Patents by Inventor Satoshi Kubo
Satoshi Kubo 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: 8941890Abstract: A scanning device includes a first scanning unit having a first scanning element array to scan a first surface of a scan-target medium to acquire a first image, a second scanning unit having a second scanning element array to scan a second surface of the scan-target medium to acquire a second image, and an output unit that outputs a first image signal of the first image and a second image signal of the second image. The first scanning unit and the second scanning unit face each other to scan the first surface and the second surface concurrently. When the scanning directions of the first scanning element array and the second scanning element array are the same, a mirrored image acquired from one of the first image signal and the second image signal is inverted so that the output unit outputs normal images of the first surface and the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2013Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: PFU LimitedInventors: Satoshi Kubo, Yusuke Nakashima, Yasuhiko Kitagawa
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Patent number: 8911976Abstract: The invention relates to an enzyme stabilizer comprising a lignin derivative produced by reaction between lignin and a hydrophilic compound, and to a method of saccharifying lignocellulosic biomass which employs the enzyme stabilizer. According to the invention it is possible to accomplish effective saccharification of cellulosic biomass with saccharifying enzymes, by enhancing saccharifying enzyme activity and preventing nonspecific adsorption of saccharifying enzyme onto substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Forestry and Forest Products Research InstituteInventors: Yasumitsu Uraki, Harumi Honma, Tatsuhiko Yamada, Satoshi Kubo, Masanobu Nojiri
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Patent number: 8888167Abstract: A dash panel has an impact absorption portion formed therein. A suspension tower is connected to the impact absorption portion, so that support stiffness thereof can be ensured. In addition, the suspension tower can be rotated around the front pillar due to an impact, so that an amount of backward movement of the dash panel toward a vehicle interior can be reduced. Thus, a brake booster cannot substantially be moved backward, so that a brake pedal and a steering column can be prevented from being displaced in an upward and backward projecting direction. As a result, a vehicle interior can be protected.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Kubo, Yasuo Imai, Yoshinobu Itou, Daisuke Oozawa, Kenji Ishii, Jun Inagaki, Takahiro Tatsuno, Kazuhiko Katou
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Publication number: 20140313499Abstract: The present invention provides an exposure apparatus including a projection device including an object whose at least one of a position, an attitude and a shape is regulatable, and configured to project light from a reticle onto a substrate, a regulating device configured to regulate the at least one of the position, the attitude and the shape of the object, and a controller configured to obtain, an amount of regulation of the object by the regulating device, the amount of regulation being used for regulating a first optical characteristic value of the projection device expressed by a square root of a weighted square sum of wavefront aberration coefficients of light projected by the projection device, and to control the regulating device based on the amount of regulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2013Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Youzou Fukagawa, Yoshimi Takano, Satoshi Kubo
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Patent number: 8850359Abstract: An image processing method executed by an image processor comprising a displaying unit, a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the storage unit includes an image data storage unit that stores image data displayed in thumbnail form and a keyword associated with the image data, and the method includes a keyword obtaining step of obtaining the keyword corresponding to the image data stored in the image data storage unit; and a thumbnail image with keyword displaying step of displaying the keyword obtained at the keyword obtaining step on the displaying unit, with the keyword being overlapped with the image data.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: PFU LimitedInventors: Satoshi Kubo, Satoshi Ishida, Yasunori Taniguchi
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Patent number: 8812521Abstract: An image file sorting method is executed by an image file sorting device, including a storage unit, a control unit, and an image reading unit, wherein the storage unit includes a sorting condition storage unit that stores a sorting condition to specify a sorting destination of an image file. The method includes a sorting keyword extracting step of extracting a sorting keyword from a marker portion of the image file read by the image reading unit, a sorting destination deciding step of deciding the sorting destination of the image file by collating the sorting keyword extracted by the sorting keyword extracting step and the sorting condition stored in the storing condition storage unit, and an image file sorting step of sorting the image file into the sorting destination decided by the sorting destination deciding step.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: PFU LimitedInventors: Hidenori Yamamoto, Koichi Kitagawa, Yasunori Taniguchi, Kiyoto Kosaka, Satoshi Kubo
