Patents by Inventor Masashi NAGATA
Masashi NAGATA 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: 11953220Abstract: A comfort-analyzing device includes a display unit, a first control unit, an input unit, and a cognitive-structure constructing unit. The display unit is configured to present a questionnaire for extracting both a comfort level of a user in an environment and at least one environmental factor to determine the comfort level. The first control unit is configured to cause the display unit to present the questionnaire twice or more during a survey period. The input unit is configured to accept, from the user, input of each reply to the questionnaire presented twice or more. The cognitive-structure constructing unit is configured to construct a cognitive-structure model representing a cognitive structure of the user regarding comfort by extracting both the comfort level and the at least one environmental factor in chronological order based on each reply to the questionnaire presented twice or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kota Kurihara, Seiro Yuge, Makoto Takata, Noriko Nagata, Masashi Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20240094844Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a touch panel, wherein the display panel has a light-emitting layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode, the touch panel has a first touch electrode, and a second touch electrode that is driven by a driving signal for detecting a touch in response to a change in mutual capacitance between the first touch electrode and second touch electrode, and the display device further includes a shield electrode formed between the first electrode and touch panel to be applied with a shield-electrode signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: JEAN MUGIRANEZA, MASASHI MAYUMI, KOSUKE NAGATA
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Patent number: 10573112Abstract: A coin storage device includes: storage compartments that store therein coins by denomination; and screw-type conveying members, installed for the respective storage compartments, each of the screw-type conveying members including a shaft having an elongated shape and having an outer circumferential surface provided with a blade portion that protrudes radially outwards in a spiraling shape, and conveying coins toward a front side by being rotated in one direction about a central axis of the shaft. Further, each of the screw-type conveying members includes an actuating portion to move center of gravity of coins accumulated on the actuating portion up and down periodically as the screw-type conveying member is rotated about the central axis of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: FUJI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Taniguchi, Masashi Nagata, Yoshiyuki Fukushima, Takao Okuhara
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Publication number: 20200037626Abstract: Provided is fermented milk for promoting elevation of amino acid concentration in the blood, by which elevation of amino acid concentration in the blood of a subject can be promoted. By making a subject ingest the fermented milk comprising a milk protein concentration of 1.9% by mass or more, elevation of amino acid concentration in the blood of the subject can be promoted.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Applicant: MEIJI CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi TAKASUGI, Yoshitaka KAWAI, Masashi NAGATA, Taketo YAMAJI
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Patent number: 10553063Abstract: A coin validation device that is implemented in a coin handling machine which stores therein a deposited coin on a denomination-by-denomination basis and which pays out stored coin in response to a disbursement instruction, the coin validation device, includes: a carrier that carries the deposited coin in a horizontally-fallen state in one direction; and a discriminator that identifies authenticity and denominations of the coin carried in the one direction by the carrier. Further, the carrier carries a coin, which is discriminated as a counterfeit coin by the discriminator, in another direction opposite to the one direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshito Shibata, Kazuhiro Tomita, Takeshi Oiwa, Takuya Yamane, Masashi Nagata, Yoshiyuki Fukushima, Takao Okuhara, Yoshihiro Taniguchi, Masao Nakayama, Shojiro Onzuka, Takuya Fukuura, Shunsuke Kowase, Tsuyoshi Horiguchi
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Publication number: 20190318564Abstract: A coin validation apparatus includes: a conveyor conveying a coin; and a discriminator discriminating authenticity and denomination of the coin, the conveyor including: conveyor pulleys, conveyor belts each endlessly stretched between the conveyor pulleys, conveying members, each having left and right end portions attached to outer surfaces of the conveyor belts, conveying the coin rearwards in a manner laid flat and convey a coin, which has been discriminated by the discriminator as a counterfeit coin, frontwards in a manner laid flat; and guide members, provided on sides of the conveyor belts, preventing the conveying members from being separated from the conveyor belts.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Yoshito SHIBATA, Takeshi OOIWA, Masashi NAGATA, Toshikazu NAKANISHI, Kazuhiro TOMITA
