Patents by Inventor Ken Ishii

Ken Ishii 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).

  • Patent number: 12190273
    Abstract: A work content analyzing apparatus of the present embodiment includes a first database storing state information indicating a state of each of one or a plurality of workers in association with time information and identification information of the worker, an estimation unit estimating the work content executed by the worker on the basis of at least two pieces of state information associated with same time in the state information stored in the first database, a specification unit specifying work time spent for the estimated work content on the basis of the state information stored in the first database and the time information associated with the state information, and an analysis unit analyzing the work content on the basis of the estimated work content and the specified work time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Yamamoto, Toshiyuki Morishita, Jun Takahashi, Hiroki Takenouchi, Ken Ishii, Hitoshi Kobayashi, Takashi Kusakabe, Yuto Akimoto
  • Patent number: 12090533
    Abstract: Provided is a method for rolling a steel sheet and a method for manufacturing a steel sheet capable of preventing occurrence of defects in appearance of a steel sheet caused by oil spots of a coolant and preventing occurrence of defects in shape of a steel sheet by appropriately controlling thermal deformation of work rolls. The method for rolling a steel sheet according to the present invention is a method for rolling a steel sheet involving feeding of a coolant to rolls that form a rolling mill during the rolling. The method includes keeping a coolant feeding rate at or lower than a predetermined rate lower than an upper constant rate at a start of operation of the rolling mill, and increasing the coolant feeding rate to the upper constant rate in response to an amount of center buckles of the steel sheet reaching or exceeding an upper target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Kurisu, Kentaro Ishii, Kazuma Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20240238407
    Abstract: Provided is a vaccine for preventing and/or treating infection with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1). A lipid particle encapsulating a nucleic acid expressing a gp46 antigen or a Tax antigen of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), wherein the lipid comprises a cationic lipid represented by general formula (Ia): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a C1-C3 alkyl group; L1 represents a C17-C19 alkenyl group optionally having one or more C2-C4 alkanoyloxy groups; L2 represents a C10-C19 alkyl group optionally having one or more C2-C4 alkanoyloxy groups, or a C10-C19 alkenyl group optionally having one or more C2-C4 alkanoyloxy groups; and p is 3 or 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ken ISHII, Takuya FUKUSHIMA, Yuetsu TANAKA, Fumihiko TAKESHITA, Makoto KOIZUMI, Takako NIWA, Shoko NOGUSA, Nao JONAI, Yoshikuni ONODERA
  • Publication number: 20240242308
    Abstract: An image acquisition device includes a mask member that includes a mask pixel that changes a transmittance of some parallel waves from a subject on a plane intersecting with an incident direction of the parallel wave, a detector that includes a plurality of pixels that is arranged in a direction intersecting with the incident direction of the parallel wave and detects the parallel wave that has passed through the mask member, and an image processing device that reconstructs an image using compressed sensing based on data regarding a relative moving amount between the mask member and the subject and detection signals of the plurality of pixels input from the detector, in which a size of the mask pixel of the mask member on the plane is smaller than a size of the plurality of pixels along the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Yoshiki KATAGIRI, Munenori TAKUMI, Keisuke UCHIDA, Yuu TAKIGUCHI, Ken-ichi KITAYAMA, Katsuhiro ISHII, Tomonori OISHI
  • Publication number: 20240198660
    Abstract: A printing apparatus comprising a carriage on which a printhead is mounted, wherein the printhead is configured to discharge droplets onto a printing medium from a nozzle of the printhead while moving the carriage relative to the printing medium is provided. The printing apparatus performs: detecting droplets discharged from the nozzle; controlling discharge of droplets from the nozzle; and determining a discharging state of the nozzle based on a result of detection, wherein droplets are discharged from the nozzle while the carriage is moving, and wherein the control unit determines the discharging state of the nozzle based on comparison of a threshold stored in a storage unit and information related to a discharging state corresponding to that of some of the droplets discharged from the nozzle while the carriage is moving, the information being derived from a result of detection of the droplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: KEN ISHII, NAOKI UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240159741
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition for the prophylaxis or treatment of diseases (e.g., infectious disease, allergy or autoimmune disease). The present disclosure provides a composition, a medicament, a kit, and the like for the prophylaxis or treatment of the disease of a test subject. The composition, medicament, kit, and the like contain a non-causative factor antigen component that is neither derived from nor cross-reactive with the causative factor of the disease, and is administered under conditions where a causative factor antigen component derived from and/or cross-reactive with a causative factor of the target disease is present in the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Ken ISHII, Burcu TEMIZOZ, Kokichi KATSUNUMA
