Patents by Inventor Akio Ota

Akio Ota 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).

  • Patent number: 12048548
    Abstract: A display control device includes processing circuitry configured to: obtain an intracardiac electrocardiogram of a subject; generate visualization data representing an excitation state of a myocardium based on the intracardiac electrocardiogram; determine a type of excitation dynamics of the myocardium based on the visualization data; and display, on a stereoscopic image of a heart of the subject, a site from which the intracardiac electrocardiogram is obtained with a color in accordance with a ratio of the determined type of the excitation dynamics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
    Inventors: Kunihiko Kiuchi, Takashi Ashihara, Kaori Uchiyama, Akio Ota, Naoki Koura, Koji Takizawa
  • Publication number: 20240180440
    Abstract: A magnetic marker set includes: a magnetic marker including a first rod and a second rod each formed of a stick-shaped ferromagnetic substance, and a stick-shaped third rod; and a needle with a hole in a longitudinal direction thereof. The magnetic marker includes a first connecting portion at which one longitudinal end of the first rod and one longitudinal end of the second rod are rotatably connected, and a second connecting portion at which other longitudinal end of the second rod and one longitudinal end of the third rod are rotatably connected. The magnetic marker is inserted into the hole and has been magnetized such that an orientation of a magnetic field reverses at the first connecting portion. The magnetic marker set includes a draw-in mechanism that brings other longitudinal end of the first rod and other longitudinal end of the third rod into contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: MATRIX CELL RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Moriaki KUSAKABE, Naoki MATSUMOTO, Akio OTA, Masaki SEKINO
  • Patent number: 11860492
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided and includes first and second substrates; first wiring provided on first substrate along first direction; second wiring provided along second direction intersecting with first direction; thin-film transistor provided at intersection between first and second wirings; drain electrode electrically connected to thin-film transistor; organic insulating film formed on thin-film transistor and covering part of drain electrode; first opening that penetrates organic insulating film and exposing drain electrode; island-shaped electrode disposed on first opening and organic insulating film, and electrically connected to drain electrode; inorganic insulating film disposed on organic insulating film, the drain electrode, and the island-shaped electrode inside the first opening; a second opening that penetrates the inorganic insulating film and exposing the drain electrode; and a pixel electrode formed on the inorganic insulating film and electrically connected to the island-shap
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shumpei Takeuchi, Akio Ota
  • Publication number: 20230408876
    Abstract: A transverse electric field type liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of substrates opposed with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. A plurality of sub-pixels having at least one curved portion in a display area are provided in a matrix on one side of the pair of substrates, and a pair of electrodes having at least one curved portion are formed in the plurality of sub-pixels. A light shield layer shielding a non-display area positioned on an outer peripheral side of the display area and between the plurality of sub-pixels is formed on the other side of the pair of substrates. The light shield layer of the non-display area is formed in a shape in which the outermost peripheral side of the display area is rectangular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Akio OTA
  • Patent number: 11774809
    Abstract: A transverse electric field type liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of substrates opposed with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. A plurality of sub-pixels having at least one curved portion in a display area are provided in a matrix on one side of the pair of substrates, and a pair of electrodes having at least one curved portion are formed in the plurality of sub-pixels. A light shield layer shielding a non-display area positioned on an outer peripheral side of the display area and between the plurality of sub-pixels is formed on the other side of the pair of substrates. The light shield layer of the non-display area is formed in a shape in which the outermost peripheral side of the display area is rectangular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Akio Ota
  • Publication number: 20220404674
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided and includes first and second substrates; first wiring provided on first substrate along first direction; second wiring provided along second direction intersecting with first direction; thin-film transistor provided at intersection between first and second wirings; drain electrode electrically connected to thin-film transistor; organic insulating film formed on thin-film transistor and covering part of drain electrode; first opening that penetrates organic insulating film and exposing drain electrode; island-shaped electrode disposed on first opening and organic insulating film, and electrically connected to drain electrode; inorganic insulating film disposed on organic insulating film, the drain electrode, and the island-shaped electrode inside the first opening; a second opening that penetrates the inorganic insulating film and exposing the drain electrode; and a pixel electrode formed on the inorganic insulating film and electrically connected to the island-shap
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Shumpei TAKEUCHI, Akio OTA
  • Patent number: 11464441
    Abstract: A myocardial excitation complementation/visualization apparatus includes an acquiring section that acquires intracardiac electrocardiograms of a subject, the intracardiac electrocardiograms being recorded by a recording unit having a plurality of electrodes, a processing section that performs a computation for completing and visualizing a state of excitation in a myocardium of the subject based on the intracardiac electrocardiograms, and a displaying section that displays the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on an output of the processing section. The processing section includes a first generating section, a correcting section, a second generating section, and a third generating section. The displaying section displays a change of the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on the visualized data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER
