Patents by Inventor Kaoru Ikeda

Kaoru Ikeda 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: 20240252117
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a table apparatus and a processor. The table apparatus includes a table-top on which a subject is placed. The processor acquires subject position information indicating a position of the subject on the table-top. The processor acquires weight information indicating a weight of the subject. The processor calculates an amount of deflection occurred in the table-top based on the subject position information and the weight information. The processor generates, based on the amount of deflection of the table-top, first path information indicating a path along which the table-top is moved from the table apparatus to a gantry where imaging of the subject is performed. The processor operates a moving mechanism capable of moving the table-top from the table apparatus to the gantry to move the table-top from the table apparatus to the gantry along the path indicated by the first path information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke OKUZUMI, Kaoru IKEDA, Naoko YAMAGUCHI, Shoji ISHIZAKI
  • Patent number: 11525876
    Abstract: A couch according to an embodiment is a couch for a magnetic resonance imaging device, and includes a transformable couchtop, a movable couchtop, and processing circuitry. The transformable couchtop is configured to be at least partially transformable and to support a subject. The movable couchtop is configured to cause the transformable couchtop to move into a gantry of the magnetic resonance imaging device. The processing circuitry is configured to control transformation of the transformable couchtop. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire information regarding a receiver coil used in imaging of the subject, and to control the transformation of the transformable couchtop based on the information regarding the receiver coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru Ikeda, Yohei Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20210199738
    Abstract: A couch according to an embodiment is a couch for a magnetic resonance imaging device, and includes a transformable couchtop, a movable couchtop, and processing circuitry. The transformable couchtop is configured to be at least partially transformable and to support a subject. The movable couchtop is configured to cause the transformable couchtop to move into a gantry of the magnetic resonance imaging device. The processing circuitry is configured to control transformation of the transformable couchtop. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire information regarding a receiver coil used in imaging of the subject, and to control the transformation of the transformable couchtop based on the information regarding the receiver coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaoru IKEDA, Yohei HASHIZUME
  • Patent number: 10656225
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a static magnetic field magnet, a gradient coil, a space forming structure, a magnet supporting member, and a space forming structure supporter. The gradient coil is provided on an inner circumferential side of the static magnetic field magnet. The space forming structure forms a patient space on an inner circumferential side of the gradient coil. The magnet supporting member supports the static magnetic field magnet on a floor surface. The space forming structure supporter is attached to the magnet supporting member and supports the space forming structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Takamori, Shoji Ishizaki, Kaoru Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20180059196
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a static magnetic field magnet, a gradient coil, a space forming structure, a magnet supporting member, and a space forming structure supporter. The gradient coil is provided on an inner circumferential side of the static magnetic field magnet. The space forming structure forms a patient space on an inner circumferential side of the gradient coil. The magnet supporting member supports the static magnetic field magnet on a floor surface. The space forming structure supporter is attached to the magnet supporting member and supports the space forming structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Takamori, Shoji Ishizaki, Kaoru Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9120252
    Abstract: A shaped article including a modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C), wherein the modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C) is a product obtained by modifying an unmodified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) with an epoxy compound (B) having a double bond and has a degree of modification with the epoxy compound (B) of 0.1 to 10 mol % based on the monomer units of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A), and at least a part of the modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C) is crosslinked, and the gel fraction of the shaped article is 3% by weight or more. Thereby, a shaped article which contains almost no harmful crosslinking agent and which is excellent in hot water resistance, heat resistance and a gas barrier property is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Ikeda, Masakazu Nakaya, Kazuhiro Kurosaki, Tomoyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9074088
    Abstract: Laminates in which a layer of a polar resin (C) is laminated with a layer of a polyolefin (D) or a recovered resin (E) via a layer of an adhesive resin composition (A), including an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, the adhesive resin composition (A) is produced by mixing a resin having an unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride or derivative thereof (a1) with a ring-opening polymer or condensation polymer (a2) having a hydroxyl group or an amino group at both ends or at one end; or partially grafting the (a2) with the (a1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyuki Igarashi, Kaoru Ikeda, Tomoyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8901812
