Patents by Inventor Hideo Sato

Hideo Sato 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: 9924874
    Abstract: A measurement device according to the present disclosure includes a light source for emitting measurement light which is used for measuring an in vivo component present in a living body and belongs to a predetermined wavelength band toward the living body, a detection unit in which a plurality of sensors is regularly arranged in a predetermined arrangement and which detects the measurement light emitted from the light source and passing through the living body with the plurality of sensors, and an analysis unit which analyzes an amount of the in vivo component based on an amount of light attenuated depending on an optical distance from the light source by use of a detection result detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Sato
  • Patent number: 9924075
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to control execution of monochromatic calibration and multi-color calibration, and a registration unit configured to register paper types of paper to be used at time of execution of the monochromatic calibration, a monochromatic target value set for each of the paper types used for the monochromatic calibration, paper types of paper to be used at time of execution of multi-color calibration, and a multi-color target value set for each of the paper types used for the multi-color calibration. The image processing apparatus executes the multi-color calibration, after executing the monochromatic calibration, via the control unit by using paper of a paper type selected from common paper types out of the registered paper types and the monochromatic target value and the multi-color target value set for the selected paper type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideo Sato
  • Patent number: 9888854
    Abstract: Provided is a biometric device including a light source unit arranged facing a first part on a surface of an organism and configured to irradiate the first part with excitation light, and a light-reception unit arranged facing a second part adjacent to the first part on the surface of the organism and configured to receive fluorescence light which is generated by the excitation light exciting a first body substance of the organism and emitted from the second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Sato
  • Patent number: 9867559
    Abstract: There is provided a measurement device including a measurement unit configured to have a light source unit configured to emit measurement light having at least one kind of wavelength for measuring a biological component included inside a living body, a detection unit configured to detect the measurement light emitted from the inside of the living body, and a polarization control unit configured to be provided in at least one position between the light source unit and the living body or between the living body and the detection unit and to control a polarization direction of the measurement light, and an analysis unit configured to compute an optical rotation degree based on a change in a polarization state of the measurement light using a measurement result obtained by the measurement unit and to analyze a concentration of the biological component based on the computed optical rotation degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Sato
  • Patent number: 9865215
    Abstract: A gate signal line driving circuit includes plural basic circuits, each outputting to a gate signal line a gate signal which is high during a high signal period and low during a low signal period. Each of the basic circuits includes: a gate line high voltage application circuit which is turned on in accordance with the high signal period to apply the high voltage to the gate signal line; a gate line low voltage application circuit which is turned on in accordance with the low signal period to apply the low voltage to the gate signal line; and a second gate line low voltage application circuit which is turned on to apply the low voltage to the gate signal line in at least a part of a period between turning off the gate line high voltage application circuit and turning on the gate line low voltage application circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Masahiro Maki, Hideo Sato, Hiroaki Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20170348741
    Abstract: Provided is a carbonizing furnace capable of improving combustion efficiency of combustible gas generated by combustion of organic waste and of improving carbonization efficiency of organic waste by appropriately controlling the temperature of carbide. Provided is a pyrolytic furnace in which heating gas can be suppressed from outflowing to the outside from a gap between the upper surface of the body part of the pyrolytic furnace and the outer circumferential surface of a reaction tube where a pyrolysis reaction between carbide and a gasification agent is caused, and in which the temperature of a region where the pyrolysis reaction is caused can be suppressed from being reduced. Provided is a water gas generation system which improves thermal efficiency without using a dedicated heat source for generating water steam to be used as a gasification agent for carbide, promotes a pyrolysis reaction, and thereby, achieves the excellent heat efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: TAKAHASHI SEISAKUSHO INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuyuki IIJIMA, Hideo SATO
  • Publication number: 20170324030
    Abstract: A magnetoresistance effect element includes a reference layer made of a ferromagnetic material, a recording layer made of a ferromagnetic material, and a barrier layer disposed between the reference layer and the recording layer. The reference layer and the recording layer have an in-plane magnetization direction parallel to a surface of the layers. The recording layer has a shape that has short axis and long axis perpendicular to the short axis in plan view. A first value obtained by dividing a thickness of the recording layer by a length of the short axis of the recording layer is greater than 0.3 and smaller than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hideo SATO, Shinya ISHIKAWA, Shunsuke FUKAMI, Shoji IKEDA, Fumihiro MATSUKURA, Hideo OHNO, Tetsuo ENDOH
