Patents by Inventor Masahiro Oono
Masahiro Oono 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: 20230270142Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material that is useful for foods, pharmaceutical preparations, cosmetic products, etc. The equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material of the invention is obtained by fermenting soybean hypocotyls using at least one microorganism having an equol-producing ability by utilizing at least one daidzein compound selected from the group consisting of diadzein glycosides, daidzein, and dihydrodaidzein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki KIMURA, Takeshi YAMAUCHI, Tomomi UENO, Toshimi SUZUKI, Kentaro TADANO, Ikutaro SATO, Shigeto UCHIYAMA, Masahiro OONO, Masatoshi MIZUNO
-
Publication number: 20180235260Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material that is useful for foods, pharmaceutical preparations, cosmetic products, etc. The equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material of the invention is obtained by fermenting soybean hypocotyls using at least one microorganism having an equol-producing ability by utilizing at least one daidzein compound selected from the group consisting of diadzein glycosides, daidzein, and dihydrodaidzein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki KIMURA, Takeshi YAMAUCHI, Tomomi UENO, Toshimi SUZUKI, Kentaro TADANO, Ikutaro SATO, Shigeto UCHIYAMA, Masahiro OONO, Masatoshi MIZUNO
-
Patent number: 9386786Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material that is useful for foods, pharmaceutical preparations, cosmetic products, etc. The equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material of the invention is obtained by fermenting soybean hypocotyls using at least one microorganism having an equol-producing ability by utilizing at least one daidzein compound selected from the group consisting of diadzein glycosides, daidzein, and dihydrodaidzein.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kimura, Takeshi Yamauchi, Tomomi Ueno, Toshimi Suzuki, Kentaro Tadano, Ikutaro Sato, Shigeto Uchiyama, Masahiro Oono, Masatoshi Mizuno
-
Publication number: 20120277303Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material that is useful for foods, pharmaceutical preparations, cosmetic products, etc. The equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material of the invention is obtained by fermenting soybean hypocotyls using at least one microorganism having an equol-producing ability by utilizing at least one daidzein compound selected from the group consisting of diadzein glycosides, daidzein, and dihydrodaidzein.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTDInventors: Hiroyuki KIMURA, Takeshi YAMAUCHI, Tomomi UENO, Toshimi SUZUKI, Kentaro TADANO, Ikutaro SATO, Shigeto UCHIYAMA, Masahiro OONO, Masatoshi MIZUNO
-
Publication number: 20120277302Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material that is useful for foods, pharmaceutical preparations, cosmetic products, etc. The equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material of the invention is obtained by fermenting soybean hypocotyls using at least one microorganism having an equol-producing ability by utilizing at least one daidzein compound selected from the group consisting of diadzein glycosides, daidzein, and dihydrodaidzein.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kimura, Takeshi Yamauchi, Tomomi Ueno, Toshimi Suzuki, Kentaro Tadano, Ikutaro Sato, Shigeto Uchiyama, Masahiro Oono, Masatoshi Mizuno
-
Patent number: 7740132Abstract: The present invention relates to a container for sheet products that makes it easy to take out each individual piece of the sheet products stacked in the container. The container having a tray-like container body (2), an opening/closing lid (3) that is slidably mounted on the container body (2), a pressing member (5) elastically pressing the sheet products (4) stored in the container (1) toward the inner surface of the opening/closing lid (3), a friction drag member (7) that is installed on the inner surface of the opening/closing lid (3) to feed out the sheet products (4) according to the closing operation of the opening/closing lid (3), and a stopper (6) formed in the container body (2) to stop the backward movement of the sheet products (4) by the friction drag member (7) when the opening/closing lid (3) is opened.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2005Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Oono, Hiroshi Kitsutaka
-
Publication number: 20090311353Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material that is useful for foods, pharmaceutical preparations, cosmetic products, etc. The equol-containing fermented soybean hypocotyl material of the invention is obtained by fermenting soybean hypocotyls using at least one microorganism having an equol-producing ability by utilizing at least one daidzein compound selected from the group consisting of diadzein glycosides, daidzein, and dihydrodaidzein.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2006Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTDInventors: Hiroyuki Kimura, Takeshi Yamauchi, Tomomi Ueno, Toshimi Suzuki, Kentaro Tadano, Ikutaro Sato, Shigeto Uchiyama, Masahiro Oono, Masatoshi Mizuno
-
