Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Suzuki

Hiroshi Suzuki 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).

  • Receiving device, receiving method, and receiving program
    Patent number: 9008211
    Abstract: A receiving device, a receiving method, and a receiving program are provided and are capable of reducing performance degradation in a case where the spatial correlation of a channel becomes high. A transmission signal candidate search unit searches for a transmission signal in a direction in which reception performance is degraded, in MIMO signal detection. A transmission signal candidate generation unit generates transmission signal candidates while suppressing degradation due to the spatial correlation of a channel. In a decision unit, using the transmission signal candidates generated in the transmission signal candidate generation unit, a maximum likelihood sequence is obtained. The maximum likelihood sequence is obtained as transmission signal candidates where a metric is calculated and the metric becomes a minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Fukawa, Hiroshi Suzuki, Satoshi Suyama, Ryota Yamada, Takashi Yoshimoto, Naoki Okamoto
  • Housing structure of exhaust gas turbocharger
    Patent number: 9003791
    Abstract: A casing treatment 4 including a recirculation passage 41 and a mixing piping 6 are provided. The recirculation passage 41 has a first recirculation opening 42 and a second recirculation opening 43 that are in communication with each other, the first recirculation opening 42 being formed inside a compressor housing 11 of an exhaust gas turbocharger and opening to an air passage 15 upstream of a compressor impeller 3, the second recirculation opening 43 being formed at the outer circumferential section of the compressor impeller 3. The mixing pipe 6 opens to the recirculation passage 41 and has a return opening 14 for introducing EGR gas and blow-by gas to the recirculation passage 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Ibaraki, Takashi Shiraishi, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Resonant pressure sensor and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9003889
    Abstract: A resonant pressure sensor including one or more resonant-type strain gauges arranged on a diaphragm may include a sensor substrate made of silicon and including one surface on which one or more resonant-type strain gauge elements are arranged and the other surface which is polished to have a thickness corresponding to the diaphragm, a base substrate made of silicon and including one surface directly bonded with the other surface of the sensor substrate, a concave portion formed in a portion of the base substrate bonding with the sensor substrate, substantially forming the diaphragm in the sensor substrate, and including a predetermined gap that does not restrict a movable range of the diaphragm due to foreign substances and suppresses vibration of the diaphragm excited by vibration of the resonant-type strain gauge elements, one or more conducting holes, and a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuusaku Yoshida, Takashi Yoshida, Hiroshi Suzuki, Shuhei Yoshita, Hisashi Terashita
  • Electric power steering apparatus
    Patent number: 8996252
    Abstract: An ECU includes two drive circuits corresponding to the motor coils of two systems independent of each other, and a microcomputer that outputs control signals of two independent systems to the drive circuits. The microcomputer includes a first control signal output portion that outputs the control signal to the drive circuit of the first system by executing an electric current control so as to generate a motor torque that corresponds to the assist force. The microcomputer further includes a second control signal output portion that outputs the control signal to the drive circuit of the second system by executing a position control on the basis of a steering angle command value that is input from a superior ECU via an in-vehicle network so as to change the steering angle of the steering road wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Suzuki
  • METHOD FOR EVALUATING URATE TRANSPORT-RELATED DISEASE FACTOR AND INFLAMMATION-RELATED DISEASE FACTOR
    Publication number: 20150080257
    Abstract: A method and evaluation kit are provided, in which a high-capacity urate transporter is identified to assist in the early treatment and prevention of urate transport-related disease and inflammation-related disease. The method can include a step for detecting variations in genes that encode ABCG2 protein. When a subject has an SNP of V12M, R113X, Q126X, Q141K, F2085, G268R, E334X, S441N, L447V, S486N, F506SfsX4, R575X, and/or C608X, it can be concluded that the subject has a factor that is capable of inducing urate transport failure, or a state or disease attributable to that failure. When a subject has an SNP of V12M, it can be concluded that, unlike the other SNPs, there is a possibility that the subject does not possess such a factor because, although this variation itself does not lead to a change in urate transport capability, said variation is related to linkage disequilibrium with other SNPs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: HIROTAKA MATSUO, Nariyoshi Shinomiya, Takahiro Nakamura, Tappei Takada, Hiroshi Suzuki, Yuki Ikebuchi, Kousei Ito, Kimiyoshi Ichida
  • Electric power steering apparatus
    Patent number: 8983730
    Abstract: An electric motor has a stator and a rotor that are used in common between two systems. An ECU controls the motor torque by supplying drive electric power to the motor coils independently of each other. When the ECU determines that the vehicle is traveling on a uneven road, the ECU causes the electric motor to perform a braking operation by short-circuiting at least two phases of the electric motor of one of the two systems that is other than the system that is executing a torque control of controlling the assist torque according to the steering torque and the vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Suzuki
