Patents by Inventor Atsushi Hirai

Atsushi Hirai 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: 7993628
    Abstract: A compound having superior solubility and suitable for a liposome contrast medium selective for a lesion such as vascular diseases is provided which is represented by the following general formula (I) wherein R1 to R3 represent an alkyl group or alkenyl group; X1 and X2 represent a single bond, —O—, or —N(Z1)- (Z1 represents hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group); X3 to X6 represent —O—, or —N(Z2)- (Z2 represents hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group); n represents an integer of 1 to 10; and L represents a divalent bridging group constituted by atoms selected from the group consisting of carbon atom, hydrogen atom, oxygen atom, nitrogen atom, fluorine atom and sulfur atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Hirai, Kazunobu Takahashi, Junji Nishigaki, Kazuhiro Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20100052250
    Abstract: A carrier device performs floating and carrying of a sheet-like member having curling tendency along a carrier path. The carrier device includes a floating air blowing unit that floats and carries the sheet-like member by blowing out air obliquely upward in a carrying direction to the sheet-like member residing on the carrier path via a plurality of blowout holes, a carrier plate that constitutes the carrier path and has the plurality of blowout holes formed therein, and a pressing air blowing unit that faces a carrying start position of the sheet-like member on the carrier plate and blows out air from an upper position relative to the sheet-like member so as to lay the sheet-like member along the carrier plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiguma IIJIMA, Makoto ISHIDA, Atsushi HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20090246141
    Abstract: A compound having superior solubility and suitable for a liposome contrast medium selective for a lesion such as vascular diseases is provided which is represented by the following general formula (I) wherein R1 to R3 represent an alkyl group or alkenyl group; X1 and X2 represent a single bond, —O—, or —N(Z1)- (Z1 represents hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group); X3 to X6 represent —O—, or —N(Z2)- (Z2 represents hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group); n represents an integer of 1 to 10; and L represents a divalent bridging group constituted by atoms selected from the group consisting of carbon atom, hydrogen atom, oxygen atom, nitrogen atom, fluorine atom and sulfur atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Atsushi Hirai, Kazunobu Takahashi, Junji Nishigaki, Kazuhiro Aikawa
  • Patent number: 6978219
    Abstract: A measurement data collection apparatus includes at least a collection/analysis processing device having a measuring instrument interface for converting measurement data input from a measuring instrument into data of a form corresponding to measurement contents, and a measurement data collection interface for converting the data of the form corresponding to the measurement contents into measurement data of a predetermined form. The apparatus can process the results obtained from the measurement as electronic data irrespective of the measurement contents or a kind of the measuring instrument and can perform form printing or data processing such as arithmetic operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Kojima, Yoshifumi Yoshida, Yuya Ichikawa, Atsushi Hirai, Hideo Torii
  • Publication number: 20050192695
    Abstract: A manufacturing system has an inspection data collecting apparatus that is capable of carrying out, upon receipt of a signal containing measurement data in different formats according to the type of inspection or a measuring instrument, processing in accordance with the signal and the format of data to create data in a certain format, and of transmitting a signal for giving an instruction to the measuring instrument in association with the format compatible with the measuring instrument. All data obtained by the inspections in all steps for manufacturing a product is accumulate as inspection data and exchanged among the steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Yoshida, Koichi Kojima, Yuya Ichikawa, Atsushi Hirai, Hideo Torii
  • Patent number: 6934596
    Abstract: A manufacturing system has an inspection data collecting apparatus that is capable of carrying out, upon receipt of a signal containing measurement data in different formats according to the type of inspection or a measuring instrument, processing in accordance with the signal and the format of data to create data in a certain format, and of transmitting a signal for giving an instruction to the measuring instrument in association with the format compatible with the measuring instrument. All data obtained by the inspections in all steps for manufacturing a product is accumulated as inspection data and exchanged among the steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Yoshida, Koichi Kojima, Yuya Ichikawa, Atsushi Hirai, Hideo Torii
  • Publication number: 20050182580
    Abstract: A measurement data collection apparatus includes at least a collection/analysis processing device having a measuring instrument interface for converting measurement data input from a measuring instrument into data of a form corresponding to measurement contents, and a measurement data collection interface for converting the data of the form corresponding to the measurement contents into measurement data of a predetermined form. The apparatus can process the results obtained from the measurement as electronic data irrespective of the measurement contents or a kind of the measuring instrument and can perform form printing or data processing such as arithmetic operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Koichi Kojima, Yoshifumi Yoshida, Yuya Ichikawa, Atsushi Hirai, Hideo Torii
  • Patent number: 6892158
    Abstract: A measurement data collection apparatus includes at least a collection/analysis processing device having a measuring instrument interface for converting measurement data input from a measuring instrument into data of a form corresponding to measurement contents, and a measurement data collection interface for converting the data of the form corresponding to the measurement contents into measurement data of a predetermined form. The apparatus can process the results obtained from the measurement as electronic data irrespective of the measurement contents or a kind of the measuring instrument and can perform form printing or data processing such as arithmetic operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Kojima, Yoshifumi Yoshida, Yuya Ichikawa, Atsushi Hirai, Hideo Torii
  • Publication number: 20030176990
    Abstract: A measurement data collection apparatus includes at least a collection/analysis processing device having a measuring instrument interface for converting measurement data input from a measuring instrument into data of a form corresponding to measurement contents, and a measurement data collection interface for converting the data of the form corresponding to the measurement contents into measurement data of a predetermined form. The apparatus can process the results obtained from the measurement as electronic data irrespective of the measurement contents or a kind of the measuring instrument and can perform form printing or data processing such as arithmetic operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Koichi Kojima, Yoshifumi Yoshida, Yuya Ichikawa, Atsushi Hirai, Hideo Torii
  • Publication number: 20030176939
    Abstract: A manufacturing system has an inspection data collecting apparatus that is capable of carrying out, upon receipt of a signal containing measurement data in different formats according to the type of inspection or a measuring instrument, processing in accordance with the signal and the format of data to create data in a certain format, and of transmitting a signal for giving an instruction to the measuring instrument in association with the format compatible with the measuring instrument. All data obtained by the inspections in all steps for manufacturing a product is accumulated as inspection data and exchanged among the steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Yoshida, Koichi Kojima, Yuya Ichikawa, Atsushi Hirai, Hideo Torii