Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Watanabe

Hitoshi Watanabe 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: 20190308958
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (1) and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound useful as a nerve regeneration promoter wherein R1-L- is R1—OC(O)—, or the like, R1 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, optionally-substituted 3- to 8-membered cycloalkyl group, or the like, R2 is hydrogen atom or the like, Ring A is formula (2) or formula (3) wherein R3 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like, the part of X, Y, and Z is X?Y—Z, X—Y?Z, or X—Y—Z, X is nitrogen atom, NR4 (R4 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like), or the like, Y is carbon atom or the like, and Z is carbon atom, nitrogen atom or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Watanabe, Yoshiaki Isobe, Hidenori Kimura, Yuji Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20190258121
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polarized light irradiation device capable of setting an alignment azimuth angle ? of liquid crystal molecules to be a desired angle even when the incident angle of polarized light on a substrate is not 0° in irradiation of a photo alignment film with polarized light, and a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device by using the polarized light irradiation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: SEIJI FUJIWARA, TAKASHI SONODA, NOBUFUMI TOMIMARU, HITOSHI WATANABE, SHINICHI TERASHITA, FUMIKAZU SHIMOSHIKIRYOH
  • Patent number: 10323024
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (1) and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound useful as a nerve regeneration promoter wherein R1-L- is R1—OC(O)—, or the like, R1 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, optionally-substituted 3- to 8-membered cycloalkyl group, or the like, R2 is hydrogen atom or the like, Ring A is formula (2) or formula (3) wherein R3 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like, the part of X, Y, and Z is X?Y—Z, X—Y?Z, or X—Y—Z, X is nitrogen atom, NR4 (R4 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like), or the like, Y is carbon atom or the like, and Z is carbon atom, nitrogen atom or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO DAINIPPON PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Watanabe, Yoshiaki Isobe, Hidenori Kimura, Yuji Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 10225459
    Abstract: An image reproducing apparatus that is capable of easily reproducing image data intended for viewing. A read-out unit reads out a plurality of images recorded in a recording medium. A control unit determines target images among the plurality of images based on a reference date. The control unit specifies a shooting date on which a predetermined number or greater number of images were taken around the reference date and determines images taken on the specified shooting date as the target images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190016711
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (1) and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound useful as a nerve regeneration promoter wherein R1-L- is R1—OC(O)—, or the like, R1 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, optionally-substituted 3- to 8-membered cycloalkyl group, or the like, R2 is hydrogen atom or the like, Ring A is formula (2) or formula (3) wherein R3 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like, the part of X, Y, and Z is X?Y—Z, X—Y?Z, or X—Y—Z, X is nitrogen atom, NR4 (R4 is hydrogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like), or the like, Y is carbon atom or the like, and Z is carbon atom, nitrogen atom or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO DAINIPPON PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi WATANABE, Yoshiaki ISOBE, Hidenori KIMURA, Yuji FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20180297209
    Abstract: An example system includes a vehicle, a robot, and a controller. The vehicle may include an accelerator operator and a steering operator. The robot may include as accelerator actuator configured to operate the accelerator operator, and a steering actuator configured to operate-the steering operator. The controller is configured to: in response to an accelerator command, send a first signal to the accelerator actuator to operate the accelerator operator of the vehicle, and in response to a steering command, send a second, signal to the steering actuator to steer the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas LOW, Thomas DE CANDIA, Seungkook YUN, Thomas EGAN, Bryan CHAVEZ, Alexander KERNBAUM, Riley SHEAR, Leonard GERARD, Stephen MORFEY, Richard MAHONEY, Regis VINCENT, Paul BIRKMEYER, Hiroyuki MORITA, Hirokatsu MURAMATSU, Keiji NISHIMURA, Hiroshi SAIJOU, Akira SATOU, Toshifumi UCHIYAMA, Hitoshi WATANABE, Shirou WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20180280499
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula (1): wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Y1, Y2, L, and m are as defined in the description, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which are useful as a vaccine adjuvant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hidenori Kimura, Hitoshi Ban, Yoshiaki Isobe, Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10076051
    Abstract: An electronic device unit includes a printed board housing body, a printed board, and a front face panel to which the printed board is fixed. The front face panel is provided with hooks each having a tip provided with a recessed part and knobs for disengaging the hooks. The printed board housing body includes engagement parts each provided with a protruding part to fit with the recessed part of each hook. Pinching the knobs for removing the front face panel from the printed board housing body causes the hooks turn in directions such that engagement between the hooks and the engagement parts and fitting between the recessed parts and the protruding parts are released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuichi Honda, Kazuyuki Sasaki, Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10012649
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an early mastitis detection method that can detect mastitis easily and quickly when compared to the prior methods and also a biomarker to be used with the method. The object can be solved by a method of examining a mammary gland disease by using the level of cyclophilin A in a mammary gland or in milk as indicator. More specifically, the object can be a method of examining a mammary gland disease comprising steps (1) and (2) listed below; (1) a step of detecting cyclophilin A in the milk collected from an udder or an udder quarter of a subject and thereby determining the cyclophilin A level in the milk; and (2) a step of determining the onset of a mammary gland disease or the possibility of onset of a mammary gland disease in the udder or the udder quarter of the subject on the basis of the cyclophilin A level in the milk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hisashi Aso, Haruki Kitazawa, Koichi Watanabe, Shuichi Owada, Hitoshi Watanabe, Yuya Nagasawa, Shunsuke Someya, Yoriko Horikoshi, Nanami Itaya
  • Patent number: 9910863
    Abstract: A communication device that participates in a network includes a storing control unit that stores images, a search unit that searches for a predetermined external device from the network, a transmission unit that transmits stored images to the external device via the network, a determination unit that determines the frequency of participation in the network, and a changing unit that changes the time for searching for the external device according to determination results of the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9843999
