Patents by Inventor Akio Watanabe
Akio Watanabe 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: 20230126555Abstract: A balloon catheter includes: a balloon; an outside shaft connected to a proximal end of the balloon; an inside shaft extending inside the outside shaft and into the balloon to be connected to a distal end of the balloon; and a heating member disposed in the balloon for heating a liquid in the balloon. A distance between a distal end of the outside shaft and a proximal end of the heating member is 0 mm to 5 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Akio Watanabe, Kota Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 11595244Abstract: A recovery support apparatus includes an index value calculation means which calculates a predetermined index value with respect to a recovery work sequence on the basis of the recovery work sequence indicating a work procedure for recovery from an abnormality that has occurred in an apparatus group constituting a communication network, and an output means which outputs the index value calculated by the index value calculation means to a predetermined output destination.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Yoichi Matsuo, Hiroki Ikeuchi, Akio Watanabe, Takehiro Kawata, Ken Nishimatsu
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Patent number: 11454858Abstract: An optical deflector includes: a light transmitting portion through which a light passes; and a pair of electrodes arranged to oppose to each other with the light transmitting portion interposed therebetween. The light transmitting portion is a transparent ion conductor made of a single crystal or polycrystal. The pair of electrodes apply a predetermined voltage to the light transmitting portion to move ions inside the transparent ion conductor so as to change a traveling direction of the light passing through the light transmitting portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCEInventors: Yosuke Suzuki, Tadaaki Nagao, Akio Watanabe
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Patent number: 10572318Abstract: Techniques for extracting a set of highly correlated logs without user's prior knowledge of generation rules of logs generated by a machine. A log analysis apparatus includes: a template storage unit configured to store templates for log messages; a template determination unit configured to determine templates corresponding to log messages provided from a to-be-monitored host from the stored templates; an event candidate extraction unit configured to detect templates determined for log messages provided from the same host from the determined templates and extract a sequence of the detected templates as an event candidate; and an event extraction unit configured to extract a sequence of frequently occurring templates as an event from the extracted event candidate.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuaki Kimura, Akio Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Toyono, Ken Nishimatsu
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Patent number: 10069699Abstract: A monitoring device information analyzing device calculates a log variation amount from a log variation amount of a monitoring target device h and a log variation amount of the monitoring target device on another day, by referring to a template information storage unit storing a time at which a log message arises, the log message arising in the past, a template that is associated with an ID of the monitoring target device, and a template ID of the template to calculate the log variation amount of the monitoring target device and to obtain the log variation amount of the monitoring target device on the other day at the same time zone; obtains the log variation amount that is to be a sample; executes verification according to a statistical method, and determines the sample as an advance log, if a test statistic is greater than a predetermined threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuaki Kimura, Akio Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Toyono, Ken Nishimatsu
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Patent number: 9332342Abstract: The invention provides a microphone amplifier circuit which enhances the SNR (signal noise ratio) and expands the dynamic range by reducing the noise level. A microphone amplifier circuit includes a preamplifier which amplifies an audio signal from a capacitor microphone, a level detection circuit which outputs a level detection signal when the level of the audio signal is in the vicinity of the noise level of the microphone amplifier circuit, and an attenuator which attenuates the level of the audio signal outputted from the preamplifier in response to the level detection signal. The preamplifier includes an operational amplifier, a feedback capacitor and a feedback resistor.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Masahito Kanaya, Akio Watanabe
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Publication number: 20130251428Abstract: A ceramic heater according to one embodiment includes a substrate (1) composed of a ceramic, a conductive pattern (patterns (21 to 26)) formed on the substrate (1), a heating element (heating elements (41 to 45)) formed on the substrate (1) so as to be electrically connected to the patterns (21 to 26), and an overcoat layer (5) formed so as to cover at least the heating elements (41 to 45). The heating elements (41 to 45) contain graphite and an alloy composed of silver and palladium, and the percentage of the amount of graphite with respect to the total amount of the alloy and the graphite is from 16 to 47%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Takanobu Ueno, Akio Watanabe
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Patent number: 8528304Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for producing a content filling bottle including a bottom part that is inverted between a concave shape and a convex shape to prevent a body part from being subjected to reduced pressure deformation, the method and device being capable of efficiently producing a sanitary and high-quality content filling bottle. Contents are filled into an empty bottle 1 with an inversion part 11 projecting outwardly from the body part. A cap 6 is fitted onto an opening of the bottle 1 to seal the bottle 1. An auxiliary tool 27 is then installed on the bottom part 5 of the bottle 1. Then, the bottom part of the bottle 1 with the auxiliary tool 27 installed thereon is supported via the auxiliary tool 27. The downwardly projecting inversion part 11 is pressed up so as to be inverted and recessed inwardly into the bottle 1. Subsequently, with the opening of the bottle 1 gripped, the auxiliary tool 27 is separated from the bottle 1.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Shunzo Miyazaki, Yasuhiro Sato, Akio Watanabe, Masaru Kimura
