Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kojima
Masahiro Kojima 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: 20210035000Abstract: An object is to estimate parameters of a model including censored data at high speed, with a saved memory, and with the parameters having temporal continuity. A responsibility update unit 19 updates a responsibility based on data of a newly observed sample. Then, a moment update unit 20 updates a moment based on the data of the newly observed sample. Then, a statistic update unit 21 updates each statistic based on the responsibility or the moment. Then, a parameter update unit 22 updates a parameter related to a component based on the statistics.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro KOJIMA, Hiroshi KIYOTAKE, Tatsushi MATSUBAYASHI, Hisako SHIOHARA, Hiroyuki TODA
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Publication number: 20210019553Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) determines whether a content (30-1) of a relevant account (20-1) associated with a target account (10-1) and a content (30-2) of a relevant account (20-2) associated with a target account (10-2) are similar. When the content (30-1) and the content (30-2) are similar, the information processing apparatus (2000) executes predetermined processing related to the target account (10-1) and the target account (10-2).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro TANI, Kazufumi KOJIMA
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Publication number: 20210017265Abstract: Disclosed is an isolated monoclonal antibody against a human TGF-? LAP degradate, the isolated monoclonal being capable of recognizing an integrin binding site in the human TGF-? LAP degradate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicants: RIKEN, THE JIKEI UNIVERSITY, SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Ikuyo INOUE, Soichi Kojima, Mikako Shirouzu, Chiemi Tsumagari, Takehisa Matsumoto, Takashi Saito, Toshitada Takemori, Tomokazu Matsuura, Takahiro Masaki, Masahiro Miura, Kozo Suto
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Patent number: 10894798Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the general formula (Ia) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In the general formula (Ia), two R moieties each independently represent a C1-3 alkyl group or the like; and R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent an optionally substituted linear or branched C1-4 alkyl group.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Noriaki Iwase, Yasuhiro Aga, Shigeru Ushiyama, Shigeyuki Kono, Hidetoshi Sunamoto, Takashi Matsushita, Sayaka Ogi, Satoshi Umezaki, Masahiro Kojima, Kazuhiro Onuma, Yusuke Shiraishi, Makoto Okudo, Tomio Kimura
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Patent number: 10847279Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel sulfur-based positive-electrode active material which can largely improve cyclability of a lithium-ion secondary battery, a positive electrode comprising the positive-electrode active material and a lithium-ion secondary battery comprising the positive electrode. The sulfur-based positive-electrode active material is one comprising: a carbon skeleton derived from a polymer composed of a monomer unit having at least one hetero atom-containing moiety, and sulfur incorporated into the carbon skeleton as the carbon skeleton is formed from the polymer by heat treatment.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignees: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Tatsuya Kubo, Toshikatsu Kojima, Tetsuo Sakai, Akihiro Yamano, Masahiro Yanagida
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Patent number: 10816433Abstract: A leakage inspection method and leakage inspection device for container to be inspected are provided. When a container to be inspected having a deformable flexible part is to be inspected for leakage, the container to be inspected is filled with an inspection gas containing helium, the container to be inspected, which has been filled with the inspection gas, is disposed in an inspection chamber partitioned from the outside, and an upward flow of a carrier gas is formed from the lower part to the upper part of the container to be inspected. A leakage of the inspection gas filled in the container to be inspected is then detected on the basis of the result of measuring the concentration of helium in the carrier gas collected at a position higher than a position where the carrier gas is fed into the inspection chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: JGC JAPAN CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Kawano, Takeshi Kojima, Yasubumi Kato, Megumi Tazawa, Yimeng Xu
