Patents by Inventor Takashi Watabe
Takashi Watabe 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: 12229942Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a read image obtained by reading a printed document, and a determination unit configured to determine presence or absence of a streak included in the read image, by tracking a contour of the printed document from each of a plurality of points that are both end points of the read image in a direction orthogonal to a reading direction of the read image.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Ochiai, Hiroki Watabe
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Publication number: 20250027834Abstract: According to one embodiment, a structure evaluation system according to an embodiment includes a plurality of sensors, a vehicle number estimator, and an evaluator. The plurality of sensors detect elastic waves generated inside a structure. The vehicle number estimator estimates the number of vehicles passing through the structure on the basis of a plurality of elastic waves detected by each of the plurality of sensors. The evaluator evaluates a state of deterioration of the structure using vehicle information relating to the number of vehicles estimated by the vehicle number estimator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventors: Hidefumi TAKAMINE, Takashi USUI, Kazuo WATABE
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Patent number: 11661015Abstract: A holding mechanism prevents a device at a back side of a held object from being hidden by the object. Even if a large smartphone is held, clamping with a fixed clamping part and a movable clamping part prevents the fixed part from being moved, wherein a device located back of the smartphone and at the side of the fixed clamping part cannot be hidden by the smartphone. Due to the movable clamping part being movable farther from a rotation axis than the fixed clamping part, a middle portion of the smartphone in the clamping direction substantially coincides with the rotation axis when holding a smartphone with a specified width, wherein the smartphone cannot be easily moved in a Y- and Z-direction when rotating a holding part to change orientation, and also at the back side, a device located at the side of the clamp cannot be easily hidden.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Watabe, Hironori Shigeta, Hirofumi Matsumura
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Patent number: 11299105Abstract: A holding device for holding a held object is downsized to reduce an occupied space in an installation space. The holding device in which a holding mechanism for holding the held object is supported on a device main body so as to slidably project and retract includes a lock mounted on the holding mechanism and configured to lock the holding mechanism at an arbitrary projected position, the lock part including a first rotary body pivotally supported on the holding mechanism and configured to rotate upon application of certain operation, a second rotary body that rotates by a force directly or indirectly applied from the first rotary body by the rotation of the first rotary body, and an engagement part that moves between an engaged position at which the engagement part is engaged to the device main body and a disengaged position by the rotation of the second rotary body.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Watabe, Hironori Shigeta, Hirofumi Matsumura
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Publication number: 20210339684Abstract: A holding mechanism prevents a device at a back side of a held object from being hidden by the object. Even if a large smartphone is held, clamping with a fixed clamping part and a movable clamping part prevents the fixed part from being moved, wherein a device located back of the smartphone and at the side of the fixed clamping part cannot be hidden by the smartphone. Due to the movable clamping part being movable farther from a rotation axis than the fixed clamping part, a middle portion of the smartphone in the clamping direction substantially coincides with the rotation axis when holding a smartphone with a specified width, wherein the smartphone cannot be easily moved in a Y- and Z-direction when rotating a holding part to change orientation, and also at the back side, a device located at the side of the clamp cannot be easily hidden.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Takashi WATABE, Hironori SHIGETA, Hirofumi MATSUMURA
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Patent number: 11097665Abstract: A holding mechanism prevents a device at a back side of a held object from being hidden by the object. Even if a large smartphone is held, clamping with a fixed clamping part and a movable clamping part prevents the fixed part from being moved, wherein a device located back of the smartphone and at the side of the fixed clamping part cannot be hidden by the smartphone. Due to the movable clamping part being movable farther from a rotation axis than the fixed clamping part, a middle portion of the smartphone in the clamping direction substantially coincides with the rotation axis when holding a smartphone with a specified width, wherein the smartphone cannot be easily moved in a Y- and Z-direction when rotating a holding part to change orientation, and also at the back side, a device located at the side of the clamp cannot be easily hidden.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Watabe, Hironori Shigeta, Hirofumi Matsumura
