Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kinoshita
Hiroyuki Kinoshita 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: 20240127982Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a converting portion having a plurality of electrical conductors to be arranged in mutual separation and a medium arranged so as to mutually connect the plurality of electrical conductors, wherein the converting portion is the information processing apparatus to convert an input signal to an output signal. The medium includes the electrolyte and is configured to be capable of controlling an electrical conductivity of an electrically conductive path mutually electrically connecting the plurality of electrical conductors, and the medium is selected such that the electrical conductivity of the electrically conductive path changes over time with the input signal not being present.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION, TOYOTA PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOTTORI UNIVERSITY, NAGASE & CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki AKINAGA, Hisashi SHIMA, Yasuhisa NAITOH, Hiroshi SATOU, Dan SATOU, Takuma MATSUO, Kentaro KINOSHITA, Toshiyuki ITOH, Toshiki NOKAMI, Masakazu KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11957691Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a combination drug that has remarkably excellent preventive and/or therapeutic effects on polycystic kidney disease. The present invention provides a drug for preventing and/or treating polycystic kidney disease comprising a combination of tolvaptan or a prodrug thereof with a somatostatin derivative, and a method for treating polycystic kidney disease using this drug.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujiki, Miki Aihara, Shizuo Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20240084736Abstract: A sealing member that forms a combustion gas flow path of a gas turbine includes a first body portion having a cooling passage. The first body portion includes a first end portion forming one end portion in a circumferential direction, a second end portion forming the other end portion on an opposite side in the circumferential direction, and an intermediate portion formed between the first and second end portions. The cooling passage includes an intermediate portion cooling passage inclined at a first angle with respect to an axial direction, a first end portion cooling passage provided in the first end portion and inclined at a second angle with respect to the axial direction, and a second end portion cooling passage provided in the second end portion and inclined at a third angle with respect to the axial direction, and the second and third angles are smaller than the first angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Taiki KINOSHITA, Kenji SATO, Kentaro TOKUYAMA, Kenta TANIGUCHI, Hiroyuki SAKAKI
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Patent number: 11929461Abstract: The present invention provides an electrolytic solution capable of providing an electrochemical device, such as a lithium ion secondary battery, or a module that has excellent high-temperature storage performance. The electrolytic solution contains: a homocyclic compound other than aromatic compounds; and a cyclic dicarbonyl compound. The homocyclic compound contains at least one group selected from the group consisting of a nitrile group and an isocyanate group.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kenzou Takahashi, Shinichi Kinoshita, Hideo Sakata, Shigeaki Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Arima
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Publication number: 20240066149Abstract: The invention provides a nucleic acid molecule comprising a gene encoding a fusion protein of a ligand and a protein having physiological activity, to be used for expressing the fusion protein in cells, tissue or the body. The invention further provides a nucleic acid molecule comprising the fusion protein-encoding gene, which is in the form of a plasmid, in a form encapsulated in a recombinant virus virion, or a form encapsulated in liposomes or lipid nanoparticles. The invention further relates to the use of a medicine which is a nucleic acid molecule comprising the fusion protein-encoding gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masafumi Kinoshita, Shunsuke Iizuka, Atsushi Imakiire, Haruna Takagi, Hiroyuki Sonoda
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Patent number: 11779290Abstract: An X-ray imaging system includes an X-ray irradiation unit, an X-ray detection unit, an imaging unit that acquires a subject image obtained by imaging an appearance of the subject, a position information acquisition unit that acquires a position information of the subject captured in the subject image, a target position acquisition unit that acquires a target position according to imaging conditions, and a projection unit that projects a marker indicating a contour of the subject for guiding a position of the subject to be the target position acquired by the target position acquisition unit, onto an imaging position that is the subject or a surface to which the subject is fixed.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroyuki Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20230178368Abstract: A composite substrate of the present disclosure is composed of two parts: a SiC substrate; and a Si-containing thermal-sprayed layer made of a material obtained by melting Si or a Si alloy through thermal spraying. The Si-containing thermal-sprayed layer serves as a support substrate for supporting the SiC substrate so as to keep the mechanical strength thereof, and is provided at one surface of the SiC substrate on the side opposite to a surface where a nitride semiconductor layer composed of layers made of nitride semiconductors such as an AlN buffer layer, a GaN buffer layer, and an AlGaN Schottky layer is formed through epitaxial growth.