Patents by Inventor Masahiko Ohta
Masahiko Ohta 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: 9758336Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path; a discharge tray configured to support the sheet discharged from the conveyance path; a sheet presser movable toward and away from a support surface of the discharge tray and configured to press the sheet being discharged, onto the support surface; a first stopper configured to limit a spaced distance between the sheet presser and the support surface to a first distance when the first stopper is located at a first position, and configured to allow the spaced distance to become greater than the first distance when the first stopper is located at a second position; and a position change mechanism configured to change a position of the first stopper between the first position and the second position.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kotaro Kurokawa, Masahiko Ohta
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Patent number: 9708142Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus, including: a base body having a conveyor surface; a separating roller configured to rotate about a first rotation axis parallel to a width direction of the conveyor surface and to convey a sheet downstream in a conveyance direction orthogonal to the width direction; a separating piece opposed to the separating roller and configured to cooperate with the separating roller to separate sheets being conveyed one by one; an attachment member removably attached to the base body at a position at which the attachment member is opposed to the separating roller, so as to form a part of the conveyor surface; a holder holding the separating piece and supported by the attachment member so as to be movable toward and away from the separating roller; and a first urging member provided between the attachment member and the holder for urging the separating piece toward the separating roller.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masahiko Ohta
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Publication number: 20170096309Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus, including: a base body having a conveyor surface; a separating roller configured to rotate about a first rotation axis parallel to a width direction of the conveyor surface and to convey a sheet downstream in a conveyance direction orthogonal to the width direction; a separating piece opposed to the separating roller and configured to cooperate with the separating roller to separate sheets being conveyed one by one; an attachment member removably attached to the base body at a position at which the attachment member is opposed to the separating roller, so as to form a part of the conveyor surface; a holder holding the separating piece and supported by the attachment member so as to be movable toward and away from the separating roller; and a first urging member provided between the attachment member and the holder for urging the separating piece toward the separating roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventor: Masahiko Ohta
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Publication number: 20170079946Abstract: A medical composition for reducing the rate of new-onset diabetes caused by administration of a statin or for inhibiting an increase in blood glucose level by administration of a statin, the composition containing at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of icosapentaenoic acid and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof as an inactive ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiko OHTA, Shinichi OIKAWA, Mitsuhiro YOKOYAMA, Hideki ORIGASA, Masunori MATSUZAKI, Yuji MATSUZAWA, Yasushi SAITO
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Publication number: 20170038307Abstract: For detecting a crack formed on a structure surface without erroneously, an information processing device that detects a crack on a structure, includes a change detection unit that detects a change in positions of at least two measurement points on the structure; and a crack detection unit that detects a crack based on the change in the positions of the measurement points detected by the change detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Masahiko OHTA, Jun TAKADA, Hiroshi IMAI, Atsushi HATABU, Gaku NAKANO, Zhen WANG, Yuzo SENDA
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Patent number: 9546059Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus, including: a base body having a conveyor surface; a separating roller configured to rotate about a first rotation axis parallel to a width direction of the conveyor surface and to convey a sheet downstream in a conveyance direction orthogonal to the width direction; a separating piece opposed to the separating roller and configured to cooperate with the separating roller to separate sheets being conveyed one by one; an attachment member removably attached to the base body at a position at which the attachment member is opposed to the separating roller, so as to form a part of the conveyor surface; a holder holding the separating piece and supported by the attachment member so as to be movable toward and away from the separating roller; and a first urging member provided between the attachment member and the holder for urging the separating piece toward the separating roller.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masahiko Ohta
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Patent number: 9539230Abstract: A medical composition for reducing the rate of new-onset diabetes caused by administration of a statin or for inhibiting an increase in blood glucose level by administration of a statin, the composition containing at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of icosapentaenoic acid and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof as an inactive ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiko Ohta, Shinichi Oikawa, Mitsuhiro Yokoyama, Hideki Origasa, Masunori Matsuzaki, Yuji Matsuzawa, Yasushi Saito
