Patents by Inventor Takahiro Sato

Takahiro Sato 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).

  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PREDICTION OF RESPONSE TO A THERAPY OF AN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
    Publication number: 20220002805
    Abstract: Biomarkers that are indicative of the response to the therapy of the inflammatory bowel disease, including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), are described. Also described are probes capable of detecting the biomarkers and related methods and kits for predicting the response to the therapy of the inflammatory bowel disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Frederic BARIBAUD, Carrie BRODMERKEL, Xilin LI, Takahiro SATO, Shannon TELESCO, Feifei YANG, Prerak DESAI
  • Plunger pump
    Patent number: 11199187
    Abstract: A plunger pump, comprising: a liquid tank; a pump body including a liquid storage part, a suction passage configured to allow communication between the liquid storage part and the liquid tank and a discharge passage configured to discharge a liquid in the liquid storage part to outside; and a plunger reciprocally movably supported in the pump body so that a tip reaches the liquid storage part. The suction passage includes a first suction passage, the tip of the plunger being reciprocally slidably inserted into the first suction passage, and a second suction passage provided in parallel to the first suction passage, and a check valve configured to allow only a flow of the liquid from the liquid tank to the liquid storage space is disposed in the second suction passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: NITTOKU CO., LTD., NAKA LIQUID CONTROL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norio Oda, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Takahiro Sato, Yuji Kanbayashi
  • VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20210362713
    Abstract: A vehicle speed control device 1 mounted in a vehicle comprises: a forward detection unit 121 that obtains the amount of time until a vehicle Vb to be overtaken that is traveling to the side of a host vehicle Va, in which the vehicle speed device 1 is mounted, is overtaken; a rearward detection unit 122 that obtains the amount of time until the distance between the host vehicle Va and a following vehicle Vc traveling rearward of the host vehicle Va reaches a prescribed rearward distance; and a speed control unit 123 that increases the speed of the host vehicle Va when the time until overtaking occurs is greater than the time until the prescribed rearward distance is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yuta FUJIMAKI, Takahiro SATO, Ryota OKEYA
  • DOUBLE MODE SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE (SAW) FILTER
    Publication number: 20210367585
    Abstract: A double mode SAW (DMS) filter includes: a plurality of interdigital transducers (IDTs), each having a plurality of Type 1 electrode fingers and a plurality of Type 2 electrode fingers formed on a piezoelectric substrate, wherein one Type 2 electrode finger among the plurality of Type 2 electrode fingers is disposed between two adjacent Type 1 electrode fingers among the plurality of Type 1 electrode fingers, and in a first IDT and a second IDT included in the plurality of IDTs to be adjacent to each other, one Type 1 electrode finger of the second IDT is disposed between two Type 1 electrode fingers of the first IDT. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a DMS filter capable of improving the amount of attenuation in an attenuation band adjacent to the wide band side for the passband and miniaturizing a product by saving space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kensei Uehara, Takahiro Sato
  • IMAGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210364425
    Abstract: An imaging system comprising: a first lighting device that emits terahertz waves at a first quantity of light emission in a first operation mode, and emits terahertz waves at a second quantity of light emission, which is larger than the first quantity of light emission, in a second operation mode; a first detection device that detects reflected terahertz waves by a target and a control device that switches from the first operation mode to the second operation mode in a case where the first detection device detects the target in the first operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: AKIHISA IIO, TAKAHIRO SATO, TAKEAKI ITSUJI, YASUSHI KOYAMA
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210360166
    Abstract: A system includes a transmission unit configured to generate an electromagnetic wave, a first reception unit configured to detect the electromagnetic wave, and a processing unit configured to determine whether an output of the electromagnetic wave from the transmission unit is more than or equal to a threshold based on first image information obtained by capturing an image of the transmission unit in a state where the transmission unit is irradiating the electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Zempei Wada, Takahiro Sato, Takeaki Itsuji
  • Stator core support device and rotating electrical machine
    Patent number: 11165291
    Abstract: A stator core support device according to an embodiment includes plural types of support members that support a stator core on a stator frame disposed radially outward. These support members are combined so as to form a closed circuit portion. Then, an insulating part for electrically insulating part of the closed circuit portion is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norio Takahashi, Masafumi Fujita, Takahiro Sato, Hideyuki Nakamura, Ken Nagakura, Kazuma Tsujikawa
