Patents by Inventor Koji Taniguchi
Koji Taniguchi 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: 11961623Abstract: Disclosed is a method of using a computer to support an expert meeting for interpretation of genetic information of a patient by a plurality of medical persons, the method including acquiring a test result of gene panel testing that analyzes genetic information of the patient; and outputting an operation screen that enables schedule setting of the expert meeting, based on meeting time according to the test result.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Takahata, Koji Ikeda, Mitsuru Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20240102825Abstract: An own-vehicle position integration processing apparatus calculates with a prediction circuitry, based on own-vehicle movement information u(m) obtained from an own-vehicle movement information observation device and an observation time point tego(m) thereof and on own-vehicle position information z(n) obtained from a plurality of own-vehicle position observation devices and an observation time point tobs(n) thereof, an own-vehicle position prediction value xpred(n) at the observation time point tobs(n), acquires a previous observation time point tobs(n?1) and an own-vehicle position estimation value xest(n?1) thereat from an updating circuitry, sequentially updates using them the own-vehicle position prediction value xpred(n) at the observation time point tobs(n) per item of own-vehicle position information z(n), and calculates an own-vehicle position xout(n) at a target output time point tout from an own-vehicle position estimation value xest(n). Thereby, a precise own-vehicle position can be estimated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Koji IIDA, Takuya TANIGUCHI
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Patent number: 11938852Abstract: A sensor disposition structure in a seat includes a cushion pad and a board-like member which is disposed under the cushion pad. A concave is formed in an upper surface of the board-like member, and a sensor is disposed in the concave.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Soichiro Kamei, Hiromi Taniguchi, Koji Onuma
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Patent number: 11800702Abstract: A method for forming a memory device includes the steps of providing a substrate, forming an isolation structure in the substrate to define a plurality of active regions in the substrate, the active regions respectively comprising two terminal portions and a central portion between the terminal portions, forming a plurality of island features on the substrate, wherein each of the island features covers two of the terminals portions respectively belonging to two of the active regions, performing a first etching process, using the island features as an etching mask to etch the substrate to define a plurality of island structures and a first recessed region surrounding the island structures on the substrate, and removing the island features to expose the island structures.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hsu-Yang Wang, Ping-Cheng Hsu, Shih-Fang Tzou, Chin-Lung Lin, Yi-Hsiu Lee, Koji Taniguchi, Harn-Jiunn Wang, Tsung-Ying Tsai
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Publication number: 20230181474Abstract: The present invention provides a tablet comprising opicapone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having reduced tableting faults during manufacture.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Koji Taniguchi, Noboru Sekiya, Teófilo Cardoso de Vasconcelos, Ricardo Jorge dos Santos Lima
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Patent number: 11604360Abstract: The head-up display includes an imaging position changer configured to change a position of a virtual image between a far visual position far from an observer and a near visual position close to the observer. The imaging position changer inclines the virtual image at the far visual position by a second inclination angle with respect to a perpendicular plane to a reference light beam reaching a center of a viewpoint region in which a viewpoint of the observer is located, to move an upper end thereof in a forward direction of the moving object, and inclines the virtual image at the near visual position by a first inclination angle smaller than the second inclination angle with respect to the perpendicular plane to the reference light beam, to move the upper end in the forward direction of the moving object.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Okayama, Satoshi Kuzuhara, Yusuke Nihei, Koji Taniguchi, Makoto Funabiki
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Patent number: 11594737Abstract: A membrane-electrode assembly including a catalyst layer that includes a catalyst-supporting carrier in which a catalyst is supported on a carrier made of an inorganic oxide, and a highly hydrophobic substance having a higher degree of hydrophobicity than the inorganic oxide, the catalyst layer being formed on at least one surface of a polymer electrolyte membrane. It is preferable that, in the membrane-electrode assembly, the degree of hydrophobicity of the highly hydrophobic substance is from 0.5 vol % to 45 vol % at 25° C., the degree of hydrophobicity being defined as a concentration of methanol (vol %) when a light transmittance of a dispersion obtained by dispersing the highly hydrophobic substance in a mixed solution of water and methanol reaches 80%.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignees: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD., UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHIInventors: Koji Taniguchi, Masahiro Watanabe, Makoto Uchida, Katsuyoshi Kakinuma
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Publication number: 20220323430Abstract: Methods for reducing the formation of impurities in finished dosage forms of anamorelin hydrochloride, including formulations for improving such stability and analytical techniques for controlling impurity formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Koji Taniguchi, Kaori Iida, Asuka Hayashi, Eleanor De Groot
