Patents by Inventor Koji Okamoto
Koji Okamoto 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: 12244982Abstract: Mapping of ports to other network components is generated by physically bending a fiber optic cable and then determining which optical network terminals experience a signal power loss (or receive attenuated signals) based on the bending. The physical bending can be done using a bending tool and the optical network terminals that experience the signal power loss can be identified using a back-end database operation. Generally, the correspondence between the physical bending and the power loss at the downstream components and or upstream components of the network is used to create the mapping of the ports at the splitter level.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: David Hering, Karl Oberlin, Koji Okamoto
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Publication number: 20250019215Abstract: A cargo handling system includes: a first detection unit configured to detect a cargo on a pallet held by a fork of a forklift as a loaded state together with the pallet using at least one type of sensor before cargo handling work is started; a first abnormality determination unit configured to determine whether the loaded state detected by the first detection unit is abnormal; a second detection unit configured to detect a work situation using a plurality of types of sensors after the cargo handling work is started; and a second abnormality determination unit configured to determine whether the work situation detected by the second detection unit is abnormal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yukikazu KOIDE, Hironobu OKAMOTO, Shinichi MAE, Naoya YOKOMACHI, Koji FUJII, Takashi OKUMA, Hirokatsu KATAOKA, Mitsuru KAWAMOTO, Ryusuke SAGAWA, Eiichi YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20240140918Abstract: A compound represented by formula (1) below, useful for treating cancer. In the formula, R1 and R3-R8 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a group represented by —ORa, R9 represents a group represented by —C(O)NRcRf, Ra, Re, and Rf each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an arylalkyl group that may have a substituent, or a heteroarylalkyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Isamu SHIINA, Motoyuki SHIMONAKA, Takatsugu MURATA, Yuuki OBATA, Toshirou NISHIDA, Koji OKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11956575Abstract: Mapping of ports to other network components is generated by physically bending a fiber optic cable and then determining which optical network terminals experience a signal power loss (or receive attenuated signals) based on the bending. The physical bending can be done using a bending tool and the optical network terminals that experience the signal power loss can be identified using a back-end database operation. Generally, the correspondence between the physical bending and the power loss at the downstream components and or upstream components of the network is used to create the mapping of the ports at the splitter level.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Viavi Solutions Inc.Inventors: David Hering, Karl Oberlin, Koji Okamoto
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Publication number: 20240048875Abstract: Mapping of ports to other network components is generated by physically bending a fiber optic cable and then determining which optical network terminals experience a signal power loss (or receive attenuated signals) based on the bending. The physical bending can be done using a bending tool and the optical network terminals that experience the signal power loss can be identified using a back-end database operation. Generally, the correspondence between the physical bending and the power loss at the downstream components and or upstream components of the network is used to create the mapping of the ports at the splitter level.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: David HERING, Karl OBERLIN, Koji OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240048876Abstract: Mapping of ports to other network components is generated by physically bending a fiber optic cable and then determining which optical network terminals experience a signal power loss (or receive attenuated signals) based on the bending. The physical bending can be done using a bending tool and the optical network terminals that experience the signal power loss can be identified using a back-end database operation. Generally, the correspondence between the physical bending and the power loss at the downstream components and or upstream components of the network is used to create the mapping of the ports at the splitter level.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Viavi Solutions Inc.Inventors: David HERING, Karl OBERLIN, Koji OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240027455Abstract: Provided is a method of assisting breast cancer diagnosis, comprising: a measuring step for measuring an amount of laminin 5 or laminin ?3 in a specimen; and an information-providing step for providing information for breast cancer diagnosis based on the amount of laminin 5 or laminin ?3 thus measured. Provided is a test kit for breast cancer comprising an anti-laminin 5 antibody or an anti-laminin ?3 antibody.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicants: NATIONAL CANCER CENTER, SHIMADZU CORPORATION, DAI NIPPON TORYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji TAMURA, Kazuki SUDO, Takahisa MATSUDA, Taiki YAMAJI, Koji OKAMOTO, Makoto WATANABE, Hirotaka FUJIMOTO, Taka-Aki SATO, Yuta MIYAZAWA
