Patents by Inventor Koichi Furukawa

Koichi Furukawa 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: 12174661
    Abstract: A wearable image pickup apparatus that eliminates manual change of an image pickup direction during picking up an image and can easily obtain an image that records experience while focusing attention on the experience. An image pickup apparatus includes an observation direction detection unit that is worn on a body other than a head of a user, an image pickup unit that is worn on the body of the user, a memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to: detect an observation direction of the user by the observation direction detection unit, pick up an image by the image pickup unit, and output an output image corresponding to the observation direction based on the image picked up by the image pickup unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Furukawa, Takuya Imaizumi, Koichi Ito, Akari Hayashi, Tohru Ishibashi, Emi Kondo, Takumi Ishikawa, Takashi Kawakami, Mineo Uchida, Takuma Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12142605
    Abstract: All of four of built-in gate resistance trenches function as practical built-in gate resistance trenches. A first end portion of each of four of the built-in gate resistance trenches is electrically connected to a wiring side contact region of a gate wiring via a wiring contact. A second end portion of each of four of the built-in gate resistance trenches is electrically connected to a pad side contact region of a gate pad via a pad contact. In each of four of the built-in gate resistance trenches, a distance between the wiring contact and the pad contact is defined as an inter-contact distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Nishi, Shinya Soneda, Akihiko Furukawa
  • Patent number: 12117747
    Abstract: An endless belt includes a layer containing a resin and electrically conductive particles. In the endless belt, a discharge starting voltage at which discharge starts when a voltage is applied to the layer and increased is 0.9 kV or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tanemura, Shigeru Fukuda, Masato Ono, Masato Furukawa, Hiroaki Tanaka, Yosuke Kubo, Masayuki Seko, Koichi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20240329569
    Abstract: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer member consisting of an endless belt which consists of a layer containing a resin including at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyimide resin, a polyamide-imide resin, an aromatic polyether ether ketone resin, a polyphenylene sulfide resin, and a polyetherimide resin, conductive carbon particles, a silicone oil containing at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of dimethylpolysiloxane and organic group-substituted dimethylpolysiloxane or has the layer as an outermost layer, and in which an integral value of a statistical quantity L(r) represented by the following Equation (1) is 0 or more and 0.1 or less at an interparticle distance r of 0.05 ?m or more and 0.30 ?m or less in a spatial distribution of the conductive carbon particles existing in a 6.3 ?m×4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Satoya SUGIURA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Masato ONO, Yosuke KUBO, Iori NISHIMURA, Shigeru FUKUDA, Daisuke TANEMURA, Masayuki SEKO, Koichi MATSUMOTO, Masato FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 12078944
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt has metal oxide particles as a solid lubricant on a surface of the intermediate transfer belt, in which an average spacing between the metal oxide particles on the surface is 1,000 nm or less, and an average height of the metal oxide particles from the surface is 15 nm or more and 320 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tanemura, Masato Ono, Shigeru Fukuda, Masato Furukawa, Hiroaki Tanaka, Yosuke Kubo, Iori Nishimura, Masayuki Seko, Koichi Matsumoto, Satoya Sugiura
  • Patent number: 12055874
    Abstract: An endless belt contains: a resin; electrically conductive carbon particles; and a surfactant. When polyester resin particles having a volume average particle diameter of 4.7 ?m are caused to adhere to an outer circumferential surface of the endless belt and then air is blown onto the outer circumferential surface from an upper side of the outer circumferential surface while the blowing pressure of the air is increased, all the polyester resin particles adhering to the outer circumferential surface are separated from the outer circumferential surface before or when the blowing pressure reaches 6 kPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Masato Ono, Masayuki Seko, Koichi Matsumoto, Shigeru Fukuda, Satoya Sugiura, Daisuke Tanemura, Masato Furukawa, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kenta Yamakoshi, Yosuke Kubo
  • Publication number: 20220275104
    Abstract: Provided is a cancer treatment or prevention technique that molecularly targets GD2. A GD2-binding molecule includes a heavy-chain variable region containing a heavy-chain CDR1 containing the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, a heavy-chain CDR2 containing the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2, and a heavy-chain CDR3 containing the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 3, and/or a light-chain variable region containing a light-chain CDR1 containing the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 9, a light-chain CDR2 containing the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 10, and a light-chain CDR3 containing the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIKU, Yasushi AKAHORI, Hiroshi MIWA, Hiroshi FUJIWARA, Koichi FURUKAWA, Keiko FURUKAWA, Yuhsuke OHMI