Patent number: 7528882Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a multifocal optical system having at least two different focal lengths; an image pickup device for converting an optical image formed by the multifocal optical system into an image signal; a first image processor for forming an original image defined by an object image at each focal length of the multifocal optical system with the image signal received from the image pickup device; and a second image processor for trimming the original image formed by the first image processor. An object image of an angle-of-view corresponding to an intermediate focal length between the two focal lengths of the multifocal optical system is complemented by a trimmed image formed by the second image processor.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2005Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Hoya CorporationInventors: Masakazu Saori, Ryota Ogawa, Masahiro Oono
-
Publication number: 20090065390Abstract: The present invention relates to a container for sheet products that makes it easy to take out each individual piece of the sheet products stacked in the container. The container having a tray-like container body (2), an opening/closing lid (3) that is slidably mounted on the container body (2), a pressing member (5) elastically pressing the sheet products (4) stored in the container (1) toward the inner surface of the opening/closing lid (3), a friction drag member (7) that is installed on the inner surface of the opening/closing lid (3) to feed out the sheet products (4) according to the closing operation of the opening/closing lid (3), and a stopper (6) formed in the container body (2) to stop the backward movement of the sheet products (4) by the friction drag member (7) when the opening/closing lid (3) is opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2005Publication date: March 12, 2009Inventors: Masahiro Oono, Hiroshi Kitsutaka
-
Publication number: 20070232860Abstract: An endoscope comprises an electric scope and a processor. The electric scope has a CMOS sensor and a video-signal emitting unit that outputs an image signal that is imaged by the CMOS sensor and that is converted to a light signal. The processor has a video-signal photo sensor unit that receives light regarding the image signal that is output from the video-signal emitting unit, and performs an image processing operation based on the light regarding the image signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2007Publication date: October 4, 2007Applicant: PENTAX CORPORATIONInventors: Wataru KUBO, Masahiro OONO, Akira ARIMOTO, Shinichi ARAI, Koichi SATO, Koichi TSUTAMURA, Shinichi TAKAYAMA
-
Publication number: 20060056063Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a multifocal optical system having at least two different focal lengths; an image pickup device for converting an optical image formed by the multifocal optical system into an image signal; a first image processor for forming an original image defined by an object image at each focal length of the multifocal optical system with the image signal received from the image pickup device; and a second image processor for trimming the original image formed by the first image processor. An object image of an angle-of-view corresponding to an intermediate focal length between the two focal lengths of the multifocal optical system is complemented by a trimmed image formed by the second image processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2005Publication date: March 16, 2006Applicant: PENTAX CorporationInventors: Masakazu Saori, Ryota Ogawa, Masahiro Oono
-
Publication number: 20040240052Abstract: A multiple-focal-length imaging device includes at least one image sensor positioned in one plane; and a plurality of image-forming optical systems through which a plurality of images at different magnifications are formed on a plurality of different image-forming areas on the image sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Applicant: PENTAX CorporationInventors: Nobutaka Minefuji, Masahiro Oono
-
Patent number: 6724531Abstract: An optical low-pass filter used in association with an imaging element which has a plurality of pixels arranged in vertical and horizontal direction with regularity, is provided with first through third birefringent plates arranged in the order from a light incident side. The low-pass filter separates an incident ray into four rays, a separation width of the rays in the vertical direction being &dgr;v, and a separation width of the rays in the horizontal direction being &dgr;h. A separation angles of the first through third birefringent plates are &thgr;, (&thgr;−90°) and 0°, respectively, and separation widths of the first through third birefringent plates are (&dgr;v×sin &thgr;), (&dgr;v×cos &thgr;) and &dgr;h, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2001Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: PENTAX CorporationInventor: Masahiro Oono
-
Patent number: 6661579Abstract: A beam splitter for a digital camera splits light passed through a photographing lens into beams directed to a CCD and a finder optical system. The beam splitter includes at least one optical element provided with a beam splitting surface that is inclined with respect to an optical axis of the photographing lens, and a multi-layer film including a plurality of layers of dielectric materials is formed on the beam splitting surface. The multi-layer film is configured such that the beam splitting surface exhibits a substantially constant reflectivity at least for visible light that is incident on the beam splitting surface at any incident angle within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2001Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: Pentax CorporationInventors: Kiyoshi Araki, Taku Ito, Isao Okuda, Masahiro Oono, Moriyasu Kanai
