Patents by Inventor Tomoko Yamamoto

Tomoko Yamamoto 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: 20240295749
    Abstract: An aerial display device of an embodiment includes a planar light-emitting body, a retroreflective sheet, and a half mirror. The planar light-emitting body includes a light-emitting portion. The retroreflective sheet is disposed at an emission surface side of the planar light-emitting body, and includes, at a position corresponding to the light-emitting portion, a plurality of through-holes representing a figure to be displayed in the air. The half mirror is disposed at an emission surface side of the retroreflective sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Taku YAMADA, Tomoko OHARA, Shohei HAMADA, Hirotsugu YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240270806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fusion proteins or protein complexes comprising a ligand binding moiety fused to a ligand moiety, wherein the ligand binding moiety comprises an IL-12 binding domain and a protease cleavage site that, when activated by cleavage by a protease, restores biological activity of the ligand moiety, wherein the ligand moiety is an IL-12 fusion protein. The invention also relates to a polypeptide representing a mutated p40 subunit of IL-12, and to an IL-12 fusion protein or a protein complex comprising the mutated p40 subunit. The invention also relates to anti-IL-12 binding molecule or anti-IL-12 binding molecule complex defined by its variable light and heavy chains. The invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the fusion proteins or fusion protein complexes or polypeptides or binding molecules, to methods of producing same, to their uses and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Vishnu Priyanka Reddy CHICHILI, Tomoyuki IGAWA, Yohei YAMAMOTO, Naoka HIRONIWA, Takeru NAMBU, Tatsuya KAWA, Hitoshi KATADA, Tomoko YASUGI, Masahiro AZUMA
  • Publication number: 20200364007
    Abstract: An image forming device includes: an image former that forms an image of original data included in a job on paper; a reader that reads the image formed on the paper; and a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor performs control of determining whether the paper is paper on which the image of the original data is formed, control of allowing the image former to form an image for adjustment on the paper in a case where the paper is used for a purpose other than a purpose of forming the image of the original data, and control of allowing the reader to read the image for adjustment and adjusting the image former based on read data of the image for adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoko YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10341505
    Abstract: Provided is a controller including an image processor and an image forming device, both performing calibration, and the controller includes a hardware processor that: associates first calibration data indicating a first calibration result with second calibration data indicating a second calibration result, and stores the first and second calibration data; compares the obtained first calibration data with the stored first calibration data, and determines whether the stored first calibration data includes data equal to the obtained first calibration data; and, when there is no data equal to the obtained first calibration data, creates the second calibration data to be associated with the obtained first calibration data by performing the second calibration, and, when there is data equal to the obtained first calibration data, creates the second calibration data to be associated with the obtained first calibration data, using the second calibration data stored and associated with the equal data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20180183946
    Abstract: Provided is a controller including an image processor and an image forming device, both performing calibration, and the controller includes a hardware processor that: associates first calibration data indicating a first calibration result with second calibration data indicating a second calibration result, and stores the first and second calibration data; compares the obtained first calibration data with the stored first calibration data, and determines whether the stored first calibration data includes data equal to the obtained first calibration data; and, when there is no data equal to the obtained first calibration data, creates the second calibration data to be associated with the obtained first calibration data by performing the second calibration, and, when there is data equal to the obtained first calibration data, creates the second calibration data to be associated with the obtained first calibration data, using the second calibration data stored and associated with the equal data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9305251
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus (1) according to the present invention includes a layer combining unit (11a) that generates a print image based on print data including a plurality of layers, a determining unit (11b) that determines whether objects included in different layers overlap each other in a single pixel constituting the print image, and a selecting unit (11c) that selects image processing to be performed with respect to the single pixel according to a combination of attribute information for each of the layers assigned to the single pixel, when the objects overlap each other in the corresponding single pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yaginuma, Tetsuhiro Kodera, Kazuto Yamamoto, Takeshi Ikusawa, Tomoko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9280729
