Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Imai

Kazuhiro Imai 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: 20200127375
    Abstract: An antenna device includes: a first conductor layer; a second conductor layer located opposite to the first conductor layer; and a third conductor layer located opposite to the second conductor layer. The first conductor layer includes: a feed element; a first grounding element located next to the feed element in a first direction and grounded; and a parasitic element located along the feed element and the first grounding element and insulated from the feed element and the first grounding element. The second conductor layer includes: a floating element located opposite to the feed element and insulated from the first conductor layer; and a second grounding element located opposite to the first grounding element and next to the floating element and grounded. The third conductor layer includes a third grounding element grounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicants: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TAKAI, Taichi HAMABE, Kazuhiro IMAI
  • Publication number: 20190089046
    Abstract: A wireless module includes a substrate, a ground pattern disposed on the substrate, a first antenna, a second antenna, and a base plate that is conductive. The first antenna is disposed between one end of the substrate and the ground pattern, and includes a grounding part and a first power feeding part, the grounding part is connected to the ground pattern, and the first power feeding part is fed with a first signal. The second antenna is disposed between the other end of the substrate and the ground pattern, and includes a second power feeding part fed with a second signal. The base plate includes a first opposed portion that faces the first antenna, a second opposed portion that faces the second antenna, and a third opposed portion that faces the ground pattern and is short-circuited to the ground pattern. The base plate also has, on the third opposed portion, a short-circuit point at which the base plate and the ground pattern are short-circuited to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi KOSHI, Hitoshi TAKAI, Kazuhiro IMAI, Hiroyuki UNO
  • Publication number: 20180301799
    Abstract: A wireless module includes: a substrate; a ground pattern formed on the substrate; a heat generating component mounted on the substrate and connected to the ground pattern; a pattern antenna including a grounding part connected to the ground pattern and a power feeding part fed with power from the heat generating component, the pattern antenna being formed on the substrate; and a conductive base plate electrically connected to the ground pattern and disposed opposite to the pattern antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: KAZUHIRO IMAI, HITOSHI TAKAI, MASASHI KOSHI, HIROYUKI UNO
  • Patent number: 8796037
    Abstract: A method of detection separation and identification for expressed trace protein/peptide; and a system therefor. There is provided a method of detecting, separating and identifying a minute amount of expressed protein and/or peptide, characterized in that a fluorescent derivative of protein and/or peptide contained in a test subject sample having been labeled with a fluorescence reagent is applied to HPLC; a fluorescent fraction is collected and subjected to enzymatic hydrolysis; mass-spectrometry of the resultant fluorescence-labeled fragments and non-fluorescence-labeled fragments is carried out; and the thus obtained ion molecular weight information on each of the fragments is collated with an available protein and/or peptide fragment database to thereby accomplish a structural analysis. Further, there is provided an identification system therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Imai
  • Patent number: 8402135
    Abstract: [Problem] To enhance the ease of use of a network by a DLNA-compliant device. [Solving Means] A television receiver 250 discovers another DLNA-compliant device connected to a network (S3). Then the television receiver 250 determines an IP address of eHDMI connection (S4) and, in the case of a device directly connected by HDMI, connection setting of a DLNA with that device is automatically executed (S5 through S8). The television receiver 250 may present each connection setting state to a user on a user interface screen, thereby making the user execute checking. In configuring an AV system, the user may execute direct connection by HDMI to enhance the ease of use of an AV system 200 without having to execute the connection setting of DLNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumoto Kondo, Kazuhiro Imai, Yasuhisa Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20100185764
    Abstract: [Problem] To enhance the ease of use of a network by a DLNA-compliant device. [Solving Means] A television receiver 250 discovers another DLNA-compliant device connected to a network (S3). Then the television receiver 250 determines an IP address of eHDMI connection (S4) and, in the case of a device directly connected by HDMI, connection setting of a DLNA with that device is automatically executed (S5 through S8). The television receiver 250 may present each connection setting state to a user on a user interface screen, thereby making the user execute checking. In configuring an AV system, the user may execute direct connection by HDMI to enhance the ease of use of an AV system 200 without having to execute the connection setting of DLNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumoto Kondo, Kazuhiro Imai, Yasuhisa Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7712977
    Abstract: An optical resonator includes a waveguide (12) formed by using an incidence side reflection film (93) and an emission side reflection film (94) arranged in parallel with each other and adapted to resonate light entering it by way of the incidence side reflection film (93) and adapted to propagate light formed and resonated so as to run through from the incidence side reflection (93) to the emission side reflection film (94), a substrate (11) for forming the optical waveguide (12) on the top surface thereof and a first protection member (86) and a second protection member (87) corresponding to the material of the substrate (11) provided at an upper part of the waveguide (12) so as to make at least an end facet of each of the members form a plane (91) or (92) identical with the first end facet (84) or the second end facet (85), whichever appropriate, of the substrate (11) including the light incidence end or the light emission end, whichever appropriate, of the optical waveguide (11) and the incidence side refl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Optical Comb Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Motonobu Kourogi, Kazuhiro Imai, Widiyatmoko Bambang
  • Publication number: 20100097614
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography device includes a wavelength scanning laser light source (10) provided with two Fabry-Perot resonators (13A, 13B) provided in a light path for laser oscillation. The values of FSR (free spectral range) of the Fabry-Perot resonators are set so as to be proximate to each other. The resonator length of at least one of the two Fabry-Perot resonators is periodically varied within a preset range to cause the two Fabry-Perot resonators (13A, 13B) to operate as a wavelength length varying filter of a narrow pass band capable of varying the selection wavelength by the vernier effect to output laser light that has wavelength temporally scanned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: OPTICAL COMB, INC.
