Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kato

Hiroyuki Kato 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: 10525243
    Abstract: A microneedle unit includes a microneedle including a facing surface having at least one projection and a support surface opposite to the facing surface, a recessed container having a housing space between an opening and a bottom of the recessed container for housing the microneedle such that the microneedle has the facing surface facing outside of the recessed container through the opening, and an adhering structure having a first contact surface adhered to the bottom of the recessed container and a second contact surface adhered to the support surface of the microneedle. The recessed container is deformable such that the bottom is displaced in the pressing direction, that the at least one projection is displaced in the pressing direction on an outside of the housing space, and that a portion of the second contact surface positioned outside the support surface is pushed toward the outside of the housing space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20190383336
    Abstract: An opposed-piston type disc brake includes a guide cylinder extending axially inward from an opening edge portion of a cylinder in which an outer displacement member of a thrust generating mechanism is disposed is provided in an inner body of a caliper at an axial inner side portion of the inner body. A clamp base portion of a clamp member of a parking mechanism portion includes a housing hole opened to an axial outer side of the clamp base portion in which an inner side displacement member of the thrust generating member is disposed. A guide cylinder extending axially inward from an opening edge portion of the cylinder is fitted into the housing hole so as to relatively move in the axial direction, to form a first guide portion which supports the clamp member so that the clamp member is displaced relative to the cylinder in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya NOGUCHI, Hiroyuki KATO, Takayuki ICHIGE, Yoshio TOTSUKA
  • Patent number: 10500387
    Abstract: A microneedle unit including a microneedle having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the microneedle being flexible and having one or more projections on the first surface, and a support member connected to the second surface of the microneedle such that the support member supports the microneedle. The support member includes an adhesive portion and a rigid portion connected to the adhesive portion, the adhesive portion is adhesive to skin and extends outside of the second surface in plan view of the second surface, and the rigid portion includes a rigid plate which is more rigid than the adhesive portion and the microneedle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kato, Hisami Ueno
  • Publication number: 20190373126
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes at least one of an image forming device configured to form an image on a sheet or an image reader configured to read an image on the sheet, and a storage configured to store information. The apparatus also includes a display configured to display a screen, and a controller. The controller is configured to install an application program relating to the image forming device or the image reader, determine whether to display an execution instruction image for inputting an execution instruction of the installed application program on an individual home screen which is a home screen for individual use by each user, and display the individual home screen containing the execution instruction image determined to be displayed on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KATO
  • Patent number: 10456504
    Abstract: An acicular body includes a support plate having a brightness of 5.0 or less, and a needle disposed on the support plate. The needle includes a tip formed to pierce a skin and a light transmission area which is located in an area including the tip and has a total light transmittance of 20% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kato, Takako Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190327370
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a display unit and a processor configured to determine whether or not functions of the image processing device are executable by the image processing device, and cause the display unit to display a screen including a first item corresponding to a first function that is determined to be executable and a second item corresponding to a second function that is determined to be not executable. The first item is displayed on the screen in a first display format, and the second item is displayed on the screen in a second display format that is less conspicuous than the first display format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KATO
  • Patent number: 10419630
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes at least one of an image forming device configured to form an image on a sheet or an image reader configured to read an image on the sheet, and a storage configured to store information. The apparatus also includes a display configured to display a screen, and a controller. The controller is configured to install an application program relating to the image forming device or the image reader, determine whether to display an execution instruction image for inputting an execution instruction of the installed application program on an individual home screen which is a home screen for individual use by each user, and display the individual home screen containing the execution instruction image determined to be displayed on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20190256379
    Abstract: A fluid processing apparatus includes: a casing having a fluid inlet pipe and a fluid outlet pipe; multiple rectifying plates with holes in parallel with each other provided within the casing on a side of the fluid inlet pipe, the rectifying plates being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the casing; and a light source for irradiating fluid passing from the fluid inlet pipe through the casing to the fluid outlet pipe with ultraviolet rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kato, Junji Matsuda, Naoko Matsumoto, Tomoaki Kodama
  • Patent number: 10389896
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a display unit and a processor configured to determine whether or not functions of the image processing device are executable by the image processing device, and cause the display unit to display a screen including a first item corresponding to a first function that is determined to be executable and a second item corresponding to a second function that is determined to be not executable. The first item is displayed on the screen in a first display format, and the second item is displayed on the screen in a second display format that is less conspicuous than the first display format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 10363406
    Abstract: A method for producing an acicular body having a support base and an acicular protrusion on one surface of the support base includes supplying an acicular body-forming liquid, in which an acicular body-forming material is dissolved or dispersed in a solvent, to an intaglio plate having a recess corresponding to a protrusion, under a first pressure environment of not more than 0.05 MPa, changing the first pressure environment of the acicular body-forming liquid supplied to the intaglio plate to a second pressure environment of higher than 0.05 MPa, drying the acicular body-forming liquid supplied to the intaglio plate such that an acicular body is formed, and peeling the acicular body from the intaglio plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 10353568
