Patents by Inventor Hidetoshi Terada

Hidetoshi Terada 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: 11448625
    Abstract: A chromatograph apparatus control device according to the present disclosure is a control device for controlling a chromatograph apparatus having the function of a liquid chromatograph and that of a supercritical fluid chromatograph. The control device includes a first-type method file creator configured to create a first-type method file describing a condition of an analysis by a liquid chromatograph; a second-type method file creator configured to create a second-type method file describing a condition of an analysis by a supercritical fluid chromatograph; and a batch file creator configured to create a single batch file including a plurality of records describing a group of method files including the first-type method file and the second-type method file, with one method file in each record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Terada, Hiroshi Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20220178891
    Abstract: A pH management system of a liquid chromatograph includes a pH meter that measures a pH value of a mobile phase in the liquid chromatograph, and a warner that presents a warning in a case where it is determined that a pH value measured in the pH meter is different from a set pH value, or that the pH value measured in the pH meter deviates from the set pH value and an error rate exceeds a predetermined error rate, when the pH value measured in the pH meter and the set pH are compared to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi OHASHI, Hidetoshi TERADA, Yusuke OSAKA
  • Patent number: 11302039
    Abstract: A model constructed by a training process using the technique of deep learning using the training data including images created from a large number of chromatograms and correct peak information is previously stored in a trained model storage section. When chromatogram data for a target sample acquired with an LC measurement unit are inputted, an image creator converts the chromatogram into an image and creates an input image in which one of the two areas divided by the chromatogram curve as the boundary in the image is filled. A peak position estimator inputs the pixel values of the input image into a trained model using a neural network, and obtains the position information of the starting point and/or ending point of the peak and a peak detection confidence as the output. A peak determiner determines the starting point and/or ending point of each peak based on the peak detection confidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Osoekawa, Yusuke Hida, Yuzi Kanazawa, Shinji Kanazawa, Yohei Yamada, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Akihiro Kunisawa, Hidetoshi Terada
  • Publication number: 20200279408
    Abstract: A model constructed by a training process using the technique of deep learning using the training data including images created from a large number of chromatograms and correct peak information is previously stored in a trained model storage section. When chromatogram data for a target sample acquired with an LC measurement unit are inputted, an image creator converts the chromatogram into an image and creates an input image in which one of the two areas divided by the chromatogram curve as the boundary in the image is filled. A peak position estimator inputs the pixel values of the input image into a trained model using a neural network, and obtains the position information of the starting point and/or ending point of the peak and a peak detection confidence as the output. A peak determiner determines the starting point and/or ending point of each peak based on the peak detection confidence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi OSOEKAWA, Yusuke HIDA, Yuzi KANAZAWA, Shinji KANAZAWA, Yohei YAMADA, Hiroyuki YASUDA, Akihiro KUNISAWA, Hidetoshi TERADA
  • Publication number: 20200158698
    Abstract: A controlling apparatus 2 for a liquid chromatograph 1 includes: a storage unit 200 configured to store a pH table T of information as to a mixed solution made of a plurality of solutions, the information including a relationship between a pH value of the mixed solution and types of the solutions to be mixed, concentrations of the solutions and a mixing ratio of the solutions; a display controlling section 211 configured to display some items of the information contained in the pH table T on a display device; and a specified composition condition receiving section 212 configured to receive a composition condition for a mixed solution to be used as a mobile phase in a liquid-chromatographic analysis specified by an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi OHASHI, Hidetoshi TERADA
  • Publication number: 20190369070
    Abstract: A chromatograph apparatus control device according to the present disclosure is a control device for controlling a chromatograph apparatus having the function of a liquid chromatograph and that of a supercritical fluid chromatograph. The control device includes a first-type method file creator configured to create a first-type method file describing a condition of an analysis by a liquid chromatograph; a second-type method file creator configured to create a second-type method file describing a condition of an analysis by a supercritical fluid chromatograph; and a batch file creator configured to create a single batch file including a plurality of records describing a group of method files including the first-type method file and the second-type method file, with one method file in each record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi TERADA, Hiroshi OHASHI
  • Patent number: 10401334
    Abstract: The present invention aims at reducing the time required for a series of analyses in the sequential performance of gradient analyses under a variety of conditions. To this end, in a control apparatus for controlling the operation of a liquid chromatograph having a gradient analysis function in which a mobile phase composed of a plurality of mixed solvents is used and a chromatograph analysis is performed while the mixture ratio of the solvents is temporally changed, the liquid chromatograph is controlled so as to continuously change the mixture ratio of the solvents from an initial mixture ratio to a final mixture ratio when performing a sample analysis; and as to perform, before the sample analysis, a preparatory liquid supply in which the mixture ratio of the solvents is continuously changed from the initial mixture ratio to the final mixture ratio at a rate higher than that in the sample analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohashi, Tadayuki Yamaguchi, Hidetoshi Terada
  • Patent number: 10254254
