Patents by Inventor Masahiro Hayakawa
Masahiro Hayakawa 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: 20240102552Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes: a first pulley and a second pulley each including a fixed pulley and a movable pulley; and an endless member wound around the first pulley and the second pulley, wherein the continuously variable transmission continuously changes a speed ratio by controlling a thrust of the movable pulley with a hydraulic pressure, the thrust of the movable pulley is made smaller as a rotation speed of the first pulley decreases, and when the rotation speed of the first pulley is lower than a predetermined rotation speed, the thrust of the movable pulley in a case where the speed ratio is on a Low side of the predetermined speed ratio is not made smaller than the thrust of the movable pulley in a case where the speed ratio is on a High side of the predetermined speed ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicants: JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shou OKUTANI, Masahiro KUSUDA, Tomohiro UTAGAWA, Hironori MIYAISHI, Seiichirou TAKAHASHI, Yusuke NAKANO, Hiromu SOYA, Jumpei HAYAKAWA, Makoto OGURI
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Publication number: 20240061359Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect an amount of developer stored in a developing container and to output remaining amount information; and a control unit configured to perform control, during a replenishment of the developer to the developing container using a replenishment container, to cause a display unit to display a message related to the replenishment. When the replenishment is instructed, the control unit is further configured to perform a first control during the replenishment in a case where the remaining amount information indicates a first remaining amount, and configured to perform a second control different from the first control during the replenishment in a case where the remaining amount information indicates a second remaining amount greater than the first remaining amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: NOBUYUKI KOBAYASHI, KENICHI IIDA, MASAHIRO HAYAKAWA, MASAAKI SATO, HARUYUKI HOTTA
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Patent number: 11874612Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect an amount of developer stored in a developing container and to output remaining amount information; and a control unit configured to perform control, during a replenishment of the developer to the developing container using a replenishment container, to cause a display unit to display a message related to the replenishment. When the replenishment is instructed, the control unit is further configured to perform a first control during the replenishment in a case where the remaining amount information indicates a first remaining amount, and configured to perform a second control different from the first control during the replenishment in a case where the remaining amount information indicates a second remaining amount greater than the first remaining amount.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Kenichi Iida, Masahiro Hayakawa, Masaaki Sato, Haruyuki Hotta
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Patent number: 11648974Abstract: A steering support includes a body portion provided with an internal space, and first and second fastening portions. The first fastening portion is provided to form a first steering fastening portion configured to fasten the body portion and a steering of a vehicle. The second fastening portion is provided to form a miscellaneous member fastening portion configured to fasten the body portion and a miscellaneous member of the vehicle. At least part of the first steering fastening portion and at least a part of the miscellaneous member fastening portion are located on a substantially straight line that passes through the internal space.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: FUTABA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Norito Nishizawa, Masahiro Hayakawa
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Patent number: 11580326Abstract: A method is for matching a set of first classes assigned to a first data set with a set of second classes assigned to a second data set. The method includes constructing, via a set of pre-processing functions, a plurality of alignment profiles such that at least one alignment profile is assigned to each of the first classes and each of the second classes. The method includes generating a comparison matrix for each group of the alignment profiles, such that each group includes at least one of the first classes and at least one of the second classes. The method includes training a first machine learning model, through supervised training, based on the generated comparison matrices and based on probabilistic labels generated by a second machine learning model.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Bin Cheng, Jonathan Fuerst, Mauricio Fadel Argerich, Masahiro Hayakawa, Atsushi Kitazawa
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Publication number: 20220370510Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel medical application of pluripotent stem cells (muse cells) in regeneration medicine. The present invention provides a cell preparation and a pharmaceutical composition which are for amelioration and treatment of brain disorders resulting from fetal growth retardation, such as abnormal motor quality or abnormal neurological development, and which contain SSEA-3 positive pluripotent stem cells isolated from a mesenchymal tissue from a live body or cultured mesenchymal cells. It is assumed that this cell preparation is based on a mechanism where muse cells that are administered to objects having the disorders are engrafted on an impaired brain tissue, thereby ameliorating or treating the disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicants: National University Corporation Nagoya University, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, Life Science Institute, Inc.Inventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Yuma KITASE, Shinobu SHIMIZU, Masaaki MIZUNO, Masahiro HAYAKAWA, Mari DEZAWA, Masahiro TSUJI
