Patents by Inventor Kei Matsuoka
Kei Matsuoka 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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Patent number: 11957188Abstract: A wearable device includes a sensor device and a clothes to which the sensor device is attached. The clothes includes a clothes body and an insertion and extraction portion that has an opening formed in the clothes body and enables the sensor device to be inserted into or extracted from the clothes body. The sensor device includes a humidity sensor configured to measure humidity in the clothes body and a housing having a first region exposed to an inside of the clothes body and a second region exposed to an outside of the clothes body, while the sensor device is inserted from the insertion and extraction portion into the clothes body. The humidity sensor is accommodated in the first region of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Hiroto Matsuoka, Nobuaki Matsuura, Kei Kuwabara, Yuki Hashimoto, Takako Ishihara
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Publication number: 20240113578Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rotary electric machine includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a rotary shaft, a first core, a permanent magnet, and an intermediate member. The rotary shaft extends in a first direction. The first core is provided around the rotary shaft in a first plane perpendicular to the first direction. The permanent magnet is provided around the first core in the first plane. The intermediate member is provided between the rotary shaft and the first core. The intermediate member includes a first portion containing a carbon fiber, and a second portion aligned with the first portion in the first direction and containing a metal. The stator is provided around the rotor in the first plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Eri KINOSHITA, Yasuaki HADAME, Masaya HAGIWARA, Kei MATSUOKA
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Patent number: 11256212Abstract: A paper feeding device of an embodiment includes a paper feed cassette, an alignment component, a fan, and a fan guiding duct component. A paper bundle in which a plurality of sheets of paper are stacked can be placed on the paper feed cassette. The alignment component can align the paper bundle placed on the paper feed cassette. The fan is connected to the alignment component. The fan can generate airflow. The fan guiding duct component is connected to the alignment component. The fan guiding duct component is positioned above the paper bundle placed on the paper feed cassette. The fan guiding duct component generates a negative pressure between the fan guiding duct component and an uppermost sheet of paper in the paper bundle due to the airflow from the fan.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kei Matsuoka, Takamitsu Sunaoshi, Shunsuke Hattori, Masahiro Ohno
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Patent number: 11124375Abstract: A paper feeding device has a paper feed tray, a device body, a fan, a rectifying member, and a retreat mechanism. A paper bundle in which a plurality of sheets of paper are stacked can be placed on the paper feed tray. The rectifying member is positioned above the paper bundle placed on the paper feed tray in a state in which the paper feed tray is accommodated in an accommodating part of the device body. The rectifying member generates a negative pressure between the rectifying member and an uppermost sheet of paper of the paper bundle using airflow from the fan in a state in which the paper feed tray is accommodated in the accommodating part. The retreat mechanism displaces the rectifying member in conjunction with the paper feed tray so that the rectifying member retreats from the paper feed tray in at least one of a pull-out operation and a push-in operation of the paper feed tray.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kei Matsuoka, Kohei Nara, Takahiro Kokubo, Takamitsu Sunaoshi, Shunsuke Hattori
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Publication number: 20200405289Abstract: A needle holder for holding a curved needle to which a suture thread is connected. The needle holder includes a flexible tube; and a grasper provided at a distal end of the flexible tube. The grasper includes a first jaw having a groove, and a protrusion at a distal end portion of the first jaw; and a second jaw movably connected to the first jaw. The grasper can hold the curved needle between the second jaw and the protrusion of the first jaw, and can hold a part of the suture thread between a surface of the groove and the second jaw such that another part of the suture thread passes through a gap formed between another surface of the groove and the second jaw. The protrusion has a hook surface for hooking the suture thread extending outside the groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi SATO, Hiroyuki MORISHITA, Keisei SHIMODA, Takayuki HATANAKA, Masaya OTA, Kei MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20200310348Abstract: A paper feeding device of an embodiment includes a paper feed cassette, an alignment component, a fan, and a fan guiding duct component. A paper bundle in which a plurality of sheets of paper are stacked can be placed on the paper feed cassette. The alignment component can align the paper bundle placed on the paper feed cassette. The fan is connected to the alignment component. The fan can generate airflow. The fan guiding duct component is connected to the alignment component. The fan guiding duct component is positioned above the paper bundle placed on the paper feed cassette. The fan guiding duct component generates a negative pressure between the fan guiding duct component and an uppermost sheet of paper in the paper bundle due to the airflow from the fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Kei MATSUOKA, Takamitsu SUNAOSHI, Shunsuke HATTORI, Masahiro OHNO
