Patents by Inventor Hidetoshi Watanabe

Hidetoshi Watanabe 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: 11972619
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage configured to store display region information and a count value, the display region information indicating a position of a predetermined display region in a first image corresponding to image data, the count value indicating frequency of display of each predetermined region in the first image; and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to, based on the image data and an instruction signal for selecting the display region, generate a display image corresponding to the display region that is selected by the instruction signal, determine whether the display region information meets a first condition, add a predetermined value to the count value of the region on which it is determined that the first condition is met, and set, for a region of interest, a region that draws an interest in the first image based on the count value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Evident Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Watanabe, Hidetoshi Nishimura, Kazuhito Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20230387910
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a tunable component and a first source follower circuit. The tunable component is electrically connected to a circuit node. The first source follower circuit is electrically connected to the circuit node. The first source follower circuit includes a first control terminal and a first terminal. The first control terminal is electrically connected to the first terminal, and the first control terminal is electrically connected to a data line through a first capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Hidetoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11676538
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a light emitting unit, a current source, voltage comparator, and an emission control unit. The voltage comparator is configured to receive a voltage data and a ramp signal and output a comparison signal according to the voltage data and the ramp signal. The emission control unit is configured to output a driving current to the light emitting unit according to the supply current, the emission enable signal, and the comparison signal. The ramp signal is a first ramp signal during a first frame, and the ramp signal is a second ramp signal during a second frame after the first frame. The emission control unit is configured to be operated in a first mode based on the first ramp signal, and the emission control unit is configured to be operated in a second mode based on the second ramp signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Hidetoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230120265
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a light emitting unit, a current source, voltage comparator, and an emission control unit. The voltage comparator is configured to receive a voltage data and a ramp signal and output a comparison signal according to the voltage data and the ramp signal. The emission control unit is configured to output a driving current to the light emitting unit according to the supply current, the emission enable signal, and the comparison signal. The ramp signal is a first ramp signal during a first frame, and the ramp signal is a second ramp signal during a second frame after the first frame. The emission control unit is configured to be operated in a first mode based on the first ramp signal, and the emission control unit is configured to be operated in a second mode based on the second ramp signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Hidetoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11551607
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a semiconductor element and a pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes a first comparator, a second comparator and a subtraction unit. The first comparator generates a first comparison signal. The second comparator generates a second comparison signal. The subtraction unit is coupled to the semiconductor element and configured to receives the first comparison signal and the second comparison signal and generates a subtraction signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Hidetoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11325116
    Abstract: Provided is a tip set used for a genetic testing device. The tip set includes a piercing tip breaking a lid portion of a reagent container filled with a reagent to open the reagent container and an injection tip injecting a sample solution containing a target gene nucleic acid into a microchip. The injection tip has a reservoir storing the sample solution in an internal space and an injection needle protruding from the reservoir, an opening the internal space to a side opposite to the injection needle is formed in the reservoir, and the piercing tip has a fitting portion fitted to the injection tip to connect the injection tip and the piercing tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: EIKEN KAGAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Watanabe, Fumihiko Kazumi, Yuji Segawa
  • Publication number: 20210399307