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Publication number: 20230349058Abstract: An ion exchange membrane containing: a layer S containing a fluorine-containing polymer having a sulfonic acid group; a layer C containing a fluorine-containing polymer having a carboxylic acid group; and—a plurality of reinforcing materials functioning as at least one of reinforcement yarn and sacrifice yarn; wherein, when the ion exchange membrane is viewed from a top surface, an average cross-sectional thickness A of the ion exchange membrane measured in pure water for a region, is ?m or more and 75 ?m or less, and wherein a strength change ratio calculated from strength S2 of the ion exchange membrane measured after the ion exchange membrane is subjected to a predetermined electrolysis test and strength S1 of the ion exchange membrane measured before the ion exchange membrane is subjected to the electrolysis test, in terms of 100×S2/S1, is 85% or more and 120% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nao KAJIMOTO, Koji OKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11712915Abstract: A sheet bundle discharging apparatus K, including: a conveyance unit 66 configured to convey a sheet bundle; a guide unit 72 configured to guide the sheet bundle conveyed by the conveyance unit; a discharging unit 90 configured to discharge the sheet bundle to an outside of the sheet bundle discharging apparatus; and a receiving unit 81 configured to receive the sheet bundle guided by the guide unit, wherein the receiving unit includes: a contact portion 81c with which a leading end portion of the sheet bundle, which is guided by the guide unit, in a moving direction of the sheet bundle is to be brought into contact; and a pushing portion 81b, which is formed integrally with the contact portion, and is configured to push a first surface of the sheet bundle, and wherein the receiving unit is rotatable between a first position and a second position, and is configured to receive the sheet bundle in the first position and rotate from the first position to the second position, thereby allowing the pushing portionType: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.Inventors: Koji Okamoto, Dai Matsubara, Keiichi Nagasawa
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Patent number: 11148454Abstract: A sheet bundle discharging apparatus including: a conveyance belt configured to convey and discharge a sheet bundle in a conveyance direction; an attitude changing unit configured to change an attitude of the sheet bundle from a first attitude in which the sheet bundle is apart from the conveyance belt to a second attitude in which the sheet bundle is placed on the conveyance belt; and a receiving member configured to receive an end portion of the sheet bundle, wherein the attitude changing unit allows the end portion of the sheet bundle to pass through a region in which the conveyance belt is provided, in a belt width direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction, and thereafter reach a region in which the receiving member is provided, a friction coefficient between the sheet bundle and the receiving member being smaller than a friction coefficient between the sheet bundle and the conveyance belt.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.Inventors: Koji Okamoto, Keiichi Nagasawa, Dai Matsubara, Isao Itagaki
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Patent number: 11052696Abstract: A sheet bundle discharging apparatus, including: a guide unit configured to guide a sheet bundle with a spine as a leading end; a receiving unit configured to receive the spine of the sheet bundle guided by the guide unit; and a discharging unit configured to discharge the sheet bundle, wherein the receiving unit includes: a first surface configured to receive the spine at a first position; a second surface configured to push the sheet bundle in a rotation direction of the receiving unit; and a third surface configured to regulate a movement of the sheet bundle in the rotation direction while the receiving unit rotates from the first position to a second position, and wherein a friction coefficient between the sheet bundle and the third surface in a direction away from the first surface is larger than a friction coefficient between the first surface and the sheet bundle.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.Inventors: Koji Okamoto, Tadahito Takano, Tsukasa Kondou
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Patent number: 10991514Abstract: A method for producing an electrolytic capacitor includes: a first step of preparing an anode body, and forming a dielectric layer on a surface of the anode body; a second step of forming a first conductive polymer layer on a surface of the dielectric layer, the first conductive polymer layer including a first conductive polymer and a first silane compound; a third step of bringing the first conductive polymer layer into contact with a first treatment liquid; and a fourth step of providing a second silane compound to the first conductive polymer layer after the third step.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Koji Fukuchi, Koji Okamoto, Tetsuro Iwasa, Takahiro Kobayashi, Yasuo Tanaka, Ryo Morioka
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Patent number: 10943743Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body, a dielectric layer disposed on the anode body, a solid electrolyte layer disposed on the dielectric layer, and a cathode lead-out layer disposed on the solid electrolyte layer. The solid electrolyte layer contains a first conductive polymer having a thiophene skeleton and a second conductive polymer having an aniline skeleton. In the solid electrolyte layer, a mass ratio of the second conductive polymer with respect to a total mass of the first conductive polymer and the second conductive polymer in a region close to the dielectric layer is greater than a mass ratio of the second conductive polymer with respect to a total mass of the first conductive polymer and the second conductive polymer in a region close to the cathode lead-out layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Fukui, Shinya Suzuki, Koji Okamoto, Makoto Nagashima
