Patents by Inventor Kenichi Tabata

Kenichi Tabata 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: 20240091905
    Abstract: An abrasive slurry regeneration method includes: collecting at least a used abrasive slurry containing an abrasive component and a constituent component of a polishing target object discharged from a polishing machine; inactivating a metal ion dissolved in the used abrasive slurry; dispersing the abrasive component and the constituent component of the polishing target object contained in the used abrasive slurry; separating the dispersed abrasive component and constituent component of the polishing target object to remove the constituent component of the polishing target object; and preparing a regenerated abrasive slurry containing the abrasive component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Shin NAKAYAMA, Atsushi Takahashi, Kazufumi Yamazaki, Akihiro Maezawa, Sadatoshi Nishibuchi, Kenichi Tabata
  • Patent number: 11910628
    Abstract: A luminescent film includes a host compound, a blue phosphorescent compound, and a blue fluorescent compound, in which an emission spectrum of the blue phosphorescent compound and an absorption spectrum of the blue fluorescent compound have portions overlapping with each other; shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelengths of the blue phosphorescent compound (abbreviated as “BPM” in the expression) and the blue fluorescent compound (abbreviated as “BFM” in the expression) satisfy the following expression (1): ?BFM??BPM: expression (1) in which ?BFM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue fluorescent compound and ?BPM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue phosphorescent compound; and light emission derived from the blue fluorescent compound is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Kenichi Tabata, Yuta Nakamura, Taketo Namikawa, Satoru Inoue, Yasuo Miyata, Hiromoto II
  • Patent number: 11774653
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wavelength conversion film including at least two or more dyes and absorbing irradiation light to emit light at a longer wavelength than that of the irradiation light. The wavelength conversion film includes a first dye having a maximum absorption wavelength in a red light region, and a second dye absorbing excitation energy of the first dye to emit light in a near infrared region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Mio Watanabe, Kenichi Tabata, Ryo Nakabayashi, Yasuo Miyata
  • Publication number: 20230295490
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a luminescent labeling material for pathological diagnosis and luminescent nanoparticles for enabling high-sensitivity imaging that can avoid the negative impact of auto-fluorescence of cells on bioimaging. Provided are luminescent nanoparticles containing a luminescent dye, wherein the luminescent dye is a compound having a specific structure represented by Formula (1), and the luminescent nanoparticles have at least one of delayed luminesence or long Stokes shift luminescence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuo MIYATA, Kenichi TABATA, Kazuma ODA, Kohei OGINO
  • Publication number: 20230187983
    Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus included in the contactless power feeding apparatus includes a power supply circuit that supplies AC power having a predetermined drive frequency to a transmission coil for supplying power to a power receiving apparatus, a first coil and a first capacitor that are connected between the power supply circuit and the transmission coil, a second capacitor that is connected at first end to the first capacitor and is connected at a second end to the second end of the transmission coil, and a control circuit. Also, the power receiving apparatus includes a receiver coil for receiving power, and a resonant circuit that includes a resonance capacitor that resonates together with the receiver coil. Also, the control circuit of the power transmitting apparatus controls the power supply circuit such that the predetermined drive frequency falls within a predetermined frequency range including a resonance frequency of the resonant circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Goro NAKAO, Hiroaki OTA, Yuki ITO, Kenichi TABATA, Atsushi NOMURA, Daiki ANDO, Ken ONOZAKA, Yusuke KAWAI, Mitsunori SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20230182606
    Abstract: A system for charging an electric vehicle including a battery includes a charging station, a management computer, and a charging controller. The charging station includes a power transmission device that supplies electric power to the electric vehicle. The management computer stores multiple charging profiles for different battery types. The charging controller is mounted on the electric vehicle and controls charging of the battery with the electric power from the power transmission device. The charging controller stores identification information about the battery. The charging controller transmits the identification information to the management computer. The charging controller acquires the charging profile corresponding to the identification information from the management computer. The charging controller controls charging of the battery according to the charging profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Katsumi MATSUSHITA, Hiroyuki MINO, Atsushi NOMURA, Ryoji OKAZAKI, Kenichi TABATA, Daiki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230182610
    Abstract: A system for charging an electric vehicle including a battery includes a management computer and a charging station. The management computer stores multiple charging profiles for different battery types. The charging station includes a power transmission device and a charging controller. The power transmission device supplies electric power to the electric vehicle. The charging controller controls charging of the battery with the electric power from the power transmission device. The charging controller stores identification information about the battery. The charging controller transmits the identification information to the management computer. The charging controller acquires the charging profile corresponding to the identification information from the management computer. The charging controller controls charging of the battery according to the charging profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Katsumi MATSUSHITA, Hiroyuki MINO, Atsushi NOMURA, Ryoji OKAZAKI, Kenichi TABATA, Daiki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20230147563