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Publication number: 20200324562Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus 1 includes a carriage 2 configured to reciprocate relative to a medium, and a plurality of discharging units 4 attached to the carriage 2 and configured to discharge liquid onto the medium. At a plurality of replacement positions in a reciprocation direction B of the carriage 2, the carriage 2 allows the plurality of discharging units 4 to be replaced. At the plurality of replacement positions for the carriage 2, a discharging unit to be replaced, among the plurality of discharging units, is accessible from downstream in a discharge direction C of the liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Masahiro IDO, Kenji KOJIMA, Masaru JINGUSHI, Seigo MIZUTANI, Takahiro KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 10803930Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system comprising includes a semiconductor memory and a memory controller. The memory controller is configured to obtain first data read from the semiconductor memory using a first voltage, obtain second data read from the semiconductor memory using a second voltage, calculate a first value for a first section of the first data using the first data and the second data, calculate a second value for a second section of the first data using the first data and the second data, calculate a third value for a third section of the first data using the first data and the second data, and correct an error of the first data using the first to third values.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Toshiba Memory CorporationInventors: Masahiro Kiyooka, Yoshihisa Kojima, Toshikatsu Hida
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Patent number: 10778882Abstract: A focusing adjustment unit changes a relative positions of an optical system and an element of a camera the imaging direction of which faces a predetermined target shooting position from a first side to a second side in an imaging direction. Each time the focusing adjustment unit changes the relative position of the optical system and the element, an evaluation unit calculates an evaluation score monotonically increasing relative to a standard deviation in an adjustment range of an image captured by the camera, the adjustment range being such that an adjustment member a pattern of a plurality of colors provided at the target shooting position comes out. A focusing position determination unit determines a focusing position of the camera based on a change of the evaluation score calculated by the evaluation unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Inoue, Yohei Kojima
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Patent number: 10759781Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of general formula (I) (wherein, R1, X, p and q are as described in the present description and claims), or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing that compound.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ken-ichi Komori, Akishi Ninomiya, Shigeru Ushiyama, Masaru Shinohara, Koji Ito, Tetsuo Kawaguchi, Yasunori Tokunaga, Hiroyoshi Kawada, Haruka Yamada, Yusuke Shiraishi, Masahiro Kojima, Masaaki Ito, Tomio Kimura
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Publication number: 20200172102Abstract: A vehicle motion control system includes: a steering angle sensor for detecting a steering angle; a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a vehicle speed; a lateral acceleration sensor for detecting an actual lateral acceleration of a vehicle body; a reference lateral acceleration calculation unit configured to calculate a reference lateral acceleration from the steering angle and the vehicle speed; a required longitudinal force calculation unit configured to calculate a required longitudinal force for reducing a deviation of the actual lateral acceleration relative to the reference lateral acceleration; and a longitudinal force control unit configured to control an output of at least one of a brake and a power plant such that the required longitudinal force is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Masahiro HIROTA, Takeshi KOJIMA, Naoto OKUBO, Hitoshi SASAKI, Shigeru DOI, Ryoma KANDA, Yuya GOTO
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Publication number: 20200140009Abstract: A vehicle behavior stabilization system includes a yaw moment applying device configured to apply a yaw moment to the vehicle, a vehicle behavior stabilization control unit configured to selectively control the yaw moment applying device in such a way to stabilize a vehicle behavior according to a computed rear wheel slip angle in relation to a start threshold value and an end threshold value, and a threshold value correcting unit configured to correct the start threshold value and the end threshold value according to a change rate of the computed rear wheel slip angle and/or a change rate of a computed vehicle body slip angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Hitoshi SASAKI, Masahiro HIROTA, Takeshi KOJIMA, Naoto OKUBO
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Patent number: 10643162Abstract: A method includes: first creating determination information on whether or not the second file is derived from the first file based on a file name or file content of a first file to which writing is performed by a first job and a file name or file content of a second file from which reading is performed by a second job; second creating predecessor-successor information indicating a predecessor-successor relationship between the first job and the second job based on the determination information; and outputting the predecessor-successor information in a manner that allows an administrator to keep track of the predecessor-successor relationship between the first job and the second job.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Masashi Katou, Masahiro Fukuda, Shinji Nagasawa, Takamasa Ohashi, Kazuyuki Sakai, Yuta Kojima, Eiichi Higuchi, Shotaro Okada
