Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kawahara
Hiroyuki Kawahara 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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Patent number: 10583679Abstract: A photosensitive resin printing plate precursor includes at least a substrate and a photosensitive resin layer, the photosensitive resin layer containing: (A) a partially saponified polyvinyl acetate, (B) a polyamide having basic nitrogen, (C) a compound having an ethylenic double bond, and (D) a photopolymerization initiator; the photosensitive resin layer including at least an underlayer and a printing surface layer; the substrate, the underlayer, and the printing surface layer being included in this order; and the photosensitive resin layer containing, as the partially saponified polyvinyl acetate (A), those (A1) having an average polymerization degree of 1,200 to 2,600 in the printing surface layer and those (A2) having an average polymerization degree of 400 to 800 in the underlayer.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawahara, Norihito Tachi, Kei Nagano
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Publication number: 20200067262Abstract: There are included: a substrate; a semiconductor laser part formed on the substrate by stacking a plurality of layers including an active layer; and an adjacent part formed on the substrate by stacking a plurality of layers including a core layer, and being an optical modulator or an optical waveguide in contact with the semiconductor laser part through butt joint joining thereto. In a semiconductor device including the semiconductor laser part and the adjacent part which are joined in a butt joint manner, at least a portion, of the semiconductor laser part, that is contact with the adjacent part is disordered.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Hiroyuki KAWAHARA
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Publication number: 20200021076Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor laser part formed on the substrate and having an active layer with an uniform composition and a first ridge structure, and an adjacent part formed on the substrate, having a core layer with an uniform composition and a second ridge structure, and being an optical modulator or an optical waveguide which is in contact with the semiconductor laser part, wherein the first ridge structure is largest in width at a first contact part which is in contact with the second ridge structure, and the second ridge structure is largest in width at a second contact part which is in contact with the first ridge structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2017Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Hiroyuki KAWAHARA
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Patent number: 10525028Abstract: [Problem] To provide a composition for external skin use that has anti-inflammatory and antiallergic activity, and is very safe. [Solution] A composition for external skin use for inflammatory diseases contains dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA) as the active ingredient thereof. It is preferable for the DGLA to be present as a glyceride, a phospholipid, or an alkyl ester. The amount of DGLA contained in the composition for external use is 0.1-50 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Jiro Takeo, Hiroyuki Kawahara
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Patent number: 10511647Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of simultaneously executing a reproduction function of content data and a communication function with an external apparatus includes a reproduction section configured to execute the reproduction function, a communication control section configured to execute the communication function using a communication section, an operation input allocation section configured to allocate an operation input from a first operation section to the reproduction function or the communication function, an operation input acquisition section configured to acquire an operation input from a second operation section, and a display control section configured to cause a display section to display information relating to the reproduction function or information relating to the communication function.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shiro Morotomi, Hiroyuki Kawahara, Kissei Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20190039397Abstract: A photosensitive resin printing plate precursor includes at least a substrate and a photosensitive resin layer, the photosensitive resin layer containing: (A) a partially saponified polyvinyl acetate, (B) a polyamide having basic nitrogen, (C) a compound having an ethylenic double bond, and (D) a photopolymerization initiator; the photosensitive resin layer including at least an underlayer and a printing surface layer; the substrate, the underlayer, and the printing surface layer being included in this order; and the photosensitive resin layer containing, as the partially saponified polyvinyl acetate (A), those (A1) having an average polymerization degree of 1,200 to 2,600 in the printing surface layer and those (A2) having an average polymerization degree of 400 to 800 in the underlayer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawahara, Norihito Tachi, Kei Nagano
