Patents by Inventor Makoto Inada
Makoto Inada 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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Publication number: 20190019051Abstract: A first transmitter transmits a transfer request requesting transfer of imaging of a tracked object and first position information on a first unmanned mobile apparatus to a second unmanned mobile apparatus. A second transmitter transmits feature information related to an appearance of the tracked object and second position information on the tracked object to the second unmanned mobile apparatus after the first transmitter transmits the transfer request and the first position information. A receiver receives a transfer completion notification from the second unmanned mobile apparatus after the second transmitter transmits the feature information and the second position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: Atsushi SAITO, Hiroyuki NAKAJIMA, Kazuki MANNAMI, Shimpei KAMAYA, Yasuma SUZUKI, Makoto INADA
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Patent number: 10149096Abstract: A transmission unit transmits a signal to a relay station. A reception unit receives a signal from the relay station if the transmission unit does not transmit a signal. A control unit determines whether to (1) perform continuous transmission by the transmission unit or (2) perform communication in which transmission by the transmission unit and reception by the reception unit are alternately switched, based on the positional information acquired in the positional information acquisition unit and the communication area information acquired in the communication area information acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CorporationInventors: Makoto Inada, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Kazuki Mannami, Shimpei Kamaya, Yasuma Suzuki, Atsushi Saito
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Patent number: 10142780Abstract: A mobile wireless terminal includes a receiver and a controller. The receiver receives communication information including transmission information and destination position information which shows a position of a destination from a base station. The controller is configured to perform control to delay increasingly notification starting time at which the transmission information is started to be provided as a distance between the position indicated by the destination position information received by the receiver and a position of a local station is longer.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CorporationInventors: Kazuki Mannami, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Shimpei Kamaya, Atsushi Saito, Yasuma Suzuki, Makoto Inada
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Publication number: 20180020325Abstract: A transmission unit transmits a signal to a relay station. A reception unit receives a signal from the relay station if the transmission unit does not transmit a signal. A control unit determines whether to (1) perform continuous transmission by the transmission unit or (2) perform communication in which transmission by the transmission unit and reception by the reception unit are alternately switched, based on the positional information acquired in the positional information acquisition unit and the communication area information acquired in the communication area information acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: JVC KENWOOD CorporationInventors: Makoto INADA, Hiroyuki NAKAJIMA, Kazuki MANNAMI, Shimpei KAMAYA, Yasuma SUZUKI, Atsushi SAITO
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Publication number: 20180018904Abstract: A container 10 for a catheter simulator comprising an accommodating unit 10a for accommodating a liquid, the accommodating unit 10a being defined by side walls 11 to 14 and a bottom face 15. On the side walls, there are formed connection units 11a and 11c capable of retaining any one of the heart models selected from a four-chamber heart model, a coronary artery model, and a TAVI model, the heart model being installed in the accommodating unit 10a in a state of having the accommodating unit filled with a liquid; and installation parts 11d, 12a, and 13a for inserting a catheter from the outside of the container into simulated blood vessels of the heart model.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Keita OKAYAMA, Yasushi SAKATA, Shinsuke NANTO, Daichi WATANABE, Makoto INADA, Munekuni SATO
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Publication number: 20180003695Abstract: The present invention provides a method for measuring the gastric acidity of a mammal using a 13C-labeled carbonate compound. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for measuring the gastric acidity of a mammal including the following steps: (1) using, as a test sample, expired air of a mammalian subject excreted at any point in time within 30 minutes after oral administration of a predetermined amount of a 13C-labeled carbonate compound, measuring behavior of 13CO2 in the expired air; (2) comparing the behavior of 13CO2 (measured 13CO2 behavior) obtained in step (1) with the behavior of corresponding 13CO2 (reference 13CO2 behavior) that has been obtained beforehand in a control mammal; and (3) determining the gastric acidity of the mammalian subject based on a difference between the reference 13CO2 behavior and the measured 13CO2 behavior obtained above.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto INADA, Jun-ichi KUNIZAKI, Kazuki TOBITA, Suguru AKAMATSU, Shinji llZUKA
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Publication number: 20170276496Abstract: A determiner determines execution of rerouting. A notifier notifies the execution of rerouting if the determiner determines the execution of rerouting. A searcher executes a rerouting search if the determiner determines the execution of rerouting. A measurer measures the distance by which a navigation device has moved along a guide route, which is a result of the rerouting search by the searcher. In a case in which the determiner determines execution of next rerouting, the notifier notifies the execution of rerouting if the measured distance is longer than a threshold value and does not notify the execution of rerouting if the measured distance is smaller than or equal to the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: JVC KENWOOD CorporationInventors: Kazuki MANNAMI, Atsushi SAITO, Hiroyuki NAKAJIMA, Shimpei KAMAYA, Yasuma SUZUKI, Makoto INADA
