Patents by Inventor Akira Koike

Akira Koike 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: 11541104
    Abstract: [Problems] To provide a method for treating and/or preventing osteoporosis with teriparatide or a salt thereof, the method having excellent safety and/or efficacies. [Solving Means] A method for treating and/or preventing osteoporosis in which teriparatide or a salt thereof is an active ingredient, including administering teriparatide or a salt thereof in a unit dose of 28.2 ?g at a frequency of twice a week.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI PHARMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Minamida, Ryo Kato, Akira Koike, Atsushi Ose, Akihiro Kitami, Takashi Makiyama, Hikaru Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Kitagawa, Ryoko Takao
  • Publication number: 20210260166
    Abstract: [Problems] To provide a method for treating and/or preventing osteoporosis with teriparatide or a salt thereof, the method having excellent safety and/or efficacies. [Solving Means] A method for treating and/or preventing osteoporosis in which teriparatide or a salt thereof is an active ingredient, including administering teriparatide or a salt thereof in a unit dose of 28.2 ?g at a frequency of twice a week.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI PHARMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi MINAMIDA, Ryo KATO, Akira KOIKE, Atsushi OSE, Akihiro KITAMI, Takashi MAKIYAMA, Hikaru YAMAMOTO, Kazuhiko KITAGAWA, Ryoko TAKAO
  • Publication number: 20210077590
    Abstract: [Problems] To provide a method for treating and/or preventing osteoporosis with teriparatide or a salt thereof, the method having excellent safety and/or efficacies. [Solving Means] A method for treating and/or preventing osteoporosis in which teriparatide or a salt thereof is an active ingredient, including administering teriparatide or a salt thereof in a unit dose of 28.2 ?g at a frequency of twice a week.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI PHARMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi MINAMIDA, Ryo KATO, Akira KOIKE, Atsushi OSE, Akihiro KITAMI, Takashi MAKIYAMA, Hikaru YAMAMOTO, Kazuhiko KITAGAWA, Ryoko TAKAO
  • Patent number: 9275440
    Abstract: An image processing device (100) is configured such that an edge histogram creating section (130) calculates interproximal pixel luminance difference for each of pixels constituting a frame, and a first ratio, which is a ratio of pixels whose interproximal pixel luminance difference is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and an edge enhancement section (140) performs edge enhancement in such a way that a shoot component to be added is smaller for a frame having a larger first ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ichiro Mizobuchi, Akira Koike, Masahiko Takiguchi, Yoshinori Kohno
  • Patent number: 9256924
    Abstract: A video processing device (100) includes: an edge histogram generating section (141) and a noise reducing section (150). The generating section (141) generates an edge histogram of a decoded image obtained from a video signal. The noise reducing section (150) (i) determines whether or not a ratio of a sum of frequencies of classes higher than a predetermined class of an edge histogram to a sum of all frequencies the edge histogram is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value and (ii) performs a smoothing process on the decoded image with a smoothing intensity adjusted in accordance with whether or not the ratio is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mihoko Watanabe, Akira Koike, Yoshinori Kohno, Shigeki Taniguchi, Masahiko Takiguchi, Ichiro Mizobuchi
  • Patent number: 9106885
    Abstract: A television (1) of the present invention includes a CPU (118) which stores broadcast medium information and recording mode information in such a manner that the broadcast medium information and the recording mode information are related to a broadcast content and when the broadcast content is reproduced, automatically sets a degree of an image process carried out on the broadcast content by an image processing circuit (107) in accordance with the broadcast medium information and the recording mode information which are stored in such a manner as to be related to the broadcast content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ichiro Mizobuchi, Akira Koike
  • Publication number: 20150125090
    Abstract: An image processing device (100) is configured such that an edge histogram creating section (130) calculates interproximal pixel luminance difference for each of pixels constituting a frame, and a first ratio, which is a ratio of pixels whose interproximal pixel luminance difference is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and an edge enhancement section (140) performs edge enhancement in such a way that a shoot component to be added is smaller for a frame having a larger first ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ichiro Mizobuchi, Akira Koike, Masahiko Takiguchi, Yoshinori Kohno
  • Publication number: 20150109346
    Abstract: A backlight control circuit (3) controls a blinking frequency of light emitted by a backlight (6), in accordance with brightness of a video to be displayed on a display section (7), for the purpose of reproducing, with a simpler process, a feeling of shutter which is felt when a film movie is projected by a projector, without causing a user to feel a feeling of discomfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki Taniguchi, Michiyuki Sugino, Akira Koike, Mihoko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150103250
