Patents by Inventor Kohei YOKOI

Kohei YOKOI 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).

  • Advertisement distribution apparatus and advertisement distribution method
    Patent number: 8943535
    Abstract: An advertisement distribution apparatus includes: a receiver that receives a display request including a viewpoint condition and advertisement information; an advertisement space setting unit that sets an advertisement space corresponding to the viewpoint condition to video data of an arbitrary viewpoint position generated based on imaging data having different viewpoint positions; an advertisement information setting unit that sets the advertisement information received by the receiver to the advertisement space set by the advertisement space setting unit; and a video transmitter that transmits the video data of the arbitrary viewpoint position in which the advertisement information is set in the advertisement space to a terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Yahoo Japan Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuki Sakamoto, Teruhiko Teraoka, Tomonori Saita, Hiroshi Machida, Kohei Yokoi
  • MOLECULAR MARKER FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA AND THE METHODS OF ITS EXPRESSION ANALYSIS USING BLOOD AND PLEURAL EFFUSION SAMPLES
    Publication number: 20140363832
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for testing mesothelioma comprising a step of determining a concentration of a human periostin protein in at least one type of sample of blood or pleural fluid of a subject. In the step of determining the concentration of human periostin protein, an antibody directed against human periostin protein may be used. The present invention further provides a kit for diagnosing mesothelioma, said kit comprising an antibody directed against human periostin protein. In the kit for diagnosing mesothelioma, the antibody directed against a human periostin protein may be an antibody that binds to a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence set out in SE ID NO: 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: National University Corporation Nagoya University, Oncomics Co., Ltd., Medical & Biological Laboratories Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yanagisawa, Takashi Takahashi, Kohei Yokoi, Yoshinori Hasegawa, Ken-ichiro Ono, Kasumi Yagi, Hitomi Masuda, Toshiyuki Takeuchi
  • ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20140059588
    Abstract: An advertisement distribution apparatus includes: a receiver that receives a display request including a viewpoint condition and advertisement information; an advertisement space setting unit that sets an advertisement space corresponding to the viewpoint condition to video data of an arbitrary viewpoint position generated based on imaging data having different viewpoint positions; an advertisement information setting unit that sets the advertisement information received by the receiver to the advertisement space set by the advertisement space setting unit; and a video transmitter that transmits the video data of the arbitrary viewpoint position in which the advertisement information is set in the advertisement space to a terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuki SAKAMOTO, Teruhiko TERAOKA, Tomonori SAITA, Hiroshi MACHIDA, Kohei YOKOI