Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Hirayama
Hiroshi Hirayama 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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Publication number: 20240384110Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a top coating agent which forms a protective film demonstrating a beautiful silvery-white appearance, can be adjusted to suppress increases in the friction coefficient even when heat-treated at a high temperature, stabilizes sliding, is strong, and has excellent water resistance, corrosion resistance, and the like; and a fastening member having the protective film formed using said top coating agent. The present invention provides: a top coating agent that includes a polyoxyalkylene amine-based surfactant, a water-soluble modified organopolysiloxane, aluminum flake, and a diluent containing water; and a silvery-white fastening member having a protective film formed using said top coating agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicants: DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi TAKAMATSU, Hiroshi HIRAYAMA, Mayuko SAKASHITA, Yoshiki ASAKA, Bo TONG, Shinsuke MOCHIZUKI, Atsushi MURAKAMI, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 12117460Abstract: Temperature adjustment with a pipette tip temperature adjustment unit (7) and a drive unit (54) for raising and lowering a pipette tip (51), an environment temperature sensor (10) for sensing temperature inside an analysis apparatus (1A), a pump (53) for drawing a liquid into pipette tip (51) and discharging liquid in the pipette tip (51), and a control unit (6a) for setting, in advance, temperature control target value during sample analysis for unit (7) based on environment temperature sensed by sensor (10), and during sample analysis, drive unit (54) lowers pipette tip (51), pump (53) performs pumping wherein intake and discharge are repeated in a state in which unit (7) blows air, and unit (6a) sets, in advance, the temperature value for use during sample analysis for the pipette tip temperature adjustment unit (7) on the basis of analysis reagent information and the environment temperature sensed by e sensor (10).Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kou Osawa, Takanori Murayama, Yuuya Shouji, Youichi Aoki, Hiroshi Hirayama
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Patent number: 11215613Abstract: This detection device has a holder and a heating unit. The holder holds a detection chip that has the following: a prism that has an incidence surface and a film-formation surface; a metal film formed on said film-formation surface; trapping bodies laid out on the surface of said metal film; and a substrate that is laid out on the surface of the metal film, and together with the metal film, forms a liquid collection section in which a liquid is collected. The heating unit heats at least one of the substrate, the prism, and the metal film either while in contact therewith or without contacting same. Also, the heating unit is positioned so as to avoid the path that excitation light takes from an excitation-light emission unit to the abovementioned incidence surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Kosuke Nagae, Hiroshi Hirayama
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Patent number: 11089667Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, a high voltage power supply, and focus size control circuitry. The X-ray tube includes a cathode, an anode, and a deflector configured to deflect the electrons from the cathode. The high voltage power supply generates a tube voltage to be applied between the cathode and the anode. The focus size control circuitry controls a focus size formed in the anode by applying to the deflector a deflecting voltage of a deflecting voltage value based on a tube voltage value of the tube voltage and a predetermined size, in order to form a focus of the predetermined size in the anode during the period where the tube voltage is applied by the high voltage power supply.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Hirayama, Sanae Harada, Takenori Mizuno, Masahiro Karahashi
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Publication number: 20210025908Abstract: Temperature adjustment with a pipette tip temperature adjustment unit (7) and a drive unit (54) for raising and lowering a pipette tip (51), an environment temperature sensor (10) for sensing temperature inside an analysis apparatus (1A), a pump (53) for drawing a liquid into pipette tip (51) and discharging liquid in the pipette tip (51), and a control unit (6a) for setting, in advance, temperature control target value during sample analysis for unit (7) based on environment temperature sensed by sensor (10), and during sample analysis, drive unit (54) lowers pipette tip (51), pump (53) performs pumping wherein intake and discharge are repeated in a state in which unit (7) blows air, and unit (6a) sets, in advance, the temperature value for use during sample analysis for the pipette tip temperature adjustment unit (7) on the basis of analysis reagent information and the environment temperature sensed by e sensor (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Kou OSAWA, Takanori MURAYAMA, Yuuya SHOUJI, Youichi AOKI, Hiroshi HIRAYAMA
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Patent number: 10806418Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray CT apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a plurality of discrete images at a corresponding plurality of discrete positions in a body axis direction of an object, and calculates imaging conditions corresponding to a scan range of a main scan based on the plurality of discrete images.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Hirayama, Sanae Harada, Toyomasa Honda
