Patents by Inventor Masayuki Shinoda

Masayuki Shinoda 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).

  • Patent number: 7848083
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate for solid electrolytic capacitor and a method for producing solid electrolytic capacitors using the substrate. By reducing at least part of the porous layer on the surface between the anode part region and the cathode part region of the substrate and preferably filling the dent generated by the reduction with a masking material, a structure ensuring insulation between the anode and the cathode can be obtained and solid electrolytic capacitors excellent in leakage current property and reliability can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Oohata, Yoshihiro Saida, Masayuki Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20100039751
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate for solid electrolytic capacitor and a method for producing solid electrolytic capacitors using the substrate. By reducing at least part of the porous layer on the surface between the anode part region and the cathode part region of the substrate and preferably filling the dent generated by the reduction with a masking material, a structure ensuring insulation between the anode and the cathode can be obtained and solid electrolytic capacitors excellent in leakage current property and reliability can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Hideki Oohata, Yoshihiro Saida, Masayuki Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20040015056
    Abstract: A medical-information providing apparatus including a physical-information sensor which is directly or indirectly connectable to a portable telephone operable by a registered member, and obtains physical information from the registered member, a memory device to which the portable telephone is connectable via a communication line and which stores, for the registered member, the physical information obtained by the physical-information sensor, and a medical-information providing device which provides, to the registered member, medical information corresponding to the physical information stored for the registered member by the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: COLIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayuki Shinoda
  • Patent number: 6647287
    Abstract: Methods and systems reconstruct and verify aortic blood pressure waveforms from peripheral blood pressure waveform data using mathematical models. The models combine analytical models of pulse wave propagation in the cardiovascular system with empirical models derived from measurements taken from human subjects. When used to reconstruct the aortic pressure of a given subject, the models are adjusted to the subject and the subject's physiological state based upon measurements performed on the subject's cardiovascular system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Harry Herbert Peel, III, Eiichi Inada, Masayuki Shinoda, Franklin Tiffany Dodge, Xiao Zhao
  • Patent number: 6383046
    Abstract: Manufacturing steps for a cathode ray tube or a glass bulb for the cathode ray tube are controlled in such a manner that a two-dimensional matrix code 3 comprised of a plurality of dots is marked by laser in an outer side surface of a glass bulb 1, 5, the two-dimensional matrix code 3 containing the information which can identify individually glass bulbs, and the manufacturing steps are conducted by using a computer and the particulars specified by the serial information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Shinoda
  • Patent number: 6345027
    Abstract: A disk driving apparatus includes: a head base unit which supports a head for recording data into and reproducing data from a storage medium, the head base unit being able to travel between a first position where the head is close to the storage medium for recording data thereto and reproducing data therefrom and a second position where the head is apart from the storage medium; a tray provided with a tray rack extending in a predetermined direction, the tray being slidable along the tray rack between a third position at which the head performs recording and reproduction on the storage medium and a fourth position at which an operator can place the storage medium; a driving power source; a tray gear which is driven by the driving power source; a rotation body gear which is driven by the driving power source; a partial gear which partially engages with the rotation body gear at a predetermined angle; and a rotation body which, in accordance with the rotation of the partial gear, reciprocally rotates so that th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshito Saji, Benichi Miyazaki, Tadashi Maeoka, Masayuki Shinoda
  • Patent number: 6338416
    Abstract: Manufacturing steps for a cathode ray tube or a glass bulb for the cathode ray tube are controlled in such a manner that a two-dimensional matrix code 3 comprised of a plurality of dots is marked by laser in an outer side surface of a glass bulb 1, 5, the two-dimensional matrix code 3 containing the information which can identify individually glass bulbs, and the manufacturing steps are conducted by using a computer and the particulars specified by the serial information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20010008239
    Abstract: Manufacturing steps for a cathode ray tube or a glass bulb for the cathode ray tube are controlled in such a manner that a two-dimensional matrix code 3 comprised of a plurality of dots is marked by laser in an outer side surface of a glass bulb 1, 5, the two-dimensional matrix code 3 containing the information which can identify individually glass bulbs, and the manufacturing steps are conducted by using a computer and the particulars specified by the serial information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Publication date: July 19, 2001
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Shinoda