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Publication number: 20170199172Abstract: A method for measuring energy malnutrition in a liver disease test subject, a method for determining whether a liver disease test subject is in an energy malnutrition state, a method for determining the necessity of nutrition therapy for a liver disease test subject having energy malnutrition, a composition usable in these methods, and the like are provided. The method for measuring energy malnutrition in a liver disease test subject includes the steps of collecting expired air containing labeled carbon dioxide that is generated in the body of a liver disease test subject by being converted from a composition containing, as an active ingredient, glucose labeled with at least one isotope C; and determining the ratio of labeled CO2 amount to unlabeled CO2 amount, or the ratio of labeled CO2 amount to total CO2 amount in expired air.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto INADA, Jun-ichi KUNIZAKI, Kazuki TOBITA
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Publication number: 20170103682Abstract: A catheter simulator (10) of the invention has a container (20) filled with a liquid; an elastic heart model (30) installed in a floating state in the liquid with which the container (20) is filled; and a pump (50) connected to the heart model (30). The pump (50) is connected to an apex section of the heart model and produces a pulsatile flow from the apex section toward an aorta. Coronary arteries (33) provided on the surface of a main body (30A) of the heart model (30), pulsate together with the main body as a result of the pulsatile flow flowing from the pump (50).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Keita OKAYAMA, Shinsuke NANTO, Yasushi SAKATA, Daichi WATANABE, Makoto INADA, Munekuni SATO
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Publication number: 20170051736Abstract: A pulsatile flow generating pump for a catheter simulator, which makes it possible to conveniently perform catheter operation training is provided. The pump (10) includes a cylinder (13) provided inside with a piston performing a reciprocating motion; a driving motor (15) causing the piston to perform a reciprocating motion; a link mechanism (19) converting the rotational motion of the driving motor (15) to the reciprocating motion of the piston; an extrusion port (86b), through which a liquid inside the cylinder is extruded to the outside by the piston; a suction port (86a), through which a liquid from the outside is sucked into the cylinder; and a control unit 70 for controlling the rotation of the driving motor 15. The control unit 70 controls the driving motor 15 so as to output pulsatile flows at a rate of 20 times to 200 times per minute.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, JMC CORPORATION, FUYO CORPORATIONInventors: Keita OKAYAMA, Yasushi SAKATA, Daichi WATANABE, Makoto INADA, Munekuni SATO
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Publication number: 20170034658Abstract: A mobile wireless terminal includes a receiver and a controller. The receiver receives communication information including transmission information and destination position information which shows a position of a destination from a base station. The controller is configured to perform control to delay increasingly notification starting time at which the transmission information is started to be provided as a distance between the position indicated by the destination position information received by the receiver and a position of a local station is longer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Kazuki Mannami, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Shimpei Kamaya, Atsushi Saito, Yasuma Suzuki, Makoto Inada
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Publication number: 20160146791Abstract: This invention provides a method for measuring insulin resistance of a test subject, and a composition suitably used for the method. A method for measuring insulin resistance of a test act comprising steps (a) and (b) below, the method using a composition for measuring insulin resistance comprising, as an active ingredient, a C12-38 fatty acid labeled with at least one isotope of C, wherein the C12-38 fatty acid is converted in the body into labeled carbon dioxide that is excreted in expired air, (a) intravenously administering the composition to a test subject and collecting expired air; and (b) determining the ratio of labeled CO2 amount to unlabeled CO2 amount contained in the expired air or the ratio of labeled CO2 amount to total CO2 amount contained in the expired air.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Makoto INADA, Jun-ichi KUNIZAKI, Kazuki TOBITA, Hiroshi MOTONARI, Tetsuya SATO
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Publication number: 20160021517Abstract: A second terminal apparatus, which is used in substitution for a first terminal apparatus that creates a group, collects a third terminal apparatus and so forth that are to be participated in the group. A first request signal receiver receives from the first terminal apparatus a first request signal by which to request the collection of the third terminal apparatus and so forth participated in the group. A second request signal transmitter transmits a second request signal by which to request the third terminal apparatus and so forth to participate in the group, when the first request signal receiver has received the first request signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Atsushi SAITO, Hiroyuki NAKAJIMA, Kazuki MANNAMI, Shimpei KAMAYA, Yasuma SUZUKI, Makoto INADA
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Publication number: 20150204852Abstract: This invention provides a method for measuring glucose metabolism ability of a subject and a composition that is suitably used in the method. The method for measuring glucose metabolism ability of the present invention is as follows: a method for measuring glucose metabolism ability of a subject, using a composition for measuring glucose metabolism ability, the composition comprising, as an active ingredient, glucose labeled with at least one isotope of C, wherein the glucose is converted in the body into labeled carbon dioxide that is excreted in expired air, the method comprising steps (a) and (b) below: (a) administering the composition to the subject and collecting expired air; and (b) determining the ratio of labeled CO2 amount to unlabeled CO2 amount or the ratio of labeled CO2 amount to total CO2 amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Makoto Inada, Jun-ichi Kunizaki, Kazuki Tobita, Suguru Akamatsu