    Abstract: A video processing device (100) includes: an edge histogram generating section (141) and a noise reducing section (150). The generating section (141) generates an edge histogram of a decoded image obtained from a video signal. The noise reducing section (150) (i) determines whether or not a ratio of a sum of frequencies of classes higher than a predetermined class of an edge histogram to a sum of all frequencies the edge histogram is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value and (ii) performs a smoothing process on the decoded image with a smoothing intensity adjusted in accordance with whether or not the ratio is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mihoko Watanabe, Akira Koike, Yoshinori Kohno, Shigeki Taniguchi, Masahiko Takiguchi, Ichiro Mizobuchi
  • Publication number: 20150085943
    Abstract: On the basis of quantization codes of each separate block and results of motion determination of each separate block, a noise amount calculating section (150) of a video processing device (100) selects at least one noise reduction process that is applied to the target frame from among a plurality of noise reduction processes having different characteristics from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki Taniguchi, Akira Koike, Yoshinori Kohno, Tetsuo Ikeyama, Masahiko Takiguchi, Mihoko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150077637
    Abstract: The display device (1) which displays a video on a display section (7) includes a video processing circuit (2) and a backlight control circuit (3) for aperiodically changing at least any of a brightness and a contrast of the video, which is displayed on the display section (7), within a predetermined range during a predetermined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki Taniguchi, Akira Koike, Mihoko Watanabe, Kohichi Takaku, Kohichi Hirata, Tsuyoshi Ohmori
  • Patent number: 8810505
    Abstract: A liquid crystal television (1) includes a backlight (110a) which emits light toward an outside of the liquid crystal television (1) so that an image is displayed on a liquid crystal panel (110b) and a backlight control circuit (110c) which controls whether or not the backlight (110a) emits light. The backlight control circuit (110c) carries out control with respect to backlight (110a) so that a light-emitting period in which the backlight (110a) emits light alternates with a non-light-emitting period in which the backlight (110a) does not emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Koike, Masahiko Takiguchi, Mihoko Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20130223815
    Abstract: A television (1) of the present invention includes a CPU (118) which stores broadcast medium information and recording mode information in such a manner that the broadcast medium information and the recording mode information are related to a broadcast content and when the broadcast content is reproduced, automatically sets a degree of an image process carried out on the broadcast content by an image processing circuit (107) in accordance with the broadcast medium information and the recording mode information which are stored in such a manner as to be related to the broadcast content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ichiro Mizobuchi, Akira Koike
  • Patent number: 8479249
    Abstract: A television receiver for content with which genre information is associated includes: a basic picture quality information receiving section which associates, with a single piece of genre information, a plurality of candidates for picture quality information regarding the content with which the genre information is associated, and which receives basic picture quality information indicating which one of the plurality of candidates is based on; a picture quality correction information creating section which receives picture quality correction information for further correcting the picture quality, and which creates, in accordance with the basic picture quality information and the picture quality correction information, information for correcting the picture quality; and a picture processing section which corrects the picture quality and which creates a picture to be displayed by a liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Koike, Kohichi Takaku, Takamasa Shimizu, Masahiko Takiguchi, Akiyoshi Ohya, Atsushi Ogawa, Koichi Hirata, Osamu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20130069857
    Abstract: A liquid crystal television (1) includes a backlight (110a) which emits light toward an outside of the liquid crystal television (1) so that an image is displayed on a liquid crystal panel (110b) and a backlight control circuit (110c) which controls whether or not the backlight (110a) emits light. The backlight control circuit (110c) carries out control with respect to backlight (110a) so that a light-emitting period in which the backlight (110a) emits light alternates with a non-light-emitting period in which the backlight (110a) does not emit light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Koike, Masahiko Takiguchi, Mihoko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8373644
