Patents by Inventor Daisuke Sano

Daisuke Sano 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: 20240069457
    Abstract: The toner contains binder resin-containing toner particles and silica fine particle S1, wherein the weight-average particle diameter of the toner is 4.0-15.0 ?m, both inclusive, peaks originating with the silica fine particle S1 are observed in 29 Si-NMR measurement of the silica fine particle S1, and, in the spectrum obtained by 29Si CP/MAS NMR or 29Si DD/MAS NMR, the peak area of a peak corresponding to the D1 unit structure in the silica fine particle S1, the peak area of a peak corresponding to the D2 unit structure in the silica fine particle S1, and the peak area of a peak corresponding to the Q unit structure in the silica fine particle S1 satisfy a prescribed relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: RYUJI MURAYAMA, SHIN KITAMURA, TORU TAKAHASHI, DAISUKE TSUJIMOTO, RYUICHIRO MATSUO, HITOSHI SANO, NOBUYUKI FUJITA, SHUJI YAMADA, YUKA GUNJI, TAKAKUNI KOBORI, YOSHIHIRO OGAWA, ATSUHIKO OHMORI, HIROKI KAGAWA, KEISUKE ADACHI, TOMOKO SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20230375519
    Abstract: Provided is a novel method by which an antibody of interest in a wastewater sample can be detected in a simple manner. Specifically, provided is a method of detecting an antibody of interest in wastewater, the method including: a step of bringing an electrode modified with a protein that specifically binds with the antibody of interest into contact with wastewater; a step of bringing the electrode brought into contact with the wastewater in the preceding step into contact with a reaction solution containing a redox substance; and a step including applying a voltage to the electrode in a state of being brought into contact with the reaction solution, and measuring a current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Daisuke SANO
  • Patent number: 11067447
    Abstract: An analysis apparatus includes an estimator configured to estimate spectral information of an object based on information acquired by a spectroscope, and a processor configured to tag the spectral information of the object with a feature amount of the object. The estimator performs different estimation processing for each of a plurality of spectroscopes, and the processor performs regression processing common to the plurality of spectroscopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisuke Sano
  • Patent number: 10768097
    Abstract: An analyzer includes an acquirer configured to acquire color information on visible light and at least one of ultraviolet light and infrared light from image data, a memory configured to store reference data on the color information, and a determiner configured to determine characteristic data of an object in the image data based on the color information, the reference data, and an image capturing condition information. The image capturing condition information contains information on a spectral characteristic of illumination light in image capturing, and a spectral sensitivity curve of an image sensor and information on a spectral transmittance of an image capturing optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Sano, Tsubasa Nakamura, Hironobu Koga
  • Patent number: 10506916
    Abstract: An endoscopic system includes an endoscope that obtains image information inside a subject; a first recording medium into which the image information obtained from the endoscope is written; a second recording medium that has a table in which a recording condition for writing the image information obtained from the endoscope into the first recording medium has been recorded; and a controller that obtains, on the basis of an operation time period obtained from the endoscope, a recording condition associated with the obtained operation time period from among the plurality of recording conditions recorded in the table that the second recording medium has, and records the image information in the first recording medium under the recording condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Akiba, Daisuke Sano, Hiroyuki Ushifusa, Hiroshi Tamai, Noriyuki Takeishi, Hisashi Yoda, Tadao Eto
  • Patent number: 10491814
    Abstract: A video signal distributor that copies a video signal according to a size of a display region of a device, a video signal magnification/reduction section that magnifies or reduces the copied video signal in accordance with a resolution of the device, a first image size change processor that performs image size increase/decrease processing in such a way that the video signal has a magnification that corresponds to a size of a first display region of the device, and a second image size change processor that performs the image size increase/decrease processing in such a way that the video signal has a magnification that corresponds to a size of a second display region of the device, are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tamai, Tadao Eto, Daisuke Sano
  • Publication number: 20190323889
    Abstract: An analysis apparatus includes an estimator configured to estimate spectral information of an object based on information acquired by a spectroscope, and a processor configured to tag the spectral information of the object with a feature amount of the object. The estimator performs different estimation processing for each of a plurality of spectroscopes, and the processor performs regression processing common to the plurality of spectroscopes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventor: Daisuke Sano
