Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Higuchi

Hiroyuki Higuchi 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: 20240376012
    Abstract: Provided is a powder composition that includes, as a matrix, a zirconia having a high content of a stabilizing element and that can provide, through short-time sintering, a sintered body satisfying translucency and mechanical strength required for dental prosthetic materials, in particular, prosthetic anterior teeth. Provided is a powder composition including two or more stabilized zirconias having different contents of a stabilizing element, in which the powder composition has a content of the stabilizing element of more than 4.0 mol % and 5.8 mol % or less, a rate of change in thermal shrinkage rate per unit temperature at 1,300° C. is 0.07% C?1 or less, and the contents of the stabilizing element of the stabilized zirconias are each 8.0 mol % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: TOSOH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho AZECHI, Yuya HIGUCHI, Hiroyuki FUJISAKI, Hitoshi NAGAYAMA, Kiyotaka KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240377681
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an alignment processing device includes a light source, a polarizing beam splitter, a first optical system, a second optical system, a first retardation film, a second retardation film, a moving mechanism configured to move a processing substrate in which a thin film is formed, and a controller. Interfering light is formed in an exposure area by first circularly polarized light and second circularly polarized light. The controller performs control so as to repeat a process of exposing part of an area of the thin film by the interfering light and a process of moving the processing substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicants: Japan Display Inc., OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Koichi IGETA, Ayaka HIGUCHI, Junji KOBASHI, Yasushi TOMIOKA, Shinichiro OKA, Hiroyuki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240364229
    Abstract: An effective technique is applied to a rectifier circuit that performs synchronous rectification using a switching element. The rectifier circuit performs the synchronous rectification using a MOSFET, for example, as the switching element. By using the rectifier circuit, a capacitance of a capacitor for supplying power to a drive circuit can be reduced. As a result, downsizing and cost reduction of the rectifier circuit and the power supply using the rectifier circuit can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MIWA, Hiroyuki SHOJI, Junichi SAKANO, Tomoyuki UTSUMI, Takahiro HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240364231
    Abstract: A first MOSFET, a second MOSFET, a first control circuit, and a second control circuit are provided; the second MOSFET is in a non-rectification period when the first MOSFET is in a rectification period; the first MOSFET is in a non-rectification period when the second MOSFET is in a rectification period; the first control circuit outputs a voltage generated on the basis of a first input voltage as a first output voltage between the gate and the source of the first MOSFET in at least a portion of a period in which a voltage between the drain and the source of the second MOSFET is inputted as the first input voltage and a negative voltage is applied between the drain and the source of the first MOSFET; the second control circuit outputs a voltage generated on the basis of a second input voltage as a second output voltage between the gate and the source of the second MOSFET in at least a portion of a period in which a voltage between the drain and the source of the first MOSFET is inputted as the second input v
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MIWA, Hiroyuki SHOJI, Junichi SAKANO, Tomoyuki UTSUMI, Takahiro HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240332603
    Abstract: Provided is a sulfide solid electrolyte that has a novel crystal structure and exhibits an ionic conductivity, the sulfide solid electrolyte containing a lithium atom, a phosphorus atom, a sulfur atom, and at least one kind of halogen atom selected from a chlorine atom and a bromine atom, and having a specific diffraction peak in powdery X-ray diffractometry using CuK? line, and a method for producing a sulfide solid electrolyte, the method including mixing a solvent 1 having a heteroatom and a raw material 1 containing specific atoms to prepare a mixture, preparing a solution that contains a raw material 2 containing a halogen atom and a solvent 2 having a heteroatom, mixing the mixture and the solution to prepare a fluid, and heating the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicants: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kota TERAI, Futoshi UTSUNO, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI, Kiyoharu TADANAGA, Akira MIURA, Nataly Carolina ROSERO NAVARRO
  • Publication number: 20240318289
    Abstract: Provided is a heat-resistant ferritic steel having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.07 to 0.14%, Si: 0.15 to 0.35%, Mn: 0.30 to 0.55%, P: 0.0250% or less, S: 0.0030% or less, Ni: 0.15 to 0.35%, Cr: 8.0 to 9.7%, Mo: 0.20 to 0.60%, W: 1.50 to 2.30%, V: 0.16 to 0.25%, Nb: 0.020 to 0.120%, B: 0.0010 to 0.0050%, N: 0.010 to 0.080%, Al: 0.020% or less, and O: 0.020% or less, with the balance Fe and impurities, wherein VER, i.e., the V content (mass %) in precipitates obtained by extracted residue analysis satisfies [?0.2×C+0.060?VER??0.1×C+0.160].