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Patent number: 8336195Abstract: The invention is directed to an unfailing pickup operation of an electronic component from a component storage portion at a seam of storage tapes connected even using a connection tape and prevention of reduction in a pickup rate of an electronic component. A CPU sends a feeding command to a component feeding unit to perform a component feeding operation or the like. Then, when the CPU judges that a connection tape reaches a pickup position, the CPU drives an X axis drive motor and a Y axis drive motor to move a board recognition camera to the pickup position of the feeding unit, the camera takes an image of a storage portion of a storage tape, and a recognition processing device performs recognition processing. A correction value based on a result of this recognition processing is stored in a RAM, and a suction nozzle is moved taking this correction value into account and lowers to pick up an electronic component.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Watanabe, Akihiro Kawai, Tetsuji Ono, Makio Kameda, Kazuyoshi Oyama, Kazuyoshi Ieizumi
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Patent number: 8181337Abstract: A method of mounting electronic components on a printed board includes providing a storage tape including a first portion and a second portion that are connected by a connection tape and containing electronic components stored therein, advancing the storage tape so that an electronic component is advanced to a component pickup position where electronic components are picked up by a suction nozzle, picking up the advanced electronic component at the component pickup position by the suction nozzle, and mounting the picked up electronic component on a printed board. The advancing of the storage tape, the picking up of the electronic component and the mounting of the electronic component are repeated, and the component pickup position is adjusted when the second portion of the storage tape is advanced to the component pickup position.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2009Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Watanabe, Akihiro Kawai, Tetsuji Ono, Makio Kameda, Kazuyoshi Oyama
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Patent number: 8099860Abstract: The invention prevents reduction of a pickup rate even when a storage tape in use and a new storage tape are connected to each other with a connection tape. A component recognition camera takes an image of an electronic component held by a suction nozzle, and a recognition processing device performs recognition processing. When a positional shifting amount calculated by CPU based on the recognition processing result is more than ?, a board recognition camera takes an image of a storage portion of a storage tape storing a next electronic component to be picked up. When a positional shifting amount of the storage portion calculated based on the recognition processing result is more than ?, the CPU enables seam passage processing. Based on the image taking of the storage portion by the board recognition camera and the recognition processing by the recognition processing device which are performed each time the storage tape is fed N times, the CPU controls correction of a pickup position.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Watanabe, Takuya Imoto, Yoshiharu Fukushima
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Patent number: 8098847Abstract: A muting circuit comprising: a DC offset eliminating unit including an HPF (High Pass Filter) constituted by a first operational amplifier to eliminate a DC offset component of an AC input signal, the DC offset eliminating unit being configured to output an output signal obtained by eliminating the DC offset component of the AC input signal; a muting signal generating unit including a second operational amplifier configured to generate a second DC offset identical in level to a first DC offset at the first operational amplifier, the muting signal generating unit being configured to output a muting signal indicative of the second DC offset by fixing input to the second operational amplifier at a predetermined DC level; and a selecting unit configured to select and output the output signal when muting is not executed, and to select and output the muting signal when muting is executed.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2007Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignees: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Sanyo Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akio Watanabe
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Patent number: 7771531Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a crystallized rare-earth thin films on a glass or a silicon substrate. This manufacturing method of a crystallized metal oxide thin film includes a step of retaining an metal organic thin film or a metal oxide film containing at least one type of rare-earth metal element selected from a group comprised of Y, Dy, Sm, Gd, Ho, Eu, Tm, Tb, Er, Ce, Pr, Yb, La, Nd and Lu formed on a substrate at a temperature of 250 to 600° C., and a step of crystallizing the organic metal thin film or the metal oxide film while irradiating ultraviolet radiation having a wavelength of 200 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2007Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Tetsuo Tsuchiya, Tomohiko Nakajima, Akio Watanabe, Toshiya Kumagai
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Publication number: 20100186223Abstract: The invention is directed to an unfailing pickup operation of an electronic component from a component storage portion at a seam of storage tapes connected even using a connection tape and prevention of reduction in a pickup rate of an electronic component. A CPU sends a feeding command to a component feeding unit to perform a component feeding operation or the like. Then, when the CPU judges that a connection tape reaches a pickup position, the CPU drives an X axis drive motor and a Y axis drive motor to move a board recognition camera to the pickup position of the feeding unit, the camera takes an image of a storage portion of a storage tape, and a recognition processing device performs recognition processing. A correction value based on a result of this recognition processing is stored in a RAM, and a suction nozzle is moved taking this correction value into account and lowers to pick up an electronic component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2010Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Watanabe, Akihiro Kawai, Tetsuji Ono, Makio Kameda, Kazuyoshi Oyama, Kazuyoshi Ieizumi
