Patents by Inventor Takashi Nozawa
Takashi Nozawa 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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Patent number: 9223508Abstract: Disclosed is a storage system that suppress occurrence of a bottleneck in the storage system, efficiently uses a bandwidth of hardware, and achieves high reliability. A storage system includes a storage apparatus that stores data, a controller that controls data input/output with respect to the storage apparatus, and an interface that couples the storage apparatus and the controller. The storage apparatus has a plurality of physical ports that are couples to the interface. The controller logically partitions a storage area of the storage apparatus into a plurality of storage areas and provides the plurality of storage areas, or allocates the plurality of physical ports to the logically partitioned storage areas.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Mamoru Motonaga, Takashi Chikusa, Takashi Nozawa, Yuko Matsui, Megumi Hokazono
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Publication number: 20150356611Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide greater motivation for promoting the purchasing activity of a user. Provided is a purchasing activity promotion device comprising the following: a posted information transmission request receiving unit that receives, from a terminal device, a posted information transmission request that includes a user ID identifying a user; a posted information acquisition unit that acquires posted information that is associated with location information and relates to products or a services posted by another user having a specific relationship with the user of such user ID; and a posted information provision data transmission control unit that generates and transmits to the terminal device posted information provision data, which includes the posted information acquired by the posted information acquisition unit and the user ID of the user who posted such posted information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2013Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: Origami Inc.Inventors: Takashi NOZAWA, Yoshiki YASUI, Maximilian MACKEE
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Patent number: 9128138Abstract: An electrical storage system includes: serially connected electrical storage blocks each including at least one electrical storage element; a voltage detection circuit connected to each electrical storage block via voltage detection lines; a protection circuit including an overvoltage protection element connected in parallel with each electrical storage block via the voltage detection lines and a first resistor connected in series with the overvoltage protection element; a discharge circuit connected in parallel with each overvoltage protection element via the voltage detection lines and in series with the first resistor, the discharge circuit including a second resistor having a larger resistance value than the first resistor; and a controller detecting an abnormality in the overvoltage protection elements by, while the electrical storage elements are not connected to the load, comparing a voltage of a discharging first electrical storage block with a voltage of a non-discharging second electrical storage blType: GrantFiled: October 21, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi Nozawa
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Publication number: 20150160875Abstract: Disclosed is a storage system that suppress occurrence of a bottleneck in the storage system, efficiently uses a bandwidth of hardware, and achieves high reliability. A storage system includes a storage apparatus that stores data, a controller that controls data input/output with respect to the storage apparatus, and an interface that couples the storage apparatus and the controller. The storage apparatus has a plurality of physical ports that are couples to the interface. The controller logically partitions a storage area of the storage apparatus into a plurality of storage areas and provides the plurality of storage areas, or allocates the plurality of physical ports to the logically partitioned storage areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Mamoru MOTONAGA, Takashi CHIKUSA, Takashi NOZAWA, Yuko MATSUI, Megumi HOKAZONO
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Patent number: 8966174Abstract: Disclosed is a storage system that suppress occurrence of a bottleneck in the storage system, efficiently uses a bandwidth of hardware, and achieves high reliability. A storage system includes a storage apparatus that stores data, a controller that controls data input/output with respect to the storage apparatus, and an interface that couples the storage apparatus and the controller. The storage apparatus has a plurality of physical ports that are coupled to the interface. The controller logically partitions a storage area of the storage apparatus into a plurality of storage areas and provides the plurality of storage areas, or allocates the plurality of physical ports to the logically partitioned storage areas.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Mamoru Motonaga, Takashi Chikusa, Takashi Nozawa, Yuko Matsui, Megumi Hokazono
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Publication number: 20140111160Abstract: An electrical storage system includes: serially connected electrical storage blocks each including at least one electrical storage element; a voltage detection circuit connected to each electrical storage block via voltage detection lines; a protection circuit including an overvoltage protection element connected in parallel with each electrical storage block via the voltage detection lines and a first resistor connected in series with the overvoltage protection element; a discharge circuit connected in parallel with each overvoltage protection element via the voltage detection lines and in series with the first resistor, the discharge circuit including a second resistor having a larger resistance value than the first resistor; and a controller detecting an abnormality in the overvoltage protection elements by, while the electrical storage elements are not connected to the load, comparing a voltage of a discharging first electrical storage block with a voltage of a non-discharging second electrical storage blType: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi NOZAWA