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Publication number: 20200299080Abstract: A paper feeding device has a paper feed tray, a device body, a fan, a rectifying member, and a retreat mechanism. A paper bundle in which a plurality of sheets of paper are stacked can be placed on the paper feed tray. The rectifying member is positioned above the paper bundle placed on the paper feed tray in a state in which the paper feed tray is accommodated in an accommodating part of the device body. The rectifying member generates a negative pressure between the rectifying member and an uppermost sheet of paper of the paper bundle using airflow from the fan in a state in which the paper feed tray is accommodated in the accommodating part. The retreat mechanism displaces the rectifying member in conjunction with the paper feed tray so that the rectifying member retreats from the paper feed tray in at least one of a pull-out operation and a push-in operation of the paper feed tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kei MATSUOKA, Kohei NARA, Takahiro KOKUBO, Takamitsu SUNAOSHI, Shunsuke HATTORI
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Publication number: 20200086323Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus for maintaining a liquid membrane includes a liquid supply mechanism which supplies a liquid to the liquid membrane for wetting a biological substance and a liquid discharge mechanism which discharges the liquid in the liquid membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Sadato HONGO, Atsunobu Isobayashi, Yoshiaki Sugizaki, Kei Matsuoka
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Patent number: 10384890Abstract: A paper feeding device of an embodiment includes a paper feed tray, a blower, and a flow regulating member. A paper bundle in which a plurality of sheets of paper are stacked can be placed on the paper feed tray. The blower is positioned next to the paper bundle placed on the paper feed tray. The blower can generate airflow. The flow regulating member is positioned above the paper bundle placed on the paper feed tray. The airflow from the blower causes the flow regulating member to generate a negative pressure between the flow regulating member and the uppermost sheet of paper of the paper bundle.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kei Matsuoka, Shinichi Tatsuta, Shunsuke Hattori, Takamitsu Sunaoshi, Yusuke Hashizume, Masakazu Iwamoto
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Publication number: 20190106284Abstract: A paper feeding device of an embodiment includes a paper feed tray, a blower, and a flow regulating member. A paper bundle in which a plurality of sheets of paper are stacked can be placed on the paper feed tray. The blower is positioned next to the paper bundle placed on the paper feed tray. The blower can generate airflow. The flow regulating member is positioned above the paper bundle placed on the paper feed tray. The airflow from the blower causes the flow regulating member to generate a negative pressure between the flow regulating member and the uppermost sheet of paper of the paper bundle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Kei MATSUOKA, Shinichi TATSUTA, Shunsuke HATTORI, Takamitsu SUNAOSHI, Yusuke HASHIZUME, Masakazu IWAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180330758Abstract: An information processing device is provided with: an image meaning judgment section classifying and judging an inputted image as having a particular meaning by classifying characteristics of the image itself and referring to a database; an audio meaning judgment section classifying and judging an inputted audio as having a particular meaning by classifying characteristics of the audio itself and referring to a database; and an association control section outputting the inputted image and the inputted audio acquired at different timings mutually in association with each other on the basis of each of judgment results of the image meaning judgment section and the audio meaning judgment section; and the information processing device is capable of, even if an image without a corresponding audio or an audio without a corresponding image is inputted, outputting the image and the audio in association with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takao TAKASU, Kei MATSUOKA, Yukari OKAMOTO
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Patent number: 10102880Abstract: An information processing device is provided with: an image meaning judgment section classifying and judging an inputted image as having a particular meaning by classifying characteristics of the image itself and referring to a database; an audio meaning judgment section classifying and judging an inputted audio as having a particular meaning by classifying characteristics of the audio itself and referring to a database; and an association control section outputting the inputted image and the inputted audio acquired at different timings mutually in association with each other on the basis of each of judgment results of the image meaning judgment section and the audio meaning judgment section; and the information processing device is capable of, even if an image without a corresponding audio or an audio without a corresponding image is inputted, outputting the image and the audio in association with each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takao Takasu, Kei Matsuoka, Yukari Okamoto
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Patent number: 10095088Abstract: An optical apparatus includes a housing including an opening for letting a light flux pass through a first window member configured to let the light flux pass through, and to cover the opening, a second window member, overlapped with and fixed to the first window member, configured to let the light flux pass through, and a sealing member that is made of a stretchable material, and that is provided along an outer edge of the first window member or the second window member so as to form a sealed space portion between the first window member and the second window member.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Naoki Matsumura, Yukari Takahashi, Kei Matsuoka