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2020Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Hiroyuki KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 11580156Abstract: A workpiece image search apparatus includes: a workpiece image deformation unit that generates a third workpiece image by deforming a second workpiece image so that a difference in workpiece shape between a first workpiece image and the second workpiece image becomes smaller, wherein the first workpiece image is obtained by projecting a first workpiece shape of a first workpiece on a two-dimensional plane, and the second workpiece image is obtained by projecting a second workpiece shape of a second workpiece on a two-dimensional plane; and a similarity calculation unit that calculates a similarity between the first workpiece shape and the second workpiece shape by comparing the third workpiece image with the first workpiece image.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Ryosuke Kawanishi, Toshiyuki Morita
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Patent number: 11564570Abstract: A biological information measuring apparatus includes a detector, a measuring unit, a calculator, and a determining unit. The detector detects pulse waves continuously. The measuring unit measures first biological information. The calculator calculates second biological information from the pulse waves based on the first biological information. The measuring unit suspends the measurement and resumes the measurement after a lapse of a period in a case where the determining unit does not determine that the result of measurement is normal, and the measuring unit continues the measurement in other cases where the body motion is not generated, the pulse waves are not irregular or the blood pressure value fails to vary.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Shingo Yamashita, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Yuki Ota
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Publication number: 20220350835Abstract: A workpiece image search apparatus includes: a workpiece image deformation unit that generates a third workpiece image by deforming a second workpiece image so that a difference in workpiece shape between a first workpiece image and the second workpiece image becomes smaller, wherein the first workpiece image is obtained by projecting a first workpiece shape of a first workpiece on a two-dimensional plane, and the second workpiece image is obtained by projecting a second workpiece shape of a second workpiece on a two-dimensional plane; and a similarity calculation unit that calculates a similarity between the first workpiece shape and the second workpiece shape by comparing the third workpiece image with the first workpiece image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2019Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki KINOSHITA, Ryosuke KAWANISHI, Toshiyuki MORITA
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Publication number: 20220202388Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus is provided with an X-ray irradiation unit, an X-ray detection unit, a moving mechanism unit movable in a state of supporting the X-ray irradiation unit, an optical feature point acquisition unit, and a notification unit. The optical feature point acquisition unit is provided on either one of the X-ray irradiation unit and the X-ray detection unit and is configured to optically detect a feature point provided on the other of the X-ray irradiation unit and the X-ray detection unit to acquire the position of the feature point. The positional deviation acquisition unit acquires the positional deviation of the relative position between the X-ray irradiation unit and the X-ray detection unit based on the position of the feature point. The notification unit performs a notification based on the positional deviation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Masato TANAKA, Masahiro HIBI, Hiroyuki KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20220195622Abstract: A silicon carbide single crystal has a positive correlation between a temperature and an electric resistivity in a range from room temperature to 400° C., has an electric resistivity of at least 1×107 ?·cm in the range from room temperature to 400° C., exhibits electric conduction by holes while no significant electric conduction properties by electrons are observed regarding electric conduction at room temperature, and has a concentration of a transition element of 1×1017/cm3 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Hiroyuki KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 11304612Abstract: A pulse wave detecting device includes a sensor section and a control unit. The sensor section is rotatable about a first axis and is rotatable about a second axis. The control unit determines a rotation angle about the second axis and a rotation angle about the first axis in a state where a roll angle of the sensor section is controlled to the optimal roll angle. Then, the control unit, presses the sensor section against the body surface in a state where the sensor section is controlled into the optimal roll angle and the optimal pitch angle, detects a pulse wave based on pressure signals detected by pressure detecting elements during the increase, and calculates vital information based on the detected pulse wave.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Shingo Yamashita, Toshihiko Ogura
