Patents by Inventor Takashi Watanabe

Takashi Watanabe 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: 20250043087
    Abstract: A molded article including a plant material is produced by a production method including: mixing a plant material containing lignocellulose with an organic acid; dissolving the plant material in the organic acid to produce a lignocellulose solution; and removing a liquid component from the lignocellulose solution to produce a solid content. This plant material is an unused portion of an agricultural crop. The molded article including a plant material contains lignocellulose derived from the plant material as a main component. This lignocellulose has a higher-order structure similar to the plant material. A laminate includes the molded article including the plant material and a sheet laminated on the molded article. The peel strength between the molded article and the sheet is 0.005 MPa or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicants: Daicel Corporation, Kyoto University
    Inventors: Kenji KITAYAMA, Takashi WATANABE, Tomohiro HASHIZUME, Naoko KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20250042327
    Abstract: A high-definition lamp unit includes a plurality of individually controllable pixels, and emits lamp light having a light distribution corresponding to states of the plurality of pixels. A leveling actuator can control a mechanical position of the high-definition lamp unit. A controller controls the leveling actuator and the high-definition lamp unit according to a pitch angle of a vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki WATANABE, Takao MURAMATSU, Yasushi NOYORI, Takashi TERAYAMA
  • Patent number: 12208343
    Abstract: A first chromatogram is obtained by analyzing a second standard sample by size exclusion chromatography analysis using a first detector. Also, a second chromatogram is obtained by analyzing a solvent for the second standard sample by size exclusion chromatography analysis using the first detector. Then, from the difference between the first chromatogram and the second chromatogram, a third elution time in size exclusion chromatography analysis of the second standard sample using the first detector is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Azusa Ishii, Takashi Miwa, Masamitsu Watanabe, Soichi Oka
  • Patent number: 12210307
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a feed tray, first and second sensors, and a controller. The controller adjusts a sheet interval between the first and second recording materials based on sensor detected length and width of a recording material fed from the feed tray. When a first recording material has a first length and a second recording material has a second length longer than the first length, the controller performs control to increase a sheet interval in response to a first number of recording materials having the second length and conveyed successively. When the first recording material has the first length and the second recording material has a third length shorter than the first length, the controller performs control to reduce the sheet interval in response to a second number of recording materials having the third length and conveyed successively. The second number is greater than the first number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanori Watanabe, Takashi Narahara, Yutaka Sato
  • Patent number: 12204182
    Abstract: An iterative Fourier transform unit of a modulation pattern calculation apparatus performs a Fourier transform on a waveform function including an intensity spectrum function and a phase spectrum function, performs a replacement of a temporal intensity waveform function based on a desired waveform after the Fourier transform, and then performs an inverse Fourier transform. The iterative Fourier transform unit performs the replacement using a result of multiplying a function representing the desired waveform by a coefficient. The coefficient has a value with which a difference between the function after the multiplication of the coefficient and the temporal intensity waveform function after the Fourier transform is smaller than a difference before the multiplication, and a ratio of the difference is smaller when an intensity is higher at each time of the function before the multiplication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo Watanabe, Takashi Inoue
  • Patent number: 12195481
    Abstract: The present invention provides processes for preparing 7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives, which are useful as a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, intermediates thereof, and processes for preparing the intermediates. The present invention provides processes for preparing 3-[(3S,4R)-3-methyl-6-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1,6-diazaspiro[3.4]octan-1-yl]-3-oxopropanenitrile using salts of (3S,4R)-1-benzyl-3-methyl-1,6-diazaspiro[3.4]octane with organic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Japan Tobacco Inc., Leo Pharma A/S
    Inventors: Hiromu Takiguchi, Akinobu Higashi, Takashi Inaba, Takashi Watanabe, Tsubasa Takeichi, Anders Klarskov Petersen, Per Vedsoe, Kim Lebek Jensen, Jan Bornholdt, Soren Ebdrup
  • Publication number: 20250013794
    Abstract: An arithmetic circuit according to the present disclosure performs a signal value acquisition step of acquiring X-axis bending values, Y-axis bending values, and twisting values at respective one or more first times before an impact time identified in a time identification step and at respective one or more second times after the impact time; and a first calculation step of calculating one or more parameters indicating a state of an object to be measured at the impact time by multiplying a plurality of the X-axis bending values, a plurality of the Y-axis bending values, and a plurality of the twisting values acquired in the signal value acquisition step by a matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Tomoshige FURUHI, Takashi WATANABE, Takashi HAGA, Takehiko IIZUKA, Nobuyuki NOZAWA, Jun MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20250008145
