Patents by Inventor Shinji Watanabe

Shinji Watanabe 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: 20210319881
    Abstract: A medical system comprising: a control part configured to receive pathological image data that is produced by imaging one observation target object and that includes first and second image data, the second image data relating to the observation target object but being different to the first image data, a display control part that causes a displaying part to display thereon the first image data and the second image data; and an annotation processing part that applies an annotation to each of the first image data and the second image data on a basis of inputting by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shiori Sasada, Shinji Watanabe, Kenji Yamane, Yutaka Hasegawa, Kazuma Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11135518
    Abstract: A program that may cause an information processing apparatus that executes a game to execute: storing, in a storage unit, a first parameter associated with a first game content arranged in virtual space and a second parameter associated with a second game content arranged in the virtual space; starting a match between the first game content and the second game content; automatically changing a third parameter regarding a positional relationship between the first game content and the second game content in the virtual space to be closer to a first target value at a certain time change rate; changing the second parameter associated with the second game content, on the basis of the third parameter and the first parameter associated with the first game content; and determining that a user wins the match when the second parameter becomes a second target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Shinji Watanabe, Keiko Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11133011
    Abstract: A speech recognition system includes a plurality of microphones to receive acoustic signals including speech signals, an input interface to generate multichannel inputs from the acoustic signals, one or more storages to store a multichannel speech recognition network, wherein the multichannel speech recognition network comprises mask estimation networks to generate time-frequency masks from the multichannel inputs, a beamformer network trained to select a reference channel input from the multichannel inputs using the time-frequency masks and generate an enhanced speech dataset based on the reference channel input and an encoder-decoder network trained to transform the enhanced speech dataset into a text. The system further includes one or more processors, using the multichannel speech recognition network in association with the one or more storages, to generate the text from the multichannel inputs, and an output interface to render the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Tsubasa Ochiai, Takaaki Hori, John R Hershey
  • Publication number: 20210287373
    Abstract: [Object] To more precisely determine an event regarding a biological sample. [Solution] An information processing device according to the present technology includes: a first information acquisition section that acquires first information on the basis of a still image in a frame corresponding to a predetermined time point, from among a plurality of images of a biological sample captured in a time-series manner; a second information acquisition section that acquires second information on the basis of an interframe change of the plurality of images in a predetermined period; and a determination section that determines an event regarding the biological sample, using the first information and the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: REI MURATA, SHINJI WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11111865
    Abstract: A compression ignition engine with a supercharger is provided, which includes one or more valves configured to switch a state between a first state where intake air is boosted by the supercharger and a second state where it is not boosted, a fluid temperature adjuster configured to adjust a temperature of engine coolant to be supplied to a radiator from an engine body, and a controller. When the engine operates in a high-load range, the controller controls the combustion mode to be in a compression ignition combustion mode, and causes the valve(s) to be in the first state, and in a low-load range, the controller causes the valve(s) to be in the second state. In the high-load range, the controller outputs a control signal to the fluid temperature adjuster so that a target temperature of the engine coolant is lowered than that in the low-load range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Hikitani, Hajime Umehara, Naoki Nagano, Tomokuni Kusunoki, Tatsuya Takahata, Shinji Watanabe, Masanobu Koutoku, Toshinori Ueno, Katsuya Murakami, Nobuhiko Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20210252130
    Abstract: The invention provides a vaccine comprising an effective amount of an isolated recombinant influenza virus comprising a mutant M gene segment that is mutated so that upon viral replication the mutant M gene expresses a functional M1 protein and a mutant M2 protein with a deletion of the cytoplasmic tail and either lacking a transmembrane domain or having a mutated transmembrane domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Tokiko Watanabe, Yoshihiro Kawaoka
  • Publication number: 20210245302
    Abstract: Provided is an epoch-making original sheet dividing method in which an original sheet is cut while being conveyed and which enables a continuous operation to be performed for a long period of time without occurrence of burrs at cut end faces, without scattering cutting dust, and without time and effort for component replacement. The original sheet dividing method is an original sheet dividing method for cutting an original sheet 1 having an active material layer applied to at least one surface of a long metal foil 4, with a laser beam L in a longitudinal direction. The original sheet 1 is continuously moved. While the original sheet 1 is moved, the laser beam L is applied to the original sheet 1 to melt the original sheet 1 at an irradiation point P.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Shinji WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11086918
    Abstract: A method for performing multi-label classification includes extracting a feature vector from an input vector including input data by a feature extractor, determining, by a label predictor, a relevant vector including relevant labels having relevant scores based on the feature vector, updating a binary masking vector by masking pre-selected labels having been selected in previous label selections, applying the updated binary masking vector to the relevant vector such that the relevant label vector is updated to exclude the pre-selected labels from the relevant labels, and selecting a relevant label from the updated relevant label vector based on the relevant scores of the updated relevant label vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Takaaki Hori, Chiori Hori, Shinji Watanabe, John Hershey, Bret Harsham, Jonathan Le Roux
  • Publication number: 20210208381
    Abstract: Provided is art information processing apparatus including a detection unit configured to detect a failure requiring reimaging relating to an image captured using a digital microscope by evaluating the image, and a generation unit configured to, if the failure was detected by the detection unit, generate setting information for setting an imaging condition for during reimaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Nobuhiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11046934
