Patents by Inventor Takeshi Sato

Takeshi Sato 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: 20180214116
    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: transmission and reception circuitry that generates reception signals corresponding to channels, from reflected waves arranged to be received at mutually the same time by transducer elements that transmitted an ultrasound wave, by controlling transducer elements included in an ultrasound probe; extracting circuitry that extracts, prior to a beam forming process, first signals corresponding to the channels from the reception signals corresponding to the channels while suppressing signals originating from a tissue and further extracts a second signal by performing the beam forming process after suppressing, of the extracted first signals corresponding to the channels, a component in a predetermined direction; calculating circuitry that calculates blood flow information from the second signal; and controlling circuitry that generates a blood flow image from the blood flow information and causes display to display the generated blood flow image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi SATO, Hiroki TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10028724
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a controller, a processor, and an image generator. The controller selects at least one transducer element in a reception aperture formed of a transducer element group arranged in a predetermined direction, based on at least a deflection angle of an ultrasonic wave transmitted to a subject. The processor performs processing on at least one reception signal of a plurality of reception signals generated in the reception aperture such that a signal intensity of a reception signal generated in the at least one transducer element selected by the controller is reduced to be lower than a signal intensity of reception signals generated in transducer elements other than the at least one transducer element, to output the reception signal of the reception aperture. The image generator generates ultrasonic image data, based on the reception signal of the reception aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Honjo, Yasuhiko Abe, Tetsuya Kawagishi, Makoto Hirama, Takeshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20180198314
    Abstract: A portable wireless sensor includes a power source, a sensor, a wireless communication circuit and a sensor control circuit obtaining data from the sensor and transmitting the data to outside through the wireless communication circuit, in which the power source includes a secondary battery, a power reception circuit receiving electric power supply in a non-contact manner, and a power source control circuit controlling charging of the secondary battery with the electric power received by the power reception circuit. The wireless sensor includes a standard mode to transmit the data obtained from the sensor to outside through the wireless communication circuit, and a diagnosis mode to diagnose at least one of the secondary battery and the sensor portion in a case where the power reception circuit receives electric power supply in a non-contact manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Yuko AISAKA, Takeshi SATO, Nobumitsu AMACHI
  • Patent number: 9994739
    Abstract: Provided is a polishing liquid which contains a permanganate, a pH adjustor, and water and which is used for polishing of a SiC substrate. Also provided is a method of polishing a SiC substrate, the method including: a first polishing step of polishing the SiC substrate by use of a first polishing liquid containing a permanganate, inorganic salts having an oxidizing ability, and water; and a second polishing step of performing finishing polishing of the SiC substrate by use of a second polishing liquid containing a permanganate, a pH adjustor, and water after the first polishing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Kojima, Takeshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20180129104
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to suppress image persistence. The structure if the invention is as follows: A liquid crystal display device comprising: scanning lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction, video signal lines arranged to cross the scanning lines, a pixel area is surrounded by the scanning lines and the video signal lines, a pixel electrode is formed in the pixel area, wherein conductive wirings are formed over the video signal lines via an organic insulating film in a plan view in the display area where images are displayed, a width in the first direction of the conductive wiring is bigger than a width in the first direction of the video signal line, an amount that the conductive wiring protrude the video signal line in a plan view is essentially the same in both side of the video signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Masateru MORIMOTO, Michiaki SAKAMOTO, Takeshi SATO
  • Patent number: 9955952
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic device includes transmission circuitry, reception circuitry, and signal processing circuitry. The transmission circuitry causes an ultrasonic probe including a plurality of elements to transmit plane waves at a plurality of different deflection angles. The reception circuitry generates reception signal groups based on reflection waves that the individual elements included in the probe receive in response to the transmission of the plane waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Hirama, Yasuhiko Abe, Takeshi Sato, Yasunori Honjo
  • Publication number: 20180113048
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery is provided and including preparing the battery comprising an exterior material, the exterior material comprising a sealed portion; housing at least the sealed portion of the battery in a space portion of a chamber; providing the space portion into a pressurized state; and opening a partial portion of the battery other than the sealed portion to an atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Mamoru BABA, Takeshi SATO, Masaaki KITAURA
  • Patent number: 9946551
    Abstract: A netlist converter, which generates configuration information for reconfiguring a reconfigurable logic operation unit, includes: a mapping unit that enumerates k-feasible cuts where the number of nodes after cutting is an integer k or fewer, out of all cuts for each node included in a netlist generated based on a specification to be processed in the logic operation unit; and a generating unit that generates configuration information including element reconfiguration information that reconfigures elements by selecting cuts assigned to the elements out of the enumerated k-feasible cuts and channel reconfiguration information for reconfiguring the data transfer channels to realize the netlist by connecting the reconfigured elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: AXION RESEARCH INC.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Sato, Prakash Sreedhar Murthy, Takeshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20180089856
    Abstract: An image capture apparatus includes a skin map generation processing unit and an image composition unit. The skin map generation processing unit detects a skin color area in an image. The skin map generation processing unit detects a saturated area of high value and low saturation in the image. The image composition unit executes processing of correcting the skin color area detected by the skin map generation processing unit by using the saturated area detected by the skin map generation processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: Takeshi Sato
