Patents by Inventor Masato Fujii

Masato Fujii 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: 20230209209
    Abstract: A control device of an imaging apparatus that images a subject through a stop, includes: a processor, and the processor is configured to: derive a first exposure value based on captured first image data; drive the stop based on the first exposure value; derive a second exposure value based on second image data captured during the driving of the stop based on the first exposure value; and change, during the driving of the stop based on the first exposure value, the driving of the stop to the driving of the stop based on the second exposure value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masato FUJII
  • Publication number: 20220340910
    Abstract: As a result of dedicated studies, the present inventors succeeded in discovering, for the first time, that fibrogenesis could be suppressed at the physiological tissue level by inhibiting sulfation at position 4 or 6 of GalNAc, which is a sugar that constitutes sugar chains. Furthermore, the present inventors conducted studies using various disease model animals, and as a result, successfully demonstrated that inhibitors of sulfation at position 4 or 6 of GalNAc had therapeutic effects on diseases caused by tissue fibrogenesis (tissue fibrogenic disorders).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: STELIC INSTITUTE & CO.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YONEYAMA, Jun KOYAMA, Masato FUJII
  • Publication number: 20210108210
    Abstract: From experiments using colitis model mice, the present inventors discovered that siRNAs that suppress the CHST15 gene expression have a therapeutic effect against Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. Specifically, the present inventors discovered that the siRNAs which suppress the CHST15 gene expression can serve as an agent for promoting mucosal healing, in particular, an agent for treating Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, and thereby completed the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: STELIC INSTITUTE & CO.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YONEYAMA, Masato Fujii
  • Patent number: 10869098
    Abstract: In the information processing terminal of the present technology, in a case where a mode is set to display screens of a plurality of applications being executed respectively on different display areas at the same time, and a video of the contents being reproduced by a first application is displayed on a first display area and, at the same time, a screen of a second application is displayed on a second display area, the reproduction of the contents is stopped when the contents being reproduced are recorded contents and the reproduction of the contents is continued when the contents being reproduced are live-viewing contents, when a sound output by the second application is started, and the display of the video of the contents whose reproduction has been continued is continued on the first display area and the audio of the contents whose reproduction has been continued is muted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Sohei Yamada, Masato Fujii
  • Patent number: 10616359
    Abstract: An intermediate server acting as a relay between an information processing apparatus and an external server includes a first registration control unit that transmits registration information regarding an application software service of the external server to the information processing apparatus, and causes the information processing apparatus to execute a registration operation of pre-registering information for receiving the application software service; a storage unit that stores a template for re-registration information for re-registering the application software service; a detection unit that detects a change in network identification information regarding the intermediate server; and a second registration control unit that, when the change is detected, generates re-registration information that includes changed new network identification information regarding the intermediate server on the basis of the template, transmits the re-registration information to the information processing apparatus, and cause
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kei Nakahara, Masato Fujii, Kouichi Tomita, Shinya Satomi
  • Patent number: 10567256
    Abstract: An information processing system comprises an information processing device and a portable information terminal that allow communication therebetween. The portable information terminal includes: an application detection part for detecting a running application; a management part for detecting a cloud service to which the application connects and managing the application and the cloud service; a destination information generation part for generating destination information required for the information processing device to use the cloud service; and a transmission part for sending the destination information to the information processing device. The information processing device includes: a destination setting part for automatically configuring the destination to connect to the cloud service the same as that used by the running application on the portable information terminal in accordance with the destination information; and a data processing part for connecting to the cloud service to send and receive data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Masato Fujii
  • Publication number: 20190376063
    Abstract: From experiments using colitis model mice, the present inventors discovered that siRNAs that suppress the CHST15 gene expression have a therapeutic effect against Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. Specifically, the present inventors discovered that the siRNAs which suppress the CHST15 gene expression can serve as an agent for promoting mucosal healing, in particular, an agent for treating Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, and thereby completed the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: STELIC INSTITUTE & CO.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YONEYAMA, Masato FUJII