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Patent number: 7734121Abstract: A bidirectional optical module having a device 1 for emitting transmitting signal light, an optical fiber 8 which the transmitting signal light from the device enters, a light-receiving device 9 which light from the optical fiber enters, and a wavelength splitting filter 4. The transmitting signal light emitted from the device is sent forward through the optical fiber, and the receiving signal light is received through the optical fiber. The bidirectional optical module has an optical device (optical isolator) of a reflection polarizer 6 bonded to an end face of the optical fiber, a Faraday rotator 5 disposed integrally on the reflection polarizer and an absorption polarizer 3 disposed on an optical path extending between the device and the filter. The reflection polarizer has a wavelength dependency which functions as a polarizer for the transmitting signal light, but does not function as a polarizer for the receiving signal light.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junji Iida, Akio Watanabe, Mikio Uemura, Hideharu Okami
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Patent number: 7712208Abstract: The invention is directed to an unfailing pickup operation of an electronic component from a component storage portion at a seam of storage tapes connected even using a connection tape and prevention of reduction in a pickup rate of an electronic component. A CPU sends a feeding command to a component feeding unit to perform a component feeding operation or the like. Then, when the CPU judges that a connection tape reaches a pickup position, the CPU drives an X axis drive motor and a Y axis drive motor to move a board recognition camera to the pickup position of the feeding unit, the camera takes an image of a storage portion of a storage tape, and a recognition processing device performs recognition processing. A correction value based on a result of this recognition processing is stored in a RAM, and a suction nozzle is moved taking this correction value into account and lowers to pick up an electronic component.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Watanabe, Akihiro Kawai, Tetsuji Ono, Makio Kameda, Kazuyoshi Oyama, Kazuyoshi Ieizumi
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Publication number: 20100072892Abstract: A halogen lamp including a glass bulb, a filament inserted inside the bulb, a pair of metal foils, and a pair of outer leads. Each metal foil has one end welded to the filament and the other end welded to the outer lead. The metal foils are contained in glass sleeves and they are collectively inserted inside the bulb. The bulb is softened by heating and shrinks because its inside pressure is reduced to seal the metal foils therein. Since the amount of glass of each sealed portion is larger than the other portions of the bulb by the amount of the sleeve, the shape of the sealed portion is stabilized.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2007Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: Harison Toshiba Lighting CorpInventors: Akio Watanabe, Tetsuo Ootani, Seiji Sakamoto, Minoru Nishizono
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Publication number: 20090293436Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for producing a content filling bottle including a bottom part that is inverted between a concave shape and a convex shape to prevent a body part from being subjected to reduced pressure deformation, the method and device being capable of efficiently producing a sanitary and high-quality content filling bottle. Contents are filled into an empty bottle 1 with an inversion part 11 projecting outwardly from the body part. A cap 6 is fitted onto an opening of the bottle 1 to seal the bottle 1. An auxiliary tool 27 is then installed on the bottom part 5 of the bottle 1. Then, the bottom part of the bottle 1 with the auxiliary tool 27 installed thereon is supported via the auxiliary tool 27. The downwardly projecting inversion part 11 is pressed up so as to be inverted and recessed inwardly into the bottle 1. Subsequently, with the opening of the bottle 1 gripped, the auxiliary tool 27 is separated from the bottle 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2007Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: HOKKAI CAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunzo Miyazaki, Yasuhiro Sato, Akio Watanabe, Masaru Kimura
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Patent number: 7615669Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing highly pure fluoro-compounds by making use of N-(2-chloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethyl)diethylamine. The process produces little or no chlorinated by-products.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2006Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Tosoh F-Tech, Inc.Inventors: Norihisa Kondo, Akio Watanabe, Hiroki Kanezaki, Kosuke Kawada
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Publication number: 20090218003Abstract: A method and device for manufacturing a content-filled bottle having an inversion part at its bottom. In producing the bottle, the inversion part is inverted to prevent deformation of a body part caused by a pressure reduction in the bottle, and as a result, inappropriate deformation and buckling of the bottle are prevented, enabling efficient manufacturing of the bottle with high quality. The bottle (3) is held from the outside by an empty-bottle chuck (41) of auxiliary device mounting means in such a way that the bottle (3) is held at its a mouth part (4) by the chuck along the upper surface of a flange part (10) of the bottle (3). Next, an empty-bottle support table (42) on which an assistance device (24) is placed is raised, the assistance device (24) is mounted on a bottom part (7) of the bottle (3), and the bottle (3) is placed on the empty-bottle support table (42).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2007Publication date: September 3, 2009Inventors: Shunzo Miyazaki, Yasuhiro Sato, Hiroyuki Nakane, Akio Watanabe, Masaru Kimura, Tomoya Oosaka