Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Nagata

Kazuhiro Nagata 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: 20240428662
    Abstract: A prize acquisition game device includes: a prize display case that includes a casing defining a game space in which prizes are displayed; a prize acquisition device that moves in the game space to acquire the prizes; and a control panel that includes an operation device that receives an input to operate movement of the prize acquisition device. The prize display case further includes: a door that is disposed on a front side of the prize display case and opens and closes the game space, and a placing base that is disposed below the door, the placing base has a top surface, a front surface, an edge formed by the top surface and the front surface, and a support that is formed on the top surface and supports the door from below, and a cover that covers at least a portion of the edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: SEGA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nagata, Shinya Goto
  • Patent number: 11440920
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a dihydropyran structure, a method of producing a compound having a dihydropyran structure, a method of producing Pre-SMTP, a method of producing a group of SMTPs, and a pharmaceutical composition. The compound having a dihydropyran structure can be a useful intermediate in the chemically producing a group of Pre-SMTP and SMTP. Specifically, the compound having a dihydropyran structure is represented by the following formula (1), wherein: R3Si is a silyl group selected from TMS: trimethylsilyl, TES: triethysilyl, TBS (TBDMS): tert-butyldimethylsil, TIPS: triisopropylsilyl, TBDPS: tert-butyldiphenylsilyl, X is selected from COOH, CHO, and —CH?C(CH3)—(CH2)2—CH?C(CH3)2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SHOWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takashi Itoh, Kazuhiro Nagata, Takuya Kanemitsu, Michiko Miyazaki, Yuichiro Tomisawa, Misa Mori
  • Publication number: 20220175222
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a balloon-equipped treatment tool for an endoscope includes a balloon, and a sheath connected to a proximal end side of the balloon and configured to introduce fluid to the balloon. The balloon includes a body portion having a first wall thickness, a cylindrical tail portion arranged on a proximal end side of the body portion and connected to the sheath, a cone portion located between the body portion and the tail portion, and a thick portion forming a second wall thickness larger than the first wall thickness. The thick portion whose distal end is arranged in the cone portion and whose proximal end is arranged in the tail portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NAGATA, Kenji ONO, Norichika FUKUSHIMA, Yasunori OKI, Daijiro KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20200140450
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a dihydropyran structure, a method of producing a compound having a dihydropyran structure, a method of producing Pre-SMTP, a method of producing a group of SMTPs, and a pharmaceutical composition. The compound having a dihydropyran structure can be a useful intermediate in the chemically producing a group of Pre-SMTP and SMTP. Specifically, the compound having a dihydropyran structure is represented by formula (1), wherein: R3Si is a silyl group selected from TMS: trimethylsilyl, TES: triethysilyl, TBS (TBDMS): tert-butyldimethylsil, TIPS: triisopropylsilyl, TBDPS: tert-butyldiphenylsilyl, X is selected from COOH, CHO, and —CH?C(HCH3)—(CH2)2—CH?C(CH3)2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Showa University
    Inventors: Takashi ITOH, Kazuhiro NAGATA, Takuya KANEMITSU, Michiko MIYAZAKI, Yuichiro TOMISAWA, Misa MORI
  • Patent number: 10214425
    Abstract: A microwave reduction furnace including a reaction furnace provided with a refractory chamber of silica or silicon carbide for storing a material therein, a supply section for supplying the material into the refractory chamber, the material being a mixture of a silica powder and a graphite powder or a mixture of a silica powder, a silicon carbide powder and a graphite powder, a discharge section for discharging molten silicon, obtained through reduction, out of the chamber, and a microwave oscillator for outputting microwave toward the refractory chamber in the reaction furnace with a degree of directionality by virtue of a helical antenna or a waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: KAZUHIRO NAGATA, SHIMIZU DENSETSU KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nagata, Miyuki Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20170219290
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a heating furnace that sufficiently exhibits the microwave effect produced by microwave heating and allows economical heating taking advantage of the characteristics of each heating method. The provided microwave composite heating furnace (1) is equipped with: a housing (10); a heating container (11) for accommodating and heating an object to be heated; a heating means (12) for heating the heating container (11) from the outside; a microwave irradiation device (13); a to-be-heated object supplying device (14) that supplies the object to be heated to the inside of the heating container (11); a gas introducing means (15) for introducing gas into the heating container (11); and a gas recovery means (16) for recovering the gas generated when heating the object to be heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicants: Chubu University Educational Foundation, PRADEEP METALS LIMITED
    Inventors: Motoyasu Sato, Hibiki Ito, Keiichiro Kashimura, Kazuhiro Nagata
  • Publication number: 20170101318
