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).
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Patent number: 12344756Abstract: A liquid composition contains a macrocyclic compound enclosing a metal ion, water, and an organic solvent, wherein a recording medium where the liquid composition has been applied has at least one of an antibacterial activity or an antiviral activity.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Shun Saito, Kento Sugita, Koichiro Oyama, Mizuki Kuroha, Satoshi Takahashi, Yuuki Yokohama, Takashi Watanabe
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Patent number: 12333440Abstract: According to an embodiment, a first signal processing apparatus includes one or more hardware processors configured to function as a signal processing unit, a first signal adjustment unit, and an update unit. The signal processing unit is configured to perform first signal processing on an input signal in which a second signal is superimposed on a first signal using at least one parameter and to output a first restoration signal obtained by restoring the first signal. The first signal adjustment unit is configured to multiply at least one of the first signal and the first restoration signal by a weighting coefficient and to output a corrected first signal and a corrected first restoration signal. The update unit is configured to update the at least one parameter using an error between the corrected first signal and the corrected first restoration signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tenta Sasaya, Takashi Watanabe
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Patent number: 12288436Abstract: A money depositing and dispensing machine 1 includes: a storage compartment 100 provided with a first front opening 101; a stowage compartment 200 disposed on a lower side of the storage compartment 100; a storage portion 12 stored in the storage compartment 100 and storing paper sheets; and a conveying unit 13 stored in the storage compartment 100 and for conveying the paper sheets stored in the storage portion 12 to the stowage compartment 200. The conveying unit 13 is configured to be slidable in a direction of the first front opening 101 provided in the storage compartment 100. The stowage compartment 200 stows the paper sheets conveyed by the conveying unit 13.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITEDInventors: Takashi Watanabe, Hiroshi Yanagida, Koichi Hosoyama, Yasushi Gotoh
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Publication number: 20250105288Abstract: In a negative electrode (12) for a secondary battery which is one example of an embodiment of the present invention, a negative electrode active substance layer (41) has a first active substance layer (41A) and a second active substance layer (41B). A tortuosity ?2 of the second active substance layer (41B) is smaller than a tortuosity ?1 of the first active substance layer (41A), and the B value calculated using equation 2 is equal to 1.7 to 1 divided by the A value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Hasegawa, Takashi Watanabe, Naomichi Sato
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Publication number: 20250084106Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Hiromu Takiguchi, Akinobu Higashi, Takashi Inaba, Takashi Watanabe, Tsubasa Takeichi, Anders Klarskov Petersen, Per Vedsoe, Kim Lebek Jensen, Jan Bornholdt, Soren Ebdrup
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Patent number: 12195481Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 19, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignees: Japan Tobacco Inc., Leo Pharma A/SInventors: Hiromu Takiguchi, Akinobu Higashi, Takashi Inaba, Takashi Watanabe, Tsubasa Takeichi, Anders Klarskov Petersen, Per Vedsoe, Kim Lebek Jensen, Jan Bornholdt, Soren Ebdrup
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Patent number: 12175822Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 26, 2024Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITEDInventors: Keita Ishiguro, Tomoaki Ogawa, Masashi Iijima, Takashi Watanabe
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Patent number: 12157962Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: JUKI CORPORATIONInventor: Takashi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20240385561Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Takashi Watanabe, Yoshikazu Watanabe, Yasuhiro Ishihara, Yukinobu Iguchi, Shougo Kamiya, Tatsuya Eguchi
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Patent number: 12148196Abstract: 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 aType: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazutaka Nara, Katsuki Suematsu, Junya Hirano, Yusuke Hirakawa, Takuya Kido, Takashi Watanabe, Jun Hori
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Patent number: 12120339Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Saori Asaka, Takeshi Chujoh, Akiyuki Tanizawa, Goki Yasuda, Naofumi Wada, Takashi Watanabe
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Patent number: 12096435Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Ryota Shiina, Tatsuya Fukui, Satoshi Narikawa, Katsuya Minami, Satoshi Ikeda, Shunsuke Saruwatari, Takashi Watanabe, Kazuhiko Kinoshita
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Patent number: 12077677Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuru Tanikawa, Takashi Watanabe, Michihisa Ueda, Shigeru Nakamura, Hiroshi Maenaka, Ryosuke Takahashi, Takanori Inoue, Yoshito Fujita, Osamu Inui
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Patent number: 12040190Abstract: A device includes a first laser emitter, a second laser emitter, and a separating portion. The first laser emitter is configured to emit, in an outer circumferential portion of a bonded substrate including a first substrate and a second substrate bonded to each other, a first laser beam into the first substrate from a side of the first substrate to form a modified layer. The second laser emitter is configured to emit a second laser beam to a material layer that is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate and is provided on the second substrate from a side of the second substrate, to cause peeling between the second substrate and the material layer. The separating portion is configured to separate an outer circumferential portion of the first substrate and an outer circumferential portion of the material layer from the outer circumferential portion of the bonded substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Takashi Watanabe
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Patent number: 12027378Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes: alternately stacking a first film and a second film on a surface of a semiconductor substrate to form a multilayer film; partially removing the multilayer film to form stacks and a depression between one of the stacks and another one of the stacks and expose an end portion of the surface; forming a first insulating film to fill the depression; forming a first protective film on the stacks, the first insulating film, and the end portion; forming a second insulating film on the first protective film, the second insulating film overlapping at least a part of the other one of the stacks and the end portion; and removing the second insulating film in a thickness direction using chemical mechanical polishing.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Takashi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20240140967Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Hiromu Takiguchi, Akinobu Higashi, Takashi Inaba, Takashi Watanabe, Tsubasa Takeichi, Anders Klarskov Petersen, Per Vedsoe, Kim Lebek Jensen, Jan Bornholdt, Soren Ebdrup
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Patent number: 11945229Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head configured to discharge a liquid, and a liquid container configured to contain the liquid to be supplied to the head. The liquid container includes an inlet from which the liquid is supplied to the liquid container, a first lid configured to cover and openably close the inlet, the first lid having a first fitting part fittable to a first key detachably attached to a refill bottle containing the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Kenta Takahashi, Takashi Watanabe, Takeyuki Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11921137Abstract: According to one embodiment, an anomaly detection apparatus includes a processing circuit configured to calculate a reconstruction error of an input signal being a time-series signal, calculate cycle information indicating cyclic property of the reconstruction error, and determine presence/absence of an anomaly signal in the input signal on the basis of the cycle information or the cycle information and the reconstruction error.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Tenta Sasaya, Takashi Watanabe, Toshiyuki Ono
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Publication number: 20240047686Abstract: A negative electrode material for a secondary battery includes a negative electrode active material and a carbon nanotube, wherein the negative electrode active material includes graphite and a material including a silicon element, and the carbon nanotube has an average fiber diameter of 0.5 nm to 6 nm and an average fiber length of 1.2 ?m to 8 ?m. A secondary battery includes a negative electrode including the negative electrode material for a secondary battery, a positive electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaki Hasegawa, Norihisa Yamamoto, Takashi Watanabe
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Publication number: 20240046449Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: acquire a first image and a second image for inspecting an inspection target; generate a plurality of deformed images by applying a plurality of deformation processes to at least one of the first image or the second image; calculate, for each pixel, a difference value between a pixel value of the first image and a pixel value of the second image, using the deformed images; calculate a pixel-by-pixel integrated difference value by integrating a plurality of difference values calculated for the respective deformed images; and detect an anomaly of the inspection target based on the pixel-by-pixel integrated difference value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, NuFlare Technology, Inc.Inventors: Takashi Watanabe, Hiromu Inoue, Toshiyuki Ono