Patents by Inventor Naoaki Yoshida

Naoaki Yoshida 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: 20240169934
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display that displays an image; a receiver that receives input signals corresponding to an input image; a surrounding environmental data processor that determines a surrounding environmental light condition including information representing a brightness of surroundings of the display apparatus; a backlight illumination ratio determiner that determines, for each of a plurality of areas set on the display, an illumination ratio of a backlight of the display based on the input signals and the surrounding environmental light condition; and a display controller that causes the display to display the input image by illuminating the backlight of the display based on the illumination ratio, wherein the backlight illumination ratio determiner determines the illumination ratio so that areas corresponding to a high tone range are assigned an illumination ratio of greater than or equal to an illumination ratio threshold value, the high tone range including input signals having a signal va
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: NAOAKI HAGIWARA, YUICHI YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 8101795
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a process for preparing corosolic acid comprising the steps of (1) dissolving crude extract of Japanese loquat leaves in alkali and aqueous alcohol and (2) applying the solution to a nonpolar adsorption resin to obtain corosolic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignees: Kenko Corporation, Tokiwa Phytochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoaki Yoshida, Chihiro Mori, Tsutomu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20090275778
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a process for preparing corosolic acid comprising the steps of (1) dissolving crude extract of Japanese loquat leaves in alkali and aqueous alcohol and (2) applying the solution to a nonpolar adsorption resin to obtain corosolic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Naoaki Yoshida, Chihiro Mori, Tsutomu Sasaki