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Patent number: 8489937Abstract: In storage subsystems, due to the significant increase in HDD capacity, the time for executing online verification is elongated, affecting accesses from the host computer. By comprehending the status of accesses to the HDD, the sections where error has occurred and the status of restoration thereof, it becomes possible to detect defective or error sections efficiently at an early stage, according to which the reliability and access performance of the storage subsystem can be improved. The present storage subsystem executes one or more of the following processes: (M1) intensive verification of a circumference of an error LBA, (M2) an area-based prioritized verification, and (M3) continuous verification performed for a long period of time to (V1) an area in which error has occurred via IO access, (V2) a highly accessed area, and (V3) during a period of time when IO access is low.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Gosuke Okada, Takashi Yamazaki, Mamoru Motonaga, Naoto Shiino, Takashi Nozawa, Megumi Hokazono
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Publication number: 20130145223Abstract: In storage subsystems, due to the significant increase in HDD capacity, the time for executing online verification is elongated, affecting accesses from the host computer. By comprehending the status of accesses to the HDD, the sections where error has occurred and the status of restoration thereof, it becomes possible to detect defective or error sections efficiently at an early stage, according to which the reliability and access performance of the storage subsystem can be improved. The present storage subsystem executes one or more of the following processes: (M1) intensive verification of a circumference of an error LBA, (M2) an area-based prioritized verification, and (M3) continuous verification performed for a long period of time to (V1) an area in which error has occurred via IO access, (V2) a highly accessed area, and (V3) during a period of time when IO access is low.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Inventors: Gosuke Okada, Takashi Yamazaki, Mamoru Motonaga, Naoto Shiino, Takashi Nozawa, Megumi Hokazono
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Patent number: 8370570Abstract: Disclosed is a storage system that suppress occurrence of a bottleneck in the storage system, efficiently uses a bandwidth of hardware, and achieves high reliability. A storage system includes a storage apparatus that stores data, a controller that controls data input/output with respect to the storage apparatus, and an interface that couples the storage apparatus and the controller. The storage apparatus has a plurality of physical ports that are coupled to the interface. The controller logically partitions a storage area of the storage apparatus into a plurality of storage areas and provides the plurality of storage areas, or allocates the plurality of physical ports to the logically partitioned storage areas.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Mamoru Motonaga, Takashi Chikusa, Takashi Nozawa, Yuko Matsui, Megumi Hokazono
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Publication number: 20110104248Abstract: It is an object to enhance immunopotentiating activity of a glycosphingolipid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2008Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicants: FOODCHEMIFA CO., LTD., School Juridicial Person Kitasato InstituteInventors: Yoshio Kumazawa, Hiroaki Takimoto, Joe Inoue, Masahiro Kubota, Takashi Nozawa, Katsumi Murata
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Publication number: 20100088469Abstract: Disclosed is a storage system that suppress occurrence of a bottleneck in the storage system, efficiently uses a bandwidth of hardware, and achieves high reliability. A storage system includes a storage apparatus that stores data, a controller that controls data input/output with respect to the storage apparatus, and an interface that couples the storage apparatus and the controller. The storage apparatus has a plurality of physical ports that are coupled to the interface. The controller logically partitions a storage area of the storage apparatus into a plurality of storage areas and provides the plurality of storage areas, or allocates the plurality of physical ports to the logically partitioned storage areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: April 8, 2010Inventors: Mamoru Motonaga, Takashi Chikusa, Takashi Nozawa, Yuko Matsui, Megumi Hokazono
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Patent number: 7660101Abstract: The electrical properties and high-temperature characteristics of an electrolytic capacitor are rendered satisfactory by addition of a compound with an unsaturated bond-containing chain which serves to absorb hydrogen gas generated by reaction between the aluminum electrode foil and the electrolyte solution. The electrolytic capacitor contains the unsaturated compound which allows hydrogen addition, or the electrolytic solution, which comprises a solvent composed of 10-80 wt % of an organic solvent and 90-20 wt % water and at least one electrolyte selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids or their salts and inorganic acids or their salts, also comprises one or more unsaturated compounds which are water-soluble or soluble in polar and protic polar solvents.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2007Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Rubycon CorporationInventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Toshikazu Iida, Takashi Nozawa, Taketo Matsuzawa, Tetsushi Ogawara, Shigeru Uzawa
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Publication number: 20100008878Abstract: A propylene glycol hyaluronate having an esterification degree of from 10 to 90% and a limiting viscosity of less than 3 dL/g has an excellent percutaneous absorption-promoting effect, and is widely usable as cosmetics and pharmaceutical products.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: Foodchemifa Co., LtdInventors: Hideki Hirai, Makoto Watanabe, Takashi Nozawa, Katsumi Murata