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HIRATA, Katsuki TANAKA, Masayuki TAKIGUCHI, Mitsuru YOSHIZAWA, Junichi HIGUCHI, Takahiro OSUKI
  • Publication number: 20240301075
    Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising second-generation molecules that are superior than TOCILIZUMAB, by altering the amino acid sequences of the variable and constant regions of TOCILIZUMAB, which is a humanized anti-IL-6 receptor IgG1 antibody, to enhance the antigen-neutralizing ability and increase the pharmacokinetics, so that the therapeutic effect is exerted with a less frequency of administration, and the immunogenicity, safety and physicochemical properties (stability and homogeneity) are improved. The present invention also provides methods for producing these pharmaceutical compositions. The present inventors have successfully generated second-generation molecules that are superior to TOCILIZUMAB by appropriately combining amino acid sequence alterations in the CDR domains, variable regions, and constant regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Igawa, Shinya Ishii, Atsuhiko Maeda, Mika Sakurai, Tetsuo Kojima, Tatsuhiko Tachibana, Hirotake Shiraiwa, Hiroyuki Tsunoda, Yoshinobu Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20240233169
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a water inundation depth determination program for causing a computer to execute processing including: detecting a first type of a target and a first submersion position of the target included in a first captured image; and outputting a first submersion depth corresponding to the first type and the first submersion position by referring to depth information in which a depth is associated with a pair of a type and a submersion position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuhiro MATSUMOTO, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI, Shun KOHATA, Katsumi HOMMA, Fumiyasu MAKINOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240222633
    Abstract: One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide: a compound which can be used as a binder having ion conductivity; and a battery which contains the compound. One aspect of the present invention is a compound comprising P and S as constituent elements, a group comprising one or more elements selected from the group consisting of O, N and halogen, the group bonding to the P, and a disulfide bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicants: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., OSAKA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Atsutaka KATO, Mari YAMAMOTO, Masanari TAKAHASHI, Futoshi UTSUNO, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240182316
    Abstract: A method for producing a lithium compound, by which a high purity lithium compound can be produced from low-grade lithium carbonate containing impurities, such as salt water. The method includes: mixing lithium carbonate, an acid containing an organic acid, and water in a reaction tank 1 to produce an aqueous organic acid lithium solution containing an organic acid lithium; mixing the organic acid lithium and a metal hydroxide in a reaction tank 2 to produce an aqueous lithium hydroxide solution; and returning an organic acid, which is regenerated by using an electrochemical device from an organic acid metal by-produced by producing the aqueous lithium hydroxide solution to the reaction tank 1 and using the regenerated organic acid as the organic acid. An apparatus for producing a lithium compound, including the reaction tank 1, the reaction tank 2, the electrochemical device, and a return pipe, which each have a specific function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki YAMAMOTO, Futoshi UTSUNO, Daisuke MORI, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240010813
    Abstract: A resin composition containing a compound including phosphorus and sulfur as constituent elements and having a disulfide bond, and a thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD., OSAKA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Atsutaka KATO, Mari YAMAMOTO, Masanari TAKAHASHI, Futoshi UTSUNO, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11854441
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a display control program for causing a computer to execute processing, the processing including: determining priorities of a plurality of facilities positioned within a specific area according to a value related to congestion determined on the basis of the upper limit number of people in each of the plurality of facilities and the number of visitors calculated on the basis of an image captured in each of the plurality of facilities; selecting a specific number of facilities from the plurality of facilities on the basis of the determined priorities; and displaying, for each of the specific number of selected facilities, a position on a map and alert information according to the value related to the congestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shun Kohata, Hiroyuki Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20230378525
