Patents by Inventor Makoto Sakamoto

Makoto Sakamoto 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: 20240135894
    Abstract: A panel drive circuit having an input interface to which an image signal is input, a gamma correction circuit that corrects an image processing signal generated by an image processing circuit performing image processing on the image signal input to the input interface, such that a gamma correction signal thus generated has predetermined gamma characteristics, an unevenness correction circuit that corrects the gamma correction signal generated through the correction by the gamma correction circuit, based on correction data for reducing unevenness of a display panel, and an D/A convertor that has a variable output voltage range, and performs D/A conversion on an unevenness correction signal generated through the correction by the unevenness correction circuit and outputs the signal thus generated to the display panel, and the unevenness correction circuit changes the correction method according to the output voltage range of the D/A convertor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: IIX INC.
    Inventors: Makoto HATAKENAKA, Takashi SAKAMOTO, Mitsuo HAGIWARA, Norimasa SENDA, Yoshihide MINEGISHI, Hiroshi MURASE
  • Publication number: 20240109874
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a cholinergic muscarinic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulator activity and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain, sleep disorder, Parkinson's disease dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof. wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Masami YAMADA, Shinkichi SUZUKI, Takahiro SUGIMOTO, Minoru NAKAMURA, Hiroki SAKAMOTO, Makoto KAMATA
  • Publication number: 20240071337
    Abstract: An unevenness correction data generation device suppressing the appearance of color unevenness when turning on R, G and B together includes a pattern generation unit causing red, green and blue images, in which display panel subpixels are turned on at the same gray level, to be displayed, a monochrome camera, a control unit generating first red, green and blue luminance correction data based on shooting data of the monochrome camera, a pattern generation unit causing the display panel to display a white image by causing red, green and blue images corrected with the respective luminance correction data to be displayed simultaneously, a color camera shooting the white image in color, and a control unit generating color correction data for correcting color unevenness based on shooting data of the color camera and generates unevenness correction data based on the red, green and blue luminance correction data and the color correction data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: IIX INC.
    Inventors: Makoto HATAKENAKA, Takashi SAKAMOTO, Hiroshi MURASE, Mitsuo HAGIWARA, Hideaki SUZUKI, Kazunori YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230139808
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having an excellent antitumor effect stability and metabolic stability. The compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (1) wherein R1 represents a halogen atom, an aryl group, an aryloxy group or a lower alkyl group optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; and; m represents an integer of 1 to 3; provided that when m represents 2 or 3, R1s are the same or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi NAKAGAWA, Makoto SAKAMOTO, Kazuya YAMAGUCHI, Yuki TERAUCHI, Masamichi SHIRAKURA, Yasuo HARADA, Yutaka KOJIMA, Takumi SUMIDA
  • Patent number: 11130157
    Abstract: An optical unit for an optical sorter can simplify the assembling operation and the installing operation of the optical sorter through unifying components of an optical section of the optical sorter for sorting objects to be sorted such as a granular object or a sheet object. The optical unit includes an optical detection means for detecting the object to be sorted, an ejector means for ejecting the object to be sorted, a discrimination means for processing detection signal from the optical detection means to make a quality discrimination of the sorted objects, and an ejector driving means for driving the ejector means based on the quality discrimination of the discrimination means. The optical detection means, the ejector means, the discrimination means, and the ejector driving means are integrated into a housing to unify them to provide the optical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Satake Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Kawamura, Makoto Sakamoto, Ryo Kakutani
  • Patent number: 11090014
    Abstract: In an image processing device (300), a position determiner (313) determines, in a three-dimensional image showing an upper jaw part of a subject and a lower jaw part of the subject, positions of left and right mental foramina of the lower jaw part and a position of an incisors tube of the upper jaw part. A coordinate system setter (314) sets a three-dimensional coordinate system having an origin at a position established by the positions of the left and right mental foramina and the position of the incisors tube that are determined by the position determiner (313), the three-dimensional coordinate system including: a first coordinate axis that passes through the origin and the position of the incisors tube; a second coordinate axis that is perpendicular to the first coordinate axis and a straight line connecting the position of the left mental foramen and the position of the right mental foramen; and a third coordinate axis that is perpendicular to the first coordinate axis and the second coordinate axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: NIIGATA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Makoto Sakamoto, Koichi Kobayashi, Yusuke Morise, Yuta Sakagami, Takashi Kameda
  • Publication number: 20210196213