    Abstract: Provided is a preparative separation liquid chromatograph system and preparative separation condition searching method which allows for an easy setting of the preparative separation condition. A sample temporally separated into components by a separation column is introduced into a detector and a fraction collector, with each component fractionated and collected by the fraction collector based on the result of a detection by the detector. A controlling and processing unit holds the following data for each sample or compound in the form of a database: chromatogram data obtained when a liquid chromatograph analysis in a preparative separation condition searching mode is performed for various standard samples under a search condition; and chromatogram data obtained when a liquid chromatograph analysis in a preparative separation mode is performed under one or more sets of preparative separation conditions for the various standard samples, along with the preparative separation condition used in this analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Terada, Yuji Katsuyama, Katsuhiko Miwa, Chie Kushibe
  • Publication number: 20170234839
    Abstract: Provided is a preparative separation liquid chromatograph system and preparative separation condition searching method which allows for an easy setting of the preparative separation condition. A sample temporally separated into components by a separation column is introduced into a detector and a fraction collector, with each component fractionated and collected by the fraction collector based on the result of a detection by the detector. A controlling and processing unit holds the following data for each sample or compound in the form of a database: chromatogram data obtained when a liquid chromatograph analysis in a preparative separation condition searching mode is performed for various standard samples under a search condition; and chromatogram data obtained when a liquid chromatograph analysis in a preparative separation mode is performed under one or more sets of preparative separation conditions for the various standard samples, along with the preparative separation condition used in this analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi TERADA, Yuji KATSUYAMA, Katsuhiko MIWA, Chie KUSHIBE
  • Patent number: 9546987
    Abstract: A liquid chromatograph control system for controlling an operation of a liquid chromatograph which uses a mobile phase composed of a mixture of solvents and which has the function of performing a gradient analysis while temporally changing the mixture ratio of the solvents. The system initially requests a user to set a basic gradient profile (Step S12), and subsequently, to set the number of steps to change the mixture ratio of the mobile phase at the beginning and/or at the end of the gradient process as well as the amount of change in the mixture ratio per step (Step S13). After that, based on the possible combinations of the mixture ratios of the mobile phase at the beginning and at the end of the gradient process computed from the contents of information entered in the previous steps, a plurality of gradient profiles corresponding to those combinations are created (Step S14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohashi, Tadayuki Yamaguchi, Hidetoshi Terada
  • Publication number: 20140157878
    Abstract: A liquid chromatograph control system for controlling an operation of a liquid chromatograph which uses a mobile phase composed of a mixture of solvents and which has the function of performing a gradient analysis while temporally changing the mixture ratio of the solvents. The system initially requests a user to set a basic gradient profile (Step S12), and subsequently, to set the number of steps to change the mixture ratio of the mobile phase at the beginning and/or at the end of the gradient process as well as the amount of change in the mixture ratio per step (Step S13). After that, based on the possible combinations of the mixture ratios of the mobile phase at the beginning and at the end of the gradient process computed from the contents of information entered in the previous steps, a plurality of gradient profiles corresponding to those combinations are created (Step S14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohashi, Tadayuki Yamaguchi, Hidetoshi Terada
  • Publication number: 20130018598
    Abstract: The present invention aims at reducing the time required for a series of analyses in the sequential performance of gradient analyses under a variety of conditions. To this end, in a control apparatus for controlling the operation of a liquid chromatograph having a gradient analysis function in which a mobile phase composed of a plurality of mixed solvents is used and a chromatograph analysis is performed while the mixture ratio of the solvents is temporally changed, the liquid chromatograph is controlled so as to continuously change the mixture ratio of the solvents from an initial mixture ratio to a final mixture ratio when performing a sample analysis; and as to perform, before the sample analysis, a preparatory liquid supply in which the mixture ratio of the solvents is continuously changed from the initial mixture ratio to the final mixture ratio at a rate higher than that in the sample analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ohashi, Tadayuki Yamaguchi, Hidetoshi Terada
  • Patent number: 7797099
    Abstract: An apparatus is for controlling rotation of an engine mounted on a vehicle. In the apparatus, a count of a crank counter is updated based on a signal changing in accordance with rotation of a crankshaft. The count indicates a rotational position of the crankshaft. The rotation of the engine is controlled based on the count of the crank counter. An idle stop control member issues an engine stop request when it is determined that engine stop conditions are met, and then issues a command to crank the engine for restarting the engine when it is determined that engine start conditions are met. Further, an update prohibiting member prohibits the counter from being updated during a period of time ranging from a time instant when the engine stops in response to the engine stop request to a time instant when it is determined that the engine start conditions are met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Terada
  • Publication number: 20090138184
    Abstract: An apparatus is for controlling rotation of an engine mounted on a vehicle. In the apparatus, a count of a crank counter is updated based on a signal changing in accordance with rotation of a crankshaft. The count indicates a rotational position of the crankshaft. The rotation of the engine is controlled based on the count of the crank counter. An idle stop control member issues an engine stop request when it is determined that engine stop conditions are met, and then issues a command to crank the engine for restarting the engine when it is determined that engine start conditions are met. Further, an update prohibiting member prohibits the counter from being updated during a period of time ranging from a time instant when the engine stops in response to the engine stop request to a time instant when it is determined that the engine start conditions are met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidetoshi TERADA