Patents by Inventor Jun Amano
Jun Amano 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: 20210201114Abstract: An integrated sensing system to perform multi-modality sensing of an environment. The integrated sensing system includes a first sensing element that generates a first modality sensing output of the environment, a first edge artificial intelligence (AI) engine that controls the first sensing element and generates a first data analysis result based on the first modality sensing output, a second sensing element that generates a second modality sensing output of the environment, a second edge AI engine that controls the second sensing element and generates a second data analysis result based on the second modality sensing output, and a computer processor that generates, using a central AI algorithm, a classification result of the environment based on the first data analysis result and the second data analysis result, where the computer processor is directly coupled to the first edge AI engine and the second edge AI engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.Inventor: Jun Amano
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Publication number: 20210148460Abstract: A shift control apparatus for a vehicle automatic transmission to be provided in a vehicle that includes a hydraulic transmission device having a lockup clutch, an engine, an input shaft connected to the engine through the hydraulic transmission device, and drive wheels. The shift control apparatus includes a shift-down control portion configured, when a shift-down operation is executed to establish a first gear position by releasing a second engagement device, during running of the vehicle in a driven state with a second gear position being established with engagement of the second engagement device, to increase a torque of the engine so as to increase an input rotational speed as a rotational speed of the input shaft through the lockup clutch that is placed in an engaged state, and to release the lockup clutch before the input rotational speed reaches a synchronous speed of the first gear position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Asami FUJITA, Kunio HATTORI, Jun AMANO, Atsushi AYABE
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Publication number: 20210116022Abstract: When a rotation speed difference between rotary members of a mode switching clutch is equal to or less than a predetermined value during travel in a belt travel mode, there is a likelihood that the mode switching clutch would be secured to a lock mode in which power operating in two directions is transmitted. At this time, since switching to a gear travel mode is prohibited, it is possible to curb occurrence of a shock when power is simultaneously transmitted via a first power transmission path and a second power transmission path in a transition period of switching to the gear travel mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi AYABE, Kunio HATTORI, Jun AMANO, Asami FUJITA
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Publication number: 20210065671Abstract: A single-step method of generating a three dimensional (3D) printed article includes: selecting a first metastructure and a second metastructure; designing and constructing a first transitional metastructure that transitions from the first metastructure to the second metastructure; depositing a first layer comprising the first metastructure; seamlessly connecting the first and first transitional metastructures by depositing a first transitional layer comprising the first transitional metastructure on the first layer; and seamlessly connecting the first transitional and second metastructures by depositing a second layer comprising the second metastructure on the first transitional layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.Inventor: Jun Amano
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Patent number: 10862062Abstract: A method of fabricating a flexible transparent conductive electrode layer includes depositing a correlated metal film having a thickness between 10 nm and 100 nm on a flexible transparent substrate, annealing the correlated metal film with the UV pulses, and maintaining a temperature of the flexible transparent substrate below 80° C. during the depositing and annealing.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.Inventor: Jun Amano
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Publication number: 20200305288Abstract: A fabrication method achieves bump bonds (to connect two electronic devices) with a pitch of less than 20 ?m using UV-curable conductive epoxy resin cured with an array of nano-LEDs. Nano-LEDs are devices with sizes less than or equal to 5 ?m, typically arranged in an array. After deposition of the uncured conductive epoxy layer, the nano-LED array enables a fast curing of the bumps with high spatial resolution. Next, the uncured resin is washed off and the chips are assembled, before final thermal curing takes place.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.Inventors: Karsten Bruening, Jun Amano
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Patent number: 10782300Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for determining the efficacy of GPC3-targeting drug therapy for cancer in a patient before the start of GPC3-targeting drug therapy or a patient or determining the continuation of GPC3-targeting drug therapy for a patient, including monitoring a concentration of free GPC3 in a biological sample isolated from the patient before the start of GPC3-targeting drug therapy and/or the patient treated with the GPC3-targeting drug therapy, wherein when the concentration of free GPC3 is a predetermined value, the efficacy of the GPC3-targeting drug therapy is determined or the continuation of the GPC3-targeting drug therapy is determined. The present invention also discloses a GPC3-targeting drug or a preparation which is to be further administered to a patient for which the efficacy of the GPC3-targeting drug therapy has been determined or the continuation of the GPC3-targeting drug therapy has been determined.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignees: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AGInventors: Toshihiko Ohtomo, Ya-Chi Chen, Jun Amano, Mikiko Nakamura