    Abstract: A power feeding station according to one or more embodiments may include a feeder including a feeder coil that feeds power to a receiver in an electric mobility vehicle, a power supply circuit that supplies AC power to the feeder coil, and a control circuit that controls a frequency and a voltage of the AC power. The control circuit provides, through a notification source a notification of guidance about a stop position of the electric mobility vehicle relative to a housing to increase power transmission efficiency from the feeder to the receiver in accordance with the frequency of the AC power supplied to the feeder coil with which the receiver outputs a constant voltage or in accordance with the voltage of the AC power supplied to the feeder coil with which the receiver outputs a constant and predetermined voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi MATSUSHITA, Hiroyuki MINO, Atsushi NOMURA, Kenichi TABATA, Daiki ANDO
  • Patent number: 11637451
    Abstract: A power transmitter device of a non-contact power feeding device includes a transmitter coil configured to supply power to the power receiver device, a power supply circuit including a plurality of switching elements connected between a DC power supply and the transmitter coil in a full-bridge configuration or a half-bridge configuration. The power supply circuit may be configured to switch the plurality of switching elements to an on or off state at a switching frequency to convert DC power supplied from the DC power supply into AC power having the switching frequency and supply the AC power to the transmitter coil, and a phase control circuit including at least one LC series circuit connected to both ends of the transmitter coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Goro Nakao, Kenichi Tabata, Yusuke Kawai, Atsushi Nomura, Takahiro Takeyama, Masanobu Nakajo
  • Patent number: 11557743
    Abstract: The present invention provides a luminescent film containing at least a phosphorescent compound and a fluorescent compound, wherein the convolution integral value J of the emission spectrum of the phosphorescent compound and the absorption spectrum of the fluorescent compound satisfies equation (1), the light emission from the fluorescent compound accounts for at least 90% of the emission spectrum of the luminescent film, and the absolute photoluminescence quantum efficiency (PLQE) of the luminescent film is represented by equation (2). Equation (1): J?1.5×1014, Equation (2): PLQE (a film composed of a phosphorescent compound and a host compound)×0.9?PLQE (a film containing a phosphorescent compound and a fluorescent compound) [The lowest triplet excited state of the host compound is higher than the lowest triplet excited state of the phosphorescent compound, and does not suppress the luminescent property of the phosphorescent compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi Tabata, Satoru Inoue, Yasuo Miyata
  • Patent number: 11456624
    Abstract: A power reception device of a non-contact power feeding device has: a resonant circuit having a reception coil configured to receive electric power from a power transmission device and a resonant capacitor connected in series with the reception coil; a first rectifier circuit configured to rectify electric power received via the resonant circuit; a smoothing capacitor connected to the first rectifier circuit and configured to smooth a voltage outputted from the first rectifier circuit; a sub-coil arranged to be capable of being electromagnetically coupled to the reception coil; and a second rectifier circuit connected between the sub-coil and the smoothing capacitor, and configured to output electric power according to a voltage generated in the sub-coil to the smoothing capacitor in response to a voltage obtained by rectifying a voltage generated in the sub-coil being higher than a voltage between both terminals of the smoothing capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON OORPORATION
    Inventors: Goro Nakao, Kenichi Tabata, Yusuke Kawai, Atsushi Nomura, Takahiro Takeyama, Masanobu Nakajo
  • Patent number: 11456626
    Abstract: A power transfer device includes a power transfer coil that transfers power to another device in a non-contact manner, a power transmission and reception circuit that supplies power to the power transfer coil or outputs power received by the power transfer coil to a load circuit, and a protection coil disposed between the power transfer coil and the power transmission and reception circuit to prevent a magnetic flux generated by the power transfer coil from reaching the power transmission and reception circuit. The protection coil includes an air-core coil formed of a wiring pattern of a conductor provided on a board disposed between the power transfer coil and the power transmission and reception circuit, and at least one core coil connected in series to the air-core coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Tabata, Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Atsushi Nomura, Masanobu Nakajo, Takahiro Takeyama
  • Patent number: 11444490
    Abstract: A power transmission device of a non-contact power feeding device according one or more embodiments may include a control circuit configured to control at least one of a switching frequency or a voltage of AC power supplied from a power supply circuit to a transmission coil, on the basis of a change over time in a strength of a magnetic field detected by a magnetic field detection element configured to detect a strength of a magnetic field generated from the transmission coil of the power transmission device. Whereas, a power reception device has a resonant circuit having a reception coil configured to receive electric power from the power transmission device and a resonance suppression coil arranged to be capable of being electromagnetically coupled to the reception coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Goro Nakao, Yusuke Kawai, Kenichi Tabata, Atsushi Nomura, Takahiro Takeyama, Masanobu Nakajo
  • Publication number: 20220216736
