Patents by Inventor Akira Watanabe
Akira 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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Patent number: 12042572Abstract: A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to one embodiment includes a gantry and a first light source. The gantry includes a first opening to which a subject is inserted. The first light source emits light capable of sterilization to the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Ooshima, Tomokazu Harada, Tatsuya Watanabe, Akira Nishikori
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Patent number: 12036058Abstract: An imaging control device includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor generates second dynamic image data from first dynamic image data that is image data of a dynamic image having multiple frame images received from a radiographic image capturing device, the second dynamic image data being image data of a dynamic image having only a part of the multiple frame images; and transmits, to an external device, the second dynamic image data and information indicating a first radiation dose that is information corresponding to a radiation dose in imaging for obtaining the first dynamic image data.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Akira Hiroshige, Ryo Watanabe, Sumiya Nagatsuka, Ikki Nakamura
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Patent number: 11964957Abstract: Embodiments provide a pest control agent that is excellent in safety, controlling effect, residual activity, and so on. According to an embodiment, there is provided a pyrazole derivative represented by general formula [I], or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, and a pest control agent containing the same as an active ingredient: wherein, p represents an integer of 0 or 1, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, C1-C6 alkyl group, or the like, A represents an oxygen atom or sulfur atom, Q represents a halogen atom, C6-C10 aryl group that is unsubstituted or substituted with (R8)m, or the like, and R6 and R7 represent a hydrogen atom, C1-C6 alkyl group, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryo Ishikawa, Akira Kinpara, Keiji Toriyabe, Akira Watanabe, Masao Nakatani, Akira Takanezawa, Takeshi Matsuda
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Publication number: 20240102927Abstract: A terahertz-wave signal input unit 11 configured to input a terahertz-wave signal from a spectroscopic apparatus 200 for detecting a terahertz wave acting on a photoresist, and a terahertz-wave signal analysis unit 12 configured to analyze a terahertz-wave signal input by the terahertz-wave signal input unit 11 to acquire characteristic information of the photoresist are included, and spectroscopic processing using a terahertz wave is performed on a photoresist to acquire characteristic information of the photoresist (a characteristic value or a correlation characteristic indicating a relationship between a plurality of elements including the characteristic value).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Akira WATANABE, Tadashi OKUNO, Takeji UEDA
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Publication number: 20240074106Abstract: An apparatus includes a conduit configured to circulate magnetic fluid, and a magnetic field generator that applies a magnetic field to the magnetic fluid. The conduit includes at least four areas of a first conduit area in which the magnetic fluid receives heat from a heating unit, a second conduit area from the first conduit area to a cooling unit, a third conduit area in which the magnetic fluid is cooled by the cooling unit, and a fourth conduit area from the cooling unit to the heating unit. When the apparatus is used, a volume of the magnetic fluid in one of the first to fourth conduit areas, in which a flow direction of the magnetic fluid coincides with a gravity direction, is larger than that of another conduit area, in which the flow direction of the magnetic fluid does not coincide with the gravity direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Genki Tanaka, Akira Watanabe, Akinori Inagaki
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Publication number: 20240040844Abstract: There is provided a display device capable of preventing leakage of a drive current generated between adjacent subpixels. A display device including a first electrode layer having a plurality of electrodes arranged two-dimensionally, a second electrode layer provided to face the first electrode layer, an electroluminescence layer provided between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and an insulating layer provided between the electrodes adjacent to each other. The electroluminescence layer includes a hole transport layer, and the hole transport layer is adjacent to the insulating layer. An energy level Einterface(1) at an interface between the insulating layer and the hole transport layer and an energy level Ebulk(1) in a bulk of the hole transport layer satisfy the following Formula (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: HIROKO SUSA, TAKEO TSUKAMOTO, MIKI KIMIJIMA, AKIRA WATANABE
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Patent number: 11834603Abstract: A heat dissipation sheet 10 includes cohesive inorganic filler particles 1 having a breaking strength of 20 MPa or lower and a modulus of elasticity of 48 MPa or higher and a matrix resin 2.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Sawamura, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Akira Watanabe, Katsuhiko Hidaka
