Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Katashima
Mitsuhiro Katashima 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: 7283869Abstract: An apparatus has a first electrode group (1) including at least one electrode and arranged on the abdominal surface of a subject (human) with the navel of the subject serving as a reference position, a second electrode group (2) including at least one electrode and arranged on the back surface of the subject, a third electrode group (3) including at least two electrodes and arranged on the surface of the subject at an intermediate position between the first and second electrode groups (1, 2), and a controller (8) to supply a current between an electrode selected from the first electrode group (1) and an electrode selected from the second electrode group (2), measure a voltage generated between two electrodes of the third electrode group (3), and compute an abdominal fat quantity of the subject according to the measured voltage.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2002Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Onda, Mitsuhiro Katashima, Junichi Nojima, Susumu Fujinami, Kazuhiro Tashiro
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Patent number: 7276302Abstract: A magnetic tape comprising a substrate having on one side thereof a magnetic layer serving as a recording surface and on the other side thereof a resin layer serving as a non-recording surface, wherein said magnetic tape has a region on the side of the non-recording surface along the longitudinal direction of the tape in which a regular pattern for servo tracking having different optical properties from the other major region of the side of the non-recording surface is to be formed, and said magnetic tape has a thickness of 7 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2003Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: Quantum CorporationInventors: Akira Ishikawa, Takashi Ishii, Mitsuhiro Katashima, Masato Hoshi, Takahisa Yamashiro, Shinsuke Okuda, Koji Uchida
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Patent number: 7255908Abstract: A magnetic tape (1) characterized by having a backcoating layer (5) which comprises a binder and fine particles having been dispersed in the binder and being capable of irreversibly changing in color on oxidation reaction, and has a sufficient number of microvoids of sufficient size to supply sufficient oxygen to cause the oxidation reaction.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2003Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Quantum CorporationInventors: Akira Ishikawa, Takashi Ishii, Mitsuhiro Katashima, Manabu Hosoya, Tomohiko Onda
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Patent number: 6978170Abstract: Two current electrodes 2 and 3 are arranged on a circumference of a subject 1, a distance between the two current electrodes being sufficiently shorter than a circumferential length of the subject 1. A current source 4 passes a current between the two current electrodes. A measuring electrode 5 is arranged adjacent to one of the two current electrodes 2 and 3. A measuring electrode 11 is arranged substantially opposite to the two current electrodes 2 and 3 across the subject 1. A voltmeter 7 measures a voltage generated between the measuring electrodes 5 and 11. A body fat computing unit 25 computes the quantity of subcutaneous fat 8 of the subject 1 according to the voltage measured with the voltmeter 7.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2000Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Onda, Masaki Fukuhara, Kazuo Maki, Toru Yamaguchi, Mitsuhiro Katashima, Tsuyoshi Kimura
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Publication number: 20040258961Abstract: A magnetic tape (1) characterized by having a backcoating layer (5) which comprises a binder and fine particles having been dispersed in the binder and being capable of irreversibly changing in color on oxidation reaction, and has a sufficient number of microvoids of sufficient size to supply sufficient oxygen to cause the oxidation reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2003Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventors: Akira Ishikawa, Takashi Ishii, Mitsuhiro Katashima, Manabu Hosoya, Tomohiko Onda
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Publication number: 20040258960Abstract: A magnetic tape comprising a substrate having on one side thereof a magnetic layer serving as a recording surface and on the other side thereof a resin layer serving as a non-recording surface, wherein said magnetic tape has a region on the side of the non-recording surface along the longitudinal direction of the tape in which a regular pattern for servo tracking having different optical properties from the other major region of the side of the non-recording surface is to be formed, and said magnetic tape has a thickness of 7 &mgr;m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2003Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventors: Akira Ishikawa, Takashi Ishii, Mitsuhiro Katashima, Masato Hoshi, Takahisa Yamashiro, Shinsuke Okuda, Koji Uchida
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Publication number: 20040077969Abstract: An apparatus has a first electrode group (1) including at least one electrode and arranged on the abdominal surface of a subject (human) with the navel of the subject serving as a reference position, a second electrode group (2) including at least one electrode and arranged on the back surface of the subject, a third electrode group (3) including at least two electrodes and arranged on the surface of the subject at an intermediate position between the first and second electrode groups (1, 2), and a controller (8) to supply a current between an electrode selected from the first electrode group (1) and an electrode selected from the second electrode group (2), measure a voltage generated between two electrodes of the third electrode group (3), and compute an abdominal fat quantity of the subject according to the measured voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Tomohiro Onda, Mitsuhiro Katashima, Junichi Nojima, Susumu Fujinami, Kazuhiro Tashiro