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting element with high light emission efficiency. It is another object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting element with a long lifetime. A light-emitting device is provided, which includes a light-emitting layer, a first layer, and a second layer between first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first layer is provided between the light-emitting layer and the first electrode, the second layer is provided between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode, the first layer is a layer for controlling the hole transport, the second layer is a layer for controlling the electron transport, and a light emission from the light-emitting layer is obtained when voltage is applied to the first electrode and the second electrode so that potential of the first electrode is higher than potential of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Tsunenori Suzuki, Kaoru Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8810125
    Abstract: An object is to improve luminous efficiency of a light emitting element using triplet exciton energy effectively. Another object is to reduce power consumption of a light emitting element, a light emitting device, and an electronic device. Triplet exciton energy generated in a light emitting layer which exhibits short wavelength fluorescence can be effectively utilized by use of a structure in which the light emitting layers which exhibit short wavelength fluorescence are sandwiched between light emitting layers each including a phosphorescent compound. Further, the emission balance can be improved between the light emitting layer including a phosphorescent compound and the light emitting layer which exhibits fluorescence by the devising of the structure of the light emitting layer which exhibits fluorescence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Ikeda, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 8803419
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting element with high light emission efficiency and with a long lifetime. A light-emitting device comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, a light-emitting layer, a first layer, and a second layer, wherein the first layer is provided between the light-emitting layer and the first electrode, the second layer is provided between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode, the first layer is a layer for controlling the hole transport, the second layer is a layer for controlling the electron transport, and light emission from the light-emitting layer is obtained when voltage is applied to the first electrode and the second electrode so that potential of the first electrode is higher than potential of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Tsunenori Suzuki, Kaoru Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8772392
    Abstract: A melt-molded article containing an EVOH resin composition of low acetic acid odor and good long run workability is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Ikeda, Noriyuki Kida, Hiroyuki Shindome, Naohiko Uchiumi
  • Patent number: 8765854
    Abstract: An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin having low odor of acetic acid and good long-run workability is provided. The ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin which contains an alkali metal salt (A) and has a very low extractable carboxylate content is obtained by a method including contacting the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin with an aqueous solution containing carbon dioxide gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Ikeda, Noriyuki Kida, Hiroyuki Shindome, Naohiko Uchiumi
  • Patent number: 8710495
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting element having a light-emitting layer which includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer provided in this order on an anode side between the anode and a cathode. The first layer has a hole-transporting property, the second layer has a bipolar property, and the third layer has an electron-transporting property, wherein the first layer contains a first fluorescent compound and a hole-transporting organic compound, the second layer contains a phosphorescent compound and a host material, and the third layer contains a second fluorescent compound and an electron-transporting organic compound. The light-emitting layer is also arranged so that the triplet-excitation energy of both the hole-transporting organic compound and the electron-transporting organic compound are greater than that of the host material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Kaoru Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8617678
    Abstract: Providing a crosslinkable composition and a crosslinking agent is objected to, which are capable forming a crosslinked product that is superior in retort resistance, with suppressed bleeding out from the crosslinked product, and that has favorable interlayer adhesiveness when formed into a multilayered structure crosslinked product. The present invention provides a crosslinkable composition containing (A) a polymer having an SP value of no less than 9.5 (cal/cm3)1/2 and no greater than 16.5 (cal/cm3)1/2, and (B) a crosslinking agent having one or more polar groups that include an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom not constituting an aromatic ring, and two or more polymerizable groups. The difference between the SP value of the polymer (A) and the SP value of the crosslinking agent (B) is preferably no greater than 2 (cal/cm3)1/2, and more preferably no greater than 1 (cal/cm3)1/2. A decomposition temperature of the crosslinking agent (B) is preferably no less than 240° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Ikeda, Kazuhiro Kurosaki
  • Publication number: 20130075782
