Patents by Inventor Ayuko IMAI
Ayuko IMAI 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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Publication number: 20240118206Abstract: A degree of polarization of second reference samples produced by adding an antibody, a tracer, and a target substance having mutually different concentrations to a first reference sample not including the target substance is corrected with a degree of polarization of the first reference sample to generate a first calibration curve. A degree of polarization of a second sample to be measured produced by adding the antibody and the tracer to a first sample to be measured in amounts equal to those added to the second reference samples is corrected with a degree of polarization of the first sample to be measured to obtain the concentration of the target substance in the first calibration curve.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Sho ONOSE, Ayuko IMAI, Ken SUMIYOSHI
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Publication number: 20230417785Abstract: A substance separating device includes a reaction vessel provided with an interior that is partitioned into a first chamber and a second chamber by a dialysis membrane, a solution being stored in the reaction vessel. A specimen is stored in the first chamber, and dye-modified molecule that has a binding ability for specifically binding to a substance to be measured having a molecular weight greater than a molecular weight cut-off the dialysis membrane is stored in at least one of the first chamber and the second chamber. The dye-modified molecule has a molecular weight that is less than the molecular weight cut-off of the dialysis membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Ayuko IMAI, Ken SUMIYOSHI, Koji SHIGEMURA
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Publication number: 20230393123Abstract: A concentration estimation kit includes a derivatization reagent that derivatizes at least a portion of an antigen included in a mixed specimen, and that is for obtaining a plurality of samples having different derivatization rates, the derivatization rate being a ratio of a derivatized antigen relative to the antigen included in the specimen; an antibody that binds to the antigen; and the antigen modified with a dye.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: Tianma Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Ayuko IMAI, Ken SUMIYOSHI
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Publication number: 20220221465Abstract: Provided is a support for fluorescence polarization immunoassay of which reaction parts are loaded with an antibody and a fluorescent labeling substance. The plurality of reaction parts may be loaded with different concentrations of an antibody and a fluorescent labeling substance. Further, antibodies having different binding affinities for a target substance may be loaded. With such a support, fluorescence polarizations can be measured simply by adding a sample solution containing a target substance to the reaction parts, and a wide measurement range of the concentration the target substance can be secured.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Ayuko IMAI, Ken Sumiyoshi, Masanori Shirokawa
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Publication number: 20210341488Abstract: A fluorescence polarization immunoassay that uses a fluorescent labeling substance in which a single domain antibody is labeled with a fluorescent dye. A fluorescent labeling substance obtained by labeling a single domain antibody, such as a VHH antibody or a vNAR antibody, having a binding ability to a target substance with a fluorescent dye is used. The fluorescence polarization immunoassay includes a binding step for binding the fluorescent labeling substance to a target substance; and a measuring step for measuring a change in the fluorescence polarization of the fluorescent labeling substance to which the target substance is bound.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, Tianma Japan, Ltd., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITYInventors: Mao Fukuyama, Akihide Hibara, Ayuko Imai, Koji Shigemura, Manabu Tokeshi
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Publication number: 20210310912Abstract: A sample solution preparation method, a measurement cell, a measurement kit, and a sample solution preparation device for measuring a target compound contained in food by an immunity analysis method using fluorescence. The present disclosure features including a dialysis step for bringing a target compound-containing solution that includes the target compound into contact with a dialysis fluid through a dialysis membrane to transfer the target compound to the dialysis fluid, in which the molecular weight cut-off of the dialysis membrane is within a range of 2×102 to 2×105, and the volume of the dialysis fluid is relatively smaller than the volume of the target compound-containing solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Ayuko IMAI, Ken SUMIYOSHI
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Patent number: 10824002Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display device configured to display an original image at an original image display position, a second array of a lens array or a pinhole array, and a first array of a lens array or a pinhole array disposed distant from the display device and the second array between the display device and the second array. The first array is configured to form a plurality of elemental images generated from the original image at positions between the first array and the second array. The pitch of the plurality of elemental images is different from lens pitch or pinhole pitch of the second array. The second array is configured to integrate the plurality of elemental images to generate a single reproduced image of the original image.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Ayuko Imai, Ken Sumiyoshi, Yukie Keicho