    Inventors: Motonobu Kourogi, Kazuhiro Imai
  • Patent number: 7551342
    Abstract: A resonance system (14, 15) is formed by a light incident side reflection mirror and a light exiting side reflecting mirror, arranged parallel to each other. The light incident on an incident side reflective mirror (14) is propagated in the outward path direction or in the backward path direction so that the light is set in a resonant state. The light in the resonant state in the resonance system (14, 15) is phase-modulated, responsive to a modulating signal supplied from an oscillating device (16) by a light modulation device (2) arranged between the light incident side reflective mirror (14) and the light exiting side reflective mirror (15). The oscillating device oscillates the modulating signal of a frequency fm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Optical Comb Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Motonobu Kourogi, Kazuhiro Imai, Widiyatmoko Bambang
  • Publication number: 20080280316
    Abstract: A method of detection separation and identification for expressed trace protein/peptide; and a system therefor. There is provided a method of detecting, separating and identifying a minute amount of expressed protein and/or peptide, characterized in that a fluorescent derivative of protein and/or peptide contained in a test subject sample having been labeled with a fluorescence reagent is applied to HPLC; a fluorescent fraction is collected and subjected to enzymatic hydrolysis; mass-spectrometry of the resultant fluorescence-labeled fragments and non-fluorescence-labeled fragments is carried out; and the thus obtained ion molecular weight information on each of the fragments is collated with an available protein and/or peptide fragment database to thereby accomplish a structural analysis. Further, there is provided an identification system therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Imai
  • Publication number: 20070292069
    Abstract: An optical resonator includes a waveguide (12) formed by using an incidence side reflection film (93) and an emission side reflection film (94) arranged in parallel with each other and adapted to resonate light entering it by way of the incidence side reflection film (93) and adapted to propagate light formed and resonated so as to run through from the incidence side reflection (93) to the emission side reflection film (94), a substrate (11) for forming the optical waveguide (12) on the top surface thereof and a first protection member (86) and a second protection member (87) corresponding to the material of the substrate (11) provided at an upper part of the waveguide (12) so as to make at least an end facet of each of the members form a plane (91) or (92) identical with the first end facet (84) or the second end facet (85), whichever appropriate, of the substrate (11) including the light incidence end or the light emission end, whichever appropriate, of the optical waveguide (11) and the incidence side refl
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Motonobu Kourogi, Kazuhiro Imai, Widiyatmoko Bambang
  • Publication number: 20070076282
    Abstract: A resonance system (14, 15) is formed by a light incident side reflection mirror and a light exiting side reflecting mirror, arranged parallel to each other. The light incident on an incident side reflective mirror (14) is propagated in the outward path direction or in the backward path direction so that the light is set in a resonant state. The light in the resonant state in the resonance system (14, 15) is phase-modulated, responsive to a modulating signal supplied from an oscillating device (16) by a light modulation device (2) arranged between the light incident side reflective mirror (14) and the light exiting side reflective mirror (15). The oscillating device oscillates the modulating signal of a frequency fm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Motonobu Kourogi, Kazuhiro Imai, Wildiyatmoko Bambang
  • Publication number: 20050164400
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of examining or diagnosing schizophrenia, which includes measuring concentrations of D-serine and L-serine in a biological sample. According to the method of the present invention, schizophrenia can be examined or diagnosed by measuring concentrations of D-serine and L-serine in a biological sample by analysis techniques such as high performance liquid chromatography and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2003
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Kenji Hashimoto, Masaomi Iyo, Takeshi Fukushima, Kazuhiro Imai
  • Patent number: 6903341
    Abstract: There are disclosed a nonlinear optical crystal 1 which can generate a THz wave by a parametric effect; a pump light incidence apparatus 12 for allowing a pump light 2 to be incident upon the nonlinear optical crystal; and a seed light injection apparatus 14 for injecting a seed light 5 having a variable frequency in a generation direction of an idler light 3 generated by the pump light. The seed light injection apparatus 14 comprises angle dispersion compensation means 16 set so that an incidence angle ?IN of the seed light upon the nonlinear optical crystal 1 substantially equals to a desired phase matching condition regardless of a wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Riken
