Patents by Inventor Naoto Matsuo
Naoto Matsuo 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: 20200397263Abstract: This endoscope system includes: a light source that emits toward an imaging subject a first excitation light having a wavelength in a first predetermined range of a non-visible light band and a second excitation light having a wavelength in a second predetermined range of a non-visible light band; an optical filter that blocks light having wavelengths in the first predetermined range and the second predetermined range respectively; a sensor unit disposed on the emission side of the optical filter, generating a captured image of the imaging subject excited by each of the first excitation light and the second excitation light and emitting fluorescence; and an output unit for outputting the captured image of the imaging subject to a monitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventor: Naoto MATSUO
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Patent number: 10863896Abstract: An endoscope system includes a non-visible light source configured to emit first excitation light and second excitation light onto a target, an image sensor configured to generate an image including the target excited by at least one of the first excitation light and the second excitation light to emit fluorescence, and an output device configured to output the image. The first excitation light has a half width of not more than 10 nm and a first wavelength of a non-visible light band. The second excitation light has a half width of not more than 10 nm and a second wavelength of the non-visible light band being different from the first wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoto Matsuo, Haruhiko Kohno, Nobuhiro Tsuchihashi
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Patent number: 10820789Abstract: An endoscope system includes a first light source that emits visible light, a second light source that emits non-visible light, an image sensor that generates a first image including a subject through first photoelectric conversion using the visible light and generates a second image including a subject that emits fluorescence emission light due to excitation by the non-visible light through second photoelectric conversion using the non-visible light, and an output device that alternately switches between and outputs the first image and the second image. The second light source starts light emission by a predetermined time before start of the second photoelectric conversion due to driving of the driving circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeki Ogata, Yoshitaka Kitaoka, Naoto Matsuo, Haruhiko Kohno, Kunihiko Hara
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Patent number: 10370839Abstract: A flush toilet includes: a bowl including a rim formed on the top edge of a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, a discharge path connected to the bottom of this bowl for discharging waste, and a rim spout portion disposed on this rim for spouting flush water within the bowl to form a circulating flow. The bowl further includes a shelf, formed in the circumferential direction from the rim spout portion between the waste receiving surface top edge and the rim bottom end, for guiding flush water spouted from the rim spout portion in the circumferential direction. The rim spout portion is disposed on either the left or right of either the side region or the front region of the bowl, and forms a rim spout port to spout flush water rearward. The width of the shelf is set to decrease from the side to the rear of the bowl.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Masaaki Momoe, Yuuki Shinohara, Eiji Shiohara, Naoto Matsuo
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Patent number: 10337183Abstract: There is provided a flush toilet that cleans a bowl using a swirl flow formed by cleaning water flowing down from a slit aperture formed on a rim. The flush toilet has a discharge passage an inlet of which is connected to a lower portion of a waste receiving having a bowl shape, and an inlet of an inlet conduit of the discharge passage is formed such that on a horizontal cross-section plane a maximum width of a front portion in a left-right direction is larger than a maximum width of a rear portion in the left-right direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Naoto Matsuo, Eiji Shiohara, Hiroyuki Hara
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Patent number: 10053849Abstract: A flush toilet of the present invention is provided with a toilet main body and a storage tank supplying cleaning water to a supply opening of the toilet main body. The toilet main body includes a bowl, a rim, a rim water passage formed on an entire circumference of the rim, and an aperture formed on the entire circumference of the rim, and a water conduit formed between the supply opening and the rim water passage. The water conduit includes an upstream water conduit extending to the right side from the supply opening, and a downstream water conduit extending to the left side from the upstream water conduit, and the downstream water conduit is formed such that a downstream end of an inner wall surface on the right side is positioned in the left side to a center line of the toilet main body in the left-right direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Naoto Matsuo, Eiji Shiohara, Hiroyuki Hara, Yoshikatsu Adachi
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Patent number: 9995029Abstract: To provide a flush toilet in which: a circulating flow can be formed to uniformly circulate over a waste receiving surface while flushing; localized changes in external appearance of a toilet main body can be inhibited; and impression of a left-right symmetrical external shape can be conveyed to users so that design characteristics thereof are favorably preserved. A rim portion in a flush toilet includes a slit opening portion formed between an upper edge portion of the waste receiving surface formed to be left-right asymmetrical and a rim inside wall formed to be left-right symmetrical. The slit opening portion is formed such that a slit gap on one side, to which a connecting water conduit is directed, is smaller than a slit gap on the other side. A circulating flow is formed on the waste-receiving surface by flush water spouted from the slit opening portion having the different slit gaps.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Naoto Matsuo, Eiji Shiohara, Masaki Kitamura, Masaaki Inoue
