Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kido

Hiroshi Kido 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: 11686733
    Abstract: A means for predicting an infant's risk of developing an allergy to an allergen is provided. IgG1 antibody titers and IgE antibody titers against egg white in a sample of infants 6 months old or younger are measured using a DCP chip, and a scattergram is created by plotting the IgG1 antibody titer on an X axis and the IgE antibody titer on a Y axis. For data distribution divided into two blocks, a linear function applicable to the respective blocks is calculated to obtain two types of linear functions, and the risk of developing an allergy is predicted based on which block an infant belongs to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: APPLIED MEDICAL ENZYME RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kido, Makoto Irahara, Koichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230003738
    Abstract: Provided is an approach of predicting a risk of occurrence of anaphylaxis in an infant or a child having food allergy by measuring an antibody titer of an IgE antibody and avidity of the IgE antibody against an allergen in a sample collected from the infant or the child, and predicting the risk of occurrence of anaphylaxis in the infant or the child according to a criterion created on the basis of ROC analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kido, Koichi Suzuki, Hitomi Tada, Wakako Shinahara
  • Publication number: 20210338809
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an allergen vaccine for treatment or prevention of an allergic disease, while reducing the risk of developing an immediate type allergy including anaphylaxis. The present inventors have found that (1) oral inoculation of a composition comprising a particular antigen (allergen) and SF10 into subjects having allergic diseases can suppress the development of an immediate type allergy caused by sensitization with the antigen, and (2) oral inoculation of a composition comprising a particular antigen (allergen) and SF10 into subjects not having allergic diseases can inhibit establishment of sensitization to the antigen, and have completed the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kido, Etsuhisa Takahashi, Takashi Kimoto, Satoko Sakai
  • Patent number: 10820974
    Abstract: An interdental brush includes a handle, a shank extending therefrom, and a bristle portion disposed around the shank. The bristle portion has a plurality of bristle units, each of which has a loading surface facing the handle and having a diameter larger than a diameter of the shank, and a surrounding wall extending from the loading surface toward a direction opposite to the handle with the extent progressively decreasing therefrom. The loading surface and the surrounding wall converge at a brim. The gradually-reduced arrangement of each surrounding wall facilitates an easy entrance into slits between teeth and provides each loading surface and brim with sufficient support to scrape and remove food debris and tartar while pulling the brush out. The revolution of bristle units around the shank helps the brush touch and massage gingivae in a large area, thereby increasing the effect of cleaning teeth and convenience of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: NICE RENEW CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kido
  • Patent number: 10616984
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) lighting device includes (i) a selector circuit that sequentially and cyclically selects a plurality of LED loads one by one, the plurality of LED loads respectively emitting light as a result of being selected, and (ii) a control circuit that controls the selector circuit to cause an intermediate color to be produced by successively generating frames, each frame being a temporal combination of at least one first cycle period and at least one second cycle period, the at least one first cycle period generating a first mixed emission color, and the at least one second cycle period generating a second mixed emission color different from the first mixed emission color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Takeguchi, Shigeru Ido, Hiroshi Kido
  • Publication number: 20190391158
    Abstract: A means for predicting an infant's risk of developing an allergy to an allergen is provided. IgG1 antibody titers and IgE antibody titers against egg white in a sample of infants 6 months old or younger are measured using a DCP chip, and a scattergram is created by plotting the IgG1 antibody titer on an X axis and the IgE antibody titer on a Y axis. For data distribution divided into two blocks, a linear function applicable to the respective blocks is calculated to obtain two types of linear functions, and the risk of developing an allergy is predicted based on which block an infant belongs to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kido, Makoto Irahara, Koichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190364627
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) lighting device includes (i) a selector circuit that sequentially and cyclically selects a plurality of LED loads one by one, the plurality of LED loads respectively emitting light as a result of being selected, and (ii) a control circuit that controls the selector circuit to cause an intermediate color to be produced by successively generating frames, each frame being a temporal combination of at least one first cycle period and at least one second cycle period, the at least one first cycle period generating a first mixed emission color, and the at least one second cycle period generating a second mixed emission color different from the first mixed emission color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Naoki TAKEGUCHI, Shigeru IDO, Hiroshi KIDO
  • Patent number: 10441742