  • Nitride semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
    Patent number: 11152499
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first nitride semiconductor layer; a second nitride semiconductor layer having a greater band gap than the first nitride semiconductor layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode on the second nitride semiconductor layer apart from each other; a third nitride semiconductor layer, between the source electrode and the drain electrode, containing a p-type first impurity and serving as a gate; and a fourth nitride semiconductor layer, between the third nitride semiconductor layer and the drain electrode, containing a p-type second impurity, wherein the average carrier concentration of the fourth nitride semiconductor layer is lower than the average carrier concentration of the third nitride semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Okita, Manabu Yanagihara, Takahiro Sato, Masahiro Hikita
  • APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20210312202
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an extract unit configured to extract features of a first image based on an electromagnetic wave in a first frequency band, an acquire unit configured to acquire motion information about the features, a classify unit configured to classify the features into a first group and a second group based on the motion information, and a remove unit configured to remove, from the first image, a signal corresponding to the feature belonging to the first group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kazutaka Osawa, Takahiro Sato, Takeaki Itsuji, Nao Nakatsuji, Mayu Ishikawa
  • WINDING INTERLAYER SHORT-CIRCUIT DETECTION APPARATUS AND WINDING INTERLAYER SHORT-CIRCUIT DETECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20210293886
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a winding interlayer short-circuit detection apparatus includes a processor configured to perform at least an interlayer short-circuit detecting process to detect, based on a difference between a measurement value of a field current in a field winding of a brushless exciter and a reference value, and based on a difference between a calculated value of an armature reaction voltage induced in the field winding of the brushless exciter and a reference value, a presence or absence of an interlayer short-circuit that may occur in any of the field winding of the brushless exciter, an armature winding of the brushless exciter, and a field winding of a rotary electric machine body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro SATO, Masafumi FUJITA, Norio TAKAHASHI, Ken NAGAKURA, Koji ANDO, Yoichi TOMOE
  • TERAHERTZ WAVE CAMERA SYSTEM, ENTRY/EXIT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERAHERTZ WAVE CAMERA SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210281327
    Abstract: A system includes a transmission unit, a reception unit, and a lens unit and is placed in a passage, wherein in a case where a first plane that intersects a forward direction of the passage and is a surface of an object, and a second plane that intersects the forward direction of the passage, includes the lens unit, and is at a position different from a position of the first plane are set, a first area to which a terahertz wave from the transmission unit reflected from the first plane is emitted and the lens unit are disposed at positions different from each other on the second plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro Sato, Yasushi Koyama
  • DETERMINATION METHOD, IMPRINT METHOD, IMPRINT APPARATUS, ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20210276231
    Abstract: The present invention provides a determination method of determining a drop pattern indicating a layout of droplets of an imprint material to be arranged on a substrate and used in an imprint apparatus which forms a pattern of the imprint material on the substrate by using a mold, the method including obtaining a contact start position at which the mold comes first into contact with the imprint material in a partial shot region on the substrate based on a posture of the mold, and determining a drop pattern in the partial shot region so as to arrange droplets of the imprint material at a plurality of positions respectively located along a plurality of different radiation directions from the contact start position, with the obtained contact start position serving as a starting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Takahiro Sato
  • TRANSGENIC ANIMAL HAVING CREBBP GENE INTO WHICH MUTATION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED
    Publication number: 20210251198
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a non-human transgenic animal having at least one CREBBP gene locus into which a mutation has been introduced, wherein the mutated CREBBP gene encodes a mutant CREBBP consisting of an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5. The disclosure also provides a method of producing the transgenic animal comprising introducing a mutation into at least one CREBBP gene locus of a non-human animal. The disclosure further provides use of the transgenic animal as a model of Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome or advanced sleep phase syndrome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: KURUME UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takahiro SATO, Masayasu KOJIMA, Kanae OISHI
  • Charged particle beam device and sample thickness measurement method
    Patent number: 11067391
    Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam device which includes a storage unit that stores relationship information indicating a relationship between intensity or an intensity ratio of a charged particle signal obtained when a layer disposed on the sample is irradiated with the charged particle beam and a thickness of the layer; and a calculation unit that calculates the thickness of the layer as a thickness of the sample by using the relationship information and the intensity or the intensity ratio of the charged particle signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Sato, Tsunenori Nomaguchi
  • RECEIVING FILTER CIRCUIT AND DUPLEXER HAVING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210211117
    Abstract: A receiving filter circuit includes: a double mode surface acoustic wave (DMS) filter placed on a piezoelectric substrate and having a first reflector and a plurality of comb-shaped electrodes located adjacent to the first reflector; and a surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonator placed on the piezoelectric substrate in such a manner as to be laid on at least a portion of a transmission path of a surface acoustic wave generated from the DMS filter and having a second reflector located on a position with a distance of zero from the first reflector and a plurality of comb-shaped electrodes located adjacent to the second reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Bong Gi KIM, Kensei UEHARA, Ju Hyeong LEE, Takahiro SATO
  • ELEMENT AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210058570
    Abstract: An element includes a loop antenna configured to include first and second metal lines on a surface of a substrate on or from which terahertz waves are incident or emitted, and a rectifying element or an oscillation element electrically connected to the first and second metal lines. The element has a facing section at which a first surface of a first end not connected to the rectifying element or the oscillation element at an end of the first metal line faces a second surface of a second end not connected to the rectifying element or the oscillation element at an end of the second metal line, a direction in which the first surface faces the second surface is a direction in which the first end extends and is a direction intersecting a direction in which the second end extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Takahiro Sato
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210020785
    Abstract: A transistor includes a multilayer film in which an oxide semiconductor film and an oxide film are stacked, a gate electrode, and a gate insulating film. The multilayer film overlaps with the gate electrode with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween. The multilayer film has a shape having a first angle between a bottom surface of the oxide semiconductor film and a side surface of the oxide semiconductor film and a second angle between a bottom surface of the oxide film and a side surface of the oxide film. The first angle is acute and smaller than the second angle. Further, a semiconductor device including such a transistor is manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro SATO, Yasutaka NAKAZAWA, Takayuki CHO, Shunsuke KOSHIOKA, Hajime TOKUNAGA, Masami JINTYOU
  • Receiver for detecting a terahertz wave and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 10897073
    Abstract: A receiver which is configured to detect a terahertz wave incident on a first surface of a substrate, the receiver comprising: an antenna which is provided on the first surface of the substrate and is configured to receive the terahertz wave; and a through electrode which is electrically connected to the antenna and penetrates the substrate from the first surface to a second surface, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, wherein the through electrode is separated from the antenna by a distance that is 0.25 times a resonance wavelength or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Sato, Jun Iba, Yoshinori Tateishi
  • Ferrite composition, ferrite sintered body, electronic device, and chip coil
    Patent number: 10894745
    Abstract: A ferrite composition includes a main component and an accessory component. The main component includes 43.0 to 51.0 mol % of iron oxide in terms of Fe2O3, 5.0 to 15.0 mol % of copper oxide in terms of CuO, 1.0 to 24.9 mol % of zinc oxide in terms of ZnO, and a remaining part of nickel oxide. The accessory component includes 0.2 to 3.0 pts. wt. of silicon compound in terms of SiO2, 3.0 to 8.0 pts. wt. of cobalt compound in terms of Co3O4 (excluding 3.0 pts. wt.), and 0.2 to 8.0 pts. wt. of bismuth compound in terms of Bi2O3 with respect to 100 pts. wt. of the main component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Kakuda, Ryuichi Wada, Yukio Takahashi, Hiroyuki Tanoue, Tatsuro Suzuki, Takahiro Sato, Takashi Suzuki
  • Semiconductor device
    Patent number: 10886413
    Abstract: A transistor includes a multilayer film in which an oxide semiconductor film and an oxide film are stacked, a gate electrode, and a gate insulating film. The multilayer film overlaps with the gate electrode with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween. The multilayer film has a shape having a first angle between a bottom surface of the oxide semiconductor film and a side surface of the oxide semiconductor film and a second angle between a bottom surface of the oxide film and a side surface of the oxide film. The first angle is acute and smaller than the second angle. Further, a semiconductor device including such a transistor is manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Sato, Yasutaka Nakazawa, Takayuki Cho, Shunsuke Koshioka, Hajime Tokunaga, Masami Jintyou