    Abstract: A method of creating a sample page in an image system, the method includes: a step of holding a color measurement result of a colorimeter, with respect to an output image of a special color, as a history color measurement result; a step of determining whether a creation condition of the sample page is satisfied; and a step of creating the sample page having a first color sample image and a second color sample image formed on a recording medium, the first color sample image being according to printer device values calculated based on the history color measurement result of the special color, and the second color sample image being according to printer device values of the special color determined from a special color table, when the creation condition of the sample page is determined to be satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoko Yamamoto, Kazuto Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150220819
    Abstract: A method of creating a sample page in an image system, the method includes: a step of holding a color measurement result of a colorimeter, with respect to an output image of a special color, as a history color measurement result; a step of determining whether a creation condition of the sample page is satisfied; and a step of creating the sample page having a first color sample image and a second color sample image formed on a recording medium, the first color sample image being according to printer device values calculated based on the history color measurement result of the special color, and the second color sample image being according to printer device values of the special color determined from a special color table, when the creation condition of the sample page is determined to be satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoko YAMAMOTO, Kazuto YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20140163099
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an antimicrobial composition that can be safely used with a broad range of foods and beverages, cosmetics, drugs, and other similar products while showing growth inhibition activity against a wide variety of microorganisms. The present invention relates to the antimicrobial composition comprising at least one cooling agent selected from the group consisting of menthyl 3-hydroxybutanoate, 2-methyl-3-(menthoxy)propane-1,2-diol, 2-(menthoxy)ethanol, 3-menthoxypropan-1-ol, 2-(2-menthoxyethoxy)ethanol, and menthyl glyoxylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya ISHIDA, Tomoko YAMAMOTO, Miho SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20140153057
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus (1) according to the present invention includes a layer combining unit (11a) that generates a print image based on print data including a plurality of layers, a determining unit (11b) that determines whether objects included in different layers overlap each other in a single pixel constituting the print image, and a selecting unit (11c) that selects image processing to be performed with respect to the single pixel according to a combination of attribute information for each of the layers assigned to the single pixel, when the objects overlap each other in the corresponding single pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru Yaginuma, Tetsuhiro Kodera, Kazuto Yamamoto, Takeshi Ikusawa, Tomoko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8695772
    Abstract: A torque converter apparatus includes a torque converter, a lock-up clutch arranged between the torque converter and an engine, and a lock-up damper arranged between the torque converter and the lock-up clutch and connected to the lock-up clutch, the lock-up damper including a plurality of springs arranged at multiple stages and separated from each other in a radial direction of the torque converter, the lock-up clutch including an outer hub and an inner hub, the outer hub extending toward the lock-up damper and supporting one of first and second frictional engagement members engageable with each other, the outer hub extending toward a first space formed between the plurality of springs in the radial direction, the inner hub extending toward the engine and supporting the other of the first and second frictional engagement members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukihisa Tsuzuki, Yosuke Makino, Tomoko Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 8568276
    Abstract: A method for engagement of an impeller clutch includes a process for decreasing a back pressure relative to a clutch engagement pressure by decreasing an internal pressure of a torque converter in a case where the impeller clutch is brought into an engaged state, the impeller clutch enabling a driving force of an engine to be transmitted and disconnected to and from a pump impeller of the torque converter, transmission and disconnection of the driving force between the engine and the pump impeller being controlled by the clutch engagement pressure that is applied to the impeller clutch through an independent oil passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukihisa Tsuzuki, Yosuke Makino, Tomoko Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 8376908
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus that controls a vehicle having a torque converter provided on a power transmission path between an internal combustion engine and a transmission is provided. The torque converter includes a pump impeller, to which rotational power from the internal combustion engine is input to rotate, a turbine runner that receives oil from the rotating pump impeller and transmits the rotational power toward the transmission, and an impeller clutch that is configured to connect and disconnect the rotational power transmission from the internal combustion engine to the pump impeller. The vehicle control apparatus controls the internal combustion engine and the impeller clutch, such that, when a throttle opening degree is equal to or larger than a first threshold value during control of the impeller clutch from a non-engaged state to a completely engaged state, lowers an output torque of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukihisa Tsuzuki, Yosuke Makino, Tomoko Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 8377458
