Patents by Inventor Hiromi Matsumoto

Hiromi Matsumoto 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: 12147125
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal panel provided with a display region and a frame region and including a first substrate and a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate. In the display region, a liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. In the frame region, a sealing portion is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first support substrate and a first substrate-side insulating layer contacting the first support substrate in order toward the liquid crystal layer side. The second substrate includes a protrusion protruding to the liquid crystal layer side. The first substrate-side insulating layer includes a first thickness portion having a flat surface on the liquid crystal layer side, and a second thickness portion protruding to the liquid crystal layer side relative to the first thickness portion and disposed to face the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromi Matsumoto, Takahiro Sasaki, Takashi Satoh, Akira Sakai
  • Publication number: 20240345438
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal panel provided with a display region and a frame region and including a first substrate and a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate. In the display region, a liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. In the frame region, a sealing portion is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first support substrate and a first substrate-side insulating layer contacting the first support substrate in order toward the liquid crystal layer side. The second substrate includes a protrusion protruding to the liquid crystal layer side. The first substrate-side insulating layer includes a first thickness portion having a flat surface on the liquid crystal layer side, and a second thickness portion protruding to the liquid crystal layer side relative to the first thickness portion and disposed to face the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Hiromi MATSUMOTO, Takahiro SASAKI, Takashi SATOH, Akira SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20240210721
    Abstract: Provided are an active retarder for 3D image display with an improved balance of display quality between the left and right eyes and with sufficiently reduced crosstalk, and a display device using the same. The active retarder for 3D image display, the active retarder including: an optical laminate that includes: a pair of substrates; a pair of electrodes disposed between the pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer formed from a liquid crystal material containing liquid crystal molecules; columnar spacers; and light-blocking components each shielding the corresponding columnar spacer from light limitedly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro SASAKI, Hiromi MATSUMOTO, Takashi SATOH, Akira SAKAI
  • Patent number: 11022853
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display panel including on a viewing surface side thereof a thin film transistor substrate. The thin film transistor substrate includes a multilayer film in a region in a plan view including at least one electrode of thin film transistor electrodes including a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. The multilayer film includes a stack including, in the order from the viewing surface side, a first metal layer having a thickness of 40 nm or smaller, a first transparent insulating layer having a thickness of 10 nm or greater and 155 nm or smaller, and a second metal layer having a greater thickness than the first metal layer. The multilayer film includes a layer formed from a metal having a reflectance at a thickness of 200 nm of 50% or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Hirai, Kiyoshi Minoura, Hiromi Matsumoto, Akira Sakai, Yasuhiro Haseba
  • Patent number: 10654730
    Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus includes a processing tank, a first electrode, an insulator, a liquid introduction port, a discharge portion, a second electrode, an opening portion, and a power supply. The first electrode is disposed at the first end of the processing tank. The insulator covers at least a part of a side surface of the first electrode disposed to protrude from an inner wall of the first end of the processing tank into the processing tank. The liquid introduction port causes a liquid to swirl by introducing the liquid in a tangential direction of the processing tank and generates a gas phase in a swirling flow of the liquid. An outer diameter of the insulator is smaller than an outer diameter of a gas-phase generating space where the gas phase is generated in the processing tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Genichiro Matsuda, Gaku Miyake, Hiromi Matsumoto, Yoshio Yamada, Yukiko Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20200064683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display panel including on a viewing surface side thereof a thin film transistor substrate. The thin film transistor substrate includes a multilayer film in a region in a plan view including at least one electrode of thin film transistor electrodes including a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. The multilayer film includes a stack including, in the order from the viewing surface side, a first metal layer having a thickness of 40 nm or smaller, a first transparent insulating layer having a thickness of 10 nm or greater and 155 nm or smaller, and a second metal layer having a greater thickness than the first metal layer. The multilayer film includes a layer formed from a metal having a reflectance at a thickness of 200 nm of 50% or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Akira HIRAI, Kiyoshi MINOURA, Hiromi MATSUMOTO, Akira SAKAI, Yasuhiro HASEBA
  • Publication number: 20190352199
    Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus includes a processing tank, a first electrode, an insulator, a liquid introduction port, a discharge portion, a second electrode, an opening portion, and a power supply. The first electrode is disposed at the first end of the processing tank. The insulator covers at least a part of a side surface of the first electrode disposed to protrude from an inner wall of the first end of the processing tank into the processing tank. The liquid introduction port causes a liquid to swirl by introducing the liquid in a tangential direction of the processing tank and generates a gas phase in a swirling flow of the liquid. An outer diameter of the insulator is smaller than an outer diameter of a gas-phase generating space where the gas phase is generated in the processing tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: GENICHIRO MATSUDA, GAKU MIYAKE, HIROMI MATSUMOTO, YOSHIO YAMADA, YUKIKO KITAHARA
  • Publication number: 20140285117
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lighting baton includes at least one relay to switch between ON and OFF of power supply to at least one LED lighting load based on a control signal from outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi Matsumoto, Akinori Imahashi
  • Publication number: 20140097766
    Abstract: A load control device includes saturable devices, loads, a phase controller, a bypass unit, and a controller. Plural saturable devices are connected in series to each other. Plural loads are respectively connected to the saturable devices and are supplied with power via the saturable devices. The phase controller phase-controls an output voltage of an AC power supply so as to be supplied to the respective loads. The bypass unit can supply a reduced bypass current so as to bypass the phase controller from a zero cross point of each half cycle of an AC power supply voltage. The controller sets an output of the phase controller and controls the output thereof to a set output value, and stops the supply of the bypass current in a condition in which a firing angle (conduction phase) is equal to or more than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Migita, Akinori Imahashi, Hiromi Matsumoto, Takeo Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7366565
    Abstract: In an exercise machine, when a measurement starts, an electrocardiographic signal is detected by an electrocardiographic sensor 1 (ST33), a load drive is started (ST4), and heartbeat rate intervals of the electrocardiographic signal are sequentially obtained. A fluctuation of heartbeat rate intervals PI(n) % is obtained from a calculation formula in which the RR interval RR(n+1) of the current heartbeat is subtracted from the RR interval RR(n) of the previous heartbeat, which is then divided by RR(n) and multiplied by 100% (ST5). Entropy is calculated from 128 pieces of such PI (ST6). From the change of the entropy under the gradually increasing load (ST8), a minimum point of the entropy is obtained, which point is designated as an anaerobic threshold point (ST7). The load of the exercise machine is controlled employing this anaerobic threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Shiga, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Hiromi Matsumoto, Manabu Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20040076690
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising compounds that induce weight and fat loss and compounds that mask the bitter and harsh taste of the composition. The invention further relates to a food, beverage, dietary supplement, medical food, or pet food comprising compounds that induce weight loss and compounds that mask the bitter and harsh taste of the product. The invention is further related to methods of reducing or controlling weight by administering such compositions. Further provided are cosmetic sheets for topical administration of compositions for inducing weight and fat loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicants: Kanebo, Ltd., Takasago International Corporation, Takasago International Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Ikemoto, Hiroyuki Nishio, Mariko Hara, Masato Saito, Satoshi Yomoda, Koichi Ogata, Kenya Ishida, Tamami Sato, Hiromi Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Hamasaki, Yoshiko Nihei, Naoko Ozawa, Charles H. Manley
  • Patent number: 6700499
    Abstract: A body motion detector, to be attached to or carried by a user for detecting body motions of the user, uses a plurality of sensors each for detecting body motions in a specified direction to output a body motion signal according to the user's body motion. These sensors are disposed so as to detect the body motion in different directions. One of these sensors are selected by carrying out calculations on signals outputted from the sensors. The user's body motion is detected by using selectively output signals from the selected body motion sensor. The body motion detector may also include a component for detecting the orientation of the body motion detector itself from signals outputted from these sensors and another component for detecting the user's body motions by carrying out calculations on the signals outputted from these sensors, corresponding to the orientation as detected by the orientation detecting component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Kubo, Kiichiro Miyata, Hiromi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20020089425
    Abstract: A body motion detector, to be attached to or carried by a user for detecting body motions of the user, uses a plurality of sensors each for detecting body motions in a specified direction to output a body motion signal according to the user's body motion. These sensors are disposed so as to detect the body motion in different directions. One of these sensors are selected by carrying out calculations on signals outputted from the sensors. The user's body motion is detected by using selectively output signals from the selected body motion sensor. The body motion detector may also include a component for detecting the orientation of the body motion detector itself from signals outputted from these sensors and another component for detecting the user's body motions by carrying out calculations on the signals outputted from these sensors, corresponding to the orientation as detected by the orientation detecting component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Kubo, Kiichiro