Patents by Inventor Takayuki Nozawa

Takayuki 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).

  • Publication number: 20240127574
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging system including: a filter array that includes filters having different transmission spectra; an image sensor that images light passing through the filter array and generates image data; and a processing circuit, in which the processing circuit acquires luminance pattern data generated on the basis of subject data that includes spectral information of at least one substance, the luminance pattern data being generated by predicting a luminance pattern detected when the substance is imaged by the image sensor, acquires first image data obtained by imaging a target scene by the image sensor, and generates output data regarding whether the substance is present in the target scene by comparing the luminance pattern data with the first image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI KIYOHARA, MOTOKI YAKO, KATSUYA NOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240119645
    Abstract: A signal processing method executed by a computer includes acquiring compressed image data including two-dimensional image information of a subject obtained by compressing hyperspectral information in a target wavelength region, acquiring reference spectrum data including information on one or more spectra associated with the subject, and generating, from the compressed image data, pieces of two-dimensional image data corresponding to designated wavelength bands decided on the basis of the reference spectrum data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: MOTOKI YAKO, TAKAYUKI KIYOHARA, KATSUYA NOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240092595
    Abstract: A conveyance device includes a conveyance member, a guide, and a rotator. The conveyance member has a conveyance surface with a joint, the conveyance member to convey an object to be conveyed, with the object on the conveyance surface. The guide approaches the conveyance surface and guides the object from or to the conveyance member. The rotator contacts the conveyance surface. The guide displaces in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance surface, in conjunction with displacement of the rotator when the rotator contacts the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kohki ASADA, Kenji NOZAWA, Genichiroh KAWAMICHI, Takayuki SEKI, Kazuaki KAMIHARA, Ryusaku HIDA
  • Publication number: 20240073495
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: at least one light source that emits excitation light for irradiating an object including at least one light emitter; a coding filter array including filters whose transmission spectra differ from each other; an image sensor that captures an image of object light, which is generated by irradiating the object with the excitation light, through the coding filter array and generates compressed image data; and a processing circuit that generates hyperspectral image data based on the compressed image data. The object light includes emission light, which is produced by the at least one light emitter by absorbing the excitation light, and reflection light of the excitation light reflected by the object. The filters include two filters whose transmission spectra differ from each other. A spectrum of the excitation light overlaps a transmission region in the transmission spectrum of each of the two filters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: KATSUYA NOZAWA, MOTOKI YAKO, TAKAYUKI KIYOHARA
  • Patent number: 9950503
    Abstract: A jig for fixing laminated materials, a system for manufacturing bonded laminated materials, and a method of manufacturing bonded laminated materials are provided at a good yield factor and to efficiently manufacture the bonded laminated materials that are pressed and bonded after being laminated without a misalignment of the membranes or deformation of the laminated materials or any deficiency in bonding at the interface. The bonded laminated materials are manufactured by storing materials made of membranes (W) in a housing space (S) formed by a first sheet-shaped member (12), a second sheet-shaped member (22), and a sealing member (30), exhausting the housing space (S) to sandwich the laminated materials (W) between the first and second sheet-shaped members (12, 22) to fix them, and pressing and bonding them by hot-pressing rollers (51) and cold-pressing rollers (52) of a machine (50) for manufacturing the bonded laminated materials while they are fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Nagasaka, Shogo Nakajima, Takayuki Nozawa, Osamu Sugino, Ikuto Mishima
  • Patent number: 9511577
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transport system for a jig for fixing material to be laminated, which system can transport a jig for fixing material to be laminated using a simple exhaust device that is of a space-saving-type while it continuously exhausts air, a transport method for transporting a jig for fixing material to be laminated, and an apparatus for manufacturing bonded laminated material comprising the transport system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Nagasaka, Shogo Nakajima, Takayuki Nozawa, Osamu Sugino, Ikuto Mishima
  • Patent number: 9484568
