Patents by Inventor Makoto Ando

Makoto Ando 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: 8587003
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an organic EL display device including, on a substrate: lower electrodes; first hole injection/transport layers; second organic light-emitting layers of colors other than blue; a blue first organic light-emitting layer; electron injection/transport layers; and an upper electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Ando
  • Publication number: 20130244362
    Abstract: A display includes: a first light-emitting device disposed in a first region on a substrate and including a transfer organic layer; a second light-emitting device disposed in a second region adjacent to the first region on the substrate and not including a transfer organic layer; and a level difference provided between the first region and the second region, and being large enough to inhibit transfer of the transfer organic layer to the second region when the transfer organic layer is formed in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Ando, Tatsuya Matsumi, Toshiaki Imai, Tsutomu Mori
  • Publication number: 20130062596
    Abstract: A display includes: a first light-emitting device disposed in a first region on a substrate and including a transfer organic layer; a second light-emitting device disposed in a second region adjacent to the first region on the substrate and not including a transfer organic layer; and a level difference provided between the first region and the second region, and being large enough to inhibit transfer of the transfer organic layer to the second region when the transfer organic layer is formed in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Ando, Tatsuya Matsumi, Toshiaki Imai, Tsutomu Mori
  • Patent number: 8382585
    Abstract: A game machine having a control unit as a first game chance control device generating a game chance achieving at least one winning combination in winning combinations whose achievement probability varies in a game within a predetermined range provided to the player in exchange for medals, a dividend value control device setting a correspondence relationship between the winning combinations and the dividend values for the player, a dividend display control device displaying an odds display section where the winning combinations are related with the dividend values on a monitor according to the correspondence relationship set by the dividend value control device, a dividend creating device generating the dividend for the player corresponding to the achieved winning combination according to the correspondence relationship set by the dividend value control device when any winning combination is achieved, and a condition determining device determining whether a predetermined dividend change condition is establishe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Sasaki, Shinichi Ishii, Makoto Ando, Yaku Hiranabe, Tomoaki Hirai, Emiko Miyaji
  • Patent number: 8377180
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus which stably provides highly concentrated oxygen to a patient, regardless of an environmental temperature and/or a highly concentrated oxygen gas flow rate. The present invention is an oxygen concentrator characterized in that an oxygen concentration sensor detecting a concentration of the oxygen gas produced by the oxygen concentrator, a temperature sensor measuring an environmental temperature and/or a flow rate sensor are provided, a control increasing/decreasing a supply airflow volume of the compressed air supply device based on a detected oxygen concentration detected value to maintain an oxygen concentration at a predetermined concentration is performed, and a control device is switched based on a value measured by the temperature sensor and/or flow rate sensor of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Teijin Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Akihiro Maeda, Makoto Ando
  • Publication number: 20120279694
    Abstract: Problem To provide an aluminum alloy brazing sheet, featuring a good brazing property that prevents diffusion of molten filler material in a core material of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet during a brazing process and exhibiting a superior corrosion resistance to an exhaust gas condensate water after the brazing process, a method of manufacturing the aluminum alloy brazing sheet, and a high corrosion-resistant heat exchanger using the aluminum alloy brazing sheet. Resolving Means A high corrosion-resistant aluminum alloy brazing sheet comprises a core material composed of an aluminum alloy, a sacrificial anode material cladded on one surface of the core material, and a filler material composed of an Al/Si-based alloy and cladded on another surface of said core material, and is characterized in that the sacrificial anode material is composed of an aluminum alloy which contains Si falling within a range of 2.5-7.0 mass %, Zn falling a range of 1.0-5.5 mass %, Fe falling within a range of 0.05-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sadayuki Kamiya, Masaki Harada, Masafumi Saito, Taketoshi Toyoma, Makoto Ando, Yoshiyuki Oya, Akio Niikura, Yoichi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20120272966
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oxygen enrichment that can follow changes in adsorption performance in response to changes in the temperature of the usage environment and can reduce power consumption. The oxygen enrichment device has a purge step control means that controls a purge step time to increase/decrease the length of a purge step so as to maximize the oxygen concentration by changing opening/closing timing of a flow-channel switching means while the oxygen enrichment device is running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Teijin Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Ando, Hisashi Kiriake
  • Publication number: 20120252300
    Abstract: A reverse printing ink composition capable of realizing printing with a uniform film thickness and high-definition patterning, a printing method using the same, and a method of manufacturing a display unit using the same are provided. The reverse printing ink composition includes a solvent containing an aromatic carbon hydride and a straight-chain carbon hydride and a low-molecular material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Imai, Makoto Ando, Tadahiko Yoshinaga
  • Publication number: 20120244285
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a bubble discharging structure, including a substrate which has a first area and a second area adjacent to the first area, and on which a counter substrate is caused to come in contact with the first area to provide a film having a first pattern, and a bubble discharging path through which the first area and the second area communicate with each other, and through which a bubble confined between the substrate and the counter substrate when the counter substrate is caused to come in contact with the first area is discharged from the first area to the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Ando, Tsutomu Mori
  • Patent number: 8257133
    Abstract: A traveling toy system is provided, in which it becomes possible to reduce the amount of information transmitted to a video display device. In the traveling toy system, a video camera, a video camera controller which is adjustably controls at least a frame rate of the video camera, a signal transmission device which transmits a video signal outputted from the video camera to a video display device, and electric storage means for power supply are mounted on the traveling toy which travels on a traveling lane using a potential energy. The traveling toy system further includes a traveling toy carrier device which carries the traveling toy from a position where the potential energy is low to a position where the potential energy is high. The video camera controller changes the frame rate so that when a traveling speed of the traveling toy is higher than a given speed, the frame rate may be increased from the frame rate at the time that the traveling speed is lower than the given speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ando, Makoto Nakano