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Patent number: 10787993Abstract: This valve device is provided with: a body (10) that has at least one passage (11, 12) for passing a fluid and valve shaft holes (13, 14, 15); a valve shaft (20), which is passed through the valve shaft holes so as to be rotatable; and butterfly valves (30, 40), which are fixed on the valve shaft and are for opening and closing the passages (11, 12). The butterfly valves (30, 40) are disposed so as to close the passages (11, 12) on a downstream side or an upstream side of the valve shaft holes (13, 14, 15) in a flow direction of the fluid. As a result, it is possible to prevent fluid leakage and achieve effective utilization of exhaust heat in an exhaust heat recovery system.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATIONInventors: Toshio Karasawa, Toshiaki Ishii, Takashi Watabe
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Publication number: 20200172018Abstract: A holding mechanism prevents a device at a back side of a held object from being hidden by the object. Even if a large smartphone is held, clamping with a fixed clamping part and a movable clamping part prevents the fixed part from being moved, wherein a device located back of the smartphone and at the side of the fixed clamping part cannot be hidden by the smartphone. Due to the movable clamping part being movable farther from a rotation axis than the fixed clamping part, a middle portion of the smartphone in the clamping direction substantially coincides with the rotation axis when holding a smartphone with a specified width, wherein the smartphone cannot be easily moved in a Y- and Z-direction when rotating a holding part to change orientation, and also at the back side, a device located at the side of the clamp cannot be easily hidden.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Takashi WATABE, Hironori SHIGETA, Hirofumi MATSUMURA
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Publication number: 20200114831Abstract: A holding device for holding a held object is downsized to reduce an occupied space in an installation space. The holding device in which a holding mechanism for holding the held object is supported on a device main body so as to slidably project and retract includes a lock mounted on the holding mechanism and configured to lock the holding mechanism at an arbitrary projected position, the lock part including a first rotary body pivotally supported on the holding mechanism and configured to rotate upon application of certain operation, a second rotary body that rotates by a force directly or indirectly applied from the first rotary body by the rotation of the first rotary body, and an engagement part that moves between an engaged position at which the engagement part is engaged to the device main body and a disengaged position by the rotation of the second rotary body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Takashi WATABE, Hironori SHIGETA, Hirofumi MATSUMURA
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Publication number: 20190032598Abstract: This valve device is provided with: a body (10) that has at least one passage (11, 12) for passing a fluid and valve shaft holes (13, 14, 15); a valve shaft (20), which is passed through the valve shaft holes so as to be rotatable; and butterfly valves (30, 40), which are fixed on the valve shaft and are for opening and closing the passages (11, 12). The butterfly valves (30, 40) are disposed so as to close the passages (11, 12) on a downstream side or an upstream side of the valve shaft holes (13, 14, 15) in a flow direction of the fluid. As a result, it is possible to prevent fluid leakage and achieve effective utilization of exhaust heat in an exhaust heat recovery system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: MIKUNI CORPORATIONInventors: Toshio KARASAWA, Toshiaki ISHII, Takashi WATABE
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Patent number: 6780934Abstract: A room temperature-setting composition containing a polyoxyalkylene polymer (A) having a molecular weight ranging from 8000 to 50000 and having hydrolyzable silicon groups of the following formula (1): —SiXaR13−a (1) wherein R1 is a C1-20 substituted or unsubstituted monovalent organic group, X is a hydroxyl group or a hydrolyzable group, a is 1, 2 or 3, provided that when more than one R1 group is present, the R1 groups may be the same or different, and when more than one X group is present, the X groups may be the same or different, the composition comprising, as an essential component, the polyoxyalkylene polymer, having a molecular weight ranging from 8000 to 50000 and having hydrolyzable silicon groups of formula (1), wherein a is 3, or the composition comprises a polyoxyalkylene polymer component as defined above which contains said essential specific polyoxyalkylene polymer component, and a polymer (B) made by polymerization of a polymerizable unsaturated group-containing monomType: GrantFiled: August 29, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventors: Takao Doi, Takashi Watabe, Tomoko Matsumoto, Tatsuo Onoguchi, Kaori Tsuruoka
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Publication number: 20030092863Abstract: A room temperature-setting composition containing a polyoxyalkylene polymer (A) having a molecular weight ranging from 8000 to 50000 and having hydrolyzable silicon groups of the following formula (1):Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2002Publication date: May 15, 2003Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Takao Doi, Takashi Watabe, Tomoko Matsumoto, Tatsuo Onoguchi, Kaori Tsuruoka
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Publication number: 20020198352Abstract: A curable composition comprising a reactive silicon group-containing oxyalkylene polymer (A1) having at least one group of the formula 1 at its molecular terminal and satisfying the following (a) to (c), and a curing accelerator:Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2002Publication date: December 26, 2002Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hideaki Tanaka, Josho Kashiwame, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Chitoshi Suzuki, Kayoko Sugiyama, Takashi Watabe
