Patents by Inventor Masamichi Tanaka
Masamichi Tanaka 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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Patent number: 10732168Abstract: Provided are a cell imaging device and a cell imaging method that can shorten the time period of taking images of cells in a liquid sample, compared with conventional techniques. This cell imaging device introduces a urine sample containing cells into an internal space of a sample cell, moves at least one of the sample cell and an objective lens in a second direction while at least one of the sample cell and the objective lens is moved in a first direction, the second direction being different from the first direction, and takes, at a plurality of imaging positions, images of cells contained in the urine sample by means of an imaging unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu Fukuda, Masamichi Tanaka, Yanyan Liu, Ryosuke Fujii, Takumi Inutsuka, Tomoyuki Tsukahara
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Publication number: 20200158624Abstract: A urine analysis system according to an embodiment includes: a testing apparatus that measures particles included in a urine sample according to a flow cytometry method; an image capturing apparatus that captures images of particles in the urine sample to acquire particle images; and a management apparatus that receives a measurement result obtained by the testing apparatus and the particle images acquired by the image capturing apparatus. The management apparatus generates an order to capture an image of the urine sample based on the measurement result obtained by the testing apparatus. The image capturing apparatus executes the image capturing processing of the particles in the urine sample for which the image capturing order has been generated by the management apparatus, and transmits the acquired particle images to the management apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu FUKUDA, Masamichi TANAKA, Yousuke TANAKA
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Patent number: 10585032Abstract: A urine analysis system according to an embodiment includes: a testing apparatus that measures particles included in a urine sample according to a flow cytometry method; an image capturing apparatus that captures images of particles in the urine sample to acquire particle images; and a management apparatus that receives a measurement result obtained by the testing apparatus and the particle images acquired by the image capturing apparatus. The management apparatus generates an order to capture an image of the urine sample based on the measurement result obtained by the testing apparatus. The image capturing apparatus executes the image capturing processing of the particles in the urine sample for which the image capturing order has been generated by the management apparatus, and transmits the acquired particle images to the management apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu Fukuda, Masamichi Tanaka, Yousuke Tanaka
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Patent number: 9989469Abstract: Disclosed is a sample analyzer comprising: a sample measuring section including a detecting section for detecting a component contained in a sample and a flow path for feeding the sample to the detecting section; and a control section. The control section is programmed to automatically control the sample measuring section to flow a sample blank free of particles to the detecting section and detect a component contained in the sample blank to check a background of the detection after the sample measuring section performs washing of the flow path.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu Fukuda, Masamichi Tanaka, Rumi Takata
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Patent number: 9929710Abstract: A laminated composite electronic device has a circuit including a coil and a capacitor within a laminate having a plurality of conductor layers laminated with an insulating layer interposed between the respective ones of the conductor layers. The device includes a coil conductor arranged on a first conductor layer and forming part of the coil, and a pair of capacitor electrodes for forming the capacitor, one of which is arranged on a second conductor layer such that the one capacitor electrode laps over the coil conductor when viewed from a laminating direction of the laminate, wherein the coil conductor forms part of the coil, and simultaneously serves as the other of the pair of capacitor electrode for forming part of the capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Masamichi Tanaka, Tomokazu Ito
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Publication number: 20180017480Abstract: A urine analysis system according to an embodiment includes: a testing apparatus that measures particles included in a urine sample according to a flow cytometry method; an image capturing apparatus that captures images of particles in the urine sample to acquire particle images; and a management apparatus that receives a measurement result obtained by the testing apparatus and the particle images acquired by the image capturing apparatus. The management apparatus generates an order to capture an image of the urine sample based on the measurement result obtained by the testing apparatus. The image capturing apparatus executes the image capturing processing of the particles in the urine sample for which the image capturing order has been generated by the management apparatus, and transmits the acquired particle images to the management apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu FUKUDA, Masamichi TANAKA, Yousuke TANAKA
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Publication number: 20170285000Abstract: Provided are a cell imaging device and a cell imaging method that can shorten the time period of taking images of cells in a liquid sample, compared with conventional techniques. This cell imaging device introduces a urine sample containing cells into an internal space of a sample cell, moves at least one of the sample cell and an objective lens in a second direction while at least one of the sample cell and the objective lens is moved in a first direction, the second direction being different from the first direction, and takes, at a plurality of imaging positions, images of cells contained in the urine sample by means of an imaging unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Masakazu FUKUDA, Masamichi TANAKA, Yanyan LIU, Ryosuke FUJII, Takumi INUTSUKA, Tomoyuki TSUKAHARA
