Patents by Inventor Masahiro Muraoka

Masahiro Muraoka 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).

  • Patent number: 9946439
    Abstract: A display device includes a storage storing a plurality of rules including first and second rules, a designator that designates one rule of the plurality of rules, and a controller that causes a screen to transition from one screen to another screen in accordance with the one rule. The first rule includes a rule that causes a screen to transition from a first screen to a second screen in response to a user's first action, and a rule that causes a screen to transition from the first screen to a third screen in response to a user's second action. The second rule includes a rule that causes a screen to transition from the first screen to the second screen in response to a user's third action, and a rule that causes a screen to transition from the second screen to the third screen in response to the user's third action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yuta Yamanoi, Akira Kubo, Kouta Wada, Masahiro Muraoka
  • Publication number: 20180046329
    Abstract: A display device includes a storage storing a plurality of rules including first and second rules, a designator that designates one rule of the plurality of rules, and a controller that causes a screen to transition from one screen to another screen in accordance with the one rule. The first rule includes a rule that causes a screen to transition from a first screen to a second screen in response to a user's first action, and a rule that causes a screen to transition from the first screen to a third screen in response to a users second action. The second rule includes a rule that causes a screen to transition from the first screen to the second screen in response to a user's third action, and a rule that causes a screen to transition from the second screen to the third screen in response to the user's third action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Yuta Yamanoi, Akira Kubo, Kouta Wada, Masahiro Muraoka
  • Patent number: 7435362
    Abstract: The invention relates to redox-switchable material comprising a redox-active moiety adsorbed, bonded or both, to a semiconductor material. Among the preferred redox-active moieties disclosed herein are ferrocenes, acridines, and quinones though any such moiety may be employed. The redox-switchable material of this invention may be used to selectively remove one or more selected solutes from an aqueous solution wherein adsorption/complexation of the solute is influenced by the oxidation state of the redox-active moiety. In an alternative embodiment, inclusion moieties that are covalently bound to the redox-active moiety are employed to achieve selective complexation of the desired solute. Other possible applications of the disclosed materials are photoerasable writing media, electrochromic or photochromic materials, catalysis, and solar energy storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on behalf of the University of Navada
    Inventors: Masahiro Muraoka, Stephen L. Gillett, Thomas W. Bell
  • Publication number: 20050227071
    Abstract: The invention relates to redox-switchable material comprising a redox-active moiety adsorbed, bonded or both, to a semiconductor material. Among the preferred redox-active moieties disclosed herein are ferrocenes, acridines, and quinones though any such moiety may be employed. The redox-switchable material of this invention may be used to selectively remove one or more selected solutes from an aqueous solution wherein adsorption/complexation of the solute is influenced by the oxidation state of the redox-active moiety. In an alternative embodiment, inclusion moieties that are covalently bound to the redox-active moiety are employed to achieve selective complexation of the desired solute. Other possible applications of the disclosed materials are photoerasable writing media, electrochromic or photochromic materials, catalysis, and solar energy storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Masahiro Muraoka, Stephen Gillett, Thomas Bell