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Patent number: 6207766Abstract: The present invention provides a room temperature-setting composition containing a polyoxyalkylene polymer (A), having a molecular weight of from 8000 to 50000 and having hydrolyzable silicon groups of the following formula (1), which comprises, as an essential component, the polyoxyalkylene polymer, having a molecular weight of from 8000 to 50000 and having hydrolyzable silicon groups of the formula (1), wherein a is 3 and a room temperature-setting composition containing a polyoxyalkylene polymer (A) having a molecular weight of from 8000 to 50000 and having hydrolyzable silicon groups of the formula (1), which comprises, as essential components, the polyoxyalkylene polymer having a molecular weight of from 8000 to 50000 and having hydrolyzable silicon groups of the formula (1) wherein a is 3, and a polymer (B) made by polymerization of a polymerizable unsaturated group-containing monomer (C): —SiXaR13−a (1) wherein R1 is a C1-20 substituted or unsubstituted monovalent organic groupType: GrantFiled: December 21, 1998Date of Patent: March 27, 2001Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventors: Takao Doi, Takashi Watabe, Tomoko Matsumoto, Tatsuo Onoguchi, Kaori Tsuruoka
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Patent number: 5973096Abstract: A process for purifying a polyether, which comprises adding to a polyether (A) containing a first salt, water (B) and a compound (C) which is capable of reacting with an ion constituting the first salt to form a second salt which is essentially insoluble in the polyether (A), then removing water, followed by removing the second salt from the polyether (A).Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1997Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Watabe, Hiroshi Hatano, Kazunori Chiba, Takao Doi, Toru Ueno, Etsuko Sakai, Minoru Yamada, Shinya Saiki, Hirotsugu Yamamoto, Toshihiko Higuchi
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Patent number: 5811566Abstract: A process for purifying a polyether, which comprises adding to a polyether (A) containing a first salt, water (B) and a compound (C) which is capable of reacting with an ion constituting the first salt to form a second salt which is essentially insoluble in the polyether (A), then removing water, followed by removing the second salt from the polyether (A).Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1995Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Watabe, Hiroshi Hatano, Kazunori Chiba, Takao Doi, Toru Ueno, Etsuko Sakai, Minoru Yamada, Shinya Saiki, Hirotsugu Yamamoto, Toshihiko Higuchi
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Patent number: 5290912Abstract: The present invention has an object of producing a polyoxyalkylene compound by ring-opening polymerization of an alkylene oxide to a certain specific highly hydrophobic initiator. The present invention provides a process for producing a polyoxyalkylene compound, characterized in that the polyoxyalkylene compound is produced by ring-opening polymerization of an alkylene oxide, in the presence of a plural metal cyanide complex catalyst, with an initiator selected from an organopolysiloxane compound having an active hydrogen-containing functional group to which an alkylene oxide is reactive, and a fluorine-containing compound having such an active hydrogen-containing functional group and a fluorinated hydrocarbon group.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 1992Date of Patent: March 1, 1994Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Watabe, Hiromitsu Takeyasu, Shigeyuki Kozawa
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Patent number: 4987271Abstract: A method for purifying a polyoxyalkylene alcohol, which comprises treating with a treating agent consisting essentially of a pH buffer, a polyoxyalkylene alcohol containing a double metal cyanide complex catalyst, synthesized by ring-opening polymerization of an alkylene oxide in the presence of said catalyst, and then removing the catalyst and the treating agent from the polyoxyalkylene alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1990Date of Patent: January 22, 1991Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Watabe, Hiromitsu Takeyasu, Takao Doi, Nobuaki Kunii
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Patent number: 4808636Abstract: A process for producing a shaped article of a non-cellular or microcellular polyurethane elastomer by reaction injection molding by using a high molecular weight active hydrogen compound component (A), a chain extender component (B) and a polyisocyanate compound component (C) as starting materials,wherein(I) the high molecular weight active hydrogen compound component (A) comprises(1) at least one polyoxyalkylene polyol (a-1) having an average molecular weight per hydroxyl group of from 800 to 4000 and an average number of hydroxyl groups per molecule of from 2 to 8 and containing at least 5% by weight of oxyethylene groups at the terminal portions of its molecules,(2) a high molecular weight amine (a-2) having from 2 to 8 active hydrogen-containing groups, and optionally(3) a high molecular weight polyol (a-3) other than the polyalkylene polyol (a-1), and(II) the chain extender component (B) comprises(1) a low molecular weight polyol (b-1) having from 2 to 4 hydroxyl groups and a molecular weight of at mostType: GrantFiled: April 22, 1988Date of Patent: February 28, 1989Assignee: Asahi Glass Company Ltd.Inventors: Joichi Saito, Hiroshi Wada, Shigehito Shibata, Takashi Watabe, Kiyoshi Tanabe, Nobuaki Kunii