Patents by Inventor Makoto Hijikata
Makoto Hijikata 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: 9249394Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a method, etc., for efficiently proliferating a pluripotent epithelial somatic stem cell. A method for producing an epithelial somatic stem cell comprising Steps (A) and (B) below: (A) expressing a gene of a protein having an activity for causing a cell in G0 phase or G1 phase to enter S phase, in a cell population including an epithelial somatic stem cell; and (B) culturing the cell obtained in Step (A) in the presence of an extracellular growth factor.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignees: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Hijikata, Hassan Hussein Aly, Tatsuya Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20140030809Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a method, etc., for efficiently proliferating a pluripotent epithelial somatic stem cell. A method for producing an epithelial somatic stem cell comprising Steps (A) and (B) below: (A) expressing a gene of a protein having an activity for causing a cell in G0 phase or G1 phase to enter S phase, in a cell population including an epithelial somatic stem cell; and (B) culturing the cell obtained in Step (A) in the presence of an extracellular growth factor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., KYOTO UNIVERSITYInventors: Makoto Hijikata, Hassan Hussein Aly, Tatsuya Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 7968518Abstract: Disclosed are non-immunosuppressive cyclophilin-binding cyclosporins, e.g., of formula (I, Ia or II) as defined herein, having useful properties in the prevention of Hepatitis C infections.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2004Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Makoto Hijikata, Kunitada Shimotohno, Koichi Watashi
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Publication number: 20100028973Abstract: The present invention provides (i) a method for proliferating a hepatitis virus, the method including the steps of: infecting, with the hepatitis virus, cells packed into a lumen of a hollow fiber made of a permeabilized membrane; and culturing the cells or (ii) a method for proliferating a hepatitis virus, the method including the steps of: infecting cells with the hepatitis virus; packing the cells into a lumen of a hollow fiber made of a permeabilized membrane; and culturing the cells. This provides an experimental system for infecting in vitro culture cells with a hepatitis virus such as HBV or HCV and then proliferating the hepatitis virus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2007Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicants: KYOTO UNIVERSITY, TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Masaya Segawa, Masashi Mizokami, Yasuhito Tanaka, Kunitada Shimotohno, Makoto Hijikata
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Publication number: 20070275884Abstract: Disclosed are non-immunosuppressive cyclophilin-binding cyclosporins, e.g. of formula (I, Ia or II) as defined herein, having useful properties in the prevention or treatment of Hepatitis C infections.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2004Publication date: November 29, 2007Inventors: Makoto Hijikata, Kunitada Shimotohno, Koichi Watashi
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Patent number: 7206660Abstract: A navigation apparatus is provided with: a first storing device for storing original data for a navigation based on a predetermined format and including map data, in such a manner that an empty area exists on the predetermined format in each processing unit for a predetermined kind of navigation processing; a second storing device for storing difference update data representing a data portion for the navigation that is updated with respect to the original data as a standard; and a re-writing device for generating updated data based on the format and including the original data and merge data, by re-writing the merge data at least partially into the empty area corresponding to the merge data. The merge data defines a relationship of the difference update data with respect to the original data. The navigation apparatus is also provided with a processing device performing the navigation processing on the basis of the original data and the difference update data.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2003Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: Pioneer CorporationInventors: Masaya Hashida, Makoto Hijikata
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Publication number: 20040143388Abstract: The navigation apparatus comprises: a GPS receiving unit, a sensor unit, a DVD disc drive that reads data from a DVD disc on which data such as map data are pre-recorded, a map-data-storage unit that acquires the map data in advance from the DVD disc with perform route guidance and stores it, and a system-control unit that controls the entire system, and that performs route guidance for an automobile based on the map data stored in the map-data-storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2004Publication date: July 22, 2004Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichiro Yano, Tomoko Hayashida, Nami Moriya, Hiroshi Ooue, Makoto Hijikata, Yasuhide Homma, Hiroaki Ito
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Publication number: 20040133343Abstract: A navigation apparatus is provided with: a first storing device for storing original data for a navigation based on a predetermined format and including map data, in such a manner that an empty area exists on the predetermined format in each processing unit for a predetermined kind of navigation processing; a second storing device for storing difference update data representing a data portion for the navigation that is updated with respect to the original data as a standard; and a re-writing device for generating updated data based on the format and including the original data and merge data, by re-writing the merge data at least partially into the empty area corresponding to the merge data. The merge data defines a relationship of the difference update data with respect to the original data. The navigation apparatus is also provided with a processing device performing the navigation processing on the basis of the original data and the difference update data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Masaya Hashida, Makoto Hijikata
