Patents by Inventor Akihiro Ishii
Akihiro Ishii 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: 12151966Abstract: Provided is a film-covered transparent base plate having an excellent aesthetic appearance even during turn-off of a light source. A film-covered transparent base plate 1 includes a transparent base plate 2 and a light-absorbing film 3 provided on one principal surface 2a of the transparent base plate 2 and the light-absorbing film 3 includes a dielectric phase made of a material having a band gap of not less than 2.0 eV and not more than 2.7 eV and a metallic phase.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignees: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Yusuke Yamazaki, Masaaki Imura, Hitoshi Takamura, Akihiro Ishii, Mina Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20240329889Abstract: An information processing system includes a processor configured to: acquire image information that is obtained by photographing a person; track a movement of the person using the acquired image information; and grant a person who has stayed within a specific region for a predetermined period of time or longer an authority to perform a specific operation on an information processing apparatus, the specific region being set in advance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2023Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Akihiro Ishii
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Patent number: 12098151Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having antiviral activity, especially having arenavirus proliferation inhibitory activity, and/or a medicament comprising the compound. More preferably, the present invention provides a compound having proliferation inhibitory activity on the Old World arenaviruses such as Luna virus, Lassa virus, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and/or the New World arenaviruses such as Junin virus, and/or a medicament comprising the compound.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY COPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Ishii, Akihiko Sato, Makoto Kawai, Yoshiyuki Taoda
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Publication number: 20240230903Abstract: A transport possibility determination device comprises a distance measurement unit and a control unit. The distance measurement unit acquires information about the distance to an object. The control unit determines the state of a load when the object is a transport platform on which the load has been placed, on the basis of the information about the distance to the object acquired by the distance measurement unit. The control unit determines whether or not a transportable condition, which is a condition for permitting a forklift to transport the load, is met on the basis of the determined state of the load.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Benika INOUE, Masahiro KINOSHITA, Akihiro ISHII, Mitsunori SUGIURA, Ryoji SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 12005401Abstract: Provided are a hydrophilic porous membrane including a porous membrane and a hydroxyalkyl cellulose retained in the porous membrane, in which the average pore size differs between two surfaces of the porous membrane, the hydroxyalkyl cellulose distributed in the thickness direction of the hydrophilic porous membrane exhibits two or more peaks of detection intensity in GPC, and the weight-average molecular weight Mwmin of the peak that is detected latest among the above-mentioned peaks is less than 100,000; and a method for producing a hydrophilic porous membrane, the method including separately preparing a hydrophilizing liquid including a hydroxyalkyl cellulose having a smaller weight-average molecular weight and a hydrophilizing liquid including a hydroxyalkyl cellulose having a larger weight-average molecular weight, and applying each of the hydrophilizing liquids on two surfaces of the porous membrane or sequentially on one surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Akihiro Ishii, Takeshi Umehara
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Patent number: 12002633Abstract: A switch according to one or more embodiments may include a movable unit movable in response to an operation. A drive unit is drivable in response to movement of the movable unit. The switch may include an operation-linked unit movable in response to the movement of the movable unit and an operation follower unit spaced from the operation-linked unit to move in response to movement of the operation-linked unit with a magnetic force between the operation follower unit and the operation-linked unit. At least one of the operation-linked unit or the operation follower unit is magnetic. The drive unit is drivable in response to movement of the operation follower unit. The operation follower unit accommodated in a chamber is spaced from the operation-linked unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takumi Fujihara, Ryoji Shimizu, Kohei Fujio, Akihiro Ishii, Taiki Koyama, Kazushi Maeta, Yohei Tsukanaka, Kohei Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20240134047Abstract: A transport possibility determination device comprises a distance measurement unit and a control unit. The distance measurement unit acquires information about the distance to an object. The control unit determines the state of a load when the object is a transport platform on which the load has been placed, on the basis of the information about the distance to the object acquired by the distance measurement unit. The control unit determines whether or not a transportable condition, which is a condition for permitting a forklift to transport the load, is met on the basis of the determined state of the load.