Patents by Inventor Shinya Okazaki
Shinya Okazaki 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: 20240135806Abstract: An output device, including a processor is provided. The processor is configured to: receive information indicating a target site and a target day; acquire a satellite image of the target site captured on a day that is related to the target day; and output data indicating a congestion level on the target day, at the target site, the congestion level being predicted based on the satellite image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shusuke YAMAMOTO, Chikara OKAZAKI, Kohta WATATSU, Hideyuki TANAKA, Shinya MURASE, Yuki TATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20240137652Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition section that acquires a satellite image of a ground area captured by an artificial satellite, and a control section that controls onboard equipment installed at a vehicle appearing in the satellite image based on an analysis result of the satellite image that the acquisition section has acquired.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shusuke YAMAMOTO, Chikara OKAZAKI, Kohta WATATSU, Hideyuki TANAKA, Shinya MURASE, Yuki TATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 11649359Abstract: The composition of the present invention includes tungsten oxide particle, inorganic particle other than tungsten oxide particle, and a solvent. The inorganic particle is preferably made of a clay mineral. The clay mineral is preferably bentonite, saponite, or mica. The volume median diameter (D50) of the tungsten oxide particle is preferably 0.01 ?m or more and 10.0 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Shiba, Hidetsugu Kawai, Shinya Okazaki, Kazuhiko Furukawa
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Patent number: 11305530Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a variable resistance circuit including a plurality of resistors intercoupled and one or more drive elements that feed currents through the respective resistors; an optical sensor coupled to the variable resistance circuit; a shift register that outputs signals to select one or more of the drive elements and to turn on the selected drive elements; and a controller that acquires a detection value of the optical sensor and that controls the shift register based on the detection value.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shinya Okazaki, Shinichi Yoshie
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Publication number: 20210086507Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a variable resistance circuit including a plurality of resistors intercoupled and one or more drive elements that feed currents through the respective resistors; an optical sensor coupled to the variable resistance circuit; a shift register that outputs signals to select one or more of the drive elements and to turn on the selected drive elements; and a controller that acquires a detection value of the optical sensor and that controls the shift register based on the detection value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Shinya OKAZAKI, Shinichi YOSHIE
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Publication number: 20200377734Abstract: The composition of the present invention includes tungsten oxide particle, inorganic particle other than tungsten oxide particle, and a solvent. The inorganic particle is preferably made of a clay mineral. The clay mineral is preferably bentonite, saponite, or mica. The volume median diameter (D50) of the tungsten oxide particle is preferably 0.01 ?m or more and 10.0 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: NAOKI SHIBA, HIDETSUGU KAWAI, SHINYA OKAZAKI, KAZUHIKO FURUKAWA
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Patent number: 10815088Abstract: A medium processing apparatus includes: an ultrasonic oscillator; an ultrasonic sensor arranged at a position that opposes the ultrasonic oscillator interposing a transport path of a medium; an amplification circuit configured to amplify an output signal of the ultrasonic sensor; an integration circuit configured to integrate an output signal of the amplification circuit; a discharge circuit configured to perform discharge of an electric charge of a power storage circuit included in the integration circuit; and a determination circuit configured to determine whether or not multi-feed of the medium occurs on the basis of an output signal of the integration circuit, in which the discharge circuit stops, after performing discharge over a first period or more, the discharge, and after a second period has passed, the determination circuit performs a first (an initial) determination whether or not the multi-feed of the medium occurs.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shinya Okazaki
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Patent number: 10576459Abstract: A photocatalyst material (1A) in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes a core particle (2) and a shell layer (3) with which a whole surface of the core particle (2) is covered. The core particle (2) contains at least a tungsten oxide, and the shell layer (3) is constituted by a titanium oxide.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya Okazaki, Hiroyuki Nishinaka, Masakazu Matsubayashi
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Patent number: 10556425Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge device including: a printing head; and a head driving circuit that is connected to the printing head via an FFC and outputs a driving signal, in which the driving circuit includes a signal output unit which outputs an analog signal, a transistor pair which is connected to the signal output unit and the FFC and driven with the analog signal output from the signal output unit to output the driving signal to the FFC, a return path which is connected to the FFC and feeds back the driving signal output from the transistor pair to the signal output unit, and an oscillation suppression unit which suppresses oscillation of input from the return path to the signal output unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Shinya Okazaki
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Patent number: 10507454Abstract: To provide a photocatalyst material having alkaline resistance and showing less deterioration in photocatalyst performance due to a poisoning effect and to provide a method for producing the photocatalyst material, a photocatalyst material (1A) according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: core particles (2) containing tungsten oxide; a promoter (4) formed on the surface of the core particles (2); and a shell layer (3) made of titanium oxide and covering the entire surface of both the core particles (2) and the promoter (4).Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2014Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya Okazaki, Hiroyuki Nishinaka, Masakazu Matsubayashi
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Publication number: 20190248611Abstract: A medium processing apparatus includes: an ultrasonic oscillator; an ultrasonic sensor arranged at a position that opposes the ultrasonic oscillator interposing a transport path of a medium; an amplification circuit configured to amplify an output signal of the ultrasonic sensor; an integration circuit configured to integrate an output signal of the amplification circuit; a discharge circuit configured to perform discharge of an electric charge of a power storage circuit included in the integration circuit; and a determination circuit configured to determine whether or not multi-feed of the medium occurs on the basis of an output signal of the integration circuit, in which the discharge circuit stops, after performing discharge over a first period or more, the discharge, and after a second period has passed, the determination circuit performs a first (an initial) determination whether or not the multi-feed of the medium occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventor: Shinya OKAZAKI
