Patents by Inventor Hidekazu Uchida

Hidekazu Uchida 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: 8664005
    Abstract: A method of introducing solution into the wells of a multiwell plate comprised of a substrate having multiple wells on at least one principal surface thereof. The wells are imparted dimensions, shapes, and surface configurations such that when said multiwell plate is positioned in stationary fashion with the openings of said wells facing upward, said solution does not enter said wells even when the openings of said wells are covered by said solution, and the solution is positioned on said principal surface of said multiwell plate having wells and a centrifugal force oriented from the well opening toward the bottom is applied to introduce said solution into said wells. Provided is a method for conveniently filling vessels (wells) with a solution such as a reaction solution, even when the vessels (wells) number in excess of 1,000, and even when the dimension, shape, and surface configuration of the vessels (wells) do not permit fluid to flow into the vessels (wells).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: National University Corporation Saitama University
    Inventors: Koichi Nishigaki, Takahiro Tayama, Yasunorl Kinoshita, Hidekazu Uchida
  • Publication number: 20080272066
    Abstract: A method of introducing solution into the wells of a multiwell plate comprised of a substrate having multiple wells on at least one principal surface thereof. The wells are imparted dimensions, shapes, and surface configurations such that when said multiwell plate is positioned in stationary fashion with the openings of said wells facing upward, said solution does not enter said wells even when the openings of said wells are covered by said solution, and the solution is positioned on said principal surface of said multiwell plate having wells and a centrifugal force oriented from the well opening toward the bottom is applied to introduce said solution into said wells. Provided is a method for conveniently filling vessels (wells) with a solution such as a reaction solution, even when the vessels (wells) number in excess of 1,000, and even when the dimension, shape, and surface configuration of the vessels (wells) do not permit fluid to flow into the vessels (wells).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Koichi Nishigaki, Takahiro Tayama, Yasunorl Kinoshita, Hidekazu Uchida
  • Publication number: 20040014240
    Abstract: To improve photocurrent characteristics of a molecule detecting sensor, the molecule detecting sensor is formed in the steps of: depositing a first silicon layer (12) on a R-plane sapphire substrate (11); turning the first silicon layer (12) amorphous by implanting silicon ions thereinto in the vicinity of the silicon layer-sapphire substrate interface; recrystallizing an amorphous silicon layer by heat treatment; oxidizing part of the first silicon layer (12) by introducing a recrystallized silicon layer into an oxidation furnace; removing a silicon oxide film (13) formed by an oxidation; depositing a second silicon layer (15) on a seed silicon layer (14) which is a first silicon layer left after removing the steps of forming an insulator layer (3) on a single crystal silicon layer (2) which is a laminated structure made up of the seed silicon layer (14) and the second silicon layer (15); and placing an electrolyte (4) on the insulator layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Keigo Takeguchi, Tsuneo Sato, Teruaki Katsube, Hidekazu Uchida
  • Patent number: 5777666
    Abstract: In the present invention, two-dimensional images are converted into three-dimensional images by producing from a two-dimensional image signal a main image signal and a sub-image signal delayed from the main image signal. A field delay indicating how many fields are there from a field corresponding to the main image signal to a field corresponding to the sub-image signal is changed depending on the speed of the horizontal movement of the main image signal. The upper limit of the field delay is determined on the basis of vertical components of motion vectors detected from the main image signal. The field delay is so determined that it is not more than the determined upper limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Tanase, Toshiyuki Okino, Toshiya Iinuma, Syugo Yamashita, Hidekazu Uchida, Yukio Mori, Akihiro Maenaka, Seiji Okada, Kanzi Ihara
  • Patent number: 5699443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of judging the back-and-forth positional relationship between subjects. Amounts of horizontal movement of the subjects which are detected for detecting areas set in an image area constituting a 2D image are compared after being assigned plus or minus signs depending on the direction of the movement, thereby to classify all the detecting areas into two types of detecting areas in such a manner that the detecting areas where a relatively large amount of horizontal movement is detected are taken as first detecting areas, while the detecting areas where a relatively small amount of horizontal movement is detected are taken as second detecting areas. A target area is set in a peripheral portion in the image area, to judge which of the total number of first detecting areas existing in the target area and the total number of second detecting areas existing in the target area is larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Murata, Toshiyuki Okino, Shugo Yamashita, Susumu Tanase, Toshiya Iinuma, Hidekazu Uchida
  • Patent number: 5682437
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of converting 2D images into 3D images by producing from a 2D image signal a main image signal and a sub-image signal delayed from the main image signal. In the present invention, a temporary field delay from the main image signal to the sub-image signal is found on the basis of data related to the movement in the current field of the main image signal (a first step). A target field delay is then found on the basis of the temporary field delay found in the first step (a second step). A true field delay used in the succeeding field is found on the basis of the target field delay found in the second step and the true field delay used in the current field (a third step).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Okino, Toshiya Iinuma, Shugo Yamashita, Haruhiko Murata, Seiji Okada, Yukio Mori, Akihiro Maenaka, Hidekazu Uchida, Susumu Tanase, Takashi Ikeda, Minoru Takahashi