  • Patent number: 10132963
    Abstract: An optical element includes an optical surface having a multilayer film. The multilayer film comprises a stack that includes a first film having a first refractive index for a used wavelength and a second film having a second refractive index for the used wavelength smaller than the first refractive index. Outermost layers of the stack are configured by the first films. A film configuration of the stack has symmetry along with a stack direction. The predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisuke Sano
  • Publication number: 20180266941
    Abstract: An analyzer includes an acquirer configured to acquire color information on visible light and at least one of ultraviolet light and infrared light from image data, a memory configured to store reference data on the color information, and a determiner configured to determine characteristic data of an object in the image data based on the color information, the reference data, and an image capturing condition information. The image capturing condition information contains information on a spectral characteristic of illumination light in image capturing, and a spectral sensitivity curve of an image sensor and information on a spectral transmittance of an image capturing optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Daisuke Sano, Tsubasa Nakamura, Hironobu Koga
  • Publication number: 20180109727
    Abstract: A video signal distributor that copies a video signal according to a size of a display region of a device, a video signal magnification/reduction section that magnifies or reduces the copied video signal in accordance with a resolution of the device, a first image size change processor that performs image size increase/decrease processing in such a way that the video signal has a magnification that corresponds to a size of a first display region of the device, and a second image size change processor that performs the image size increase/decrease processing in such a way that the video signal has a magnification that corresponds to a size of a second display region of the device, are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tamai, Tadao Eto, Daisuke Sano
  • Patent number: 9931027
    Abstract: A video processor that is connectable to an endoscope and an external light source device that supplies illumination light to a light guide of the endoscope includes: a connection detector that detects a presence/absence of connection between the video processor and the light guide of the endoscope; an internal light source unit that supplies the illumination light to the light guide of the endoscope; a communication controller that performs communication with the external light source device, and obtains device data of the external light source device; and a utilized light source determination unit that determines a light source that supplies the illumination light to the light guide of the endoscope in accordance with a detection result of the connection detector or a state of obtainment of the device data of the communication controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Akiba, Hiroyuki Ushifusa, Daisuke Sano, Hiroshi Tamai
  • Publication number: 20170332889
    Abstract: A video processor that is connectable to an endoscope and an external light source device that supplies illumination light to a light guide of the endoscope includes: a connection detector that detects a presence/absence of connection between the video processor and the light guide of the endoscope; an internal light source unit that supplies the illumination light to the light guide of the endoscope; a communication controller that performs communication with the external light source device, and obtains device data of the external light source device; and a utilized light source determination unit that determines a light source that supplies the illumination light to the light guide of the endoscope in accordance with a detection result of the connection detector or a state of obtainment of the device data of the communication controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka AKIBA, Hiroyuki USHIFUSA, Daisuke SANO, Hiroshi TAMAI
  • Patent number: 9736513
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, communication device includes communication module, operation module, image generator, and transmission controller. The operation module receives user operation. The image generator generates a first display image displayed on a display screen of a target device. The transmission controller performs, when there are contents to be transmitted to the target device and requiring copyright protection, controlling so as to generate the first display image comprising the contents to be transmitted and to transmit the generated first display image to the target device in a certain copyright protection system. Further, the transmission controller performs, when there are contents to be transmitted to the target device and requiring no copyright protection, controlling so as to generate the first display image comprising the contents to be transmitted and an image corresponding to the user operation and to transmit the generated first display image to the target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takashi Minemura, Daisuke Sano
  • Publication number: 20170127908
