Patents by Inventor Shinichiro Tajiri

Shinichiro Tajiri 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: 20180373130
    Abstract: [Object] To obtain output light with higher quality. [Solution] Provided is a light source device including: at least one light source unit (110) that emits substantially parallel light in a predetermined wavelength band; and a light guide unit (120, 130) that guides the light from the light source unit (110) toward a light collection spot (143). The light from the light source unit (110) is sequentially reflected by a concave mirror (121) and a convex mirror (122) and is guided toward the light collection spot (143) in the light guide unit (120, 130).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventor: SHINICHIRO TAJIRI
  • Publication number: 20180356715
    Abstract: The invention aims to provide small-sized and highly-reliable light converter and light source unit, as well as a projector each of which makes it possible to cool down heat generated in a fluorescent body in a motorless manner. A light converter of the disclosure includes: a fluorescent body (12) that is excited by excitation light; a first light-collecting lens (11A) that has a lens surface to which the fluorescent body is bonded, and causes the excitation light to enter the fluorescent body; and a heat-dissipating member (14) to which the lens surface is adhered at least around a region to which the fluorescent body is bonded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: IZUSHI KOBAYASHI, YUKI MAEDA, TAKAHIRO MOCHIZUKI, MARIKO OBINATA, SHINICHIRO TAJIRI
  • Patent number: 10067413
    Abstract: [Object] To obtain output light with higher quality. [Solution] Provided is a light source device including: at least one light source unit (110) that emits substantially parallel light in a predetermined wavelength band; and a light guide unit (120, 130) that guides the light from the light source unit (110) toward a light collection spot (143). The light from the light source unit (110) is sequentially reflected by a concave mirror (121) and a convex mirror (122) and is guided toward the light collection spot (143) in the light guide unit (120, 130).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20180243223
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide [(1R,5S,6S)-6-(aminomethyl)-3-ethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-3-en-6-yl]acetic acid monobenzenesulfonate as a stabilized pharmaceutical solid preparation, and also to provide a method for preparing the stabilized pharmaceutical solid preparation. The object can be attained by a pharmaceutical solid preparation comprising [(1R,5S,6S)-6-(aminomethyl)-3-ethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-3-en-6-yl]acetic acid monobenzenesulfonate which is compound represented by the following formula (I) in combination with (i) one or two or more components selected from the group consisting of D-mannitol, lactose, corn starch, and crystalline cellulose, (ii) carmellose calcium, and (iii) colorants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Shinichiro TAJIRI, Shinji YOSHINAGA, Yurika OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180101017
    Abstract: There is provided a light source device including a first light source configured to emit light in a first wavelength region, a second light source configured to emit light in a second wavelength region different from the first wavelength region, a wavelength conversion unit including a fluorescent material and configured to emit fluorescent emission light in a different wavelength region upon irradiation with the light in the first wavelength region, and a combining unit that has wavelength selectivity to a specific wavelength region corresponding to the second wavelength region and combines the light in the first wavelength region from the first light source, the light in the second wavelength region from the second light source, and the fluorescent emission light which are incident on the combining unit with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventor: SHINICHIRO TAJIRI
  • Publication number: 20180088452
    Abstract: A light source device (10) of the invention includes: a light source (11) that emits a light beam in a first wavelength region; an optical path splitting element (12) that splits an optical path of the light beam in the first wavelength region emitted from the light source into a first optical path and a second optical path; a first fluorescent body (131a) that is disposed on the first optical path, and emits a light beam in a second wavelength region by undergoing excitation by the light beam in the first wavelength region, the second wavelength region differing from the first wavelength region; a second fluorescent body (131b) that is disposed on the second optical path, and emits a light beam in a third wavelength region by undergoing excitation by the light beam in the first wavelength region, the third wavelength region differing from the first and second wavelength regions; and an optical path synthesizing element (12) that synthesizes the light beam in the second wavelength region emitted from the firs
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: SHINICHIRO TAJIRI
  • Publication number: 20180042878
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide [(1R,5S,6S)-6-(aminomethyl)-3-ethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-3-en-6-yl]acetic acid monobenzenesulfonate as a stabilized pharmaceutical solid preparation, and also to provide a method for preparing the stabilized pharmaceutical solid preparation. The object can be attained by a pharmaceutical solid preparation comprising [(1R,5S,6S)-6-(aminomethyl)-3-ethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-3-en-6-yl]acetic acid monobenzenesulfonate which is compound represented by the following formula (I) in combination with (i) one or two or more excipients, (ii) one or two or more disintegrants, and (iii) a specific antioxidant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Shinichiro TAJIRI, Jin HISAZUMI, Shinji YOSHINAGA, Hiroyuki FUJIMORI, Hiroaki ARAI
  • Patent number: 9869867
    Abstract: There is provided a light source device including a first light source configured to emit light in a first wavelength region, a second light source configured to emit light in a second wavelength region different from the first wavelength region, a wavelength conversion unit including a fluorescent material and configured to emit fluorescent emission light in a different wavelength region upon irradiation with the light in the first wavelength region, and a combining unit that has wavelength selectivity to a specific wavelength region corresponding to the second wavelength region and combines the light in the first wavelength region from the first light source, the light in the second wavelength region from the second light source, and the fluorescent emission light which are incident on the combining unit with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20170329209
    Abstract: [Object] To obtain output light with higher quality. [Solution] Provided is a light source device including: at least one light source unit (110) that emits substantially parallel light in a predetermined wavelength band; and a light guide unit (120, 130) that guides the light from the light source unit (110) toward a light collection spot (143). The light from the light source unit (110) is sequentially reflected by a concave mirror (121) and a convex mirror (122) and is guided toward the light collection spot (143) in the light guide unit (120, 130).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventor: SHINICHIRO TAJIRI