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Patent number: 10787193Abstract: Provided is a drive control device for an electric motor in which the number of terminals and the number of wires can be reduced. The drive control device includes: an inverter circuit that drives an electric motor having a plurality of phases; a drive circuit including drivers; a control circuit that outputs a control signal to control the drive circuit; and a signal line that connects the control circuit to the drive circuit to transmits a control signal from the control circuit to the drive circuit, in which the number of signal lines is fewer than the number of the phases of the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Hirayama, Yoshitaka Abe, Tomonobu Koseki, Mitsuhiko Watanabe, Atsushi Arata
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Publication number: 20200256796Abstract: A first frame having a first through-hole is arranged on a support so that one opening of the first through-hole is closed. A liquid containing a capturer for capturing a substance to be detected is fed into the first through-hole, and the capturer is immobilized on the support exposed in the first through-hole. After removing the liquid from the support, a second frame having the second through-hole is arranged on the support in the first through-hole so that one opening of the second through-hole is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Yukito NAKAMURA, Takatoshi KAYA, Tomonori KANEKO, Kosuke NAGAE, Hiroshi HIRAYAMA
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Publication number: 20200245442Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, a high voltage power supply, and focus size control circuitry. The X-ray tube includes a cathode, an anode, and a deflector configured to deflect the electrons from the cathode. The high voltage power supply generates a tube voltage to be applied between the cathode and the anode. The focus size control circuitry controls a focus size formed in the anode by applying to the deflector a deflecting voltage of a deflecting voltage value based on a tube voltage value of the tube voltage and a predetermined size, in order to form a focus of the predetermined size in the anode during the period where the tube voltage is applied by the high voltage power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Hirayama, Sanae Harada, Takenori Mizuno, Masahiro Karahashi
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Patent number: 10677731Abstract: A first frame having a first through-hole is arranged on a support so that one opening of the first through-hole is closed. A liquid containing a capturer is fed into the first through-hole, and a capturer is immobilized on the support exposed in the first through-hole. After removing the liquid from the support, a second frame having the second through-hole is arranged on the support in the first through-hole so that one opening of the second through-hole is closed.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Yukito Nakamura, Takatoshi Kaya, Tomonori Kaneko, Kosuke Nagae, Hiroshi Hirayama
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Patent number: 10660190Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, a high voltage power supply, and focus size control circuitry. The X-ray tube includes a cathode, an anode, and a deflector configured to deflect the electrons from the cathode. The high voltage power supply generates a tube voltage to be applied between the cathode and the anode. The focus size control circuitry controls a focus size formed in the anode by applying to the deflector a deflecting voltage of a deflecting voltage value based on a tube voltage value of the tube voltage and a predetermined size, in order to form a focus of the predetermined size in the anode during the period where the tube voltage is applied by the high voltage power supply.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Hirayama, Sanae Harada, Takenori Mizuno, Masahiro Karahashi
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Patent number: 10495576Abstract: First, an analytical chip having a prism, a metal film that includes a trapping region having immobilized on the surface thereof a trapping element for trapping a substance to be analyzed, and a mark in which the scatter of emitted plasmon scattered light differs from the scatter of plasmon scattered light emitted from the surrounding region, is disposed in a chip holder. Next, the rear surface of the metal film is irradiated with excitation light, plasmon scattered light emitted from the proximity of the mark is detected, and, on the basis of the detected plasmon scattered light, location information for the trap region is obtained. Next, the portion of the rear surface of the metal film that corresponds to the trap region arranged at the detected location is irradiated with excitation light, and fluorescence emitted by a fluorescent substance is detected.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Masataka Matsuo, Hiroshi Hirayama, Yoshimasa Hamano, Tetsuya Noda, Yoshihiro Okumura
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Publication number: 20190300046Abstract: Provided is a drive control device for an electric motor in which the number of terminals and the number of wires can be reduced. The drive control device includes: an inverter circuit that drives an electric motor having a plurality of phases; a drive circuit including drivers; a control circuit that outputs a control signal to control the drive circuit; and a signal line that connects the control circuit to the drive circuit to transmits a control signal from the control circuit to the drive circuit, in which the number of signal lines is fewer than the number of the phases of the electric motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Hiroshi HIRAYAMA, Yoshitaka ABE, Tomonobu KOSEKI, Mitsuhiko WATANABE, Atsushi ARATA
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Patent number: 10381188Abstract: A radiographic image diagnostic apparatus according to embodiments includes an X-ray tube, a holding member, and coil control circuitry. The X-ray tube includes: a cathode that emits electrons; coils that generate electromagnetic force; and an anode that rotates about a rotation axis in response to the electromagnetic force and to generate an X-ray by receiving the electrons. The holding member holds the X-ray tube so that the X-ray tube is movable. The coil control circuitry controls a current to be supplied to the coils based on at least one of a position of the X-ray tube, a direction of the X-ray tube, or a velocity of the X-ray tube.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Hirayama
