Patents by Inventor Shoji Takahashi

Shoji Takahashi 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).

  • Patent number: 11955211
    Abstract: A first-aid information provision system of the example embodiments includes: an information display device that includes first capture means for capturing an iris image, code acquisition means for acquiring a code associated with the captured iris image, and code display means for displaying the acquired code; and an information output device that includes second capture means for imaging the code displayed by the information display device, first-aid information acquisition means for acquiring first-aid information about an individual associated with the iris image by using the imaged code, and first-aid information output means for outputting the first-aid information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Shibata, Shoji Yachida, Chisato Funayama, Masato Tsukada, Yuka Ogino, Keiichi Chono, Emi Kitagawa, Yasuhiko Yoshida, Yusuke Mori, Toru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11945027
    Abstract: In the mold powder, the content of F is 0.5% by mass or less (including 0% by mass), CaO and SiO2 are included as main components, the mass ratio of CaO to SiO2 (CaO/SiO2) is 0.6 to 1.4, the content of B2O3 is 0.3 to 2.8% by mass, the content of Na2O is 5.0 to 20.0% by mass, the total content of Li2O and K2O is 0 to 4.0% by mass, the content of MgO is 0 to 3.5% by mass, the content of Al2O3 is 1.0 to 8.0% by mass, and the content of MnO is 1.0% by mass or less (including 0% by mass).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHINAGAWA REFRACTORIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junya Ito, Shoji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230322126
    Abstract: To adsorb an adsorbate rapidly on a heat storage material with good energy efficiency. A chemical heat storage device includes an adsorbate, a heat storage material, and a sprayer. The adsorbate is in a liquid state at normal temperature. The heat storage material releases heat of adsorption in response to adsorption of the adsorbate on the heat storage material and stores the heat of adsorption in response to desorption of the adsorbate from the heat storage material. The sprayer sprays the adsorbate on the heat storage material in a heat release period of causing the heat storage material to release the heat of adsorption. With the above-described configuration, it is possible to increase a speed of diffusion of the adsorbate in the heat storage material through spraying of the adsorbate on the heat storage material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Mitsumasa SORAZAWA, Hideki MATSUDA, Shoji TAKAHASHI, Takayuki SAKATA, Yushi FUJINAGA
  • Publication number: 20230313018
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to sinter a MOF sufficiently firmly at a low temperature while ensuring the MOF sufficient adsorption performance. The present inventors have found that if a binder having a hydroxy group is mixed with a MOF having a terephthalic acid-based ligand, a sufficiently firm MOF can be obtained by sintering at a low temperature while ensuring sufficient adsorption performance, and thus the present invention has been completed. The MOF sintered body of the present invention contains a MOF having a terephthalic acid-based ligand and a binder having a hydroxy group OH. According to the present aspect, the sufficiently firm MOF can be obtained by sintering at a low temperature while ensuring sufficient adsorption performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Hideki MATSUDA, Mitsumasa SORAZAWA, Takayuki SAKATA, Shoji TAKAHASHI, Yushi FUJINAGA
  • Publication number: 20230318090
    Abstract: An object is to sufficiently lower the melting point of a heat storage material that includes sodium acetate trihydrate as a main component and to sufficiently narrow the range of a melting peak while ensuring a sufficient heat storage density. A heat storage material contains sodium acetate trihydrate that serves as a main component 21 and a melting point adjuster that is any one of potassium nitrate, potassium chloride or sodium nitrate. The content of the melting point adjuster in the heat storage material is equal to or greater than 10% by weight. The present inventors have confirmed that by setting the content of the melting point adjuster to be equal to or greater than 10% by weight, the range of a melting peak serving as a melting temperature range can be sufficiently narrowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Shoji TAKAHASHI, Yushi FUJINAGA, Mitsumasa SORAZAWA, Takayuki SAKATA, Hideki MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20230313013
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to inhibit the phase separation of a salt hydrate used as a main component of a heat storage material. The inventors have made the present invention based on findings that when added to a heat storage material including a salt hydrate and a supercooling inhibitor, graphene oxide can inhibit the phase separation of the salt hydrate. The present invention is directed to a heat storage material including: a salt hydrate as a main component; a supercooling inhibitor that promotes solidification of the salt hydrate; and graphene oxide. The technical features help to inhibit the phase separation of salt hydrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Shoji TAKAHASHI, Yushi FUJINAGA, Mitsumasa SORAZAWA, Takayuki SAKATA, Hideki MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20210252587
    Abstract: In the mold powder, the content of F is 0.5% by mass or less (including 0% by mass), CaO and SiO2 are included as main components, the mass ratio of CaO to SiO2 (CaO/SiO2) is 0.6 to 1.4, the content of B2O3 is 0.3 to 2.8% by mass, the content of Na2O is 5.0 to 20.0% by mass, the total content of Li2O and K,0 is 0 to 4.0% by mass, the content of MgO is 0 to 3.5% by mass, the content of Al2O3 is 1.0 to 8.0% by mass, and the content of MnO is 1.0% by mass or less (including 0% by mass).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: SHINAGAWA REFRACTORIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junya ITO, Shoji TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20180066005
