Patents by Inventor Satoru Ishihara

Satoru Ishihara 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: 20240027946
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing device capable of removing a horizontal streak that may show when a document is scanned and made into a file is provided. An image processing device according to one embodiment includes: an image processing unit configured to generate smoothing image data obtained by applying smoothing to image data, and save, as an image file, non-smoothing image data in which smoothing is not applied to the image data when a difference between the non-smoothing image data and the smoothing image data is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and the smoothing image data when the difference is smaller than the threshold value; and a storage unit configured to save the image file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kazunari Kogure, Satoru Ishihara, Hirokazu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11809116
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing device capable of removing a horizontal streak that may show when a document is scanned and made into a file is provided. An image processing device according to one embodiment includes: an image processing unit configured to generate smoothing image data obtained by applying smoothing to image data, and save, as an image file, non-smoothing image data in which smoothing is not applied to the image data when a difference between the non-smoothing image data and the smoothing image data is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and the smoothing image data when the difference is smaller than the threshold value; and a storage unit configured to save the image file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunari Kogure, Satoru Ishihara, Hirokazu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230279454
    Abstract: The usefulness of ?-galactosidases derived from Bacillus circulans is further enhanced. A modified ?-galactosidase in which one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of proline 182 (P182), tyrosine 187 (Y187), serine 188 (S188), tryptophan 405 (W405), alanine 406 (A406), glutamine 407 (Q407), tyrosine 449 (Y449), threonine 483 (T483), serine 512 (S512), serine 531 (S531), threonine 533 (T533), serine 534 (S534), asparagine 550 (N550), glutamine 551 (Q551), tryptophan 593 (W593), tyrosine 598 (Y598), proline 602 (P602), proline 604 (P604), tyrosine 609 (Y609), lysine 612 (K612), and tyrosine 615 (Y615), or an amino acid(s) corresponding thereto, has/have been substituted by other amino acid in a ?-galactosidase consisting of the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NOs. 1 to 4 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or more identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs. 1 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: AMANO ENZYME INC.
    Inventors: Genichi Nakamura, Yuko Kuritani, Satoru Ishihara, Tetsuya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11555214
    Abstract: The usefulness of ?-galactosidases derived from Bacillus circulans is further enhanced. A modified ?-galactosidase in which one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of proline 182 (P182), tyrosine 187 (Y187), serine 188 (S188), tryptophan 405 (W405), alanine 406 (A406), glutamine 407 (Q407), tyrosine 449 (Y449), threonine 483 (T483), serine 512 (S512), serine 531 (S531), threonine 533 (T533), serine 534 (S534), asparagine 550 (N550), glutamine 551 (Q551), tryptophan 593 (W593), tyrosine 598 (Y598), proline 602 (P602), proline 604 (P604), tyrosine 609 (Y609), lysine 612 (K612), and tyrosine 615 (Y615), or an amino acid(s) corresponding thereto, has/have been substituted by other amino acid in a ?-galactosidase consisting of the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NOs. 1 to 4 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or more identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs. 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: AMANO ENZYME INC.
    Inventors: Genichi Nakamura, Yuko Kuritani, Satoru Ishihara, Tetsuya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230004111
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing device capable of removing a horizontal streak that may show when a document is scanned and made into a file is provided. An image processing device according to one embodiment includes: an image processing unit configured to generate smoothing image data obtained by applying smoothing to image data, and save, as an image file, non-smoothing image data in which smoothing is not applied to the image data when a difference between the non-smoothing image data and the smoothing image data is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and the smoothing image data when the difference is smaller than the threshold value; and a storage unit configured to save the image file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kazunari Kogure, Satoru Ishihara, Hirokazu Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220366423
    Abstract: A store management system includes a first determination unit, a monitoring unit, a settlement unit, a second determination unit, and a generation unit. The first determination unit determines a customer entering a store displaying and selling a commodity. The monitoring unit monitors that the customer determined by the first determination unit carries the commodity. The settlement unit settles price of the commodity monitored by the monitoring unit as being carried by the customer, according to instruction from the customer. The second determination unit determines that the customer leaves the store. The generation unit generates history data including suspicious data indicating that the customer, identified by an identification code, is associated with an unsettled commodity being carried out of the store, when a settlement of the commodity carried by the customer which is determined by the second determination unit as leaving the store has not been completed by the settlement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunari KOGURE, Satoru ISHIHARA, Mikio ITO
  • Publication number: 20220335537
    Abstract: An electronic receipt system includes a commodity sales data processing apparatus, an electronic receipt server, and a portable terminal. The commodity sales data processing apparatus receives an operation to issue an electronic receipt; when receiving the operation, reads a code that is displayed on the portable terminal; when reading the code; generates detail data of electronic receipt information; and sends the code and the detail data of electronic receipt information to the electronic receipt server. The electronic receipt server receives the code and the detail data of electronic receipt information; and stores the code and the detail data of electronic receipt information in a storage section in association with each other. The portable terminal receives an input of the code; receives, from the storage section, electronic receipt information associated with the code received; and displays thereon the electronic receipt information received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taro ANDO, Keiichi HASEGAWA, Satoru ISHIHARA, Tsuyoshi GOTANDA, Akiko SUSAKI, Makoto FUKASAWA, Yasuhiro ARAI