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for an isolated recombinant influenza virus having at least one of: a PA gene segment encoding PA with a residue at position 443 that is not arginine, a PB1 gene segment encoding PB1 with a residue at position 737 that is not lysine, a PB2 gene segment encoding PB2 with a residue at position 25 that is not valine or a residue at position 712 that is not glutamic acid, a NS gene segment encoding a NS1 with a residue at position 167 that is not proline, a HA gene segment encoding a HA with a residue at position 380 that is not threonine, or any combination thereof, and methods of making and using the virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Satoshi Fukuyama, Shinji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11007262
    Abstract: The invention provides a vaccine comprising an effective amount of an isolated recombinant influenza virus comprising a mutant M gene segment that is mutated so that upon viral replication the mutant M gene expresses a functional M1 protein and a mutant M2 protein with a deletion of the cytoplasmic tail and either lacking a transmembrane domain or having a mutated transmembrane domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Tokiko Watanabe, Yoshihiro Kawaoka
  • Patent number: 10995693
    Abstract: An engine cooling structure includes a cylinder block including a block inner peripheral wall and a block outer peripheral wall that define a water jacket, and a spacer housed in the water jacket. The block outer peripheral wall includes a coolant inlet for introducing a coolant into the water jacket at one end in a cylinder row direction. The spacer includes a peripheral wall surrounding the block inner peripheral wall, and a dividing wall and a distribution wall provided on the peripheral wall. The dividing wall is provided along a circumferential direction of the peripheral wall and protrudes outward from the peripheral wall between a lower end and an upper end of the coolant inlet. The distribution wall includes an upper distribution wall extending upward from the dividing wall and a lower distribution wall extending downward from the dividing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Tatsuya Takahata, Yoshiaki Hayamizu, Keita Watanabe, Mikimasa Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 10983329
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including a detection unit configured to detect a failure requiring reimaging relating to an image captured using a digital microscope by evaluating the image, and a generation unit configured to, if the failure was detected by the detection unit, generate setting information for setting an imaging condition for during reimaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Nobuhiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10981249
    Abstract: Provided is an epoch-making method in which an original sheet is continuously fed, and a rectangular electrode sheet with a tab can be cut out from the original sheet with a normal laser beam during the continuous feeding. The original sheet 1 is continuously moved. An ear portion 1b is separated from an electrode portion 1a with a first laser beam L1 in an ear portion separating region provided in the middle of movement of the original sheet 1, is taken up at a position where the ear portion 1b is separated, in a direction separated from a running direction of the electrode portion 1a, and the laser beam L1 is moved in the ear portion separating step to cut out a tab 5 connected to the electrode portion 1a, from the ear portion 1b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: O.M.C. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10940657
    Abstract: Provided is a pouch container aligned structure, wherein: each pouch container has a folded body part that is the top end of one of a pair of body sheets folded into a substantial V shape, with one end of a top sheet also forming the folded body part by being joined to the top end of the body sheet and the other end of the top sheet forming the distal end portion of the container by being joined to the top end of the other of the pair of body sheets; and the pouch containers are aligned in a state in which the distal end portion of one pouch container is inserted into the folded body part of another pouch container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: KAO CORPORATION, FUJI SEAL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nii, Hideki Ode, Akira Uetsuki, Shinji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10934968
    Abstract: An engine cooling structure includes a cylinder block including a block inner peripheral wall that defines a water jacket and a block outer peripheral wall, a spacer housed in the water jacket, and a cooler provided outside the engine body. The spacer includes: a peripheral wall surrounding the block inner peripheral wall; and a dividing wall protruding from the peripheral wall to divide the water jacket into an upper passage and lower passages below the upper passage. A coolant introduced from a coolant inlet into the upper passage passes through an inter-bore part of the block inner peripheral wall. The coolant in the lower passages is introduced into the cooler through a coolant exit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Tatsuya Takahata, Yoshiaki Hayamizu, Keita Watanabe, Mikimasa Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 10929985
    Abstract: According to some aspects, an information processing device is provided. The information processing device includes circuitry configured to dispose a plurality of tracking points within a first region of a first image and set a second region of a second image based on estimated positions of the plurality of tracking points in the second image. The estimated positions are determined by comparing the first image and the second image. The circuitry is further configured to re-dispose the plurality of tracking points within the second region of the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20210019862
    Abstract: [Problem] To shorten the processing time without performing complicated processing during image reading. [Solution] The present disclosure provides an image processing apparatus that includes: a dividing unit that divides a detection region for detecting a feature value of an image into a plurality of regions; a decimation processing unit that performs a decimation process on a pixel value for each of the regions; and a histogram calculating unit that interpolates a pixel value having undergone the decimation process to calculate a histogram of pixel values of the regions. With this configuration, it is possible to shorten the processing time without performing complicated processing during image reading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10845186
    Abstract: [Object] To analyze a strain of a biological sample more accurately. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a setting unit configured to set at least one region of interest from one captured image constituting a dynamic image for a biological sample; an analysis object specifying unit configured to specify an analysis object for the at least one region of interest; a detection unit configured to detect a motion of the analysis object in the dynamic image; and an analysis unit configured to analyze a strain of the biological sample related to the at least one region of interest on a basis of the detected motion of the analysis object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Tomohiro Hayakawa
  • Patent number: D903710
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Watanabe