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Publication number: 20220155705Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect an amount of developer stored in a developing container and to output remaining amount information; and a control unit configured to perform control, during a replenishment of the developer to the developing container using a replenishment container, to cause a display unit to display a message related to the replenishment. When the replenishment is instructed, the control unit is further configured to perform a first control during the replenishment in a case where the remaining amount information indicates a first remaining amount, and configured to perform a second control different from the first control during the replenishment in a case where the remaining amount information indicates a second remaining amount greater than the first remaining amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Kenichi Iida, Masahiro Hayakawa, Masaaki Sato, Haruyuki Hotta
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Patent number: 11269266Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect an amount of developer stored in a developing container and to output remaining amount information; and a control unit configured to perform control, during a replenishment of the developer to the developing container using a replenishment container, to cause a display unit to display a message related to the replenishment. When the replenishment is instructed, the control unit is further configured to perform a first control during the replenishment in a case where the remaining amount information indicates a first remaining amount, and configured to perform a second control different from the first control during the replenishment in a case where the remaining amount information indicates a second remaining amount greater than the first remaining amount.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Kenichi Iida, Masahiro Hayakawa, Masaaki Sato, Haruyuki Hotta
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Publication number: 20210253154Abstract: A steering support includes a body portion provided with an internal space, and first and second fastening portions. The first fastening portion is provided to form a first steering fastening portion configured to fasten the body portion and a steering of a vehicle. The second fastening portion is provided to form a miscellaneous member fastening portion configured to fasten the body portion and a miscellaneous member of the vehicle. At least part of the first steering fastening portion and at least a part of the miscellaneous member fastening portion are located on a substantially straight line that passes through the internal space.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Norito Nishizawa, Masahiro Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20210201076Abstract: A method is for matching a set of first classes assigned to a first data set with a set of second classes assigned to a second data set. The method includes constructing, via a set of pre-processing functions, a plurality of alignment profiles such that at least one alignment profile is assigned to each of the first classes and each of the second classes. The method includes generating a comparison matrix for each group of the alignment profiles, such that each group includes at least one of the first classes and at least one of the second classes. The method includes training a first machine learning model, through supervised training, based on the generated comparison matrices and based on probabilistic labels generated by a second machine learning model.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Bin Cheng, Jonathan Fuerst, Mauricio Fadel Argerich, Masahiro Hayakawa, Atsushi Kitazawa
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Publication number: 20210041803Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect an amount of developer stored in a developing container and to output remaining amount information; and a control unit configured to perform control, during a replenishment of the developer to the developing container using, a replenishment container, to cause a display unit to display a message related to the replenishment. When the replenishment is instructed, the control unit is further configured to perform a first control during the replenishment in a case where the remaining amount information indicates a first remaining amount, and configured to perform a second control different from the first control during the replenishment in a case where the remaining amount information indicates a second remaining amount greater than the first remaining amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Kenichi Iida, Masahiro Hayakawa, Masaaki Sato, Haruyuki Hotta
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Publication number: 20200234010Abstract: In a structured natural language (SNL) knowledge system capable of storing SNL sentences in a database. The structured natural language sentence composition module composes an SNL (Structured Natural Language) sentence, and the sentence translator translates an SNL descriptive sentence or an SNL question sentence to SQL (Structured Query Language) queries, and translates the components stored in the database back to the SNL sentence.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicants: BIOMEDICAL OBJECTS, INC., NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.Inventors: Chen-Yu SHEU, Masahiro HAYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20200197446Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel medical application of pluripotent stem cells (muse cells) in regeneration medicine. The present invention provides a cell preparation and a pharmaceutical composition which are for amelioration and treatment of brain disorders resulting from fetal growth retardation, such as abnormal motor quality or abnormal neurological development, and which contain SSEA-3 positive pluripotent stem cells isolated from a mesenchymal tissue from a live body or cultured mesenchymal cells. It is assumed that this cell preparation is based on a mechanism where muse cells that are administered to objects having the disorders are engrafted on an impaired brain tissue, thereby ameliorating or treating the disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicants: National University Corporation Nagoya University, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, Life Science Institute, Inc.Inventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Yuma KITASE, Shinobu SHIMIZU, Masaaki MIZUNO, Masahiro HAYAKAWA, Mari DEZAWA, Masahiro TSUJI