  • Patent number: 10870840
    Abstract: The present invention addresses a problem of providing a lipase derived from a microorganism that is specific for short-chain to medium-chain fatty acids. A modified lipase is obtained by making a substitution in the amino acid sequence of a Candida cylindracea derived lipase, wherein the substitution is (1) a substitution of asparagine for an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 428 in the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; or (2) a substitution of phenylalanine, methionine, or isoleucine for an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 429 in the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: AMANO ENZYME INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Ishigaki, Satoru Ishihara, Shun-ichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200387905
    Abstract: A store management system includes a first determination unit, a monitoring unit, a settlement unit, a second determination unit, and a generation unit. The first determination unit determines a customer entering a store displaying and selling a commodity. The monitoring unit monitors that the customer determined by the first determination unit carries the commodity. The settlement unit settles price of the commodity monitored by the monitoring unit as being carried by the customer, according to instruction from the customer. The second determination unit determines that the customer leaves the store. The generation unit generates history data including suspicious data indicating that the customer, identified by an identification code, is associated with an unsettled commodity being carried out of the store, when a settlement of the commodity carried by the customer which is determined by the second determination unit as leaving the store has not been completed by the settlement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunari KOGURE, Satoru ISHIHARA, Mikio ITO
  • Publication number: 20200327620
    Abstract: An electronic receipt system generates electronic receipt information associated with commodity sales data in association with a member code of a consumer, stores company codes in a storage section in association with electronic receipt information in a plurality of electronic receipt management units corresponding to company codes representing different companies, and manages electronic receipt information associated with the plurality of company codes stored in each electronic receipt management unit. Then, the electronic receipt system displays, to an information processing apparatus corresponding to a member code of a consumer, the electronic receipt information containing at least one company code corresponding to the member code on a display section in association with company code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taro ANDO, Keiichi HASEGAWA, Satoru ISHIHARA, Tsuyoshi GOTANDA, Akiko SUSAKI, Makoto FUKASAWA, Yasuhiro ARAI
  • Publication number: 20200258113
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a detector, a controller, a display device, and a storage device. The detector detects a commodity code of a commodity. If a first commodity code of a first commodity is detected, the controller determines whether a second commodity is registered as associated with the first commodity. The display device outputs content of the privilege data for the second commodity in response to determining the second commodity is registered as associated with the first commodity. In response to detecting a second commodity code of the second commodity, the storage device applies a privilege corresponding to the privilege data to the second commodity and stores commodity information of the second commodity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumio NAKATSUKASA, Mikio ITO, Satoru ISHIHARA, Kazunari KOGURE, Daigo KUDOU
  • Publication number: 20200002739
    Abstract: The usefulness of ?-galactosidases derived from Bacillus circulans is further enhanced. A modified ?-galactosidase in which one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of proline 182 (P182), tyrosine 187 (Y187), serine 188 (S188), tryptophan 405 (W405), alanine 406 (A406), glutamine 407 (Q407), tyrosine 449 (Y449), threonine 483 (T483), serine 512 (S512), serine 531 (S531), threonine 533 (T533), serine 534 (S534), asparagine 550 (N550), glutamine 551 (Q551), tryptophan 593 (W593), tyrosine 598 (Y598), proline 602 (P602), proline 604 (P604), tyrosine 609 (Y609), lysine 612 (K612), and tyrosine 615 (Y615), or an amino acid(s) corresponding thereto, has/have been substituted by other amino acid in a ?-galactosidase consisting of the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NOs. 1 to 4 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or more identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs. 1 to 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Genichi Nakamura, Yuko Kuritani, Satoru Ishihara, Tetsuya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190345465
    Abstract: The present invention addresses a problem of providing a lipase derived from a microorganism that is specific for short-chain to medium-chain fatty acids. A modified lipase is obtained by making a substitution in the amino acid sequence of a Candida cylindracea derived lipase, wherein the substitution is (1) a substitution of asparagine for an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 428 in the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; or (2) a substitution of phenylalanine, methionine, or isoleucine for an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 429 in the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Yuki Ishigaki, Satoru Ishihara, Shun-ichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10465219
    Abstract: The usefulness of ?-galactosidases derived from Bacillus circulans is further enhanced. A modified ?-galactosidase in which one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of proline 182 (P182), tyrosine 187 (Y187), serine 188 (S188), tryptophan 405 (W405), alanine 406 (A406), glutamine 407 (Q407), tyrosine 449 (Y449), threonine 483 (T483), serine 512 (S512), serine 531 (S531), threonine 533 (T533), serine 534 (S534), asparagine 550 (N550), glutamine 551 (Q551), tryptophan 593 (W593), tyrosine 598 (Y598), proline 602 (P602), proline 604 (P604), tyrosine 609 (Y609), lysine 612 (K612), and tyrosine 615 (Y615), or an amino acid(s) corresponding thereto, has/have been substituted by other amino acid in a ?-galactosidase consisting of the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NOs. 1 to 4 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or more identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs. 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: AMANO ENZYME INC.
