Patents by Inventor Hideki Tanabe

Hideki Tanabe 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: 12544761
    Abstract: A microfluidic device for amplifying a nucleic acid includes a cartridge and a control part. The cartridge includes a tank part and a plurality of first chambers. The control part is configured to control execution of a thermal cycle, count a number of repetitions of the thermal cycle for each of the first chambers and store a count value, acquire a fluorescence intensity of each of the first chambers for each thermal cycle, and reset the count value of a defective chamber of which the fluorescence intensity is not within a predetermined range, discharge the solution from the defective chamber, and fill the defective chamber with a new solution from the tank part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventor: Hideki Tanabe
  • Patent number: 12443221
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus chassis includes a first chassis member, a second chassis member, and screws that fasten the chassis members to each other. In addition, the electronic apparatus chassis includes an engagement piece and a receiving portion that connect each of edge portions of the first chassis member to the second chassis member. In the electronic apparatus chassis, the first chassis member and the second chassis member are configured such that the relative positions thereof are not substantially changed when the screw is loosened and removed from the screw hole, and a relative movement thereof is provided in a direction away from each other when the screw is loosened and removed from the screw hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Shinichi Kubota, Hideki Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20240383252
    Abstract: A droplet dispensing device includes a head part discharging droplets, and a sensor plate disposed between the head part and a well plate, the sensor plate having a plurality of opening parts formed respectively corresponding to a plurality of wells and a plurality of electrostatic capacitance sensors each disposed at a circumferential edge of the plurality of opening parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: HIDEKI TANABE
  • Publication number: 20240241539
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus chassis includes a first chassis member, a second chassis member, and screws that fasten the chassis members to each other. In addition, the electronic apparatus chassis includes an engagement piece and a receiving portion that connect each of edge portions of the first chassis member to the second chassis member. In the electronic apparatus chassis, the first chassis member and the second chassis member are configured such that the relative positions thereof are not substantially changed when the screw is loosened and removed from the screw hole, and a relative movement thereof is provided in a direction away from each other when the screw is loosened and removed from the screw hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Fumitake Mizoguchi, Shinichi Kubota, Hideki Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20240207874
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing device includes: a discharge part, discharging liquid toward a well of a well plate; and an opening plate, arranged between the discharge part and the well plate and having an opening formed therein corresponding to the well. The opening is smaller in size than the well when the opening plate is viewed in an XY plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HIDEKI TANABE, FUTOSHI TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 11925753
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a liquid administering device capable of accurately administering a liquid to a predetermined part in a nasal cavity. A liquid administering device 2 includes a main body 4, a first nozzle 6 that protrudes from the main body 4 in a predetermined direction and dispenses a liquid while being inserted into one nasal cavity 28a of a user, and a second nozzle 8 that protrudes from the main body 4 in the predetermined direction and is inserted into the other nasal cavity 28b of the user to position the first nozzle 6 with respect to one nasal cavity 28a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Tanabe, Ryo Yonekawa, Naoki Motobayashi, Akihiro Azuma
  • Patent number: 11777324
    Abstract: This invention provides a monitoring system (10) including a detection unit (11) that detects that a detection value relating to a power storage system satisfies a condition; an identification unit (12) that identifies a type of fault occurring in the power storage system in accordance with the detection of the detection unit (11); and a decision unit (13) that decides an operation continuable time of the power storage system after the type of fault is identified, on the basis of the type of fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kosugi, Hiroshi Hanafusa, Hideki Tanabe, Yusuke Mori
  • Patent number: 11567509
    Abstract: According the present invention, there is provided a control system (10) that includes an image acquisition unit (11) that acquires an image generated by a camera, a controlled object determination unit (12) that analyzes the image and determines at least one of a vehicle that satisfies a predetermined condition and a vehicle in which a predetermined person is riding included in the image, as a vehicle to be controlled, a control content decision unit (13) that decides a control content for the vehicle to be controlled, and an output unit (14) that outputs a control command including the control content to the vehicle to be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Nishiyama, Hideki Tanabe
  • Patent number: 11472728
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a glass sheet, which comprises a conveying step of conveying a glass sheet (G3) by holding an upper part of the glass sheet (G3) in a vertical posture. The conveying step comprises a first conveying step of conveying the glass sheet (G3) in a first direction along a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the glass sheet (G3), and a second conveying step of conveying the glass sheet (G3) in a second direction along a direction parallel to the main surface after the first conveying step. When a conveying direction of the glass sheet is changed from the first direction to the second direction, a lower part of the main surface (G3y) is supported by a roller (41) of a support portion (4) from a forward side in the conveying direction of the glass sheet (G3) conveyed in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Isao Okuyama, Mamoru Nakai, Hideki Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20220193683
    Abstract: A microfluidic device for amplifying a nucleic acid includes a cartridge and a control part. The cartridge includes a tank part and a plurality of first chambers. The control part is configured to control execution of a thermal cycle, count a number of repetitions of the thermal cycle for each of the first chambers and store a count value, acquire a fluorescence intensity of each of the first chambers for each thermal cycle, and reset the count value of a defective chamber of which the fluorescence intensity is not within a predetermined range, discharge the solution from the defective chamber, and fill the defective chamber with a new solution from the tank part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: HIDEKI TANABE
  • Publication number: 20210369993
