Patents by Inventor Koshin TO

Koshin TO 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).

  • Publication number: 20240103403
    Abstract: A developing device includes a developer carrier, first and second chambers, first and second communication portions, first and second conveyance screws, a pair of sealing members, and a drive transmission gear. The developer carrier carries developer containing toner and carrier for developing an electrostatic image formed on an image carrier. The second chamber is partitioned from the first chamber. The first conveyance screw conveys the developer in a first direction from the first communication portion toward the second communication portion. The second conveyance screw conveys the developer in a second direction from the second communication portion toward the first communication portion. The sealing member pair seals the first and second communication portions to store initial developer in the second chamber. The drive transmission gear includes a fitting portion to which a tool to input a driving force for rotating the second conveyance screw to the drive transmission gear is fitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: KOSHIN SEKIYA
  • Publication number: 20240012019
    Abstract: An automatic analyzer performs a dispensing operation with high throughput while reducing a risk of carry-over of a reagent that includes first and second dispensing operations. The second dispensing operation includes a first procedure of aspirating a sample accommodated by a dispensing nozzle, a second procedure of discharging the aspirated sample to a first reaction container, a third procedure in which a cleaning tank cleans an inner side and an outer side of the dispensing nozzle after the second procedure, a fourth procedure of aspirating the reagent accommodated in a reagent container after the third procedure, a fifth procedure B5 in which the cleaning tank cleans the outer side of the dispensing nozzle after the fourth procedure, a sixth procedure of aspirating the sample accommodated in the first reaction container after the fifth procedure, and a seventh procedure of discharging the reagent and the sample to a second reaction container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yuka MIYAKE, Koshin HAMASAKI, Eiichiro TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20230341431
    Abstract: Provided is a technology that enables stirring of a liquid containing fine particles without providing a dedicated stirring mechanism. An automatic analyzer according to the present disclosure includes a probe that aspirates and discharges a specimen and a reagent, and a control unit that controls an operation of the probe, in which the control unit controls the probe so that the specimen, the reagent, and fine particles are dispensed to an empty vessel to obtain a liquid mixture, and a first stirring of aspirating, discharging, and stirring the liquid mixture in the vessel before precipitation of the fine particles after the dispensing, and a second stirring of aspirating, discharging, and stirring the liquid mixture in the vessel after the precipitation of the fine particles after the first stirring are performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Masayuki KUWABARA, Mariko MIYAZAKI, Koshin HAMASAKI, Kazuhiro NODA
  • Publication number: 20230333133
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic analysis device capable of ensuring accuracy in a wide range of a pipetting amount without changing the rotation/vertical speed of a sampling arm and the aspiration speed of a pump. The automatic analysis device according to the present invention, which is an automatic analysis device for analyzing a target substance included in a sample, is characterized by comprising: a detection unit that analyzes the sample; and a probe that pipettes a liquid, wherein the probe changes the number of aspiration by which the liquid is aspirated into the probe according to the pipetting amount by which the probe pipettes the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NODA, Koshin HAMASAKI, Masayuki KUWABARA, Eiichiro TAKADA
  • Patent number: 11740254
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide an automatic analysis apparatus capable of setting a dispensing mechanism for measuring dispensing accuracy and a dispensing volume, and capable of performing dispensing accuracy measurement without absorbance measurement. Regarding a dispensing accuracy, a dispensing mechanism to be measured is designated. Parameters including a dispensing volume and the like are input. A dispensing operation of the input dispensing volume is automatically performed for each designated dispensing mechanism. A reaction vessel contains, for example, a reagent of the input dispensing volume which has been dispensed by the designated dispensing mechanism. By measuring a weight of the reagent in the reaction vessel, or the like, it is possible to measure the dispensing accuracy of the designated dispensing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Ota, Takaaki Hagiwara, Yoshihiro Yamashita, Koshin Hamasaki, Michaela Windfuhr, Heike Guggemos, Johannes Stoeckel, Guenter Ziegler, Michael Kuehnl
  • Publication number: 20220381799
    Abstract: An abnormality is detected with high accuracy at the time of pipetting a liquid to be subjected to abnormality detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NODA, Koshin HAMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220366307