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Publication number: 20030194582Abstract: A magnetic tape comprising a substrate having on one side thereof a magnetic layer serving as a recording surface and on the other side thereof a resin layer serving as a non-recording surface, wherein said magnetic tape has a region on the side of the non-recording surface along the longitudinal direction of the tape in which a regular pattern for servo tracking having different optical properties from the other major region of the side of the non-recording surface is to be formed, and said magnetic tape has a thickness of 7 &mgr;m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: Quantum Corporation, a California CorporationInventors: Akira Ishikawa, Takashi Ishii, Mitsuhiro Katashima, Masato Hoshi, Takahisa Yamashiro, Shinsuke Okuda, Koji Uchida, George A. Saliba, Satya Mallick, Chan Kim, Carol Turgeon, Leo Cappabianca, Lewis Cronis
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Publication number: 20030124385Abstract: A magnetic tape (1) characterized by having a backcoating layer (5) which comprises a binder and fine particles having been dispersed in the binder and being capable of irreversibly changing in color on oxidation reaction, and has a sufficient number of microvoids of sufficient size to supply sufficient oxygen to cause the oxidation reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2003Publication date: July 3, 2003Applicant: Quantum Corporation, a California CorporationInventors: Akira Ishikawa, Takashi Ishii, Mitsuhiro Katashima, Manabu Hosoya, Tomohiko Onda
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Publication number: 20030054203Abstract: A magnetic tape (1) characterized by having a backcoating layer (5) which comprises a binder and fine particles having been dispersed in the binder and being capable of irreversibly changing in color on oxidation reaction, and has a sufficient number of microvoids of sufficient size to supply sufficient oxygen to cause the oxidation reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Applicant: Quantum Corporation, a California CorporationInventors: Akira Ishikawa, Takashi Ishii, Mitsuhiro Katashima, Manabu Hosoya, Tomohiko Onda
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Publication number: 20020041981Abstract: A magnetic tape comprising a substrate having on one side thereof a magnetic layer serving as a recording surface and on the other side thereof a resin layer serving as a non-recording surface, wherein said magnetic tape has a region on the side of the non-recording surface along the longitudinal direction of the tape in which a regular pattern for servo tracking having different optical properties from the other major region of the side of the non-recording surface is to be formed, and said magnetic tape has a thickness of 7 &mgr;m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2001Publication date: April 11, 2002Inventors: Akira Ishikawa, Takashi Ishii, Mitsuhiro Katashima, Masato Hoshi, Takahisa Yamashiro, Shinsuke Okuda, Koji Uchida
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Publication number: 20020041982Abstract: Magnetic tape (1) comprising a substrate, a magnetic layer provided on one side of the substrate and a backcoating layer (5) provided on the other side of the substrate, wherein the backcoating layer (5) is a layer capable of magnetic recording on which three or more servo tracks (10a, 10b 10c) have magnetically been formed in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the tape, and the backcoating layer (5) has a higher coercive force than the coercive force of the whole of all the layers on the magnetic layer side and a lower saturation flux density than the saturation flux density of the whole of all the layers on the magnetic layer side.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2001Publication date: April 11, 2002Applicant: Quantum CorporationInventors: Mitsuhiro Katashima, Manabu Hosoya
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Patent number: 6319595Abstract: Magnetic tape (1) comprising a substrate, a magnetic layer provided on one side of the substrate and a backcoating layer (5) provided on the other side of the substrate, wherein the backcoating layer (5) is a layer capable of magnetic recording on which three or more servo tracks (10a, 10b, 10c) have magnetically been formed in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the tape, and the backcoating layer (5) has a higher coercive force than the coercive force of the whole of all the layers on the magnetic layer side and a lower saturation flux density than the saturation flux density of the whole of all the layers on the magnetic layer side.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2000Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Assignee: Quantum CorporationInventors: Mitsuhiro Katashima, Manabu Hosoya
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Patent number: 6103365Abstract: A magnetic tape having formed on its backcoating layer 5 a recess 10 of prescribed shape capable of yielding an optical contrast to provide optical information with which servo tracking of data tracks on the magnetic layer is effected, the recess having a depth of 0.05 to 1 .mu.m and a width of 0.25 to 30 .mu.m, and the backcoating layer 5 having an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 4 to 20 nm.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1998Date of Patent: August 15, 2000Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Takashi Ishii, Mitsuhiro Katashima