Patents by Inventor Kenichiro Yamamoto
Kenichiro Yamamoto 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: 12231748Abstract: An information processing device (100) includes a scene extraction unit (1333) and a generation unit (134). The scene extraction unit (1333) extracts a plurality of highlight scenes from content information related to movie content based on each of a plurality of generation rules for generating a highlight movie. The generation unit (134) connects the plurality of highlight scenes to generate a highlight movie.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichiro Ueki, Takuya Yamamoto, Haruna Isobe
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Patent number: 12222667Abstract: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a varnish application apparatus, and a controller. The varnish application apparatus includes a varnish application unit configured to apply varnish to a recording material, a first conveyance unit configured to convey a recording material in a first conveyance path that passes through the varnish application unit, and a second conveyance unit configured to convey a recording material in a second conveyance path that does not pass through the varnish application unit. When failure is occurred to one or both of the varnish application unit and the first conveyance unit and failure is not occurred to the second conveyance unit, the controller is configured to permit execution of the second image forming job and to convey a recording material by the second conveyance unit in the varnish application apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Arimura, Naoyuki Yamamoto, Kenichiro Kitajima, Shuichi Tamura, Ryota Fujioka, Yoshiro Tsukada, Shohei Okumura, Takahiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 12076975Abstract: A plate-making method for manufacturing a printing plate includes: manufacturing the printing plate based on a knockout method in which knockouts of halftone dots in one color are formed, and halftone dots in the other color are overprinted onto positions of the knockouts; for each of pixels, when a sum of a halftone dot area ratio of the one color and a halftone dot area ratio of the other color is smaller than 100%, forming a gap from a knockout in the one color around a halftone dot in the other color; and for each of pixels, when the sum of the halftone dot area ratio of the one color and the halftone dot area ratio of the other color is greater than 100%, forming an overmask such that the halftone dot in the other color penetrates a periphery of the halftone dot in the one color.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichiro Yamamoto, Ryota Nagatsuka, Keisuke Sanuki, Iori Takatori, Yukiko Saito
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Patent number: 11878504Abstract: A plate-making method for manufacturing a printing plate includes: manufacturing the printing plate based on a knockout method in which knockouts of halftone dots in one color are formed, and halftone dots in the other color are overprinted onto positions of the knockouts; for each of pixels, when a sum of a halftone dot area ratio of the one color and a halftone dot area ratio of the other color is smaller than 100%, forming a gap from a knockout in the one color around a halftone dot in the other color; and for each of pixels, when the sum of the halftone dot area ratio of the one color and the halftone dot area ratio of the other color is greater than 100%, forming an overmask such that the halftone dot in the other color penetrates a periphery of the halftone dot in the one color.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichiro Yamamoto, Ryota Nagatsuka, Keisuke Sanuki, Iori Takatori, Yukiko Saito
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Publication number: 20240009987Abstract: There is provided a plate-making method for manufacturing printing plates capable of representing colors by overprinting halftone dots in at least three colors of a plurality of process colors. The plate-making method includes: overprinting two colors of the at least three colors by a knockout method in which knockouts of halftone dots in one color of the two colors are formed, and halftone dots in the other color are overprinted onto positions of the knockouts; and overprinting a remaining color of the at least three colors onto the two colors by an overprint method in which at least part of halftone dots in the remaining color is put on the halftone dots in the one color and/or the halftone dots in the other color. The remaining color includes at least white.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: YUKIKO SAITO, RYOTA NAGATSUKA, KENICHIRO YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20230043919Abstract: A printing apparatus configured to print a can body includes: a plurality of printing plates; a blanket; a blanket transfer device configured to transfer inks on the plurality of printing plates to the blanket; and a can body transfer device configured to transfer the inks transferred to the blanket to the can body. The blanket transfer device transfers the inks such that at least part of an ink transferred from one printing plate is superimposed onto at least part of inks in other colors transferred from other printing plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Kenichiro YAMAMOTO, Hisaaki MORIKAWA, Kouji YAMADA
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Publication number: 20230024477Abstract: A printing apparatus configured to print an image on a can body includes: a blanket transfer device configured to transfer ink on a plurality of printing plates to a blanket; and a can body transfer device configured to transfer the ink having been transferred on the blanket to the can body to print the image on the can body. The plurality of printing plates include a first printing plate and a second printing plate to print a specified image of the image. The first printing plate is configured to print a border image which is a border part of the specified image, and the second printing plate is configured to print a vicinity of the border image in the specified image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Kenichiro YAMAMOTO, Hisaaki MORIKAWA, Kouji YAMADA
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Patent number: 11535647Abstract: A method for purifying a target peptide may include mixing a peptide product obtained through a peptide synthesis with a solvent in the presence of a sulfonic acid compound to obtain a solid; and performing a solid-liquid separation to collect the solid.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: NAGASE & CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Matsuyama, Kenichiro Yamamoto, Sayoko Murakami
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Publication number: 20220212461Abstract: A plate-making method for manufacturing a printing plate includes: manufacturing the printing plate based on a knockout method in which knockouts of halftone dots in one color are formed, and halftone dots in the other color are overprinted onto positions of the knockouts; for each of pixels, when a sum of a halftone dot area ratio of the one color and a halftone dot area ratio of the other color is smaller than 100%, forming a gap from a knockout in the one color around a halftone dot in the other color; and for each of pixels, when the sum of the halftone dot area ratio of the one color and the halftone dot area ratio of the other color is greater than 100%, forming an overmask such that the halftone dot in the other color penetrates a periphery of the halftone dot in the one color.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichiro YAMAMOTO, Ryota NAGATSUKA, Keisuke SANUKI, Iori TAKATORI, Yukiko SAITO
