Patents by Inventor Masahiro Baba

Masahiro Baba 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: 20200347164
    Abstract: A water-absorbent resin containing a vinyl alcohol-based polymer and having a crystal melting enthalpy of more than 0 J/g in a dry state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro BABA, Toshinori KATO
  • Publication number: 20200292621
    Abstract: An equipment management method comprises a step A of predicting, at an equipment management apparatus, occurrence of a first abnormality which is an abnormality occurred in a fuel cell system and not predicted by the fuel cell system; and a step B of transmitting, at the equipment management apparatus, a message associated with a prediction for the occurrence of the first abnormality when the occurrence of the first abnormality is predicted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: Masahiro BABA
  • Publication number: 20200291371
    Abstract: Provided are a novel isoamylase improved in optimum temperature, and more specifically, improved in heat resistance, and a process for producing the isoamylase. An isoamylase having at least one amino acid mutation selected from the group consisting of D268A, M277I, A549P, A554P and A580T in an isoamylase consisting of an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID No: 1 or an isoamylase consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID No: 1 and having deletion, substitution or insertion of one to several amino acid residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: GODO SHUSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro BABA, Ryoko SANO, Shun OGAWA, Hirofumi HORIGUCHI, Jun YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200266466
    Abstract: A fuel cell system comprises a controller configured to manage information related to a number of stop times of the fuel cell system, and an output unit configured to output the information related to the number of stop times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Shinji AIKAWA, Masahiro BABA
  • Publication number: 20200212464
    Abstract: A fuel cell system comprises a controller configured to determine whether a condition relating to a stop pattern of the fuel cell system satisfies a predetermined condition, and an output unit configured to output a warning when it is determined that the condition relating to the stop pattern satisfies the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro BABA, Shinji AIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10698433
    Abstract: Remaining power information regarding remaining power generation capability of a power generation apparatus is reported. A power management apparatus (2) includes a communication interface (22) that receives remaining power information regarding remaining power generation capability of a power generation apparatus (10) from a power conversion apparatus (1) and an output interface (23) that outputs the remaining power information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Baba
  • Patent number: 10666165
    Abstract: A PCS performs a control of increasing an output of a solar cell to exceed the suppression power threshold, when there is a period, where the output of the solar cell falls below a suppression power threshold, in an accumulation period included in a suppression period in which the output of the solar cell is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Baba, Tetsuya Takenaka, Yuki Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200140578
    Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a modified polyvinyl alcohol resin, comprising step (A) of acetalizing polyvinyl alcohol particles swollen with a solvent capable of swelling the polyvinyl alcohol particles by reacting them with a carbonyl compound and/or an acetalized carbonyl compound in the presence of the solvent, wherein a content of an organic solvent in the solvent is 5% by mass or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro BABA, Toshinori KATO
  • Patent number: 10418821
    Abstract: A PCS comprises a DC/DC convertor that converts a voltage of a DC power input from a solar cell; an inverter that converts the DC power to an AC power; and a controller 134 that stops an operation of the DC/AC convertor without stopping the inverter when a condition that stops an output of the solar cell is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masaomi Satake, Masahiro Baba, Yuri Sato, Kenta Igarashi, Megumi Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 10270256
    Abstract: A power control apparatus comprises a conversion unit which is capable of collectively converting DC power output by each of the plurality of power supply apparatuses to AC; and a communication unit which communicates with an external equipment control apparatus in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol. The communication unit notifies the equipment control apparatus of an equipment class of the power control apparatus in addition to notifying the equipment control apparatus of an equipment class of each of the plurality of power supply apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Okino, Masahiro Baba, Masaomi Satake
  • Patent number: 10074990
    Abstract: Remaining power information regarding remaining power generation capability of a power generation apparatus can be transmitted. A power conversion apparatus includes a controller that acquires remaining power generation capability of a power generation apparatus and a communication interface that transmits remaining power information regarding the remaining power generation capability to an external power management apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Baba
  • Patent number: 10073614
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes a detector and a controller. The detector detects a pointed position pointed by a pointing object on a projection plane onto which light including information of an input image is projected. When the pointed position belongs to a first region on the projection plane, the controller performs control for executing first processing corresponding to an operation on the first region based on the pointed position. The first region includes a part of a projection image formed by projecting the light onto the projection plane. When the pointed position belongs to a second region on the projection plane, the controller performs control for executing second processing corresponding to an operation on the second region based on the pointed position. The second region includes a smaller part of the projection image than the part of the projection image included in the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Wataru Watanabe, Mikiko Karasawa, Yuma Sano, Masahiro Baba