    Abstract: A light emission control device includes a light emission controller which controls a light emitter and performs normal control and wake-up control, the normal control being control for causing the light emitter to emit light having a color temperature and luminance according to an instruction of a user, the wake-up control being control for causing the light emitter to emit light at increasing luminance over time to wake up the user who is sleeping. The maximum luminance of light emitted by the light emitter in the wake-up control is greater than the maximum luminance of light emitted by the light emitter in the normal control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kido, Shigeru Ido, Hisao Kataoka, Naohiro Toda, Kazuhiro Hatta, Sadayoshi Hattori
  • Patent number: 10357630
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: an illuminator including a light source which emits illumination light; a lighting controller which controls the illuminator; and a receiver which receives, from a control apparatus, a control command signal generated based on at least one of user information and environmental information in order to control the illumination light of the illuminator, wherein the control command signal received by the receiver includes one or more parameters including, as an element, at least one of a brightness of the illumination light of the illuminator, a color temperature of the illumination light of the illuminator, and control time for controlling the illumination light of the illuminator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kido, Shigeru Ido, Hisao Kataoka, Sadayoshi Hattori
  • Publication number: 20190150463
    Abstract: A composition for suppressing deterioration of an acquired immune function according to the present invention includes, as an active ingredient, lactic acid bacteria products from lactic acid bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus. This composition for suppressing deterioration of the acquired immune function suppresses deterioration of the acquired immune function due to the use of an anti-influenza drug. The lactic acid bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus is preferably a bulgaricus bacterium. For example, the lactic acid bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus may be Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus. In the production method according to the present invention, a milk raw material is supplied to lactic acid bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus in order to produce the composition for suppressing deterioration of the acquired immune function to suppress deterioration of the acquired immune function due to the use of an anti-influenza drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroshi KIDO, Etsuhisa TAKAHASHI, Seiya MAKINO, Hiroshi KANO, Jun HENMI
  • Publication number: 20190110872
    Abstract: An interdental brush includes a handle, a shank extending therefrom, and a bristle portion disposed around the shank. The bristle portion has a plurality of bristle units, each of which has a loading surface facing the handle and having a diameter larger than a diameter of the shank, and a surrounding wall extending from the loading surface toward a direction opposite to the handle with the extent progressively decreasing therefrom. The loading surface and the surrounding wall converge at a brim. The gradually-reduced arrangement of each surrounding wall facilitates an easy entrance into slits between teeth and provides each loading surface and brim with sufficient support to scrape and remove food debris and tartar while pulling the brush out. The revolution of bristle units around the shank helps the brush touch and massage gingivae in a large area, thereby increasing the effect of cleaning teeth and convenience of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: HIROSHI KIDO
  • Patent number: 10237937
    Abstract: A lighting device is provided that includes a lighting controller that controls a light emitter that emits illumination light. The lighting controller includes a first filter that converts a first signal waveform that is defined by a first piecewise linear curve and whose intensity repeatedly increases and decreases into a signal waveform having a smooth rounded curve, and outputs the converted signal waveform as a first output waveform. The lighting controller causes the light emitter to repeatedly increase and decrease the intensity of the illumination light in accordance with the first output waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kido, Shigeru Ido, Hisao Kataoka, Naohiro Toda
  • Patent number: 10201046
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes light sources differing from one another in terms of light-emission color and voltage drop when identical current flows therein, switches in one-to-one correspondence with the light sources, a DC power supply circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit performs a first control of the switches through a time division control method such that an on-period of each switch is not overlapped with that of any other switch. The control circuit also performs a second control to individually control at least one of a target current magnitude, flowing through each switch in the switched-on state, and a target on-period length of each switch, and to adjust a ratio of the plurality of light sources in terms of a product of the target current magnitude and the target on-period length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Hasegawa, Hiroshi Kido, Akinori Hiramatsu, Shigeru Ido
  • Patent number: 10159129
