Patents by Inventor Taku Watanabe
Taku 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: 9857724Abstract: A relationship between a light amount of an exposure portion and a surface potential according to a use amount, a first detection light amount corresponding to a prescribed surface potential in the relationship where a use amount of a photosensitive member is a first use amount and a second detection light amount corresponding to the prescribed surface potential in the relationship where the use amount of the photosensitive member is a second use amount, which is greater than the first use amount, are acquired. The exposure portion changes, as an electrostatic image forming light amount, a first image forming light amount representing a setting value under the first use amount to a second image forming light amount representing a setting value under the second use amount on the basis of a ratio of the first detection light amount to the second detection light amount.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazumi Yamauchi, Katsuichi Abe, Taku Watanabe
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Patent number: 9766250Abstract: A method for detecting an interaction between a first protein and a second protein comprises the steps of: expressing in a cell a first fusion protein comprising the first protein and an association-inducing protein, and a second fusion protein comprising the second protein and a fluorescent protein having a multimerization ability; detecting a fluorescent focus formed by an association between the first fusion protein and the second fusion protein in the cell; and determining an interaction between the first protein and the second protein according to the detection of the fluorescent focus.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: MEDICAL & BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Taku Watanabe, Tatsuya Seki, Aki Fujioka
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Patent number: 9678160Abstract: An industrial automatic-diagnostic device connected to an FA system in which a plurality of FA devices are connected to each other, the industrial automatic-diagnostic device includes: an engineering tool; and a display unit. Based on interface connection information and device configuration information of a corresponding FA device held by each of the FA devices, the engineering tool creates overall configuration information of the FA system and displays an overall configuration of the FA system on the display unit based on the overall configuration information. When an abnormality occurs in the FA device, diagnosis information about an abnormal part self-diagnosed by the FA device and abnormality contents with respect to the abnormality occurred in a corresponding abnormal part is obtained. Based on the obtained diagnosis information, occurrence of an abnormality is displayed in an abnormal part in an overall configuration of the FA system displayed on the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tomo Horikawa, Kunio Ooba, Taku Watanabe
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Patent number: 9672363Abstract: The invention includes a read-restriction setting step of setting read restriction on a program stored in hardware of an industrial product in response to a read restriction request, and a read requesting step of transmitting a read request for the program to the industrial product from an engineering tool that is a read request source. In the read-restriction setting step unique individual information retained in the hardware of the industrial product or unique individual information retained in hardware for executing an engineering tool that is a read-restriction request source is registered as registration individual information, and in the read requesting step, unique individual information retained in hardware for executing the engineering tool that is the read request source or unique individual information retained in the hardware of the industrial product is compared with the registration individual information.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2010Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Taku Watanabe, Hiroshi Hamazaki, Kunio Ooba
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Publication number: 20170122932Abstract: A method for determining an interaction between a first protein and a second protein comprises the steps of: expressing in a cell or introducing into a cell a first fusion protein comprising the first protein, a multimerizable protein, and a fluorescent protein, and a second fusion protein comprising the second protein and a multimerizable protein; detecting a fluorescent focus formed by an association between the first fusion protein and the second fusion protein in the cell; and determining an interaction between the first protein and the second protein according to the detection of the fluorescent focus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: MEDICAL & BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Taku WATANABE, Toru SHOJI, Shun MATSUZAWA
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Publication number: 20170060018Abstract: A relationship between a light amount of an exposure portion and a surface potential according to a use amount, a first detection light amount corresponding to a prescribed surface potential in the relationship where a use amount of a photosensitive member is a first use amount and a second detection light amount corresponding to the prescribed surface potential in the relationship where the use amount of the photosensitive member is a second use amount, which is greater than the first use amount, are acquired. The exposure portion changes, as an electrostatic image forming light amount, a first image forming light amount representing a setting value under the first use amount to a second image forming light amount representing a setting value under the second use amount on the basis of a ratio of the first detection light amount to the second detection light amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Kazumi Yamauchi, Katsuichi Abe, Taku Watanabe
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Publication number: 20170010277Abstract: A method for detecting an interaction between a first protein and a second protein comprises the steps of: expressing in a cell a first fusion protein comprising the first protein and an association-inducing protein, and a second fusion protein comprising the second protein and a fluorescent protein having a multimerization ability; detecting a fluorescent focus formed by an association between the first fusion protein and the second fusion protein in the cell; and determining an interaction between the first protein and the second protein according to the detection of the fluorescent focus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: MEDICAL & BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Taku WATANABE, Tatsuya SEKI, Aki FUJIOKA