-
Publication number: 20010033423Abstract: A beam splitter for a digital camera splits light passed through a photographing lens into beams directed to a CCD and a finder optical system. The beam splitter includes at least one optical element provided with a beam splitting surface that is inclined with respect to an optical axis of the photographing lens, and a multi-layer film including a plurality of layers of dielectric materials is formed on the beam splitting surface. The multi-layer film is configured such that the beam splitting surface exhibits a substantially constant reflectivity at least for visible light that is incident on the beam splitting surface at any incident angle within a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2001Publication date: October 25, 2001Inventors: Kiyoshi Araki, Taku Ito, Isao Okuda, Masahiro Oono, Moriyasu Kanai
-
Publication number: 20010010594Abstract: An optical low-pass filter used in association with an imaging element which has a plurality of pixels arranged in vertical and horizontal direction with regularity, is provided with first through third birefringent plates arranged in the order from a light incident side. The low-pass filter separates an incident ray into four rays, a separation width of the rays in the vertical direction being &dgr;v, and a separation width of the rays in the horizontal direction being &dgr;h. A separation angles of the first through third birefringent plates are &thgr;, (&thgr;−90°) and 0°, respectively, and separation widths of the first through third birefringent plates are (&dgr;v×sin &thgr;), (&dgr;v×cos &thgr;) and &dgr;h, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2001Publication date: August 2, 2001Applicant: ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro Oono
-
Patent number: 6122112Abstract: A lens position adjusting method for a zoom lens includes at least two movable lens groups, one lens group being primarily utilized for focusing and the other lens group being primarily utilized for magnification, wherein an object at a predetermined distance is in-focus when each movable lens group is positioned at each of respective initialized positions thereof with the zoom lens being set at a first focal length, and wherein each movable lens group is moved to vary magnification in accordance with a moving amount from the initialized positions of the movable lens groups.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1998Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiro Oono, Hisao Iwanade, Noboru Saitoh, Koji Sato, Sukenori Shiba, Tatsuya Yoshida, Nobuyuki Nagai
-
Patent number: 6064504Abstract: A scanning optical device includes a light source that emits a light beam; a deflector for deflecting and scanning the light beam from the light source; a scanning lens for converging the deflected light beam onto an image surface; and a mechanism for adjusting the relative position of at least one lens element of the scanning lens with respect to other lens elements of the scanning lens in an auxiliary scanning direction. Preferably, the adjustable lens element of the scanning lens be provided with an anamorphic surface having relatively larger power in the auxiliary scanning direction than in the main scanning direction. Alternatively, the above-mentioned at least one lens element may have the largest absolute value of refractive power of the lenses in the scanning lens. Further alternatively, the above-mentioned at least one lens element may be provided with a surface having the smallest absolute value of radius of curvature of all surfaces in the scanning lens.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 1997Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tadashi Minakuchi, Masahiro Oono, Mitsunori Iima, Hiroshi Kanazawa
-
Patent number: 6055378Abstract: An auto-focusing device of a camera includes a photographic lens having a focusing lens group guided along an optical axis, a stepping motor for moving the focusing lens group along the optical axis to bring an object into focus; and a controller for controlling the stepping motor to rotate stepwise when the depth of focus is smaller than a predetermined value and for controlling the stepping motor to rotate the rotor by even-numbered steps when the depth of focus of the photographic lens is greater than the predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 1998Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiro Oono, Hisao Iwanade, Noboru Saitoh, Koji Sato, Sukenori Shiba, Tatsuya Yoshida, Nobuyuki Nagai
-
Patent number: 6051949Abstract: A stepping motor driving apparatus for a camera includes 1-2 phase excitation type stepping motors and a drive controller for driving and stopping the stepping motors so that the driven stepping motors are stopped always at a detent position.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1998Date of Patent: April 18, 2000Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiro Oono, Hisao Iwanade, Noboru Saitoh, Koji Sato, Sukenori Shiba, Tatsuya Yoshida, Nobuyuki Nagai