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Publication number: 20200106415Abstract: A carbon nanotube (CNT) resonator includes: a first CNT having a first end and a second end both fixed to a substrate; and a second CNT having a first end fixed to the substrate. The second CNT creates a Van der Waals (VdW) bond with the first CNT where the second CNT overlaps the first CNT. A length of the VdW bond along a distance between the first and the second CNTs oscillates based on a DC voltage applied between the first end of the first CNT and the first end of the second CNT. An electrical current passing through the first and the second CNTs using the VdW bond oscillates based on the oscillation of the length of the VdW bond.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Michael Stopa, Jun Amano, Karsten Bruening
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Patent number: 10579880Abstract: A video surveillance system with real-time object re-identification capabilities, which employs an object re-identification algorithm and an edge computing architecture. An operator monitors video images from the multiple cameras, and when a target object is observed, a target image containing the object is transmitted to all video cameras for object re-identification. Each video camera has dedicated processing circuitry that performs an object re-identification algorithm to identify the target in video images captured by that camera in real time. The algorithm calculates a frequency domain similarity measure between the target image and test images captured by the camera. The similarity measure in the frequency domain is calculated as a dot product of the 1D discrete Fourier transforms of the target image data and of the test image data. The multiple cameras also transmit object re-identification results to each other to achieve more efficient and intelligent object re-identification.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.Inventors: Rahman Khorsandi, Jun Amano
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Publication number: 20190344493Abstract: A method for 3D printing an object, based on a 3D printable model of the object, includes scanning, by a first LiDAR sensor of a plurality of LiDAR sensors, a portion of the object while the object is being printed by a printer head. The method also includes generating an image of at least the portion of the object based on scanning the portion, generating a comparison by comparing the image with the 3D printable model, and sending a feedback signal that adjusts the printer head based on the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.Inventor: Jun Amano
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Patent number: 10459285Abstract: A device for producing polarized light includes a plurality of photonic crystal grid structures on a substrate. The plurality of photonic crystal grid structures includes one or more structured regions for the transmission of polarized blue light, polarized green light, and polarized red light. A green quantum dot layer is substantially positioned on the one or more structured regions for the transmission of polarized green light and a red quantum dot layer is substantially positioned on the one or more structured regions for the transmission of polarized red light. A blue light emitting diode array is disposed on the polarized light device such that the emission from the blue light emitting diode array facilitates the emission of red and green light from the red and green quantum dot layers.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.Inventor: Jun Amano
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Patent number: 10451627Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assaying soluble GPC3 protein in a test sample, comprising using two different antibodies binding to different epitopes present in the N-terminal region of GPC3 protein.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignees: CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, JSR CORPORATION, JSR LIFE SCIENCES CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiko Ohtomo, Jun Amano, Hideki Adachi, Tsukasa Suzuki, Motoaki Mizuuchi, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Seiki Wakui
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Patent number: 10446705Abstract: A quantum well device includes a first layer of a first two-dimensional material, a second layer of a second two-dimensional material, and a third layer of a third two-dimensional material disposed between the first layer and second layer. The first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are adhered predominantly by van der Waals force.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.Inventor: Jun Amano
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Patent number: 10442132Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional printed (3D-printed) object on a base plate. The method includes: depositing at least one block of a first material in a first layer directly onto the base plate; and depositing at least one block of a second material either in the first layer adjacent to the one or more blocks of the first material, or in a second layer directly onto the at least one block of the first material in the first layer. The first material is one of a non-auxetic structure or an auxetic structure, and the second material is the other one of the non-auxetic structure or the auxetic structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Jun Amano, Michael Stopa