    Abstract: A video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, comprising an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Saori ASAKA, Takeshi CHUJOH, Akiyuki TANIZAWA, Goki YASUDA, Naofumi WADA, Takashi WATANABE
  • Patent number: 12175822
    Abstract: A bill handling apparatus enables insertion of a deposited object therein from an insertion slot, the object including a bill containing a metallic component. The bill handling apparatus includes a memory and processing circuitry coupled to a memory and configured to estimate a number of bills in the object that has been inserted, obtain an actually measured metal quantity in the object that has been inserted, estimate a threshold that is a quantity of metal in the object that has been inserted, based on the number of bills estimated by the first estimating and a reference metal quantity corresponding to one of the bills, the reference metal quantity having been determined beforehand, make a comparison between the actually measured metal quantity and the threshold, and determine, based on a result of the comparison, whether or not the object that has been inserted is a bill or bills only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Keita Ishiguro, Tomoaki Ogawa, Masashi Iijima, Takashi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240417197
    Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a paper sheet storage device includes a holding member that includes a loading region into which a paper sheet is loaded; a storing member that is disposed adjacent to the holding member and that is used to store the paper sheet; a carrier unit that, in a state in which at least a single pair of carrier belts is abutting against both sides of the paper sheet, carries the paper sheet into the loading region; and a pressing mechanism that presses the paper sheet, which has been carried into the loading region, inside the storing member. In the paper sheet storage device, at the time of pressing of the paper sheet by the pressing mechanism, the carrier unit releases the abutment of one of the carrier belts with respect to the paper sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Yanan LAN, Tomoyuki MIYAZAWA, Makoto TAKAYAMA, Takashi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240409721
    Abstract: A lignocellulose solution is produced by a production method including: coarsely pulverizing a biomass containing lignocellulose to obtain a coarse powder; mixing the coarse powder with an organic acid; and dissolving the coarse powder in the organic acid. A molded article containing lignocellulose as a main component is formed from this solution. The molded article has a density of less than 1.20 g/cm3. In one embodiment, the molded article is substantially free of an adhesive component. In another aspect, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin constituting the lignocellulose form an ester bond with an organic acid. A molded article according to still another embodiment has a density of less than 1.60 g/cm3 and an amount of functional groups bound to cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin of 0.35 or more and 0.60 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicants: Daicel Corporation, Kyoto University
    Inventors: Yuka NAKAGAWA, Tomohiro HASHIZUME, Takashi WATANABE, Naoko KOBAYASHI, Kenji KITAYAMA
  • Patent number: 12157962
    Abstract: A sewing machine includes a feed dog partially protruding out up and down from a throat plate to feed a workpiece, a sewing needle configured to perform stitch points on the workpiece by moving up and down, and a shuttle configured to capture an upper thread passed through the sewing needle below the throat plate to be entwined with a lower thread. The feed dog includes a top plate having teeth formed on an upper surface thereof, and a support portion to which a feed operation relative to the top plate is input. The top plate includes an insertion hole that the sewing needle penetrates up and down, and a pair of wall portions extending in an up-and-down direction respectively on one side and another side in a feed direction of the workpiece relative to the insertion hole on a lower surface side of the top plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: JUKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240385561
    Abstract: An image forming system conveys a recording medium to form an image. The image forming system includes: a driver to drive an operation mechanism to convey a recording medium or an operation mechanism to form an image on the recording medium; a detector that detects a driving state of the driver; a diagnostic section diagnosing an abnormality of the operation mechanism based on a load obtained by converting a detection result by the detector based on a predetermined conversion condition; and an updater that, when at least one of components of the driver is replaced, updates the conversion condition in accordance with the replaced component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Watanabe, Yoshikazu Watanabe, Yasuhiro Ishihara, Yukinobu Iguchi, Shougo Kamiya, Tatsuya Eguchi
  • Patent number: 12148196