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Publication number: 20180087255Abstract: A flush toilet includes: a bowl including a rim formed on the top edge of a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, a discharge path connected to the bottom of this bowl for discharging waste, and a rim spout portion disposed on this rim for spouting flush water within the bowl to form a circulating flow. The bowl further includes a shelf, formed in the circumferential direction from the rim spout portion between the waste receiving surface top edge and the rim bottom end, for guiding flush water spouted from the rim spout portion in the circumferential direction. The rim spout portion is disposed on either the left or right of either the side region or the front region of the bowl, and forms a rim spout port to spout flush water rearward. The width of the shelf is set to decrease from the side to the rear of the bowl.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu KASHIRAJIMA, Masaaki MOMOE, Yuuki SHINOHARA, Eiji SHIOHARA, Naoto MATSUO
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Publication number: 20180070806Abstract: An endoscope system includes a non-visible light source configured to emit first excitation light and second excitation light onto a target, an image sensor configured to generate an image including the target excited by at least one of the first excitation light and the second excitation light to emit fluorescence, and an output device configured to output the image. The first excitation light has a half width of not more than 10 nm and a first wavelength of a non-visible light band. The second excitation light has a half width of not more than 10 nm and a second wavelength of the non-visible light band being different from the first wavelength.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Naoto MATSUO, Haruhiko KOHNO, Nobuhiro TSUCHIHASHI
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Publication number: 20170241120Abstract: A flush toilet of the present invention is provided with a toilet main body and a storage tank supplying cleaning water to a supply opening of the toilet main body. The toilet main body includes a bowl, a rim, a rim water passage formed on an entire circumference of the rim, and an aperture formed on the entire circumference of the rim, and a water conduit formed between the supply opening and the rim water passage. The water conduit includes an upstream water conduit extending to the right side from the supply opening, and a downstream water conduit extending to the left side from the upstream water conduit, and the downstream water conduit is formed such that a downstream end of an inner wall surface on the right side is positioned in the left side to a center line of the toilet main body in the left-right direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Naoto MATSUO, Eiji SHIOHARA, Hiroyuki HARA, Yoshikatsu ADACHI
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Publication number: 20170241119Abstract: There is provided a flush toilet that cleans a bowl using a swirl flow formed by cleaning water flowing down from a slit aperture formed on a rim. The flush toilet has a discharge passage an inlet of which is connected to a lower portion of a waste receiving having a bowl shape, and an inlet of an inlet conduit of the discharge passage is formed such that on a horizontal cross-section plane a maximum width of a front portion in a left-right direction is larger than a maximum width of a rear portion in the left-right direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Naoto MATSUO, Eiji SHIOHARA, Hiroyuki HARA
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Publication number: 20170044751Abstract: To provide a flush toilet in which: a circulating flow can be formed to uniformly circulate over a waste receiving surface while flushing; localized changes in external appearance of a toilet main body can be inhibited; and impression of a left-right symmetrical external shape can be conveyed to users so that design characteristics thereof are favorably preserved. A rim portion in a flush toilet includes a slit opening portion formed between an upper edge portion of the waste receiving surface formed to be left-right asymmetrical and a rim inside wall formed to be left-right symmetrical. The slit opening portion is formed such that a slit gap on one side, to which a connecting water conduit is directed, is smaller than a slit gap on the other side. A circulating flow is formed on the waste-receiving surface by flush water spouted from the slit opening portion having the different slit gaps.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Naoto MATSUO, Eiji SHIOHARA, Masaki KITAMURA, Masaaki INOUE
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Publication number: 20160317003Abstract: An endoscope system includes a first light source that emits visible light, a second light source that emits non-visible light, an image sensor that generates a first image including a subject through first photoelectric conversion using the visible light and generates a second image including a subject that emits fluorescence emission light due to excitation by the non-visible light through second photoelectric conversion using the non-visible light, and an output device that alternately switches between and outputs the first image and the second image. The second light source starts light emission by a predetermined time before start of the second photoelectric conversion due to driving of the driving circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Shigeki OGATA, Yoshitaka KITAOKA, Naoto MATSUO, Haruhiko KOHNO, Kunihiko HARA