  • Publication number: 20240091335
    Abstract: The present invention provides the induction of novel Th1 response, the induction of cytotoxic T cells and anti-cancer/anti-allergic activity techniques. Provided is a combination of a CpG oligonucleotide and an STING agonist. Also provided is a composition which contains an STING agonist, can be used as a type-I adjuvant, and is characterized in that the STING agonist is administered together with a CpG oligonucleotide. Further provided is an anti-cancer agent comprising a CpG oligonucleotide and is characterized in that the CpG oligonucleotide is administered together with an STING agonist. Still further provided is a composition which contains a CpG oligonucleotide and can be used for reducing or eliminating the IgE-inducing activity of an STING agonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Ken Ishii
  • Publication number: 20240018214
    Abstract: In order to further increase antigenicity to provide a DNA vaccine which is clinically usable in humans, the inventors of the present invention focused on exosomes, which are garnering attention as tools for DDS, and discovered that an exosome expressing a fusion antigen of an exosome (extracellular microparticle)-constituent protein and a vaccine antigen has excellent cytotoxic T-cell inducibility. Consequently, the present invention provides a nucleic acid constituent including a nucleic acid sequence coding for an exosome marker protein and a nucleic acid sequence coding for a vaccine antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ken Ishii, Kouji Kobiyama, Tomohiro Kanuma
  • Publication number: 20240000954
    Abstract: A complex of ?(1?3) glucan and a nucleic acid, and having a controlled particle size is provided by the present invention. Furthermore, a complex of ?(1?3) glucan and a nucleic acid, and having a controlled particle size is provided by the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ken ISHII, Takato KUSAKABE, Yuji KASUYA, Nao JONAI, Fumihiko TAKESHITA, Isshin TANAKA, Emi KUROSAWA, Kyosuke SUZUKI, Tetsufumi KOGA, Yoshihiro MIYAJI
  • Publication number: 20230385147
    Abstract: To effectively use a memory when a plurality of memories is combined to constitute a memory module. A memory access control unit performs writing by dividing write data and an error correction code thereof into a plurality of memories, and acquires presence or absence of occurrence of a verify error in each of the plurality of memories related to the writing. In a case where the verify errors occur in at least any of the plurality of memories, an error bit length acquisition unit acquires bit lengths of the verify errors from the plurality of memories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: KEN ISHII, HARUHIKO TERADA, RIICHI NISHINO
  • Publication number: 20230248819
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vaccine for preventing and/or treating infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The present invention relates to a lipid particle encapsulating a nucleic acid molecule capable of expressing the S protein and/or a fragment thereof of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), wherein the lipid comprises a cationic lipid represented by general formula (Ia) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a C1-C3 alkyl group; L1 represents a C17-C19 alkenyl group which may have one or a plurality of C2-C4 alkanoyloxy groups; L2 represents a C10-C19 alkyl group which may have one or a plurality of C2-C4 alkanoyloxy groups or a C10-C19 alkenyl group which may have one or a plurality of C2-C4 alkanoyloxy groups; and p is 3 or 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KAWAOKA, Masaki IMAI, Seiya YAMAYOSHI, Ken ISHII, Kouji KOBIYAMA, Eiko NAMBA, Tatsuya OKA, Miyuki TOZUKA, Nao JONAI, Yoshikuni ONODERA, Fumihiko TAKESHITA, Takashi SUZUKI, Takako NIWA, Makoto KOIZUMI, Kensuke NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230186211
    Abstract: Provided are a work content analysis apparatus, method, and program for analyzing a state of congestion or proximity of persons such as workers in an analysis target region such as a factory, for each area in the analysis target region. According to an embodiment a work content analysis apparatus includes a first database, an accumulation unit, and a classification unit. The database stores position information indicative of a position of a person in the analysis target region together with time information, in association with identification information of the person. The accumulation unit acquires a cumulative value in a predetermined item based on the position information and the time information stored in the first database in association with the identification information of the person. The classification unit classifies the each area based on the cumulative value acquired by the accumulation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Ken ISHII, Jun TAKAHASHI, Hiroki TAKENOUCHI, Hitoshi KOBAYASHI, Takashi KUSAKABE, Yuto AKIMOTO, Kazuki YAMAMOTO, Toshiyuki MORISHITA
  • Publication number: 20230021483
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for the classification of adjuvants. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method for generating organ transcriptome profiles for adjuvants, said method comprising: (A) a step for obtaining expression data by performing transcriptome analysis for at least one organ of a target organism by using at least two adjuvants; (B) a step for clustering the adjuvants with respect to the expression data; and (C) a step for generating the organ transcriptome profile for the adjuvants on the basis of the clustering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Ken Ishii