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Publication number: 20130278977Abstract: A scanning device includes a first scanning unit, a second scanning unit, and a light source corresponding to each of the first scanning unit and the second scanning unit. The light sources are arranged on the same side of the first and second scanning units with respect to the main scanning direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Satoshi KUBO, Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Yasuhiko KITAGAWA
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Publication number: 20130265621Abstract: A scanning device includes a first scanning unit, a second scanning unit, and a light source corresponding to each of the first scanning unit and the second scanning unit. The light sources are arranged on the same side of the first and second scanning units with respect to the main scanning direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Satoshi KUBO, Yusuke Nakashima, Yasuhiko Kitagawa
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Patent number: 8531737Abstract: A scanning device includes a first scanning unit, a second scanning unit, and a light source corresponding to each of the first scanning unit and the second scanning unit. The light sources are arranged on the same side of the first and second scanning units with respect to the main scanning direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2008Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: PFU LimitedInventors: Satoshi Kubo, Yusuke Nakashima, Yasuhiko Kitagawa
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Patent number: 8503045Abstract: An overhead scanner device includes an area sensor, a linear sensor, and a control unit, wherein the control unit includes an area-image acquiring unit that controls the area sensor to successively acquire a plurality of images, a feature-point extracting unit that extracts feature points from the images acquired by the area-image acquiring unit, a velocity-vector computing unit that computes a velocity vector of each of the feature points by comparing the feature points extracted by the feature-point extracting unit between the images, and a read-start determining unit that determines a read start by the linear sensor, based on the velocity vector computed by the velocity-vector computing unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2011Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: PFU LimitedInventors: Satoshi Kubo, Yuki Kasahara
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Publication number: 20130169003Abstract: A dash panel has an impact absorption portion formed therein. A suspension tower is connected to the impact absorption portion, so that support stiffness thereof can be ensured. In addition, the suspension tower can be rotated around the front pillar due to an impact, so that an amount of backward movement of the dash panel toward a vehicle interior can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Kubo, Yasuo Imai, Yoshinobu Itou, Daisuke Oozawa, Kenji Ishii, Jun Inagaki, Takahiro Tatsuno, Kazuhiko Katou
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Patent number: 8406574Abstract: An image processor comprising a control unit, wherein the control unit includes an obtaining unit that obtains image data generated as a result of reading a document by a reader in which a predetermined document reading condition is set; a selecting unit that allows a user to select an use of the image data obtained by the obtaining unit out of a plurality of the uses set in advance; a processing unit that processes the image data obtained by the obtaining unit according to an image processing condition suitable for the use selected by the selecting unit; and a transferring unit that transfers the image data after being processed by the processing unit to an application suitable for the use selected by the selecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2008Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: PFU LimitedInventors: Satoshi Kubo, Satoshi Sakai, Koichi Kitagawa, Yasunori Taniguchi, Takayuki Kawanaka, Kiyoto Kosaka
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Publication number: 20120329100Abstract: The invention relates to an enzyme stabilizer comprising a lignin derivative produced by reaction between lignin and a hydrophilic compound, and to a method of saccharifying lignocellulosic biomass which employs the enzyme stabilizer. According to the invention it is possible to accomplish effective saccharification of cellulosic biomass with saccharifying enzymes, by enhancing saccharifying enzyme activity and preventing nonspecific adsorption of saccharifying enzyme onto substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Yasumitsu Uraki, Harumi Honma, Tatsuhiko Yamada, Satoshi Kubo, Masanobu Nojiri
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Publication number: 20120213599Abstract: Provided is a web floating and conveying device which has excellent web quality maintaining property and excellent conveying-fluid precision control property in conveying a web film. A conveyance guide (1) of the web floating and conveying device (10) is formed of a lamination-type assembled body having the split structure which is constituted of plate-shaped members (2) which are approximately radially arranged from an axis of the conveyance guide (1). A fluid passing passage which forms a fluid discharge hole by connecting a web floating surface (1a) and an introduction flow passage (7) through which a pressurized fluid is supplied to each other is formed on either one or both lamination surfaces of the plate-shaped members (2) which are laminated adjacent to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2010Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: TOYO KOHAN CO., LTDInventors: Hiroshi Inazawa, Go Fukui, Kazuhide Ota, Satoshi Kubo, Takuji Nakamura, Tadashi Fujii