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Publication number: 20040133344Abstract: An apparatus generates difference update data for navigation with respect to a plurality of road data for the navigation. Each of the plurality of road data indicates at least one of an existing road and a junction thereof in a preset road network. The difference update data includes one road data for the navigation. The one road data indicates at least one of a new road and a junction thereof and is updated versus the plurality of road data as a standard.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Masaya Hashida, Makoto Hijikata
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Patent number: 6510385Abstract: A navigation apparatus which can improve convenience of navigation by starting assisting of the movement without delay by inferring a predetermined route. This navigation apparatus includes a system controlling unit for setting a predetermined route which a vehicle travels, for inferring whether or not the vehicle deviates from a predetermined route and continues during travel of the vehicle along a predetermined route, when it is inferred that the vehicle deviates from the predetermined route, which then begins to set an inferred predetermined route where the vehicle should travel after deviating from the predetermined route.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2001Date of Patent: January 21, 2003Assignee: Pioneer CorporationInventor: Makoto Hijikata
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Patent number: 6448908Abstract: An on-vehicle navigation system having a route searching function for automatically selecting a guiding route to a destination in consideration of run experiences of the user. Run experience data indicative of the run experience is formed every road unit which the vehicle has run and is stored, a plurality of traveling routes which a vehicle can run between a start point and the destination are searched for and weights of the road units in the traveling route and the corresponding run experience data is obtained from memory for each of the plurality of traveling routes in the route searching operation, the weight of each road unit in the traveling route is corrected by the corresponding run experience data for each of the plurality of traveling routes, a sum value of the corrected weights corresponding to the road units in the traveling route is calculated for each of the plurality of traveling routes, and a traveling route of which sum value is the minimum is selected from the plurality of traveling routes.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1998Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: Pioneer Electronic CorporationInventor: Makoto Hijikata
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Publication number: 20020077747Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a navigation apparatus and so forth which can improve its convenience as a navigation apparatus by starting assisting of the movement without delay by inferring the predetermined route. This navigation apparatus includes a system controlling unit 16 for setting a predetermined route which a vehicle travels, for inferring whether or not the vehicle deviates from the predetermined route and continues traveling during traveling of the vehicle along the predetermined route, when it is inferred that the vehicle deviates from the predetermined route, for starting to set the inferred predetermined route where the vehicle travels after deviating from the predetermined route.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Makoto Hijikata
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Patent number: 6356835Abstract: In a map information display device, the map data extracting unit extracts character data corresponding to characters from map data corresponding to the map, and the map data converting unit converts the map data including no character data to a bird's-eye-view map data. The character data converting unit selects designated character data from the extracted character data and converts the character data other than the designated character data to bird's-eye-view character data. Then, the combining unit combines the bird's-eye-view character data, the bird's-eye-view map data and the designated character data to produce combined bird's-eye-view data. Then, the display unit displays the map of bird's-eye-view using the combined bird's-eye-view data.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 1999Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: Pioneer Electronic CorporationInventors: Katsuyoshi Hayashi, Kenichiro Yano, Makoto Hijikata
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Publication number: 20010039474Abstract: In a map information display device, the map data extracting unit extracts character data corresponding to characters from map data corresponding to the map, and the map data converting unit converts the map data including no character data to a bird's-eye-view map data. The character data converting unit selects designated character data from the extracted character data and converts the character data other than the designated character data to bird's-eye-view character data. Then, the combining unit combines the bird's-eye-view character data, the bird's-eye-view map data and the designated character data to produce combined bird's-eye-view data. Then, the display unit displays the map of bird's-eye-view using the combined bird's-eye-view data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 1999Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: KATSUYOSHI HAYASHI, KENICHIRO YANO, MAKOTO HIJIKATA