    Inventors: Takashi Ashihara, Koji Takizawa, Tatsuo Nishihara, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Yuuho Iwanaga, Akio Ota, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Kazuo Nakazawa, Shin Inada
  • Publication number: 20220296153
    Abstract: A display control device includes processing circuitry configured to: obtain an intracardiac electrocardiogram of a subject; generate visualization data representing an excitation state of a myocardium based on the intracardiac electrocardiogram; determine a type of excitation dynamics of the myocardium based on the visualization data; and display, on a stereoscopic image of a heart of the subject, a site from which the intracardiac electrocardiogram is obtained with a color in accordance with a ratio of the determined type of the excitation dynamics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicants: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
    Inventors: Kunihiko KIUCHI, Takashi ASHIHARA, Kaori UCHIYAMA, Akio OTA, Naoki KOURA, Koji TAKIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11429003
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided and includes first and second substrates; first wiring provided on first substrate along first direction; second wiring provided along second direction intersecting with first direction; thin-film transistor provided at intersection between first and second wirings; drain electrode electrically connected to thin-film transistor; organic insulating film formed on thin-film transistor and covering part of drain electrode; first opening that penetrates organic insulating film and exposing drain electrode; island-shaped electrode disposed on first opening and organic insulating film, and electrically connected to drain electrode; inorganic insulating film disposed on organic insulating film, the drain electrode, and the island-shaped electrode inside the first opening; a second opening that penetrates the inorganic insulating film and exposing the drain electrode; and a pixel electrode formed on the inorganic insulating film and electrically connected to the island-shap
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shumpei Takeuchi, Akio Ota
  • Publication number: 20210271139
    Abstract: A transverse electric field type liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of substrates opposed with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. A plurality of sub-pixels having at least one curved portion in a display area are provided in a matrix on one side of the pair of substrates, and a pair of electrodes having at least one curved portion are formed in the plurality of sub-pixels. A light shield layer shielding a non-display area positioned on an outer peripheral side of the display area and between the plurality of sub-pixels is formed on the other side of the pair of substrates. The light shield layer of the non-display area is formed in a shape in which the outermost peripheral side of the display area is rectangular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Akio Ota
  • Patent number: 11036096
    Abstract: A transverse electric field type liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of substrates opposed with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. A plurality of sub-pixels having at least one curved portion in a display area are provided in a matrix on one side of the pair of substrates, and a pair of electrodes having at least one curved portion are formed in the plurality of sub-pixels. A light shield layer shielding a non-display area positioned on an outer peripheral side of the display area and between the plurality of sub-pixels is formed on the other side of the pair of substrates. The light shield layer of the non-display area is formed in a shape in which the outermost peripheral side of the display area is rectangular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Akio Ota
  • Patent number: 10898098
    Abstract: A myocardial excitation determining apparatus which can support the determination of excitation dynamics of the myocardium during atrial fibrillation is provided. A myocardial excitation determining apparatus has: an acquiring section 2 which acquires an intracardiac electrocardiogram of a subject; a processing section 3 which computes to produce visualized data indicating a state of excitation in the myocardium, based on the intracardiac electrocardiogram; and a determining section 4 which determines the type of excitation dynamics of the myocardium based on the visualized data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignees: SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, Takeshi TSUCHIYA, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER
    Inventors: Takashi Ashihara, Koji Takizawa, Tatsuo Nishihara, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Yuuho Iwanaga, Akio Ota, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Kazuo Nakazawa, Shin Inada
  • Publication number: 20200387037
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided and includes first and second substrates; first wiring provided on first substrate along first direction; second wiring provided along second direction intersecting with first direction; thin-film transistor provided at intersection between first and second wirings; drain electrode electrically connected to thin-film transistor; organic insulating film formed on thin-film transistor and covering part of drain electrode; first opening that penetrates organic insulating film and exposing drain electrode; island-shaped electrode disposed on first opening and organic insulating film, and electrically connected to drain electrode; inorganic insulating film disposed on organic insulating film, the drain electrode, and the island-shaped electrode inside the first opening; a second opening that penetrates the inorganic insulating film and exposing the drain electrode; and a pixel electrode formed on the inorganic insulating film and electrically connected to the island-shap
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Shumpei Takeuchi, Akio Ota
  • Patent number: 10754214
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device including: a first substrate; a second substrate that is disposed so as to be opposed to the first substrate; a first wiring provided on the first substrate along a first direction; a second wiring provided along a second direction intersecting with the first direction; a thin-film transistor provided at an intersection between the first wiring and the second wiring; an organic insulating film formed on the thin-film transistor; a first opening that penetrates the organic insulating film; an island-shaped electrode that covers at least a part of an edge portion of a side surface portion and a bottom portion of the first opening; an inorganic insulating film that covers a common electrode and the island-shaped electrode; a second opening that penetrates the inorganic insulating film; and a pixel electrode formed on the inorganic insulating film and electrically connected to the island-shaped electrode through the second opening, wherein a bottom port