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Imai, Kodo Kawase, Hiromasa Ito
  • Publication number: 20030227668
    Abstract: There are disclosed a nonlinear optical crystal 1 which can generate a THz wave by a parametric effect; a pump light incidence apparatus 12 for allowing a pump light 2 to be incident upon the nonlinear optical crystal; and a seed light injection apparatus 14 for injecting a seed light 5 having a variable frequency in a generation direction of an idler light 3 generated by the pump light. The seed light injection apparatus 14 comprises angle dispersion compensation means 16 set so that an incidence angle &thgr;IN of the seed light upon the nonlinear optical crystal 1 substantially equals to a desired phase matching condition regardless of a wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicant: RIKEN
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Imai, Kodo Kawase, Hiromasa Ito
  • Patent number: 6599933
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a tocotrienol derivative which is highly water-soluble and shows high bioavailability in the living body and &ggr;-CEHC delivering agent. (A tocotrienolcarboxylic acid ester derivative represented by the general formula (I). (wherein R2 means a carboxylic acid residue having a nitrogen substituent, and R1 and R3 mean a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignees: Kenko Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Takata, Takeshi Fukushima, Kazuhiro Imai, Yoshiharu Karube, Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Michihiro Fujiwara, Akihiro Hattori, Ryoji Hidaka, Katsunori Iwasaki, Kenichi Mishima, Shizuko Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20030027857
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a tocotrienol derivative which is highly water-soluble and shows high bioavailability in the living body and &ggr;-CEHC delivering agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: Jiro Takata
    Inventors: Jiro Takata, Takeshi Fukushima, Kazuhiro Imai, Yoshiharu Karube, Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Michihiro Fujiwara, Akihiro Hattori, Ryoji Hidaka, Katsunori Iwasaki, Kenichi Mishima, Shizuko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6227848
    Abstract: The continues oven for baking planar works according to the present invention comprises an oven main body, a work lifting unit for conveying works upward inside the oven main body in a sequential manner; a work lowering unit for conveying works downward inside the oven main body in a sequential manner; whereby the works are baked while being conveyed by the work lifting and lowering units in a substantially vertical direction. Thus, the works are conveyed vertically most of the time during the stay in the oven, and the floor space area necessary for the installation of the continuous oven can be therefore minimized. In particular, by arranging the works one over the other, typically in a mutually spaced relationship, in the work lifting and lowering units, it is possible to minimize the dead space inside the oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Imai Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Imai
  • Patent number: 6200767
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for eliminating effectively ATP in a sample, using adenosine phosphate deaminase alone or in combination with at least one enzyme from the group consisting of apyrase, alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, hexokinase and adenosine triphosphatase, a process for determining biological cells contained in foods and beverages in convenient and precise manner in combination with bioluminescence method, and a reagent for the determination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Kikkoman Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakakibara, Seiji Murakami, Noriaki Hattori, Keiko Yajitate, Teruo Watarai, Motoo Nakajima, Kazuhiro Imai
  • Patent number: 6171520
    Abstract: Disclosed are SH-labeling reagents containing acridine compounds represented by the following formula (I): wherein A represents the following group: —(CH2)m1— or —(CH2)m2—Q—(CH2)n— in which Q represents a group —S+RX−—, a group —N+RR1X−— wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aryl group, a group wherein R2 and R3 may be the same or different and are each independently a group —(CH2)k— (k: a number of 1 to 3) or —O(CH2CH2O)l— (l: a number of 1 to 3), m1 stands for a number of 1 to 6, m2 denotes a number of 0 to 2, n means a number of 1 to 2; R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aryl group; and X− represents an anion, or intermediates thereof; preparation processes of the acridine compounds; and methods for labeling analytes by using the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: SS Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Imai, Hiromichi Eto, Takeshi Kotsugai, Tadashi Narita