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Patent number: 9494595Abstract: A method for detecting an interaction between a first protein and a second protein comprises the steps of: expressing in a cell a first fusion protein comprising the first protein and an association-inducing protein, and a second fusion protein comprising the second protein and a fluorescent protein having a multimerization ability; detecting a fluorescent focus formed by an association between the first fusion protein and the second fusion protein in the cell; and determining an interaction between the first protein and the second protein according to the detection of the fluorescent focus.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: MEDICAL & BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Taku Watanabe, Tatsuya Seki, Aki Fujioka
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Publication number: 20160223979Abstract: A cartridge includes a cleaning member in contact with an image bearing member and that removes developer on the image bearing member, an accommodation chamber that accommodates the developer removed from the image bearing member with the cleaning member, and a conveying member provided immediately above the image bearing member in a gravitational direction and that conveys, from the accommodation chamber, the developer that has been removed. In the cartridge, a drive start time of the conveying member is late with respect to a drive start time of the image bearing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Naoki Fukushima, Atsushi Toda, Taku Watanabe
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Patent number: 9352221Abstract: A video game processing apparatus for controlling progress of a video game is provided. The video game includes a battle against an enemy character. A basic character that becomes a basis for the enemy character is determined when the battle is started. Additional data on items are determined. The items are allowed to set up to the determined basic character. The items include at least one of an equipping ability, an equipped item, and an equipped accessory in addition to a strength level on the battle and a level on the video game. The enemy character is then generated by setting up the determined additional data to the determined basic character. Basic character data in which the basic character to become the basis for the enemy character is associated with the items of the additional data are stored in a basic data memory.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2009Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIXInventors: Mitsunori Takahashi, Ginpei Tomoe, Taku Watanabe
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Publication number: 20160091821Abstract: A method of manufacturing a developer container including a frame configured to define a developer containing portion, a first electrode, and a second electrode arranged on a surface of the frame and having a surface opposed to the first electrode, a developer amount in the developer containing portion being detected based on a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, the method including: holding a conductive resin member constituting the second electrode on a mold configured to mold the frame, a surface of the conductive resin member being in contact with a surface of the mold configured to mold a surface of the frame on a side of the developer containing portion; injecting a resin to be formed into the frame, into the mold on which the conductive resin member is held; and curing the resin to form the frame to which the second electrode is fixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Taku Watanabe, Masahito Kato, Go Shindo, Atsushi Toda, Katsuichi Abe, Motonari Ito, Akira Suzuki, Junichi Matsumura, Naoki Matsumaru
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Patent number: 9250567Abstract: A developer container including a frame configured to define a developer containing portion, a first electrode, and a second electrode arranged on a surface of the frame and having a surface opposed to the first electrode, a developer amount in the developer containing portion being detected based on a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Taku Watanabe, Masahito Kato, Go Shindo, Atsushi Toda, Katsuichi Abe, Motonari Ito, Akira Suzuki, Junichi Matsumura, Naoki Matsumaru
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Patent number: 9098012Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes an electrophotographic photosensitive member (drum); a developer carrying member; a cleaning blade for cleaning the drum; a developer seal member of a peripheral surface seal type, provided at an end portion of the developer carrying member, for preventing leakage of the developer; and a developer retaining member provided at an end portion of the cleaning blade. With respect to a longitudinal direction of the drum, the developer seal member is disposed in a region where the cleaning blade is provided, an inside end position of the retaining member is located at the same position as or inside an inside end position of the developer seal member, and an outside end position of the retaining member is located at the same position as or outside an outside end position of the developer seal member.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinya Yamamoto, Taku Watanabe, Yasunori Toriyama, Hideki Maeshima, Kuniaki Hirukawa
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Publication number: 20150086228Abstract: This disclosure provides a developer container in which a conductive resin sheet is used as an electrode for detecting an amount of developer by using electrostatic capacitance. A configuration in which an end of the conductive resin sheet in a longitudinal direction is provided outside an end of a sheet member in a longitudinal direction, or a configuration in which the sheet member starts contact with the conductive resin sheet from a second surface on the downstream side in a direction or rotation than a first surface are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Bunro Noguchi, Taku Watanabe, Masahito Kato
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Publication number: 20150016829Abstract: A method of manufacturing a developer container including a frame configured to define a developer containing portion, a first electrode, and a second electrode arranged on a surface of the frame and having a surface opposed to the first electrode, a developer amount in the developer containing portion being detected based on a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, the method including: holding a conductive resin member constituting the second electrode on a mold configured to mold the frame, a surface of the conductive resin member being in contact with a surface of the mold configured to mold a surface of the frame on a side of the developer containing portion; injecting a resin to be formed into the frame, into the mold on which the conductive resin member is held; and curing the resin to form the frame to which the second electrode is fixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Taku Watanabe, Masahito Kato, Go Shindo, Atsushi Toda, Katsuichi Abe, Motonari Ito, Akira Suzuki, Junichi Matsumura, Naoki Matsumaru
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Publication number: 20140335539Abstract: A method for detecting an interaction between a first protein and a second protein comprises the steps of: expressing in a cell a first fusion protein comprising the first protein and an association-inducing protein, and a second fusion protein comprising the second protein and a fluorescent protein having a multimerization ability; detecting a fluorescent focus formed by an association between the first fusion protein and the second fusion protein in the cell; and determining an interaction between the first protein and the second protein according to the detection of the fluorescent focus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: MEDICAL & BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Taku Watanabe, Tatsuya Seki, Aki Fujioka
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Patent number: 8861990Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member for bearing a developer image, a developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image on the image bearing member into the developer image and a cleaning blade. In addition, a controller executes a stop operation of the image bearing member in which the image bearing member is, after being temporarily stopped at an end of an image forming operation, rotated in the same direction as that during the image forming operation and then is rotated in a direction opposite to that during the image forming operation, and a predicting portion predicts a remaining usable lifetime of the image bearing member. In the stop operation of the image bearing member after the remaining usable lifetime is below a threshold, the controller controls an amount of rotation in the direction opposite to that during the image forming operation so as to be smaller than the amount of rotation before the remaining usable lifetime is below the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Taku Watanabe, Koichiro Masui, Motonari Ito
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Publication number: 20130241586Abstract: An industrial automatic-diagnostic device connected to an FA system in which a plurality of FA devices are connected to each other, the industrial automatic-diagnostic device includes: an engineering tool; and a display unit. Based on interface connection information and device configuration information of a corresponding FA device held by each of the FA devices, the engineering tool creates overall configuration information of the FA system and displays an overall configuration of the FA system on the display unit based on the overall configuration information. When an abnormality occurs in the FA device, diagnosis information about an abnormal part self-diagnosed by the FA device and abnormality contents with respect to the abnormality occurred in a corresponding abnormal part is obtained. Based on the obtained diagnosis information, occurrence of an abnormality is displayed in an abnormal part in an overall configuration of the FA system displayed on the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2010Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tomo Horikawa, Kunio Ooba, Taku Watanabe
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Publication number: 20130051840Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes an electrophotographic photosensitive member (drum); a developer carrying member; a cleaning blade for cleaning the drum; a developer seal member of a peripheral surface seal type, provided at an end portion of the developer carrying member, for preventing leakage of the developer; and a developer retaining member provided at an end portion of the cleaning blade. With respect to a longitudinal direction of the drum, the developer seal member is disposed in a region where the cleaning blade is provided, an inside end position of the retaining member is located at the same position as or inside an inside end position of the developer seal member, and an outside end position of the retaining member is located at the same position as or outside an outside end position of the developer seal member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya Yamamoto, Taku Watanabe, Yasunori Toriyama, Hideki Maeshima, Kuniaki Hirukawa
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Publication number: 20130031603Abstract: The invention includes a read-restriction setting step of setting read restriction on a program stored in hardware of an industrial product in response to a read restriction request, and a read requesting step of transmitting a read request for the program to the industrial product from an engineering tool that is a read request source. In the read-restriction setting step unique individual information retained in the hardware of the industrial product or unique individual information retained in hardware for executing an engineering tool that is a read-restriction request source is registered as registration individual information, and in the read requesting step, unique individual information retained in hardware for executing the engineering tool that is the read request source or unique individual information retained in the hardware of the industrial product is compared with the registration individual information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2010Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Taku Watanabe, Hiroshi Hamazaki, Kunio Ooba