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a number-of-touches detecting unit, a first touch-area detecting unit and a first switching control unit. The number-of-touches detecting unit detects the number of touch operations when a user performs a plurality of touch operations on a touch panel. The first touch-area detecting unit detects areas, including touch positions of the plurality of touch operations, from a plurality of areas into which the touch panel is partitioned. The first switching control unit controls switching display, based on the number of detected touch operations and the detected areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsuda, Jun Muraki, Hiroyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 10344813
    Abstract: A support portion (23) has three screw insertion portions (23d1, 23d2, and 23d3) which is fixed to a caliper, and arranged so as to surround an output shaft (39). Therefore, it is possible to firmly fix a case (21) to the caliper at these fixing locations. Additionally, since the fixing locations are determined so as to collectively define a “plane”, it is possible to effectively inhibit a sway of the case (21) with respect to the caliper. Furthermore, it is possible to inhibit a twist of the case (21), and it is possible to sufficiently support a vehicle requiring large torque such as a truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: Mitsuba Corporation, Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kimura, Takeshi Kuroki, Hiroyuki Kato, Michio Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190196688
    Abstract: A list of a plurality of objects to be displayed, which corresponds to page images to be operated, respectively, is displayed; it is determined which object is selected as an object to be moved among the plurality of displayed objects to be displayed; it is determined which object is selected as a movement destination object among the plurality of displayed objects to be displayed; and allocation page images are displayed in a state where a page image corresponding to the object determined as the object to be moved and a page image corresponding to the object determined as the movement destination object are allocated to a single page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20190199877
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes at least one of an image forming device configured to form an image on a sheet or an image reader configured to read an image on the sheet, and a storage configured to store information. The apparatus also includes a display configured to display a screen, and a controller. The controller is configured to install an application program relating to the image forming device or the image reader, determine whether to display an execution instruction image for inputting an execution instruction of the installed application program on an individual home screen which is a home screen for individual use by each user, and display the individual home screen containing the execution instruction image determined to be displayed on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 10304413
    Abstract: A central control unit of a display control apparatus performs control for displaying an image in which one or more persons are included, in a first display area R1, designates a person part of the image to be displayed in the first display area R1, the person part including at least one person therein, according to a manipulation of a user, which is different from directly designating the at least one person, specifies the at least one person included in the designated person part of the image, acquires information relating to the specified at least one person, and performs control for displaying the acquired information relating to the at least one person in a second display area, the second display area being different from the first display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Okumura, Hiroyuki Kato, Hiroyoshi Ogawa, Shogo Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10268361
    Abstract: A list of a plurality of objects to be displayed, which corresponds to page images to be operated, respectively, is displayed; it is determined which object is selected as an object to be moved among the plurality of displayed objects to be displayed; it is determined which object is selected as a movement destination object among the plurality of displayed objects to be displayed; and allocation page images are displayed in a state where a page image corresponding to the object determined as the object to be moved and a page image corresponding to the object determined as the movement destination object are allocated to a single page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 10240494
    Abstract: Lock pin (71) is disposed movably in axial direction in accommodation hole (70) formed at vane rotor (12). Top end portion of lock pin (71) is fitted into lock hole (23) provided at housing (11), then relative rotation position of vane rotor (12) is restrained at predetermined lock position. Vane rotor (12) is provided with small diameter portion (84) and large diameter portion (85) which are formed alternately in circumferential direction. Large diameter portion (85) extends in circumferential direction so as to cover lock hole (23). First vane (36A) protrudes from outer periphery of large diameter portion (85) to radially outer side. At least a part of lock pin (71) and at least a part of accommodation hole (70) overlap with large diameter portion (85), and are located at position that overlaps with area (86) formed by elongating first vane (36A) to radially inner side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kaita Nakano, Hiroyuki Kato, Kenji Ariga
  • Publication number: 20190079667
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a touch panel that is configured to be touched by a user, a display unit, and a processor that is configured to measure a sliding amount of a user's slide operation while the slide operation is performed, the slide operation being started from a position on the touch panel, and continuously control a switching amount of switching an image displayed on the display unit to another image while the slide operation is performed, the switching amount of switching being variable according to the measured sliding amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KATO, Hideaki MATSUDA, Jun MURAKI
  • Patent number: 10214083
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle back door device that improves workability when mounting a damper. The vehicle body-side mounting portion of the damper is positioned in a vehicle up-down direction and in vehicle front-rear direction relative to the bracket, by abutting an abutting piece provided at a vehicle body-side mounting portion of the damper against a positioning portion of a bracket. Further, by moving the abutting piece in a vehicle transverse direction, the vehicle body-side mounting portion of the damper can be supported by a pin of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 10211770
    Abstract: There is provided a motor drive control device comprising: a temperature detection unit to detect a temperature of a motor; a rotational frequency detection unit to detect a rotational frequency of the motor based on an output of a rotational position sensor provided in the motor; a supply voltage detection unit to detect a supply voltage; a load calculation unit to calculate a magnitude of a load of the motor based on a detection result of the supply voltage detection unit; an advance angle instruction unit to set an advance angle instruction value based on a detection result of the temperature detection unit, a detection result of the rotational frequency detection unit and a calculation result of the load calculation unit; and a motor drive unit to supply a driving electric power to the motor based on a speed instruction value relevant to a rotational speed of the motor and the advance angle instruction value set by the advance angle instruction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kato