  • Patent number: 10498709
    Abstract: A communication relay device that relays communication performed between an image processing device and an application server via a network includes: an exchange key generating unit that generates an exchange key, and transmits the exchange key to the image processing device and a license server; a relay information generating unit that generates relay information used for relaying the communication; a storage unit that stores the relay information; a communication relay unit that relays the communication; a backup unit that transmits the relay information to a backup server connected to the network; an exchange key authenticating unit that determines whether or not an exchange sequence start condition is satisfied, and, when satisfied, acquires the exchange key and transmits the exchange key to the license server; and a setting reflecting unit that acquires the relay information from the backup server, and stores the relay information in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Masato Fujii
  • Publication number: 20190364342
    Abstract: In the information processing terminal of the present technology, in a case where a mode is set to display screens of a plurality of applications being executed respectively on different display areas at the same time, and a video of the contents being reproduced by a first application is displayed on a first display area and, at the same time, a screen of a second application is displayed on a second display area, the reproduction of the contents is stopped when the contents being reproduced are recorded contents and the reproduction of the contents is continued when the contents being reproduced are live-viewing contents, when a sound output by the second application is started, and the display of the video of the contents whose reproduction has been continued is continued on the first display area and the audio of the contents whose reproduction has been continued is muted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Sohei Yamada, Masato Fujii
  • Publication number: 20190330637
    Abstract: As a result of dedicated studies, the present inventors succeeded in discovering, for the first time, that fibrogenesis could be suppressed at the physiological tissue level by inhibiting sulfation at position 4 or 6 of GalNAc, which is a sugar that constitutes sugar chains. Furthermore, the present inventors conducted studies using various disease model animals, and as a result, successfully demonstrated that inhibitors of sulfation at position 4 or 6 of GalNAc had therapeutic effects on diseases caused by tissue fibrogenesis (tissue fibrogenic disorders).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: STELIC INSTITUTE & CO.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YONEYAMA, Jun Koyama, Masato Fujii
  • Patent number: 10365801
    Abstract: A user interface evaluation device comprises a design information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a plurality of components arranged on a user interface screen of the software; a component recognition resource acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each component, component recognition resources which are resources required for recognizing the respective components; and a conformity probability estimation unit configured to calculate, using a probability density function with a total sum of the acquired component recognition resources as a random variable, conformity probability which is a probability that necessary recognition resources which are resources required for recognizing information output on the user interface screen meet predetermined requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ko Koga, Masato Fujii, Motohiro Nakamura, Makoto Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10268648
    Abstract: [Problem] To reduce user's workload when preparing a playlist. [Solution] A playlist preparation terminal 2 carries out face recognition processes on the image data of listeners captured for each room from a room A to a room C, and generates listener information including the atmosphere, age group, and a male-to-female ratio of a listener group made up of the listeners captured in the image data. The playlist preparation terminal 2 then prepares a playlist by selecting music data from among music data belonging to the genre information preliminarily associated with the listener information, and multicasts the playlist together with the designation data for the wireless speakers 1-1 to 1-3 from which to output music. As a result, the playlist preparation terminal 2 allows the wireless speakers 1-1 to 1-3 from which to output the music to reproduce the music data according to the playlist and output the music.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: D&M Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kato, Masato Fujii
  • Patent number: 10180814
    Abstract: An image processing system includes: a cloud server that provides a service after identifying a user from first user information; an image processing device that executes a job after identifying the user from second user information, and execute the job; and a user terminal storing the second user information beforehand, wherein the cloud server includes: an access sensing processor that senses access from the user terminal; a user information validating processor that validates the first user information; and a job execution instructing processor that causes the user terminal to transmit a job containing the first and second user information to the image processing device, and the image processing device includes: a job receiving processor that receives the job transmitted; and a user information extracting processor that extracts the first and second user information from the job, and generate user reference information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Masato Fujii
  • Publication number: 20180302716