    Abstract: In an image processing device (300), a position determiner (313) determines, in a three-dimensional image showing an upper jaw part of a subject and a lower jaw part of the subject, positions of left and right mental foramina of the lower jaw part and a position of an incisors tube of the upper jaw part. A coordinate system setter (314) sets a three-dimensional coordinate system having an origin at a position established by the positions of the left and right mental foramina and the position of the incisors tube that are determined by the position determiner (313), the three-dimensional coordinate system including: a first coordinate axis that passes through the origin and the position of the incisors tube; a second coordinate axis that is perpendicular to the first coordinate axis and a straight line connecting the position of the left mental foramen and the position of the right mental foramen; and a third coordinate axis that is perpendicular to the first coordinate axis and the second coordinate axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto SAKAMOTO, Koichi KOBAYASHI, Yusuke MORISE, Yuta SAKAGAMI, Takashi KAMEDA
  • Publication number: 20210017134
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having an excellent antitumor effect, stability and metabolic stability. The compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (1) wherein R1 represents a halogen atom, an aryl group, an aryloxy group or a lower alkyl group optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; and; m represents an integer of 1 to 3; provided that when m represents 2 or 3, R1s are the same or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi NAKAGAWA, Makoto SAKAMOTO, Kazuya YAMAGUCHI, Yuki TERAUCHI, Masamichi SHIRAKURA, Yasuo HARADA, Yutaka KOJIMA, Takumi SUMIDA
  • Publication number: 20200222946
    Abstract: An optical unit for an optical sorter can simplify the assembling operation and the installing operation of the optical sorter through unifying components of an optical section of the optical sorter for sorting objects to be sorted such as a granular object or a sheet object. The optical unit includes an optical detection means for detecting the object to be sorted, an ejector means for ejecting the object to be sorted, a discrimination means for processing detection signal from the optical detection means to make a quality discrimination of the sorted objects, and an ejector driving means for driving the ejector means based on the quality discrimination of the discrimination means. The optical detection means, the ejector means, the discrimination means, and the ejector driving means are integrated into a housing to unify them to provide the optical unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi KAWAMURA, Makoto SAKAMOTO, Ryo KAKUTANI
  • Publication number: 20200031773
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having an excellent antitumor effect, stability and metabolic stability. The compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (1) wherein R1 represents a halogen atom, an aryl group, an aryloxy group or a lower alkyl group optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; and; m represents an integer of 1 to 3; provided that when m represents 2 or 3, R1s are the same or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi NAKAGAWA, Makoto SAKAMOTO, Kazuya YAMAGUCHI, Yuki TERAUCHI, Masamichi SHIRAKURA, Yasuo HARADA, Yutaka KOJIMA, Takumi SUMIDA
  • Publication number: 20180265471
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having an excellent antitumor effect, stability and metabolic stability. The compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (1) wherein R1 represents a halogen atom, an aryl group, an aryloxy group or a lower alkyl group optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; and; m represents an integer of 1 to 3; provided that when m represents 2 or 3, R1s are the same or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi NAKAGAWA, Makoto SAKAMOTO, Kazuya YAMAGUCHI, Yuki TERAUCHI, Masamichi SHIRAKURA, Yasuo HARADA, Yutaka KOJIMA, Takumi SUMIDA
  • Publication number: 20170298023
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having an excellent antitumor effect, stability and metabolic stability. The compound of the present invention is represented by the following formula (1) wherein R1 represents a halogen atom, an aryl group, an aryloxy group or a lower alkyl group optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; and; m represents an integer of 1 to 3; provided that when m represents 2 or 3, R1s are the same or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Takashi NAKAGAWA, Makoto SAKAMOTO, Kazuya YAMAGUCHI, Yuki TERAUCHI, Masamichi SHIRAKURA, Yasuo HARADA, Yutaka KOJIMA, Takumi SUMIDA
  • Patent number: 9291599
    Abstract: A magnetic testing apparatus 100 according to the present invention comprises: a first magnetizing device 1 for applying a DC bias magnetic field to a test object P in substantially parallel to the direction in which a flaw F to be detected extends; a second magnetizing device 2 for applying an AC magnetic field to the test object P substantially perpendicularly to the direction in which the flaw F to be detected extends; and a detecting device 3 for detecting leakage flux produced by the magnetization of the test object P accomplished by the first magnetizing device 1 and the second magnetizing device 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Suzuma, Yoshiyuki Nakao, Makoto Sakamoto, Yoshiyuki Oota
  • Publication number: 20150105432
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having an excellent antitumor effect, stability and metabolic stability. The compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (1) wherein R1 represents a halogen atom, an aryl group, an aryloxy group or a lower alkyl group optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or it lower alkoxy group; and; m represents an integer of 1 to 3; provided that when m represents 2 or 3, R1s are the same or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Takashi NAKAGAWA, Makoto SAKAMOTO, Kazuya YAMAGUCHI, Yuki TERAUCHI, Masamichi SHIRAKURA, Yasuo HARADA, Yutaka KOJIMA, Takumi SUMIDA