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Publication number: 20190299284Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a three-dimensional printed (3D-printed) object. The method includes: depositing first threads separated by gaps in a first run of a first layer; depositing second threads in a second run of the first layer, and the second threads fill the gaps between the first threads and create a plurality of first-layer vertical interfaces along a length of each of the first threads; depositing third threads separated by gaps in a first run of a second layer; and depositing fourth threads in a second run of the second layer, and the fourth threads fill the gaps between the third threads and create a plurality of second-layer vertical interfaces along a length of each of the third threads. The second layer is deposited on top of the first layer so that one or more of the first-layer vertical interfaces do not overlap with the second-layer vertical interfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.Inventor: Jun Amano
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Publication number: 20190306989Abstract: A method is provided for detecting faults in a conductive circuitry. The method includes: printing the conductive circuitry on top of a substrate using a printing head; heating the conductive circuitry with a heat source; scanning the heated conductive circuitry with a non-contact thermal detector; detecting, with the non-contact thermal detector and concurrently with the printing of the conductive circuitry, the faults where the printing head failed to print; and reprinting the faults with the printing head.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: John Randall Christ, Jun Amano, Leiming Wang
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Publication number: 20190103577Abstract: A method of fabricating a flexible transparent conductive electrode layer includes depositing a correlated metal film having a thickness between 10 nm and 100 nm on a flexible transparent substrate, annealing the correlated metal film with the UV pulses, and maintaining a temperature of the flexible transparent substrate below 80° C. during the depositing and annealing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.Inventor: Jun Amano
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Patent number: 10234383Abstract: A terahertz (THz) spectral imaging system includes a THz 2D imaging camera, a tunable THz bandpass filter before the THz camera, and a broadband THz light source. The tunable THz bandpass filter includes a visible or infrared laser source, a spatial light modulator modulating the light to generate a spatially structured light pattern, and a semiconductor plate onto which the light pattern is projected. The light pattern generates carriers in the semiconductor plate to turn it into a metamaterial THz bandpass filter, which is tunable by changing the light patterns. A controller controls the light patterns and the THz camera in a timing sequence to acquire multiple 2D THz images at different THz frequencies. Such THz spectral image data can be further combined with visible images and LiDAR images in a security surveillance system to automatically detect security threats using image fusion and deep learning techniques.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.Inventors: Leiming Wang, Jun Amano
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Publication number: 20190065858Abstract: A video surveillance system with real-time object re-identification capabilities, which employs an object re-identification algorithm and an edge computing architecture. An operator monitors video images from the multiple cameras, and when a target object is observed, a target image containing the object is transmitted to all video cameras for object re-identification. Each video camera has dedicated processing circuitry that performs an object re-identification algorithm to identify the target in video images captured by that camera in real time. The algorithm calculates a frequency domain similarity measure between the target image and test images captured by the camera. The similarity measure in the frequency domain is calculated as a dot product of the 1D discrete Fourier transforms of the target image data and of the test image data. The multiple cameras also transmit object re-identification results to each other to achieve more efficient and intelligent object re-identification.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.Inventors: Rahman Khorsandi, Jun Amano
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Publication number: 20180364158Abstract: A terahertz (THz) spectral imaging system includes a THz 2D imaging camera, a tunable THz bandpass filter before the THz camera, and a broadband THz light source. The tunable THz bandpass filter includes a visible or infrared laser source, a spatial light modulator modulating the light to generate a spatially structured light pattern, and a semiconductor plate onto which the light pattern is projected. The light pattern generates carriers in the semiconductor plate to turn it into a metamaterial THz bandpass filter, which is tunable by changing the light patterns. A controller controls the light patterns and the THz camera in a timing sequence to acquire multiple 2D THz images at different THz frequencies. Such THz spectral image data can be further combined with visible images and LiDAR images in a security surveillance system to automatically detect security threats using image fusion and deep learning techniques.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.Inventors: Leiming Wang, Jun Amano