    Abstract: A first learning unit (101) learns a difference model (111) for predicting a difference between current monitoring data that is monitoring data obtained by monitoring a monitoring target at each time point and at each of a plurality of monitoring points and is monitoring data at a current time point, and past monitoring data that is monitoring data at each of a plurality of past time points; a second learning unit (102) learns a prediction model (past) (112) for predicting variation of the monitoring target using the past monitoring data; a first generation unit (103) generates corrected past data using the difference model (111), by correcting a difference between the past monitoring data and the current monitoring data; and a third learning unit (104) learns a prediction model (current) (113) for predicting variation of the monitoring target using the current monitoring data, the difference model (111), the prediction model (past) (112), and the corrected past data, whereby variation of the monitoring targe
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koshin TO, Masaru MIYAMOTO, Shinya OI, Akira NAKAYAMA, Yusuke TANAKA, Takayuki ADACHI, Mitsutoshi NAGAHAMA, Maiko NAYA
  • Patent number: 11499983
    Abstract: [Task] To provide an automatic analysis apparatus including a photomultiplier tube which controls a sensitivity of the photomultiplier tube without adjusting a high voltage value. [Solution] An automatic analysis apparatus according to the present invention includes a photomultiplier tube which detects light from a reaction vessel; a determination unit which determines an output signal of the photomultiplier tube in a case where the photomultiplier tube is irradiated with first light; and a control unit which irradiates the photomultiplier tube with second light to lower a sensitivity of the photomultiplier tube in accordance with a determination result by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichirou Nobuki, Koshin Hamasaki, Taku Sakazume, Yoshihiro Yamashita, Hidetsugu Tanoue, Tatsuki Takakura
  • Publication number: 20220341765
    Abstract: The present invention can perform a human flow simulation in real time. An input unit (102) receives an input of passage information indicating passage through a point, a measurement unit (103) measures the number of passing people through the point by adding the received passage information, and a transmission unit (104) transmits the number of passing people measured by the measurement unit (103) at a predetermined time interval to a server that generates a parameter of a human flow simulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke TANAKA, Shinya OI, Koshin TO, Masaru MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220335183
    Abstract: A vector field setting unit (102) sets a vector field for providing virtual force for reproducing, in a region in which a moving body moves, movement of the moving body in a certain direction, and a simulation unit (104) simulates the movement of the moving body in the region, based on a movement model to which a parameter for simulating the movement of the moving body is set and the vector field set by the vector field setting unit, whereby the movement of the moving body is appropriately simulated even when the movement of the moving body is unusual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koshin TO, Akira NAKAYAMA, Masaru MIYAMOTO, Shinya OI, Yusuke TANAKA, Takayuki ADACHI, Mitsutoshi NAGAHAMA, Maiko NAYA
  • Publication number: 20220327924
    Abstract: A path specific traffic volume estimation unit (130) estimates a path specific traffic volume corresponding to a traffic volume of observation objects at each time point at each of path candidates on the basis of observation value data that represents the number of the observation objects at each time point at each of a plurality of observation spots, observation spot specific reliability data that represents a reliability of the observation value data at each time point at each of the plurality of observation spots, and a path candidate list that represents a set of the path candidates through which the observation objects move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koshin TO, Akira NAKAYAMA, Hisako SHIOHARA, Shinya OI, Yusuke TANAKA, Masaru MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220270003
    Abstract: An estimation device (10) includes an input unit (30) and an estimation unit (32). A first observation value (40) for each of a plurality of observation areas (50), the first observation value being the number of presences (S) of persons who are observation targets at each of a plurality of observation times, and a second observation value (42) for each of a plurality of observation points (52) included in any one of the plurality of observation areas (50), the second observation value being the number of passages (C) of the persons at each of the plurality of observation times, are input to the input unit (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koshin TO, Shinya OI, Yusuke TANAKA, Akira NAKAYAMA, Masaru MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220260602
    Abstract: An automatic analyzer includes a tube pump, a mounting unit that mounts the liquid delivery target container, a drive mechanism, a liquid surface detecting unit, and a control unit. The tube pump delivers the liquid to the liquid delivery target container during design liquid delivery time necessary to deliver the liquid in a design liquid delivery amount before the tube pump is degraded. The drive mechanism moves the mounting unit mounting the liquid delivery target container from a first position to a second position at which the liquid surface is to be detected by the liquid surface detecting unit. The control unit computes an actual liquid delivery amount of the liquid for the design liquid delivery time based on the first and the second positions, and the control unit determines a degradation state of the tube pump based on the design liquid delivery amount and the actual liquid delivery amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Shunsuke Hosono, Eiichiro Takada, Koshin Hamasaki
  • Publication number: 20220245486