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Patent number: 9746461Abstract: A urine analyzer capable of operating in a urine measurement mode and a body fluid measurement mode, the urine analyzer includes a specimen preparing section configured to prepare a measurement specimen and a detecting section configured to derive signals of particles in the measurement specimen supplied from the specimen preparing section. A computer and a memory including programs on a computer-readable medium that enable the computer to execute operations to control the specimen preparing section and the detecting section in the urine measurement mode and in the body fluid measurement mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu Fukuda, Masamichi Tanaka
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Patent number: 9500665Abstract: A sample processing apparatus comprises an aspirating member which comprises a pump at one side and which is configured to aspirate a sample from the other side, a sensor which is configured to sense the presence or absence of a liquid at a predetermined position of the aspirating member, and a controller which is programmed to execute operations. The operations comprise controlling the aspirating member to aspirate a sample, obtaining a first sensing result by the sensor when the aspirating member aspirates a sample, controlling the aspirating member to aspirate air after aspirating a sample, obtaining a second sensing result by the sensor when the aspirating member aspirates air, and detecting an error in the aspirating operation, based on the first sensing result and the second sensing result.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu Fukuda, Masamichi Tanaka
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Publication number: 20160307702Abstract: A laminated composite electronic device has a circuit including a coil and a capacitor within a laminate having a plurality of conductor layers laminated with an insulating layer interposed between the respective ones of the conductor layers. The device includes a coil conductor arranged on a first conductor layer and forming part of the coil, and a pair of capacitor electrodes for forming the capacitor, one of which is arranged on a second conductor layer such that the one capacitor electrode laps over the coil conductor when viewed from a laminating direction of the laminate, wherein the coil conductor forms part of the coil, and simultaneously serves as the other of the pair of capacitor electrode for forming part of the capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: TDK CorporationInventors: Masamichi TANAKA, Tomokazu ITO
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Patent number: 9273574Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided an exhaust gas purifying filter capable of effectively removing collected particulate matter. An exhaust gas purifying filter of the present invention includes an inflow surface into which exhaust gas including particulate matter flows, an exhaust surface which exhausts purified gas, and a filter substrate which is constructed of a porous body, wherein the filter substrate includes porous partitions and gas passages which are enclosed by the partitions, and a porous film, which includes silicon carbide and pores having a smaller pore diameter than the pores of the partitions, is provided on the surface of the partitions, and a silicon dioxide layer is formed on at least an outer surface portion of the porous film.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignees: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masamichi Tanaka, Atsushi Kishimoto, Tadashi Neya, Keita Ishizaki
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Patent number: 9107323Abstract: A bandpass filter module includes a mounting board and a BPF chip mounted on a surface thereof. The BPF chip includes three or more resonators; a first-stage resonator located closest to an input terminal, a final-stage resonator located closest to an output terminal, and a middle-stage resonator connected between the first-stage and the final-stage resonators and located in a chip middle zone. The mounting board includes an area overlapping with the chip middle zone, viewed in plan, defining a ground-free space in which no ground electrode is disposed. The ground-free space is formed at least from the surface of the mounting board to a depth position at which a topmost internal wiring layer is located. The middle-stage resonator is prevented from being coupled to ground electrodes on the mounting board and from a lower Q-value and increased insertion loss.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Shigemitsu Tomaki, Yoshikazu Tsuya, Masamichi Tanaka, Isao Abe
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Publication number: 20150000428Abstract: A sample processing apparatus comprises an aspirating member which comprises a pump at one side and which is configured to aspirate a sample from the other side, a sensor which is configured to sense the presence or absence of a liquid at a predetermined position of the aspirating member, and a controller which is programmed to execute operations. The operations comprise controlling the aspirating member to aspirate a sample, obtaining a first sensing result by the sensor when the aspirating member aspirates a sample, controlling the aspirating member to aspirate air after aspirating a sample, obtaining a second sensing result by the sensor when the aspirating member aspirates air, and detecting an error in the aspirating operation, based on the first sensing result and the second sensing result.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Masakazu FUKUDA, Masamichi TANAKA