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Publication number: 20210039417Abstract: A sheet bundle discharging apparatus K, including: a conveyance unit 66 configured to convey a sheet bundle; a guide unit 72 configured to guide the sheet bundle conveyed by the conveyance unit; a discharging unit 90 configured to discharge the sheet bundle to an outside of the sheet bundle discharging apparatus; and a receiving unit 81 configured to receive the sheet bundle guided by the guide unit, wherein the receiving unit includes: a contact portion 81c with which a leading end portion of the sheet bundle, which is guided by the guide unit, in a moving direction of the sheet bundle is to be brought into contact; and a pushing portion 81b, which is formed integrally with the contact portion, and is configured to push a first surface of the sheet bundle, and wherein the receiving unit is rotatable between a first position and a second position, and is configured to receive the sheet bundle in the first position and rotate from the first position to the second position, thereby allowing the pushing portionType: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Koji Okamoto, Dai Matsubara, Keiichi Nagasawa
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Publication number: 20200392633Abstract: An ion exchange membrane, a method for producing an ion exchange membrane, and an electrolyzer that enable a reduction in the electrolytic voltage when subjected to electrolysis are provided which have small influence of impurities in the electrolyte on electrolysis performance, and exert stable electrolysis performance. An ion exchange membrane includes a membrane main body containing a fluorine-containing polymer having an ion exchange group; and a coating layer arranged on at least one face of the membrane main body. The coating layer includes inorganic particles and a binder, a mass ratio of the binder to the total mass of the inorganic particles and the binder in the coating layer is 0.3 or more and 0.9 or less, and a coverage of the membrane main body with the coating layer is 50% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuta KOTAKI, Shinichi KAIHARA, Koji OKAMOTO, Yuta IGARASHI
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Patent number: 10865282Abstract: An ion exchange membrane includes: a membrane main body including a fluorine-containing polymer having an ion exchange group; and a coating layer arranged on at least one face of the membrane main body; wherein the coating layer includes inorganic particles and a binder, a mass ratio of the binder to the total mass of the inorganic particles and the binder in the coating layer is more than 0.3 and 0.9 or less, and a surface roughness of the coating layer is 1.20 ?m or more.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koji Okamoto, Kazuya Takahashi
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Patent number: 10861654Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body, a dielectric layer formed on the anode body, and a solid electrolyte layer covering at least a portion of the dielectric layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes a ?-conjugated conductive polymer, a high-molecular-weight dopant having an acid group, and a water-soluble polymer. The water-soluble polymer is a copolymer including a hydrophilic monomer unit having a hydrophilic group. The hydrophilic group is at least one group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, an acid anhydride group, a phenolic hydroxyl group, and a C2-3 alkylene oxide group.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Youichirou Uka, Makoto Nagashima, Tetsuro Iwasa, Koji Okamoto
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Patent number: 10764532Abstract: Unlike conventional methods and systems for locating ingress, which only monitor the upstream path, a method and system of locating ingress by monitoring the downstream path is provided. A test system measures the signal quality in the upstream path and in dependence upon a noise level being above a predetermined limit, polls a plurality of terminal equipment devices to return a downstream signal quality measurement. The test instrument analyzes the downstream signal quality measurements to locate an ingress source contributing to the noise.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Kevin J. Oliver, Koji Okamoto, Gregory W. Massey, Walter Miller
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Patent number: 10714268Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, an anode terminal, a cathode terminal, and an outer package. The capacitor element includes an anode part, a dielectric body formed on a surface of the anode part, and a cathode part containing a conductive polymer. The anode terminal is electrically connected to the anode part. The cathode terminal is electrically connected to the cathode part. The outer package houses the capacitor element while exposing a part of the anode terminal and a part of the cathode terminal. The solid electrolytic capacitor includes a communicating path that connects a surface of the capacitor element to an exterior of the outer package.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Okamoto, Shinya Suzuki
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Publication number: 20200189307Abstract: A sheet bundle discharging apparatus, including: a guide unit configured to guide a sheet bundle with a spine as a leading end; a receiving unit configured to receive the spine of the sheet bundle guided by the guide unit; and a discharging unit configured to discharge the sheet bundle, wherein the receiving unit includes: a first surface configured to receive the spine at a first position; a second surface configured to push the sheet bundle in a rotation direction of the receiving unit; and a third surface configured to regulate a movement of the sheet bundle in the rotation direction while the receiving unit rotates from the first position to a second position, and wherein a friction coefficient between the sheet bundle and the third surface in a direction away from the first surface is larger than a friction coefficient between the first surface and the sheet bundle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Koji Okamoto, Tadahito Takano, Tsukasa Kondou