Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Harada

Mitsuru Harada 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: 20240121637
    Abstract: A wireless communication monitoring system for monitoring a hardware failure of a wireless communication unit of a wireless communication device using a remote monitoring control device, in which the wireless communication device transmits or receives a predetermined radio signal to or from a monitoring device added or attached to the host device to perform a life and death check for checking an operation, and the remote monitoring control device detects a hardware failure of the wireless communication unit of the wireless communication device on the basis of a result of the life and death check received from the wireless communication device. This makes it possible to detect a failure that cannot be detected from information obtained from a device state request to a wireless communication device of the related art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru NISHINO, Munehiro MATSUI, Masaki SHIMA, Koichi HARADA, Hiroki SHIBAYAMA, Fumihiro YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20230359842
    Abstract: There is provided a reader/writer device that holds an IC card in a state where the IC card is held over a card reading surface during a communication period and supports a reader/writer main body in a posture separated from a setting surface. The reader/writer device includes a reader/writer main body that communicates with an IC card placed on a card reading surface, and a stand that supports the reader/writer main body in a posture separated from a setting surface and holds the IC card on the card reading surface. The stand has a structure having a substantially U shape and bundles and holds the IC card placed on the card reading surface and the reader/writer main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru HARADA, Tomotsugu MINAMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220158103
    Abstract: An optical sensor includes a substrate, a photoelectric conversion layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The photoelectric conversion layer has a first surface facing the substrate, a second surface located opposite the first surface, and at least one side surface connecting the first surface with the second surface. The photoelectric conversion layer is supported by the substrate. The first electrode includes a first portion and a second portion separated from the first portion. The second portion is closer to the second surface than the first portion is. The first electrode is provided on the at least one side surface. The second electrode is provided on the at least one side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: YUKO KISHIMOTO, MITSURU HARADA, HIROAKI IIJIMA
  • Patent number: 11277571
    Abstract: An image generation device includes: a voltage generator that generates a plurality of voltages each having a different voltage value; an image capturer that includes an organic photoconductive film, and performs imaging every time each of the plurality of voltages is applied; a luminance data obtainer that obtains a plurality of luminance data items corresponding to the plurality of voltages applied, each of the plurality of luminance data items being obtained from the imaging performed by the image capturer; and a color image generator that generates a color image based on the plurality of luminance data items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunio Nobori, Satoshi Sato, Takeo Azuma, Nobuhiko Wakai, Mitsuru Harada, Shinichi Machida, Masumi Izuchi
  • Publication number: 20210120165
    Abstract: An image generation device includes: a voltage generator that generates a plurality of voltages each having a different voltage value; an image capturer that includes an organic photoconductive film, and performs imaging every time each of the plurality of voltages is applied; a luminance data obtainer that obtains a plurality of luminance data items corresponding to the plurality of voltages applied, each of the plurality of luminance data items being obtained from the imaging performed by the image capturer; and a color image generator that generates a color image based on the plurality of luminance data items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kunio NOBORI, Satoshi SATO, Takeo AZUMA, Nobuhiko WAKAI, Mitsuru HARADA, Shinichi MACHIDA, Masumi IZUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190244129
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to data orchestration platform management in a network communication environment including a set of information sources. A set of raw data may be ingested using the set of information sources. A set of interpreted data that indicates a set of attributes of the network communication environment may be generated using a data interpretation dictionary configured to analyze the set of raw data. An artificial intelligence (AI) logic unit to perform processing with respect to the set of interpreted data may be determined using a data orchestration platform management engine to analyze the set of attributes of the network communication environment. The set of interpreted data may be processed using the AI logic unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Narutoshi Tabuchi, Mitsuru Harada
  • Patent number: 9638544