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Patent number: 7279117Abstract: The electrical properties and high-temperature characteristics of an electrolytic capacitor are rendered satisfactory by addition of a compound with an unsaturated bond-containing chain which serves to absorb hydrogen gas generated by reaction between the aluminum electrode foil and the electrolyte solution. The electrolytic capacitor contains the unsaturated compound which allows hydrogen addition, or the electrolytic solution, which comprises a solvent composed of 10-80 wt % of an organic solvent and 90-20 wt % water and at least one electrolyte selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids or their salts and inorganic acids or their salts, also comprises one or more unsaturated compounds which are water-soluble or soluble in polar and protic polar solvents.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2002Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Rubycon CorporationInventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Toshikazu Iida, Takashi Nozawa, Taketo Matsuzawa, Tetsushi Ogawara, Shigeru Uzawa
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Publication number: 20070171595Abstract: The electrical properties and high-temperature characteristics of an electrolytic capacitor are rendered satisfactory by addition of a compound with an unsaturated bond-containing chain which serves to absorb hydrogen gas generated by reaction between the aluminum electrode foil and the electrolyte solution. The electrolytic capacitor contains the unsaturated compound which allows hydrogen addition, or the electrolytic solution, which comprises a solvent composed of 10-80 wt % of an organic solvent and 90-20 wt % water and at least one electrolyte selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids or their salts and inorganic acids or their salts, also comprises one or more unsaturated compounds which are water-soluble or soluble in polar and protic polar solvents.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2007Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: RUBYCON CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Toshikazu Iida, Takashi Nozawa, Taketo Matsuzawa, Tetsushi Ogawara, Shigeru Uzawa
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Publication number: 20070148703Abstract: The present invention is a method for screening a remedy for breast cancer which does not require uptake into cells unlike aromatase inhibitors, estrogen sulfatase inhibitors, or estrogen competitive inhibitors such as tamoxifen and toremifene, and which shows excellent drug delivery property and extremely rare adverse effect. In the method, a remedy for breast cancer which inhibits transporter function is screened by the process comprising the steps of: culturing a cultured human breast cancer cell line such as MCF-7 cell line or T-47D cell line in the presence of estrone-3-sulfate and a test substance such as bromosulfophtalein; and evaluating whether the uptake of estrone-3-sulfate into cells via estrone-3-sulfate transporters expressed on the cell surface is inhibited, and whether the proliferation of MCF-7 cell line is suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2004Publication date: June 28, 2007Applicant: Genomembrane, Inc.Inventors: Ikumi Tamai, Takashi Nozawa
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Publication number: 20050094352Abstract: The electrical properties and high-temperature characteristics of an electrolytic capacitor are rendered satisfactory by addition of a compound with an unsaturated bond-containing chain which serves to absorb hydrogen gas generated by reaction between the aluminum electrode foil and the electrolyte solution. The electrolytic capacitor contains the unsaturated compound which allows hydrogen addition, or the electrolytic solution, which comprises a solvent composed of 10-80 wt % of an organic solvent and 90-20 wt % water and at least one electrolyte selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids or their salts and inorganic acids or their salts, also comprises one or more unsaturated compounds which are water-soluble or soluble in polar and protic polar solvents.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2002Publication date: May 5, 2005Inventors: Akihito Komatsu, Toshikazu Iida, Takashi Nozawa, Taketo Matsuzawa, Tetsushi Ogawara
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Patent number: 6818266Abstract: A backprinting recording medium includes a transparent substrate, an ink-absorbing layer formed on the transparent substrate and a porous ink-permeable layer formed on the ink-absorbing layer and produced by dispersing a filler in a binder resin, wherein the binder resin constituting the ink-permeable layer has a glass transition temperature of 10° C. or higher, and a Shore D hardness at 25° C. of 40 or higher.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2000Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Sony Chemicals Corp.Inventors: Jun Takahashi, Takashi Nozawa, Hideaki Takahashi
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Patent number: 6808770Abstract: A heat-resistant film includes a film substrate and a heat-resistant slip layer. The heat-resistant slip layer is disposed on one surface of the film substrate and contains a binder and a slip additive, which is a higher fatty acid metal salt composition containing a free higher fatty acid in an amount of 3 to 30 wt % and a metal salt of a higher fatty acid. With this heat-resistant film, a good heat-resistivity and slipperiness are obtained even when the slip additive is contained in the heat-resistant slip layer in relatively small amounts. The slip additive improves the solution stability of the coating composition used to form the heat-resistant slip layer. Preferably, the free higher fatty acid is stearic acid and the metal salt of higher fatty acid is aluminum stearate.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2002Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: Sony Chemicals CorporationInventors: Takashi Nozawa, Tetsuya Abe
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Patent number: 6649564Abstract: An information recording sheet of the present invention includes a substrate sheet, a variable information recording layer formed on the substrate sheet and a fixed information recording layer formed on a part of the variable information recording layer and made of a subliming dye receptor layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2000Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: Sony Chemicals Corp.Inventors: Tetsuya Abe, Takashi Nozawa, Osamu Kawamura