Patents by Inventor Anna Shimizu

Anna Shimizu 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).

  • Publication number: 20240065962
    Abstract: To provide a cosmetic whose moisture-retaining property can be sufficiently secured even in cases where the cosmetic uses a hyaluronic acid compacted by neutralization of carboxyl groups of hyaluronic acid using a salt. A cosmetic of the present disclosure comprises a first agent containing at least one salt selected from the group consisting of an inorganic salt and an organic acid salt, and hyaluronic acid; and a second agent for swelling the hyaluronic acid, the second agent containing a chelating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Anna OKISHIMA, Mika YOSHIMURA, Takashi OKA, Hiroko SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11258914
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, notification control unit, input unit, and extension unit. The acquisition unit acquires a measurement result obtained by measuring a printing medium characteristic and acquires a characteristic reference range of each of printing media types set in advance to identify a type of a measured printing medium. Extracting, as a candidate printing medium and based on the acquired measurement result and the acquired characteristic reference range, a type of printing medium using the characteristic reference range including the measurement result and notifying information indicating the type of the candidate printing medium are performed. The input unit inputs information, wherein a type of printing medium on which recording is to be performed by the recording unit has a first reference range which is the characteristic reference range of the type and corresponds to the input information. The extension unit extends the first reference range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Anna Shimizu, Yuki Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20200344371
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, notification control unit, input unit, and extension unit. The acquisition unit acquires a measurement result obtained by measuring a printing medium characteristic and acquires a characteristic reference range of each of printing media types set in advance to identify a type of a measured printing medium. Extracting, as a candidate printing medium and based on the acquired measurement result and the acquired characteristic reference range, a type of printing medium using the characteristic reference range including the measurement result and notifying information indicating the type of the candidate printing medium are performed. The input unit inputs information, wherein a type of printing medium on which recording is to be performed by the recording unit has a first reference range which is the characteristic reference range of the type and corresponds to the input information. The extension unit extends the first reference range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Anna Shimizu, Yuki Igarashi