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Publication number: 20220110593Abstract: An X-ray imaging system includes an X-ray irradiation unit, an X-ray detection unit, an imaging unit that acquires a subject image obtained by imaging an appearance of the subject, a position information acquisition unit that acquires a position information of the subject captured in the subject image, a target position acquisition unit that acquires a target position according to imaging conditions, and a projection unit that projects a marker indicating a contour of the subject for guiding a position of the subject to be the target position acquired by the target position acquisition unit, onto an imaging position that is the subject or a surface to which the subject is fixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroyuki KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 11278210Abstract: The pulse wave detecting device includes a sensor section in which two element rows consisting of a plurality of pressure detecting elements arranged in a direction B are arranged in a direction A perpendicular to the direction B, and an air bag pressing the sensor section to a body surface in a state that the direction B intersects a direction in which an artery below the body surface of a living body. An arrangement interval between the two element rows in the direction A is 5 mm or more and 15 mm or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Shingo Yamashita, Toshihiko Ogura, Masayuki Fukutsuka, Daizo Oka, Naomi Matsumura, Kentaro Mori, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Masayuki Wakamiya
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Patent number: 11266317Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device is equipped with a pressing surface which is formed with pressure sensors, an air bag for pressing the pressing surface toward a radius artery that runs under a skin of a living body; an air bag drive unit for controlling the pressing force of the air bag, and a control unit for calculating blood pressure values in the radius artery on the basis of pressure pulse waves that were detected by all of the pressure sensors in a process that the pressing force was increased or decreased.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignees: OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd., Omron CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Shingo Yamashita, Toshihiko Ogura, Masayuki Fukutsuka, Daizo Oka, Naomi Matsumura, Kentaro Mori, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Masayuki Wakamiya
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Patent number: 11234603Abstract: A pulse wave detecting device includes a sensor section and a control unit. The sensor section is rotatable about a first axis and is rotatable about a second axis. The control unit determines a rotation angle about the first axis based on DC components of pressure detecting elements included in element rows. Then, in a state where the sensor section is controlled to the optimal pitch angle, the sensor section is pressed against the body surface, and a pulse wave is detected based on pressure signals detected by pressure detecting elements in this state, and vital information is calculated based on the detected pulse wave.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Shingo Yamashita, Toshihiko Ogura
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Patent number: 11134852Abstract: A pressure pulse wave detector includes: a pressing member which includes a pressing face in which element arrays each including pressure detecting elements arranged in one direction are arranged in a direction intersecting with the one direction; a pressing mechanism which presses the pressing face against a body surface of a living body; a rotation driving mechanism which rotates the pressing face around each of two axes which are perpendicular to a pressing direction of the pressing face pressed by the pressing mechanism and include a first axis extending in the one direction and a second axis perpendicular to the one direction; a support member which supports the pressing mechanism, the rotation driving mechanism and the pressing member; a housing which houses therein the support member; and a movement mechanism which moves the support member in the one direction inside the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Shingo Yamashita, Hiroyuki Kinoshita
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Patent number: 11122984Abstract: A pulse wave detecting device includes a sensor section and a control unit. The sensor section is rotatable about a first axis and is rotatable about a second axis. The control unit determines a rotation angle about the second axis and a rotation angle about the first axis in a state where the sensor section is pressed against the body surface with a prescribed pressing force. After determining the optimal roll angle and the optimal pitch angle, the control unit reduces the pressing force to a reset value smaller than the prescribed pressing force and larger than zero, increases the pressing force from this state, detects a pulse wave based on pressure signals detected by pressure detecting elements during the increase, and calculates vital information based on the detected pulse wave.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Shingo Yamashita, Toshihiko Ogura, Yuki Kato
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Patent number: 11116411Abstract: A pulse wave detecting device includes a sensor section and a control unit. The sensor section is rotatable about a first axis and is rotatable about a second axis. The control unit determines a rotation angle about the first axis, and determines a rotation angle about the second axis in a state where a pitch angle of the sensor section is controlled to the optimal pitch angle. Then, in a state where the sensor section is controlled to the optimal roll angle and the optimal pitch angle, the sensor section is pressed against the body surface, and a pulse wave is detected in this state based on pressure signals detected by pressure detecting elements, and vital information is calculated based on the detected pulse wave.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Tsuyoshi Kitagawa, Shingo Yamashita, Toshihiko Ogura