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Benika INOUE, Masahiro KINOSHITA, Akihiro ISHII, Mitsunori SUGIURA, Ryoji SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20240086123Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: if communication with a management apparatus managing the information processing apparatus failed, record a failure time and a restoration time in a storage unit of the information processing apparatus, the failure time being a time of the failure of the communication with the management apparatus, the restoration time being a time of restoration of the communication; receive a presentation instruction to present information about utilization of the information processing apparatus; if communication with the management apparatus failed before reception of the presentation instruction, transmit the failure time and the restoration time to an external storage device; and present the information about utilization of the information processing apparatus between the failure time and the restoration time, the presented information about utilization being received from the storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.Inventor: Akihiro ISHII
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Patent number: 11923154Abstract: A trigger switch according to one or more embodiments may include a first conductive plate (movable electrode) movable in response to movement of a trigger receiving a depressing operation, and a second fixed electrode (fixed electrode) located adjacent to a movable range of the first conductive plate with a space in between. The second fixed electrode forms a capacitor together with the first conductive plate. The capacitor formed by the first conductive plate and the second fixed electrode has a capacitance that changes as the first conductive plate moves.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takumi Fujihara, Ryoji Shimizu, Kohei Fujio, Akihiro Ishii, Taiki Koyama, Kazushi Maeta
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Patent number: 11840744Abstract: Provided are a method for recovering gold, in which gold is recovered from a solution containing a gold cyano complex using a crosslinked resin containing a vinyl amine unit, by which gold can be efficiently recovered from the solution not only in a case (A) where a concentration of the gold cyano complex in the solution is low but also in a case (B) where another metal is dissolved in the solution; a method for recovering gold, in which the crosslinked resin and the solution are brought into contact with each other to separate the crosslinked resin and the solution from each other, by which gold can be efficiently recovered from the solution not only in the case (A) but also in the case (B); and a gold recovery facility comprising: a container inside which the crosslinked resin is accommodated in a flowable manner; and a device which feeds the solution to the container, by which gold can be efficiently recovered from the solution not only in the case (A) but also in the case (B).Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: HYMO CorporationInventors: Ryuichi Ansai, Fumi Oono, Satoshi Sakuma, Fumiaki Satou, Akihiro Ishii, Yasuharu Mori
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Patent number: 11819807Abstract: A porous membrane includes a polymer which includes one or more structural units selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by Formula (I) and a structural unit represented by Formula (II), in which a content of the structural unit represented by Formula (II) is 1% by mass or more and less than 10% by mass with respect to a total mass of the structural unit represented by Formula (I) and the structural unit represented by Formula (II)Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Akihiro Ishii, Takeshi Umehara
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Publication number: 20230340300Abstract: Provided are a decorative material including a pressure sensitive adhesive layer and a cholesteric liquid crystal layer in contact with the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, in which, in the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, a content of a compound having a molecular weight of 10,000 or less per unit volume of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer is less than 44 mg/cm3; and applications thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Akihiro ISHII, Yuichi HAYATA
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Publication number: 20230117695Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having antiviral activity, especially having arenavirus proliferation inhibitory activity, and/or a medicament comprising the compound. More preferably, the present invention provides a compound having proliferation inhibitory activity on the Old World arenaviruses such as Luna virus, Lassa virus, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and/or the New World arenaviruses such as Junin virus, and/or a medicament comprising the compound. An arenavirus proliferation inhibitor comprising a compound represented by Formula (I) or a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, Shionogi & Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro ISHII, Akihiko SATO, Makoto KAWAI, Yoshiyuki TAODA
