Patents by Inventor Takashi Sudo

Takashi Sudo 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: 20240100099
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for promotion of the regeneration of the nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc, said composition comprising a low endotoxin monovalent metal salt of alginic acid and mesenchymal stem cells. In particular, the composition of the present invention promotes the regeneration of the nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc via activation of nucleus pulposus cells by human bone marrow-derived high-purity mesenchymal stem cells and/or differentiation of human bone marrow-derived high-purity mesenchymal stem cells into nucleus pulposus cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: National University Corporation Hokkaido University, PuREC Co., Ltd., Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki SUDO, Daisuke UKEBA, Katsuhisa YAMADA, Katsuro URA, Hisataka SUZUKI, Yumi IYOKU, Takashi SUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240076258
    Abstract: A method for producing isobutyl vinyl ether using isobutyl alcohol as a raw material alcohol, the method including reacting the isobutyl alcohol with acetylene to obtain a mixture containing unreacted isobutyl alcohol and isobutyl vinyl ether, reacting the unreacted isobutyl alcohol and the isobutyl vinyl ether in the mixture in a presence of an acid catalyst to be converted into acetaldehyde diisobutyl acetal, and removing the acetaldehyde diisobutyl acetal by distillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: MARUZEN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yudai ITO, Masahiro SUDO, Takashi NANIKI
  • Patent number: 11880508
    Abstract: An eyeglasses-type wearable device of an embodiment can handle various data inputs. The device includes right and left eye frames corresponding to positions of right and left eyes and nose pads corresponding to a position of a nose. Eye motion detection electrodes (sightline detection sensor electrodes) are provided with the nose pads to detect the eye motion of a user. Transmitter/receiver electrodes (capacitance sensor electrodes) of a gesture detector are provided with a part of the right and left eye frames to detect a gesture of the user. Various data inputs are achieved by a combination of input A corresponding to a gesture of the user detected by the gesture detector and input B corresponding to the eye motion of the user detected by the eye motion detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Komaki, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Publication number: 20230384603
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device configured to be attached to a display configured to display a display image. The wearable device features an optical component set featuring a lens, a first user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to a projection angle of the visual image, and a second user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the visual image. A position of the visual image is changed by adjusting the projection angle of the visual image using the first user operable member so that the visual image is displayed at a position based on at least one of a shape or a size of the head of the user. The color tone or the brightness of the visual image is changed using the second user operable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 11789279
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device configured to be attached to a display configured to display a display image. The wearable device features an optical component set featuring a lens, a first user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to a projection angle of the visual image, and a second user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the visual image. A position of the visual image is changed by adjusting the projection angle of the visual image using the first user operable member so that the visual image is displayed at a position based on at least one of a shape or a size of the head of the user. The color tone or the brightness of the visual image is changed using the second user operable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 11770213
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a failure detection apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a time-series signal generated by a sensor module, generates an analysis result including information concerning saturation of the time-series signal by analyzing the time-series signal, and determine a failure of the sensor module based on the analysis result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Takashi Sudo
  • Publication number: 20230296475
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a condition monitoring apparatus includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to collect a sensor signal output from a sensor that monitors a condition of a mechanical device that is at least partially mobile. The processing circuitry is configured to diagnose a presence or absence of an anomaly in the mechanical device based on the sensor signal. The processing circuitry is configured to cut out the sensor signal in a time width according to any one or more of a speed, an acceleration, and a jerk of the mechanical device. The processing circuitry is configured to determine the presence or absence of an anomaly based on the cut out sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takashi SUDO, Yasuhiro KANISHIMA, Hiroyuki YANAGIHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230293070
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a stress score calculation apparatus includes a memory and a processing circuit. The memory stores reference information which includes a reference value and/or a reference range pertaining to an action taken by a subject and/or a condition of an environment in which the subject is located that causes the subject an appropriate level of stress. The processing circuit acquires subject information which includes at least one of action information pertaining to the action taken by the subject and environment information pertaining to the environment in which the subject is located. The processing circuit calculates a score pertaining to a degree of stress experienced by the subject, based on a comparison between the subject information and the reference information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Mami SAITO, Takashi SUDO, Yasuhiro KANISHIMA, Izumi FUKUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11741811
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method executed by an electronic apparatus including storage configured to store device information including first position information indicating a position of a device installed in a particular range and risk information associated with use of the device is provided. The method includes receiving second position information indicating a position of a user wearing an eyeglasses-type wearable terminal and working within the particular range, from the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal and estimating a status of the user, based at least in part on the first position information and the risk information included in the device information, and the second position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takashi Sudo, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Publication number: 20230168571
    Abstract: A light source apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of light sources; a plurality of collimator lenses that outputs, as parallel light, divergent light from each of the plurality of light sources; a diffuser plate that diffuses output light from each of the plurality of collimator lenses; a fly-eye lens having a plurality of lens cells, and in which the output light from each of the plurality of collimator lenses enters each of the plurality of lens cells through the diffuser plate; a fluorescence emission section having a phosphor face; and a condenser optical system that condenses output light from each of the plurality of lens cells of the fly-eye lens toward the phosphor face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventor: TAKASHI SUDO
