Science
    Inventors: Hiroshi Toshiyoshi, Hiroyuki Fujita, Yuko Yamauchi, Akio Higo, Kuniyuki Kakushima
  • Publication number: 20100194710
    Abstract: An information input device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate formed opposite to the first substrate; and a position detection portion including at least three or more sensor electrodes and detecting a position at which at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate bends by electrical change among the sensor electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo Koito, Shuji Hayashi, Tsutomu Tanaka, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yuko Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20100188347
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a liquid crystal display device, including a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first sensor electrode formed on the first substrate; a second sensor electrode formed on the second substrate, and disposed so as to be adapted to contact the plurality of first sensor electrodes close to one another by pressing from a side of either the first substrate or the second substrate; and a sensor drive circuit for applying a voltage to a first wiring electrically connected to one of the plurality of first sensor electrodes which the second sensor electrode is adapted to contact by the pressing, and detecting a change in potential of a second wiring electrically connected to another one of the plurality of first sensor electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Yuko YAMAUCHI, Takeo KOITO, Tsutomu TANAKA, Shuji HAYASHI, Takayuki NAKANISHI, Yoshiharu NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20100188346
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including: a display block configured to have a plurality of picture elements; a switch arranged inside the display block and configured to be closed by an external pressure; a detection block configured to detect whether the switch is closed based on a comparison between a signal supplied from the switch and a reference signal; a precharge block configured to give a precharge potential to a wire conducting with one of electrodes of the switch before detection is executed in the detection block; and a detection block potential supply block configured to give a predetermined potential to a wire conducting with the other electrode of the switch before detection is executed in the detection block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuko YAMAUCHI, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Yoshiharu NAKAJIMA, Tsutomu TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20100141598
    Abstract: A display includes: a display section having a plurality of pixels provided in a region where a first substrate and a second substrate are disposed opposite to each other; a switch provided in the region where the first substrate and the second substrate are disposed opposite to each other, the switch having two electrodes closed by a pressure from outside; a detecting section comparing a signal from the switch with a reference signal to determine whether the switch is closed or not; and a precharge section applying a precharge potential to a wiring in continuity with one of the electrodes of the switch prior to the detection at the detecting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuko Yamauchi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Tsutomu Tanaka, Shuji Hayashi, Takeo Koito
  • Publication number: 20100097340
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal display panel includes: gate lines each serving as a row-direction line which is one of the rows of a two-dimensional matrix; data signal lines each serving as a column-direction line which is one of the columns of the two-dimensional matrix; a plurality of liquid-crystal pixel sections which are laid out to form the two-dimensional matrix and each placed at the intersection of one of the gate lines and one of the data signal lines; chopper-type comparators each connected to one of the data signal lines and each used for converting the value of a sensor signal read out from one of the liquid-crystal pixel sections connected to the data signal lines into a binary value; and a shift register for converting outputs of the chopper-type comparators from parallel data into serial data and outputting the serial data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yuko Yamauchi, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Tsutomu Tanaka, Shuji Hayashi, Takeo Koito, Masumitsu Ino
  • Publication number: 20100079381
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a first substrate section formed on the front side of the display panel; a second substrate section which is opposed to the first substrate section; a plurality of pixel sections formed in a matrix form between the first and second substrate sections; and a plurality of sensor sections, each of the sensor sections having two electrodes, one electrode disposed with a electrode-to-electrode gap from the other between the first and second substrate sections, the electrode-to-electrode gap being removed as a result of the deformation of the first substrate section under pressure so that the one electrode is brought into contact with the other electrode, the sensor sections being provided between the first and second substrate sections with one of a plurality of electrode-to-electrode gap lengths respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Hayashi, Tsutomu Tanaka, Takeo Koito, Hiroshi Muzuhashi, Yuko Yamauchi