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Patent number: 10088522Abstract: An apparatus according to embodiments detects locations of faults in a multilayer semiconductor (MLS). The apparatus comprises a laser source that outputs a laser beam, an optical system that directs the laser beam selectively onto a target region in the MLS to generate an irradiated zone in the MLS, a stage and a scanner that control a relative position between the irradiated zone and the MLS so that the irradiated zone moves along the target region, a controller system that measures electrical signals or electrical signal changes induced by a temperature increase in the MLS, and identifies a location of the target region and locations of faults in the MLS based on the measured electrical signal or the measured electrical signal changes. The target region is made of a material of which thermal conductivity is higher than that of a material around the target region and has a structure penetrating from shallow layers to deep layers of the MLS.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATIONInventors: Juan Felipe Torres, Kei Matsuoka
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Patent number: 9989833Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes: a light-guiding portion including a light-introducing opening through which light is introduced from a light-emitting portion of an image pickup apparatus, a reflective surface that reflects light introduced from the light-introducing opening toward an image pickup optical axis of the image pickup apparatus, and a diffusion portion that diffuses the light reflected by the reflective surface toward an object as diffused light; and a reflective body including an opening portion allowing an image pickup opening of the image pickup apparatus to be exposed, and a reflective portion provided around the opening portion and including a reflective surface formed to expand from the opening portion toward the object, wherein the diffusion portion is disposed at a part of the reflective portion and the reflective body includes a wall portion extending to the object side at a boundary between the opening portion and the diffusion portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Kei Matsuoka, Hitoshi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20180152626Abstract: An imaging device includes a plurality of operating parts and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to invalidate an operation input with respect to a specific function among a plurality of functions assigned to the plurality of operating parts, according to a prescribed operation made by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Kei MATSUOKA, Yoshitaka TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20170357145Abstract: An optical apparatus includes a housing including an opening for letting a light flux pass through a first window member configured to let the light flux pass through, and to cover the opening, a second window member, overlapped with and fixed to the first window member, configured to let the light flux pass through, and a sealing member that is made of a stretchable material, and that is provided along an outer edge of the first window member or the second window member so as to form a sealed space portion between the first window member and the second window member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Naoki MATSUMURA, Yukari TAKAHASHI, Kei MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20170242320Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes: a light-guiding portion including a light-introducing opening through which light is introduced from a light-emitting portion of an image pickup apparatus, a reflective surface that reflects light introduced from the light-introducing opening toward an image pickup optical axis of the image pickup apparatus, and a diffusion portion that diffuses the light reflected by the reflective surface toward an object as diffused light; and a reflective body including an opening portion allowing an image pickup opening of the image pickup apparatus to be exposed, and a reflective portion provided around the opening portion and including a reflective surface formed to expand from the opening portion toward the object, wherein the diffusion portion is disposed at a part of the reflective portion and the reflective body includes a wall portion extending to the object side at a boundary between the opening portion and the diffusion portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Kei MATSUOKA, Hitoshi YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20170074928Abstract: An apparatus according to embodiments detects locations of faults in a multilayer semiconductor (MLS). The apparatus comprises a laser source that outputs a laser beam, an optical system that directs the laser beam selectively onto a target region in the MLS to generate an irradiated zone in the MLS, a stage and a scanner that control a relative position between the irradiated zone and the MLS so that the irradiated zone moves along the target region, a controller system that measures electrical signals or electrical signal changes induced by a temperature increase in the MLS, and identifies a location of the target region and locations of faults in the MLS based on the measured electrical signal or the measured electrical signal changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Juan Felipe TORRES, Kei MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20150083198Abstract: According to an embodiment, a photovoltaic power generation system includes a photovoltaic array group and a windbreak. The photovoltaic array group includes a plurality of photovoltaic arrays, each of the photovoltaic arrays including a plurality of solar panels and a support structure which supports the solar panels. The windbreak is arranged at least partly around the photovoltaic array group and includes a plurality of windbreaker elements, each of the windbreaker having a horizontal section of an airfoil shape or a plurality of windbreaker elements each formed by combining a plurality of flat plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Tomohiko JIMBO, Biswas DEBASISH, Kei MATSUOKA, Yoshiaki HASEGAWA