Patents by Inventor Ayako Watanabe

Ayako 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).

  • Publication number: 20230028313
    Abstract: A zirconia powder is provided comprising a yttria source and zirconia, wherein a content of the yttria source is 4.5 mol % or more and 6.5 mol % or less and the remainder is zirconia, a ratio of a total of tetragonal and cubic crystals to an entire crystal phase of zirconia is 90% or less, a BET specific surface area is 7.5 m2/g or more and 15 m2/g or less, and an average crystallite size is 325 ? or greater. The powders are useful in producing sintered bodies having the mechanical strength and the translucency desired for use in dental prosthetic materials, and precursors thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiko ITO, Ayako WATANABE, Sho AZECHI, Hitoshi NAGAYAMA, Hiroyuki FUJISAKI
  • Publication number: 20230025502
    Abstract: Network architectures interface with several real-time streams that control network operation. The network can analyze stream data by storing incoming raw stream data, processing the data, and controlling network operations based thereon. Specific packets, bits, flags, fields, or messages may be targeted, including HL7 ADTs. Data is queued for processing in a FIFO manner to avoid timeline mistakes. The network sets a configuration value based on the data analyzed in this time ordering, and a relational database can be updated in real-time with these values as stream data is incoming. Separate clean-up functions separately manage the database by adjusting the values as they become old. Timeline information is generated and selectively broadcast based on the operations value, potentially with additional information from the targeted data. The network selectively provides this information to users interfaces and displays as dictated by the operating value and information calculated therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Ayako Watanabe, Ed VanBaak, Samit Desai, Michael Melusky, Richard Johnson, Ajay Gollapalli, Prakashkumar Patel
  • Publication number: 20230020603
    Abstract: A sludge dehydrating agent comprising a cationic polymer which has: a constitutional unit a derived from a quaternary ammonium salt having a specific structure; and at least one constitutional unit selected from among a constitutional unit b derived from a quaternary ammonium salt having a specific structure and a constitutional unit c derived from a tertiary amine salt having a specific structure, wherein the intrinsic viscosity of the cationic polymer at 30° C. in a 1 mol/L sodium nitrate aqueous solution is 0.5-4.0 dL/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Ayako SAKAMOTO, Shigeru SATO, Kazuya WATANABE, Yukihito MASUI
  • Patent number: 11553109
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: store a first color patch used in using metallic toner and a second color patch used in using CMYK toner other than the metallic toner without using the metallic toner; receive a first colorimetric value obtained by measuring color of the first color patch and a second colorimetric value obtained by measuring color of the second color patch; calculate a third colorimetric value on a basis of the first colorimetric value obtained by measuring the color of the first color patch and the second colorimetric value obtained by measuring the color of the second color patch, and generate a profile to be used to convert an input color value into an output color value, the profile being generated on a basis of the third colorimetric value; and calculate the third colorimetric value that ranges from the first colorimetric value to the second colorimetric value in response to a total amount of CMYK toner being lower than or equal to a threshold, the total
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ayako Watanabe, Masahiko Kubo
  • Publication number: 20220377204
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: store a first color patch used in using metallic toner and a second color patch used in using CMYK toner other than the metallic toner without using the metallic toner; receive a first colorimetric value obtained by measuring color of the first color patch and a second colorimetric value obtained by measuring color of the second color patch; calculate a third colorimetric value on a basis of the first colorimetric value obtained by measuring the color of the first color patch and the second colorimetric value obtained by measuring the color of the second color patch, and generate a profile to be used to convert an input color value into an output color value, the profile being generated on a basis of the third colorimetric value; and calculate the third colorimetric value that ranges from the first colorimetric value to the second colorimetric value in response to a total amount of CMYK toner being lower than or equal to a threshold, the total
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Ayako WATANABE, Masahiko KUBO
  • Patent number: 11509082
    Abstract: To provide a connector for which cost can be reduced. A first connector 1 includes first metal members 10A that function as terminals and second metal members 10B that function as reinforcing brackets. Each first metal member 10A and second metal member 10B include a main body part 11, a first edge part 15, a second edge part 16, and a third edge part 17. A first edge part 15 of the first metal member 10A is positioned on the upper side of the main body part 11 that is the side that receives the mating connector. The second metal member 10B is retained in a different orientation from the first metal member 10A. The first edge part 15 of the second metal member 10B is positioned below the main body part 11 of the second metal member 10B and can be attached to a first circuit board B1 arranged on the lower side of the first connector 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishikawa, Ayako Matsumoto, Ryosuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11479511
