Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Suganuma
Hiroshi Suganuma 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: 20240111166Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror including a main body portion having a reflection surface that reflects display light, and a rotating shaft protruding from a first side wall of the main body portion, and a driving member that includes a motor including an output shaft arranged parallel to the rotating shaft, and neighboring the rotating shaft in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis line of the rotating shaft, a first gear portion coupled to the output shaft, and a second gear portion engaged with the first gear portion, and coupled to the rotating shaft, and rotates the mirror by transmitting rotation of the output shaft of the motor to the rotating shaft via the first gear portion and the second gear portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Naoto Tsubakihara, Hiroshi Sano, Tetsuya Suganuma, Masaaki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20240111128Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a housing including an opening, an image display device that outputs display light of an image, and a mirror that includes a main body including a reflective surface that reflects the display light toward the opening and is rotatable around a rotation axis. The mirror includes a first and a second ribs that extend along a first direction, and face each other in a second direction. The first rib is formed as a rib closest to a side of the upper end on the back surface, the second rib is formed as a rib closest to a side of the lower end on the back surface, and a central region between the first and the second ribs on the back surface is formed as a flat curved surface, at least a part of which extends from the first rib to the second rib.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Tetsuya Suganuma, Hiroshi Sano
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Patent number: 11768146Abstract: A fine particle measurement device includes a support stand (20) that has a groove (F) extending in a predetermined direction and is configured to support in the groove an observation container (10), which has an elongate shape and accommodates a liquid sample containing a fine particle therein such that an extending direction of the groove (F) coincides with a longitudinal direction of the observation container (10); and an imaging unit (40) that is configured to capture an image of the fine particle in the observation container (10) at a position where the support stand is out of a field of view, the observation container (10) being supported by the support stand (20).Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Kimura, Asako Motomura, Yoko Sugiyama, Hiroshi Suganuma
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Patent number: 11333596Abstract: An observation container (10) includes: a bottom portion that includes a bottom wall (12A) (first plate part) and a bottom wall (12B) (second plate part) which intersect each other and that is configured to accommodate a liquid sample O as a sample containing microparticles to be imaged by imaging units (30A) and (30B) serving as an imaging device; and a region that has transparency with respect to a wavelength of light used for observation of the microparticles.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Kimura, Asako Motomura, Yoko Sugiyama, Hiroshi Suganuma
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Publication number: 20210293704Abstract: A method for quality evaluation includes emitting measurement light having a wavelength of 300 nm or more and 2,000 nm or less to a cell mass and acquiring a plurality of light intensity information corresponding to each of a plurality of measuring positions in the cell mass, generating a feature amount from a variation of the acquired plurality of light intensity information, and evaluating quality of the cell mass using the generated feature amount as an index.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Cyfuse Biomedical K.K., National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research SystemInventors: Asako MOTOMURA, Yoko SUGIYAMA, Hiroshi SUGANUMA, Akinori KIMURA, Shizuka AKIEDA, Yudai MIYAZAKI, Ryuji KATO, Mayu SHIBUTA, Ryohei YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11092542Abstract: A quality evaluation method includes, acquiring light intensity distribution information related to a distribution of absorbance with respect to the measurement light in the cell mass by irradiating a cell mass with measurement light including near-infrared light; and evaluating a quality of the cell mass based on the information. A quality evaluation device includes a light source that irradiates a cell mass with measurement light including near-infrared light; a light receiving unit that, by receiving transmitted light or diffusely reflected light from the cell mass, acquires light intensity distribution information related to a distribution of absorbance with respect to the measurement light in the cell mass, the transmitted light or the diffusely reflected light being emitted from the cell mass by irradiating the cell mass with the measurement light; and an analyzing unit that evaluates a quality of the cell mass based on the information.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Suganuma, Yoko Sugiyama, Asako Motomura
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Publication number: 20210003494Abstract: A fine particle measurement device includes a support stand (20) that has a groove (F) extending in a predetermined direction and is configured to support in the groove an observation container (10), which has an elongate shape and accommodates a liquid sample containing a fine particle therein such that an extending direction of the groove (F) coincides with a longitudinal direction of the observation container (10); and an imaging unit (40) that is configured to capture an image of the fine particle in the observation container (10) at a position where the support stand is out of a field of view, the observation container (10) being supported by the support stand (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akinori KIMURA, Asako MOTOMURA, Yoko SUGIYAMA, Hiroshi SUGANUMA
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Publication number: 20200096435Abstract: An observation container (10) includes: a bottom portion that includes a bottom wall (12A) (first plate part) and a bottom wall (12B) (second plate part) which intersect each other and that is configured to accommodate a liquid sample O as a sample containing microparticles to be imaged by imaging units (30A) and (30B) serving as an imaging device; and a region that has transparency with respect to a wavelength of light used for observation of the microparticles.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akinori KIMURA, Asako Motomura, Yoko Sugiyama, Hiroshi Suganuma
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Patent number: 10585033Abstract: There are provided a microparticle measuring device capable of analyzing microparticles with increased accuracy and a microparticle analysis method. According to a microparticle measuring device 1, transmission images of microparticles in the liquid sample are captured by a plurality of image capturing units that are disposed in mutually different orientations with respect to a liquid feed pipe when viewed in a cross section orthogonal to the flowing direction of a liquid sample in the liquid feed pipe, and the microparticles are analyzed by an analyzing unit on the basis of the transmission images.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takuya Okuno, Akinori Kimura, Ichiro Sogawa, Hiroshi Suganuma
