Patents by Inventor Masashi Takahashi

Masashi Takahashi 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: 20220367917
    Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery in which a negative electrode has a covered portion covered with a negative electrode active material covering portion and a negative electrode active material non-covered portion on a strip-shaped negative electrode foil, the negative electrode active material non-covered portion is joined to a negative electrode current collector plate at the other end portion of the electrode winding body, the electrode winding body has a flat surface formed by bending any one or both of a positive electrode active material non-covered portion and the negative electrode active material non-covered portion toward a central axis of the wound structure and overlapping the positive electrode active material non-covered portion and the negative electrode active material non-covered portion, and a first groove formed in the flat surface, at least one C-shaped second groove is included in a can bottom of a battery can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Masashi TAKAHASHI, Hirotaka FUKUDOME
  • Patent number: 11496764
    Abstract: Some examples include a video encoding/decoding technique for improving compression efficiency. For instance, the technique includes selecting a prediction mode to be performed among a plurality of prediction modes including an intra-prediction mode and an inter-prediction mode. The technique further includes calculating a predictive motion vector in case an inter-prediction mode is selected as the prediction mode to be performed, and calculating a motion vector by summing the calculated predictive motion vector and a differential motion vector decoded from a coded stream, in case the inter-prediction mode is selected as the prediction mode to be performed. Further, some examples may include performing an inter-prediction process of the selected prediction mode using the calculated motion vector in case the inter-prediction mode is selected as the prediction mode to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Takahashi, Muneaki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220344724
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery, in the secondary battery, the positive electrode has a covered portion covered with a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode active material non-covered portion on a strip-shaped positive electrode foil, the negative electrode has a covered portion covered with a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material non-covered portion on a strip-shaped negative electrode foil, the positive electrode active material non-covered portion are joined to the positive electrode current collector plate at one end portion of the electrode winding body, the negative electrode active material non-covered portion is joined to the negative electrode current collector plate at the other end portion of the electrode winding body, the electrode winding body has a flat surface formed by bending any one or both of the positive electrode active material non-covered portion and the negative electrode active material non-covered portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Masashi TAKAHASHI, Hirotaka FUKUDOME
  • Publication number: 20220306634
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein G, L1, L2, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are defined in the specification. This disclosure also relates to materials and methods for preparing compounds of Formula 1, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use for treating disorders, diseases, and conditions involving the immune system and inflammation, including rheumatoid arthritis, hematological malignancies, epithelial cancers (i.e., carcinomas), and other disorders, diseases, and conditions for which inhibition of SYK is indicated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Arikawa, Benjamin Jones, Betty Lam, Masashi Takahashi, Christopher Smith, Qing Dong, Victoria Feher, Zhe Nie
  • Patent number: 11344811
    Abstract: To provide a game program having sufficient strategy and taste. A game program progresses a game by calculating a sequence of actions of the plurality of characters when an action of a character is determined from the plurality of options, receiving determination of the action of the character, and causing the character to execute the action received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Asano, Masashi Takahashi, Natsumi Miwa
  • Publication number: 20220149442
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery including: an electrode wound body that has a positive electrode and a negative electrode stacked with a separator interposed therebetween and has a wound structure; and a positive electrode current collecting plate and a negative electrode current collecting plate, accommodated in an exterior can, where the positive electrode includes a first covered part covered with a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode active material non-covered part on a positive electrode foil, and the negative electrode includes a second covered part covered with a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material non-covered part on a negative electrode foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Masashi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220149490
    Abstract: A secondary battery including an electrode wound body having a structure in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are stacked and wound with a separator interposed therebetween, a positive electrode current collector plate, a negative electrode current collector plate and an exterior can that accommodates the electrode wound body, the positive electrode current collector plate, and the negative electrode current collector plate. The positive electrode has a first covered portion covered with a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode active material non-covered portion on a positive electrode foil, and the negative electrode has a second covered portion covered with a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material non-covered portion on a negative electrode foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Masashi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220123373