  • Patent number: 11652700
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a state diagnosis apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit executes a model receiving, as an input, first data relating to a state of a device at each of a plurality of stages along a time series and outputting a first numerical value quantitatively indicating the first data for each of the stages. The processing circuit determines whether or not first numerical values output from the model monotonously change along the time series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yanagihashi, Takashi Sudo, Yasuhiro Kanishima
  • Patent number: 11625956
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a monitoring system includes a processor. The processor accepts first data output from a first detector. The first detector detects a signal caused by equipment. The processor performs a first determination when a first value is in a first state. The first value indicates a state of the first detector or an environment where the equipment is provided. The first determination determines a condition of the equipment by using a first model and the first data. The processor performs a second determination when the first value is in a second state different from the first state. The second determination determines the condition of the equipment by using a second model and the first data. The second model is different from the first model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kanishima, Takashi Sudo, Hiroyuki Yanagihashi
  • Publication number: 20230104615
    Abstract: An eyeglasses-type wearable device of an embodiment can handle various data inputs. The device includes right and left eye frames corresponding to positions of right and left eyes and nose pads corresponding to a position of a nose. Eye motion detection electrodes (sightline detection sensor electrodes) are provided with the nose pads to detect the eye motion of a user. Transmitter/receiver electrodes (capacitance sensor electrodes) of a gesture detector are provided with a part of the right and left eye frames to detect a gesture of the user. Various data inputs are achieved by a combination of input A corresponding to a gesture of the user detected by the gesture detector and input B corresponding to the eye motion of the user detected by the eye motion detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki Komaki, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 11615344
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a condition monitoring device includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire a time-series signal about a condition of a monitor target from a first sensor, acquire operation timing information indicating start of operation of the monitor target, detect a first operation segment signal from the time-series signal based on the operation timing information, detect a second operation segment signal from the first operation segment signal based on a waveform feature of the first operation segment signal, and determine the condition of the monitor target based on the second operation segment signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kanishima, Hiroyuki Yanagihashi, Takashi Sudo, Kazunori Imoto
  • Patent number: 11609157
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a learning apparatus includes a memory and a hardware processor connected to the memory which learns a transformation function to extract a feature value of an input signal. The hardware processor updates the transformation function based on a signal indicative of a first condition and a signal indicative of a second condition which is different from the first condition, using a first loss function on the signal indicative of the first condition and a second loss function on the signal indicative of the second condition. The second loss function is designed such that the second condition becomes distant from the first condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yanagihashi, Takashi Sudo, Kazunori Imoto, Yasuhiro Kanishima
  • Publication number: 20230004863
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a learning apparatus includes a processor. The processor acquires data with a label indicating whether the data is normal data or anomalous data. The processor calculates an anomaly degree indicating a degree to which the data is the anomalous data using an output of a model for the data. The processor calculates a loss value related to the anomaly degree using a loss function based on an adjustment parameter based on a previously calculated loss value and the label. The processor updates a parameter of the model so as to minimize the loss value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KANISHIMA, Takashi SUDO, Hiroyuki YANAGIHASHI
  • Patent number: 11545107
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display and a sensor signal acceptor which accepts detection signals from a sensor are provided. A first display controller displays a first instruction for instructing a first work on the display, based on the detection signal which indicates an end of preparation for the first work. And, a second display controller displays a second instruction for instructing a next second work on the display, based on the detection signal which indicates an end of the first work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kanishima, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Publication number: 20220413307
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device configured to be attached to a display configured to display a display image. The wearable device features an optical component set featuring a lens, a first user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to a projection angle of the visual image, and a second user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the visual image. A position of the visual image is changed by adjusting the projection angle of the visual image using the first user operable member so that the visual image is displayed at a position based on at least one of a shape or a size of the head of the user. The color tone or the brightness of the visual image is changed using the second user operable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 11428944
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device configured to be attached to a display configured to display a display image. The wearable device features an optical component set featuring a lens, a first user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to a projection angle of the visual image, and a second user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the visual image. A position of the visual image is changed by adjusting the projection angle of the visual image using the first user operable member so that the visual image is displayed at a position based on at least one of a shape or a size of the head of the user. The color tone or the brightness of the visual image is changed using the second user operable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Publication number: 20220268478
    Abstract: A hot/cold sensation estimating device according to one embodiment includes a sensing unit and an estimating unit. The sensing unit is configured to sense a behavioral thermoregulatory reaction and an autonomic thermoregulatory reaction of living matter against an ambient environment based on sensor data acquired through a sensor for sensing vital activities of the living matter. The estimating unit is configured to estimate a hot/cold sensation sensed by the living matter based on a sensing result of the behavioral thermoregulatory reaction and a sensing result of the autonomic thermoregulatory reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takashi SUDO, Izumi FUKUNAGA