    Abstract: In a video display apparatus, a backlight for illuminating a liquid crystal panel is segmented into a plurality of areas. A frequency distribution processing unit calculates a dark pixel amount from the frequency distribution of the gradation values of pixels in a video image. A backlight control unit calculates a lower limit of luminance in each area included in the backlight so that the lower limit increases as the dark pixel amount becomes smaller. The backlight control unit adjusts the luminance in each area individually according to the gradation values in each portion of the video image, and adjusts the luminance in an area where the luminance is less than the lower limit to the lower limit. The difference in luminance between the areas illuminating dark portions of the video image is decreased, and the occurrence of luminance blur resulting from the difference in luminance between the areas is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Koike, Kohichi Takaku, Yoshinori Kohno, Shinichi Nagashima, Hideto Yagisawa, Kodai Yamada
  • Publication number: 20120233634
    Abstract: A television receiver for content with which genre information is associated includes: a basic picture quality information receiving section which associates, with a single piece of genre information, a plurality of candidates for picture quality information regarding the content with which the genre information is associated, and which receives basic picture quality information indicating which one of the plurality of candidates is based on; a picture quality correction information creating section which receives picture quality correction information for further correcting the picture quality, and which creates, in accordance with the basic picture quality information and the picture quality correction information, information for correcting the picture quality; and a picture processing section which corrects the picture quality and which creates a picture to be displayed by a liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Akira Koike, Kohichi Takaku, Takamasa Shimizu, Masahiko Takiguchi, Akiyoshi Ohya, Atsushi Ogawa, Koichi Hirata, Osamu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20120206493
    Abstract: A television receiver includes a genre identification section that identifies a genre of contents, a video processing section that displays the contents upon correcting the contents with an image quality parameter set in accordance with the identified genre in advance, a display control section that displays, while the contents is displayed, an adjustment item for adjusting a value of the image quality parameter, a parameter value adjustment section that adjusts the value of the image quality parameter based on entry by a user, and a parameter value changing section that changes the value of the image quality parameter, when the identified genre changes to another genre, to a value set in advance corresponding to a genre after the genre changes, and the parameter value changing section changes the value of the image quality parameter in a different period of time depending on whether or not the adjustment item is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Koike, Kohichi Takaku, Takamasa Shimizu, Masahiko Takiguchi, Akiyoshi Ohya, Atsushi Ogawa, Koichi Hirata, Osamu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20120127371
    Abstract: A video processing section comprises a gradation adjustment device for correcting a gradation of an image to be displayed on a television receiver. The video processing section includes, a gradation correcting section, an intermediate brightness region determining section, a brightness difference determining section, a brightness difference threshold determining section, and a gradation adjusting section. The video processing section corrects brightnesses of adjacent pixels, so as to reduce brightness difference between adjacent pixels. The invention provides a gradation adjustment device for realizing an image displaying device that keeps an excellent quality of an original image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Mihoko Watanabe, Akira Koike, Masahiko Takiguchi
  • Patent number: 8134611
    Abstract: A correction signal capturing section of a skin color correction processing section of an image processor captures WB-corrected R1G1B1 signal values, a WB inverse correction section performs inverse correction, a YCbCr conversion section converts obtained R2G2B2 signal values into Y1Cb1Cr1 signal values. A skin color pixel region detection section detects pixels corresponding to skin color pixel regions, a skin color correction section performs skin color correction to the Y1Cb1Cr1 signal values and obtains Y2Cb2Cr2 signal values, and a RGB conversion section converts the obtained Y2Cb2Cr2 signal values into R3G3B3 signal values. A WB correction section performs WB correction to the R3G3B3 signal values and obtains R4G4B4 signal values. An output section outputs the image signals of the image reconstructed by applying said R4G4B4 signal values to the skin color pixel regions and by applying said R1G1B1 signal values to the pixel regions other than the skin color pixel regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ikeyama, Akira Koike