    Abstract: Provided is a nasal drop device which can simply and easily administer an appropriate amount of a solution to a specific site in the nasal cavity without waste. The nasal drop device 100 includes: an ejection portion 104 that ejects droplets into the nasal cavity; and a control portion that acquires suitability information indicating whether or not a current relative angle between a reference line indicating the posture of the face of a user who puts the nasal drop device 100 in the nose and a reference line indicating the posture of the nasal drop device 100 is suitable for the nasal drop, and controls the ejection operation of the ejection portion 104 according to the suitability information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki TANABE, Ryo YONEKAWA, Naoki MOTOBAYASHI, Akihiro AZUMA
  • Patent number: 11186178
    Abstract: This invention provides a technique for suppressing deterioration in the value of a power storage system. This invention provides a monitoring system comprising: a detection unit that detects that a detection value related to a power storage system satisfies a condition; a specifying unit that specifies the type of prohibited action executed in the power storage system that satisfies the condition; and a determination unit that, on the basis of the specified type of prohibited action, calculates the life of the power storage system and/or determines the time over which the power storage system can keep operating after the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kosugi, Hiroshi Hanafusa, Hideki Tanabe, Yusuke Mori
  • Publication number: 20210346622
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a liquid administering device capable of accurately administering a liquid to a predetermined part in a nasal cavity. A liquid administering device 2 includes a main body 4, a first nozzle 6 that protrudes from the main body 4 in a predetermined direction and dispenses a liquid while being inserted into one nasal cavity 28a of a user, and a second nozzle 8 that protrudes from the main body 4 in the predetermined direction and is inserted into the other nasal cavity 28b of the user to position the first nozzle 6 with respect to one nasal cavity 28a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HIDEKI TANABE, RYO YONEKAWA, NAOKI MOTOBAYASHI, AKIHIRO AZUMA
  • Publication number: 20210188690
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a glass sheet, which comprises a conveying step of conveying a glass sheet (G3) by holding an upper part of the glass sheet (G3) in a vertical posture. The conveying step comprises a first conveying step of conveying the glass sheet (G3) in a first direction along a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the glass sheet (G3), and a second conveying step of conveying the glass sheet (G3) in a second direction along a direction parallel to the main surface after the first conveying step. When a conveying direction of the glass sheet is changed from the first direction to the second direction, a lower part of the main surface (G3y) is supported by a roller (41) of a support portion (4) from a forward side in the conveying direction of the glass sheet (G3) conveyed in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Isao OKUYAMA, Mamoru NAKAI, Hideki TANABE
  • Patent number: 11031800
    Abstract: The present invention provides a determination apparatus (10) including: a target information obtaining unit (12) that obtains current position information of an energy storage system; a regular information obtaining unit (11) (position information obtaining unit) that obtains installation position associated with each energy storage system; and a determination unit (13) that determines whether or not the energy storage system is installed at the installation position on the basis of the current position information of the energy storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kosugi, Hiroshi Hanafusa, Hideki Tanabe, Yusuke Mori
  • Publication number: 20200233036
    Abstract: The present invention provides a determination apparatus (10) having: an acquisition unit (12) that acquires a state value indicating the status of a power storage system; and a determination unit (11) that determines whether or not maintenance has been performed for the power storage system, on the basis of a temporal change of the state value. For example, when the temporal change of the state value is changed from the previous trend, the determination unit (11) determines that maintenance has been performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro KOSUGI, Hiroshi HANAFUSA, Hideki TANABE, Yusuke MORI
  • Publication number: 20190369636
    Abstract: According the present invention, there is provided a control system (10) that includes an image acquisition unit (11) that acquires an image generated by a camera, a controlled object determination unit (12) that analyzes the image and determines at least one of a vehicle that satisfies a predetermined condition and a vehicle in which a predetermined person is riding included in the image, as a vehicle to be controlled, a control content decision unit (13) that decides a control content for the vehicle to be controlled, and an output unit (14) that outputs a control command including the control content to the vehicle to be controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuo NISHIYAMA, Hideki TANABE
  • Publication number: 20190341783
    Abstract: The present invention provides a determination apparatus (10) including a regular information obtaining unit (11) (information obtaining unit) that obtains first information indicating plural components, included in an energy storage system, associated with each energy storage system, an object information obtaining unit (12) that obtains object information indicating the plural components included in the energy storage system to be verified; and a determination unit (13) that determines whether or not a configuration of the energy storage system to be verified is regular on the basis of the first information and the object information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro KOSUGI, Hiroshi HANAFUSA, Hideki TANABE, Yusuke MORI
  • Publication number: 20190324094
    Abstract: This invention provides a monitoring system (10) including a detection unit (11) that detects that a detection value relating to a power storage system satisfies a condition; an identification unit (12) that identifies a type of fault occurring in the power storage system in accordance with the detection of the detection unit (11); and a decision unit (13) that decides an operation continuable time of the power storage system after the type of fault is identified, on the basis of the type of fault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro KOSUGI, Hiroshi HANAFUSA, Hideki TANABE, Yusuke MORI
  • Publication number: 20190280496
    Abstract: This invention provides a technique for suppressing deterioration in the value of a power storage system. This invention provides a monitoring system comprising: a detection unit that detects that a detection value related to a power storage system satisfies a condition; a specifying unit that specifies the type of prohibited action executed in the power storage system that satisfies the condition; and a determination unit that, on the basis of the specified type of prohibited action, calculates the life of the power storage system and/or determines the time over which the power storage system can keep operating after the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro KOSUGI, Hiroshi HANAFUSA, Hideki TANABE, Yusuke MORI