Patents by Inventor Takeo Watanabe

Takeo 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: 20240090344
    Abstract: A magnetic storage device includes first and second magnetic layers and a non-magnetic layer, where the non-magnetic layer includes a first oxide layer containing magnesium and oxygen, a second oxide layer containing magnesium and oxygen, a third oxide layer containing zinc and oxygen, a fourth oxide layer containing a first predetermined element and oxygen, and a fifth oxide layer containing a second predetermined element and oxygen, and a crystal structure of an oxide of the first predetermined element and a crystal structure of an oxide of the second predetermined element are each a rock salt structure. The first predetermined element and the second predetermined element each have an oxide formation free energy greater than an oxide formation free energy of zinc, and the oxide of the first predetermined element and the oxide of the second predetermined element each have a bandgap narrower than a bandgap of an oxide of magnesium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Takeo KOIKE, Rina NOMOTO, Hiroyuki KANAYA, Masahiko NAKAYAMA, Daisuke WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11929201
    Abstract: A surface mount inductor includes a coil including a wound portion and a feeder end portion drawn out from the wound portion, a compact that contains a magnetic powder and that encapsulates the coil, and an external terminal disposed on the compact and connected to the coil. The compact has surfaces including two pressed surfaces, opposing each other in a direction of an axis of the wound portion and formed by being pressed in the direction of the axis, and a non-pressed surface, adjacent to the two surfaces and not pressed. The coil is disposed so that the axis of the wound portion is parallel to a mount surface of the compact. The mount surface is included in the non-pressed surface, the feeder end portion is exposed from the mount surface, and the external terminal is formed on only the non-pressed surface and connected to the feeder end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Kitashima, Masaki Kitajima, Takeo Ohaga, Takeshi Shimada, Yoshiaki Hirama, Daigo Mizumura, Ryota Watanabe, Masato Koike, Yuusuke Morita
  • Publication number: 20220346393
    Abstract: Provided is a wasabi rhizome with suppressed quality deterioration, a method of preserving the same, and a method of producing the same. Disclosed herein are: a wasabi rhizome having a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity of less than 0.04 U per mg of protein, after preserving the wasabi rhizome at 0° C. for 5 days following trimming of the surface thereof; and a method of preserving the wasabi rhizome at a temperature of ?5° C. or more and 10° C. or less. Also disclosed herein is a method of producing a wasabi rhizome with suppressed quality deterioration, including: (1-1) immersing a wasabi rhizome in water having a temperature of more than 40° C. and less than 60° C.; and/or (1-2) immersing the wasabi rhizome in an ethanol solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: House Foods Group Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Watanabe, Takeru Nakamura, Saori Nakata, Yasuhiro Kamata, Yumi Oka
  • Patent number: 11372326
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pellicle that can achieve both a high EUV transmittance and a uniformity in EUV transmittance by including a graphite thin film having a film thickness of 5 nm or more and 30 nm or less and a surface roughness (Sa) of 0.1 nm or more and 500 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: KANEKA CORPORATION, UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO
    Inventors: Yuki Kawashima, Shuhei Ozaki, Masamitsu Tachibana, Takeo Watanabe, Tetsuo Harada
  • Patent number: 10959640
    Abstract: A training apparatus 1000 using a method of decoding nerve activity includes: a brain activity detecting device 108 for detecting brain activity at a prescribed area within a brain of a subject; and an output device 130 for presenting neurofeedback information (presentation information) to the subject. A processing device 102 decodes a pattern of cranial nerve activity, generates a reward value based on a degree of similarity of the decoded pattern with respect to a target activation pattern obtained in advance for the event as the object of training, and generates presentation information corresponding to the reward value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kawato, Takeo Watanabe, Kazuhisa Shibata, Yuka Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20200401038
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pellicle that can achieve both a high EUV transmittance and a uniformity in EUV transmittance by including a graphite thin film having a film thickness of 5 nm or more and 30 nm or less and a surface roughness (Sa) of 0.1 nm or more and 500 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: KANEKA CORPORATION, UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO
    Inventors: Yuki Kawashima, Shuhei Ozaki, Masamitsu Tachibana, Takeo Watanabe, Tetsuo Harada
  • Publication number: 20190298207
    Abstract: Provided is a method of analyzing brain activities for realizing a biomarker for neurological/mental disorder, based on brain function imaging. From measured data of resting-state functional connectivity MRI of a healthy group and a patient group, correlation matrix (80) of degree of brain activities among prescribed brain regions is derived for each subject. Feature extraction is executed by regularized canonical correlation analysis (82) on the correlation matrix (80) and attributes of the subject including a disease/healthy label of the subject. Based on the result of regularized canonical correlation analysis, by discriminant analysis (86) through sparse logistic regression, a discriminator (88) is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
