Patents by Inventor Minoru Sasaki
Minoru Sasaki 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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Publication number: 20240135631Abstract: An information processing system includes: an acquisition unit configured to divide a target area into a plurality of meshes of a predetermined size, and acquire mesh data indicating the environment of the target area with height information about the plurality of meshes on a per-mesh basis; a first ray tracing unit configured to determine a two-dimensional ray trace from a transmission point to a reception point on the basis of the mesh data, a radio wave being transmitted at the transmission point, the radio wave being received at the reception point; a second ray tracing unit configured to determine a three-dimensional ray trace corresponding to the two-dimensional ray trace, on the basis of the mesh data, and height information about the transmission point and the reception point; and a radio field intensity calculation unit configured to calculate an intensity of the radio wave at the reception point, using one or more three-dimensional ray traces determined by the second ray tracing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Minoru INOMATA, Wataru YAMADA, Nobuaki KUNO, Motoharu SASAKI
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Publication number: 20240137138Abstract: A communication design support apparatus includes: a propagation model storage unit that stores a propagation model; an acquisition unit that acquires point cloud data of a structure and measurement data of radio wave intensities in a plurality of frequency bands; a parameter update unit that updates a parameter of the propagation model based on the acquired data; and an estimation unit that estimates propagation loss based on the propagation model.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Minoru INOMATA, Wataru YAMADA, Nobuaki KUNO, Motoharu SASAKI
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Publication number: 20240107413Abstract: A connection destination switching control method executed by a communication apparatus, the connection destination switching control method comprising: a data acquisition step of acquiring observed values of received power of signals transmitted from a base station; a prediction processing step of predicting future received power by using the observed values acquired in the data acquisition step as input data into a prediction model; and a connection destination switching processing step of executing control for handover based on the future received power predicted in the prediction processing step.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Motoharu SASAKI, Nobuaki KUNO, Toshiro NAKAHIRA, Minoru INOMATA, Wataru YAMADA, Takatsune MORIYAMA
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Publication number: 20240004111Abstract: A method of producing a diffraction grating of borosilicate glass or barium borosilicate glass, the method comprising the steps of forming a grating on a surface of a silicon wafer the grating through the Bosch process; forming an oxide film on a surface of the grating by heating and exposure to water vapor of the silicon wafer; removing the oxide film using hydrofluoric acid; making the surface provided with the grating of the silicon wafer and a surface of a glass plate undergo anodic bonding; heating the silicon wafer and the glass plate bonded to each other; polishing a surface opposite to the boded surface of the silicon wafer and a surface opposite to the boded surface of the glass plate; and removing silicon from the glass plate by selective etching using xenon difluoride.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicants: NALUX CO., LTD., RIKEN, TOYOTA SCHOOL FOUNDATIONInventors: Minoru SASAKI, Noboru EBIZUKA, Makio NISHIMAKI, Takayuki OKAMOTO, Kazuya YAMAMOTO, Makoto OKADA, Yutaka YAMAGATA, Kazuto SAIKI, Yusuke NAKAUCHI
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Patent number: 11520232Abstract: Provided is a film for application to a 3D sample, the film including a photoresist layer that has alignment or direction marks thereon. After the fine pattern of the photoresist layer or coat is exposed, the photoresist layer is applied to a desired position of the 3D sample by aligning the alignment or direction marks of the film with alignment or direction marks on the 3D sample. This allows for transfer of an appropriate fine pattern. Part or all of the thickness or area of the photoresist layer is developed to form projections or depressions in the photoresist layer before the film is applied to the 3D sample.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Toyota School FoundationInventor: Minoru Sasaki
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Patent number: 11459325Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a glucosylceramide lowering action (e.g., promoting glucosylceramide metabolism, inhibition of glucosylceramide synthesis, promoting glucosylceramide catabolism, etc.), which is expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of lysosome diseases (e.g., Gaucher's disease), neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia, multiple-system atrophy) and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Yuta Tanaka, Tomohiro Ohashi, Zenichi Ikeda, Yuta Tanaka, Florian Pünner, Takeshi Yamamoto, Keiko Kakegawa, Fumiaki Kikuchi, Nao Morishita, Takahito Kasahara, Masaki Seto, Minoru Nakamura, Kazuaki Takami, Masataka Murakami, Masaki Daini, Satoshi Mikami, Minoru Sasaki