  • Patent number: 9897545
    Abstract: A fluorescence and phosphorescence detection device includes a fluorescence and phosphorescence sensor, a data acquiring unit, and an emission detection unit. The fluorescence and phosphorescence sensor includes a light source that emits an excitation light of a predetermined wavelength, and a photodetection unit that detects fluorescence emission and phosphorescence emission excited from the paper sheet by the excitation light. The data acquiring unit acquires a time-series waveform of a signal outputted from the fluorescence and phosphorescence sensor in response to the detection of the emission in the photodetection unit. The emission detection unit detects the fluorescence emission from the time-series waveform of a period in which the excitation light is emitted from the light source and detects the phosphorescence emission from an attenuation curve appearing on the time-series waveform of a period in which emission of the excitation light from the light source is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Sato
  • Patent number: 9900523
    Abstract: First, the position and the size of a target photographic subject such as the face of a person in an original image acquired by image capturing is acquired, and then mask information indicating a relation between a position to be subjected to predetermined image processing in the original image and the strength of the predetermined image processing is generated based on the acquired position and size. Subsequently, a new image is generated by predetermined image processing of a different strength being performed on each position in the original image by use of the generated mask information. In the generation of the new image, for example, one of the original image and a processed image acquired by the predetermined image processing being performed on the original image is combined with the other image by use of transmissivity indicated by the mask information for each pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20180047186
    Abstract: An image capture apparatus includes a pupil detection unit, a dark circle correction map generation unit, and an image composition unit. The image capture apparatus corrects a dark circle in an image. The pupil detection unit detects the human eye in the image. The dark circle correction map generation unit generates correction information indicating a position for correction in the image and a correction magnitude by acquiring color information about the dark circle and reference skin color information in the image based on the position of the human eye in the image detected by the pupil detection unit. The image composition unit executes processing of correcting the dark circle in the image by using the correction information generated by the dark circle correction map generation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Takeshi Sato
  • Patent number: 9885629
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes a chamber and a pressurizer. The chamber includes a space portion configured to house at least a sealed portion of a battery, and an opening portion configured to open a partial portion of the battery other than the sealed portion to an atmosphere. The pressurizer is configured to put the space portion into a pressurized state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Baba, Takeshi Sato, Masaaki Kitaura
  • Patent number: 9878956
    Abstract: Nano polycrystalline diamond is composed of carbon, an element of different type which is an element other than carbon and is added to be dispersed in carbon at an atomic level, and an inevitable impurity. The polycrystalline diamond has a crystal grain size not greater than 500 nm. The polycrystalline diamond can be fabricated by subjecting graphite in which the element of different type which is an element other than carbon has been added to be dispersed in carbon at an atomic level to heat treatment within high-pressure press equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ikeda, Keiko Arimoto, Katsuko Yamamoto, Hitoshi Sumiya, Takeshi Sato
  • Patent number: 9869891
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor includes a gate electrode made of metal, a light transmissive gate insulating film that covers the gate electrode, a semiconductor film that overlaps with the gate electrode through the gate insulating film, and a source electrode and a drain electrode, made of metal, and spaced from each other. The gate electrode and the semiconductor film have respective through-holes communicated with each other so that the gate insulating film enters an inside of the through-holes. The gate insulating film has an area of the inside of the through-holes of the gate electrode and the semiconductor film. The source electrode and the drain electrode pass through the inside of the through-holes of the gate electrode and the semiconductor film so as to overlap with a part of the area of the inside of the through-hole of the gate insulating film and avoid a remaining portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masateru Morimoto, Takeshi Sato, Kimitoshi Ougiichi
  • Publication number: 20180001391
    Abstract: A composite polycrystal contains polycrystalline diamond formed of diamond grains that are directly bonded mutually, and compressed graphite dispersed in the polycrystalline diamond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hitoshi SUMIYA, Takeshi SATO
  • Publication number: 20170349441
    Abstract: A composite polycrystal includes: a polycrystalline diamond phase including a plurality of diamond particles; and non-diamond phases composed of non-diamond carbon. The non-diamond phases are distributed in the polycrystalline diamond phase. An average value of projected area equivalent circle diameters of the non-diamond phases is not more than 1000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Yuh Ishida, Takeshi Sato, Hitoshi Sumiya
  • Patent number: 9828671
    Abstract: A method for fixation, onto a layer comprising an amorphous carbon film and provided on a base material, of a layer comprising a material condensation-reacting with hydroxyl groups on a surface of the amorphous carbon film, whereby, in the layer comprising an amorphous carbon film and provided on the base material, the amorphous carbon film can have a holding power which is strong enough to fix the layer comprising a material condensation-reacting with a hydroxyl group on the surface of the amorphous carbon film and can have uniformity of the holding power. Si and O are added into the layer comprising an amorphous carbon film to thereby improve adhesion durability and binding uniformity of the layer comprising a material condensation-reacting with a hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Shibusawa, Takeshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20170333998
    Abstract: A composite polycrystal contains polycrystalline diamond formed of diamond grains that are directly bonded mutually, and non-diamond carbon dispersed in the polycrystalline diamond, and has a concentration of contained hydrogen of greater than 1000 ppm and less than or equal to 20000 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sumiya, Takeshi Sato
  • Publication number: 20170334787
    Abstract: A composite polycrystal contains polycrystalline diamond formed of diamond grains that are directly bonded mutually, and non-diamond carbon dispersed in the polycrystalline diamond, and has a concentration of contained hydrogen of less than or equal to 1000 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sumiya, Takeshi Sato