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a trans-resveratrol derivative that resists isomerization to the cis-form. Another object of the present invention is to provide a trans-resveratrol derivative that has no toxicity against cells and has sufficient antioxidative properties and/or a sufficient whitening effect. This object can be achieved by a method for producing a trans-resveratrol polysaccharide, the method comprising the step of bringing a trans-resveratrol glucoside into contact with sugar in the presence of ?-cyclodextrin glucanotransferase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: HIROKI HAMADA, SHINICHI KOJIMA, SHOJI TAKAHASHI, CHIEMI MOMOTA
  • Publication number: 20180006518
    Abstract: A robot includes a first member, a second member provided rotatably with respect to the first member, and a motor that transmits drive force from one to the other of the first member and the second member, wherein the motor has a stator having a bobbin and a winding wire wound around the bobbin, and a rotator rotatably attached to the stator, regarding the motor, a power supply voltage is within a range from 48 to 60 V, a wire diameter of the winding wire is within a range from 0.45 to 0.75 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Satoru MASAI, Hiroshi MAKINO, Shoji TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20170279025
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion material (10) according to an embodiment includes a plurality of parent-phase particles (22) and nanoparticles (30). The parent-phase particles (22) have a crystalline structure. Each of the nanoparticles (30) includes an oxide and exists at an interface between the parent-phase particles (22). The nanoparticles (30) include at least one element that constitutes the crystalline structure. When a range of 6 ?m×4 ?m of the thermoelectric conversion material (10) is observed with a scanning electron microscope to acquire one sheet of cross-sectional observation image, an average particle diameter d, which is an average of an equivalent circle diameter of a particle group including the parent-phase particles (22) and the nanoparticles (30) which are observed on the cross-sectional observation image, is equal to or more than 100 nm and equal to or less than 1000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohide HARAGUCHI, Kenta KAWANO, Shoji TAKAHASHI, Takahiro OCHI, Masaaki KIKUCHI, Shogo SUZUKI, Taketoshi TOMIDA, Atsuro SUMIYOSHI, Ge NIE, Satoru ITO, Junqing GUO
  • Patent number: 9670697
    Abstract: A door is formed into a folding door by dividing the door into two parts to left and right, that is, a hanging door and a door-end door pivotally supported by the hanging door, and the door-end door is used as the pressure difference mitigating mechanism, and the two doors are integrally operated in a normal time, while if a pressure difference is generated, the door-end door can be first opened in order to reduce an opening force, and the door device with a pressure difference mitigating mechanism with excellent operability is provided. A handle position, a latch position, and a torque are adjusted for a handle for door opening/closing, a door closer, a hinge closer for rotating the door-end door with respect to the hanging door, a latch A of the door-end door to a door frame, and a latch B of the door-end door to the hanging door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: BX TETSUYA CO., LTD., BUNKA SHUTTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Takahashi, Masanari Tetsuya, Tetsuya Imabayashi
  • Publication number: 20150152130
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a trans-resveratrol derivative that resists isomerization to the cis-form. Another object of the present invention is to provide a trans-resveratrol derivative that has no toxicity against cells and has sufficient antioxidative properties and/or a sufficient whitening effect. This object can be achieved by a method for producing a trans-resveratrol polysaccharide, the method comprising the step of bringing a trans-resveratrol glucoside into contact with sugar in the presence of ?-cyclodextrin glucanotransferase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroki HAMADA, Shinichi KOJIMA, Shoji TAKAHASHI, Chiemi MOMOTA
  • Patent number: 9040254
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a DNA fragment encoding a limulus-derived pro-clotting enzyme, a virus harboring the DNA fragment, a cell harboring the virus, a method of producing the pro-clotting enzyme by use of the cell, and means for assaying an endotoxin or (1?3)-?-D-glucan employing the enzyme, wherein these elements are capable of producing an endotoxin or (1?3)-?-D-glucan assay reagent of satisfactory quality, steadily, at low cost, and on a large scale. In the present invention, for example, a DNA fragment encoding a protein having an amino acid sequence defined by SEQ ID NO: 4 is selected as a nucleic acid fragment encoding a limulus-derived pro-clotting enzyme, and the corresponding recombinant pro-clotting enzyme. Use of the enzyme can provide a high-sensitivity method and kit for detecting (1?3)-?-D-glucan and an endotoxin, utilizing a cascade reaction system in a horseshoe crab lysate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tamura, Shoji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9005913