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Publication number: 20190137389Abstract: A quality evaluation method includes, acquiring light intensity distribution information related to a distribution of absorbance with respect to the measurement light in the cell mass by irradiating a cell mass with measurement light including near-infrared light; and evaluating a quality of the cell mass based on the information. A quality evaluation device includes a light source that irradiates a cell mass with measurement light including near-infrared light; a light receiving unit that, by receiving transmitted light or diffusely reflected light from the cell mass, acquires light intensity distribution information related to a distribution of absorbance with respect to the measurement light in the cell mass, the transmitted light or the diffusely reflected light being emitted from the cell mass by irradiating the cell mass with the measurement light; and an analyzing unit that evaluates a quality of the cell mass based on the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Hiroshi Suganuma, Yoko Sugiyama, Asako Motomura
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Publication number: 20190107479Abstract: There are provided a microparticle measuring device capable of analyzing microparticles with increased accuracy and a microparticle analysis method. According to a microparticle measuring device 1, transmission images of microparticles in the liquid sample are captured by a plurality of image capturing units that are disposed in mutually different orientations with respect to a liquid feed pipe when viewed in a cross section orthogonal to the flowing direction of a liquid sample in the liquid feed pipe, and the microparticles are analyzed by an analyzing unit on the basis of the transmission images.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Takuya Okuno, Akinori Kimura, Ichiro Sogawa, Hiroshi Suganuma
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Publication number: 20180073925Abstract: Provided is a microscope device which includes: (1) a light source that outputs illumination light in a wavelength band including a near-infrared region; (2) an illumination optical system that irradiates an observation target with the illumination light output from the light source; (3) an image formation optical system that includes a spectroscopic unit which is configured to receive and disperse transmitted or scattered light produced at the observation target by irradiating the observation target with the illumination light, and that forms an image on the basis of the dispersed transmitted or scattered light; and (4) an image capturing unit that acquires the image formed by the image formation optical system. An illumination-light-irradiated area of the observation target is larger than an area of the field of view of the image formation optical system, and is less than or equal to ten times the area of the field of view.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Hiroshi Suganuma, Takuya Okuno, Yuna Okina, Asako Motomura, Yoko Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20170254741Abstract: A quality evaluation method includes an acquisition step of acquiring spectral data related to transmitted light or diffusely reflected light from a cell mass by irradiating the cell mass with measurement light including near-infrared light, and an evaluation step of evaluating quality of the cell mass, based on the spectral data of the cell mass acquired in the acquisition step.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Hiroshi Suganuma, Takuya Okuno, Asako Motomura, Shizuka Akieda, Manami Tsuji, Yuna Okina, Yoko Sugiyama, Kazuhiro Aiba, Li Liu
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Publication number: 20170146786Abstract: A microscope that makes it possible to acquire a hyperspectral image with high data precision includes a light source, an illumination optical system, an image-forming optical system, an imaging unit, a spectroscope, a stage, a drive unit, and a control unit. The illumination optical system converges, at a converging angle ?, illuminating light in a wavelength band included in the near-infrared region output from the light source, and emits the converged illuminating light onto the object being observed. The image-forming optical system forms an image based on transmitted and scattered light generated by the observed object by emission of the illuminating light onto the observed object. The sin ? is set to a value that does not exceed the numerical aperture of an objective lens that receives the transmitted and scattered light from the observed object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Takuya Okuno, Asako Motomura, Ichiro Sogawa, Hiroshi Suganuma
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Publication number: 20160091707Abstract: From a first image indicating an intensity distribution of radiation from a subject 5 in a first wavelength region and a second image indicating an intensity distribution of radiation from the subject in a second wavelength region, a surgical microscope system 1 obtains image data of a third image indicating a position of a target substance. Output data obtained by superposing the image data of the third image onto form image data further includes information indicating the target substance in addition to the image indicating the surface form of the subject 5. Therefore, the position of the target substance existing on the inside of a tissue can be grasped non-invasively by referring to the output data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Takuya OKUNO, Ichiro SOGAWA, Hiroshi SUGANUMA, Akira ISHII
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Patent number: 9291343Abstract: Provided is a boiler structure that allows for appropriate flow-rate distribution for each furnace wall by using a simple configuration without any moving parts in a wide thermal-load range of a furnace from a partial load to a rated load. In a boiler structure having a furnace water-wall formed of multiple boiler evaporation tubes and configured to generate steam by heating water inside the furnace when the water that is pressure-fed to the boiler evaporation tubes flows inside the tubes, the boiler structure includes a pressure-loss adjusting section, for an internal fluid, provided in an outlet connection tube that connects outlets of water walls obtained by dividing the furnace water-wall into multiple parts.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2009Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Suganuma, Yuichi Kanemaki, Kazuhiro Domoto
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Publication number: 20160041090Abstract: A film production method that includes inspecting the film is provided. The inspection includes a spectrum acquisition step and a physical-quantity calculation step. In the spectrum acquisition step, a film that is moved in direction A is irradiated with broadband light in a near infrared region, and diffuse reflected light emitted from the film is received by a light receiving unit, so that a spectrum of the diffuse reflected light is acquired by a spectrum acquisition unit of an analysis unit. In the physical-quantity calculation step, a physical quantity of the film is calculated from the acquired spectrum of the diffuse reflected light. Since the physical quantity can be determined by acquiring the spectrum, the characteristics of the film can be easily determined. In addition, a plurality of pieces of information can be acquired from the spectrum. Therefore, the characteristics of the film can be more accurately determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Akinori KIMURA, Tetsu MORISHIMA, Masumi ITO, Hiroshi SUGANUMA
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Patent number: D920537Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Asako Motomura, Akinori Kimura, Yoko Sugiyama, Hiroshi Suganuma
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Patent number: D921220Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Asako Motomura, Akinori Kimura, Yoko Sugiyama, Hiroshi Suganuma
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Patent number: D921922Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Asako Motomura, Akinori Kimura, Yoko Sugiyama, Hiroshi Suganuma