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Patent number: 8639222Abstract: A message transmission method includes storing message data whose message contents change depending on a value of a parameter in a storage unit, acquiring the value of the parameter based on an operation of a called party when a second terminal device receives a call from a first terminal device, determining the contents of the message based on the acquired parameter value and the message data, and transmitting the message whose contents are determined to the first terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2009Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Yuuji Nanba, Shuichi Enomoto, Tooru Natsumi, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yukio Kise, Hideo Shirai, Minao Tanaka, Naoto Matsuo, Takashi Nagata, Shigehiro Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20100258797Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device is provided, including at least one light emitting layer 5 composed of an organic material between a transparent electrode and a counter electrode, wherein the organic electroluminescent device includes an electron injection layer 6 previously provided on the organic layer side of the counter electrode which is contact disposed in a solid plate form on the organic layer and heat and pressure formed, and the electron injection layer 6 is constituted of a metal oxide. According to this configuration, it is possible to heat soften the counter electrode in a fixed plate form and join it, and it is possible to inexpensively manufacture the organic electroluminescent device 1 with ease.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya YAMAMOTO, Naoto MATSUO
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Publication number: 20100087170Abstract: A message transmission method includes storing message data whose message contents change depending on a value of a parameter in a storage unit, acquiring the value of the parameter based on an operation of a called party when a second terminal device receives a call from a first terminal device, determining the contents of the message based on the acquired parameter value and the message data, and transmitting the message whose contents are determined to the first terminal device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Tomohiro IKEDA, Yuuji Nanba, Shuichi Enomoto, Tooru Natsumi, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yukio Kise, Hideo Shirai, Minao Tanaka, Naoto Matsuo, Takashi Nagata, Shigehiro Takeuchi
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Patent number: 7486923Abstract: A heat generating roller, fixing equipment and an image forming apparatus in which warm-up time is shortened while preventing excessive temperature rise and good fixing performance is realized by preventing offset. The heat generating roller is formed principally by laying a high permeability conductive layer and a nonmagnetic conductive layer in layer. When a voltage is applied from a power supply to an exciting coil and an alternating current flow, magnetic flux is generated around the exciting coil and a magnetic field is formed. Magnetic coupling of a system including the heat generating roller and the exciting coil is advantageous at a low temperature and heat generation of the heat generating roller is accelerated. When the Curie point is exceeded, skin depth increases and skin resistance decreases, which suppresses generation of Joules heat and reduces heat generation of the heat generating roller.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2005Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masaru Imai, Noboru Katakabe, Youichi Nakamura, Naoto Matsuo, Tomoyuki Noguchi
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Publication number: 20090028617Abstract: There is provided a fixing apparatus capable of reducing the warm-up time, improving the heating efficiency, and suppressing the temperature increase out of the sheet width by using a magnetic adjuster. In this apparatus, the Currie temperature Tc of the magnetic adjuster material heated by electromagnetic induction is set to 220 degrees C. or below and the fixation setting temperature of a heating member corresponding to the portion where a recording material passes during continuous sheet feed is set lower than a value than the temperature at which the relative magnetic permeability of the magnetic adjuster material begins to decrease. Thus, it is possible to obtain a large difference between the heating portion and the non-heating portion, to surely prevent excessive temperature increase of the portion out of the recording material width, to reduce the warm-up time, and improve the heating efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2006Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Noboru Katakabe, Naoto Matsuo, Satoru Miyanishi, Yasuyuki Hanada, Masaru Imai, Hideki Tatematsu, Shigemitsu Tani
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Publication number: 20080063445Abstract: A heat generating roller, fixing equipment and an image forming apparatus in which warm-up time is shortened while preventing excessive temperature rise and good fixing performance is realized by preventing occurrence of offset. In the heat generating roller, fixing equipment and image forming apparatus, the heat generating roller is formed principally by laying a high permeability conductive layer and a nonmagnetic conductive layer in layer. When a voltage is applied from a power supply (not shown) to an exciting coil and an AC current flow through it, magnetic flux is generated around the exciting coil and a magnetic field is formed. Since the heat generating roller has the high permeability conductive layer and the nonmagnetic conductive layer laid in layer, magnetic coupling of a system consisting of the heat generating roller and the exciting coil is good at the time of low temperature and heat generation of the heat generating roller is accelerated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2005Publication date: March 13, 2008Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Imai, Noboru Katakabe, Youichi Nakamura, Naoto Matsuo, Tomoyuki Noguchi
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Publication number: 20070290604Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device that can be driven over a wide brightness range from low brightness used in display applications to high brightness used in light sources, can be stably operated over a wide brightness range, is less in fluctuation between pixels, is high in the emission efficiency, is excellent in the life characteristics and has a plurality of light emitting portions is provided. An organic electroluminescent device includes a plurality of light emitting portions on a glass substrate, the light emitting portion including a pair of electrodes (anode, cathode), a light emitting layer interposed between the electrodes and a transition metal oxide layer disposed between at least one of the electrodes and the light emitting layer, the transition metal oxide layer being formed over the plurality of light emitting portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kei SAKANOUE, Takafumi HAMANO, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Naoto MATSUO