    Abstract: A zirconia sintered body is provided and includes yttria and zirconia, containing yttria by a content ranging from 4.5 mol % or more to 6.5 mol % or less and zirconia as the remainder, the total light transmittance of a 1-mm thick sample measured in compliance with JIS K 7361-1 being 46.5% or higher, the three-point bending strength being 700 MPa or higher, and a ratio of an integrated value for the total light transmittance to an integrated value for the parallel light transmittance of a 1-mm thick sample measured at the measurement wavelength ranging from 400 to 700 nm being 1.3% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiko Ito, Ayako Watanabe, Sho Azechi, Hitoshi Nagayama, Hiroyuki Fujisaki
  • Publication number: 20220314318
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a sliding member formed by impregnating a porous base member made of a bronze-based alloy with a resin material, the sliding member including a sliding surface where both the porous base member and the resin material are exposed, the method including: a step of preparing a back metal layer; a porous base member formation step of forming the porous base member by depositing particles of the bronze-based alloy on a surface of the back metal layer and sintering the particles; an impregnation step of impregnating the porous base member with the resin material; a deformation step of deforming an end edge of the back metal layer in a direction away from the sliding surface; and a cutting step of cutting the porous base member impregnated with the resin material to form the sliding surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ayako YAMAMOTO, Yoshifumi ITO, Norihito WATANABE, Hirotaka INOUE, Akihiro MATSUOKA
  • Patent number: 11438392
    Abstract: Network architectures interface with several real-time streams that control network operation. The network can analyze stream data by storing incoming raw stream data, processing the data, and controlling network operations based thereon. Specific packets, bits, flags, fields, or messages may be targeted, including HL7 ADTs. Data is queued for processing in a FIFO manner to avoid timeline mistakes. The network sets a configuration value based on the data analyzed in this time ordering, and a relational database can be updated in real-time with these values as stream data is incoming. Separate clean-up functions separately manage the database by adjusting the values as they become old. Timeline information is generated and selectively broadcast based on the operations value, potentially with additional information from the targeted data. The network selectively provides this information to users interfaces and displays as dictated by the operating value and information calculated therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Audacious Inquiry LLC
    Inventors: Ayako Watanabe, Ed VanBaak, Samit Desai, Richard Johnson, Michael Melusky, Ajay Gollapalli, Prakashkumar Patel
  • Publication number: 20220263749
    Abstract: A communication apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a communication apparatus that is able to be connected to a different communication apparatus via a network including three or more paths, the communication apparatus including a processing circuitry configured to measure a network state for each of the three or more paths, calculate an evaluation value based on a result of measuring the network state for each of the three or more paths, select at least two paths to be used for communication from among the three or more paths based on the calculated evaluation value, generate a packet for transmission through duplication of an input packet, and transmit the generated packet to the different communication apparatus through the selected paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro KUBO, Ayako IWAKI, Yutaka WATANABE, Kazuhisa FURUSAWA, Shinichi YOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220261482
    Abstract: In a vulnerability inspection device, an acquisition unit acquires system messages that are displayed in response to input for multiple types of service registration statuses of a user ID that is input to a login-related screen that requires input of the user ID in an account-based online service that issues the user ID. A determination unit uses the system messages that were acquired for the types to determine whether or not the login-related screen has a vulnerability regarding the leakage of user registration status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayako HASEGAWA, Takuya WATANABE, Eitaro SHIOJI, Mitsuaki AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11376235
    Abstract: To provide a novel inflammasome inhibitor capable of inhibiting activation of inflammasome, the present inventors newly found that arctigenin reduces the amount of 1L-1? released and the amount of activated caspase-1 upon stimulation with ATP, palmitic acid, MSU and Poly(dA:dT) and thus has an effect of inhibiting inflammasome activation. The present invention provides an inhibitor of inflammasome activation that comprises arctigenin as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: KRACIE HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shimpei Watanabe, Ayako Arai, Yuichi Takajo, Satoshi Inamasu, Satoshi Yomoda, Akiko Ohno, Yuko Kitahara, Taisaku Kanatani
  • Patent number: 11252209
    Abstract: Network architectures interface with several real-time streams that control network operation. The network can analyze stream data by storing incoming raw stream data, processing the data, and controlling network operations based thereon. Specific packets, bits, flags, fields, or messages may be targeted, including HL7 ADTs. Data is queued for processing in a FIFO manner to avoid timeline mistakes. The network sets a configuration value based on the data analyzed in this time ordering, and a relational database can be updated in real-time with these values as stream data is incoming. Separate clean-up functions separately manage the database by adjusting the values as they become old. Timeline information is generated and selectively broadcast based on the operations value, potentially with additional information from the targeted data. The network selectively provides this information to users interfaces and displays as dictated by the operating value and information calculated therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: AUDACIOUS INQUIRY, LLC
