Patents by Inventor Tomohiko Matsuura

Tomohiko Matsuura 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: 20240110314
    Abstract: A conjugate fiber includes two or more types of polymers, and having a fiber cross section in which a plurality of interfaces is formed, in which the conjugate fiber has a value, which is obtained by dividing a sum of lengths of interfaces between two types of the polymers by an area of the fiber cross section, of 0.0010 nm?1 or more, and each of the interfaces is continuous in a fiber axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ishikawa, Tomohiko Matsuura, Masato Masuda
  • Publication number: 20240060217
    Abstract: A composite fiber that satisfies properties of both stretchability and wear resistance, and that exhibits a delicate worsted-wool feeling closer to wool, a deep natural appearance, and a satisfactory feeling is described, and a woven/knitted fabric and a garment including the composite fiber, where the composite fiber includes a polyester-based thermoplastic resin A and a polyester-based thermoplastic resin B, and satisfies requirements (1) to (4): (1) a difference (MA?MB) between a weight average molecular weight MA of the polyester-based thermoplastic resin A and a weight average molecular weight MB of the polyester-based thermoplastic resin B is 2,000 to 15,000; (2) in the composite fiber, an apparent thick/thin ratio (Dthick/Dthin) of the composite fiber is 1.05 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Nakamichi, Kojiro Inada, Tomohiko Matsuura, Masato Masuda
  • Publication number: 20240018703
    Abstract: To provide a woven/knitted fabric having excellent fabric/skin separation, a woven/knitted fabric is provided that includes C-shaped cross-section fibers, wherein an average standard deviation Sq of surface roughness of at least one surface of the woven/knitted fabric is 5 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less, and a ratio (Sqs/Sq) of an average standard deviation Sqs of surface roughness of the one surface when the woven/knitted fabric is elongated by 10% to the average standard deviation Sq, is 0.85 or more and 2.00 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Kawahara, Kojiro Inada, Tomohiko Matsuura, Masato Masuda
  • Publication number: 20230323569
    Abstract: A composite fiber includes: two or more kinds of polymers that have different dissolution rates in a solvent and are laminated in a direction from a fiber center to a fiber surface in a fiber cross section, in which an innermost layer including the fiber center includes an easily soluble polymer, and two kinds of hardly soluble polymers having different melting points are unevenly distributed in at least one layer other than the innermost layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohiko Matsuura, Masato Masuda, Shinya Kawahara, Kojiro Inada
  • Patent number: 11525191
    Abstract: A pack for spinning is provided with a kneading part disposed on a spinneret. The kneading part includes: an introduction plate including a plurality of first introduction holes for introducing a melted polymer; and a plurality of kneading units including a supply plate including a plurality of independent supply grooves into which the polymer introduced from the introduction holes flows and one or more supply holes disposed in each of the supply grooves, and a converging plate including a plurality of converging grooves in which a plurality of grooves into which the polymer supplied from the supply holes flows are intersected and a plurality of second introduction holes disposed in each of the converging grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yasunori Kanemori, Joji Funakoshi, Atsuya Sakata, Tomohiko Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20220341060
    Abstract: A sheath-core composite fiber is composed of two or more polymers, wherein a core component having a multifoliate shape with three or more projections is completely covered by a sheath component in a fiber cross-section of the sheath-core composite fiber, while having a ratio of the maximum thickness Smax of the sheath component to the minimum thickness Smin of the sheath component, namely Smax/Smin of 5.0 or more. A multifilament is composed of the core component of this sheath-core composite fiber. The sheath-core composite fiber and multifilament are suitable for the achievement of a good textile that is comparable to natural silk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohiko Matsuura, Masato Masuda, Shinya Kawahara, Kazuya Fujita
  • Publication number: 20220287672
    Abstract: A radiation image capturing system includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a radiation image based on radiation irradiating a subject, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a moving image composed of a plurality of optical images, by optically imaging the subject, a determination unit configured to determine whether alignment of the subject with respect to a radiation image capturing apparatus is completed, based on information about movement of the subject, and a display control unit configured to display a reference image indicating a state where the alignment of the subject is completed, among the plurality of optical images composing the moving image, together with the moving image, on a display unit, in a case where the determination unit determines that the alignment is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Tomohiko Matsuura
  • Patent number: 11369334
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus configured to perform radiographic imaging using a plurality of sensors includes a region determination unit configured to analyze a reference image and determine a standard region in a region-of-interest of a subject in the reference image and a reference region in a region-of-non-interest of the subject in the reference image, and a determination unit configured to determine whether an amount of radiation with which the sensor of a region that corresponds to the standard region is irradiated reaches a standard value based on image data of the standard region, image data of the reference region, and a signal read from the sensor of a region that corresponds to the reference region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiko Matsuura
  • Patent number: 11255027
    Abstract: Glossy fibers can be processed into woven or knitted fabric suitable for clothing applications while exhibiting a sense of deep, lustrous glossiness. The glossy fibers are characterized by having an average reflectance for the visible light region of 20% or greater, an average transmittance of 40% of less, and a contrastive glossiness of 3.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Matsuura, Masato Masuda, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Shinya Nakamichi
  • Publication number: 20220002913