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Publication number: 20190290702Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel use of pluripotent stem cells (Muse cells) for medical purposes in regenerative medicine. The present invention provides a cell preparation and a pharmaceutical composition both for ameliorating and treating perinatal brain damage including learning disability and motor disability, each of the cell preparation and the pharmaceutical composition containing SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cells isolated from a mesenchymal tissue collected from a living body or cultured mesenchymal cells. The cell preparation according to the present invention relies on a mechanism that Muse cells are administered to a subject having the above-mentioned damage to cause the engraftment of the Muse cells in a damaged brain tissue, thereby ameliorating and treating the damage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2017Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Yoshiaki Sato, Toshihiko Suzuki, Shinobu Shimizu, Masaaki Mizuno, Masahiro Hayakawa, Mari Dezawa
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Publication number: 20190240262Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel medical use of pluripotent stem cells (Muse cells) in the regenerative medicine area. Provided are a cell preparation and a medicinal composition for ameliorating and treating chronic lung disease in newborns, said cell preparation and medicinal composition comprising SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cells isolated from a mesenchymal tissue in a living body or cultured mesenchymal cells. The cell preparation according to the present invention is based on a mechanism whereby the aforesaid disease is ameliorated and treated by administering Muse cells to a subject suffering from the disease and engrafting the cells in lung tissues.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicants: National University Corporation Nagoya University, Life Science Institute, Inc., TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Yoshiaki SATO, Toshihiko SUZUKI, Shinobu SHIMIZU, Masaaki MIZUNO, Masahiro HAYAKAWA, Mari DEZAWA
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Patent number: 9488233Abstract: A control device for an electromagnetic clutch includes: a first switch that is connected to one end of an electromagnetic coil forming the electromagnetic clutch; a second switch that is connected to the other end of the electromagnetic coil; and a microcomputer that controls an on/off state of both switches. The control device further includes: a first diode having its anode terminal connected between the electromagnetic coil and the first switch and its cathode terminal connected between the second switch and an in-vehicle power source; and a second diode having its anode terminal connected to the ground and its cathode terminal connected between the electromagnetic coil and the second switch. The microcomputer stops power supply to the electromagnetic coil by turning off both switches.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Hayakawa, Tsutomu Matsumoto
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Patent number: 9227352Abstract: An injection molding machine including an ejector unit configured to eject a molding product from a mold, wherein the ejector unit includes a slide base freely movable relative to a toggle support disposed at a platen supporting the mold, a toggle mechanism configured to connect the toggle support and the slide base, disposed between the toggle support and the slide base, a driving source configured to operate the toggle mechanism in such a way that a distance between the toggle support and the slide base is changed, and an ejection member movable in conjunction with the slide base.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Takeuchi, Masahiro Hayakawa, Yosuke Ito, Akihisa Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20150260239Abstract: A control device for an electromagnetic clutch includes: a first switch that is connected to one end of an electromagnetic coil forming the electromagnetic clutch; a second switch that is connected to the other end of the electromagnetic coil; and a microcomputer that controls an on/off state of both switches. The control device further includes: a first diode having its anode terminal connected between the electromagnetic coil and the first switch and its cathode terminal connected between the second switch and an in-vehicle power source; and a second diode having its anode terminal connected to the ground and its cathode terminal connected between the electromagnetic coil and the second switch. The microcomputer stops power supply to the electromagnetic coil by turning off both switches.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Masahiro HAYAKAWA, Tsutomu MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 9108401Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a head for ejecting ink, a moving mechanism for moving a recording medium, and a control part for controlling these constituent elements. The control part includes an information storage part, a conversion part, and a correction part. The conversion part converts input image data into converted image data which is suitable for image recording. The information storage part stores an LUT indicating a relation between the input image data and the converted image data for each head and each type of recording medium. The correction part updates the LUT on a representative recording medium on the basis of correction amounts determined in accordance with reference images which are recorded onto the representative recording medium and further updates the LUT on another type of recording medium. By virtue of providing this correction part, it is possible to simplify a correcting operation of recording densities.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2012Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Hayakawa, Keiji Hatano
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Patent number: 9108352Abstract: An injection molding machine includes a cylinder that feeds a molding material, a screw that is rotatably and advanceably/retractably provided in the cylinder, a plasticizing motor that rotates the screw, a rotation transmission part that is provided in a rear side of the screw in an axial direction of the screw and configured to transmit rotation of the plasticizing motor to the screw. The rotation transmission part includes first and second transmission members provided in a passage where the rotation of the plasticizing motor is transmitted to the screw. The first transmission member is provided toward the plasticizing motor. The second transmission member is provided toward the screw. The first and second transmission members are connected to move relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Takeuchi, Masahiro Hayakawa, Hiromichi Nosaka