  • Patent number: 6227394
    Abstract: Manufacturing steps for a cathode ray tube or a glass bulb for the cathode ray tube are controlled in such a manner that a two-dimensional matrix code 3 comprised of a plurality of dots is marked by laser in an outer side surface of a glass bulb 1, 5, the two-dimensional matrix code 3 containing the information which can identify individually glass bulbs, and the manufacturing steps are conducted by using a computer and the particulars specified by the serial information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20010000501
    Abstract: Manufacturing steps for a cathode ray tube or a glass bulb for the cathode ray tube are controlled in such a manner that a two-dimensional matrix code 3 comprised of a plurality of dots is marked by laser in an outer side surface of a glass bulb 1, 5, the two-dimensional matrix code 3 containing the information which can identify individually glass bulbs, and the manufacturing steps are conducted by using a computer and the particulars specified by the serial information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Publication date: April 26, 2001
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Shinoda
  • Patent number: 5743857
    Abstract: A blood pressure measurement of a blood pressure measuring device is terminated by a blood pressure measurement terminating device, when a difference .vertline.D.sub.M -D.sub.CP .vertline./D.sub.CP between a phase difference D.sub.M obtained according to a phase difference-blood pressure relationship based on a monitor blood pressure value MBP determined by a monitor blood pressure determining device, and an actual phase difference D.sub.CP obtained by a phase difference calculating device, when the blood pressure measurement of the blood pressure measuring device starts, is smaller than a reference value .alpha.. Thus, so long as the pressure pulse wave-blood pressure relationship is effectively applicable, no blood pressure measurement is carried out for updating the current pressure pulse wave-blood pressure relationship, so that the frequency of blood pressure measurements using a cuff is decreased and the discomfort of a living subject is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Colin Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Shinoda, Hidekatsu Inukai, Hiroshi Sakai
  • Patent number: 5671750
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring a peripheral blood-flow condition of a living subject by detecting a peripheral blood-flow resistance of the subject, including a first and a second pulse-wave sensor which are adapted to be worn on a first and a second portion of the subject, respectively, to detect a first and a second pulse wave, respectively, each of which is produced in synchronism with a heartbeat of the subject, a phase-difference determining device for determining a difference of respective phases of the first and second pulse waves detected by the first and second pulse-wave sensors, and a peripheral blood-flow resistance determining device for determining the peripheral blood-flow resistance of the subject, based on the phase difference determined by the phase-difference determining device, according to a predetermined relationship between peripheral blood-flow resistance and phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Colin Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Shinoda
  • Patent number: 5657303
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an apparatus for optically performing recording of information and/or reproduction of information for an optical disk having a recording surface is provided. The apparatus includes: an optical pickup for forming a first light spot on the recording surface; a tilt sensor, arranged to be transported with the optical pickup, for detecting a tilt of the optical disk with respect to an optical axis of the optical pickup by forming a second light spot on the recording surface; and a tilt compensating mechanism for angularly adjusting the optical pickup to eliminate the tilt. In this apparatus, the second light spot is formed at such a position that a line between the first and second light spots is inclined to a direction perpendicular to the radial direction of the optical disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Namoto, Masayuki Shinoda, Yoshihiro Mushika
  • Patent number: 5243990
    Abstract: A blood pressure measure system for iteratively measuring a blood pressure of a living subject at predetermined intervals of time, the monitor system including a pressing device pressing a body portion of the subject; a regulating device regulating the pressing force of the pressing device; a blood pressure measuring device iteratively measuring at least a systolic blood pressure of the subject at the intervals of time, each of the iterative blood pressure measurements being effected when the pressing force of the pressing device is decreased at a predetermined rate by the regulating device; a pulse rate measuring device measuring, as a pulse rate, a pulse number per unit time of the subject; a first determining device determining, by utilizing the pulse rate, a pressing force increase amount such that as the pulse rate is increased the increase amount is decreased; and a second determining device determining a target pressing force to be greater by the increase amount than a systolic blood pressure measured
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Colin Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ye Aung, Hideo Nishibayashi, Masayuki Shinoda
  • Patent number: 5165416