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Patent number: 11839052Abstract: An apparatus includes a conduit configured to circulate magnetic fluid, and a magnetic field generator that applies a magnetic field to the magnetic fluid. The conduit includes at least four areas of a first conduit area in which the magnetic fluid receives heat from a heating unit, a second conduit area from the first conduit area to a cooling unit, a third conduit area in which the magnetic fluid is cooled by the cooling unit, and a fourth conduit area from the cooling unit to the heating unit. When the apparatus is used, a volume of the magnetic fluid in one of the first to fourth conduit areas, in which a flow direction of the magnetic fluid coincides with a gravity direction, is larger than that of another conduit area, in which the flow direction of the magnetic fluid does not coincide with the gravity direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Genki Tanaka, Akira Watanabe, Akinori Inagaki
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Patent number: 11772010Abstract: The present application provides an extract production system. The extract production system includes an extraction unit for extracting an extract from a starting material by using a solvent flowing into the interior thereof, a first heat exchange unit for subjecting the solvent flowing into the extraction unit to heat exchange by using a heat exchange medium, and a second heat exchange unit for subjecting the solvent which underwent heat exchange in the first heat exchange unit to heat exchange by reusing the heat exchange medium which underwent heat exchange in the first heat exchange unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventor: Akira Watanabe
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Publication number: 20230304176Abstract: The present disclosure aims at providing an electrolysis apparatus that can efficiently produce hydrogen and can accommodate fluctuating power supplies. A bipolar zero-gap electrolyzer for water electrolysis includes multiple bipolar elements, each of which includes an anode chamber, a cathode chamber, a conductive partition wall provided between the anode and cathode chambers, and outer frames framing the conductive partition wall. The conductive partition wall has protrusions on at least one surface. A conductive elastic body is disposed between a surface of the conductive partition wall opposite the one surface and one of the electrodes. One and the other of the electrodes form conduction with the conductive partition wall at least through the protrusions and at least through the conductive elastic body, respectively. The membrane is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode of the adjacent bipolar elements by elastic stress of the conductive elastic body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira WATANABE, Norikazu FUJIMOTO, Yousuke UCHINO, Hiroshige YAMAURA
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Patent number: 11732818Abstract: An electromagnetic valve has an inlet port and an outlet port. The electromagnetic valve is configured to open and close a driving fluid passage communicating the inlet port and the outlet port. The electromagnetic valve includes: a housing; a solenoid that includes a bobbin having a coil wound therearound; a moving core that is provided on an axis of the bobbin and is disposed movably in an axial direction; a stationary core that is provided on the axis of the bobbin and is fixed in the housing; and a valve that is configured to be movable together with the moving core and opens and closes the driving fluid passage. The inlet port is opened on one surface side of the housing in the axial direction of the bobbin while the outlet port is opened on the other surface side of the housing in the axial direction of the bobbin.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignees: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED, KOGANEI CORPORATIONInventors: Ryutaro Tanno, Yuya Suzuki, Tsutomu Shinohara, Tomohiro Nakata, Akira Watanabe, Takahiro Kawano
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Publication number: 20230200004Abstract: An audio recording apparatus provided with a heat radiation fan comprises at least one processor and/or circuit configured to function as following units: an acquiring unit configured to acquire a type of microphone used to record audio; a control unit configured to control a rotation frequency for driving the heat radiation fan; and a recording unit configured to record audio acquired by the used microphone, wherein the control unit changes the rotation frequency of the heat radiation fan according to the type of the used microphone acquired by the acquiring unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventor: Akira WATANABE
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Patent number: 11680896Abstract: An electromagnetic signal analysis apparatus includes a frequency spectrum obtaining unit 11 to obtain a frequency spectrum that is generated based on an electromagnetic signal obtained by a spectral device 20 and represents a property value with respect to a frequency, a water vapor fitting processing unit 12 to fit a waveform of a single fitting function or a composite waveform, of a plurality of fitting functions to a frequency spectrum at a frequency at which absorption of the electromagnetic waves by water vapor is increased, and a property analyzing unit 14 to analyze a property of a liquid sample using at least two values that determine a characteristic of the fitting function used for the fitting, so that the frequency spectrum, at the frequency at which absorption of the electromagnetic waves by water vapor generated from surfaces of the liquid sample is increased is processed to analyze the property of the liquid sample.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: FEMTO DEPLOYMENTS INC.Inventors: Akira Watanabe, Tadashi Okuno, Takeji Ueda