    Abstract: An object is to improve luminous efficiency of a light emitting element using triplet exciton energy effectively. Another object is to reduce power consumption of a light emitting element, a light emitting device, and an electronic device. Triplet exciton energy generated in a light emitting layer which exhibits short wavelength fluorescence can be effectively utilized by use of a structure in which the light emitting layers which exhibit short wavelength fluorescence are sandwiched between light emitting layers each including a phosphorescent compound. Further, the emission balance can be improved between the light emitting layer including a phosphorescent compound and the light emitting layer which exhibits fluorescence by the devising of the structure of the light emitting layer which exhibits fluorescence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Ikeda, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 8384283
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting element with high light emission efficiency. It is another object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting element with a long lifetime. A light-emitting device is provided, which includes a light-emitting layer, a first layer, and a second layer between first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first layer is provided between the light-emitting layer and the first electrode, the second layer is provided between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode, the first layer is a layer for controlling the hole transport, the second layer is a layer for controlling the electron transport, and a light emission from the light-emitting layer is obtained when voltage is applied to the first electrode and the second electrode so that potential of the first electrode is higher than potential of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Tsunenori Suzuki, Kaoru Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20130029070
    Abstract: Providing a crosslinkable composition and a crosslinking agent is objected to, which are capable forming a crosslinked product that is superior in retort resistance, with suppressed bleeding out from the crosslinked product, and that has favorable interlayer adhesiveness when formed into a multilayered structure crosslinked product. The present invention provides a crosslinkable composition containing (A) a polymer having an SP value of no less than 9.5 (cal/cm3)1/2 and no greater than 16.5 (cal/cm3)1/2, and (B) a crosslinking agent having one or more polar groups that include an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom not constituting an aromatic ring, and two or more polymerizable groups. The difference between the SP value of the polymer (A) and the SP value of the crosslinking agent (B) is preferably no greater than 2 (cal/cm3)1/2, and more preferably no greater than 1 (cal/cm3)1/2. A decomposition temperature of the crosslinking agent (B) is preferably no less than 240° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Ikeda, Kazuhiro Kurosaki
  • Publication number: 20130026460
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting element having a light-emitting layer which includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer provided in this order on an anode side between the anode and a cathode. The first layer has a hole-transporting property, the second layer has a bipolar property, and the third layer has an electron-transporting property, wherein the first layer contains a first fluorescent compound and a hole-transporting organic compound, the second layer contains a phosphorescent compound and a host material, and the third layer contains a second fluorescent compound and an electron-transporting organic compound. The light-emitting layer is also arranged so that the triplet-excitation energy of both the hole-transporting organic compound and the electron-transporting organic compound are greater than that of the host material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Kaoru IKEDA
  • Patent number: 8329818
    Abstract: Provided is a modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C) having an ethylen content of 5 to 55 mol %, which contains a specific structural unit (I) in an amount of 0.3 to 40 mol % and may be obtained by reacting an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) with a monofunctional epoxy compound (B) having a molecular weight of not more than 500. This can be produced by a method for producing the modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C) which comprises melting and kneading an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) with a monofunctional epoxy compound (B) in an extruder. The modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C) is superior to a unmodified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) in transparency, stretchability, flexibility and flexing resistance due to the specific structural unit (I) incorporated therein, and thus, can be used as a barrier material in various applications requiring the above performance capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Ikeda, Shinji Tai, Kouta Isoyama, Tomoyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8299456
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting element having a light-emitting layer which includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer provided in this order on an anode side between the anode and a cathode. The first layer has a hole-transporting property, the second layer has a bipolar property, and the third layer has an electron-transporting property, wherein the first layer contains a first fluorescent compound and a hole-transporting organic compound, the second layer contains a phosphorescent compound and a host material, and the third layer contains a second fluorescent compound and an electron-transporting organic compound. The light-emitting layer is also arranged so that the triplet-excitation energy of both the hole-transporting organic compound and the electron-transporting organic compound are greater than that of the host material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Kaoru Ikeda