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Publication number: 20140356895Abstract: Disclosed is a bacteria analyzing method comprising: irradiating with light a measurement sample prepared by mixing a specimen and a reagent; obtaining two types of optical information from each of at least some particles contained in the measurement sample; and generating a measurement result of the specimen with a flag representing morphological characteristics of bacteria contained in the specimen based on both of: (i) information indicative of a characteristic of a distribution pattern of particles plotted in a first region of a coordinate space including at least two axes, wherein the two types of optical information are scalable along the respective axes, and (ii) information representing a number of particles plotted in a second region being a part of the first region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Masamichi TANAKA, Shota TATEYAMA, Masakazu FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20140245724Abstract: Provided are an exhaust purification catalyst which purifies an exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine and in which high catalytic activity at a low temperature and high durability at a high temperature are compatible with each other, and an exhaust emission control device for the internal combustion engine in which the exhaust purification catalyst is used. The exhaust purification catalyst is a catalyst in which a noble metal particle is carried on a surface of a silicon carbide particle. The catalyst is a noble-metal-carrying silicon carbide particle (1) in which a noble metal particle (3) is carried on a surface of a silicon carbide particle (2) in a state of being coated with an oxide layer (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masamichi Tanaka, Nobuhiro Hidaka, Katsunori Hanamura
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Publication number: 20140242633Abstract: A urine analyzer capable of operating in a urine measurement mode and a body fluid measurement mode, the urine analyzer includes a specimen preparing section configured to prepare a measurement specimen and a detecting section configured to derive signals of particles in the measurement specimen supplied from the specimen preparing section. A computer and a memory including programs on a computer-readable medium that enable the computer to execute operations to control the specimen preparing section and the detecting section in the urine measurement mode and in the body fluid measurement mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Sysmex CorporationInventors: Masakazu FUKUDA, Masamichi TANAKA
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Patent number: 8741020Abstract: An object is to provide an exhaust gas purification filter that can achieve high trapping efficiency of particulate matter and low pressure loss, and the exhaust gas purification filter includes an inflow surface through which exhaust gas containing particulate matter flows in, a discharge surface from which purified gas is discharged, and a filter base body that is formed from a porous body, wherein the filter base body includes porous partition walls and gas flow paths surrounded by the partition walls, a porous film having a pore size smaller than that of pores of the partition walls is provided on each surface of the partition walls, and microgrooves having a depth shallower than the thickness of the porous film are formed on at least a part of a surface of the porous film.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignees: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Kishimoto, Masamichi Tanaka, Keita Ishizaki, Katsunori Hanamura
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Patent number: 8657914Abstract: There is provided an exhaust gas purifying filter, which includes an inflow surface into which exhaust gas including particulate matter flows, an exhaust surface from which purified gas is exhausted, and a filter substrate which is constructed of a porous body, the filter substrate including a porous partition and a gas passage which is enclosed by the porous partition, a porous film which includes silicon carbide is provided on a surface of the porous partition, and in a pore diameter distribution of the porous film, pores with the pore diameter of 0.01 ?m or more and 3.0 ?m or less are 70% or more of total volume of the pores, and pores with the pore diameter of 0.01 ?m or more and 0.3 ?m or less are 5% or more and 90% or less of total volume of the pores.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignees: Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masamichi Tanaka, Atsushi Kishimoto, Tadashi Neya, Keita Ishizaki
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Publication number: 20130260415Abstract: Disclosed is a sample analyzer comprising: a sample measuring section including a detecting section for detecting a component contained in a sample and a flow path for feeding the sample to the detecting section; and a control section. The control section is programmed to automatically control the sample measuring section to flow a sample blank free of particles to the detecting section and detect a component contained in the sample blank to check a background of the detection after the sample measuring section performs washing of the flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu FUKUDA, Masamichi TANAKA, Rumi TAKATA
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Publication number: 20130120950Abstract: A bandpass filter module includes a mounting board and a BPF chip mounted on a surface thereof. The BPF chip includes three or more resonators; a first-stage resonator located closest to an input terminal, a final-stage resonator located closest to an output terminal, and a middle-stage resonator connected between the first-stage and the final-stage resonators and located in a chip middle zone. The mounting board includes an area overlapping with the chip middle zone, viewed in plan, defining a ground-free space in which no ground electrode is disposed. The ground-free space is formed at least from the surface of the mounting board to a depth position at which a topmost internal wiring layer is located. The middle-stage resonator is prevented from being coupled to ground electrodes on the mounting board and from a lower Q-value and increased insertion loss.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: TDK CorporationInventors: Shigemitsu Tomaki, Yoshikazu Tsuya, Masamichi Tanaka, Isao Abe