    Inventors: Ayako Watanabe, Ed VanBaak, Samit Desai, Richard Johnson, Michael Melusky, Ajay Gollapalli, Prakashkumar Patel
  • Publication number: 20210101838
    Abstract: A zirconia sintered body is provided and includes yttria and zirconia, containing yttria by a content ranging from 4.5 mol % or more to 6.5 mol % or less and zirconia as the remainder, the total light transmittance of a 1-mm thick sample measured in compliance with JIS K 7361-1 being 46.5% or higher, the three-point bending strength being 700 MPa or higher, and a ratio of an integrated value for the total light transmittance to an integrated value for the parallel light transmittance of a 1-mm thick sample measured at the measurement wavelength ranging from 400 to 700 nm being 1.3% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiko ITO, Ayako WATANABE, Sho AZECHI, Hitoshi NAGAYAMA, Hiroyuki FUJISAKI
  • Patent number: 10771656
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an image acquirer that acquires an image to print onto a medium; a color converter that converts color in the image acquired by the image acquirer depending on a positional relationship between a white image forming section that forms an image on the medium with white color material and a color image forming section that forms an image on the medium with colored color material; and an image output unit that outputs the image whose color is converted by the color converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaori Iwaki, Masahiko Kubo, Toshifumi Takahira, Yosuke Tashiro, Kaoru Yamauchi, Ayako Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10725653
    Abstract: An image processing device, an image processing system, and a method of processing an image. The image processing device and the method includes displaying a first screen and a second screen using an image processing device connected to an image display apparatus, controlling a display to display one of the first screen and the second screen on the image display apparatus, acquiring from the image display apparatus discrimination data including at least data for distinguishing between the first screen and the second screen, and determining a partition between the first screen and the second screen based on the discrimination data. The image processing system includes an image display apparatus and at least one information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki Oikawa, Ayako Watanabe, Shigeru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10719228
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus connected to an image display apparatus that displays visual information including handwritten data superimposed on a display image is provided. The image processing apparatus displays a plurality of screens, including a first screen and a second screen that is different from the first screen, and causes the image display apparatus to display a screen selected from among the first screen and the second screen. The image processing apparatus selects the screen from among the first screen and the second screen to generate the display image of the selected screen, based on a graphical user interface that accepts input of an operation of selecting the screen from among the first screen and the second screen or an operation of instructing generation of the display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayako Watanabe, Shigeru Nakamura, Tatsuyuki Oikawa
  • Patent number: 10705443
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming component that forms an image on a recording medium by using a white color material and a color material other than the white color material, and a controller that controls a color material amount of the white color material to differ depending on a position where an image that uses the white color material is formed in order of formation of images that use respective color materials in the image forming component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaori Iwaki, Masahiko Kubo, Ayako Watanabe, Kaoru Yamauchi, Yosuke Tashiro
  • Patent number: 10694066
    Abstract: An electronic whiteboard includes a power button, a display device, and circuitry that implements processes of detecting an operation of the power button being turned off, storing at least a part of visible information displayed on the display device from a time the power button was turned on until a time the power button was turned off in a first storage device upon detecting that the power button has been turned off, determining whether to display the visible information stored in the first storage device on the display device based on a first time corresponding to a power-on time recorded when the power button was turned on and a second time corresponding to the power-off time recorded immediately before the first time when the power button was turned off, and controlling the display device to display the stored visible information upon determining to display the stored visible information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayako Watanabe, Yoshiko Aono, Yasuhiro Kuba, Eiji Kemmochi
  • Publication number: 20200128150
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an image acquirer that acquires an image to print onto a medium; a color converter that converts color in the image acquired by the image acquirer depending on a positional relationship between a white image forming section that forms an image on the medium with white color material and a color image forming section that forms an image on the medium with colored color material; and an image output unit that outputs the image whose color is converted by the color converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaori IWAKI, Masahiko KUBO, Toshifumi TAKAHIRA, Yosuke TASHIRO, Kaoru YAMAUCHI, Ayako WATANABE