    Inventors: Jun MORIMOTO, Mitsuo KAWATO, Noriaki YAHATA, Ryuichiro HASHIMOTO, Kazuhisa SHIBATA, Takeo WATANABE, Yuka SASAKI, Nobumasa KATO, Kiyoto KASAI
  • Patent number: 10357181
    Abstract: Provided is a method of analyzing brain activities for realizing a biomarker for neurological/mental disorder, based on brain function imaging. From measured data of resting-state functional connectivity MRI of a healthy group and a patient group, correlation matrix (80) of degree of brain activities among prescribed brain regions is derived for each subject. Feature extraction is executed by regularized canonical correlation analysis (82) on the correlation matrix (80) and attributes of the subject including a disease/healthy label of the subject. Based on the result of regularized canonical correlation analysis, by discriminant analysis (86) through sparse logistic regression, a discriminator (88) is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Jun Morimoto, Mitsuo Kawato, Noriaki Yahata, Ryuichiro Hashimoto, Kazuhisa Shibata, Takeo Watanabe, Yuka Sasaki, Nobumasa Kato, Kiyoto Kasai
  • Patent number: 10333208
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a flat base body and a flat conductive body which is disposed on the base body and which has a polygonal shape such that a lower side opposed to a ground is shorter than an upper side. The conductive body includes a feeding point on the lower side and a slit which comprises an open end on the lower side in a vicinity of the feeding point. The slit includes a first slit portion which extends from the open end, a second slit portion which extends from an end of the first slit portion such that the second slit portion is turned to a perpendicular direction with respect to the first slit portion, and a third slit portion which extends from an end of the second slit portion such that the third slit portion is turned to a perpendicular direction with respect to the second slit portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mina Ayatollahi, Bruce Fuester, Takeo Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170317409
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a flat base body and a flat conductive body which is disposed on the base body and which has a polygonal shape such that a lower side opposed to a ground is shorter than an upper side. The conductive body includes a feeding point on the lower side and a slit which comprises an open end on the lower side in a vicinity of the feeding point. The slit includes a first slit portion which extends from the open end, a second slit portion which extends from an end of the first slit portion such that the second slit portion is turned to a perpendicular direction with respect to the first slit portion, and a third slit portion which extends from an end of the second slit portion such that the third slit portion is turned to a perpendicular direction with respect to the second slit portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mina AYATOLLAHI, Bruce FUESTER, Takeo WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20160292560
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antenna apparatus and a wireless communication system. According to one implementation, the antenna apparatus includes, a near field communication antenna and a cable that is connected to the near field communication antenna. The cable of the antenna apparatus is connected to a communication transceiver. The antenna apparatus further comprises a matching circuit that is connected to the cable and the communication transceiver circuit. The matching circuit matches impedances and tunes the resonance frequency of the near field communication antenna. The communication circuit exchanges signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mina AYATOLLAHI, Ershad HUSSEIN, Takeo WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20150294074
    Abstract: Provided is a brain activity training apparatus for training to cause a change in correlation of connectivity among brain regions, utilizing measured correlations of connections among brains regions as feedback information. From measured data of resting-state functional connectivity MRI of a healthy group and a patient group (S102), correlation matrix of degree of brain activities among prescribed brain regions is derived for each subject. Feature extraction is executed (S104) by regularized canonical correlation analysis on the correlation matrix and attributes of the subject including a disease/healthy label of the subject. Based on the result of regularized canonical correlation analysis, by discriminant analysis through sparse logistic regression, a discriminator is generated (S108). The brain activity training apparatus feeds back a reward value to the subject based on the result of discriminator on the data of functional connectivity MRI of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kawato, Jun Morimoto, Noriaki Yahata, Ryuichiro Hashimoto, Megumi Fukuda, Kazuhisa Shibata, Hiroshi Imamizu, Takeo Watanabe, Yuka Sasaki, Nobumasa Kato, Kiyoto Kasai
  • Publication number: 20150272461
    Abstract: Provided is a method of analyzing brain activities for realizing a biomarker for neurological/mental disorder, based on brain function imaging. From measured data of resting-state functional connectivity MRI of a healthy group and a patient group, correlation matrix (80) of degree of brain activities among prescribed brain regions is derived for each subject. Feature extraction is executed by regularized canonical correlation analysis (82) on the correlation matrix (80) and attributes of the subject including a disease/healthy label of the subject. Based on the result of regularized canonical correlation analysis, by discriminant analysis (86) through sparse logistic regression, a discriminator (88) is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
    Inventors: Jun Morimoto, Mitsuo Kawato, Noriaki Yahata, Ryuichiro Hashimoto, Kazuhisa Shibata, Takeo Watanabe, Yuka Sasaki, Nobumasa Kato, Kiyoto Kasai