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Patent number: 10308772Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane that enables the production, by an industrially advantageous method for an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane in which the inclusion amount of a cyclodextrin does not increase with time and which can provide a crosslinked polyrotaxane having sufficient stretchability and breaking strength. The present invention relates to a method for producing an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane containing pseudopolyrotaxane particles in which a polyethylene glycol is included in a cavity of a cyclodextrin molecule in a skewered manner, the method including: an inclusion step of mixing a polyethylene glycol and a cyclodextrin in an aqueous medium to include the polyethylene glycol in a cavity of a cyclodextrin molecule, wherein in the inclusion step, a basic compound is added.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignees: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd., Advanced Softmaterials Inc.Inventors: Naohisa Hayamizu, Hiroki Okazaki, Akira Kimura, Shinya Okazaki
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Publication number: 20180345660Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge device including: a printing head; and a head driving circuit that is connected to the printing head via an FFC and outputs a driving signal, in which the driving circuit includes a signal output unit which outputs an analog signal, a transistor pair which is connected to the signal output unit and the FFC and driven with the analog signal output from the signal output unit to output the driving signal to the FFC, a return path which is connected to the FFC and feeds back the driving signal output from the transistor pair to the signal output unit, and an oscillation suppression unit which suppresses oscillation of input from the return path to the signal output unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Shinya OKAZAKI
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Patent number: 9938382Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an industrially advantageous method of producing a powdery pseudopolyrotaxane with a high inclusion ratio. The present invention relates to a method for producing a pseudopolyrotaxane, including: an inclusion step of mixing a polyethylene glycol and a cyclodextrin in an aqueous medium to form an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane that contains pseudopolyrotaxane particles in which the polyethylene glycol is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner; and a drying step of drying the aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane produced in the inclusion step to obtain the pseudopolyrotaxane. In the drying step, the aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane is sprayed and dried in a heated gas-stream.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2011Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignees: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd., Advanced Softmaterials Inc.Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Changming Zhao
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Publication number: 20170349711Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane that enables the production, by an industrially advantageous method for an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane in which the inclusion amount of a cyclodextrin does not increase with time and which can provide a crosslinked polyrotaxane having sufficient stretchability and breaking strength. The present invention relates to a method for producing an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane containing pseudopolyrotaxane particles in which a polyethylene glycol is included in a cavity of a cyclodextrin molecule in a skewered manner, the method including: an inclusion step of mixing a polyethylene glycol and a cyclodextrin in an aqueous medium to include the polyethylene glycol in a cavity of a cyclodextrin molecule, wherein in the inclusion step, a basic compound is added.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Naohisa HAYAMIZU, Hiroki OKAZAKI, Akira KIMURA, Shinya OKAZAKI
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Publication number: 20160332147Abstract: To provide a photocatalyst material having alkaline resistance and showing less deterioration in photocatalyst performance due to a poisoning effect and to provide a method for producing the photocatalyst material, a photocatalyst material (1A) according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: core particles (2) containing tungsten oxide; a promoter (4) formed on the surface of the core particles (2); and a shell layer (3) made of titanium oxide and covering the entire surface of both the core particles (2) and the promoter (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2014Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Shinya OKAZAKI, Hiroyuki NISHINAKA, Masakazu MATSUBAYASHI
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Patent number: 9475908Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an industrially advantageous method for producing an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane enabling to produce an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane having good fluidity and excellent dispersion stability of the pseudopolyrotaxane particles therein. The present invention relates to a method for producing an aqueous dispersion of pseudopolyrotaxane. The method includes: a mixing step of a dissolving polyethylene glycol and a cyclodextrin in an aqueous medium to prepare a mixed solution; and a cooling step of continuously or intermittently cooling the mixed solution in a state of flux to precipitate pseudopolyrotaxane particles. The pseudopolyrotaxane particles contain the polyethylene glycol which is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2011Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignees: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd., Advanced Softmaterials Inc.Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Changming Zhao
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Patent number: 9409999Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a method of producing a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane, which enables production of a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane excellent in storage stability in an industrially advantageous way. The present invention provides a method of producing a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane, comprising: a hydrophilic modification step of preparing a solution of a hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane by modifying all or part of hydroxy groups on a cyclodextrin of a polyrotaxane with hydrophilic modifying groups, the polyrotaxane containing the cyclodextrin, a polyethylene glycol included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner, and a capping group that is placed at each end of the polyethylene glycol and prevents dissociation of the cyclodextrin molecules from the polyethylene glycol; and a drying step in which the prepared solution of the hydrophilic modified polyrotaxane is formed into a thin film state and dried.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2011Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignees: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD., ADVANCED SOFTMATERIALS INC.Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Yuki Hayashi, Minoru Iwata
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Publication number: 20160107145Abstract: A photocatalyst material (1A) in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes a core particle (2) and a shell layer (3) with which a whole surface of the core particle (2) is covered. The core particle (2) contains at least a tungsten oxide, and the shell layer (3) is constituted by a titanium oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Shinya OKAZAKI, Hiroyuki NISHINAKA, Masakazu MATSUBAYASHI
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Patent number: 9266972Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a polyrotaxane composition having excellent storage stability. The present invention relates to a polyrotaxane composition comprising: a polyrotaxane containing a cyclodextrin, a polyethylene glycol which is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner, and a capping group that is placed at each end of the polyethylene glycol and prevents dissociation of the cyclodextrin molecules from the polyethylene glycol; and a polyphenol antioxidant.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2011Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignees: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD., ADVANCED SOFTMATERIALS INC.Inventors: Tomoaki Yamasaki, Shinya Okazaki, Hiroki Okazaki, Shigeki Hamamoto, Changming Zhao, Minoru Iwata, Yuki Hayashi