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Publication number: 20160244289Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path; a discharge tray configured to support the sheet discharged from the conveyance path; a sheet presser movable toward and away from a support surface of the discharge tray and configured to press the sheet being discharged, onto the support surface; a first stopper configured to limit a spaced distance between the sheet presser and the support surface to a first distance when the first stopper is located at a first position, and configured to allow the spaced distance to become greater than the first distance when the first stopper is located at a second position; and a position change mechanism configured to change a position of the first stopper between the first position and the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Kotaro Kurokawa, Masahiko Ohta
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Publication number: 20160221774Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus, including: a base body having a conveyor surface; a separating roller configured to rotate about a first rotation axis parallel to a width direction of the conveyor surface and to convey a sheet downstream in a conveyance direction orthogonal to the width direction; a separating piece opposed to the separating roller and configured to cooperate with the separating roller to separate sheets being conveyed one by one; an attachment member removably attached to the base body at a position at which the attachment member is opposed to the separating roller, so as to form a part of the conveyor surface; a holder holding the separating piece and supported by the attachment member so as to be movable toward and away from the separating roller; and a first urging member provided between the attachment member and the holder for urging the separating piece toward the separating roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventor: Masahiko Ohta
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Patent number: 9296578Abstract: A sheet ejector is provided that includes an ejection roller unit including a first roller and a second roller, a pushing member that rotates concentrically with the first roller and includes a projection formed on a circumferential surface thereof, the projection contacting a trailing end of a sheet to be ejected and pushing out the sheet in an ejecting direction, and a contact member including a contact portion disposed, in a view along a rotational-axis direction of the first roller, in such a position as to overlap or be downstream relative to a most downstream position of a rotational trajectory of the pushing member in the ejecting direction, the contact portion configured to extend up to a position closer to the second roller than the rotational axis of the first roller and contact the trailing end of the sheet ejected from the ejection roller unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiko Ohta
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Patent number: 9282300Abstract: A projector includes a screen having a periodic array of color stripes for producing visible light depending on incident light, a light source that remits a light beam, a projection unit that scans an area of the screen where the color stripes are disposed, with the light beam in a direction across the color stripes, to display an image on the screen, a detector that detects the visible light from each of the color stripes as a feedback light pulse, and a controller that adjusts a start-of-emission timing of the light source based on a start-of-detection timing at which the feedback light pulse is detected by the detector and a detection period during which the feedback light pulse is detected by the detector, and controlling the light source to emit the light beam in order to apply light pulses to the color stripes within boundaries thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2011Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Yoshiho Yanagita, Osamu Ishibashi, Kazuhiko Aoki, Masahiko Ohta, So Nishimura
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Patent number: 9162840Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes: a conveyor; a stacking surface configured to support a sheet to be discharged by a discharge roller, and a movable member, which is provided downstream from the discharge roller in the discharge direction, is supported so as to be swingable on a swinging shaft, wherein the movable member has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is inclined at a first inclined angle relative to the stacking surface so that the first guide surface is inclined towards the stacking surface, wherein the second surface is inclined at a second inclined angle relative to the stacking surface so that the second surface is inclined towards the stacking surface, and wherein the second inclined angle is smaller than the first inclined angle.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiko Ohta
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Publication number: 20150274475Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes: a conveyor; a stacking surface configured to support a sheet to be discharged by a discharge roller, and a movable member, which is provided downstream from the discharge roller in the discharge direction, is supported so as to be swingable on a swinging shaft, wherein the movable member has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is inclined at a first inclined angle relative to the stacking surface so that the first guide surface is inclined towards the stacking surface, wherein the second surface is inclined at a second inclined angle relative to the stacking surface so that the second surface is inclined towards the stacking surface, and wherein the second inclined angle is smaller than the first inclined angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiko OHTA