    Abstract: A stretch yarn includes a multifilament including fibers having a coiled crimping form in a fiber axial direction, wherein a coil diameter distribution of crimping in the fiber has two or more groups, a ratio of a maximum group average value to a minimum group average value of the coil diameter (a maximum group average value/a minimum group average value) is less than 3.00, and a cross section of the fibers constituting the multifilament is an eccentric core-sheath cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohiko Matsuura, Hideki Morioka, Masato Masuda
  • Patent number: 11210809
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains a plurality of radiation images generated by causing a plurality of radiation detectors to detect radiation with which a subject is irradiated, and generates an elongated image by synthesizing the plurality of radiation images. The image processing apparatus estimates a direction of the subject in each of the plurality of radiation images, and determines a direction of the subject in the elongated image based on a direction estimation result on each of the plurality of radiation images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiko Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20200311975
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains a plurality of radiation images generated by causing a plurality of radiation detectors to detect radiation with which a subject is irradiated, and generates an elongated image by synthesizing the plurality of radiation images. The image processing apparatus estimates a direction of the subject in each of the plurality of radiation images, and determines a direction of the subject in the elongated image based on a direction estimation result on each of the plurality of radiation images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Tomohiko Matsuura
  • Patent number: 10745829
    Abstract: A core-sheath conjugated fiber includes two kinds of polymer, wherein the core-sheath conjugated fiber is characterized in that the core component has projected shapes having projections and grooves alternately in a cross section in a direction perpendicular to the fiber axis, the projections are formed continuously in the direction of the fiber axis, and the height (H) of the projections, the width (WA) at the tip of the projections, and the width (WB) of the bottom surface satisfy the formulas at the same time: 1.0?H/(WA)1/2?3.0??(1) 0.7?WB/WA?3.0??(2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Masuda, Tomohiko Matsuura, Yasunori Kanemori
  • Publication number: 20200208300
    Abstract: A pack for spinning is provided with a kneading part disposed on a spinneret. The kneading part includes: an introduction plate including a plurality of first introduction holes for introducing a melted polymer; and a plurality of kneading units including a supply plate including a plurality of independent supply grooves into which the polymer introduced from the introduction holes flows and one or more supply holes disposed in each of the supply grooves, and a converging plate including a plurality of converging grooves in which a plurality of grooves into which the polymer supplied from the supply holes flows are intersected and a plurality of second introduction holes disposed in each of the converging grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunori Kanemori, Joji Funakoshi, Atsuya Sakata, Tomohiko Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20200205768
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus configured to perform radiographic imaging using a plurality of sensors includes a region determination unit configured to analyze a reference image and determine a standard region in a region-of-interest of a subject in the reference image and a reference region in a region-of-non-interest of the subject in the reference image, and a determination unit configured to determine whether an amount of radiation with which the sensor of a region that corresponds to the standard region is irradiated reaches a standard value based on image data of the standard region, image data of the reference region, and a signal read from the sensor of a region that corresponds to the reference region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Tomohiko Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20190330769
    Abstract: Glossy fibers can be processed into woven or knitted fabric suitable for clothing applications while exhibiting a sense of deep, lustrous glossiness. The glossy fibers are characterized by having an average reflectance for the visible light region of 20% or greater, an average transmittance of 40% of less, and a contrastive glossiness of 3.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Tomohiko Matsuura, Masato Masuda, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Shinya Nakamichi
  • Publication number: 20180030622
    Abstract: A core-sheath conjugated fiber includes two kinds of polymer, wherein the core-sheath conjugated fiber is characterized in that the core component has projected shapes having projections and grooves alternately in a cross section in a direction perpendicular to the fiber axis, the projections are formed continuously in the direction of the fiber axis, and the height (H) of the projections, the width (WA) at the tip of the projections, and the width (WB) of the bottom surface satisfy the formulas at the same time: 1.0?H/(WA)1/2?3.0??(1) 0.7?WB/WA?3.0??(2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Masato Masuda, Tomohiko Matsuura, Yasunori Kanemori
  • Patent number: 9606243
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus includes a plurality of detection apparatuses configured to output image data based on radiation. The apparatus includes measurement units configured to respectively measure radiation detection levels in the plurality of detection apparatuses; and an irradiation determination unit configured to determine presence/absence of radiation irradiation based on the measured detection levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomohiko Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20150331116
    Abstract: A radiation imaging apparatus includes a plurality of detection apparatuses configured to output image data based on radiation. The apparatus includes measurement units configured to respectively measure radiation detection levels in the plurality of detection apparatuses; and an irradiation determination unit configured to determine presence/absence of radiation irradiation based on the measured detection levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventor: Tomohiko Matsuura
  • Patent number: 8710447
    Abstract: A control device that controls a sensor capable of changing a magnitude of an accumulation capacitance of an electric charge for each pixel includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an output value according to an accumulated electric charge of each pixel of the sensor, a determination unit configured to determine whether the accumulation capacitance of each pixel is saturated based on the output value, and a setting unit configured to set magnitude of the accumulation capacitance for each pixel according to the determined accumulation capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomohiko Matsuura