    Abstract: A calibration system for a continuous blood pressure monitoring system using a tonometric sensor for continuously detecting a pulse wave comprises a digital cuff adapted to be placed around a digit of the patient for applying a calibration pressure to the digit; a pressure source coupled to the digital cuff for supplying the calibration pressure; a calibration sensor for measuring an actual blood pressure in the digit; and a microprocessor for determining a calibration factor for the tonometric sensor based on the actual blood pressure measured by the calibration system. The digital cuff is located on the patient such that the cuff is downstream of the artery over which the tonometer sensor is located. According to one aspect of the invention, a digital cuff pressure sensor is connected to the pressure source for determining the magnitude of the calibration pressure and a pulsatile component indicative of blood pressure in the digit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Colin Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Shinoda, Hugh W. Lippincott
  • Patent number: 5150350
    Abstract: A magneto-optical data recording and reproducing device for storing data in a data memory medium which applies modulation to a plane of polarization, erasing data therefrom and reproducing data stored therein, comprises a light source for emitting a light beam with linear polarization, a light spot forming means for condensing the light beam emitted from the light source and forming a light spot on the data memory medium, a beam splitting means, located between the light source and the light spot forming means, to which reflected light beams from the data memory medium are applied and splitted, a beam detecting prism, to which light beams splitted by the beam splitting means are applied, providing the polarizing function that a predetermined first pencil of light beam with linear polarization is reflected while a second pencil of light beam with linear polarization crossing the first pencil at right angles is transmitted, a beam splitting prism, being located near or adhered to the beam detecting prism, for s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Aikoh, Tohru Nakamura, Masayuki Shinoda, Noboru Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 5146445
    Abstract: An optical head equipped with a tracking error detector to obtain a tracking error signal for tracking servo. The detector includes a photodetector having a light-detecting region on which a light spot with a predetermined diameter is formed by a reflected light beam from a recording medium. The region is divided by a first division line into two which are further divided by second and third division lines so as to form first to fourth subregions, the first and second subregions being adjacent to each other with the first division line being interposed therebetween, the third subregion being adjacent to the first subregion, and the fourth subregion being adjacent to the second subregion. The separation between the second and third division lines is determined so that the sum of the light receiving quantities of the first and fourth subregions is substantially equal to the sum of the light receiving quantities of the second and third subregions when the objective lens is shifted from its neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Nakamura, Hideki Aikoh, Masayuki Shinoda, Noboru Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 5126563
    Abstract: In an optical reading-writing apparatus, moving unit (14) has only a mirror (21) for reflecting a horizontal laser beam in vertical direction, an objective lens (22) for converting the laser beam on a recording face of an optical disc (11) and an objective lens driving device (23), and the moving unit (14) is slidably driven in radial direction by a moving unit driving device (24) and the other optical elements such as a semiconductor laser (15), a collimator lens (16), a mirror (17), a beam splitter (18), a photo-sensor (19) and a signal detecting device (20) are fixed on a base member (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Aikoh, Masayuki Shinoda, Tohru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 4784152
    Abstract: A pulse wave detecting apparatus for detecting a blood pressure pulse wave of an arterial vessel of a subject, based on an oscillatory motion of at least one contact element which is adapted to be depressed against a surface of a body member of the subject, such that each contact element is iscillated in response to the pulsation of the arterial vessel. The apparatus includes a main frame for supporting each contact element such that the contact element is movable relative to the main frame fixed in position on the surface of the body member. A positioning device is provided, which is capable of at least moving the contact element relative to and along the body surface, in a direction perpendicular to the arterial vessel, to thereby locate one of the at least one contact element right above the arterial vessel. A pressing device is provided for moving each contact element relative to the main frame, in a direction toward the surface, for forcing each contact element against the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Assignee: Colin Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Shinoda, William A. Ogletree
  • Patent number: 4141350
    Abstract: Blood vessel or vascular sound collecting device (hereinafter simply referred to as sound detector) insertable in a manschette or cuff for collecting the blood vessel sound and supplying the data to an automatic sphygmomanometer, having a hollow unitary space of substantially rectangular shape in plan view, enveloped by a flexible inner side wall of substantially rectangular shape in plan view, and a rather thicker and less flexible outer side shell of substantially rectangular shape in plan view, with an elongated rib integrally formed therewith for preventing the hollow space from being squashed, and a highly sensitive microphone exposed in the hollow space for sound collecting, which sound detector has a fine aperture with diameter to prevent same from picking up noises and being affected by the fluctuation of internal air pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1979
    Assignee: Nippon Colin Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Shinoda