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a technology whereby power consumption can be reduced by reducing wasteful output of audio signals. [Solution] By comparison of an output volume level Vout of an output audio signal from a wireless speaker 1 with an input volume level Vin of an input audio signal to an audio controller 2, a volume level ratio Vin/Vout between the signals is monitored (S111). Moreover, when the volume level ratio Vin/Vout has dropped by a predetermined amount or more within a predetermined time period (S113, S120), a listener carrying the audio controller 2 is determined as having left a room in which the wireless speaker 1 is installed, whereby the volume value of the wireless speaker 1 is set to zero, and output of the audio signal from the wireless speaker 1 is stopped (S114, S121).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuo Takasu, Tsuyoshi Kato, Masato Fujii
  • Publication number: 20180225376
    Abstract: [Problem] To reduce user's workload when preparing a playlist. [Solution] A playlist preparation terminal 2 carries out face recognition processes on the image data of listeners captured for each room from a room A to a room C, and generates listener information including the atmosphere, age group, and a male-to-female ratio of a listener group made up of the listeners captured in the image data. The playlist preparation terminal 2 then prepares a playlist by selecting music data from among music data belonging to the genre information preliminarily associated with the listener information, and multicasts the playlist together with the designation data for the wireless speakers 1-1 to 1-3 from which to output music. As a result, the playlist preparation terminal 2 allows the wireless speakers 1-1 to 1-3 from which to output the music to reproduce the music data according to the playlist and output the music.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kato, Masato Fujii
  • Publication number: 20170260533
    Abstract: From experiments using colitis model mice, the present inventors discovered that siRNAs that suppress the CHST15 gene expression have a therapeutic effect against Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. Specifically, the present inventors discovered that the siRNAs which suppress the CHST15 gene expression can serve as an agent for promoting mucosal healing, in particular, an agent for treating Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, and thereby completed the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: STELIC INSTITUTE & CO.
    Inventors: HIROYUKI YONEYAMA, MASATO FUJII
  • Publication number: 20170230346
    Abstract: A communication relay device that relays communication performed between an image processing device and an application server via a network includes: an exchange key generating unit that generates an exchange key, and transmits the exchange key to the image processing device and a license server; a relay information generating unit that generates relay information used for relaying the communication; a storage unit that stores the relay information; a communication relay unit that relays the communication; a backup unit that transmits the relay information to a backup server connected to the network; an exchange key authenticating unit that determines whether or not an exchange sequence start condition is satisfied, and, when satisfied, acquires the exchange key and transmits the exchange key to the license server; and a setting reflecting unit that acquires the relay information from the backup server, and stores the relay information in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Masato FUJII
  • Publication number: 20170160893
    Abstract: A user interface evaluation device comprises a design information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a plurality of components arranged on a user interface screen of the software; a component recognition resource acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each component, component recognition resources which are resources required for recognizing the respective components; and a conformity probability estimation unit configured to calculate, using a probability density function with a total sum of the acquired component recognition resources as a random variable, conformity probability which is a probability that necessary recognition resources which are resources required for recognizing information output on the user interface screen meet predetermined requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ko KOGA, Masato FUJII, Motohiro NAKAMURA, Makoto YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9596834
    Abstract: Fatty liver was induced by administering agents for inducing organ inflammation to experimental animals to evoke insulin resistance and by rearing them with high-fat diets. As a result, steatohepatitis was successfully induced in the animals. The animals show pathological findings similar to those of humans. By using these model animals, substances for treating or preventing diseases can be efficiently screened and the efficacy of medicinal substances can be effectively evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Stelic Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Stelic Institute & Co.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Masato Fujii
  • Publication number: 20170067058
    Abstract: As a result of dedicated studies, the present inventors succeeded in discovering, for the first time, that fibrogenesis could be suppressed at the physiological tissue level by inhibiting sulfation at position 4 or 6 of GalNAc, which is a sugar that constitutes sugar chains. Furthermore, the present inventors conducted studies using various disease model animals, and as a result, successfully demonstrated that inhibitors of sulfation at position 4 or 6 of GalNAc had therapeutic effects on diseases caused by tissue fibrogenesis (tissue fibrogenic disorders).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: STELIC INSTITUTE OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, STELIC INSTITUTE & CO.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YONEYAMA, Jun KOYAMA, Masato FUJII