    Abstract: An electrode includes an active material-containing layer that contains active material particles and a binder containing a polymer. The active material particles contain a lithium-containing nickel-cobalt-manganese composite oxide represented by LiaNi(1?x?y)CoxMnyMzO2 where 0.9?a?1.2, 0<x?0.5, 0<y?0.5, 0<z?0.1, x?y, 0.4?1?x?y?0.8, and M is at least one element selected from B, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Zn, Zr, Sn, and W. The polymer has a repeating unit derived from vinylidene fluoride and one or more peaks in a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum with fluorine-19 as a detection nucleus are located in the range of ?90 ppm or higher and ?88 ppm or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tetsuro KANO, Yuki WATANABE, Hidetoshi WATANABE, Keigo HOSHINA
  • Patent number: 11005475
    Abstract: An emission driver includes a latch circuit and a buffer circuit. The latch circuit receives a first signal, a second signal, and a first clock signal. The latch circuit includes a first output terminal and a second output terminal. The first output terminal of the latch circuit outputs a third signal according to the first clock signal. The second output terminal of the latch circuit outputs a fourth signal in reverse to the third signal according to the first clock signal. The buffer circuit includes a first input terminal, a second input terminal and a third output terminal. The first input terminal of the buffer circuit receives the third signal. The second input terminal of the buffer circuit receives the fourth signal. The third output terminal of the buffer circuit outputs an emission signal according to the third signal and the fourth signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Hirofumi Watsuda, Hidetoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210013497
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes an active-material containing layer that includes active material particles and a binder containing a polymer that contains monomers containing nitrogen atoms. The particle size distribution chart of the electrode obtained by the laser diffraction scattering has peak A and peak B whose particle sizes corresponding to their peak tops are different from each other. The particle size DA corresponding to the peak top of the peak A is smaller than the particle size DB corresponding to the peak top of the peak B. The ratio PA/PB of the frequency PA of the peak top of the peak A and the frequency PB of the peak top of the peak B falls within the range of 0.2 or larger and 1.5 or smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tetsuro KANO, Yuki WATANABE, Kazuhiro NAMBA, Hidetoshi WATANABE, Keigo HOSHINA
  • Publication number: 20200368738
    Abstract: Provided is a tip set used for a genetic testing device. The tip set includes a piercing tip breaking a lid portion of a reagent container filled with a reagent to open the reagent container and an injection tip injecting a sample solution containing a target gene nucleic acid into a microchip. The injection tip has a reservoir storing the sample solution in an internal space and an injection needle protruding from the reservoir, an opening opening the internal space to a side opposite to the injection needle is formed in the reservoir, and the piercing tip has a fitting portion fitted to the injection tip to connect the injection tip and the piercing tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Hidetoshi WATANABE, Fumihiko KAZUMI, Yuji SEGAWA
  • Patent number: 10750593
    Abstract: A driving circuit for illuminating a light emitting unit is provided. The driving circuit includes a data memory circuit, a current source, a PWM control circuit, a buffer circuit, and a second switch. The data memory circuit stores a data signal according to a scan signal. The current source generates a driving current. The PWM control circuit generates a PWM signal according to an enable signal and the data signal stored in the data memory circuit. The buffer circuit receives the PWM signal to generate a PWM signal. The second switch passes the current source through the light emitting unit according to the PWM signal so that the driving current flows through the light emitting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Hidetoshi Watanabe, Ming-Chun Tseng
  • Publication number: 20200078783
    Abstract: A microchip 1 equipped with a chip main body 2 in which a reaction space 3 depressurized with respect to an atmospheric pressure is formed, in which the chip main body 2 has a two-layer structure of a first plate-shaped part 7 having gas impermeability, and a second plate-shaped part 8 having a self-sealing property, which is laminated on one surface of the first plate-shaped part 7, and the reaction space 3 is formed between the first plate-shaped part 7 and the second plate-shaped part 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Hidetoshi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10475374
    Abstract: A display device includes at least one pixel circuit. A pixel circuit of the at least one pixel circuit includes a light emitting diode, a thin film transistor, a capacitor, and an adaptive voltage source. The light emitting diode has a first electrode, and a second electrode. The thin film transistor is coupled to the light emitting diode. The thin film transistor has a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal for receiving a data voltage. The capacitor is coupled between the first terminal and the control terminal of the thin film transistor. The adaptive voltage source is coupled to the thin film transistor and fixes a voltage between the first terminal and the second terminal of the thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Hidetoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190341605