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Publication number: 20220289679Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a glucosylceramide synthase inhibitory action, which is expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of lysosomal storage diseases (e.g., Gaucher's disease, Fabry's disease, GM1-gangliosidosis, GM2 activator deficiency, Tay-Sachs disease, Sandhoffs disease), neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia, multiple-system atrophy) and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the description, or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Yuta TANAKA, Yuta TANAKA, Keiko KAKEGAWA, Takahito KASAHARA, Fumiaki KIKUCHI, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Tomohiro OHASHI, Zenichi IKEDA, Florian PUENNER, Minoru NAKAMURA, Kazuaki TAKAMI, Masataka MURAKAMI, Masaki DAINI, Masaki SETO, Satoshi MIKAMI, Minoru SASAKI
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Publication number: 20220274982Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a glucosylceramide synthase inhibitory action, which is expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of lysosomal storage diseases (e.g., Gaucher's disease, Fabry's disease, GM1-gangliosidosis, GM2 activator deficiency, Tay-Sachs disease, Sandhoffs disease), neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia, multiple-system atrophy) and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the description, or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Yuta TANAKA, Yuta TANAKA, Fumiaki KIKUCHI, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Minoru NAKAMURA, Kazuaki TAKAMI, Masataka MURAKAMI, Masaki DAINI, Yasufumi WADA, Keiko KAKEGAWA, Takahito KASAHARA, Tomohiro OHASHI, Junsi WANG, Zenichi IKEDA, Florian PUENNER, Masaki SETO, Satoshi MIKAMI, Minoru SASAKI
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Patent number: 11342211Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wafer inspection technology that involves less degradation of the image quality even when an object to be observed has a variation in height due to warpage, etc. of a wafer. This wafer inspection apparatus obtains an image with less degradation by: adjusting the focal point of an observation optical system to a height measured by a height sensor for measuring wafer surface heights; and further, correcting a switching signal for a CCD line sensor on the basis of stage position data and optical magnification data corresponding to the height so as to make a correction corresponding to the wafer surface height.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Doi, Minoru Sasaki, Masaki Hasegawa, Hironori Ogawa, Tomohiko Ogata, Yuko Okada
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Publication number: 20220098180Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having a HDAC inhibitory action, which is useful for the treatment of central nervous system diseases including neurodegenerative diseases, and the like, and a medicament comprising the compound. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the description, or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Masahiro ITO, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Keiko KAKEGAWA, Hideyuki SUGIYAMA, Tohru MIYAZAKI, Yasuyoshi ARIKAWA, Tomohiro OKAWA, Jinichi YONEMORI, Osamu KUBO, Akinori TOITA, Takuto KOJIMA, Fumiaki KIKUCHI, Minoru SASAKI, Misaki HOMMA, Yasuhiro IMAEDA, Hironobu MAEZAKI, Shiinobu SASAKI, Ayumu SATO, Hirotaka KAMITANI, Yasutomi ASANO, Hironori KOKUBO, Masato YOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20210363342Abstract: A resin composition including (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a curing agent, and (C) an inorganic filler, in which a chloride ion content included in the resin composition measured in accordance with a sample combustion ion chromatography method (BS EN 14532 2007) is 50 ppm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Hiroyuki SAKAUCHI, Minoru SASAKI, Mariko MIYOSHI
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Publication number: 20210118710Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wafer inspection technology that involves less degradation of the image quality even when an object to be observed has a variation in height due to warpage, etc. of a wafer. This wafer inspection apparatus obtains an image with less degradation by: adjusting the focal point of an observation optical system to a height measured by a height sensor for measuring wafer surface heights; and further, correcting a switching signal for a CCD line sensor on the basis of stage position data and optical magnification data corresponding to the height so as to make a correction corresponding to the wafer surface height.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Akira DOI, Minoru SASAKI, Masaki HASEGAWA, Hironori OGAWA, Tomohiko OGATA, Yuko OKADA
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Publication number: 20210087186Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a glucosylceramide lowering action (e.g., promoting glucosylceramide metabolism, inhibition of glucosylceramide synthesis, promoting glucosylceramide catabolism, etc.), which is expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of lysosome diseases (e.g., Gaucher's disease), neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia, multiple-system atrophy) and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2019Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Yuta TANAKA, Tomohiro OHASHI, Zenichi IKEDA, Yuta TANAKA, Florian PÜNNER, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Keiko KAKEGAWA, Fumiaki KIKUCHI, Nao MORISHITA, Takahito KASAHARA, Masaki SETO, Minoru NAKAMURA, Kazuaki TAKAMI, Masataka MURAKAMI, Masaki DAINI, Satoshi MIKAMI, Minoru SASAKI