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Publication number: 20220144888Abstract: A method for purifying a target peptide may include mixing a peptide product obtained through a peptide synthesis with a solvent in the presence of a sulfonic acid compound to obtain a solid; and performing a solid-liquid separation to collect the solid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: NAGASE & CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke MATSUYAMA, Kenichiro YAMAMOTO, Sayoko MURAKAMI
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Patent number: 10568345Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink containing indigestible dextrin, capable of reducing exuding of a dissolved carbon dioxide. The bottled carbonated drink containing indigestible dextrin, including a caramel pigment and a high-intensity sweetener is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: KIRIN BEVERAGE COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hideyuki Wakabayashi, Yuko Yotsumoto, Hiroyuki Naganuma, Kenichiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10568347Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink including a sweetener and a caramel composition, wherein the drink contains an indigestible dextrin and the amount of 4-methylimidazole in the drink is less than 200 ppb. The drink is a bottled carbonated drink of which foam is stabilized.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignees: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KIRIN BEVERAGE KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Naganuma, Kenichiro Yamamoto, Yuko Yotsumoto, Hideyuki Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20180303132Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink including a sweetener and a caramel composition, wherein the drink contains an indigestible dextrin and the amount of 4-methylimidazole in the drink is less than 200 ppb. The drink is a bottled carbonated drink of which foam is stabilized.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicants: KIRIN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KIRIN BEVERAGE KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki NAGANUMA, Kenichiro YAMAMOTO, Yuko YOTSUMOTO, Hideyuki WAKABAYASHI
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Patent number: 9963483Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a process capable of producing a self-assembling peptide derivative that is useful in the fields of regenerative medicine and surgery in large quantities and in an economical and efficient manner. In particular, provided is a production process employing a combination of (i) a step of convergently constructing a sequence with use of a common repeating unit consisting of a specific amino acid sequence and (ii) a step of first isolating the peptide derivative as a disulfuric acid salt, a tetramethanesulfonic acid salt or a tetra(trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) salt), and then subjecting the peptide salt to a salt exchange reaction to yield a tetrahydrochloric acid salt.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: MENICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidenori Yokoi, Yasuhiro Yokoyama, Keisuke Matsuyama, Kenichiro Yamamoto, Kinsei Anzai, Daisuke Nakamura, Toyohiro Nagano, Kazuya Kodama
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Publication number: 20160183584Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink including a sweetener and a caramel composition, wherein the drink contains an indigestible dextrin and the amount of 4-methylimidazole in the drink is less than 200 ppb. The drink is a bottled carbonated drink of which foam is stabilized.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicants: KIRIN KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KIRIN BEVERAGE KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki NAGANUMA, Kenichiro YAMAMOTO, Yuko YOTSUMOTO, Hideyuki WAKABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20150252913Abstract: In a cage-type of pressure reducing device, fewer small holes are formed in a bottommost rank of an outer peripheral variable cage portion than a per-rank number of small holes of other ranks. Moreover, a bottom end portion of a blocking wall surface of a plug is formed slanted so that an inner peripheral variable cage portion side is positioned higher than an outer peripheral variable cage portion side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: AZBIL KIMMON CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenichiro YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20150181919Abstract: To provide a bottled carbonated drink containing indigestible dextrin, capable of reducing exuding of a dissolved carbon dioxide. The bottled carbonated drink containing indigestible dextrin, including a caramel pigment and a high-intensity sweetener is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2012Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: KIRIN BEVERAGE COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hideyuki Wakabayashi, Yuko Yotsumoto, Hiroyuki Naganuma, Kenichiro Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20150175663Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a process capable of producing a self-assembling peptide derivative that is useful in the fields of regenerative medicine and surgery in large quantities and in an economical and efficient manner. In particular, provided is a production process employing a combination of (i) a step of convergently constructing a sequence with use of a common repeating unit consisting of a specific amino acid sequence and (ii) a step of first isolating the peptide derivative as a disulfuric acid salt, a tetramethanesulfonic acid salt or a tetra(trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) salt), and then subjecting the peptide salt to a salt exchange reaction to yield a tetrahydrochloric acid salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Hidenori Yokoi, Yasuhiro Yokoyama, Keisuke Matsuyama, Kenichiro Yamamoto, Kinsei Anzai, Daisuke Nakamura, Toyohiro Nagano, Kazuya Kodama
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Patent number: 8614316Abstract: The present invention provides a chiral phase-transfer catalyst of the following formula (I): The compound (I) can be produced by reacting a 2,2?-dimethylene bromide-1,1?-biphenyl derivative, which can be produced through comparatively small number of steps, with an easily available secondary amine.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2006Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Nagase & Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keiji Maruoka, Yukifumi Nishimoto, Kenichiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8263798Abstract: The present invention discloses an optically active quarternary ammonium salt having axial asymmetry and a method for producing an ?-amino acid and a derivative thereof using the same. The optically active quarternary ammonium salt having axial asymmetry of the present invention is a chiral phase-transfer catalyst that has a simple structure and that can be produced in a smaller number of process steps. The compound of the present invention is very useful as a phase-transfer catalyst in the synthesis of an ?-alkyl-?-amino acid and a derivative thereof as well as an ?,?-dialkyl-?-amino acid and a derivative thereof. Therefore, the compound of the present invention can be used in the development of novel foods and pharmaceuticals.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Nagase & Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keiji Maruoka, Kenichiro Yamamoto, Yukifumi Nishimoto