    Abstract: Information on one or more networks in which a communication apparatus has participated before and information on one or more external apparatuses to which the communication apparatus has been connected before are held. Information on a first network previously formed by the communication device and information on a second network previously formed by an external access point are held such that the information on the first network and the information on the second network are identifiable. If it is judged that there is not a network corresponding to the held information on the second network, it is determined to use a network based on the held information on the first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170188297
    Abstract: Information on one or more networks in which a communication apparatus has participated before and information on one or more external apparatuses to which the communication apparatus has been connected before are held. Information on a first network previously formed by the communication device and information on a second network previously formed by an external access point are held such that the information on the first network and the information on the second network are identifiable. If it is judged that there is not a network corresponding to the held information on the second network, it is determined to use a network based on the held information on the first network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventor: Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9668387
    Abstract: In an electrical shield structure of an electronic device unit and a control panel housing, a metal frame includes a plurality of protrusions having conductivity and having heights to come into contact with the control panel housing. The plurality of protrusions are provided at positions which surround an electronic component. A packing includes a plurality of holes through which the protrusions are inserted at positions corresponding to the positions of the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Watanabe, Kazuyuki Sasaki, Hideki Okamura
  • Patent number: 9615306
    Abstract: Information on one or more networks in which a communication apparatus has participated before and information on one or more external apparatuses to which the communication apparatus has been connected before are held. Information on a first network previously formed by the communication device and information on a second network previously formed by an external access point are held such that the information on the first network and the information on the second network are identifiable. If it is judged that there is not a network corresponding to the held information on the second network, it is determined to use a network based on the held information on the first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9609203
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for allowing proper classification information to be provided to an edited image. When it is determined that the editing is cropping, a system controller cuts a decompressed image down to a desired size using an image processor and performs face detection on a crop image. The system controller generates a header for image data of an edited image. When the setting of automatically providing classification information is “ON”, classification information is automatically provided based on the detected face information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichi Nakase, Atsushi Inagaki, Masato Sanno, Hitoshi Ikeda, Chiyumi Niwa, Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9440221
    Abstract: Provided is a titanium oxide dispersion liquid that has dispersibility and dispersion stability both at superior levels and, when applied and dried, can form a photocatalyst coating film capable of rapidly developing excellent photocatalytic activity. The titanium oxide dispersion liquid according to the present invention includes titanium oxide particles (A), a dispersing agent (B), and a solvent (C). The titanium oxide particles (A) support a transition metal compound. The dispersing agent (B) includes a poly(acrylic acid) or a salt thereof. The poly(acrylic acid) or a salt thereof in the dispersing agent (B) preferably includes a poly(acrylic acid) alkali metal salt. The poly(acrylic acid) or a salt thereof in the dispersing agent (B) preferably has a weight-average molecular weight of from 1000 to 100000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryouta Kojima, Naoyuki Fukui, Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20160219746
    Abstract: An electronic device unit includes a printed board housing body, a printed board, and a front face panel to which the printed board is fixed. The front face panel is provided with hooks each having a tip provided with a recessed part and knobs for disengaging the hooks. The printed board housing body includes engagement parts each provided with a protruding part to fit with the recessed part of each hook. Pinching the knobs for removing the front face panel from the printed board housing body causes the hooks turn in directions such that engagement between the hooks and the engagement parts and fitting between the recessed parts and the protruding parts are released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Yuuichi HONDA, Kazuyuki SASAKI, Hitoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20160001266
    Abstract: Provided is a titanium oxide dispersion liquid that has dispersibility and dispersion stability both at superior levels and, when applied and dried, can form a photocatalyst coating film capable of rapidly developing excellent photocatalytic activity. The titanium oxide dispersion liquid according to the present invention includes titanium oxide particles (A), a dispersing agent (B), and a solvent (C). The titanium oxide particles (A) support a transition metal compound. The dispersing agent (B) includes a poly(acrylic acid) or a salt thereof. The poly(acrylic acid) or a salt thereof in the dispersing agent (B) preferably includes a poly(acrylic acid) alkali metal salt. The poly(acrylic acid) or a salt thereof in the dispersing agent (B) preferably has a weight-average molecular weight of from 1000 to 100000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryouta KOJIMA, Naoyuki FUKUI, Hitoshi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20150365307
    Abstract: A communication device that participates in a network includes a storing control unit that stores images, a search unit that searches for a predetermined external device from the network, a transmission unit that transmits stored images to the external device via the network, a determination unit that determines the frequency of participation in the network, and a changing unit that changes the time for searching for the external device according to determination results of the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventor: Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9205004
    Abstract: A tampon that has an absorbent body that absorbs a bodily fluid and that is to be inserted into a body cavity along a central axis of the absorbent body, wherein a leading end part in an inserting direction of the absorbent body includes a recessed part including a position of the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Watanabe, Koichi Yamaki, Akie Kikuchi