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery where a positive electrode includes a first covered part covered with a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode active material non-covered part on a positive electrode foil, and a negative electrode includes a second covered part covered with a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material non-covered part on a negative electrode foil, one or both of the positive electrode active material non-covered part and the negative electrode active material non-covered part have a surface formed by bending toward the central axis of the wound structure and overlapping each other, and the surface is joined to the positive electrode current-collecting plate or the negative electrode current-collecting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventor: Masashi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220108386
    Abstract: A computer of an auction system presents vehicle body quality information indicating a quality of a vehicle body excluding a battery of an electric vehicle and battery quality information, and receives an electric vehicle bid price, a vehicle body bid price, and a battery bid price. When a total of the vehicle body bid price and the battery bid price exceeds the electric vehicle bid price, the computer determines a battery purchase applicant who presents the battery bid price as a winning bidder of the battery, and a vehicle body purchase applicant who presents the vehicle body bid price as a winning bidder of the vehicle body. When the total is lower than the electric vehicle bid price, the computer determines an electric vehicle purchase applicant who presents the electric vehicle bid price as a winning bidder of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi TAKAHASHI, Makoto KAKUCHI, Yoichi ONISHI, Kenji KIMURA, Masakazu HABU
  • Publication number: 20220097546
    Abstract: A management apparatus is configured to adjust an upper limit amount of electric power for charging. The management apparatus may be provided in an electric vehicle or a charging apparatus. The management apparatus may include a dial for adjusting the upper limit amount of electric power, and a user may be able to adjust the upper limit amount of electric power by operating the dial. A user who drives 300 km per week for commute may set the amount of electric power corresponding to 300 km (plus extra travel distance) for the upper limit amount of electric power. The user may connect a battery to the charging apparatus on weekends. When the battery has a capacity to store the amount of electric power corresponding to, for example, 500 km, the management apparatus may stop charging when the battery is charged with the set upper limit amount of electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoichi ONISHI, Makoto KAKUCHI, Masashi TAKAHASHI, Masakazu HABU, Kenji KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11197858
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a CaMKII inhibitory action, which is expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of cardiac diseases (particularly catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, postoperative atrial fibrillation, heart failure, fatal arrhythmia) and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Cardurion Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Matsunaga, Takashi Nakahata, Yuta Tanaka, Hiroki Takahagi, Yasufumi Miyamoto, Rei Okamoto, Takeshi Yoshikawa, Yoshito Terao, Takafumi Yukawa, Keiko Kakegawa, Yoichi Nishikawa, Terufumi Takagi, Masashi Takahashi, Mallareddy Komandla, Lily Kwok, Joanne Miura, Mark Sabat, Nicholas Scorah, Paul Tanis, John Tyhonas, Phong H. Vu, Haixia Wang, Xiaolun Wang, Junya Shirai, Tomohiro Okawa, Zenyu Shiokawa, Akito Shibuya
  • Publication number: 20210385486
    Abstract: High-quality video is provided using a small amount of coded bits. The moving picture decoding method performs inter-frame prediction processing. With the aforementioned inter-frame prediction processing, blocks with similar motion vectors from among the motion vectors in multiple blocks that have already been decoded are combined and a combined area is computed. A predicted vector for a target block to be decoded is computed using the motion vector of the aforementioned combined area, and a motion vector for the aforementioned target block is computed based on the aforementioned predicted vector and a difference vector which is included in a coded stream that is input. A predicted image is generated using the aforementioned motion vector, and a difference image which is included in the aforementioned coded stream and the aforementioned predicted image are added to generate a decoded image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Masashi TAKAHASHI, Muneaki YAMAGUCHI, Hiroaki ITO, Takehiro FUJITA
  • Patent number: 11134263
    Abstract: High-quality video is provided using a small amount of coded bits. The moving picture decoding method performs inter-frame prediction processing. With the aforementioned inter-frame prediction processing, blocks with similar motion vectors from among the motion vectors in multiple blocks that have already been decoded are combined and a combined area is computed. A predicted vector for a target block to be decoded is computed using the motion vector of the aforementioned combined area, and a motion vector for the aforementioned target block is computed based on the aforementioned predicted vector and a difference vector which is included in a coded stream that is input. A predicted image is generated using the aforementioned motion vector, and a difference image which is included in the aforementioned coded stream and the aforementioned predicted image are added to generate a decoded image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Takahashi, Muneaki Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Ito, Takehiro Fujita