  • Patent number: 11000572
    Abstract: A composition having tissue repair activity, which is capable of promoting reactions associated with tissue repair, contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a first component that is a protein having a monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) activity, a second component that is a protein having the extracellular domain activity of sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectin-9 (Siglec-9), and a third component that is at least one of chondroitin sulfate and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Akihito Yamamoto, Minoru Ueda, Kohki Matsubara, Akio Suzumura, Koichi Furukawa, Yoshihiro Matsushita, Hirotaka Wakayama, Nobunori Takahashi, Shin Tsunekawa, Takako Izumoto
  • Publication number: 20200129591
    Abstract: A composition having tissue repair activity, which is capable of promoting reactions associated with tissue repair, contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a first component that is a protein having a monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) activity, a second component that is a protein having the extracellular domain activity of sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectin-9 (Siglec-9), and a third component that is at least one of chondroitin sulfate and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Akihito YAMAMOTO, Minoru UEDA, Kohki MATSUBARA, Akio SUZUMURA, Koichi FURUKAWA, Yoshihiro MATSUSHITA, Hirotaka WAKAYAMA, Nobunori TAKAHASHI, Shin TSUNEKAWA, Takako IZUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10507230
    Abstract: A composition having tissue repair activity, which is capable of promoting reactions associated with tissue repair, contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a first component that is a protein having a monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) activity, a second component that is a protein having the extracellular domain activity of sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectin-9 (Siglec-9), and a third component that is at least one of chondroitin sulfate and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Akihito Yamamoto, Minoru Ueda, Kohki Matsubara, Akio Suzumura, Koichi Furukawa, Yoshihiro Matsushita, Hirotaka Wakayama, Nobunori Takahashi, Shin Tsunekawa, Takako Izumoto
  • Publication number: 20180311313
    Abstract: A composition having tissue repair activity, which is capable of promoting reactions associated with tissue repair, contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a first component that is a protein having a monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) activity, a second component that is a protein having the extracellular domain activity of sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectin-9 (Siglec-9), and a third component that is at least one of chondroitin sulfate and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Akihito YAMAMOTO, Minoru UEDA, Kohki MATSUBARA, Akio SUZUMURA, Koichi FURUKAWA, Yoshihiro MATSUSHITA, Hirotaka WAKAYAMA, Nobunori TAKAHASHI, Shin TSUNEKAWA, Takako IZUMOTO
  • Patent number: 9962428
    Abstract: A composition having tissue repair activity, which is capable of promoting reactions associated with tissue repair, contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a first component that is a protein having a monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) activity, a second component that is a protein having the extracellular domain activity of sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectin-9 (Siglec-9), and a third component that is at least one of chondroitin sulfate and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Akihito Yamamoto, Minoru Ueda, Kohki Matsubara, Akio Suzumura, Koichi Furukawa, Yoshihiro Matsushita, Hirotaka Wakayama, Nobunori Takahashi, Shin Tsunekawa, Takako Izumoto
  • Publication number: 20150352187
    Abstract: A composition having tissue repair activity, which is capable of promoting reactions associated with tissue repair, contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a first component that is a protein having a monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) activity, a second component that is a protein having the extracellular domain activity of sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectin-9 (Siglec-9), and a third component that is at least one of chondroitin sulfate and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Akihito YAMAMOTO, Minoru UEDA, Kohki MATSUBARA, Akio SUZUMURA, Koichi FURUKAWA, Yoshihiro MATSUSHITA, Hirotaka WAKAYAMA, Nobunori TAKAHASHI, Shin TSUNEKAWA, Takako IZUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20090269802
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide ?1,4-galactosyltransferase to transfer a galactose residue to C4 position of galactose residue of lactosylceramide or galactosylceramide, and DNA coding for the enzyme. What is provided includes the following polypeptides (a) and (b), and DNAs encoding thereof: (a) a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence represented by the amino acid Nos. 46-353 in SEQ ID NO: 2; or (b) a polypeptide which comprises an amino acid sequence including substitution, deletion, insertion or transposition of one or few amino acids in the amino acid sequence of (a) and which has an enzymatic activity to transfer a galactose residue from a galactose donor to C4 position of galactose residue of lactosylceramide or galactosylceramide which serves as an acceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Seikagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao KOJIMA, Satoshi Fukumoto, Keiko Furukawa, Tetsuya Okajima, Koichi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 7080800
