Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kano

Hiroshi Kano 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).

  • Publication number: 20240094114
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an optical inspection apparatus includes: an illumination portion, a wavelength selection portion and an imaging portion. The illumination portion irradiates a first object point of a surface of an object with first illumination light, and a second object point of the surface of the object with second illumination light. The imaging portion images light from the first object point through the wavelength selection portion when a normal direction at the first object point and a direction of the first illumination light have an opposing relationship, and images light from the second object point through the wavelength selection portion when a normal direction at the second object point and a direction of the second illumination light have an opposing relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroshi OHNO, Hiroya KANO, Hideaki OKANO
  • Publication number: 20240094115
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a non-transitory storage medium stores an optical inspection program. The optical inspection program causes a processor to execute generating a wavelength selection portion-removed image by removing, from a captured image of an object surface imaged through a wavelength selection portion configured to select at least two different wavelength spectra from incident light, an image of the wavelength selection portion included in the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroshi OHNO, Hiroya KANO, Hideaki OKANO
  • Publication number: 20240077412
    Abstract: According to the embodiment, an optical imaging apparatus includes: an illuminator, a lens, an aperture, and an imaging element. Light is incident into the lens through an inspection object provided where the parallel light from the illuminator reaches. The light has passed through the solvent and the target, and/or through the solvent. The aperture is disposed on a focal plane of the lens. The aperture includes a passage region and a light-blocking region. The passage region allows passage of diffracted light in a direction different from a direction of the parallel light due to the target from the parallel light from the illuminator. The light-blocking region blocks the parallel light having passed through the solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroya KANO, Hiroshi OHNO, Kenta TAKANASHI
  • Publication number: 20240079103
    Abstract: An information processing device (40) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an analysis unit (41) being a first data generation unit that generates objective score data, which indicates objective scores in time series, based on a plurality of pieces of objective data regarding a patient; a processing unit (42) being a second data generation unit that generates subjective score data, which indicates subjective scores in time series, based on a plurality of pieces of subjective data obtained from the patient; and a generation unit (44) being an image generation unit that generates a score image indicating the objective score data and the subjective score data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: RITSUKO KANO, EIJIRO MORI, SHINSUKE NOGUCHI, KAZUMI HIRANO, TAKAFUMI YANAGIMOTO, KOJI SATO, HIROSHI HARA
  • Publication number: 20240041083
    Abstract: Provided is a denatured protein material having all the characteristics of a) and b): a) according to the result of measuring molecular weight distribution, the area ratio for portions where the molecular weight is at least 2,000 Da and less than 20,000 Da is 45-90%; and b) when 250 mM of guanidine hydrochloride is added to an aqueous solution of denatured protein material having a crude protein concentration of 0.1%, the solution does not become cloudy, and when 2 M of ammonium sulfate is added, the solution becomes cloudy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: FUJI OIL HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi KANO, Tomoki UEYAMA, Ryota INOUE
  • Patent number: 11839163
    Abstract: A storage element including a storage layer configured to hold information by use of a magnetization state of a magnetic material, with a pinned magnetization layer being provided on one side of the storage layer, with a tunnel insulation layer, and with the direction of magnetization of the storage layer being changed through injection of spin polarized electrons by passing a current in the lamination direction, so as to record information in the storage layer, wherein a spin barrier layer configured to restrain diffusion of the spin polarized electrons is provided on the side, opposite to the pinned magnetization layer, of the storage layer; and the spin barrier layer includes at least one material selected from the group composing of oxides, nitrides, and fluorides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Higo, Masanori Hosomi, Kazuhiro Bessho, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ohmori, Kazutaka Yamane, Yuki Oishi, Hiroshi Kano
  • Patent number: 11825213
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a joining processing unit configured to perform a joining process to join input images captured by an image capturing device and generate an output image the image capturing device being reflected in each of the input images; and an acceptance unit configured to receive selection of one of a plurality of modes for the joining process. The plurality of modes has a first mode to generate an output image in which at least a part of the image capturing device is reflected, through the joining process; and a second mode to, through the joining process, generate an output image whose area where the image capturing device is reflected is smaller than an area where the image capturing device is reflected in the output image in the first mode or generate an output image in which the image capturing device is not reflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshida, Takeshi Watanabe, Masato Senshu, Hiroshi Kano, Daisuke Hohjoh