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a DNA fragment encoding a limulus-derived pro-clotting enzyme, a virus harboring the DNA fragment, a cell harboring the virus, a method of producing the pro-clotting enzyme by use of the cell, and means for assaying an endotoxin or (1?3)-?-D-glucan employing the enzyme, wherein these elements are capable of producing an endotoxin or (1?3)-?-D-glucan assay reagent of satisfactory quality, steadily, at low cost, and on a large scale. In the present invention, for example, a DNA fragment encoding a protein having an amino acid sequence defined by SEQ ID NO: 4 is selected as a nucleic acid fragment encoding a limulus-derived pro-clotting enzyme, and the corresponding recombinant pro-clotting enzyme. Use of the enzyme can provide a high-sensitivity method and kit for detecting (1?3)-?-D-glucan and an endotoxin, utilizing a cascade reaction system in a horseshoe crab lysate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Seikagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tamura, Shoji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20150098987
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a trans-resveratrol derivative that resists isomerization to the cis-form. This object can be achieved by a method for producing a trans-resveratrol polysaccharide, the method comprising the step of bringing a trans-resveratrol glucoside into contact with sugar in the presence of ?-cyclodextrin glucanotransferase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroki HAMADA, Shinichi KOJIMA, Shoji TAKAHASHI, Chiemi MOMOTA
  • Publication number: 20150000198
    Abstract: A door is formed into a folding door by dividing the door into two parts to left and right, that is, a hanging door and a door-end door pivotally supported by the hanging door, and the door-end door is used as the pressure difference mitigating mechanism, and the two doors are integrally operated in a normal time, while if a pressure difference is generated, the door-end door can be first opened in order to reduce an opening force, and the door device with a pressure difference mitigating mechanism with excellent operability is provided. A handle position, a latch position, and a torque are adjusted for a handle for door opening/closing, a door closer, a hinge closer for rotating the door-end door with respect to the hanging door, a latch A of the door-end door to a door frame, and a latch B of the door-end door to the hanging door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicants: BX Tetsuya Co., Ltd., Bunka Shutter Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Takahashi, Masanari Tetsuya, Tetsuya Imabayashi
  • Patent number: 8703412
    Abstract: A method for measuring LAM and a method for detecting an acid-fast bacterium, which comprise at least a step of allowing a Limulus reagent to contact with a LAM-containing sample; a method for removing reactivity of LAM with a Limulus reagent, which comprises at least a step of allowing a predetermined substance to coexist with a LAM-containing sample; a method for measuring Et in a LAM-containing sample and a method for detecting an Et-related disease, which each is a method for measuring an endotoxin using a Limulus reagent, which comprises at least a step of removing reactivity of LAM with a Limulus reagent by the above-described removing method; a method for measuring BG in a LAM-containing sample and a method for detecting mycosis, which is a method for measuring BG using a Limulus reagent, which comprises at least a step of removing reactivity of LAM with a Limulus reagent by the described-described removing method; and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Seikagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Shigenori Tanaka, Shoji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8616766
    Abstract: A cassette for X-ray imaging includes a cassette body storing an X-ray detector. Three reflective optical sensors are arranged on an upper end side of a rear surface, which is opposite to a detection surface, of the cassette body. An X-ray detection device for supine-posture imaging has a table. The X-ray detection device includes a tray to which the cassette is loaded. Markers for identifying a loading orientation of the cassette are attached to the tray. The reflective optical sensors read out the markers and detect the loading orientation of the cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Shoji Takahashi, Daisuke Utsunomiya, Mitsuaki Uchida
  • Publication number: 20130309701
    Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a DNA fragment encoding a limulus-derived pro-clotting enzyme, a virus harboring the DNA fragment, a cell harboring the virus, a method of producing the pro-clotting enzyme by use of the cell, and means for assaying an endotoxin or (1?3)-?-D-glucan employing the enzyme, wherein these elements are capable of producing an endotoxin or (1?3)-?-D-glucan assay reagent of satisfactory quality, steadily, at low cost, and on a large scale. In the present invention, for example, a DNA fragment encoding a protein having an amino acid sequence defined by SEQ ID NO: 4 is selected as a nucleic acid fragment encoding a limulus-derived pro-clotting enzyme, and the corresponding recombinant pro-clotting enzyme. Use of the enzyme can provide a high-sensitivity method and kit for detecting (1?3)-?-D-glucan and an endotoxin, utilizing a cascade reaction system in a horseshoe crab lysate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi TAMURA, Shoji TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 8313238
    Abstract: An X-ray imaging device includes an X-ray generator, a filter plate detachably attached to an X-ray outlet of the X-ray generator, and a FPD. The filter plate has a plurality of circular markers of different sizes. The smallest marker is disposed at the center of the filter plate. The other markers are disposed on lines radiating from the smallest marker in increasing order of size and at regular intervals. An X-ray radiation beam passes through the markers and patient's body, and is incident upon an imaging surface of the FPD. The FPD produces a preliminary radiographic image from the incident X-ray radiation beam. A deviation vector detector chooses adjoining two marker images of different sizes from the preliminary radiographic image, and identifies to which markers the marker images correspond based on a size ratio. Then, the deviation vector detector determines the center of an X-ray field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Shoji Takahashi