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shumpei Takeuchi, Akio Ota
  • Publication number: 20200221964
    Abstract: A myocardial excitation complementation/visualization apparatus includes an acquiring section that acquires intracardiac electrocardiograms of a subject, the intracardiac electrocardiograms being recorded by a recording unit having a plurality of electrodes, a processing section that performs a computation for completing and visualizing a state of excitation in a myocardium of the subject based on the intracardiac electrocardiograms, and a displaying section that displays the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on an output of the processing section. The processing section includes a first generating section, a correcting section, a second generating section, and a third generating section. The displaying section displays a change of the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on the visualized data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicants: SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, Takeshi TSUCHIYA, NATIONAL CERERAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER
    Inventors: Takashi ASHIHARA, Koji Takizawa, Tatsuo Nishihara, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Yuuho Iwanaga, Akio Ota, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Kazuo Nakazawa, Shin Inada
  • Patent number: 10624555
    Abstract: A myocardial excitation complementation/visualization apparatus includes an acquiring section that acquires intracardiac electrocardiograms of a subject, the intracardiac electrocardiograms being recorded by a recording unit having a plurality of electrodes, a processing section that performs a computation for completing and visualizing a state of excitation in a myocardium of the subject based on the intracardiac electrocardiograms, and a displaying section that displays the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on an output of the processing section. The processing section includes a first generating section, a correcting section, a second generating section, and a third generating section. The displaying section displays a change of the state of excitation in the myocardium of the subject based on the visualized data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER
    Inventors: Takashi Ashihara, Koji Takizawa, Tatsuo Nishihara, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Yuuho Iwanaga, Akio Ota, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Kazuo Nakazawa, Shin Inada
  • Publication number: 20190250475
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device including: a first substrate; a second substrate that is disposed so as to be opposed to the first substrate; a first wiring provided on the first substrate along a first direction; a second wiring provided along a second direction intersecting with the first direction; a thin-film transistor provided at an intersection between the first wiring and the second wiring; an organic insulating film formed on the thin-film transistor; a first opening that penetrates the organic insulating film; an island-shaped electrode that covers at least a part of an edge portion of a side surface portion and a bottom portion of the first opening; an inorganic insulating film that covers a common electrode and the island-shaped electrode; a second opening that penetrates the inorganic insulating film; and a pixel electrode formed on the inorganic insulating film and electrically connected to the island-shaped electrode through the second opening, wherein a bottom port
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Shumpei Takeuchi, Akio Ota
  • Patent number: 10303023
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, an upper electrode and a drain electrode are reliably connected to each other electrically, with preventing or suppressing an occurrence of an aperture ratio loss, or sufficiently reducing a parasitic capacitance between the scanning line and the lower electrode. An interlayer resin film is formed on a drain electrode, with a hole being formed on the interlayer resin film, and on the drain electrode exposed to a bottom portion of the hole, an island-shaped electrode is formed separately from a lower electrode. Moreover, on the island-shaped electrode, an inter-electrode insulating film is formed, a contact hole is formed in the inter-electrode insulating film, and an upper electrode is formed on the island-shaped electrode exposed to a bottom portion of the contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shumpei Takeuchi, Akio Ota
  • Publication number: 20190137832
    Abstract: A transverse electric field type liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of substrates opposed with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. A plurality of sub-pixels having at least one curved portion in a display area are provided in a matrix on one side of the pair of substrates, and a pair of electrodes having at least one curved portion are formed in the plurality of sub-pixels. A light shield layer shielding a non-display area positioned on an outer peripheral side of the display area and between the plurality of sub-pixels is formed on the other side of the pair of substrates. The light shield layer of the non-display area is formed in a shape in which the outermost peripheral side of the display area is rectangular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventor: Akio OTA
  • Publication number: 20190076041
    Abstract: A myocardial excitation determining apparatus which can support the determination of excitation dynamics of the myocardium during atrial fibrillation is provided. A myocardial excitation determining apparatus has: an acquiring section 2 which acquires an intracardiac electrocardiogram of a subject; a processing section 3 which computes to produce visualized data indicating a state of excitation in the myocardium, based on the intracardiac electrocardiogram; and a determining section 4 which determines the type of excitation dynamics of the myocardium based on the visualized data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicants: SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER
    Inventors: Takashi ASHIHARA, Koji TAKIZAWA, Tatsuo NISHIHARA, Nobuhiro SUZUKI, Yuuho IWANAGA, Akio OTA, Takeshi TSUCHIYA, Kazuo NAKAZAWA, Shin INADA