Miyata, Hiromi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 5968980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds represented by the formula [I] and salts thereof, wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.5 each represents carboxyl, phosphonic or a derivative thereof; R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl, (substituted) phenyl lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or (substituted) phenyl lower alkoxy; R.sup.3 represents lower alkyl or (substituted) phenyl lower alkyl; and R.sup.4 represents a group represented by the formula [XI], [XII] or [XIII]. The compounds of the present invention have endopeptidase 24.11 inhibitory activity and are useful for treating cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure and hypertension, renal diseases such as renal failure, gastroenteric disorders such as diarrhea and hyperchlorhydria, endocrine and metabolic diseases such as obesity, and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatic disease, and for mitigating myosalgia, migraine, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Kawashima, Ken-ichi Fujimura, Hiroshi Suhara, Noriyoshi Yamamoto, Hiromi Matsumoto, Nobuaki Miyawaki, Yuko Fujita
  • Patent number: 4876874
    Abstract: A method of stably effecting a rolling of a steel strip with deformed section by use of a continuous hot strip mill, said method comprising the steps of:providing an excess metal portion along each of opposite sides of a meterial to be rolled for simultaneously obtaining one or a plurality of deformed section portions; andproviding, on a roll for effecting said rolling and at a position corresponding to each of the excess metal portions, a hold portion constituted by a tilted surface placed in a contact-and-rolling relation to each of said excess metal portions so that a self-aligning function occurs in a rolled material itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1989
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Kakehi, Yuzuru Takahashi, Norio Higuchi, Yoshikazu Izumihara, Hiromi Matsumoto, Yuji Uehori
  • Patent number: 4700312
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a rolling mill which dampens a snake motion of a material being rolled is disclosed. According to this method and apparatus, an amount corresponding to the snake motion of the material being rolled is detected, and the value thus detected is added to a value corresponding to a differentiated value of said detected value. A control operation is applied to the material being rolled to thereby control the snake motion of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Kikuma, Hiromi Matsumoto, Masayoshi Tagawa, Toshiyuki Kajiwara, Tomoaki Kimura, Yoshihiko Iida, Kenichi Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 4596130
    Abstract: A rolling mill stand in which at least one of the back-up rolls is given a convex crown around the roll body in an amount from 0.5 mm to 10 mm in diameter and at least one of the work rolls contacting the back-up rolls is given a concave crown around the roll body under the condition:0.4.times.C.sub.BUR .gtoreq.C.sub.WR .gtoreq.0.15.times.C.sub.BURAlso disclosed are mill arrangements in which at least one rolling mill stand of the above type is incorporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1986
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hisatoshi Yoshii, Hidekazu Watanabe, Osamu Takemoto, Hiromi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 4437909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a grain-oriented silicon steel sheet or strip, wherein the crystals of the steel sheet or strip have an orientation of {110}<001> and, further, the steel is easily magnetized in the rolling direction.Since the slab-heating temperature for a grain-oriented silicon steel is considerably higher than that for low carbon steel grades, coarsening of the crystal grains is likely to occur during heating, and the coarse crystal grains are elongated during hot-rolling in the rolling direction and remain in the hot-rolled steel sheet as portions of the grain-oriented silicon steel strip or sheet, where secondary recrystallization becomes incomplete, or as so-called streaks.It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel hot-rolling technique capable of preventing the generation of streaks and capable of enhancing the magnetic flux density of the final product in terms of the B.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1984
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke Mori, Hiromi Matsumoto, Yozo Suga, Tadashi Nakayama, Fumio Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 4406715
    Abstract: In a process for the production of a grain-oriented electromagnetic steel strip, a slab is heated, hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and subjected to a decarburization annealing and secondary recrystallization annealing steps. Grain coarsening is likely to occur during the high temperature heating and remain in the final product as streaks. The secondary recrystallization is, therefore, incomplete due to the streaks. In order to remove this disadvantage, the work piece is subjected to at least two rolling passes, wherein the high circumferential speed roll of one pair of the rolls and the low circumferential speed roll of another pair of the rolls are arranged on the same side of the work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1983
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Nakayama, Tsutomu Haratani, Fumio Matsumoto, Hiromi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 4385512
    Abstract: A tandem rolling mill train for rolling metal plate or sheet includes a plurality of crossed-roll type rolling mill stands. The work rolls on at least two of the crossed-roll type rolling mill stands are respectively slanted in opposite directions so that the widthwise shear deformation developed on the upstream crossed-roll type stand is reduced by the widthwise shear deformation caused on the downstream crossed-roll type stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromi Matsumoto, Yuji Uehori, Tetsuo Kajihara, Tsuneo Nakano