  • Patent number: 10074989
    Abstract: Remaining power generation capability of power generation apparatuses is estimated to a high degree of accuracy. A power conversion apparatus (1) includes input interfaces (11) that input generated power from each of multiple power generation apparatuses (10) of the same type and a controller (14) that performs MPPT control on a priority basis on at least one input interface among the input interfaces and acquires the remaining power generation capability of the power generation apparatuses (10) connected to the other input interfaces (11) by calculation using the generated current of the power generation apparatus (10) connected to the at least one input interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Baba
  • Publication number: 20180197503
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image display device that includes an optical part and a controller is provided. First input image data and second input image data are input to the controller. The controller causes the optical part to emit a first light based on first corrected image data of the first input image data having been corrected. The controller causes the optical part to emit a second light when receiving a signal employing first correction information of a relationship between the first input image data and the first corrected image data, wherein the second light is based on second corrected image data of the second input image data corrected based on the first correction information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takayuki Sasaki, Jun Yamaguchi, Masahiro Baba
  • Publication number: 20180138829
    Abstract: A PCS performs a control of increasing an output of a solar cell to exceed the suppression power threshold, when there is a period, where the output of the solar cell falls below a suppression power threshold, in an accumulation period included in a suppression period in which the output of the solar cell is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiro BABA, Tetsuya TAKENAKA, Yuki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20180123508
    Abstract: The disclosure reduces the occurrence of an inrush current upon electrical connection of a storage cell, allowing immediate use. A power supply apparatus is configured to convert DC power from a solar cell and a storage cell into AC power and includes: a first capacitor disposed between the solar cell and the storage cell; and a controller configured to charge the first capacitor with power from the solar cell or a power grid and, after a first voltage of the first capacitor exceeds a second voltage of the storage cell, to electrically connect the storage cell with the first capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu INOUE, Masahiro BABA
  • Patent number: 9958936
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display unit, an optical unit, and a reflector. The display unit includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a first plane. The display unit emits light including image information. At least a portion of the light emitted by the display unit is incident on the optical unit. The optical unit includes a first optical element. A travel direction of the at least the portion of the light is modified by the first optical element. The reflector reflects the at least the portion of the light modified by the first optical element. A perpendicular direction perpendicular to the first plane is non-parallel to an optical axis of the first optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shimpei Sawada, Kazuo Horiuchi, Yoshiyuki Kokojima, Masahiro Baba
  • Publication number: 20180044491
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyvinyl alcohol-based ion-exchange membrane having practical dimensional stability and electrodialysis performance, and a method for producing the ion-exchange membrane. The present invention relates to an ion-exchange membrane which gives an infrared absorption spectrum that satisfies the relationship (A): 30?{Z?(X+Y)×30/2}/T??(A) wherein X is the absorbance at an absorption wavelength of 1690 cm?1, Y is the absorbance at an absorption wavelength of 1720 cm?1, Z is the integral value for the region lying between absorption wavelengths of 1690 cm?1 and 1720 cm1, and T (cm) is the thickness of the ion-exchange membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke KAMADA, Masahiro BABA
  • Patent number: 9893531
    Abstract: A power supply system (101) includes a first power supply apparatus (111a) and a second power supply apparatus (111b) connected to a load in parallel, for supplying power to the load (115). The first supply apparatus (111a) includes a first controller that controls the output voltage of the first supply apparatus (111a) when a power supply from the first supply apparatus (111a) to the load 115 is equal to or greater than a power requirement by the load (115), and controls the output current of the first supply apparatus (111a) when the supplied power is less than the required power. The second power supply apparatus 111b includes a second controller that stops the second supply apparatus from supplying power (111b) when the power supply is equal to or greater than the power requirement, and controls the output voltage of the power supply apparatus (111b) when the power supply is less than the power requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Baba
  • Publication number: 20180041039
    Abstract: A PCS comprises a DC/DC convertor that converts a voltage of a DC power input from a solar cell; an inverter that converts the DC power to an AC power; and a controller 134 that stops an operation of the DC/AC convertor without stopping the inverter when a condition that stops an output of the solar cell is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Masaomi SATAKE, Masahiro BABA, Yuri SATO, Kenta IGARASHI, Megumi KUWABARA