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Publication number: 20140106329Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing an organ model comprising; an outer-shape body forming step in which an outer-shape body 120 having regions 16, 17 to be a hollow portion and a structural wall of the organ model respectively is formed by irradiating curing light and cure the photocurable mold resin 12 and support resin 13 supporting the mold resin based on photographed data of a human organ, a mold shell forming step in which a mold shell 10 having outer and inner shell portions 12A, 12B covering outer and inner surfaces of the organ model respectively is formed by removing the support resin 13 from the outer-shape body 120, a filling step in which a space 15 between the outer and inner shell portions 12A, 12B is filled with a flexible injection molding material 20, and a removing step for removing the mold shell 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: JMC CORPORATIONInventors: Daichi WATANABE, Makoto Inada
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Publication number: 20130143253Abstract: The present invention provides a method for measuring the gastric acidity of a mammal using a 13C-labeled carbonate compound. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for measuring the gastric acidity of a mammal including the following steps: (1) using, as a test sample, expired air of a mammalian subject excreted at any point in time within 30 minutes after oral administration of a predetermined amount of a 13C-labeled carbonate compound, measuring behavior of 13CO2 in the expired air; (2) comparing the behavior of 13CO2 (measured 13CO2 behavior) obtained in step (1) with the behavior of corresponding 13CO2 (reference 13CO2 behavior) that has been obtained beforehand in a control mammal; and (3) determining the gastric acidity of the mammalian subject based on a difference between the reference 13CO2 behavior and the measured 13CO2 behavior obtained above.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Inventors: Makoto Inada, Jun-ichi Kunizaki, Kazuki Tobita, Suguru Akamatsu, Shinji Iizuka
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Publication number: 20100055799Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for measuring the gastric-emptying function and a method for measuring the gastric-emptying function effectively usable in diagnosing dyspepsia. The present invention also provides a dyspepsia diagnostic agent, a method for diagnosing dyspepsia, and a method for measuring the treatment effect on a patient suffering from gastrointestinal disorders caused by insufficiencies in the gastric-emptying function (including a pharmacotherapy). One of the main features of the composition for measuring the gastric-emptying function of the present invention is that a pyrimidine compound, which is converted to a labeled CO2 gas in the body and excreted in expired air, labeled with an isotope of C or O, is used as an active ingredient. The method of the present invention can be conducted by orally administering the composition to a subject, and measuring the amount or behavior of the labeled CO2 excreted in expired air.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2007Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Makoto Inada, Jun-ichi Kunizaki, Nobuhiro Ikei, Kuniaki Natsume
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Patent number: 7488466Abstract: The present invention provide a method for measuring and assessing the capacity in an individual subject to metabolize a variety of fluorouracil drugs, such as 5-fluorouracil, which are degraded in the pyrimidine metabolic pathway, and a preparation useful for the measurement and assessment. The present invention can be carried out by: administering a preparation for determining pyrimidine metabolic capacity comprising as an active ingredient a pyrimidine compound or pyrimidine metabolic compound that acts as a substrate for a pyrimidine metabolizing enzyme, in which at least one of the carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen atoms is labeled with an isotope; and assessing in vivo pyrimidine metabolic capacity based on the behavior of an excreted metabolite.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2002Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Inada, Nobuhiro Ikei, Hideji Nonomura, Yasuo Irie
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Publication number: 20060153771Abstract: Preparations whereby reduction or acceleration of the gastric emptying rate can be noninvasively evaluated: and a method of evaluating the gastric emptying rate by using these preparations. Thus, reduction or acceleration of the gastric emptying rate can be safely and conveniently examined. Namely, theses preparations are useful in objectively diagnosing the gastric motor function, as well as in evaluating and judging the drug effect or therapeutic effect of a drug concerning the gastric motor function on individual patients.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2005Publication date: July 13, 2006Inventors: Shinsuke Nakagawa, Keigo Yamada, Masateru Miyake, Makoto Inada, Nobuhiro Ikei, Atsunari Noda, Hideji Nonomura
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Patent number: 7018613Abstract: Preparations whereby reduction or acceleration of the gastric emptying rate can be noninvasively evaluated: and a method of evaluating the gastric emptying rate by using these preparations. Thus, reduction or acceleration of the gastric emptying rate can be safely and conveniently examined. Namely, theses preparations are useful in objectively diagnosing the gastric motor function, as well as in evaluating and judging the drug effect or therapeutic effect of a drug concerning the gastric motor function on individual patients.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2001Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinsuke Nakagawa, Keigo Yamada, Masateru Miyake, Makoto Inada, Nobuhiro Ikei, Atsunari Noda, Hideji Nonomura