    Abstract: A power transfer device includes a power transfer coil that transfers power to another device in a non-contact manner, a power transmission and reception circuit that supplies power to the power transfer coil or outputs power received by the power transfer coil to a load circuit, and a protection coil disposed between the power transfer coil and the power transmission and reception circuit to prevent a magnetic flux generated by the power transfer coil from reaching the power transmission and reception circuit. The protection coil includes an air-core coil formed of a wiring pattern of a conductor provided on a board disposed between the power transfer coil and the power transmission and reception circuit, and at least one core coil connected in series to the air-core coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi TABATA, Goro NAKAO, Yusuke KAWAI, Atsushi NOMURA, Masanobu NAKAJO, Takahiro TAKEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220199934
    Abstract: A luminescent film includes a host compound, a blue phosphorescent compound, and a blue fluorescent compound, in which an emission spectrum of the blue phosphorescent compound and an absorption spectrum of the blue fluorescent compound have portions overlapping with each other; shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelengths of the blue phosphorescent compound (abbreviated as “BPM” in the expression) and the blue fluorescent compound (abbreviated as “BFM” in the expression) satisfy the following expression (1): ?BFM??BPM: expression (1) in which ?BFM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue fluorescent compound and ?BPM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue phosphorescent compound; and light emission derived from the blue fluorescent compound is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Kenichi TABATA, Yuta NAKAMURA, Taketo NAMIKAWA, Satoru INOUE, Yasuo MIYATA, Hiromoto II
  • Publication number: 20220185974
    Abstract: Provided is a wavelength conversion film containing a luminescent dye, wherein, in an absorption spectrum and an emission spectrum, when the spectrums are normalized so that two maximum intensities of an absorption band having a maximum absorption wavelength of a maximum intensity and an emission band having a maximum emission wavelength of a maximum intensity become the same intensity, and when a molar extinction coefficient at an intersection where the normalized absorption band and the normalized emission band overlap in the spectrum is ?, and a content of the luminescent dye included according to a film thickness per 1 cm2 of the wavelength conversion film is C (mol), the wavelength conversion film satisfies the following Expression (1), 1.0×10?3??×C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo NAKABAYASHI, Yasuo MIYATA, Kenichi TABATA
  • Publication number: 20220123592
    Abstract: A power transmission device of a non-contact power feeding device according one or more embodiments may include a control circuit configured to control at least one of a switching frequency or a voltage of AC power supplied from a power supply circuit to a transmission coil, on the basis of a change over time in a strength of a magnetic field detected by a magnetic field detection element configured to detect a strength of a magnetic field generated from the transmission coil of the power transmission device. Whereas, a power reception device has a resonant circuit having a reception coil configured to receive electric power from the power transmission device and a resonance suppression coil arranged to be capable of being electromagnetically coupled to the reception coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Goro NAKAO, Yusuke KAWAI, Kenichi TABATA, Atsushi NOMURA, Takahiro TAKEYAMA, Masanobu NAKAJO
  • Patent number: 11302882
    Abstract: A luminescent film includes a host compound, a blue phosphorescent compound, and a blue fluorescent compound, in which an emission spectrum of the blue phosphorescent compound and an absorption spectrum of the blue fluorescent compound have portions overlapping with each other; shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelengths of the blue phosphorescent compound (abbreviated as “BPM” in the expression) and the blue fluorescent compound (abbreviated as “BFM” in the expression) satisfy the following expression (1): ?BFM??BPM: expression (1) in which ?BFM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue fluorescent compound and ?BPM represents the shortest wavelength-side maximum emission wavelength of the blue phosphorescent compound; and light emission derived from the blue fluorescent compound is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kenichi Tabata, Yuta Nakamura, Taketo Namikawa, Satoru Inoue, Yasuo Miyata, Hiromoto Ii
  • Publication number: 20220085650
    Abstract: A measured value of an output voltage may be obtained by rectifying power received through a resonance circuit including a reception coil that receives power from a transmission coil of a power transmission device and a resonance capacitor connected in series with the reception coil. When the measured value becomes equal to or larger than an upper limit threshold value, a power reception device of a non-contact power supply device short-circuits a resonance suppression coil provided so as to be electromagnetically couplable with the reception coil. The power transmission device and the power reception device are provided such that power is transmitted from the transmission coil to the reception coil, and the reception coil and the resonance suppression coil are provided such that a coupling degree between the resonance suppression coil and the transmission coil becomes higher than a coupling degree between the reception coil and the transmission coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi NOMURA, Goro NAKAO, Yusuke KAWAI, Masanobu NAKAJO, Takahiro TAKEYAMA, Kenichi TABATA
  • Publication number: 20220082740
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wavelength conversion film including at least two or more dyes and absorbing irradiation light to emit light at a longer wavelength than that of the irradiation light. The wavelength conversion film includes a first dye having a maximum absorption wavelength in a red light region, and a second dye absorbing excitation energy of the first dye to emit light in a near infrared region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Mio WATANABE, Kenichi TABATA, Ryo NAKABAYASHI, Yasuo MIYATA