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Patent number: 5974876Abstract: A navigation apparatus displays a map so as to support a travel of a movable body.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1997Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignees: Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Pioneer Design CorporationInventors: Makoto Hijikata, Keisuke Ito, Tomoko Shiota
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Patent number: 5960919Abstract: An automatic transmission including at least one rotary member; a rotary member enclosure enclosing the rotary member; and an oil reservoir arranged below the rotary member enclosure for collecting and reserving the oil. An oil separator is located facing the outer circumference of the rotary member for separating the oil adhering to the rotary member. Because the amount of oil left on the surface of the rotary member is reduced, the amount of oil recovered in the oil reservoir is accordingly increased and the level of the oil surface in the oil reservoir is prevented from falling.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1997Date of Patent: October 5, 1999Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Fumitomo Yokoyama, Kazuhisa Ozaki, Akihiro Kuroyanagi, Makoto Hijikata, Katsuyuki Asaoka, Akihito Hongoya, Kagenori Fukumura, Atsushi Tabata, Yasuo Hojo
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Patent number: 5954177Abstract: An oil seal member is compressed between a connecting pipe for supplying oil to an oil chamber of a hydraulic servo and the cylinder drum of the hydraulic servo. The cylinder drum has an interior oil chamber and turns through a predetermined angle upon operation of a frictional engagement element by the hydraulic servo. The end of the seal member pressed against the cylindrical drum surrounds an oil hole 73 formed in the cylindrical drum, and oil pressure is supplied to the oil chamber through an oil passage in which the seal member is mounted and through the oil hole. A recess is formed in the outer surface of the cylindrical drum around the oil hole and the end of the seal member is received in the recess. When the cylindrical member turns within the predetermined angular range, the end of the seal member is protected by the recess. As a result, the end of the seal member is not damaged and the integrity of the seal is protected.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1997Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Nok CorporationInventors: Fumitomo Yokoyama, Kazuhisa Ozaki, Masanori Kadotani, Mikio Iwase, Harumichi Tsuboi, Makoto Hijikata, Yasuo Hojo, Atsushi Tabata, Yasunori Nakawaki, Yasunari Nakamura, Nobuaki Takahashi, Hideki Miyata, Kagenori Fukumura, Koji Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 5947856Abstract: A control system for an automatic transmission, in which a first frictional engagement element and a second frictional engagement element are released according to a shift from a running range to a non-running range. The shift from the running range to the non-running range is detected, and the reduction in the oil pressure of the second frictional engagement element is controlled on the basis of the reduction in the oil pressure of the first frictional engagement element when the shift from the running range to the non-running range is detected.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 1997Date of Patent: September 7, 1999Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin AW Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Tabata, Hideki Miyata, Yasuo Hojo, Masahiko Ando, Fumitomo Yokoyama, Kazuhisa Ozaki, Akira Fukatsu, Motoyuki Sakai, Makoto Hijikata
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Patent number: 5877708Abstract: An on-vehicle navigation system having a route searching function for automatically selecting a guiding route to a destination in consideration of run experiences of the user. Run experience data indicative of the run experience is formed every road unit which the vehicle has run and is stored, a plurality of traveling routes which a vehicle can run between a start point and the destination are searched for and weights of the road units in the traveling route and the corresponding run experience data is obtained from memory for each of the plurality of traveling routes in the route searching operation, the weight of each road unit in the traveling route is corrected by the corresponding run experience data for each of the plurality of traveling routes, a sum value of the corrected weights corresponding to the road units in the traveling route is calculated for each of the plurality of traveling routes, and a traveling route of which sum value is the minimum is selected from the plurality of traveling routes.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 1996Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignee: Pioneer Electronic CorporationInventor: Makoto Hijikata
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Patent number: 5865702Abstract: An oil temperature responsive hydraulic control system for an automatic transmission includes a hydraulic servo for applying/releasing a frictional engagement element; a pressure regulator valve for regulating oil pressure fed to the hydraulic servo; and a signal pressure oil passage for applying a pressure regulating signal pressure to the pressure regulator valve. A control valve is arranged in the signal pressure oil passage for changing the effective diameter of the signal pressure oil passage responsive to change in oil temperature.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 1997Date of Patent: February 2, 1999Inventors: Fumitomo Yokoyama, Kazuhisa Ozaki, Masahiko Ando, Akira Fukatsu, Makoto Hijikata, Toshiyuki Mae, Yoshiaki Hirota, Yasuo Hojo, Nobuaki Takahashi, Kagenori Fukumura, Yasunari Nakamura