  • Publication number: 20230116754
    Abstract: The battery cooling structure includes a cell stacked body that has an inter-cell flow path between adjacent battery cells, a base plate that is disposed adjacent to one of surfaces of the cell stacked body, an inflow-side flow path that is disposed between the cell stacked body and the base plate and communicates with the inter-cell flow path, and an air supply port that is disposed in one end portion of the inflow-side flow path in the stacking direction and supplies air to the inflow-side flow path are included. The base plate has a branching portion that branches air in the inflow-side flow path, into a plurality of flows, and the branching portion is disposed at a position that is further from the air supply port than one endmost battery cell of the cell stacked body, the one endmost battery cell being adjacent to of the air supply port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jaewon SON, Hiroshi KANO, Hiroki SAKAMOTO, Tetsuya SUGIZAKI, Ryo SHINODA
  • Publication number: 20230028267
    Abstract: A battery unit includes at least one battery module, a cooling device configured to deliver a cooling gas configured to cool the battery module to the battery module, and a junction board mounted with a wiring component configured to electrically connect the battery module and an external device and allow a charging power and/or a discharging power of the battery module to flow. The junction board is disposed above the cooling device at a position where at least a part of the junction board overlaps the cooling device when viewed from an upper-lower direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutomo KIMURA, Jaewon SON, Hiroki SAKAMOTO, Hiroshi KANO
  • Publication number: 20220288140
    Abstract: A fermented milk for improving autonomic nervous function containing at least one lactic acid bacterial species of the genus Lactobacillus and its metabolite. The lactic acid bacterial species of the genus Lactobacillus is selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus delbrueckii, Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus, Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Lactobacillus acidophilus. The lactic acid bacterial strain of the genus Lactobacillus is preferably Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus OLL1073R-1(FERM BP-10741).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicants: MEIJI CO., LTD., University Public Corporation Osaka
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi WATANABE, Kei MIZUNO, Jun HENMI, Seiya MAKINO, Hiroshi KANO
  • Publication number: 20220271219
    Abstract: A storage element includes a storage layer, a fixed magnetization layer, a spin barrier layer, and a spin absorption layer. The storage layer stores information based on a magnetization state of a magnetic material. The fixed magnetization layer is provided for the storage layer through a tunnel insulating layer. The spin barrier layer suppresses diffusion of spin-polarized electrons and is provided on the side of the storage layer opposite the fixed magnetization layer. The spin absorption layer is formed of a nonmagnetic metal layer causing spin pumping and provided on the side of the spin barrier layer opposite the storage layer. A direction of magnetization in the storage layer is changed by passing current in a layering direction to inject spin-polarized electrons so that information is recorded in the storage layer and the spin barrier layer includes at least a material selected from oxides, nitrides, and fluorides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Yutaka HIGO, Masanori HOSOMI, Hiroyuki OHMORI, Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Kazutaka YAMANE, Yuki OISHI, Hiroshi KANO
  • Publication number: 20220238797
    Abstract: A storage element including a storage layer configured to hold information by use of a magnetization state of a magnetic material, with a pinned magnetization layer being provided on one side of the storage layer, with a tunnel insulation layer, and with the direction of magnetization of the storage layer being changed through injection of spin polarized electrons by passing a current in the lamination direction, so as to record information in the storage layer, wherein a spin barrier layer configured to restrain diffusion of the spin polarized electrons is provided on the side, opposite to the pinned magnetization layer, of the storage layer; and the spin barrier layer includes at least one material selected from the group composing of oxides, nitrides, and fluorides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Yutaka Higo, Masanori Hosomi, Kazuhiro Bessho, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ohmori, Kazutaka Yamane, Yuki Oishi, Hiroshi Kano
  • Patent number: 11394881
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to detect a positional shift amount of each of a plurality of images; select a composite target image from the plurality of images based on the detected positional shift amount; and obtain a composite image based on the positional shift amount and the selected composite target image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Uehara, Masakazu Terauchi, Masashi Miyata, Hiroshi Kano, Akira Nakano, Takeyoshi Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20220224831