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Patent number: 10360144Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a non-volatile memory and a controller to determine whether or not to compress data at a time when a non-volatile memory device receives the data from a host apparatus. A storage controller transmits a specified logical address range, an update frequency level of the specified logical address range, and specified data to a device controller. The update frequency level may indicate whether data is Hot or Cold. On the basis of the update frequency level of the specified logical address range, the device controller determines whether to compress the specified data. When a determination is made to compress the specified data, the device controller compresses the specified data to generate compressed data, and writes the compressed data into a non-volatile memory which may be a flash memory device. A degradation rank of physical blocks in the flash memory may include at least Young and Old.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Masatsugu Oshimi, Yoshihiro Oikawa, Hiroshi Hirayama, Junji Ogawa
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Patent number: 10260921Abstract: A connection terminal is on a flange of a thermal flow meter. A terminal connection part has a first and a second bent part. The first bent part is bent from a first direction to a second direction. The second bent part has is bent from the first bent part to a third direction. The first and second bent parts are formed such that when connection pin parts of a plurality of the connection terminals and terminal connection parts of the plurality of connection terminals are projected onto a first imaginary plane, an imaginary line L extending along a first direction passing through the projection areas of each of the terminal connection parts of the plurality of connection terminals passes between the projection areas of the connection pin parts from among the connection pin parts of the plurality of connection terminals, that are positioned on both sides.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Jiro Taniguchi, Keiichi Nakada, Yasuhiro Asano, Hiroshi Hirayama, Kazunori Suzuki
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Patent number: 10240237Abstract: Provided is a black coupling member for vehicles, comprising a trivalent chromium black chemical conversion film and a black coating film upon the trivalent chromium black chemical conversion film, on the surface of a zinc-plated metal substrate. The trivalent chromium black chemical conversion film is formed using a hexavalent chromium-free trivalent chromium black chemical conversion treatment solution having a Zn ion concentration of no more than 20 g/L. The lightness (L) of the trivalent chromium black chemical conversion film is no more than 33. The black coating film includes a black chemical conversion component, a modified organopolysiloxane, and a friction coefficient-adjustment component. The black chemical conversion component content is 2-25 wt % relative to 100 wt % of the black coating film. The lightness (L) is no more than 28.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignees: DIPSOL CHEMICALS CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Kato, Toshiki Inomata, Manabu Inoue, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Hiroshi Hirayama, Shinsuke Mochizuki, Toshiyasu Nagai
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Patent number: 10198318Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes: a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of physical blocks; and a memory controller configured to execute an internal process of migrating data between physical blocks. The memory controller is configured to select, based on an update frequency level which is identified with respect to a logical address range from a higher-level apparatus, a physical block to be allocated to the logical address range from among the plurality of physical blocks. The memory controller is configured to determine, in the internal process, whether to set a migration destination level (an update frequency level of a migration destination physical block) to a same level as or a different level from a migration source level (an update frequency level of a migration source physical block) based on whether or not an attribute of the migration source physical block satisfies a prescribed condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Oikawa, Hiroshi Hirayama, Kenta Ninose
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Publication number: 20180344275Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray CT apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a plurality of discrete images at a corresponding plurality of discrete positions in a body axis direction of an object, and calculates imaging conditions corresponding to a scan range of a main scan based on the plurality of discrete images.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi HIRAYAMA, Sanae HARADA, Toyomasa HONDA
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Publication number: 20180228011Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, a high voltage power supply, and focus size control circuitry. The X-ray tube includes a cathode, an anode, and a deflector configured to deflect the electrons from the cathode. The high voltage power supply generates a tube voltage to be applied between the cathode and the anode. The focus size control circuitry controls a focus size formed in the anode by applying to the deflector a deflecting voltage of a deflecting voltage value based on a tube voltage value of the tube voltage and a predetermined size, in order to form a focus of the predetermined size in the anode during the period where the tube voltage is applied by the high voltage power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: Canon Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Hirayama, Sanae Harada, Takenori Mizuno, Masahiro Karahashi