Patents by Inventor Masahiko Tanaka
Masahiko Tanaka 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: 20160318522Abstract: A vehicular system includes a master ECU, a first slave ECU, and a second slave ECU. The second slave ECU transmits a storing request to the master ECU on detection of a malfunction. The master ECU transmits a storing instruction for causing diagnostic information to be stored, on reception of the storing request. The first slave ECU generates diagnostic information on the first slave ECU, on reception of the storing instruction from the master ECU. The first slave ECU further stores the generated diagnostic information in a retention storage medium. The retention storage medium is configured to retain validity determination information in a condition where the first slave ECU is not supplied with electric power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Masahiko TANAKA, Mitsuyoshi NATSUME, Yasuyuki TAKAHASHI, Yuzo HARATA
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Publication number: 20160198060Abstract: A lighting device includes: a point light source; a light guide body which emits light from the point light source in a linear manner; and a connecting member provided on an end on a side of the point light source of the light guide body, wherein the light guide body includes a plurality of rods and a branching unit which branches an entering light beam, the connecting member includes a hole penetrating the connecting member, and the hole becomes wider toward the light guide body and a side surface of the hole inclines with respect to an extending direction of the rods such that a portion in which the light beam reflected by the side surface to enter the light guide body is concentrated on the reflecting surface and a portion in which the light beam is concentrated on the reflecting surface are not overlapped with other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2015Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Masahiko Tanaka, Satoko Ohzawa
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Patent number: 9325874Abstract: A light guide has a guide portion extending in a first direction. Light entering the guide portion through a first end is guided to a reading position. The guide portion has prisms provided on a bottom surface to be arranged in the first direction, and a turn-back member configured to turn light coming to a second end of the guide portion back toward the first end. Each of the prisms includes a first total-reflecting surface facing to the first end and a second total-reflecting surface facing to the second end. With respect to at least one of the prisms located within an area extending parallel to the first direction from the second end toward the first end by a predetermined distance, the angle of the first total-reflecting surface to the bottom surface is greater than the angle of the second total-reflecting surface to the bottom surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Satoko Tanaka, Masahiko Tanaka
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Publication number: 20160057308Abstract: A light guide has a guide portion extending in a first direction. Light entering the guide portion through a first end is guided to a reading position. The guide portion has prisms provided on a bottom surface to be arranged in the first direction, and a turn-back member configured to turn light coming to a second end of the guide portion back toward the first end. Each of the prisms includes a first total-reflecting surface facing to the first end and a second total-reflecting surface facing to the second end. With respect to at least one of the prisms located within an area extending parallel to the first direction from the second end toward the first end by a predetermined distance, the angle of the first total-reflecting surface to the bottom surface is greater than the angle of the second total-reflecting surface to the bottom surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Satoko TANAKA, Masahiko TANAKA
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Patent number: 9121974Abstract: A light guide with a bar-like shape that extends in a predetermined direction, having: a reflective surface that reflects light inside the light guide within the light guide; a first output surface that causes light inside the light guide to exit the light guide, the first output surface, when viewed in plan from the predetermined direction, constituting a first are of an ellipse that has a first focal point, along with a second focal point located on the reflective surface, and the first are being closer to the first focal point than to the second focal point; and a second output surface that causes light inside the light guide to exit the light guide, the second output surface, when viewed in plan from the predetermined direction, constituting a second arc of an ellipse that has a third focal point, along with a fourth focal point coinciding with the second focal point, and the second arc being closer to the third focal point than to the fourth focal point.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Masahiko Tanaka
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Publication number: 20150216766Abstract: The present invention provides a sunscreen composition comprising two or more oil-soluble ultraviolet absorbers and composite silicone particles having an average particle diameter of 10 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiko Tanaka, Miyoko Ogihara, Junko Kako
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Patent number: 9084904Abstract: A composition for external use capable of more efficiently deriving the effect of purine substances (and/or salts thereof) including (A) sugar; and (B) at least one member selected from the group consisting of purine substances and salts thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2009Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosaburo Wakamatsu, Shigeo Shinohara, Masahiko Tanaka, Fumiki Harano, Akihiro Aoki, Osamu Takasu
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Publication number: 20150198758Abstract: A light guide for use in an image reading apparatus. The light guide extends in a predetermined direction. The light guide comprises an emitting surface, through which light rays entering the light guide are emitted, and a reflecting surface configured to reflect the light rays to the emitting surface. A cross-sectional surface of the light guide, which is a sectional surface of the light guide along a plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction in which the light guide extends, has a shape including a combination of an ellipse and a parabola. The parabola on the cross-sectional surface of the light guide defines the reflecting surface. A focal point of the parabola is located on a first focal point of the ellipse that is closer to the reflecting surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventors: Akira YAMAMURA, Masahiko TANAKA
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Publication number: 20150181070Abstract: A light guide for use in an image reading apparatus. The light guide extends in a predetermined direction and includes: a reflecting surface being parallel to the predetermined direction; an emitting surface; and a prism configured to reflect light to the emitting surface. The prism includes a plurality of asperities formed on the reflecting surface. When viewed from a first direction orthogonal to the reflecting surface, at least one of the plurality of asperities includes a portion parallel to a predetermined curve or a predetermined straight line inclined from a second direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Satoko TANAKA, Masahiko TANAKA