    Abstract: A sensor terminal which processes a sensor signal output from at least one sensor and transmits the sensor signal being processed to a center device through a network control unit and a communication line, includes a communication interface unit capable of being connected to the network control unit, a sensor input interface unit being connected to the sensor and inputting the sensor signal, and a control unit generating sensor data from the sensor signal input through the sensor input interface unit and transmitting sensor data corresponding to a request signal of the center device which is input through the communication interface unit from the network control unit or active sensor data to the center device through the network control unit from the communication interface unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kondo, Mitsuru Harada
  • Patent number: 9526315
    Abstract: A transfer system comprises a plurality of rollers configured to provide a rotating function; an endless belt installed on the plurality of rollers; a thin-film having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a functional material adhered on the first surface, the functional material including at least one of a cosmetic material and a medical material. The thin film and the functional material are retained on the endless belt so that the functional material is in contact with the endless belt. The thin film and the functional material are transferred to an adherend so that the second surface is in contact with the adherend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayo Shinoda, Tomoki Masuda, Haruka Kusukame, Mitsuru Harada
  • Publication number: 20150059968
    Abstract: A device for printing a functional material on a biocompatible thin-film is provided, including: a feeder for feeding a thin-film sheet including the biocompatible thin-film and a first support into the printing device; a controller for loading makeup information for printing the functional material on the thin-film; a printing unit for printing the functional material corresponding to the makeup information on the thin-film based on a makeup signal from the controller; a feeder for feeding a second support into the device; a transfer unit for transferring a thin-film printed body, the thin-film on which the functional material is printed by the printing unit from the first support to the second support; and a delivery unit for delivering the transferred thin-film printed body to outside the device. This configuration enables people who lack sufficient makeup knowledge, techniques, or time to apply makeup easily, quickly, and safely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: MASAYO SHINODA, TOMOKI MASUDA, HARUKA KUSUKAME, MITSURU HARADA
  • Publication number: 20150059800
    Abstract: A transfer device is provided for transferring, to an adherend, a thin-film to which a functional material adheres, the transfer device including a plurality of rollers for providing a rotating function, and an endless belt installed on the plurality of rollers, wherein, on the endless belt, the transfer device retains the thin-film with a surface of the thin-film to which the functional material adheres being in contact with the endless belt, and the transfer device transfers the thin-film to the adherend so that a surface opposite a surface of the thin-film to which the functional material adheres is in contact with the adherend. This configuration allows an ultrathin thin-film to be simply transferred to the adherend such as a human body without damage to the thin-film, the thin-film having the adhered functional material and requiring careful handling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: MASAYO SHINODA, TOMOKI MASUDA, HARUKA KUSUKAME, MITSURU HARADA
  • Publication number: 20140375473
    Abstract: A sensor terminal which processes a sensor signal output from at least one sensor and transmits the sensor signal being processed to a center device through a network control unit and a communication line, includes a communication interface unit capable of being connected to the network control unit, a sensor input interface unit being connected to the sensor and inputting the sensor signal, and a control unit generating sensor data from the sensor signal input through the sensor input interface unit and transmitting sensor data corresponding to a request signal of the center device which is input through the communication interface unit from the network control unit or active sensor data to the center device through the network control unit from the communication interface unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Kondo, Mitsuru Harada
  • Patent number: 7927029
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus include a lens, a first blade slidable between a covering position where the first blade covers the front side of the lens and a retract position where the first blade retracts from the front side of the lens, and a second blade pivotally supported by the first blade, the second blade moving along with the first blade between the covering position and the retract position in response to the slide motion of the first blade, the second blade rotating relative to the first blade in such a way that the second blade more largely overlaps with the first blade in the retract position than in the covering position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujii, Yoshio Kusui, Mitsuru Harada, Yutaka Saito, Masahiko Noro
  • Publication number: 20110055965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a circular single-stranded nucleic acid complex comprising a sense strand RNA sequence, an antisense strand RNA sequence complementary to the sense strand RNA sequence, and two identical or different loop moieties connecting the sense and antisense strands, wherein the sense and antisense strands form a stem by pairing, and the loop moieties are selected from the group consisting of polyalkylene glycol, DNA, DNA-RNA chimera, a derivative thereof, and a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Hiroshi Abe, Yoshihiro Ito, Naoko Abe, Mitsuru Harada
  • Publication number: 20090169197