    Abstract: A support information generating device includes a processor configured to: obtain first related information including a plurality of first captured images sequentially captured in chronological order, the plurality of first captured images being associated respectively with first captured position information indicating captured positions at which the first captured images are captured; analyze the plurality of first captured images; recognize a specific facility captured in at least one first captured image of the plurality of first captured images; determine a classification of the specific facility captured in the first captured image; generate first facility classification information indicating the classification; and generate support information including the first facility classification information and first facility position information associated with each other, the first facility position information indicating a position of the specific facility based on the first captured position information a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Nara, Katsuki Suematsu, Junya Hirano, Yusuke Hirakawa, Takuya Kido, Takashi Watanabe, Jun Hori
  • Patent number: 12120339
    Abstract: A video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, comprising an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Saori Asaka, Takeshi Chujoh, Akiyuki Tanizawa, Goki Yasuda, Naofumi Wada, Takashi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240310374
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a technique that can contribute to less invasive or more reliable diagnosis of lymphocytic anterior hypophysitis and its related diseases. For this purpose, the KCNMA1 (calcium-activated potassium channel subunit alpha-1) protein or an epitope thereof is used as a diagnostic agent for lymphocytic anterior hypophysitis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicants: FUJITA ACADEMY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM
    Inventors: Yoshihisa SUGIMURA, Atsushi SUZUKI, Haruki FUJISAWA, Naoko IWATA, Takashi WATANABE, Kozo KAIBUCHI, Tomoki NISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 12096435
    Abstract: An object is to provide a communication system in which there are no restrictions on a communicable area and it is not necessary to install communication software on a wireless device. A communication system according to the present invention is configured so that the functions of a wireless access point are separated into a front-end unit on a wireless terminal side and a back-end side on the Internet side, radio signal processing functions supporting a wireless scheme of the wireless terminal are deployed only on the back end, and only relatively simple processing functions such as E/O conversion are deployed on the front end near the wireless terminal 311.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Shiina, Tatsuya Fukui, Satoshi Narikawa, Katsuya Minami, Satoshi Ikeda, Shunsuke Saruwatari, Takashi Watanabe, Kazuhiko Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 12077677
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a cured product film, which is capable of increasing the formation accuracy of a fine cured product film and also increasing the adhesion of the cured product film. The method for producing a curable film according to the present invention includes an application step in which a curable composition that is photocurable and thermocurable and also is in liquid form is applied using an ink jet device, a first light irradiation step in which the curable composition is irradiated with light from a first light irradiation part, and a heating step in which a precured product film irradiated with light is heated, the ink jet device has an ink tank to store the curable composition, a discharge part, and a circulation flow path part, and in the application step, the curable composition is applied while being circulated in the ink jet device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Tanikawa, Takashi Watanabe, Michihisa Ueda, Shigeru Nakamura, Hiroshi Maenaka, Ryosuke Takahashi, Takanori Inoue, Yoshito Fujita, Osamu Inui
  • Publication number: 20240286974
    Abstract: A method for producing a hydrocarbon, including: preparing a molten salt containing an oxide of a first metal; adding carbon dioxide to the molten salt; obtaining precipitates containing a first metal carbide by applying a voltage to the molten salt containing carbon dioxide; and obtaining a gas containing a hydrocarbon and a hydroxide of the first metal by hydrolyzing the first metal carbide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicants: THE DOSHISHA, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya GOTO, Takashi WATANABE, Yuta SUZUKI, Haruka FUKUDA, Atsuya YAMADA, Tomohiro ISOGAI, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Akiyoshi YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240250048
    Abstract: In the electronic component, the second portion of the diffusion prevention layer extends parallel to the main surface of the base material. When the electronic component is surface-mounted on the mounting substrate, the conductive bonding material such as solder is interposed between the electrodes of the electronic component and the land electrodes of the mounting substrate. In the case that the bonding surface between the diffusion prevention layer and the substrate is wide, it is difficult for the metal component of the bonding material to reach the body portion of the electrodes through the bonding surface. Therefore, a situation in which metal component of the bonding material diffuse into the body portion is suppressed, and a decrease in strength of the electrodes due to the diffusion is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke TANAKA, Masato SATO, Kenta ONO, Takashi WATANABE