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cooling sensation agent composition or sensory stimulation agent composition which contains at least one of diester compounds of dicarboxylic acid represented by the formula (1) wherein A represents CH2 or CH?CH, n represents an integer of 0 to 4 when A is CH2, or 1 when A is CH?CH, B is an alcohol residue having 10 to 18 carbon atoms and containing a para-menthane skeleton, which may have a substituent, and C is an alcohol residue having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent as well as a flavor or fragrance composition, a beverage, a food product, a perfume or cosmetic product, a toiletry product, daily utensil products or groceries, a fiber, a fiber product, clothes, clothing or a medicine, wherein the cooling sensation agent composition or the sensory stimulation agent composition is compounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Takasago International Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Komatsuki, Tomoko Yamamoto, Takashi Aida, Kenya Ishida
  • Publication number: 20130005807
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an antimicrobial composition that can be safely used with a broad range of foods and beverages, cosmetics, drugs, and other similar products while showing growth inhibition activity against a wide variety of microorganisms. The present invention relates to the antimicrobial composition comprising at least one cooling agent selected from the group consisting of menthyl 3-hydroxybutanoate, 2-methyl-3-(menthoxy)propane-1,2-diol, 2-(menthoxy)ethanol, 3-menthoxypropan-1-ol, 2-(2-menthoxyethoxy)ethanol, and menthyl glyoxylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenya ISHIDA, Tomoko YAMAMOTO, Miho SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20110114433
    Abstract: A torque converter apparatus includes a torque converter having a torus-shaped element, and an impeller clutch transmitting and disconnecting a driving force of an engine to and from an input element of the torque converter, the impeller clutch arranged at a radially outward side of the torus-shaped element of the torque converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuaki HATTORI, Takahiro Misu, Yukihisa Tsuzuki, Naohisa Tsuzuki, Yasuhiro Kobayashi, Yosuke Makino, Tomoko Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20110118082
    Abstract: A method for engagement of an impeller clutch includes a process for decreasing a back pressure relative to a clutch engagement pressure by decreasing an internal pressure of a torque converter in a case where the impeller clutch is brought into an engaged state, the impeller clutch enabling a driving force of an engine to be transmitted and disconnected to and from a pump impeller of the torque converter, transmission and disconnection of the driving force between the engine and the pump impeller being controlled by the clutch engagement pressure that is applied to the impeller clutch through an independent oil passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukihisa TSUZUKI, Yosuke Makino, Tomoko Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20110114432
    Abstract: A torque converter apparatus includes a torque converter, a lock-up clutch arranged between the torque converter and an engine, and a lock-up damper arranged between the torque converter and the lock-up clutch and connected to the lock-up clutch, the lock-up damper including a plurality of springs arranged at multiple stages and separated from each other in a radial direction of the torque converter, the lock-up clutch including an outer hub and an inner hub, the outer hub extending toward the lock-up damper and supporting one of first and second frictional engagement members engageable with each other, the outer hub extending toward a first space formed between the plurality of springs in the radial direction, the inner hub extending toward the engine and supporting the other of the first and second frictional engagement members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukihisa TSUZUKI, Yosuke Makino, Tomoko Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20110098154
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus that controls a vehicle having a torque converter provided on a power transmission path between an internal combustion engine and a transmission is provided. The torque converter includes a pump impeller, to which rotational power from the internal combustion engine is input to rotate, a turbine runner that receives oil from the rotating pump impeller and transmits the rotational power toward the transmission, and an impeller clutch that is configured to connect and disconnect the rotational power transmission from the internal combustion engine to the pump impeller. The vehicle control apparatus controls the internal combustion engine and the impeller clutch, such that, when a throttle opening degree is equal to or larger than a first threshold value during control of the impeller clutch from a non-engaged state to a completely engaged state, lowers an output torque of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukihisa TSUZUKI, Yosuke MAKINO, Tomoko YAMAMOTO, Tomoyuki KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20110098153
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus that controls a vehicle having a torque converter provided on a power transmission path between an internal combustion engine and a transmission is provided. The torque converter includes a pump impeller, to which rotational power from the internal combustion engine is input to rotate, a turbine runner that receives oil from the rotating pump impeller and transmits the rotational power toward the transmission, and an impeller clutch that is configured to connect and disconnect the rotational power transmission from the internal combustion engine to the pump impeller. The vehicle control apparatus controls the internal combustion engine and the impeller clutch, such that, when a rotation number of the internal combustion engine is equal to or less than a first threshold value during control of the impeller clutch from a non-engaged state to a completely engaged state, increases the rotation number of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukihisa TSUZUKI, Yosuke Makino, Tomoko Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Kitagawa