    Abstract: A microwave reduction furnace including a reaction furnace provided with a refractory chamber of silica or silicon carbide for storing a material therein, a supply section for supplying the material into the refractory chamber, the material being a mixture of a silica powder and a graphite powder or a mixture of a silica powder, a silicon carbide powder and a graphite powder, a discharge section for discharging molten silicon, obtained through reduction, out of the chamber, and a microwave oscillator for outputting microwave toward the refractory chamber in the reaction furnace with a degree of directionality by virtue of a helical antenna or a waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NAGATA, Miyuki Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 9550681
    Abstract: A method for producing silicon using microwave and a microwave reduction furnace for use therewith are disclosed, with which it is possible to quickly reduce silica to quickly produce silicon. A material of a mixture of a silica powder and a graphite powder of a mixture of a silica powder, a silicon carbide powder and a graphite powder is set in a refractory chamber. Then, the material set in the chamber is irradiated with microwave. The graphite powder absorbs a microwave energy to increase the temperature, after which silica and graphite react with each other to further increase the temperature while producing silicon carbide, and the heated silica and silicon carbide react with each other. SiO produced through this reaction and silicon carbide are allowed to react with each other, thereby producing high-purity silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: SHIMIZU DENSETSU KOGYO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nagata, Miyuki Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 9380195
    Abstract: A camera module includes a solid-state image sensing device having a light receiving surface on which a plurality of pixels are provided, and a lens disposed above the solid-state image sensing device and configured to direct light into each of the pixels of the solid-state image sensing device. The lens includes at least one convex portion on a surface facing the light receiving surface of the solid-state image sensing device, and the light receiving surface of the solid-state image sensing device is curved so that chief rays of the light directed by the lens are incident on the respective pixels at substantially the same angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nagata, Katsuo Iwata, Ninao Sato, Takayuki Ogasahara
  • Patent number: 9257466
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a solid state imaging device including a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels has a semiconductor layer which has a charge accumulating layer at a front surface thereof and a filter layer provided above a rear surface of the semiconductor layer. Transmissive wavelength bands of the filter layers included in the pixels are different from each other, and thicknesses which a plurality of the semiconductor layers included in the pixels and including a plurality of the charge accumulating layers have are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nagata, Takayuki Ogasahara, Katsuo Iwata, Ninao Sato
  • Patent number: 9231004
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a solid-state imaging apparatus having an imaging region. In the imaging region, a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged. The plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel is arranged near a center of the imaging region. The second pixel is arranged at a position farther away from the center of the imaging region than the first pixel. The first pixel includes a first micro lens having a substantially circular shape as viewed in a plan view. The second pixel includes a second micro lens having a substantially elliptical shape as viewed in a plan view and having an area larger than an area of the first micro lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nagata, Ninao Sato, Katsuo Iwata, Takayuki Ogasahawa
  • Publication number: 20150264265
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a camera module including a blur correcting lens, a lens holder, a solid state imaging chip, and a distortion correction processing chip. The lens holder is arranged on a mounting substrate and includes the blur correcting lens inside the lens holder. The solid state imaging chip is arranged on the mounting substrate so as to be covered by the lens holder, and includes a logic circuit and a pixel unit having a plurality of pixels. The distortion correction processing chip is arranged on the mounting substrate inside the lens holder, and corrects an image signal output from the solid state imaging chip to correct distortion of the image formed by the image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsuo IWATA, Takayuki Ogasahara, Kazuhiro Nagata, Ninao Sato
  • Publication number: 20150264330
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solid state imaging device has a color mixture correction circuit. The color mixture correction circuit is provided with an adjustment circuit. The adjustment circuit adjusts a relationship between a signal level and a wavelength of light of each color component from an image sensor based on a first correction coefficient. The first correction coefficient is a correction coefficient for color mixture correction. A second correction coefficient is a correction coefficient corresponding to a sensitivity difference among color pixels. The adjustment circuit adjusts the signal level of each of the color components based on the second correction coefficient, which has been read according to a distance from center of an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takayuki OGASAHARA, Katsuo IWATA, Kazuhiro NAGATA, Ninao SATO