  • Publication number: 20170258405
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a measurement device and a measurement method that can improve the accuracy of measurement of pulse waves and pulses. A body motion signal extracting unit extracts a body motion signal containing a component generated by body motion from a first band signal containing the components in a first frequency band of a first measurement signal acquired by illuminating a portion having a pulse with light of a predetermined wavelength. An arithmetic unit generates a pulse wave signal that is the differential signal between a second band signal and the body motion signal, the second band signal containing the components in a second frequency band of the first measurement signal. The present technology can be applied to devices that measure pulse waves and pulses, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventor: HIDEO SATO
  • Patent number: 9715775
    Abstract: A biological information storing apparatus includes: a biological information storing unit for storing biological information for authenticating reception of a first service; a biological information acquisition unit for acquiring biological information for authenticating reception of a second service different from the first service; and a determination unit for determining whether the biological information acquired by the acquisition unit and the biological information stored in the storing unit coincide with each other, wherein when the determination unit determines that the biological information acquired by the acquisition unit and the biological information stored in the storing unit coincide with each other, either the biological information acquired by the acquisition unit or the biological information stored in the storing unit is selected and stored into the storing unit as biological information for authenticating the reception of the first service and the second service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Abe, Hideo Sato
  • Patent number: 9709196
    Abstract: A threaded joint for heavy-walled oil country tubular goods can both ensure sealability and prevent galling in a state where a high external pressure is also applied to the threaded joint in addition to a high compressive force. A surface of a pin side forming a seal portion and a surface of a box side forming a seal portion are formed into a convex curved surface and a tapered surface, respectively. A seal thickness ts of the pin is 15 mm or less, a shape parameter ts/D (D: outer diameter of a pin raw pipe portion) is 0.045 or more, and a complete thread length ratio L/t (L: complete thread length of the pin, t: wall thickness of the pin raw pipe portion) is 4.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Takamasa Kawai, Kazunari Takahashi, Hiroshi Chikatsune, Masaki Yoshikawa, Jun Takano, Takuya Nagahama, Masateru Ueta, Tsuyoshi Yoneyama, Hideo Sato, Haruhiko Seki
  • Patent number: 9656048
    Abstract: A guidewire includes a wire body having a first wire arranged on a distal end side and a second wire arranged on a proximal end side of the first wire. A proximal end surface of the first wire and a distal end surface of the second wire are joined to each other to form a joint portion. An outer member is arranged on an outer peripheral side of the wire body and forms a tubular shape which covers the wire body at least from a distal end portion of the first wire to the joint portion. An inner member is arranged between an outer peripheral portion of the wire body and an inner peripheral portion of the outer member and covers the joint portion. The inner member is an inner coil formed by winding a wire for the inner member into a coil shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideo Sato
  • Publication number: 20170135616
    Abstract: [Object] To more simply measure a scattering coefficient of an in-vivo component at any measurement location of a living body. [Solution] A measurement device according to the present disclosure includes: a light source configured to emit at least one kind of measurement light belonging to a predetermined wavelength band toward a measurement region formed by at least a part of a living body; a detection unit in which a plurality of sensors are arranged regularly in a predetermined disposition, the detection unit being provided on a same side as the light source with respect to the measurement region and configured to detect reflected light from the living body of the measurement light transmitted through a part of the living body with the plurality of sensors; and an analysis unit configured to analyze scattering characteristics of an in-vivo component present in the living body using a detection result of the reflected light detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Sato
  • Publication number: 20170096722
    Abstract: A high-strength seamless stainless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods that is excellent in terms of hot workability, sulfide stress cracking resistance, and corrosion resistance, and a method for manufacturing the steel pipe. The steel pipe has a chemical composition containing Cr and Ni so that the relationship Cr/Ni?5.3 is satisfied. A microstructure of the steel pipe includes mainly a tempered martensite phase. Additionally, a surface layer microstructure of the steel pipe includes a phase which looks white when subjected to etching with a Vilella etching solution, the phase having a thickness in the wall thickness direction from the outer surface of the pipe of 10 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less and dispersing in the outer surface of the pipe in an amount of 50% or more in terms of area fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki FUJIMURA, Yasuhide ISHIGURO, Tetsu NAKAHASHI, Hideo SATO
  • Publication number: 20170076686