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Patent number: 11581459Abstract: A manufacturing method of a light-emitting device, including the steps of: preparing a substrate including a base, a first wall formed on an upper surface of the base, and a recess defined by a lateral surface of the first wall as an inside lateral surface and the upper surface of the base as a bottom surface; mounting a light-emitting element on the bottom surface of the recess; disposing a sealing member which covers the light-emitting element and the first wall; forming a groove section extending from an upper surface of the sealing member to the first wall by removing the sealing member on the first wall; disposing a second wall inside the groove section; and cutting the second wall and the substrate at a position including the second wall.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Masahiro Sakamoto, Akira Watanabe
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Publication number: 20220390364Abstract: The invention is configured to include a spectroscopy cell 100 as a container including one or more spaces, each of which has a plate shape and contains a to-be-measured object that transmits or reflects a terahertz wave; and a holder 6 including one or more first holder through-holes 6b and 6c disposed at positions corresponding to the spaces of the spectroscopy cell 100, each of the spaces containing the to-be-measured object. A body portion 1 of the spectroscopy cell 100 is made of a resin material that transmits the terahertz wave, and the spectroscopy cell 100 is loaded into the holder 6 and is used. The holder 6 has a function of holding the spectroscopy cell 100, and a function of correcting one or more of a distortion, a twist, and a bending of the spectroscopy cell 100.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Akira WATANABE, Tadashi OKUNO, Takeji UEDA
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Publication number: 20220390084Abstract: A cover body includes: a multi-color molded body including a first resin portion having a gate mark on an outer surface thereof, and a second resin portion having a color different from a color of the first resin portion and adhering to the outer surface of the first resin portion to cover the gate mark. An outer surface of the second resin portion includes a stepped portion that overlaps with the gate mark.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Takamasa Yagi, Akira Watanabe, Taro Fujisawa, Tomonori Iida, Noriyuki Nakajima, Daisuke Okitsu
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Publication number: 20220298750Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a starter motor for starting an engine with electric power supplied from a lead-acid battery, a second electric system connected in parallel with a first electric system to connect the lead-acid battery and a 24V electrical equipment, a 48V battery for supplying electric power to the second electric system, a relay for disconnecting connection between the first electric system and the second electric system, and a vehicle body controller connected to the second electric system to control the starter motor and the relay. The vehicle body controller estimates a remaining charge amount of the lead-acid battery and disables driving of the starter motor until an estimation result is higher than or equal to a threshold, and when the estimation result is higher than or equal to the threshold, disconnects the connection between the first electric system and the second electric system by using the relay.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Akira WATANABE, Manabu YANO, Yasunori OOTA, Yusuke IMAI
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Patent number: 11442340Abstract: An electronic apparatus to which an external apparatus is detachably attachable includes a controlling unit configured to make a vibration device vibrate by using a vibration parameter corresponding to a type of the external apparatus to be attached to the electronic apparatus, the vibration device being provided on at least one of the electronic apparatus and the external apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsuto Noda, Shinga Nakashima, Akira Watanabe, Takazumi Seo, Kohei Uemura, Toshihiro Ogawa, Hiroshi Toriumi
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Publication number: 20220282456Abstract: A work machine includes: a controller; a first electrical circuit provided with a first power supply that supplies power to the controller; an electric drive source necessary for operating the work machine; and a second electrical circuit provided with a second power supply that supplies power to the electric drive source. The work machine further includes: a capacitor provided to the second electrical circuit; a first precharge device that performs precharge of the capacitor by using power of the first power supply; and a second precharge device that performs precharge of the capacitor by using power of the second power supply. The controller performs precharge by using one of the precharge devices when it is determined that precharge by using the other one of the precharge devices is impossible.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2020Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Akira WATANABE, Yasunori OTA, Yusuke IMAI, Manabu YANO
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Publication number: 20220264767Abstract: An apparatus includes a conduit configured to circulate magnetic fluid, and a magnetic field generator that applies a magnetic field to the magnetic fluid. The conduit includes at least four areas of a first conduit area in which the magnetic fluid receives heat from a heating unit, a second conduit area from the first conduit area to a cooling unit, a third conduit area in which the magnetic fluid is cooled by the cooling unit, and a fourth conduit area from the cooling unit to the heating unit. When the apparatus is used, a volume of the magnetic fluid in one of the first to fourth conduit areas, in which a flow direction of the magnetic fluid coincides with a gravity direction, is larger than that of another conduit area, in which the flow direction of the magnetic fluid does not coincide with the gravity direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Genki Tanaka, Akira Watanabe, Akinori Inagaki