  • Publication number: 20140171757
    Abstract: A training apparatus 1000 using a method of decoding nerve activity includes: a brain activity detecting device 108 for detecting brain activity at a prescribed area within a brain of a subject; and an output device 130 for presenting neurofeedback information (presentation information) to the subject. A processing device 102 decodes a pattern of cranial nerve activity, generates a reward value based on a degree of similarity of the decoded pattern with respect to a target activation pattern obtained in advance for the event as the object of training, and generates presentation information corresponding to the reward value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kawato, Takeo Watanabe, Kazuhisa Shibata, Yuka Sasaki
  • Patent number: 8021033
    Abstract: A light guide member laminated on the upper face of a luminous device mounting substrate on which a luminous device is mounted and which is for diffusing and guiding upward light emitted from the luminous device. The light guide member includes a light reflecting portion formed on the bottom face of the light guide member in an area other than an area near the luminous device, and a section in which a light reflecting portion is not formed on the bottom face of the light guide member at a position near the luminous device. Also disclosed is a planar light source device provided with the light guide member, and a display apparatus using the planar light source device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Koji Tokita, Takeo Watanabe, Shuichi Naijo, Shuji Gomi
  • Publication number: 20110133660
    Abstract: A lighting system includes: plural light emitting chips (52) each having a blue LED; a substrate (51) on which the plural blue LEDs are connected in a series with polarities thereof aligned, thereby to form a light emitting diode array; a shade (12) to which the substrate (51) is attached, the shade (12) being electrically grounded; an AC-DC conversion device for converting alternating current supplied from an AC power supply through first and second feed lines into direct current and supplying the direct current to the light emitting diode array; a conductive sheet disposed between the substrate (51) and the shade (12), the sheet being electrically insulated from the substrate (51) and the shade (12) and being electrically connected to the first feed line; and a switch for electrically connecting and disconnecting the second feed line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tomita, Takeo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7942546
    Abstract: A light guide member capable of reducing an unevenness of luminescent color and further a nonuniformity in luminance when obtaining a white color by a color mixture using a plurality of light sources. Also disclosed are a flat light source device and a display device. A protrusion (4) of a cylindrical shape is formed upward a plurality color of LED light sources 5R, 5G, 5B, e.g., RGB color at a backside face of a light guide member (1), and a conical depression (3) is disposed at the position directly over the protrusion. Lights of each color from LED light sources 5R, 5G, 5B are mixed at the protrusion (4), thereafter reflect at the depression (3) and propagate in a horizontal direction at a light guide portion (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Shuichi Naijo, Shuji Gomi, Takeo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7901124
    Abstract: A light guide member in which a light that has entered one major face from an illuminant is emitted from the other major face, includes a cut portion provided with a specified face inclined toward the other face at a section of one major face that faces the illuminant, and a reflecting portion, which reflects a light emitted from the illuminant, on the inclined face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Shuji Gomi, Kenji Shinozaki, Shuichi Naijo, Takeo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7879528
    Abstract: A resist composition and a method of forming a resist pattern that enable contamination within the exposure apparatus to be prevented in lithography processes using an electron beam or EUV (extreme ultraviolet light). In this method, an organic solvent containing, as the principal component, one or more compounds selected from a group consisting of propylene glycol monomethyl ether (PGME), methyl amyl ketone (MAK), butyl acetate (BuOAc), and 3-methyl methoxy propionate (MMP) is used as the resist solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Watanabe, Hideo Hada, Hiroo Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 7858287
    Abstract: A photosensitive resin realizes formation of a pattern having a good shape, without introducing poor compatibility between an acid generator and a photoresist primary-component polymer having an acid-dissociable group, and a photosensitive composition containing the photosensitive resin. The photosensitive resin includes a repeating unit represented by formula (1): (wherein R1 represents a C2-C9 linear or branched divalent hydrocarbon group; each of R2 to R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 linear or branched hydrocarbon group; each of R6 and R7 represents an organic group, wherein R6 and R7 may together form a divalent organic group; and X?represents an anion); at least one of a repeating unit represented by formula (2): (wherein R8 represents a C2-C9 linear or branched hydrocarbon group) and a repeating unit represented by formula (3): a repeating unit represented by formula (4): optionally, a repeating unit represented by formula (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignees: Hyogo Prefecture, Toyo Gosei Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takeo Watanabe, Hiroo Kinoshita, Shinichi Yusa, Tomotaka Yamanaka, Masamichi Hayakawa, Yosuke Osawa, Satoshi Ogi, Yoshitaka Komuro