    Abstract: An endoscopic system includes an endoscope that obtains image information inside a subject; a first recording medium into which the image information obtained from the endoscope is written; a second recording medium that has a table in which a recording condition for writing the image information obtained from the endoscope into the first recording medium has been recorded; and a controller that obtains, on the basis of an operation time period obtained from the endoscope, a recording condition associated with the obtained operation time period from among the plurality of recording conditions recorded in the table that the second recording medium has, and records the image information in the first recording medium under the recording condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka AKIBA, Daisuke SANO, Hiroyuki USHIFUSA, Hiroshi TAMAI, Noriyuki TAKEISHI, Hisashi YODA, Tadao ETO
  • Publication number: 20170097445
    Abstract: An optical element includes an optical surface having a multilayer film. The multilayer film comprises a stack that includes a first film having a first refractive index for a used wavelength and a second film having a second refractive index for the used wavelength smaller than the first refractive index. Outermost layers of the stack are configured by the first films. A film configuration of the stack has symmetry along with a stack direction. The predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventor: Daisuke Sano
  • Patent number: 9594192
    Abstract: Provided is an optical element, including optical glass as a base material and having an optical surface and a non-optical surface. In the optical element, the optical glass has a Knoop hardness of 600 N/mm2 or more, and the non-optical surface has a coating film layer formed thereon, the coating film layer containing a pigment as a color material and having a refractive index of 1.65 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisuke Sano
  • Patent number: 9585542
    Abstract: An imaging system includes an imaging device connected to a first communication network, and a first server device connected to the first communication network, and each of the imaging device and the first server device includes a first logical port that is used to transfer video data, a second logical port that is used to transfer data other than the video data, a measuring unit that measures a data transfer amount of the second logical port, and a band control unit that controls transfer bands of the first logical port and the second logical port according to the data transfer amount measured by the measuring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Ozaki, Yugo Koizumi, Daisuke Sano, Ken Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160370520
    Abstract: An optical element 100 includes a substrate 102, and a multi-layer filter stacked on the substrate. When, of two materials having mutually different refractive indexes, a film formed of a material having a higher refractive index is an H-film and a film formed of a material having a lower refractive index is an M-film, the multi-layer films includes a plurality of H-films and M-films. When one of the H-film and the M-film is a first film and a wavelength of light incident to the multi-layer film is ?(nm), optical thickness of the first film repeats an increase/decrease so that an increase/decrease amount varies, a maximum value of the increase/decrease amount is equal to or more than ?/10, a minimum value of the increase/decrease amount is equal to or less than ?/15, and total film numbers of the H-film and the M-film are from 30 to 1000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventor: Daisuke Sano
  • Publication number: 20160370519
    Abstract: An optical element 100 includes a multi-layer film formed by stacking a plurality of first and second film stacks 110 and 120 that are film stacks, where three or more films are stacked using two types of films made from materials having mutually different refractive indexes, and have different film configurations. Of the two types of films in the plurality of first and second film stacks, a film having a higher refractive index is an H-film and a film having a lower refractive index is an M-film. The H-film and the M-film of each of the first film stacks are stacked in the order of the H-film, the M-film and the H-film, and the H-film and the M-film of each of the second film stacks are stacked in the order of the M-film, the H-film and the M-film. The predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventor: Daisuke Sano
  • Patent number: 9506806
    Abstract: An polarization information acquisition unit includes a phase adjuster configured to adjust phases of two linearly polarized components of incident light, which oscillate in directions orthogonal to each other, a detector configured to transmit a polarized component oscillating in one direction and not to transmit a polarized component oscillating in a direction orthogonal to the one direction, the polarized components being included in light emitted from the phase adjuster, and a photoelectric convertor configured to photoelectrically convert a polarized component transmitted through the detector. The phase adjuster has at least three areas. The at least three areas include at least two areas having phase adjusting amounts different from each other, and at least two areas having an identical phase adjusting amounts and having slow axes whose directions are different from each other by 20 to 90 degrees inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisuke Sano