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Publication number: 20140313738Abstract: A light guide having; an entrance portion; a light-splitting portion; a first and a second light guide portion; and a first and a second reflective portion provided in or on the first and second light guide portions, respectively. The first and second light guide portions emit light reflected by the first reflective portion and light reflected by the second reflective portion to outside as a first linear light beam and a second linear light beam, respectively. The light-splitting portion projects toward the entrance portion, and has a first inclined surface, a second inclined surface and a connecting section. The entrance portion has a light-diffusing section opposed to the connecting section in a direction of optical axis, and the light-diffusing section diffuses the light emitted from the point light source toward the first light guide portion and the second light guide portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Masahiko TANAKA, Satoko Tanaka
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Publication number: 20140277925Abstract: A vehicular system includes a master ECU, a first slave ECU, and a second slave ECU. The second slave ECU transmits a storing request to the master ECU on detection of a malfunction. The master ECU transmits a storing instruction for causing diagnostic information to be stored, on reception of the storing request. The first slave ECU generates diagnostic information on the first slave ECU, on reception of the storing instruction from the master ECU. The first slave ECU further stores the generated diagnostic information in a retention storage medium. The retention storage medium is configured to retain validity determination information in a condition where the first slave ECU is not supplied with electric power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiko TANAKA, Mitsuyoshi NATSUME, Yasuyuki TAKAHASHI, Yuzo HARATA
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Patent number: 8702280Abstract: A light source device having: a light source; first and second light guides extending in a first predetermined direction to guide light in the first predetermined direction and irradiate a document with the light; and a confinement portion that confines light emitted by the light source and is connected to one end of the first light guide and one end of the second light guide, in which the light confined in the confinement portion is reflected off both first and second reflection surfaces provided in the confinement portion, and thereby travels through the first and second light guides in the first predetermined direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Masahiko Tanaka
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Publication number: 20140029256Abstract: A light guide with a bar-like shape that extends in a predetermined direction, having: a reflective surface that reflects light inside the light guide within the light guide; a first output surface that causes light inside the light guide to exit the light guide, the first output surface, when viewed in plan from the predetermined direction, constituting a first are of an ellipse that has a first focal point, along with a second focal point located on the reflective surface, and the first are being closer to the first focal point than to the second focal point; and a second output surface that causes light inside the light guide to exit the light guide, the second output surface, when viewed in plan from the predetermined direction, constituting a second arc of an ellipse that has a third focal point, along with a fourth focal point coinciding with the second focal point, and the second arc being closer to the third focal point than to the fourth focal point.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Masahiko TANAKA
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Patent number: 8570615Abstract: An image scanning device includes: a light source; a light guide for converting light from the light source into a linear light beam and applying the linear light beam onto a reading position; an image reading element for receiving the light beam reflected from the reading position; and a light intensity sensor for detecting an intensity of the light emitted from the light source.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Akira Yamamura, Masahiko Tanaka, Kenji Sawada, Yuichi Akahori
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Patent number: 8518283Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasma etching method in which a special area for detecting an end point needs not to be set and an equipment therefor. At an etching step of forming SF6 gas into plasma to etch an etching ground on a Si film, the step is configured by two steps of: a large-amount supply step of supplying a large amount of SF6 gas; and a small-amount supply step of supplying a small amount of SF6 gas. An end-point detecting processor 34 measures an emission intensity of Si or SiFx in the plasma at the small-amount supply step, and determines that an etching end point is reached when the measured emission intensity becomes equal to or less than a previously set reference value.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: SPP Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Masahiko Tanaka, Yoshiyuki Nozawa, Shoichi Murakami
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Publication number: 20130216491Abstract: This invention provides a cleaning composition comprising a certain amount or more of an acylamino acid type surfactant, and further a non-ionic surfactant and a betaine-type ampholytic surfactant, which has a sufficient viscosity and exerts excellent conditioning effects.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Miyoko Ogihara, Momoko Shioyama, Masahiko Tanaka, Noboru Yoshino
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Patent number: 8508814Abstract: An image reading apparatus for reading an image of a document optically by illuminating a document with light emitted from a plurality of light emitting elements arranged linearly and by reading light reflected from the document. The image reading apparatus has a first light emitting element for emitting light in a first direction, a second light emitting element for emitting light in a second direction and one substrate for supporting the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element thereon.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Masahiko Tanaka
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Publication number: 20120320599Abstract: A light source device having: a light source; first and second light guides extending in a first predetermined direction to guide light in the first predetermined direction and irradiate a document with the light; and a confinement portion that confines light emitted by the light source and is connected to one end of the first light guide and one end of the second light guide, in which the light confined in the confinement portion is reflected off both first and second reflection surfaces provided in the confinement portion, and thereby travels through the first and second light guides in the first predetermined direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Masahiko TANAKA
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Publication number: 20120239246Abstract: A vehicular system includes a master ECU, a first slave ECU, and a second slave ECU. The second slave ECU transmits a storing request to the master ECU on detection of a malfunction. The master ECU transmits a storing instruction for causing diagnostic information to be stored, on reception of the storing request. The first slave ECU generates diagnostic information on the first slave ECU, on reception of the storing instruction from the master ECU. The first slave ECU further stores the generated diagnostic information in a retention storage medium. The retention storage medium is configured to retain validity determination information in a condition where the first slave ECU is not supplied with electric power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiko Tanaka, Mitsuyoshi Natsume, Yasuyuki Takahashi, Yuzo Harata
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Patent number: 8183206Abstract: It is intended to provide drugs for treating ischemic diseases which are safe and have little side effects. Namely, drugs having a combination of an antithrombotic agent and a pyrazolone derivative defined in the description or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2002Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma CorporationInventors: Katsumi Kurita, Tadashi Tanaka, Masahiko Tanaka, Jyunichi Eguchi, Satoshi Yuki, Narihiko Yoshii