    Abstract: An electrode body, an electrode group, a secondary battery, a battery module, and a vehicle that are excellent in input/output characteristics are provided. An electrode body according to an embodiment described herein has a current collector, an electrode mixture layer on the current collector, and an inorganic particle-containing layer containing inorganic particles and a binder on the electrode mixture layer, and a binder of the inorganic particle-containing layer is segregated on a side of the electrode mixture layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masanori TANAKA, Asako Sato, Hidetoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10455653
    Abstract: An LED driving circuit for illuminating a first LED unit is provided. The LED driving circuit includes: a data latch circuit, a current source, and a PWM circuit. The data latch circuit latches a data signal according to a first latch signal to generate a first control signal. The current source generates a constant current. The PWM circuit periodically passes the constant current through the first LED unit according to the first control signal and an enable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Watanabe, Kazuyuki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20190302137
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a compact, fully automatic genetic testing device with which a step of extracting and purifying a nucleic acid from a sample, a step of injecting a solution containing the nucleic acid, and a step of amplifying and detecting the nucleic acid, can be fully automatically carried out, and which enables a physician to carry out genetic testing at a position close to a patient. The fully automatic genetic testing device comprises: a first unit for extracting and purifying a nucleic acid from a sample; a second unit for injecting a solution containing the nucleic acid to a multi-well chip having a reaction site for amplification of the nucleic acid; and a third unit for optically detecting the nucleic acid amplified in the reaction site(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yuji SEGAWA, Hidetoshi WATANABE, Toshihiro YONEKAWA, Fumihiko KAZUMI, Rod PETERSON, Anatoly MOSKALEV, Goran FORSHAGER, James FOSTER
  • Publication number: 20190287451
    Abstract: A display device includes at least one pixel circuit. A pixel circuit of the at least one pixel circuit includes a light emitting diode, a thin film transistor, a capacitor, and an adaptive voltage source. The light emitting diode has a first electrode, and a second electrode. The thin film transistor is coupled to the light emitting diode. The thin film transistor has a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal for receiving a data voltage. The capacitor is coupled between the first terminal and the control terminal of the thin film transistor. The adaptive voltage source is coupled to the thin film transistor and fixes a voltage between the first terminal and the second terminal of the thin film transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Hidetoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9830879
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a multiplexer circuit, a driving unit, a first control line and a second control line. The multiplexer circuit includes a plurality of switch units. The first control line is electrically connected with the switch units and the driving unit. The second control line is electrically connected with the switch units and the driving unit. A maximum time constant from the driving unit to the switch units is less than R*C/4, wherein R represents the equivalent resistance of the portion of the first control line between the two switch units which are the farthest from each other, and C represents the equivalent capacitance of the portion of the first control line between the two switch units which are the farthest from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Gerben Hekstra, Hidetoshi Watanabe, Cheng-Hsiao Lin, Ming-Chao Hsu, Yuko Furui
  • Patent number: 9783869
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrometallurgical process of recovering Ni from nickel oxide ore using a high pressure acid leaching, in which abrasion of the facilities caused by an ore slurry is suppressed, the amount of a final neutralized residue is reduced, and impurity components are separated and recovered for recycling. The hydrometallurgical process includes, as steps of the high pressure acid leaching, at least one step selected from step (A): separating and recovering chromite particles in the ore slurry; step (B-1): through leaching step and a solid-liquid separation step, performing neutralization of a leachate obtained after the solid-liquid separation step using a Mg-based alkali such as Mg(OH)2; and step (B-2): through leaching step and a solid-liquid separation step, performing neutralization of a leachate obtained after the solid-liquid separation step using a Mg-based alkali such as Mg(OH)2, and then recovering hematite particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasumasa Hattori, Yasumasa Kan, Hidetoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9669407
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a microchip that allows a sample to be introduced into a region easily and accurately, and which makes it possible to obtain high analysis accuracy. The microchip includes an airtight region into which a solution is externally introduced; and positioning means for positioning a channel for injecting the solution into the region by penetrating a substrate layer forming the region with respect to a puncture part of the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke Kojima, Yuji Segawa, Hidetoshi Watanabe, Yoshiaki Kato, Toshio Watanabe