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a joining processing unit configured to perform a joining process to join input images captured by an image capturing device and generate an output image the image capturing device being reflected in each of the input images; and an acceptance unit configured to receive selection of one of a plurality of modes for the joining process. The plurality of modes has a first mode to generate an output image in which at least a part of the image capturing device is reflected, through the joining process; and a second mode to, through the joining process, generate an output image whose area where the image capturing device is reflected is smaller than an area where the image capturing device is reflected in the output image in the first mode or generate an output image in which the image capturing device is not reflected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YOSHIDA, Takeshi WATANABE, Masato SENSHU, Hiroshi KANO, Daisuke HOHJOH
  • Patent number: 11349067
    Abstract: A storage element includes a storage layer, a fixed magnetization layer, a spin barrier layer, and a spin absorption layer. The storage layer stores information based on a magnetization state of a magnetic material. The fixed magnetization layer is provided for the storage layer through a tunnel insulating layer. The spin barrier layer suppresses diffusion of spin-polarized electrons and is provided on the side of the storage layer opposite the fixed magnetization layer. The spin absorption layer is formed of a nonmagnetic metal layer causing spin pumping and provided on the side of the spin barrier layer opposite the storage layer. A direction of magnetization in the storage layer is changed by passing current in a layering direction to inject spin-polarized electrons so that information is recorded in the storage layer and the spin barrier layer includes at least a material selected from oxides, nitrides, and fluorides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Higo, Masanori Hosomi, Hiroyuki Ohmori, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Kazutaka Yamane, Yuki Oishi, Hiroshi Kano
  • Patent number: 11322681
    Abstract: A storage element including a storage layer configured to hold information by use of a magnetization state of a magnetic material, with a pinned magnetization layer being provided on one side of the storage layer, with a tunnel insulation layer, and with the direction of magnetization of the storage layer being changed through injection of spin polarized electrons by passing a current in the lamination direction, so as to record information in the storage layer, wherein a spin barrier layer configured to restrain diffusion of the spin polarized electrons is provided on the side, opposite to the pinned magnetization layer, of the storage layer; and the spin barrier layer includes at least one material selected from the group composing of oxides, nitrides, and fluorides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Higo, Masanori Hosomi, Kazuhiro Bessho, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ohmori, Kazutaka Yamane, Yuki Oishi, Hiroshi Kano
  • Publication number: 20220127755
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an artificial structural protein fiber having a small diameter and having a stress equal to or higher than that of the related art. A method for producing an artificial structural protein fiber according to the present invention is a method for producing an artificial structural protein fiber by a wet spinning method, the method including a coagulation step of discharging a spinning dope containing an artificial structural protein and an organic solvent from a spinneret into a coagulation liquid to coagulate the artificial structural protein, wherein a bath draft in the coagulation step is more than 0.4 and 20 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Spiber Inc.
    Inventors: Hirotada Ando, Hideto Ishii, Koichi Kotaka, Ryoko Sato, Hiroshi Kano, Jun Kobayashi, Akito Sato, Yunosuke Abe
  • Patent number: 11312205
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle which includes an air intake grille for taking in air in a passenger compartment, an electric device, a case for accommodating the electric device, and an intake duct for connecting the intake port provided in the case and the air intake grille, where, when the air intake grille is divided into a region close to the intake port and a region far from the intake port in a vehicle width direction, the sum of opening areas of flow rate adjusting windows located in the region far from the intake port is larger than the sum of opening areas of flow rate adjusting windows located in the region close to the intake port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Aoki, Hiroshi Kano
  • Publication number: 20220010460
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a modified fibroin multifilament excellent in productivity and a multifilament produced by the same. The multifilament of the present invention contains modified fibroin, in which the multifilament has 100 or more constituent single yarns, a coefficient of variation in elastic modulus is 15% or less, a coefficient of variation in strength is 15% or less, and a coefficient of variation in elongation is less than 33%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Yunosuke ABE, Hideto ISHII, Ryoko SATO, Akito SATO, Hirotada ANDO, Hiroshi KANO, Koichi KOTAKA, Jun KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11192445
    Abstract: An air intake grille through which air in a passenger compartment of a vehicle V is taken in includes a frame body, a plurality of first grille forming portions and second grille forming portions arranged in a lattice shape inside the frame body, and a flow rate adjusting plate disposed inside the frame body so as to be perpendicular to the first grille forming portions and the second grille forming portions. The flow rate adjusting plate has a flow rate adjusting window having an opening area smaller than an opening portion inside the opening portion formed by the first grille forming portion and the second grille forming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kano