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus include a lens, a first blade slidable between a covering position where the first blade covers the front side of the lens and a retract position where the first blade retracts from the front side of the lens, and a second blade pivotally supported by the first blade, the second blade moving along with the first blade between the covering position and the retract position in response to the slide motion of the first blade, the second blade rotating relative to the first blade in such a way that the second blade more largely overlaps with the first blade in the retract position than in the covering position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujii, Yoshio Kusui, Mitsuru Harada, Yutaka Saito, Masahiko Noro
  • Patent number: 7517567
    Abstract: An optically transparent touch panel includes an upper substrate provided with an upper conductive layer formed on a lower surface thereof, and a lower substrate provided with a lower conductive layer formed on an upper surface thereof in a manner to confront the upper conductive layer with a predetermined space. The upper and lower substrates are bonded together with a spacer having a modulus of elasticity between 104 and 106 Pa. The touch panel has a long usable life with the capability of downsizing the whole body, while maintaining a required effective operating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Masuda, Mitsuru Harada, Kazunori Omoya, Kazuhiko Fujikawa, Toshiharu Fukui, Takuya Yagasaki
  • Patent number: 7515370
    Abstract: A recording apparatus capable of recording data either in a current-used format or a new format on a recording medium accommodated in a current-used tape cassette or a new tape cassette. The recording apparatus comprises a first writing prohibition detection switch to be inserted to an discrimination hole formed on both cassettes and receded in accordance with an open/close state of a writing prohibition discrimination hole provided on the current-used cassette, a second writing prohibition detection switch to be receded in accordance with an open/close state of a writing prohibition discrimination hole formed in the new tape cassette, and a cassette type detection switch to be inserted to an discrimination hole formed in the new tape cassette and receded by a side surface of the current-used cassette. A control circuit discriminates a new tape cassette from the current-used tape cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki Baba, Tatsuo Tsujibayashi, Mitsuru Harada, Mutsuko Ochiai
  • Patent number: 7180341
    Abstract: A feedback path (307) is formed between an output (310c) of a fixed divider (305) and a control terminal (310b) of an inverting/noninverting unit (304). A connection device (306) is arranged on the feedback path (307). The feedback path (307) is connected/disconnected according to the level of the control signal M from outside, thereby switching the number of divisions. The delay time of the signal given to the input terminal (310a) of the inverting/noninverting unit (304) to pass through the feedback path (307) and return to the control terminal (310b) is set greater than the pulse width of the input clock signal. A small pulse input invalidating function is provided in the fixed divider (305). Alternatively, a small pulse output prohibiting function is provided in the inverting/noninverting unit (304).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Harada, Akihiro Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 7161459
    Abstract: In chip electronic components, the application state of conductive paste that makes side electrodes can be optically distinguished in the production of small-sized chip electronic components. The chip electronic component comprises a substrate, and side electrodes disposed at the end portions of the substrate. The lightness of an entire surface of the side electrode is not more than 6 as defined in JIS-Z8721.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Harada, Kazunori Omoya, Masato Hashimoto, Akio Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 7084733
    Abstract: In chip electronic components, the application state of conductive paste that makes side electrodes can be optically distinguished in the production of small-sized chip electronic components. The chip electronic component comprises a substrate, and side electrodes disposed at the end portions of the substrate. The lightness of an entire surface of the side electrode is not more than 6 as defined in JIS-Z8721.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Harada, Kazunori Omoya, Masato Hashimoto, Akio Fukuoka
  • Patent number: RE48103
    Abstract: A transfer system comprises a plurality of rollers configured to provide a rotating function; an endless belt installed on the plurality of rollers; a thin-film having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a functional material adhered on the first surface, the functional material including at least one of a cosmetic material and a medical material. The thin film and the functional material are retained on the endless belt so that the functional material is in contact with the endless belt. The thin film and the functional material are transferred to an adherend so that the second surface is in contact with the adherend. A transfer system includes: a thin-film having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a functional material adhered on the first surface; and a transfer apparatus having a third surface on which the thin film and the functional material are retained so that the functional material is in contact with the third surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayo Shinoda, Tomoki Masuda, Haruka Kusukame, Mitsuru Harada