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Patent number: 11302929Abstract: Provided is a method with which it is possible to easily produce an electrode catalyst having excellent catalytic performance such as kinetically controlled current density. The method involves: a dispersion liquid preparation step of preparing a dispersion liquid by mixing (i) at least one type of solvent selected from the group consisting of sulfoxide compounds and amide compounds, (ii) a catalyst carrier powder constituted by a metal oxide, (iii) a platinum compound, (iv) a transition metal compound, and (v) an aromatic compound including a carboxyl group; and a loading step of heating the dispersion liquid to thereby load a platinum alloy of platinum and a transition metal on a surface of the catalyst carrier powder.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignees: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuichi Senoo, Koichi Miyake, Koji Taniguchi, Hiromu Watanabe, Naohiko Abe, Tatsuya Arai
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Patent number: 11258928Abstract: A wearable camera includes a capturing portion configured to capture a subject around a user, a control portion configured to control capturing processing of the capturing portion and charging processing of a battery, an upper housing that is mountable to the user and accommodates the capturing portion and the control portion, and a lower housing that accommodates the battery for supplying power to the upper housing, is detachably attached to the upper housing, and has a contact terminal which is exposed to an outside and is used for charging the battery, wherein the lower housing is configured to be connected to a charging stand via the contact terminal such that the battery is charged in a state where the lower housing is attached to the upper housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Panasonic I-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Hamada, Shinichi Murata, Yu Jojima, Noboru Takada, Masashi Nakamura, Koji Taniguchi
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Patent number: 11189841Abstract: This method for producing an electrode catalyst includes: a dispersion liquid preparation step wherein a dispersion liquid is prepared by mixing (i) at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of sulfoxide compounds and amide compounds, (ii) a catalyst carrier powder composed of a metal oxide, (iii) a platinum compound, (iv) a transition metal compound and (v) an aromatic compound that contains a carboxyl group; a loading step wherein the dispersion liquid is heated so that a platinum alloy of platinum and a transition metal is loaded on the surface of the catalyst carrier powder; a solid-liquid separation step wherein a dispersoid is separated from the dispersion liquid after the loading step, thereby obtaining a catalyst powder wherein the catalyst carrier powder is loaded with the platinum alloy; and a heat treatment step wherein the catalyst powder is heated under vacuum or in a reducing gas atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Senoo, Koichi Miyake, Koji Taniguchi, Hiromu Watanabe, Naohiko Abe
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Publication number: 20210202492Abstract: A method for forming a memory device includes the steps of providing a substrate, forming an isolation structure in the substrate to define a plurality of active regions in the substrate, the active regions respectively comprising two terminal portions and a central portion between the terminal portions, forming a plurality of island features on the substrate, wherein each of the island features covers two of the terminals portions respectively belonging to two of the active regions, performing a first etching process, using the island features as an etching mask to etch the substrate to define a plurality of island structures and a first recessed region surrounding the island structures on the substrate, and removing the island features to expose the island structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Hsu-Yang Wang, Ping-Cheng Hsu, Shih-Fang Tzou, Chin-Lung Lin, Yi-Hsiu Lee, Koji Taniguchi, Harn-Jiunn Wang, Tsung-Ying Tsai
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Patent number: 11009781Abstract: A display system includes an image producing unit, a projection unit and an adjustment unit. The image producing unit has a display surface, and is configured to produce an image on the display surface. The projection unit is configured to project a virtual image to a target space with an output light of the image producing unit. The virtual image corresponds to the image produced by the image producing unit. The display system is configured to change a visual distance between an eye-box and the virtual image. The adjustment unit is configured to adjust brightness of the virtual image according to the visual distance.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Taniguchi, Hiroaki Okayama, Satoshi Kuzuhara, Yusuke Nihei
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Patent number: 10985166Abstract: A method for forming a memory device is disclosed, including providing a substrate, forming an isolation structure and plural active regions in the substrate, forming a plurality of island features on the substrate respectively covering two of the terminal portions of the active regions, using the island features as an etching mask to etch the substrate to perform a first etching process to define a first recessed region and plural island structures on the substrate. The island structures respectively comprise the two terminal portions of the active regions and the first recessed region comprises the central portions of the active regions.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hsu-Yang Wang, Ping-Cheng Hsu, Shih-Fang Tzou, Chin-Lung Lin, Yi-Hsiu Lee, Koji Taniguchi, Harn-Jiunn Wang, Tsung-Ying Tsai
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Publication number: 20210103151Abstract: The head-up display includes an imaging position changer configured to change a position of a virtual image between a far visual position far from an observer and a near visual position close to the observer. The imaging position changer inclines the virtual image at the far visual position by a second inclination angle with respect to a perpendicular plane to a reference light beam reaching a center of a viewpoint region in which a viewpoint of the observer is located, to move an upper end thereof in a forward direction of the moving object, and inclines the virtual image at the near visual position by a first inclination angle smaller than the second inclination angle with respect to the perpendicular plane to the reference light beam, to move the upper end in the forward direction of the moving object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Hiroaki OKAYAMA, Satoshi KUZUHARA, Yusuke NIHEI, Koji TANIGUCHI, Makoto FUNABIKI
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Patent number: 10937345Abstract: A video display system according to an embodiment includes a display unit, a projection unit, and a display control unit. The display unit displays an image thereon. The projection unit projects a virtual image corresponding to the image onto a target space with outgoing light of the display unit. The display control unit is able to change a projection distance from a viewpoint of a user, who is viewing the virtual image, to the virtual image projected onto the target space. The display control unit changes the projection distance in a change pattern. The change pattern varies according to situation information.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignees: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Funabiki, Koji Taniguchi, Hiroaki Okayama, Masafumi Higashiyama, Yosuke Shibazaki
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Patent number: 10921604Abstract: A video display system includes a display unit, a projection unit, and a display control unit. The display unit displays an image. The projection unit projects a virtual image onto a target space with outgoing light of the display unit. The display control unit shifts a projection position of the virtual image by changing at least one of a projection distance or an angle of depression. The projection distance is a distance from a viewpoint to the virtual image. The angle of depression is an angle from which the virtual image is viewed from the user's viewpoint. The display control unit changes the projection distance of the virtual image in accordance with a distance instruction and changes at least one of the projection distance or the angle of depression such that the virtual image is projected onto a displayable region of the target space.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignees: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Funabiki, Koji Taniguchi, Hiroaki Okayama, Masafumi Higashiyama, Yosuke Shibazaki
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Publication number: 20200412918Abstract: A wearable camera includes a capturing portion configured to capture a subject around a user, a control portion configured to control capturing processing of the capturing portion and charging processing of a battery, an upper housing that is mountable to the user and accommodates the capturing portion and the control portion, and a lower housing that accommodates the battery for supplying power to the upper housing, is detachably attached to the upper housing, and has a contact terminal which is exposed to an outside and is used for charging the battery, wherein the lower housing is configured to be connected to a charging stand via the contact terminal such that the battery is charged in a state where the lower housing is attached to the upper housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Junichi HAMADA, Shinichi MURATA, Yu JOJIMA, Noboru TAKADA, Masashi NAKAMURA, Koji TANIGUCHI
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Patent number: 10795167Abstract: A video display system according to an embodiment includes a display unit, a projection unit, and a display control unit. The display unit displays an image thereon. The projection unit projects a virtual image, corresponding to the image, onto a target space with outgoing light of the display unit. The display control unit performs change processing of changing, in accordance with at least one of a projection distance or an angle of depression, specifics of sway correction for correcting sway of the virtual image with respect to the target space. The projection distance is a distance from a viewpoint of a user, who is viewing the virtual image projected onto the target space, to the virtual image. The angle of depression is an angle from which the virtual image is viewed from the user's viewpoint.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Funabiki, Koji Taniguchi, Hiroaki Okayama, Masafumi Higashiyama, Yosuke Shibazaki
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Patent number: 10615425Abstract: Disclosed is a tin oxide containing antimony and at least one element A selected from the group consisting of tantalum, tungsten, niobium, and bismuth. The antimony and the at least one element A selected from the group consisting of tantalum, tungsten, niobium, and bismuth are preferably dissolved in a solid state in tin oxide. The ratio of the number of moles of the element A to the number of moles of antimony, i.e., [(the number of moles of the element A/the number of moles of antimony)], is preferably 0.1 to 10.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichi Miyake, Susumu Takahashi, Hiromu Watanbe, Naohiko Abe, Ryoma Tsukuda, Kenichi Amitani, Koji Taniguchi, Hiroki Takahashi, Yoshihiro Yoneda, Kazuhiko Kato