    Abstract: An estimation device (10) includes an input unit (30) and an estimation unit (32). A first observation value (40) for each of a plurality of observation areas (50), the first observation value being the number of presences (S) of persons who are observation targets at each of a plurality of observation times, and a second observation value (42) for each of a plurality of observation points (52) included in any one of the plurality of observation areas (50), the second observation value being the number of passages (C) of the persons at each of the plurality of observation times, are input to the input unit (30). The estimation unit (32) optimizes an objective function based on the objective function in a simulation Sim, a constraint condition (G) satisfied between the first observation value (40) and the second observation value (42), the first observation value (40), and the second observation value (42) to estimate a parameter (Param_sim).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koshin TO, Shinya OI, Yusuke TANAKA, Akira NAKAYAMA, Masaru MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220246347
    Abstract: A laminated coil includes planar coils and a first insulating member. The planar coils are arranged in a first direction intersecting a first surface. The first insulating member is in a film form and arranged between a pair of planar coils adjacent to each other in the first direction. At least one of the planar coils is wound to have a plurality of turns spaced apart from each other in a second direction along the first surface. A second insulating member is arranged between the turns adjacent to each other in the second direction of at least one of the planar coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta FUJII, Takashi KUMAGAI, Tomohito FUKUDA, Shoichiro NISHIZAWA, Koshin UOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220034929
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic analyzer in which an abnormality of a flow path including malfunction of an electromagnetic valve or a pressure change portion can be detected using an existing sensor that measures a liquid amount in a container. A syringe 103, a first electromagnetic valve 104, and a second electromagnetic valve 105 are operated such that a predetermined liquid aspirating and discharging operation is performed in a container 101, a liquid discharging unit 108, and flow path systems 113 and 114 and whether or not an abnormality occurs in the flow path system is determined based on a liquid amount measured by the sensor 102.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki Yokota, Koshin Hamasaki, Yoshihiro Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20210349112
    Abstract: There is provided an automatic analyzer that can reduce a cleaning agent used for cleaning a puddle configured to stir a reagent including a fine particle. An automatic analyzer including a reagent container configured to accommodate a reagent including a fine particle, a puddle configured to stir the reagent, and a cleaning unit configured to immerse the puddle in a cleaning vessel reserving a cleaning agent. The automatic analyzer further includes a determining unit configured to determine whether to totally replace the cleaning agent based on a score computed using a number of times of cleaning the puddle having stirred the reagent in the cleaning unit and a remaining amount of the reagent. When the determining unit determines that the cleaning agent is totally replaced, the cleaning unit displays, on a screen, a notification of total replacement of the cleaning agent, or recommendation of the total replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Koshin HAMASAKI, Eiichiro TAKADA, Shigeki MATSUBARA, Tatsuya FUKUGAKI, Stefan KOBEL, Ralf KRAUS
  • Patent number: 11158861
    Abstract: A positive electrode grid body for lead-acid battery includes frame rib including first and second lateral frame ribs and first and second longitudinal frame ribs, an inner rib including a plurality of lateral and longitudinal crosspieces, a plurality of opening portions, and a positive electrode current collection lug connected to the first lateral frame rib. In a region having a length of at least one opening portion or more in the lateral direction of the lateral crosspieces from the first longitudinal frame rib, a cross-sectional area of the plurality of lateral crosspieces located on at least the first lateral frame rib side becomes larger from the second longitudinal frame rib side toward a portion connected to the first longitudinal frame rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaro Kawaguchi, Yusuke Ogino, Atsushi Sato, Shinya Suge, Katsuya Nukui, Akihiro Nishimura, Koshin Takemoto, Ryo Tainaka, Masashi Matsushita, Hideki Hagihara, Masaki Shimotsuya, Jun Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20210311070
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a healthcare management method comprising acquiring a first data that includes a glycoalbumin concentration and an albumin concentration in a body fluid from a subject; generating, on the basis of the first data, output information related to the GA value; and providing the generated output information to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Koshin SEKIMIZU, Narushi ITO, Norikazu KATAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210272453
    Abstract: An object is to make it possible to learn a prediction model for precisely predicting the number of passersby at a prediction time point. A learning unit 300 learns parameters of the prediction model with respect to each of a plurality of observation points based on learning data such that the number of passersby at the observation point at a prediction time point predicted using the prediction model matches the number of passersby at a time point corresponding to the prediction time point included in the learning data. The learning data includes, with respect to each observation point, a past time point of the observation point and the number of passersby at the observation point at the past time point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koshin TO, Tatsushi MATSUBAYASHI, Hiroyuki TODA