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Publication number: 20200283620Abstract: Resin compositions including (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a curing agent, and (C) an inorganic filler, in which a chloride ion content included in the resin composition measured in accordance with a sample combustion ion chromatography method (BS EN 14582 2007) is 50 ppm or less are capable of forming a cured product having excellent adhesion with a conductive layer even after the HAST test.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.Inventors: Hiroyuki SAKAUCHI, Minoru SASAKI, Mariko MIYOSHI
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Patent number: 10435399Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having a HDAC inhibitory action, and useful for the treatment of central nervous system diseases including neurodegenerative disease, and the like, and a medicament comprising the compound. 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Masahiro Ito, Hideyuki Sugiyama, Osamu Kubo, Fumiaki Kikuchi, Takeshi Yasui, Keiko Kakegawa, Zenichi Ikeda, Tohru Miyazaki, Yasuyoshi Arikawa, Tomohiro Okawa, Jinichi Yonemori, Akinori Toita, Takuto Kojima, Yasutomi Asano, Ayumu Sato, Hironobu Maezaki, Shinobu Sasaki, Hironori Kokubo, Misaki Homma, Minoru Sasaki, Yasuhiro Imaeda
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Patent number: 10422820Abstract: A voltage sensor includes a vibrator configured to be supported by a mechanical supporting portion and to be given a floating potential, a drive electrode configured to be disposed adjacent to the vibrator and to resonate the vibrator with applied AC voltage, a driver configured to apply an AC voltage that crosses 0 V to the drive electrode, a fixed electrode configured to be disposed adjacent to the vibrator with a gap formed between the fixed electrode and the vibrator, and a calculator configured to detect a magnitude of a measurement target voltage based on a change of a resonant frequency of the vibrator when the measurement target voltage is applied to the fixed electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA SCHOOL FOUNDATIONInventors: Hiroki Ishihara, Makoto Ishii, Minoru Sasaki
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Patent number: 10401394Abstract: A voltage sensor includes an oscillator that has a circular or roughly circular shape and is supported by a mechanical support member, a fixed electrode that has a predetermined gap between the oscillator and the fixed electrode, and a drive electrode that is placed at a position different from the fixed electrode across the oscillator, and to which an AC drive voltage is applied to make the oscillator oscillate. In the voltage sensor, an electrostatic attractive force acts on the oscillator by applying a voltage to the fixed electrode, and a resonance frequency of the oscillator changes.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA SCHOOL FOUNDATIONInventors: Hiroki Ishihara, Makoto Ishii, Minoru Sasaki
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Publication number: 20190135799Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having a HDAC inhibitory action, and useful for the treatment of central nervous system diseases including neurodegenerative disease, and the like, and a medicament comprising the compound. 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: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Masahiro ITO, Hideyuki SUGIYAMA, Osamu KUBO, Fumiaki KIKUCHI, Takeshi YASUI, Keiko KAKEGAWA, Zenichi IKEDA, Tohru MIYAZAKI, Yasuyoshi ARIKAWA, Tomohiro OKAWA, Jinichi YONEMORI, Akinori TOITA, Takuto KOJIMA, Yasutomi ASANO, Ayumu SATO, Hironobu MAEZAKI, Shinobu SASAKI, Hironori KOKUBO, Misaki HOMMA, Minoru SASAKI, Yasuhiro IMAEDA
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Publication number: 20180210340Abstract: Provided is a film for application to a 3D sample, the film including a photoresist layer that has alignment or direction marks thereon. After the fine pattern of the photoresist layer or coat is exposed, the photoresist layer is applied to a desired position of the 3D sample by aligning the alignment or direction marks of the film with alignment or direction marks on the 3D sample. This allows for transfer of an appropriate fine pattern. Part or all of the thickness or area of the photoresist layer is developed to form projections or depressions in the photoresist layer before the film is applied to the 3D sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Minoru SASAKI
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Patent number: 10023544Abstract: A fused heterocyclic compound having an enteropeptidase inhibitory action and use of the compound as a medicament for treatment or prophylaxis of obesity, diabetes mellitus, etc., are provided. Specifically, a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined herein, or a salt thereof and use of the compound as a medicament for treatment or prophylaxis of obesity, diabetes mellitus, etc., are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Zenichi Ikeda, Minoru Sasaki, Keiko Kakegawa, Fumiaki Kikuchi, Yoichi Nishikawa