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide sulfide solid electrolyte glass ceramics that have a high ionic conductivity and an enhanced water resistance, and is also to provide a method of producing the sulfide solid electrolyte glass ceramics. Sulfide solid electrolyte glass ceramics that have peaks at 20.2° and 23.6° in an X-ray diffractometry (XRD) using the CuK? line, a crystallite diameter of 30 nm or more, and a P2S64? phosphorus proportion obtained by a solid 31P-NMR spectroscopy of 4.5% by mol or less, and a method of producing the sulfide solid electrolyte glass ceramics are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Kota TERAI, Katsuhito KONDO, Takeshi MAKINO, Atsushi SATO, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230178794
    Abstract: To provide an electrode composite material that is excellent in conductivity through the excellent contact state of a solid electrolyte and an electrode active material, and is capable of exhibiting a high battery capability, containing the sulfide solid electrolyte and the electrode active material, having an electron conductivity parameter X represented by the prescribed expression satisfying 0.30?X?2.10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya MASUDA, Futoshi UTSUNO, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11530992
    Abstract: A gas detection element for detection of a measurement target gas is provided. The gas detection element includes a gas detection layer including a chemochromic pigment; and a spacer. The spacer is permeable to the measurement target gas, is disposed on a first surface of the gas detection layer, and has an area smaller than an area of the gas detection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Namiko Suzuki, Hiroyuki Higuchi, Koichi Nakamura, Masaya Nishigawara, Nahid Mohajeri
  • Publication number: 20220376291
    Abstract: A compound comprising phosphorus atoms and sulfur atoms as constituent elements and having a peak in Raman spectroscopy, the peak being attributable to a disulfide bond bonding between two phosphorus atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicants: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD., OSAKA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Atsutaka KATO, Mari YAMAMOTO, Masanari TAKAHASHI, Futoshi UTSUNO, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220284837
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a display control program for causing a computer to execute processing, the processing including: determining priorities of a plurality of facilities positioned within a specific area according to a value related to congestion determined on the basis of the upper limit number of people in each of the plurality of facilities and the number of visitors calculated on the basis of an image captured in each of the plurality of facilities; selecting a specific number of facilities from the plurality of facilities on the basis of the determined priorities; and displaying, for each of the specific number of selected facilities, a position on a map and alert information according to the value related to the congestion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shun Kohata, Hiroyuki Higuchi
  • Patent number: 10996174
    Abstract: A gas sensing element includes a gas detection layer including a pigment, the gas detection layer including a first surface; and a backing material disposed on the first surface of the gas detection layer. When reducing gas causes the gas sensing element to change in color, a color change ?L* of the gas sensing element is greater than or equal to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Nakamura, Nahid Mohajeri, Yu-chu Chen, Kujtim Bizati, Shinji Inokuchi, Namiko Suzuki, Hiroyuki Higuchi, Masahiko Hirose, Masaya Nishigawara
  • Publication number: 20200249174
    Abstract: A gas detection element for detection of a measurement target gas is provided. The gas detection element includes a gas detection layer including a chemochromic pigment; and a spacer. The spacer is permeable to the measurement target gas, is disposed on a first surface of the gas detection layer, and has an area smaller than an area of the gas detection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Namiko SUZUKI, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI, Koichi NAKAMURA, Masaya NISHIGAWARA, Nahid MOHAJERI
  • Publication number: 20200124579
    Abstract: A gas detection system includes (1) an output device configured to output data acquired by monitoring a gas sensing element including a gas detection layer including a pigment; and (2) an information processing apparatus configured to process the data output by the output device, wherein the information processing apparatus includes a determining unit configured to determine whether the gas sensing element has detected gas, based on the data, and a display control unit configured to display, on an indication element, information indicating a position of the gas sensing element that has detected the gas or information indicating a status of gas leakage determined based on the data, when the determining unit determines that the gas sensing element has detected the gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Koichi NAKAMURA, Nahid MOHAJERI, Yu-chu CHEN, Kujtim BIZATI, Shinji INOKUCHI, Namiko SUZUKI, Masahiko HIROSE, Masaya NISHIGAWARA, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI