Patents by Inventor Shoji Yamamoto

Shoji Yamamoto 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: 20210240126
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a first member having a first face, a first protrusion and a second protrusion projecting from the first face, and a groove portion formed in the first face, and a second member having a second face provided with a first hole and a second hole. The first protrusion and the second protrusion are inserted into the first hole and the second hole. The second face is superposed on the first face so that the groove portion located between the first member and the second member is in a visible state. The second face is sandwiched between a part of the first protrusion inserted in the first hole and the first face. The second hole in which the second protrusion has been inserted has a gap between the second hole and the second protrusion in an extending direction of the groove portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Shogo NAGAMINE, Akira YOSHIMURA, Shoji YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11022908
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording material includes a photosensitive member, an exposure device to form a latent image on the photosensitive member, a tubular body defining a space in which at least a part of the exposure device is contained, and a support portion that supports the exposure device and is provided along a rotation axis direction of the photosensitive member in the space of the tubular body. The image forming apparatus further includes, in the rotation axis direction, a first side plate fixed to one end portion of the tubular body, and a second side plate fixed to another end portion of the tubular body. One support portion end portion in the rotation axis direction is fixed to the first side plate, and another support portion end portion in the rotation axis direction is fixed to the second side plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoji Yamamoto, Akira Yoshimura, Shogo Nagamine, Naoki Matsushita, Yoshihiko Tanaka, Hisanori Kobayashi, Takatoshi Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Ohta, Hiroki Katayama, Akitoshi Toyota
  • Publication number: 20210132521
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording material includes a photosensitive member, an exposure device to form a latent image on the photosensitive member, a tubular body defining a space in which at least a part of the exposure device is contained, and a support portion that supports the exposure device and is provided along a rotation axis direction of the photosensitive member in the space of the tubular body. The image forming apparatus further includes, in the rotation axis direction, a first side plate fixed to one end portion of the tubular body, and a second side plate fixed to another end portion of the tubular body. One support portion end portion in the rotation axis direction is fixed to the first side plate, and another support portion end portion in the rotation axis direction is fixed to the second side plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Shoji Yamamoto, Akira Yoshimura, Shogo Nagamine, Naoki Matsushita, Yoshihiko Tanaka, Hisanori Kobayashi, Takatoshi Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Ohta, Hiroki Katayama, Akitoshi Toyota
  • Patent number: 10992909
    Abstract: A video recording device includes: a camera which captures a video of a visual-field direction of a wearer; a connection part which is communicably connected to an external sensor which detects predetermined environment information; a threshold information storage part which stores a threshold indicating an abnormal state of the environment information; a determination part which outputs an abnormality determination signal by comparing detection information of the external sensor and the threshold; a control part which outputs a predetermined control signal to the camera in response to the abnormality determination signal; and a display part which displays output information from the camera and the external sensor. When the abnormality determination signal is output, the control part outputs a control signal for transferring output information from the camera to a predetermined storage part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Yamamoto, Chiyo Ohno, Koji Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20210055682
    Abstract: A driving device includes a motor including a rotating shaft, a drive transmission member attached to the rotating shaft and including a contact portion, and a drive output member including a contacted portion with which the contact portion comes into contact, and configured to be rotated around the rotating shaft when the rotating shaft of the motor is driven and the drive transmission member is rotated together with the rotation shaft in a first direction. The drive transmission member further includes an engaging portion. The drive output member includes an engaged portion with which the engaging portion is to be engaged when the drive output member is rotated relative to the drive transmission member in a second direction opposite to the first direction. A driving force is transmittable to the drive output member whether the drive transmission member is rotated in the first direction or the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yusuke Kai, Yusuke Niikawa, Shoji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200410067
    Abstract: A license management system subtracts, a number of rights corresponding to a number of users set by a number of users setter from a number of owned rights for each unit period, and uses a first unit period that is an earliest unit period, in which the number of owned rights is expected to be insufficient with respect to a number of rights in a unit period, as a last unit period, in which content can be used by a plurality of users, to set same expiration of a valid period for all of the plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: ICHIKO SATA, RIEKO TODA, SHOJI YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200362033