  • Patent number: 11109054
    Abstract: Provided is a video encoding/decoding technique for improving the compression efficiency by reducing the motion vector code amount. In a video decoding process, the prediction vector calculation method is switched from one to another in accordance with a difference between predetermined motion vectors among a plurality of motion vectors of a peripheral block of a block to be decoded and already decoded. The calculated prediction vector is added to a difference vector decoded from an encoded stream so as to calculate a motion vector. By using the calculated motion vector, the inter-image prediction process is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Takahashi, Muneaki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210176487
    Abstract: Some examples include a video encoding/decoding technique for improving compression efficiency. For instance, the technique includes selecting a prediction mode to be performed among a plurality of prediction modes including an intra-prediction mode and an inter-prediction mode. The technique further includes calculating a predictive motion vector in case an inter-prediction mode is selected as the prediction mode to be performed, and calculating a motion vector by summing the calculated predictive motion vector and a differential motion vector decoded from a coded stream, in case the inter-prediction mode is selected as the prediction mode to be performed. Further, some examples may include performing an inter-prediction process of the selected prediction mode using the calculated motion vector in case the inter-prediction mode is selected as the prediction mode to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Masashi TAKAHASHI, Muneaki YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11022659
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic sensor that can reduce influences of a disturbance magnetic field while ensuring high detection sensitivity. The magnetic sensor includes a sensor chip 20 having an element formation surface 20S on which magnetic detection elements MR3, MR4 are formed, a first magnetic member 31 placed on the element formation surface 20S and having a first height H1 as a height from the element formation surface 20S, and a second magnetic member 32 located on an opposite side of the magnetic detection elements MR3, MR4 to the first magnetic member 31 and having a second height H2 lower than the first height H1. According to the present invention, because the height H2 of the second magnetic member 32 is lower than that of the first magnetic member 31, a detection magnetic field attracted to the second magnetic member 32 can be reduced while a disturbance magnetic field is shielded by the second magnetic member 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Asazuma, Kei Tanabe, Akihiro Unno, Atsushi Matsuda, Masashi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210150507
    Abstract: A serving system may comprise an acquiring unit configured to acquire order information from an external terminal, the order information indicating a content of an order inputted to the external terminal by a user; a presenting unit configured to present the content of the order indicated by the acquired order information to a serving entity that is to serve a serving-target article corresponding to the content; and a delivery vehicle configured to deliver the serving-target article corresponding to the presented content of the order to the user, and including a traction mechanism provided with a power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto Kakuchi, Masashi Takahashi, Shunji Inoue, Takumi Hamajima, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Nobukatsu Fujishita, Katsuhiko Takeuchi, Tomoya Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20210124341
    Abstract: A failure detection system detects a failure of a sensor that detects a state of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. The failure detection system includes a generation unit configured to generate times-series data of information on a detection value of the sensor during a determination period, a calculation unit configured to calculate a regression line of the times-series data, and a failure determination unit configured to determine whether the sensor has failed based on a slope of the regression line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Yuka NAKASATO, Masashi TAKAHASHI, Miki OUCHI, Tomohiro SAITO
  • Patent number: 10992869
    Abstract: An image apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to successively generate image data by continuously imaging an object scene; a memory configured to successively store the image data generated by the image sensor; a touch panel configured to output a first signal for commanding shooting preparation by a touch operation of a user and a second signal for commanding shooting by a release operation of releasing the touch operation; and a processor configured to successively store the image data successively generated by the image sensor in the memory according to a first storage format when the first signal is input from the touch panel and store the image data successively generated by the image sensor in the memory according to a second storage format when the second signal is input from the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Takahashi, Yuiko Uemura, Takeshi Suzuki, Keiji Kunishige
  • Publication number: 20210107866
    Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a urea manufacturing method capable of inhibiting corrosion of a urea plant and enhancing a reaction yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Eiki NAGASHIMA, Masashi TAKAHASHI