  • Publication number: 20220409540
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vaccine for preventing and/or treating infections with human papillomavirus. The present invention relates to a lipid particle encapsulating a nucleic acid molecule capable of expressing the E6 and E7 antigens of human papillomavirus, wherein the lipid comprises a cationic lipid represented by general formula (Ia) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a C1-C3 alkyl group; L1 represents a C17-C19 alkenyl group which may have one or a plurality of C2-C4 alkanoyloxy groups; L2 represents a C10-C19 alkyl group which may have one or a plurality of C2-C4 alkanoyloxy groups or a C10-C19 alkenyl group which may have one or a plurality of C2-C4 alkanoyloxy groups; and p is 3 or 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Takako NIWA, Takashi SUZUKI, Makoto KOIZUMI, Nao JONAI, Yoshikuni ONODERA, Fumihiko TAKESHITA, Ken ISHII
  • Publication number: 20220401545
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition for preventing an immune disorder, recovering from an immune disorder, preventing an immune disorder from occurring and preventing or treating a disease, disorder or condition. The present disclosure provides a composition for preventing an immune disorder, recovering from an immune disorder, preventing an immune disorder from occurring and preventing or treating a disease, disorder or condition in a subject, said composition comprising an antigen component, which is specific to the subject (or immunological memory of which remains in the subject), against a component which is different from a causative factor of the disease, disorder or condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Ken Ishii, Nobuyoshi Kobayashi, Yuta Ohira, Koichi Seto
  • Publication number: 20220153810
    Abstract: In order to further increase antigenicity to provide a DNA vaccine which is clinically usable in humans, the inventors of the present invention focused on exosomes, which are garnering attention as tools for DDS, and discovered that an exosome expressing a fusion antigen of an exosome (extracellular microparticle)-constituent protein and a vaccine antigen has excellent cytotoxic T-cell inducibility. Consequently, the present invention provides a nucleic acid constituent including a nucleic acid sequence coding for an exosome marker protein and a nucleic acid sequence coding for a vaccine antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Ken Ishii, Kouji Kobiyama, Tomohiro Kanuma
  • Patent number: 11268098
    Abstract: Provided are non-aggregating immunostimulatory oligonucleotides. The present invention also provides a delivery agent for an immunostimulatory-oligonucleotide nucleic acid medicine, said delivery agent including a nucleic acid that contains a phosphorothioated nucleotide. According to another aspect, the present invention further provides an oligonucleotide including a bioactive core, and a nucleic acid that contains a phosphorothioated nucleotide. The present invention yet further provides an immunostimulator including the bioactive core of a type A/D, type B/K, or type C immunostimulatory oligonucleotide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, GeneDesign, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Ishii, Taiki Aoshi, Hideaki Sato
  • Patent number: 11262936
    Abstract: The write time is to be shortened in a storage device using memories that require different write times from each other, such as nonvolatile memories. In a memory controller including a plurality of write request holding units and a selection unit, the write request holding units holds a write request with respect to each of a plurality of memory modules that require different write times from one another. The selection unit selects one of the plurality of write request holding units in accordance with memory state information indicating whether each of the plurality of memory modules is in a busy state, and causes outputting of the write request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Ishii, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Kenichi Nakanishi, Yasushi Fujinami, Tatsuo Shinbashi
  • Publication number: 20220050619
    Abstract: To suppress influence of access patterns in counting the number of accesses in page units while reducing required buffer capacity. An access history holding section holds an access history for each of first storage units of a memory. An access counter counts the number of accesses of each second storage unit corresponding to a set of a plurality of the first storage units of the memory. The access counter is provided for each second storage unit. A control section updates the access history in the access history holding section in response to an access to the first storage unit of the memory. Further, the control section increments the number of accesses of the second storage unit in the access counter depending on a state of the access history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: KENICHI NAKANISHI, KEN ISHII
  • Patent number: 11235408
    Abstract: Provided is a method for bonding dissimilar metals to each other, the method comprising: dissimilar metal layer-forming steps (P2), (P3), (P4) for supplying, to form dissimilar metal layers; a second metal layer-forming step (P5) for supplying, on the surface of the dissimilar metal layers, a filler material formed of a second metal, and heating the filler material formed of the second metal to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of the second metal, to form a second metal layer formed of the second metal; and a second material-to-be-bonded welding step (P6) for welding a second material to be bonded that is formed of the second metal, onto the second metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Fujiya, Ken Ishii