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel anti-CD147 antibody exhibiting potent antitumor efficacy and having excellent safety. Another object of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical product comprising such an antibody. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for treating tumors using the antibody or the pharmaceutical product, for example. The present invention provides a CD147-specific antibody that activates CD147 and exhibits high antitumor efficacy. The present invention provides the anti-CD147 antibody that exhibits high antitumor efficacy independent of effector functions. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising such an anti-CD147 antibody. The present invention provides a method for treating tumors using such an anti-CD147 antibody and/or pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Keisuke FUKUCHI, Kayoko NANAI, Masato AMANO, Kozo YONEDA, Yusuke TOTOKI, Shoji YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200301144
    Abstract: Provided is a display device to prevent a decrease in visibility of a work object. The display device includes a display unit that displays work support information through surrounding scenery, a sensor group including at least one imaging unit that images in a visual line direction of a user, a work state determination unit that determines a work state of the user based on an output from the sensor group, and a display control unit that changes display of the work support information on the display unit corresponding to the determined work state of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji YAMASAKI, Chiyo OHNO, Shoji YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200275062
    Abstract: A video recording device includes: a camera which captures a video of a visual-field direction of a wearer; a connection part which is communicably connected to an external sensor which detects predetermined environment information; a threshold information storage part which stores a threshold indicating an abnormal state of the environment information; a determination part which outputs an abnormality determination signal by comparing detection information of the external sensor and the threshold; a control part which outputs a predetermined control signal to the camera in response to the abnormality determination signal; and a display part which displays output information from the camera and the external sensor. When the abnormality determination signal is output, the control part outputs a control signal for transferring output information from the camera to a predetermined storage part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Shoji YAMAMOTO, Chiyo OHNO, Koji YAMASAKI
  • Patent number: 10737846
    Abstract: A synthetic resin cap mounted on a lip section of a container filled with a carbonated beverage includes a top plate section and a cylindrical section extending downward from a circumferential edge of the top plate section. An annular inner seal projection fitted into the lip section and an outer seal projection abutting an outer surface of the lip section are formed at an inner surface of the top plate section. An annular abutting convex section abutting the inner surface of the lip section is formed at an outer surface of the inner seal projection. The outer seal projection has an inner surface having an inner diameter reduced toward a distal end, and a minimum inner diameter section, which is a lower end of the inner surface, abuts the outer surface of the lip section at a position spaced apart from an opening end section toward a container main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Closure Systems International Japan, Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuo Tsuzuki, Fuminori Takazawa, Shoji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10706238
    Abstract: A language setting apparatus includes a first control unit, a second control unit, a reception unit, a storage unit, and a first determination unit. The storage unit stores first correspondence information in which each of a plurality of first candidate languages corresponds to an associated one of a plurality of second candidate languages. The first determination unit determines a display language of the second control unit based on the first correspondence information and a reception language representing a language which is received and which is included in the plurality of first candidate languages. The second control unit sets the display language of the second control unit determined as the display language of the second control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu Uratani, Shoji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10619813
    Abstract: A solid state light source device includes N (an integer of two or more) sets of solid state light source assemblies having a plurality of solid state light source cells arranged in a matrix pattern a multiple lens block including N incidence faces facing the N sets of solid state light source assemblies and causing light emitted from the solid state light source cells to be incident through multiple lens cells of a matrix pattern and one emission face composing the light incident from the N incidence faces and a dichroic filter that is obliquely arranged on the incidence faces inside the multiple lens block and selectively reflects or transmits incident light based on the incident light wavelength. Light distribution characteristics and color temperature of light exiting the emission face of the multiple lens block are controlled by a ratio of power supplied to the solid state light source cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Yuki Nagano, Shoji Yamamoto, Yoshiho Seo
  • Publication number: 20190251177
    Abstract: A language setting apparatus includes a first control unit, a second control unit, a reception unit, a storage unit, and a first determination unit. The storage unit stores first correspondence information in which each of a plurality of first candidate languages corresponds to an associated one of a plurality of second candidate languages. The first determination unit determines a display language of the second control unit based on the first correspondence information and a reception language representing a language which is received and which is included in the plurality of first candidate languages. The second control unit sets the display language of the second control unit determined as the display language of the second control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: OSAMU URATANI, SHOJI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10194124