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Publication number: 20180007107Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of simultaneously executing a reproduction function of content data and a communication function with an external apparatus includes a reproduction section configured to execute the reproduction function, a communication control section configured to execute the communication function using a communication section, an operation input allocation section configured to allocate an operation input from a first operation section to the reproduction function or the communication function, an operation input acquisition section configured to acquire an operation input from a second operation section, and a display control section configured to cause a display section to display information relating to the reproduction function or information relating to the communication function.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Shiro MOROTOMI, Hiroyuki KAWAHARA, Kissei MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 9793093Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing system includes: a PL evaluation apparatus that evaluates wavelengths of photoluminescent light produced by individual optical modulators on a single semiconductor wafer; an electron beam drawing apparatus that draws patterns of diffraction gratings of laser sections that adjoin respective optical modulators on the wafer; and a calculation section that receives the wavelengths of the photoluminescent light from the PL evaluation apparatus, calculates densities of respective diffraction gratings so that differences between the wavelengths of the photoluminescent light and oscillating wavelengths of the laser sections become a constant, and sends the densities calculated to the electron beam drawing apparatus for drawing respective diffraction grating patterns on the respective laser sections.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Daisuke Morita, Hiroyuki Kawahara, Shinji Kimura
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Patent number: 9769229Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of simultaneously executing a reproduction function of content data and a communication function with an external apparatus includes a reproduction section configured to execute the reproduction function, a communication control section configured to execute the communication function using a communication section, an operation input allocation section configured to allocate an operation input from a first operation section to the reproduction function or the communication function, an operation input acquisition section configured to acquire an operation input from a second operation section, and a display control section configured to cause a display section to display information relating to the reproduction function or information relating to the communication function.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shiro Morotomi, Hiroyuki Kawahara, Kissei Matsumoto
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Patent number: 9699227Abstract: In a media server, a registration processing block registers a client apparatus connectable to the media server and an information provision block provides information related with the registered client apparatus to an information processing apparatus. In the information processing apparatus, when an information acquisition block acquires information related with two or more client apparatuses, then a display processing block generates display data for displaying type identification information and device identification information for each client apparatus. The type identification information is a name of the client apparatus and the device identification information is a MAC address.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yoshinori Ohashi, Kiyoto Shibuya, Hiroyuki Kawahara
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Patent number: 9641887Abstract: In a storage system, client devices and storage devices are connected to a network. An application for controlling the recording function of the storage device is installed on the client device. The client device, which accesses the storage device, is provided with a user interface with which a user operates the storage device. The storage device has a network attached storage (NAS) function and a recording function, and the storage device has no interface of its own with which to operate. A plurality of the storage devices are connectable to the network. When the client device registers the plurality of storage devices connected to the network, the client device accesses the plurality of storage devices registered and provides the user with a single user interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawahara, Tatsuto Suetomi, Masayoshi Mizuno, Naoyuki Miyada, Kensaku Ishizuka, Kiyoto Shibuya
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Publication number: 20170094467Abstract: A direction indicating device according to an embodiment includes: an orientation sensor that detects an orientation; a wireless communication device that receives orientation information; and a light emitting device. Furthermore, the direction indicating device includes a processor that controls the direction of light, generated by the light emitting device, in accordance with the angle that is formed by the detected orientation and the direction that is indicated by the received orientation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Keisuke KIUCHI, Hiroyuki Kawahara, Tatsuhiro SATO, Ryo Tsumura, Masahiro Tsukahara, Atsuji SEKIGUCHI, Yoshinobu Iwasato
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Patent number: 9556401Abstract: Alcoholysis of oils and fats containing EPA and DHA is performed by a lipase having substrate specificity for fatty acids having 18 carbons or less and in the presence of a reaction additive such as magnesium oxide; then the glyceride fraction is separated; alcoholysis of the glyceride fraction is performed by a lipase having substrate specificity for fatty acids having 20 carbons or less and in the presence of a reaction additive such as magnesium oxide; and EPA-enriched oil and DHA-enriched oil are simultaneously obtained.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2008Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Kiyomi Furihata, Hiroyuki Kawahara, Hideaki Yamaguchi, Hideo Ikemoto, Nobushige Doisaki