    Abstract: A lighting device which causes a first light source to emit illumination light and a second light source to emit illumination light having a color temperature higher than a color temperature of the illumination light emitted by the first light source includes: an illuminator which includes a first switching element connected in series to the first light source, and a second switching element connected in series to the second light source; an illumination controller which controls the illuminator to place at least one of the first switching element and the second switching element into an off state; and a constant-current controller which detects a sum of values of currents flowing through the first light source and the second light source, and controls the first switching element and the second switching element based on the sum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kido, Shigeru Ido, Hisao Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20180250493
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: an illuminator including a light source which emits illumination light; a lighting controller which controls the illuminator; and a receiver which receives, from a control apparatus, a control command signal generated based on at least one of user information and environmental information in order to control the illumination light of the illuminator, wherein the control command signal received by the receiver includes one or more parameters including, as an element, at least one of a brightness of the illumination light of the illuminator, a color temperature of the illumination light of the illuminator, and control time for controlling the illumination light of the illuminator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi KIDO, Shigeru IDO, Hisao KATAOKA, Sadayoshi HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20180255619
    Abstract: A lighting device which causes a first light source to emit illumination light and a second light source to emit illumination light having a color temperature higher than a color temperature of the illumination light emitted by the first light source includes: an illuminator which includes a first switching element connected in series to the first light source, and a second switching element connected in series to the second light source; an illumination controller which controls the illuminator to place at least one of the first switching element and the second switching element into an off state; and a constant-current controller which detects a sum of values of currents flowing through the first light source and the second light source, and controls the first switching element and the second switching element based on the sum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi KIDO, Shigeru IDO, Hisao KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20180255617
    Abstract: A lighting device is provided that includes a lighting controller that controls a light emitter that emits illumination light. The lighting controller includes a first filter that converts a first signal waveform that is defined by a first piecewise linear curve and whose intensity repeatedly increases and decreases into a signal waveform having a smooth rounded curve, and outputs the converted signal waveform as a first output waveform. The lighting controller causes the light emitter to repeatedly increase and decrease the intensity of the illumination light in accordance with the first output waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi KIDO, Shigeru IDO, Hisao KATAOKA, Naohiro TODA
  • Publication number: 20180250492
    Abstract: A light emission control device includes a light emission controller which controls a light emitter and performs normal control and wake-up control, the normal control being control for causing the light emitter to emit light having a color temperature and luminance according to an instruction of a user, the wake-up control being control for causing the light emitter to emit light at increasing luminance over time to wake up the user who is sleeping. The maximum luminance of light emitted by the light emitter in the wake-up control is greater than the maximum luminance of light emitted by the light emitter in the normal control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kido, Shigeru Ido, Hisao Kataoka, Naohiro Toda, Kazuhiro Hatta, Sadayoshi Hattori
  • Patent number: 9750095
    Abstract: A control circuit is configured to convert a DC voltage that is outputted from a DC power supply to a square wave voltage by switching the switching element according to a PWM signal having a duty ratio that corresponds to a light modulation level of the light source unit, and cause the square wave voltage to be outputted to the light source unit. The control circuit includes a voltage controller configured to control an operating voltage for operating the switching element such that at least one of a rising time and a falling time of a current that flows through the switching element is 1 microsecond or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Ido, Akinori Hiramatu, Hiroshi Kido, Takeshi Kamoi, Daisuke Ueda
  • Patent number: 9699847
    Abstract: The light source unit includes a light source circuit including N (N?3) pairs of a light source group including one or more solid light emitting elements and a constant current circuit connected in series with the light source group to keep, constant, current flowing through the light source group, a full-wave rectification circuit for performing full-wave rectification on AC voltage, and a control circuit. The first pair is connected to the full-wave rectification circuit. The k-th (2?k?N) pair is connected in parallel with the constant current circuit of the (k?1)-th pair so that the light source groups of the k-th and (k?1)-th pairs are in series. The control circuit terminates operations of the constant current circuits of the N pairs or limits currents flowing through the light source groups of the N pairs in response to detection of light or a signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Hiramatsu, Shigeru Ido, Daisuke Ueda, Hiroshi Kido