  • Patent number: 8946437
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound having an excellent antitumor effect, stability and metabolic stability. The compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (1) wherein R1 represents a halogen atom, an aryl group, an aryloxy group or a lower alkyl group optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; R2 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; and; m represents an integer of 1 to 3; provided that when m represents 2 or 3, R1s are the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakagawa, Makoto Sakamoto, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Yuki Terauchi, Masamichi Shirakura, Yasuo Harada, Yutaka Kojima, Takumi Sumida
  • Patent number: 8803516
    Abstract: In an eddy current testing method which involves using a rotatable eddy current testing probe in which a detection coil is arranged within an exciting coil, a change in detection sensitivity (a deviation of detection sensitivity) which changes depending on the rotational position of the detection coil is reduced. The eddy current testing probe includes an exciting coil EC1, a detection coil DC1, an exciting coil EC2 and a detection coil DC2, which are mounted on a disk DS. The eddy current testing probe is placed so as to face a circumferential surface of an object to be inspected T, which is in the shape of a circular cylinder, and the disk DS is rotated. Then, the distance (liftoff) between the detection coils DC1 and DC2 and an inspection surface changes. Therefore, also the detection sensitivity to a flaw signal changes. To reduce the change in detection sensitivity, the detection sensitivity is adjusted by detecting the rotational position (rotational angle) of the detection coils DC1 and DC2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Hibino, Takashi Fujimoto, Keisuke Komatsu, Yoshiyuki Nakao, Makoto Takata, Makoto Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20140191751
    Abstract: A magnetic testing method and apparatus can accurately detect a flaw by magnetizing a test object to such a degree that the object becomes magnetically saturated while solving the problems of a large magnetizing device is required when only a DC magnetic field is applied and that the test object generates heat when only an AC magnetic field is applied. A magnetic testing apparatus comprises a first magnetizing device for applying a DC bias magnetic field to a test object P in substantially parallel to the direction in which a flaw F to be detected extends, a second magnetizing device for applying an AC magnetic field to the test object P substantially perpendicularly to the direction in which the flaw F to be detected extends, and a detecting device for detecting leakage flux produced by the magnetization of the test object P accomplished by the first and second magnetizing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Suzuma, Yoshiyuki Nakao, Makoto Sakamoto, Yoshiuki Oota
  • Patent number: 8761444
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining a kind of a steel material includes an image pickup device 11 for imaging a spark, which is produced when the steel material 18 is ground, continuously a plurality of times; a detection device 12 for detecting an alloy spark zone, which corresponds to an alloy spark produced by the grinding of an alloying component contained in the steel material, from each of picked-up images 2 imaged by the image pickup device; a calculation device 13 for calculating the total number of alloy spark zones detected by the detection device; and a judgment device 14 for determining that the steel material consists of a low-alloy steel if the total number is not smaller than a first threshold value, and determining that the steel material consists of a carbon steel if the total number is smaller than the first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Nakata, Masami Ikeda, Kazuhiro Uchida, Makoto Sakamoto, Kenji Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8687850
    Abstract: An apparatus 1 for determining a kind of a steel material detects a spark pixel from a color picked-up image 2 of a spark 19 produced when a steel material 18 is ground, and detects a pixel, in which the density of any one color component for judgment selected from among RGB color components is low, as a low-density pixel from the spark pixels. The apparatus 1 determines that the steel material is a steel material consisting of the high-strength steel if the ratio of the total number of low-density pixels to the total number of spark pixels is not lower than a threshold value for judgment, and determines that the steel material is a steel material consisting of the ordinary steel if the ratio is lower than the threshold value for judgment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Nakata, Masami Ikeda, Makoto Sakamoto, Kenji Fujiwara, Kazuhiro Uchida
  • Patent number: 8638091
    Abstract: A rotary eddy current flaw detection probe device has a plurality of ?-shaped eddy current flaw detection probes attached in a rotating disc for detecting flaws in all directions regardless of the flaw direction. Four ?-shaped eddy current testing probes P11 to P22 are arranged around the rotation center Ds1 of a rotating disc 111 and are embedded in the disc 111. The coil planes of detector coils Ds11 to Ds22 of the testing probes P11 to P22 are parallel with each other, and are perpendicular to the rotation plane of the rotating disc 111. The coil planes of the detector coils incline at an angle ? relative to a line Y passing through the centers Ps11 and Ps12 of the probes P11 and P12. The detector coils Dc11 and Dc12 are cumulatively connected to each other and the detector coils Dc21 and Dc22 are differentially connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Hibino, Takashi Fujimoto, Shigeki Namekata, Keisuke Komatsu, Yoshiyuki Nakao, Makoto Takata, Makoto Sakamoto