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing and an apparatus for manufacturing a layered structure comprising a solid electrolyte layer, a positive electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode active material layer, which together constitute an all-solid-state battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Nagasaka, Shogo Nakajima, Takayuki Nozawa, Osamu Sugino, Ikuto Mishima
  • Patent number: 8900397
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an apparatus to manufacture joined laminated media and a method therefor. The joined laminated media that are manufactured from the membrane materials and that are joined by being pressed have no displacement, deformation of the membrane materials, or any defect in joining the boundary faces of the laminated materials, and are efficiently manufactured in a good yield. The apparatus can manufacture a joined laminated-media where the laminated media are placed in the housing space (S) that is formed by a pair of endless belts (15a, 15b) and the sealing member (24). The laminated media are then transported in a state where the laminated media are fixed by the pair of endless belts (15a, 15b) that are closely attached to the laminated media because the air is discharged from the housing space (S) through the discharge holes (17) and they are joined by being pressed in the hot-press section (11) and cold-press section (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: I. Sintokogio, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Nagasaka, Shogo Nakajima, Takayuki Nozawa, Osamu Sugino, Ikuto Mishima
  • Publication number: 20140301808
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transport system for a jig for fixing material to be laminated, which system can transport a jig for fixing material to be laminated using a simple exhaust device that is of a space-saving-type while it continuously exhausts air, a transport method for transporting a jig for fixing material to be laminated, and an apparatus for manufacturing bonded laminated material comprising the transport system. The transporting device 2 comprises a crank-slider transporting device 100 that transports the jig for fixing material to be laminated 100, and an intermediate stage 20 that receives the jig for fixing material to be laminated 100 from the crank-slider transporting device 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Masahiko Nagasaka, Shogo Nakajima, Takayuki Nozawa, Osamu Sugino, Ikuto Mishima
  • Publication number: 20130306237
    Abstract: A jig for fixing laminated materials, a system for manufacturing bonded laminated materials, and a method of manufacturing bonded laminated materials are provided at a good yield factor and to efficiently manufacture the bonded laminated materials that are pressed and bonded after being laminated without a misalignment of the membranes or deformation of the laminated materials or any deficiency in bonding at the interface. The bonded laminated materials are manufactured by storing materials made of laminated membranes (W) in a housing space (S) formed by a first sheet-shaped member (12), a second sheet-shaped member (22), and a sealing member (30), exhausting the housing space (S) to sandwich the laminated membranes (W) between the first and second sheet-shaped members (12, 22) to fix them, and pressing and bonding them by hot-pressing rollers (51) and cold-pressing rollers (52) of a machine (50) for manufacturing the bonded laminated materials while they are fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Masahiko Nagasaka, Shogo Nakajima, Takayuki Nozawa, Osamu Sugino, Ikuto Mishima
  • Publication number: 20130276975
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an apparatus to manufacture joined laminated media and a method therefor. The joined laminated media that are manufactured from the membrane materials and that are joined by being pressed have no displacement, deformation of the membrane materials, or any defect in joining the boundary faces of the laminated materials, and are efficiently manufactured in a good yield. The apparatus can manufacture a joined laminated-media where the laminated media are placed in the housing space (S) that is formed by a pair of endless belts (15a, 15b) and the sealing member (24). The laminated media are then transported in a state where the laminated media are fixed by the pair of endless belts (15a, 15b) that are closely attached to the laminated media because the air is discharged from the housing space (S) through the discharge holes (17) and they are joined by being pressed in the hot-press section (11) and cold-press section (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Masahiko Nagasaka, Shogo Nakajima, Takayuki Nozawa, Osamu Sugino, Ikuto Mishima
  • Publication number: 20130209873
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a layered structure and an apparatus for manufacturing a layered structure where the layered structure comprises a solid electrolyte layer, a positive electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode active material layer, which together constitute an all-solid-state battery, enables the interfacial resistance to be lowered, enables the interfacial strength to be increased, enables an improved yield rate, and enables a low manufacturing cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Masahiko Nagasaka, Shogo Nakajima, Takayuki Nozawa, Osamu Sugino, Ikuto Mishima