    Abstract: A gate signal line driving circuit includes plural basic circuits, each outputting to a gate signal line a gate signal which is high during a high signal period and low during a low signal period. Each of the basic circuits includes: a gate line high voltage application circuit which is turned on in accordance with the high signal period to apply the high voltage to the gate signal line; a gate line low voltage application circuit which is turned on in accordance with the low signal period to apply the low voltage to the gate signal line; and a second gate line low voltage application circuit which is turned on to apply the low voltage to the gate signal line in at least a part of a period between turning off the gate line high voltage application circuit and turning on the gate line low voltage application circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ABE, Masahiro MAKI, Hideo SATO, Hiroaki KOMATSU
  • Patent number: 9587665
    Abstract: Provided is a screw fastener provided with the function of a torque limiter which allows a high limit value to be set for the fastening torque without increasing the size thereof or the spring force of the spring member, and is easy to assemble and service. A multiple plate torque limiter is formed by a plurality of drive disk members (50) and a plurality of driven disk members (52) between a first member (10) and a second member (30), and the first member (10) and the second member (30) are detachably joined to each other by a retaining screw (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Miki Pulley Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomio Watanabe, Hideo Sato
  • Patent number: 9577182
    Abstract: A magnetoresistance effect element and a magnetic memory having thermal stability expressed by a thermal stability factor of 70 or more even with a fine junction size. The magnetoresistance effect element includes a first magnetic layer of an invariable magnetization direction forming a reference layer, a second magnetic layer of a variable magnetization direction forming a recording layer, and a first non-magnetic layer disposed between the first and second magnetic layers in a thickness direction of the first and second magnetic layers. At least one of the first and second magnetic layers has the following relationship between D (nm) and t (nm): D<0.9t+13, where D is a junction size corresponding to the length of a longest straight line on an end surface perpendicular to the thickness direction, and t is a layer thickness. The junction size is 30 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shoji Ikeda, Hideo Sato, Shunsuke Fukami, Michihiko Yamanouchi, Fumihiro Matsukura, Hideo Ohno, Shinya Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9541808
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate on which a thin film transistor is formed. The liquid crystal display device includes a first transistor which has a gate electrode thereof formed on a side more remote from the first substrate than a semiconductor layer and has a drain electrode thereof connected to the drain line, a second transistor which is connected to the first transistor in series, and has a source electrode thereof electrically connected to a pixel electrode, and a light blocking layer which is formed between the semiconductor layer and the first substrate and blocks a backlight incident from a first substrate side. The light blocking layer is formed in an overlapping manner on the first transistor, blocks a backlight incident on a first transistor side, and allows a backlight incident on a second transistor side to pass therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazune Matsumura, Hideo Sato, Keita Sasanuma
  • Patent number: 9542897
    Abstract: A gate signal line driving circuit includes plural basic circuits, each outputting to a gate signal line a gate signal which is high during a high signal period and low during a low signal period. Each of the basic circuits includes: agate line high voltage application circuit which is turned on in accordance with the high signal period to apply the high voltage to the gate signal line; a gate line low voltage application circuit which is turned on in accordance with the low signal period to apply the low voltage to the gate signal line; and a second gate line low voltage application circuit which is turned on to apply the low voltage to the gate signal line in at least a part of a period between turning off the gate line high voltage application circuit and turning on the gate line low voltage application circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Masahiro Maki, Hideo Sato, Hiroaki Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20160370937
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a touch panel includes: display drive circuits that are disposed respectively at the outsides of the sides opposing to a display region, and that apply sequential scanning signal potentials to scanning signal lines; touch panel drive circuits that are disposed respectively further to the outsides of the display drive circuits, and that apply sequential drive pulses to a plurality or drive electrodes among common electrodes; and switching circuits that are disposed respectively at insides of the display drive circuits, and that switch between applying common electric potentials for controlling the alignment of the liquid crystal composition and applying a touch drive pulse that detects the touching to the display surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ABE, Hideo SATO, Takayuki SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9519389
    Abstract: A display device with a touch panel includes: a plurality of scanning signal lines, which are aligned in a rectangular display region and in parallel with a side of the rectangular display region, to which an active potential as a potential for making a pixel transistor conductive is applied; drive pulse output circuits which sequentially apply the active potential to the scanning signal lines in the display region; a clock signal output circuit which applies a first clock signal as a clock signal for the drive pulse output circuits to a first clock signal line and stops the application of the first clock signal to the first clock signal line for a stop period during which the sequential application of the active potential is stopped in the middle thereof; and a touch panel control unit which detects contact with a display surface during the stop period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Motoharu Miyamoto, Takahiro Ochiai, Yoshinori Aoki, Hideo Sato