  • Publication number: 20120165886
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a new treatment method and treatment device that together with being able to improve a drop in cardiac contractility when treating cardiovascular disease such as acute myocardial infarction and suppress the occurrence of arrhythmia, is able to reduce the infarct size. Provided is an electrical stimulation device for treating cardiovascular disease having at least one electrode that is placed on a nerve site in the body of an animal, and an electrical stimulation application unit that applies electrical stimulation by the electrode to the vagus nerve in the neck region of the animal; and a method for treating cardiovascular disease in an animal having a step of placing an electrode in contact with the vagus nerve in the neck region of an animal, and a step of applying electrical stimulation to the animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Kyushu University, National University Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Sunagawa, Tomomi Ide, Makoto Ando
  • Publication number: 20120162039
    Abstract: A radial line slot array antenna has a slotted conductor plate in which a plurality of slots are formed and arranged in a spiral. The plurality of slots are arranged in the slotted conductor plate such that the arrangement distance in a radial direction between the slots varies gradually between a first portion determined based on a first frequency and a second portion determined based on a second frequency that is different from the first frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NEC TOSHIBA SPACE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Amano, Makoto Ando
  • Publication number: 20120149455
    Abstract: An aspect of the invention provides a game machine including: a second game chance control device that generates at least one game chance that is allowed to establish a predetermined winning condition in a game within a predetermined range provided to a player in exchange for a game value; a symbol arrangement control device that determines types of symbols to be arranged on a predetermined area on a game screen with a predetermined positional relationship according to the generation of the game chance; and a first winning determining device that determines whether the winning condition is established based on the types and the arrangement of the symbols arranged on the predetermined area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Sasaki, Shinichi Ishii, Makoto Ando, Yaku Hiranabe, Tomoaki Hirai, Emiko Miyaji
  • Publication number: 20120129003
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet having a core material of an aluminum alloy, and a filler material cladded on the core is disclosed. The core material is an aluminum alloy having about 0.05 to about 1.2 mass Si, about 0.05-about 1.0 mass % Fe, about 0.05-about 1.2 mass % Cu, and about 0.6-about 1.8 mass % Mn, balance Al and the inevitable impurities. The filler material includes an aluminum alloy having about 2.5-about 13.0 mass % Si. Also, there is provided a method of manufacturing such an aluminum alloy brazing sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp.
    Inventors: Makoto Ando, Akio Niikura, Yoichiro Bekki
  • Patent number: 8179762
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processor includes an optical disc drive, an acquiring module, a storage module, and a determination module. The acquiring module acquires identification information that uniquely identifies an optical disc loaded in the optical disc drive based on information read from the optical disc. The storage module obtains information related to failure analysis of the optical disc contained in state information indicating reading state or writing state upon reading from or writing to the optical disc, and stores the information related to failure analysis in association with the identification information. The determination module calculates values each indicating a level of failure of the optical disc based on pieces of information related to failure analysis of the optical disc stored until just recently in association with the identification information and, when the values satisfy a predetermined condition, determines that there is a risk of failure in the optical disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kaneko, Tooru Mamata, Makoto Ando, Toru Hanada, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Hiroshi Ohno
  • Publication number: 20120097933
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an organic EL display device including, on a substrate: lower electrodes; first hole injection/transport layers; second organic light-emitting layers of colors other than blue; a blue first organic light-emitting layer; electron injection/transport layers; and an upper electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Ando
  • Patent number: 8116182
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an optical disc drive, a measuring module in the optical disc drive, and a measurement value reception module. The measuring module is configured to measure a value related to an operation of a predetermined motor in the optical disc drive, which is executed during a time period of power-up of the optical disc drive. The measurement value reception module is configured to receive a measurement value related to the operation of the predetermined motor from the optical disc drive in response to an event of being requested to turn off the power of the optical disc drive, and to store the received measurement value in a storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamazaki, Toru Hanada, Tooru Mamata, Makoto Ando, Yoshihiro Kaneko, Hiroshi Ohno
  • Publication number: 20120028970
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by a formula (I): wherein X is a group represented by or the like; Y is a group represented by or the like; and Ar1 is a group represented by or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: MSD K.K.
    Inventors: Minoru Kameda, Kensuke Kobayashi, Chisato Nakama, Makoto Ando, Nagaaki Sato
  • Patent number: 8070864
    Abstract: An apparatus to provide an oxygen concentrator that is a pressure swing adsorption-type oxygen concentrator equipped with; at least one adsorption bed filled with an adsorbent capable of selectively adsorbing nitrogen relative to oxygen, an air supply device to supply compressed air to the adsorption bed, a flow channel switching device to repeat at a predetermined timing an adsorption step to supply air from the air supply device to the adsorption bed to isolate concentrated oxygen and a desorption step to depressurize the adsorption bed to regenerate the adsorbent therein, and a flow rate setting device to set a volume of concentrated oxygen supplied to a user; comprising an exhaust pipe channel equipped with a leak valve in a flow channel between the air supply device and the adsorption bed to release a part of compressed air that is to be supplied to the adsorption bed into atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Teijin Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuru Uchiyama, Katsushi Fujimoto, Makoto Ando
  • Patent number: 8035843
    Abstract: A recording medium processing device includes a printing section capable of printing visible information on a non-recording side of a recording medium, a data processing section for retrieving print data in which one recording medium and visible information printed and/or to be printed on the non-recording side of the recording medium are associated with each other, and a print configuration section for determining a printing area of the visible information to be printed on the non-recording side of the one recording medium based on the print data retrieved by the data processing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Ando, Tatsumi Ito, Koji Ashizaki, Takahiro Toyoda, Minoru Takeda, Seiji Kobayashi