  • Patent number: 9100560
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a camera module including a housing of a substantially cuboid shape, a light reflecting portion, a plurality of solid-state imaging device, a lens, and an optical spectroscope. The light reflecting portion is arranged inside the housing and reflects the light incident from the opening portion which is formed on a top surface of the housing, in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the housing. Each of a plurality of solid-state imaging devices has a light receiving surface which is provided in the housing vertically to the bottom surface of the housing. The lens is arranged inside the housing such that an optical axis is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the housing. The optical spectroscope is arranged inside the housing and separates the light which has passed through the lens into lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsuo Iwata, Takayuki Ogasahara, Kazuhiro Nagata, Ninao Sato
  • Publication number: 20150168739
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image stabilizer includes a lens drive controller. The lens drive controller performs a first control and a second control. The lens drive controller controls the driving of a correction lens according to the amount of shake in the first control. In the second control, the lens drive controller controls the driving of the correction lens so that a first area is in focus and a second area is not in focus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takayuki Ogasahara, Katsuo Iwata, Kazuhiro Nagata, Ninao Sato
  • Publication number: 20150156431
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a solid-state imaging apparatus having an imaging region. In the imaging region, a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged. The plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel is arranged near a center of the imaging region. The second pixel is arranged at a position farther away from the center of the imaging region than the first pixel. The first pixel includes a first micro lens having a substantially circular shape as viewed in a plan view. The second pixel includes a second micro lens having a substantially elliptical shape as viewed in a plan view and having an area larger than an area of the first micro lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NAGATA, Ninao SATO, Katsuo IWATA, Takayuki OGASAHAWA
  • Publication number: 20150146046
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes an image sensor and a resolution reconstruction circuit. The image sensor captures an object image. The resolution reconstruction circuit performs a resolution reconstruction process on the object image. The resolution reconstruction circuit performs a filtering process as the resolution reconstruction process. A filter has a filter property of reducing a modulation transfer function relative to an ideal modulation transfer function in a frequency range of a frequency higher than a frequency set in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takayuki OGASAHARA, Ken Tanabe, Katsuo Iwata, Kazuhiro Nagata, Ninao Sato
  • Publication number: 20150146034
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a demosaic processing unit. A pixel block includes a red pixel, a blue pixel, a first green pixel, and a second green pixel. A first green component detected by the first green pixel and a second green component detected by the second green pixel are green components of the same wavelength region. The demosaic processing unit generates image signals of four components. The four components are a red component, a blue component, the first green component, and the second green component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takayuki OGASAHARA, Ken TANABE, Katsuo IWATA, Kazuhiro NAGATA, Ninao SATO
  • Publication number: 20150029369
    Abstract: A camera module includes a solid-state image sensing device having a light receiving surface on which a plurality of pixels are provided, and a lens disposed above the solid-state image sensing device and configured to direct light into each of the pixels of the solid-state image sensing device. The lens includes at least one convex portion on a surface facing the light receiving surface of the solid-state image sensing device, and the light receiving surface of the solid-state image sensing device is curved so that chief rays of the light directed by the lens are incident on the respective pixels at substantially the same angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NAGATA, Katsuo IWATA, Ninao SATO, Takayuki OGASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20140285688
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an optical system of electrical equipment includes an imaging optical system and an optical function complementary processing circuit. The imaging optical system captures light from a subject. The imaging optical system forms a subject image. The electrical equipment includes the imaging optical system, a solid state imaging device, and an image signal processing circuit. The solid state imaging device images the subject image. The solid state imaging device outputs an image signal. The image signal processing circuit executes processing of the image signal. The optical function complementary processing circuit is provided in a processing path between the solid state imaging device and the image signal processing circuit. The optical function complementary processing circuit executes processing for complementing functions of the imaging optical system regarding formation of the subject image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takayuki OGASAHARA, Ninao Sato, Kazuhiro Nagata, Katsuo Iwata