Patents by Inventor Hiroshi AKAO
Hiroshi AKAO 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).
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Patent number: 10838026Abstract: In one example, an RF coil array includes a first RF coil configured to generate a magnetic field along a first axis, the first RF coil having a first surface, a second RF coil configured to generate a magnetic field along a second axis, orthogonal to the first axis, the second RF coil having a second surface, and a first foldable interconnect coupling the first RF coil to the second RF coil. The first foldable interconnect may be adjusted to couple the first RF coil to the second RF coil with a first amount of overlap and with the first surface and second surface facing a common direction, or couple the first RF coil to the second RF coil with a second amount of overlap, larger than the first amount of overlap, and with the first surface in face to face position with the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Dashen Chu, Scott Allen Lindsay, Dawei Gui, James Hiroshi Akao, Zhu Li
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Publication number: 20190056466Abstract: In one example, an RF coil array includes a first RF coil configured to generate a magnetic field along a first axis, the first RF coil having a first surface, a second RF coil configured to generate a magnetic field along a second axis, orthogonal to the first axis, the second RF coil having a second surface, and a first foldable interconnect coupling the first RF coil to the second RF coil. The first foldable interconnect may be adjusted to couple the first RF coil to the second RF coil with a first amount of overlap and with the first surface and second surface facing a common direction, or couple the first RF coil to the second RF coil with a second amount of overlap, larger than the first amount of overlap, and with the first surface in face to face position with the second surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Dashen Chu, Scott Allen Lindsay, Dawei Gui, James Hiroshi Akao, Zhu Li
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Patent number: 10210718Abstract: An emergency reporting apparatus of the present invention includes: a determining unit that determines an emergency state based on an image photographed by a photographing unit while a cash drawer keeping cash therein is left open; and a reporting unit that transmits an emergency report to a predetermined report addressee based on a result of the determination made by the determining unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Sato, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Akao, Kiyoshi Ogishima
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Patent number: 10132883Abstract: In one example, an RF coil array includes a first RF coil configured to generate a magnetic field along a first axis, the first RF coil having a first surface, a second RF coil configured to generate a magnetic field along a second axis, orthogonal to the first axis, the second RF coil having a second surface, and a first foldable interconnect coupling the first RF coil to the second RF coil. The first foldable interconnect may be adjusted to couple the first RF coil to the second RF coil with a first amount of overlap and with the first surface and second surface facing a common direction, or couple the first RF coil to the second RF coil with a second amount of overlap, larger than the first amount of overlap, and with the first surface in face to face position with the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Dashen Chu, Scott Allen Lindsay, Dawei Gui, James Hiroshi Akao, Zhu Li
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Publication number: 20170343625Abstract: In one example, an RF coil array includes a first RF coil configured to generate a magnetic field along a first axis, the first RF coil having a first surface, a second RF coil configured to generate a magnetic field along a second axis, orthogonal to the first axis, the second RF coil having a second surface, and a first foldable interconnect coupling the first RF coil to the second RF coil. The first foldable interconnect may be adjusted to couple the first RF coil to the second RF coil with a first amount of overlap and with the first surface and second surface facing a common direction, or couple the first RF coil to the second RF coil with a second amount of overlap, larger than the first amount of overlap, and with the first surface in face to face position with the second surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Dashen Chu, Scott Allen Lindsay, Dawei Gui, James Hiroshi Akao, Zhu Li
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Publication number: 20170003367Abstract: A method of parallel imaging for use with a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes producing a longitudinal magnetic field B0 throughout a target volume, producing a transverse magnetic field B1 that is generally perpendicular to B0 throughout the target volume, transmitting a plurality of RF pulses to the target volume, with a surface coil, acquiring first MRI data from a target within the target volume in response to the transmission of RF pulses, and with a body coil, acquiring second MRI data from the target within the target volume in response to the transmission of RF pulses, wherein acquisition of the first MRI data and the second MRI data occurs substantially simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2015Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: DASHEN CHU, ROBERT STEVEN STORMONT, SCOTT ALLEN LINDSAY, JAMES HIROSHI AKAO, ZHU LI, HAI ZHENG, XIAOXU LIU
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Publication number: 20160343061Abstract: A shopping supporting apparatus is provided. The apparatus has a receiving unit for receiving an electronic receipt which receipt clearly indicates a payment amount of the purchased goods and store information of the store at which a user has purchased the goods, a receipt memorizing unit for memorizing plural electronic receipts as history information of the electronic receipts, a list memorizing unit for memorizing a commodity list created by the user at his/her arbitrary option, an extracting unit for referring to the history information, thereby extracting a candidate good to be purchased at present or at a present position from among the plural goods included in the commodity list, and a displaying unit for displaying the extracted candidate good.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo SUZUKI, Kiyoshi OGISHIMA, Hiroshi AKAO
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Publication number: 20160307262Abstract: A shopping memo which is easy to dairy use can be prepared in a simple manner. A smart phone is provided with a shopping-memo preparing unit and an indication processing unit. The shopping-memo preparing unit registers commodity information on an electronic receipt to a shopping list in response to user's operation to prepare shopping-memo data. The indication processing unit displays an electronic receipt in such a manner that allows a user to clearly discriminate whether or not each piece of commodity information has been registered to a shopping list of the shopping-memo data prepared in the past by the shopping-memo preparing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro SATO, Hiroshi AKAO, Hideo SUZUKI, Kiyoshi OGISHIMA
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Publication number: 20160171426Abstract: A commodity processing system, includes: a commodity identification unit that identifies a target being conveyed in a predetermined conveyance direction by a conveyance unit as a commodity based on image information acquired from a taken image of the target and/or an identification label attached to the target; and a driving control unit that, when the commodity identification unit cannot identify the target as a commodity, stops conveyance of the target by the conveyance unit when the target moves to a predetermined position in the conveyance direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaki FUJIMOTO, Taro EJIRI, Hideo SUZUKI, Hiroshi AKAO, Kiyoshi OGISHIMA
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Publication number: 20160171843Abstract: An emergency reporting apparatus of the present invention includes: a determining unit that determines an emergency state based on an image photographed by a photographing unit while a cash drawer keeping cash therein is left open; and a reporting unit that transmits an emergency report to a predetermined report addressee based on a result of the determination made by the determining unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro SATO, Hideo SUZUKI, Hiroshi AKAO, Kiyoshi OGISHIMA