    Inventors: Genichi Nakamura, Yuko Kuritani, Satoru Ishihara, Tetsuya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10415023
    Abstract: The present invention addresses a problem of providing a lipase derived from a microorganism that is specific for short-chain to medium-chain fatty acids. A modified lipase is obtained by making a substitution in the amino acid sequence of a Candida cylindracea derived lipase, wherein the substitution is (1) a substitution of asparagine for an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 428 in the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; or (2) a substitution of phenylalanine, methionine, or isoleucine for an amino acid corresponding to the amino acid at position 429 in the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: AMANO ENZYME INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Ishigaki, Satoru Ishihara, Shun-ichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190095057
    Abstract: An electronic receipt system generates, in association with a code of a shopper, electronic receipt information related to commodity sales data processing, stores the generated electronic receipt information in a storing unit, and stores additional information associated with commodity information and a specific condition in the storing unit. The electronic receipt system causes an information processing apparatus associated with the code of the shopper to display the electronic receipt information associated with the code and a selectable object for instructing a start of processing for the additional information related to the commodity information included in the electronic receipt information in a display unit. The electronic receipt system displays the electronic receipt information and displays. If the selectable object is operated, the electronic receipt system transmits a start signal for the processing for the additional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Makoto Fukasawa, Taro Ando, Keiichi Hasegawa, Satoru Ishihara, Tsuyoshi Gotanda, Kazuhisa Arakawa
  • Patent number: 10190107
    Abstract: The present invention has a purpose of providing a technique for increasing the heat resistance of a ?-galactosidase. According to the present invention, in a reference ?-galactosidase amino acid sequence which shows a 90% or more identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, proline is substituted for one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of the following amino acids: (1) an amino acid corresponding to lysine at position 166 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, (2) an amino acid corresponding to glycine at position 307 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, and (3) an amino acid corresponding to alanine at position 833 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Amano Enzyme Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Ishikawa, Satoru Ishihara, Shotaro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20180018739
    Abstract: An electronic receipt system generates electronic receipt information associated with commodity sales data in association with a member code of a consumer, stores company codes in a storage section in association with electronic receipt information in a plurality of electronic receipt management units corresponding to company codes representing different companies, and manages electronic receipt information associated with the plurality of company codes stored in each electronic receipt management unit. Then, the electronic receipt system displays, to an information processing apparatus corresponding to a member code of a consumer, the electronic receipt information containing at least one company code corresponding to the member code on a display section in association with company code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taro ANDO, Keiichi HASEGAWA, Satoru ISHIHARA, Tsuyoshi GOTANDA, Akiko SUSAKI, Makoto FUKASAWA, Arai YASUHIRO
  • Publication number: 20170233705
    Abstract: The present invention has a purpose of providing a technique for increasing the heat resistance of a ?-galactosidase. According to the present invention, in a reference ?-galactosidase amino acid sequence which shows a 90% or more identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, proline is substituted for one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of the following amino acids: (1) an amino acid corresponding to lysine at position 166 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, (2) an amino acid corresponding to glycine at position 307 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, and (3) an amino acid corresponding to alanine at position 833 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Amano Enzyme Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Ishikawa, Satoru Ishihara, Shotaro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20170147171
    Abstract: An electronic receipt system generates, in association with a code of a shopper, electronic receipt information related to commodity sales data processing, stores the generated electronic receipt information in a storing unit, and stores additional information associated with commodity information and a specific condition in the storing unit. The electronic receipt system causes an information processing apparatus associated with the code of the shopper to display the electronic receipt information associated with the code and a selectable object for instructing a start of processing for the additional information related to the commodity information included in the electronic receipt information in a display unit. The electronic receipt system displays the electronic receipt information and displays. If the selectable object is operated, the electronic receipt system transmits a start signal for the processing for the additional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Makoto FUKASAWA, Taro ANDO, Keiichi HASEGAWA, Satoru ISHIHARA, Tsuyoshi GOTANDA, Kazuhisa ARAKAWA