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Patent number: 9140967Abstract: A projection screen includes: phosphor regions arranged cyclically in an in-plane direction of a display region; a plurality of black stripes and reference black stripes that partition the display region into the phosphor regions; and an optical information formation unit that is provided in a specific position within the display region and that generates readable optical information.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiko Aoki, Masahiko Ohta, So Nishimura, Yoshiho Yanagita, Osamu Ishibashi, Fujio Okumura
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Publication number: 20150250754Abstract: A medical composition for reducing the rate of new-onset diabetes caused by administration of a statin or for inhibiting an increase in blood glucose level by administration of a statin, the composition containing at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of icosapentaenoic acid and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof as an inactive ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiko Ohta, Shinichi Oikawa, Mitsuhiro Yokoyama, Hideki Origasa, Masunori Matsuzaki, Yuji Matsuzawa, Yasushi Saito
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Patent number: 9039215Abstract: A light source device includes a light source unit concluding LD element (1) for emitting a laser beam polarized in a particular direction and lens (2) for condensing the laser beam emitted from LD element (1) and phosphor layer (3) excited by the laser beam condensed by lens (2) of the light source unit to discharge incoherent light. The incident angle of the laser beam to phosphor layer (3) is larger than 0° and smaller than 90°, and the laser beam enters phosphor layer (3) as P-polarized light.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Masahiko Ohta
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Patent number: 9036221Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a first tray, a frame member, and a feeder. The frame member includes a first wall portion facing in a width direction and a first tray portion disposed above the first tray and extending inward in the width direction from the first wall portion. The first tray has a first end on a side far from the feeder. The first tray portion of the frame member has a second end on the side far from the feeder and a third end on a side near the feeder. The second end is closer to the feeder than the first end. The first wall portion extends from the third end toward the first end.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masahiko Ohta
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Patent number: 9019574Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a first tray, a second tray disposed above the first tray, a feeding portion configured to feed a sheet in a feed direction, and a first wall portion disposed at one end of the second tray in a width direction and fixed relative to the first tray. The first tray has a first end on a side far from the feeding portion. The second tray has, on the side far from the feeding portion, a second end, which is closer to the feeding portion than the first end of the first tray. The first end of the first tray is located above the second end of the second tray. An upper end of the first wall portion is higher than the second tray, and extends from a side closer to the second end of the second tray toward the first end of the first tray.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masahiko Ohta
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Patent number: 8976846Abstract: A wireless transmission system includes a wireless HDMI transmitter and a wireless HDMI receiver. The wireless HDMI transmitter includes a carrier oscillator provided for each channel of an HDMI transmission path to output a carrier signal in a millimeter band, an OOK modulator provided for each carrier oscillator to perform on-off keying modulation on a carrier signal outputted by its corresponding carrier oscillator, and an input circuit provided for each channel of the HDMI transmission path to input a digital signal outputted by a source device to the OOK modulator. Radio signals have different planes of polarization from their adjacent channels.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignees: Silicon Library Inc., Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd., Hiroshima UniversityInventors: Junzoh Shimizu, Minoru Fujishima, Masahiko Ohta, Toshio Takada
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Patent number: 8967818Abstract: A fluorescent screen includes phosphor regions 1-R, 1-G, diffusion region 1-B and reflecting means 10 formed on a region that includes phosphor regions 1-R and 1-G and diffusion region 1-B. Reflecting means 10 includes fluorescent light reflecting layer 11, phase difference layer 12, and polarizing layer 13 deposited in that order. Fluorescent light reflecting layer 11 transmits excited light 4 and reflects fluorescent light from phosphor regions 1-R and 1-G. Polarizing layer 13 both transmits excited light 4 and, of diffused light of the excited light (4) that was entered from diffusion region 1_B through Phase difference layer 12, transmits TM polarized light and reflects TE polarized light.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Kazuhiko Aoki, Masahiko Ohta