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Patent number: 8161298Abstract: A power supply controlling circuit includes: power supplied portions, adapted to receive power supply from at least one external apparatus; a first power unit, adapted to be driven by a first power; and a second power unit, adapted to be driven by a second power. In response to a change of the power supply, the second power is varied, while the first power is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: PFU LimitedInventors: Satoshi Kubo, Kouhei Dake, Hiroyuki Ichii
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Publication number: 20110299136Abstract: An overhead scanner device includes an area sensor, a linear sensor, and a control unit, wherein the control unit includes an area-image acquiring unit that controls the area sensor to successively acquire a plurality of images, a feature-point extracting unit that extracts feature points from the images acquired by the area-image acquiring unit, a velocity-vector computing unit that computes a velocity vector of each of the feature points by comparing the feature points extracted by the feature-point extracting unit between the images, and a read-start determining unit that determines a read start by the linear sensor, based on the velocity vector computed by the velocity-vector computing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventors: Satoshi KUBO, Yuki Kasahara
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Patent number: 8064111Abstract: An image sensor includes a line sensor having sensor elements arranged in one line and configured to acquire, in each line cycle, R, G and B signals, when light sources, each corresponding to one of R, G and B colors, in the each line cycle, sequentially illuminate one after another in a predetermined order; a buffer having data saving units, each corresponding to one of the R, G and B colors; a controlling unit configured to generate, from the R, G and B signals, R, G and B data in each line cycle, and to add each of the R, G and B data in each cycle in a corresponding one of the data saving units; and an output unit configured to output to outside, as RGB line data, the R, G and B data in each line cycle that have been saved in the data saving units.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2008Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: PFU LimitedInventors: Satoshi Kubo, Kiyoto Kosaka
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Publication number: 20110166161Abstract: This invention relates to novel heterocyclic carboxamide derivatives and salts thereof. More particularly, it relates to novel heterocyclic carboxamide derivatives and salts thereof which act as a ROCK inhibitor, to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same and to a method of using the same therapeutically in the treatment and/or prevention of ROCK-related disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: Astellas Pharma Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Terasawa, Shinji Shigenaga, Shinji Itoh, Jun Maeda, Hideyuki Watanabe, Satoshi Kubo, Noe Iahii
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Patent number: 7954803Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes pairs of rollers, each including a driving roller and a driven roller. The pairs of rollers are arranged along the rotation axis direction of the driving roller and constitute a first roller group and a second roller group for conveying a first medium and a second medium thicker than the first medium, respectively. The center of the first roller group is identical in the rotation axis direction to that of a first conveying area where the first medium is conveyed. The center of the second roller group is identical in the rotation axis direction to that of a second conveying area where the second medium is conveyed. At least one pair of rollers in the second roller group is arranged outside the first roller group within the first conveying area.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: PFU LimitedInventors: Yasuhiko Kitagawa, Yusuke Nakashima, Satoshi Kubo
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Publication number: 20090246050Abstract: A variable capacity compressor includes a rotating member 21 fixed to a drive shaft 10 so as to rotate with the drive shaft 10, a sleeve 22 axially slidably attached to the drive shaft 10, a tilting member 24 tiltably attached to the sleeve 22 by a pivot pin 61, a linkage mechanism 40 connecting the rotating member 21 with the tilting member 24 and configured to transfer a rotary torque of the rotating member 21 to the tilting member 24 as allowing the tilting member to be tiltable, and a tilting guide face 22c formed on the sleeve 22 and a tilting guide face 25d formed on the tilting member 24 which are formed as planes orthogonal to the pivot pin 61 and are configured to slidingly contact one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2006Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: Calsonic Kansei CorporationInventors: Toshikatsu Miyaji, Ryuichi Hirose, Naoki Ishikawa, Satoshi Kubo