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Patent number: 10663432Abstract: A gas sensor includes: at least one resonator; a vibrator provided on the at least one resonator; at least one converter that converts sound waves outputted from the at least one resonator to an electric signal; and a detection unit that detects a specific gas on the basis of the electric signal attained by conversion by the at least one converter, wherein the vibrator includes at least either one of: a plurality of vibrating bodies that have respectively differing frequency characteristics during vibration, that vibrate a gas inside the at least one resonator, and that output sound waves by resonance of the at least one resonator; and a heater that heats a gas inside the at least one resonator, and that outputs sound waves by resonance of the at least one resonator.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Ayuko Imai, Ken Sumiyoshi
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Publication number: 20190310229Abstract: A gas sensor includes: at least one resonator; a vibrator provided on the at least one resonator; at least one converter that converts sound waves outputted from the at least one resonator to an electric signal; and a detection unit that detects a specific gas on the basis of the electric signal attained by conversion by the at least one converter, wherein the vibrator includes at least either one of: a plurality of vibrating bodies that have respectively differing frequency characteristics during vibration, that vibrate a gas inside the at least one resonator, and that output sound waves by resonance of the at least one resonator; and a heater that heats a gas inside the at least one resonator, and that outputs sound waves by resonance of the at least one resonator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Ayuko IMAI, Ken SUMIYOSHI
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Publication number: 20190235313Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display device configured to display an original image at an original image display position, a second array of a lens array or a pinhole array, and a first array of a lens array or a pinhole array disposed distant from the display device and the second array between the display device and the second array. The first array is configured to form a plurality of elemental images generated from the original image at positions between the first array and the second array. The pitch of the plurality of elemental images is different from lens pitch or pinhole pitch of the second array. The second array is configured to integrate the plurality of elemental images to generate a single reproduced image of the original image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Ayuko IMAI, Ken Sumiyoshi, Yukie Keicho
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Patent number: 10171798Abstract: A liquid crystal lenticular lens element that: comprises a first substrate, a second substrate that is parallel thereto, a liquid crystal layer that is provided between the substrates, a first electrode that is formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate, and a second electrode comprising a plurality of stripe-shaped electrodes that are formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the second substrate; and that is characterized by having a configuration in which a stripe-shaped repeating structure that comprises a repeating unit along the arrangement direction of the second electrode is formed and an asymmetrical refractive index distribution is induced on a plane that bisects each of the repeating units in a direction that is perpendicular to the arrangement direction by applying an electrical signal from the exterior to each of the electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Ayuko Imai, Ken Sumiyoshi, Hidenori Ikeno
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Patent number: 9995986Abstract: There is provided a light control element including a transparent conductive film, a proton accumulation layer on the transparent conductive film, an inorganic electrolyte layer on the proton accumulation layer, an organic electrolyte layer on the inorganic electrolyte layer, a catalyst layer on the organic electrolyte layer, and a light control mirror layer on the catalyst layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Ayuko Imai, Ken Sumiyoshi
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Publication number: 20170205681Abstract: There is provided a light control element including a transparent conductive film, a proton accumulation layer on the transparent conductive film, an inorganic electrolyte layer on the proton accumulation layer, an organic electrolyte layer on the inorganic electrolyte layer, a catalyst layer on the organic electrolyte layer, and a light control mirror layer on the catalyst layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Ayuko IMAI, Ken SUMIYOSHI
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Publication number: 20170048515Abstract: A liquid crystal lenticular lens element that: comprises a first substrate, a second substrate that is parallel thereto, a liquid crystal layer that is provided between the substrates, a first electrode that is formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate, and a second electrode comprising a plurality of stripe-shaped electrodes that are formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the second substrate; and that is characterized by having a configuration in which a stripe-shaped repeating structure that comprises a repeating unit along the arrangement direction of the second electrode is formed and an asymmetrical refractive index distribution is induced on a plane that bisects each of the repeating units in a direction that is perpendicular to the arrangement direction by applying an electrical signal from the exterior to each of the electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Ayuko IMAI, Ken SUMIYOSHI, Hidenori IKENO