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Patent number: 9499002Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a resin printing plate precursor for laser engraving that is able to form a relief by laser engraving, the relief having excellent image reproducibility, and moreover has toughness and improved printing durability. The present invention is a resin printing plate precursor for laser engraving comprising a substrate and a resin layer on the substrate, the resin layer containing: (A) a modified partially saponified polyvinyl acetate having reactive groups in its side chain; (B) a polyamide having basic nitrogen; (C) a compound having a 5- to 7-membered ring and a polymerizable ethylenic double bond; and (D) a photopolymerization initiator.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawahara, Tsutomu Abura
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Publication number: 20160300691Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing system includes: a PL evaluation apparatus that evaluates wavelengths of photoluminescent light produced by individual optical modulators on a single semiconductor wafer; an electron beam drawing apparatus that draws patterns of diffraction gratings of laser sections that adjoin respective optical modulators on the wafer; and a calculation section that receives the wavelengths of the photoluminescent light from the PL evaluation apparatus, calculates densities of respective diffraction gratings so that differences between the wavelengths of the photoluminescent light and oscillating wavelengths of the laser sections become a constant, and sends the densities calculated to the electron beam drawing apparatus for drawing respective diffraction grating patterns on the respective laser sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Daisuke Morita, Hiroyuki Kawahara, Shinji Kimura
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Publication number: 20160237053Abstract: A compound derived from the culture product of an actinomycete and having an antitumor activity is provided. Provided is a compound represented by any one of formulas (I), (II) and (III) or an optical isomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which can be isolated from the culture fluid of an actinomycete which belongs to the genus Streptomyces, wherein R1, R2, R5 and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a hydroxymethyl group, a hydroxyl group, or a double bond by which R1 and R2 or R5 and R6 are bonded; R3, R4, R7 and R8 each independently represent a methyl group or a hydroxymethyl group; and R9 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Seizo SATO, Fumie IWATA, Shoichi YAMADA, Jiro TAKEO, Akihisa ABE, Hiroyuki KAWAHARA
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Patent number: 9397474Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a lower light confinement layer on a substrate, a light absorption layer on the lower light confinement layer, and an upper light confinement layer on the light absorption layer; and removing parts of these layers to form an optical modulator, forming a laser section having a diffraction grating in a portion of the substrate where the optical modulator is not present, forming a diffusion constraining layer, which constrains diffusion of a dopant, on the upper light confinement layer, and forming a contact layer on the laser section and the diffusion constraining layer. The same dopant is present in the contact layer and the upper light confinement layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Morita, Hiroyuki Kawahara, Shinji Kimura
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Patent number: 9376415Abstract: A compound derived from the culture product of an actinomycete and having an antitumor activity is provided. Provided is a compound represented by any one of formulas (I), (II) and (III) or an optical isomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which can be isolated from the culture fluid of an actinomycete which belongs to the genus Streptomyces, wherein R1, R2, R5 and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a hydroxymethyl group, a hydroxyl group, or a double bond by which R1 and R2 or R5 and R6 are bonded; R3, R4, R7 and R8 each independently represent a methyl group or a hydroxymethyl group; and R9 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2010Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Seizo Sato, Fumie Iwata, Shoichi Yamada, Jiro Takeo, Akihisa Abe, Hiroyuki Kawahara
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Publication number: 20160051504Abstract: [Problem] To provide a composition for external skin use that has anti-inflammatory and antiallergic activity, and is very safe. [Solution] A composition for external skin use for inflammatory diseases contains dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA) as the active ingredient thereof. It is preferable for the DGLA to be present as a glyceride, a phospholipid, or an alkyl ester. The amount of DGLA contained in the composition for external use is 0.1-50 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Jiro TAKEO, Hiroyuki KAWAHARA
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Patent number: 9220702Abstract: [Problem] Provision of a composition for external use on skin that is safe to use and has an anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic actions. [Solution] A composition for external use on skin in the treatment of inflammatory disease which comprises dihomo-?-linolenic acid (DGLA) as an active ingredient. The DGLA is preferably contained as a glyceride, a phospholipid, or an alkyl ester. The composition for external use contains DGLA in an amount of 0.1-50 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Jiro Takeo, Hiroyuki Kawahara