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Publication number: 20200114789Abstract: To make it possible to improve seated person's posture stability with respect to input vibration, and more improve a vibration absorption characteristic or an impact absorption characteristic caused by impact vibration as compared with conventional ones. A suspension mechanism 1 has a structure in which two suspension units 100, 200 which support a movable support part 140 and a seat support part 240 through link mechanisms 110, 120 respectively are arranged in two upper and lower stages, and a configuration such that, when the movable support part 140 and the seat support part 240 move up and down relatively in response to input vibration, the two link mechanisms 110, 210 supporting the respective parts are operated to rotate in opposite directions to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicants: DELTA KOGYO CO., LTD., DELTA TOOLING CO., LTD.Inventors: Etsunori FUJITA, Yumi OGURA, Shigeyuki KOJIMA, Masahiro MASHINO
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Publication number: 20200100664Abstract: There is provided an endoscopic device, including: an image sensor section including an image sensor that senses and converts lights into an electrical signal; a substrate that is electrically connected to the image sensor section; and an intermediate unit, interposed between the image sensor section and the substrate, that electrically connects the image sensor section and the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicants: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Sony CorporationInventors: Naoyuki OHNO, Masahiro KOJIMA, Shigeru TESHIGAHARA
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Publication number: 20200079570Abstract: A storage box includes a wall including: a packaging member; and a heat transfer body and a cold storage agent that are stored in the packaging member. The cold storage agent is disposed closer to an outer surface of the storage box than the heat transfer body is. Consequently, a chill from the cold storage agent spreads over the heat transfer body, and the chill is transferred to an inside of the storage box through the heat transfer body. Thus, a temperature can be more homogeneously maintained in the storage box.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: TOMOAKI KITANO, MASAHIRO KAGIMOTO, HIDEJI KAWARAZAKI, SHINYA KOJIMA
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Publication number: 20200079575Abstract: A thermally insulated container includes a container main body having a storage section and an opening, a lid body that covers the opening of the container main body, and an inner box stored in the storage section. The lid body has a convex portion arranged along a periphery of the opening of the container main body and protruding toward an inside of the storage section when the lid body covers the opening. The convex portion faces the inner box, with a gap between the convex portion and the inner box when the lid body covers the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: TOMOAKI KITANO, MASAHIRO KAGIMOTO, TOSHIAKI HIRANO, HIDEJI KAWARAZAKI, SHINYA KOJIMA
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Patent number: 10561306Abstract: There is provided an endoscopic device, including: an image sensor section including an image sensor that senses and converts lights into an electrical signal; a substrate that is electrically connected to the image sensor section; and an intermediate unit, interposed between the image sensor section and the substrate, that electrically connects the image sensor section and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignees: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC., SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Naoyuki Ohno, Masahiro Kojima, Shigeru Teshigahara
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Publication number: 20200046891Abstract: A filter container for separating cells includes a tubular filter member-housing part having an opening at each longitudinal end, a liquid inlet port on a first opening end side of the filter member-housing part, a liquid outlet port on a second opening end side of the filter member-housing part, a first filter-pressing part on the first opening end side, and a second filter-pressing part on the second opening end side. The first filter-pressing part includes three or more first protrusions, and the ratio of an area of a polygon formed by individually connecting the tips of the three or more first protrusions to a cross-sectional area of an inner space of the filter member-housing part at the first protrusion position is controlled within a preset range.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Keita Yamashita, Masahiro Kojima, Koshin Ushizaki
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Publication number: 20200048097Abstract: A method of producing a graphite film has an excellent appearance and excellent thermal diffusivity. A graphite film production method includes the steps of: preparing a polyimide film having a heating loss rate X of 0.13% to 10%, which heating loss rate X is represented by: heating loss rate X=(b?a)/a . . . Formula (1); and graphitizing the polyimide film by subjecting the polyimide film to a heat treatment. Where (i) a represents a mass of the polyimide film after the polyimide film is heated at 400° C. for 15 minutes and (ii) b represents a mass of the polyimide film after the polyimide film is heated at 150° C. for 15 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2017Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: KANEKA CorporationInventors: Motoaki KOBAYASHI, Masahiro KOJIMA, Yasushi NISHIKAWA