  • Patent number: 9699440
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a parallax control processing section performing an image processing for modifying a parallax magnitude, on each of a plurality of parallax images obtained through shooting from a plurality of respective view point directions different from one another, with use of shooting information related to a shooting condition for each of the parallax images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tajiri, Hiroki Kikuchi, Seiji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9675570
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides solid compositions comprising a stabilized salt of aminocarboxylic acid. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising [(1R,5S,6S)-6-(aminomethyl)-3-ethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-3-en-6-yl]acetic acid monobenzenesulfonate in combination with appropriate additives are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: DAIICHI SANKY COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tajiri, Masami Takemura, Shinji Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 9629808
    Abstract: It is intended to avoid dose dumping of a drug and improve the dissolution properties of the drug in the lower gastrointestinal tract, and thereby provide a sustained-release matrix preparation for oral administration that reliably exhibits its main pharmacological effect when orally administered once or twice a day. The present invention provides a sustained-release matrix preparation comprising (A) a pharmacologically active drug, (B) a combination of cellulose derivatives, and (C) mannitol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Taro Kanamaru, Shinichiro Tajiri, Sachiko Fukui, Kazuhiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9581887
    Abstract: There is provided a light source device including at least one light source configured to emit light, a diffusion plate configured to diffuse and reflect the light emitted from the light source, and a partial transmission member which is provided between the light source and the diffusion plate and has a transmission region which allows the light to pass through and a reflection region which reflects the light and is except the transmission region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Patent number: 9432656
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image pickup apparatus, including: an image pickup lens; a lens array disposed on an image formation plane of the image pickup lens; an image pickup device adapted to receive a light ray passing through the image pickup lens and the lens array to acquire picked up image data; and an image processing section adapted to carry out an image process for the picked up image data; the image processing section including a viewpoint image production section adapted to produce a plurality of viewpoint images based on the picked up image data, and an image synthesis processing section adapted to synthesize two or more viewpoint images from among the viewpoint images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20150366810
    Abstract: It is intended to avoid dose dumping of a drug and improve the dissolution properties of the drug in the lower gastrointestinal tract, and thereby provide a sustained-release matrix preparation for oral administration that reliably exhibits its main pharmacological effect when orally administered once or twice a day. The present invention provides a sustained-release matrix preparation comprising (A) a pharmacologically active drug, (B) a combination of cellulose derivatives, and (C) mannitol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Taro Kanamaru, Shinichiro Tajiri, Sachiko Fukui, Kazuhiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20150334366
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a parallax control processing section performing an image processing for modifying a parallax magnitude, on each of a plurality of parallax images obtained through shooting from a plurality of respective view point directions different from one another, with use of shooting information related to a shooting condition for each of the parallax images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tajiri, Hiroki Kikuchi, Seiji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9172944
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a parallax control processing section performing an image processing for modifying a parallax magnitude, on each of a plurality of parallax images obtained through shooting from a plurality of respective view point directions different from one another, with use of shooting information related to a shooting condition for each of the parallax images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tajiri, Hiroki Kikuchi, Seiji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9116271
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus including an image pickup lens, a lens array and an image sensor is capable of reducing brightness unevenness of an image taken by the apparatus by making use of the lens array. In the image pickup apparatus for obtaining an image while separating light rays from each other to propagate in a plurality of viewpoint directions by making use of the image pickup lens, the lens array and the image sensor, the lens array is configured to include a plurality of first lens sections and a plurality of second lens sections. Principal light rays passing through the image pickup lens and the first lens sections can be guided to propagate to the light receiving surfaces of pixels on the image sensor 13 in directions approximately perpendicular to the light receiving surfaces. A local optical loss in the image sensor can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri
  • Publication number: 20150079166
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides solid compositions comprising a stabilized salt of aminocarboxylic acid. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising [(1R,5S,6S)-6-(aminomethyl)-3-ethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-3-en-6-yl]acetic acid monobenzenesulfonate in combination with appropriate additives are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Shinichiro Tajiri, Masami Takemura, Shinji Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 8934051
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image pickup apparatus, including: an image pickup lens; a shutter capable of changing over a plurality of light paths from the image pickup lens individually between a light transmission state and a light blocking state; an image pickup element including a plurality of light receiving pixels for which exposure and signal reading out are carried out line-sequentially and adapted to acquire picked up image data based on transmission light beams of the light paths; and a control section adapted to control changeover between the light transmission state and the light blocking state of the light paths by the shutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichiro Tajiri