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Patent number: 11558526Abstract: An image processing service system includes an operation request accepting unit, a setting accepting unit, a payment control unit, and an operation execution control unit. The operation request accepting unit accepts an operation request for an image processing apparatus through a chat between a user and a chatbot participating in a chat service on a chat board provided by the service. The setting accepting unit accepts a setting for an operation of the image processing apparatus requested by the operation request. The payment control unit makes a payment for the operation of the image processing apparatus requested by the operation request through an electronic payment system available on the chat service. The operation execution control unit controls the image processing apparatus to execute the operation requested by the operation request after the setting is accepted by the setting accepting unit and the payment is made by the payment control unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Akihiro Ishii
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Publication number: 20230005677Abstract: A switch according to one or more embodiments may include a movable unit movable in response to an operation. A drive unit is drivable in response to movement of the movable unit. The switch may include an operation-linked unit movable in response to the movement of the movable unit and an operation follower unit spaced from the operation-linked unit to move in response to movement of the operation-linked unit with a magnetic force between the operation follower unit and the operation-linked unit. At least one of the operation-linked unit or the operation follower unit is magnetic. The drive unit is drivable in response to movement of the operation follower unit. The operation follower unit accommodated in a chamber is spaced from the operation-linked unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takumi FUJIHARA, Ryoji SHIMIZU, Kohei FUJIO, Akihiro ISHII, Taiki KOYAMA, Kazushi MAETA, Yohei TSUKANAKA, Kohei SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 11492352Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having antiviral activity, especially having arenavirus proliferation inhibitory activity, and/or a medicament comprising the compound. More preferably, the present invention provides a compound having proliferation inhibitory activity on the Old World arenaviruses such as Luna virus, Lassa virus, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and/or the New World arenaviruses such as Junin virus, and/or a medicament comprising the compound.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Ishii, Akihiko Sato, Makoto Kawai, Yoshiyuki Taoda
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Publication number: 20220242782Abstract: Provided is a film-covered transparent base plate having an excellent aesthetic appearance even during turn-off of a light source. A film-covered transparent base plate 1 includes a transparent base plate 2 and a light-absorbing film 3 provided on one principal surface 2a of the transparent base plate 2 and the light-absorbing film 3 includes a dielectric phase made of a material having a band gap of not less than 2.0 eV and not more than 2.7 eV and a metallic phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Masaaki IMURA, Hitoshi TAKAMURA, Akihiro ISHII, Mina YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20220246370Abstract: A trigger switch according to one or more embodiments may include a first conductive plate (movable electrode) movable in response to movement of a trigger receiving a depressing operation, and a second fixed electrode (fixed electrode) located adjacent to a movable range of the first conductive plate with a space in between. The second fixed electrode forms a capacitor together with the first conductive plate. The capacitor formed by the first conductive plate and the second fixed electrode has a capacitance that changes as the first conductive plate moves.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takumi FUJIHARA, Ryoji SHIMIZU, Kohei FUJIO, Akihiro ISHII, Taiki KOYAMA, Kazushi MAETA
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Patent number: 11388301Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire biological information on a user while an operation related to a process is performed, and output information that suggests setting for the process in a case where the biological information indicates a peaceful psychological state.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Shuhei Toda, Hiroyuki Mitsuhashi, Yusuke Taguchi, Yohei Makino, Akihiro Ishii
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Publication number: 20220128725Abstract: A buried object scanning device 10 includes a capacitance sensor 13, a search image conversion processing unit 25, a memory unit 22, a display unit 12, an operation input unit 15, and a display control unit 30. The capacitance sensor 13 detects a buried object 51. The search image conversion processing unit 25 converts the detection result of the capacitance sensor 13 into a search image. The memory unit 22 stores search images and a grid layer including grid lines corresponding to a specific scale. The display unit 12 displays the search images and the grid layer. The display control unit 30 controls the display unit 12 so as to display the search image superimposed with the grid layer and to display the search image in a state of being movable relative to the grid layer, in response to input to the operation input unit 15.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuro TSURUSU, Shingo KAWAMOTO, Ryoji SHIMIZU, Kohei FUJIO, Yuji MAKITA, Akihiro ISHII, Mitsunori SUGIURA