    Abstract: In controlling a seat belt retractor, at least one of signals selected from a state signal showing a movement of an occupant wearing a seat belt and an external signal obtained from detecting means installed in a vehicle during running thereof is received. Then, a rotational torque of a motor is selected to a predetermined reduction ratio corresponding to at least one of the state signal and the external signal from a plurality of torques. The motor is controlled to a predetermined torque, to thereby wind the webbing on the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Takata Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujii, Koji Tanaka, Hitoshi Fujita, Koichi Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20050019867
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide ?1,4-galactosyltransferase to transfer a galactose residue to C4 position of galactose residue of lactosylceramide or galactosylceramide, and DNA coding for the enzyme. What is provided includes the following polypeptides (a) and (b), and DNAs encoding thereof: (a) a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence represented by the amino acid Nos. 46-353 in SEQ ID NO: 2; or (b) a polypeptide which comprises an amino acid sequence including substitution, deletion, insertion or transposition of one or few amino acids in the amino acid sequence of (a) and which has an enzymatic activity to transfer a galactose residue from a galactose donor to C4 position of galactose residue of lactosylceramide or galactosylceramide which serves as an acceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Applicant: Seikagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kojima, Satoshi Fukumoto, Keiko Furukawa, Tetsuya Okajima, Koichi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 6827308
    Abstract: In controlling a seat belt retractor, at least one of signals selected from a state signal showing a movement of an occupant wearing a seat belt and an external signal obtained from detecting means installed in a vehicle during running thereof is received. Then, a rotation of a spool for a webbing is controlled by switching a rotational torque of a motor to a predetermined reduction ratio corresponding to at least one of the state signal and the external signal, or a driving state of the motor is controlled to a predetermined torque, to thereby wind the webbing on the spool. After fastening the seat belt, the seat belt is automatically wound, and after a predetermined time from completion of winding of the webbing, it is determined whether the winding of the webbing is further needed, and if necessary, the webbing is wound again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Takata Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujii, Koji Tanaka, Hitoshi Fujita, Koichi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 6783966
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide &agr;1,4-galactosyltransferase to transfer a galactose residue to C4 position of galactose residue of lactosylceramide or galactosylceramide, and DNA coding for the enzyme. What is provided includes the following polypeptides (a) and (b), and DNAs encoding thereof: (a) a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence represented by the amino acid Nos. 46-353 in SEQ ID NO: 2; or (b) a polypeptide which comprises an amino acid sequence including substitution, deletion, insertion or transposition of one or few amino acids in the amino acid sequence of (a) and which has an enzymatic activity to transfer a galactose residue from a galactose donor to C4 position of galactose residue of lactosylceramide or galactosylceramide which serves as an acceptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Seikagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kojima, Satoshi Fukumoto, Keiko Furukawa, Tetsuya Okajima, Koichi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 6772973
    Abstract: A seat belt retractor includes a base frame, a spool having a spool shaft journalled to the base frame, a webbing wound around the spool, a return spring connected to the spool for winding the webbing by a return force thereof, a motor connected to the spool for winding the spool, and a speed-reduction mechanism interposed between the motor and the spool. The speed-reduction mechanism winds the webbing at a low speed for fitting the webbing to an occupant, and includes a contrate gear with a predetermined reduction gear ratio. Thus, the webbing is wound by operation of the motor via the contrate gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Takata Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujii, Koji Tanaka, Hitoshi Fujita, Koichi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 6604597
    Abstract: A seat belt retractor includes a base frame, a spool journalled to the base frame, a webbing wound around the spool, and a motor for rotating the spool. A speed-reduction mechanism is interposed between the motor and the spool. The speed-reduction mechanism includes at least one transmission train with a predetermined gear ratio, a common transmission element connected to the transmission train, and a resistant torque device connected to the transmission train. The common transmission element transmits rotation of the motor to the spool when the torque of the rotation is smaller than the preset value. Winding of the webbing is made based on the wearing condition of the webbing and the running condition of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Takata Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Fujii, Koji Tanaka, Hitoshi Fujita, Koichi Furukawa