  • micro-RNA INHIBITOR
    Publication number: 20150073124
    Abstract: The invention provides a microRNA inhibitor that has two or more sequences complementary to the sequence of microRNA to be the target of inhibition, which two or more complementary sequences are linked via one or more linker residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Tadaaki Ohgi, Hisao Shirohzu, Hiroshi Suzuki, Tomohiro Hamasaki, Takayuki Mizutani
  • COIL COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20150042436
    Abstract: In a coil component, a shortest distance from a longitudinal wall of a flange portion of a drum core to a wire fixing portion is smaller than a shortest distance of the longitudinal wall to an electrode wire connecting portion by a convex portion formed at the longitudinal wall of the flange portion. That is, since a gap between the flange portion of the drum core and the wire fixing portion is small (or there is no gap), the wire fixing portion can be sufficiently bent. Accordingly, the wire can be securely fixed by a wire fixing portion of a metal terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Kazunori ARIMITSU, Hiroshi SUZUKI, Yuma KOMAYA, Hideki SASAKI, Tomonao SUTO, Joern SCHLIEWE, Joachim NASSAL, Anneliese DRESPLING
  • Process for producing solvent-soluble reactive polysiloxanes
    Patent number: 8952117
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing solvent-soluble polysiloxanes which includes a condensation process of subjecting a raw material having siloxane-bond-forming groups to hydrolytic copolycondensation in the presence of a catalyst to synthesize a reactive polysiloxane represented by general formula (1), the raw material containing both an organosilicon compound (S1) having a (meth)acryloyl group and siloxane-bond-forming groups and at least one silicon compound (S2) selected from among tetraalkoxysilanes and tetrahalogenosilanes, wherein in the condensation process, the organosilicon compound (S1) and silicon compound (S2) are used at a (S2)/(S1) molar ratio of 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Toagosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Kitamura, Naomasa Furuta, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Urate transporter, as well as method and kit for evaluating urate transport-related disease factor and inflammation-related disease factor, and test sample and drug
    Patent number: 8940286
    Abstract: A method and evaluation kit are provided, in which a high-capacity urate transporter is identified to assist in the early treatment and prevention of urate transport-related disease and inflammation-related disease. The method can include a step for detecting variations in genes that encode ABCG2 protein. When a subject has an SNP of V12M, R113X, Q126X, Q141K, F208S, G268R, E334X, S441N, L447V, S486N, F506SfsX4, R575X, and/or C608X, it can be concluded that the subject has a factor that is capable of inducing urate transport failure, or a state or disease attributable to that failure. When a subject has an SNP of V12M, it can be concluded that, unlike the other SNPs, there is a possibility that the subject does not possess such a factor because, although this variation itself does not lead to a change in urate transport capability, said variation is related to linkage disequilibrium with other SNPs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
    Inventors: Hirotaka Matsuo, Nariyoshi Shinomiya, Takahiro Nakamura, Tappei Takada, Hiroshi Suzuki, Yuki Ikebuchi, Kousei Ito, Kimiyoshi Ichida
  • Curable coating agent composition
    Patent number: 8940808
    Abstract: Disclosed is a curable coating agent composition which exhibits excellent wear resistance and weather resistance when applied as a coating agent to plastic or other substrates to be used outdoors. The curable coating agent composition comprises 95 to 65 parts by mass of a component (A) comprising an urethane adduct compound having weather resistance, 5 to 35 parts by mass of a component (B) comprising a specific organosilicon compound, 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a component (C) which is a radical polymerization initiator, 1 to 12 parts by mass of a component (D) which is an ultraviolet ray absorber, and 10 to 1,000 parts by mass of a component (E) which is an organic solvent, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the components (A) and (B) in total.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Toagosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Mitsuoka, Hidetaka Hayashi, Toshihisa Shimo, Kyoko Kumagai, Naoharu Ueda, Kazumasa Inata, Takeshi Fujita, Yasuyuki Sanai, Eiichi Okazaki, Hiroshi Suzuki, Naomasa Furuta
  • FLOW GENERATOR
    Publication number: 20150023782
    Abstract: A flow generator includes a housing, a blower structured to generate a flow of pressurized breathable air, and a suspension device to support the blower within the housing and provide a pressure seal between low and high pressure sides of the blower. The suspension device includes a bellows-like portion provided along the perimeter of the blower to absorb shock applied at least radially to the blower and one or more cones provided along upper and/or lower sides of the blower to absorb shock applied at least axially to the blower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Allan Freas Velzy, Samuel Aziz Mebasser, Roman Vinokur, Kevin Gene McCulloh, Michael David Bednar, Karl Yutaka Iwahashi, David Brent Sears, Peter Jeffrey Thomas, Yeu-chuan Hsia, Hiroshi Suzuki, Benjamin An Shing Chao
  • Imaging device employing rolling shutter system
    Patent number: 8934037
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit having a pixel group two-dimensionally arranged vertically and horizontally, and configured to read pixel signals associated with generation of a frame image in units of lines by a rolling shutter system, and a drive unit configured to periodically switch, when a plurality of frame images are consecutively read from the imaging unit with a predetermined frame period in video recording, positions of a plurality of lines each of which is made a read object in each of the frame images in units of frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Suzuki
  • ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150012180
    Abstract: An electric power steering system includes a motor that generates an assist force; and an ECU that computes a basic current command value corresponding to the assist force, based on a steering torque, and that controls the motor based on the basic current command value and a stabilization current command value computed by an external SC controller so as to stabilize behavior of a vehicle when the behavior of the vehicle is unstable. When the stabilization current command value is input, the ECU determines whether the behavior of the vehicle is stable, and when it is determined that the behavior of the vehicle is stable, the ECU controls the motor based on the basic current command value without using the stabilization current command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Keita HAYASHI, Hiroshi SUZUKI, Masayoshi UENO
  • Single-Stranded Nucleic Acid Molecule for Controlling Gene Expression
    Publication number: 20150011605
    Abstract: Provided is a novel nucleic acid molecule that is a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule including an expression inhibitory sequence that inhibits expression of a target gene. The single-stranded nucleic acid molecule includes, in sequence from the 5? side to the 3? side: a 5? side region (Xc); an inner region (Z); and a 3? side region (Yc). The inner region (Z) is composed of an inner 5? side region (X) and an inner 3? side region (Y) that are linked to each other. The 5? side region (Xc) is complementary to the inner 5? side region (X). The 3? side region (Yc) is complementary to the inner 3? side region (Y). At least one of the inner region (Z), the 5? side region (Xc), and the 3? side region (Yc) includes the expression inhibitory sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: BONAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadaaki Ohgi, Hirotake Hayashi, Hisao Shirohzu, Tomohiro Hamasaki, Akihiro Itoh, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Method for producing pharmaceutical tablet
    Patent number: 8927011
    Abstract: A process for advantageously producing tablets having an improved release property and an excellent stability to change with time is provided. The process is for producing tablets containing a morphinan compound represented by the Formula (I) below or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof and an acidic substance such as fumaric acid, maleic acid or adipic acid, and characterized in that the morphinan compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof is granulated by wet granulation together with (an) excipient(s) prior to adding the acidic substance thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suzuki, Tomohiro Yoshinari
  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 8919920
    Abstract: There is provided an image forming apparatus in which a waiting time is small and the throughput is not degraded. Therefore it is determined whether or not a delay accumulation operation is necessary at the time of performing a cap closing operation or a wiping operation. If necessary, the delay accumulation operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Image processing device that performs image processing to correct target pixels in a region surrounding a defective pixel
    Patent number: 8922681
    Abstract: A digital camera (1) includes: an imaging unit (16) having an imaging element that includes a plurality of pixels, and generates a pixel value for each of the plurality of pixels as image data; a position specification unit (53) that specifies a position of a defective pixel among the plurality of pixels, in the image data generated by the imaging unit (16); a region specification unit (54) that specifies a region in the image data in which image noise occurs due to the defective pixel, based on the position specified by the position specification unit (53); and a correction unit (55) that corrects a pixel value of each of a plurality of pixels included in the region in the image data specified by the region specification unit (54), based on a weighted average of pixels values of a plurality of pixels located at a periphery of the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suzuki, Motoyuki Kashiwagi
  • Electric power steering system
    Patent number: 8897968
    Abstract: In an electric power steering system, a control signal output section outputs independent dual-system control signals to driver circuits that are disposed in connection with independent dual-system motor coils. The control signal output section gives high priority to the output of the control signal to the other system, when the occurrence of energization failure is detected in one system. When the energization failure occurring phase is only one phase and the value of the basic command exceeds the upper limit of the priority command, the control signal output section outputs the control signal to the driver circuit in the system where the energization failure has occurred in order to supply electric power in which the two phases other than the energization failure occurring phase are used as the energized phases on the bases of the complementary command that corresponds to the excess of the upper limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Systems And Methods For Receiving And Transferring Video Information
    Publication number: 20140337897
    Abstract: Devices and methods for receiving and/or processing digital data. The devices may include a satellite modem, a transport module, and/or a processing module. The satellite modem, the transport module and/or the processing module may be formed on a single semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Chan, Sack Lee Chan, Hiroshi Suzuki, Prijesh Patel