    Abstract: A projection type video display device includes a video projecting unit that displays a video by projecting the video onto a video projection plane, sensors and that detect an operator who operates the projection type video display device, operation detecting units and that detect a motion of the operator based on outputs of the sensors, and a control unit that controls the video projecting unit based on a detection result of the operation detecting unit. Preferably, a sensing area in which detections by the sensors are performed when a direction of the video projection plane is vertical and is set to differ from that when the direction of the video projection plane is horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Sakiko Narikawa, Naoki Mori, Takashi Matsubara, Yoshiho Seo, Shoji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180347775
    Abstract: A solid state light source device includes N (an integer of two or more) sets of solid state light source assemblies having a plurality of solid state light source cells arranged in a matrix pattern a multiple lens block including N incidence faces facing the N sets of solid state light source assemblies and causing light emitted from the solid state light source cells to be incident through multiple lens cells of a matrix pattern and one emission face composing the light incident from the N incidence faces and a dichroic filter that is obliquely arranged on the incidence faces inside the multiple lens block and selectively reflects or transmits incident light based on the incident light wavelength. Light distribution characteristics and color temperature of light exiting the emission face of the multiple lens block are controlled by a ratio of power supplied to the solid state light source cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji HIRATA, Yuki NAGANO, Shoji YAMAMOTO, Yoshiho SEO
  • Patent number: 10107362
    Abstract: A drive transmission mechanism includes a first gearbox including a driving source, a first gear train, a first frame configured to support one ends of a plurality of shafts of the first gear train, and a first gear cover configured to support the other ends of the shafts of the first gear train, wherein the first gear box is configured to transmit a driving force from the driving source; and a second gearbox including a second gear train, a second frame configured to support one ends of a plurality of shafts of the second gear train, and a second gear cover configured to support the other ends of the shafts of the second gear train, wherein the second gearbox is configured to receive the driving force from the driving source through the first gear train and configured to transmit the driving force. The second gearbox is fixed to the first gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Niikawa, Shoji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10054280
    Abstract: A solid state light source device includes N (an integer of two or more) sets of solid state light source assemblies having a plurality of solid state light source cells arranged in a matrix pattern a multiple lens block including N incidence faces facing the N sets of solid state light source assemblies and causing light emitted from the solid state light source cells to be incident through multiple lens cells of a matrix pattern and one emission face composing the light incident from the N incidence faces and a dichroic filter that is obliquely arranged on the incidence faces inside the multiple lens block and selectively reflects or transmits incident light based on the incident light wavelength. Light distribution characteristics and color temperature of light exiting the emission face of the multiple lens block are controlled by a ratio of power supplied to the solid state light source cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Yuki Nagano, Shoji Yamamoto, Yoshiho Seo
  • Patent number: 9942529
    Abstract: Provided is an image projection device that carries out high precision gesture detection. An image projection device has a projection unit that optically projects image and a gesture detection unit that detects human gestures and generates a signal for operating the projected image on the basis of the detection results. The gesture detection unit controls a range for detecting gesture according to the direction that the projection unit projects light and/or the placement state of the image projection device. The device has a laser light source and photodiode for detecting gestures, or has a pyroelectric sensor for detecting infrared rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoji Yamamoto, Yoshiho Seo, Koji Hirata, Hiroyuki Urata, Takashi Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20180038454
    Abstract: A drive transmission mechanism includes a first gearbox including a driving source, a first gear train, a first frame configured to support one ends of a plurality of shafts of the first gear train, and a first gear cover configured to support the other ends of the shafts of the first gear train, wherein the first gear box is configured to transmit a driving force from the driving source; and a second gearbox including a second gear train, a second frame configured to support one ends of a plurality of shafts of the second gear train, and a second gear cover configured to support the other ends of the shafts of the second gear train, wherein the second gearbox is configured to receive the driving force from the driving source through the first gear train and configured to transmit the driving force. The second gearbox is fixed to the first gearbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yusuke Niikawa, Shoji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9822946
    Abstract: One of a radiator plate (21) and a globe cover (13) is provided, on a part which makes contact with the other one, with a plurality of cutout sections (41), and the other one is provided, at positions corresponding to the respective cutout sections (41), with a plurality of projections (31). By engaging the cutout sections (41) and the projections (31), the globe cover (13) is attached to the radiator plate (21). This makes it possible to prevent, for a long term, the globe cover (13) which encloses a light source so as to cover the light source from being detached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shoji Yamamoto