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Publication number: 20190304230Abstract: A coin storage device includes: storage compartments that store therein coins by denomination; and screw-type conveying members, installed for the respective storage compartments, each of the screw-type conveying members including a shaft having an elongated shape and having an outer circumferential surface provided with a blade portion that protrudes radially outwards in a spiraling shape, and conveying coins toward a front side by being rotated in one direction about a central axis of the shaft. Further, each of the screw-type conveying members includes an actuating portion to move center of gravity of coins accumulated on the actuating portion up and down periodically as the screw-type conveying member is rotated about the central axis of the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Yoshihiro TANIGUCHI, Masashi NAGATA, Yoshiyuki FUKUSHIMA, Takao OKUHARA
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Publication number: 20190167622Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide: a method for producing a citrulline-containing fermented milk; and a citrulline-containing fermented milk produced by the method. The method can prevent milk quality from deteriorating, even when citrulline is added, and the citrulline-containing fermented milk has the effect of improving blood flow. The present invention pertains to: a method for producing a citrulline-containing fermented milk, the method comprising heat-treating a raw material mix that contains citrulline, and fermenting the heat-treated raw material mix, wherein the content of citrulline in the raw material mix that is heat-treated is 0.1-4%; and a fermented milk produced by the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: Meiji Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Takasugi, Yoshie Saito, Yoshitaka Kawai, Keisuke Furuichi, Masashi Nagata, Hiroyuki Itou
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Patent number: 10068404Abstract: A coin conveying device for a coin processing apparatus configured to store an input coin according to denomination, and dispense a coin stored therein in accordance with a payout instruction is provided. The coin conveying device includes: a rail portion configured to form a conveyance path to convey a coin; a conveying portion including holders connected endlessly, each holder being configured to hold one coin, the conveying portion being configured to convey the input coin from below to above by displacing the conveying portion in one direction along the rail portion; and a controller configured to, when the input coin is put in the conveying portion, displace the conveying portion in a reverse direction that is opposite to the one direction for a predetermined time, and displace the conveying portion in the one direction after the predetermined time has elapsed.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshito Shibata, Takuya Fukuura, Masao Nakayama, Shimoto Ichihara, Kazuhiro Tomita, Masashi Nagata
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Publication number: 20180151014Abstract: A coin conveying device for a coin processing apparatus configured to store an input coin according to denomination, and dispense a coin stored therein in accordance with a payout instruction is provided. The coin conveying device includes: a rail portion configured to form a conveyance path to convey a coin; a conveying portion including holders connected endlessly, each holder being configured to hold one coin, the conveying portion being configured to convey the input coin from below to above by displacing the conveying portion in one direction along the rail portion; and a controller configured to, when the input coin is put in the conveying portion, displace the conveying portion in a reverse direction that is opposite to the one direction for a predetermined time, and displace the conveying portion in the one direction after the predetermined time has elapsed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Yoshito SHIBATA, Takuya FUKUURA, Masao NAKAYAMA, Shimoto ICHIHARA, Kazuhiro TOMITA, Masashi NAGATA
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Publication number: 20180151015Abstract: A coin validation device that is implemented in a coin handling machine which stores therein a deposited coin on a denomination-by-denomination basis and which pays out stored coin. in response to a disbursement instruction, the coin validation device, includes: a carrier that carries the deposited coin in a horizontally-fallen state in one direction; and a discriminator that identifies authenticity and denominations of the coin carried in the one direction by the carrier. Further, the carrier carries a coin, which is discriminated as a counterfeit coin by the discriminator, in another direction opposite to the one direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Yoshito SHIBATA, Kazuhiro TOMITA, Takeshi OIWA, Takuya YAMANE, Masashi NAGATA, Yoshiyuki FUKUSHIMA, Takao OKUHARA, Yoshihiro TANIGUCHI, Masao NAKAYAMA, Shojiro ONZUKA, Takuya FUKUURA, Shunsuke KOWASE, Tsuyoshi HORIGUCHI