Patents by Inventor Toru Sasaki
Toru Sasaki 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: 10711268Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a peptide library capable of incorporating an arbitrary number of arbitrary proteinogenic and/or non-proteinogenic amino acids in an arbitrary site. The invention provides a method for producing a peptide library including 1×106 or more kinds of peptides containing amino acids encoded by N1N2N3, including a step of preparing an mRNA library including mRNAs which encode peptides of the peptide library and each contain at least one N1N2N3; and a step of translating each mRNA of the mRNA library in a cell-free translation system added with tRNA containing an anticodon to any one of N1N2N3 codons and charged with an amino acid corresponding to the codon (wherein, N1, N2, and N3 are each independently selected from adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and uracil (U) and an arbitrary amino acid is reassigned to each N1N2N3).Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignees: The University of Tokyo, PeptiDream Inc.Inventors: Hiroshi Murakami, Takashi Kawakami, Patrick Reid, Toru Sasaki
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Patent number: 10716203Abstract: To provide an adhesive film comprising a polyimide film and a fluorinated resin layer directly laminated, in which blisters (foaming) in an atmosphere corresponding to reflow soldering at high temperature are suppressed, and a flexible metal laminate. An adhesive film having a fluorinated resin layer containing a fluorinated copolymer (A) directly laminated on one side or both sides of a polyimide film, wherein the fluorinated copolymer (A) has a melting point of at least 280° C. and at most 320° C., is melt-moldable, and has at least one type of functional groups selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, and the fluorinated resin layer has a thickness of from 1 to 20 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Tomoya Hosoda, Eiichi Nishi, Toru Sasaki, Yasuhiko Matsuoka, Wataru Kasai
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Patent number: 10677379Abstract: To provide a laminate which is formed from resins and is excellent in heat resistance and excellent in flexibility and mechanical properties under high-temperature conditions and which undergoes no separation of layers even when contacted with oil such as engine oil for a long period of time. The laminate comprises a first layer containing a fluorinated copolymer and a second layer containing a polyamide directly laminated on the first layer, wherein the fluorinated copolymer has units based on tetrafluoroethylene, units based on ethylene, units based on a copolymerizable another monomer not having a carbonyl group, and carbonyl group-containing groups, wherein the amounts of the respective units are in specific ranges, and the tensile elongation at 200° C. of the fluorinated copolymer is at least 200%, and the melting point of the polyamide and the flexural elastic modulus at 23° C. of the second layer are in specific ranges.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Eiichi Nishi, Tomoya Hosoda, Toru Sasaki
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Publication number: 20200162415Abstract: A communication method includes the steps of transmitting, by means of a first communication apparatus, personal information to a second communication apparatus; receiving, by means of the second communication apparatus, the personal information and searching, by means of the second communication apparatus, whether or not personal information having the same content as the received personal information exists in the second communication apparatus; and notifying, by means of the second communication apparatus, the first communication apparatus of a search result.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Sony CororationInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Makoto Inoue, Motoyuki Takai, Masamichi Asukai, Katsuya Shirai, Takatoshi Nakamura, Toru Sasaki, Yuichi Sakai, Masafumi Matsuda
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Publication number: 20200115509Abstract: To provide a method capable of producing, by means of mechanical pulverization, a resin powder having a high bulk density and an average particle size of at most 50 ?m from resin particles containing a fluorocopolymer as the main component and having a melting point of from 260 to 320° C., such as PFA. The method is to obtain a resin powder having an average particle size of from 0.02 to 50 ?m by subjecting resin particles (A) having an average particle size of at least 100 ?m to mechanical pulverization treatment. The resin particles (A) is made of a material (X) having a fluorocopolymer (X1) as the main component; and said fluorocopolymer (X1) has a unit (1) based on a monomer containing at least one type of functional group selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, and a unit (2) based on tetrafluoroethylene, and has a melting point of from 260 to 320° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Tomoya HOSODA, Eiichi NISHI, Toru SASAKI, Nobutaka KIDERA
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Publication number: 20200082517Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire band images of an object, using filters of which transmission center wavelengths are different from each another; a detection unit configured to select a first band image from the band images, and detect a target region that is to be improved with respect to visibility; a selection unit configured to select a second band image, which includes information, originated from a structure of the object, within the target region, from among the band images other than the first band image; and a generation unit configured to generate a spectral image from a band image. The generation unit uses at least a band image that has been captured using a same filter as the second band image, upon generating a spectral image of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Toshiki Shiga, Toru Sasaki
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Patent number: 10587567Abstract: A communication method includes the steps of transmitting, by means of a first communication apparatus, personal information to a second communication apparatus; receiving, by means of the second communication apparatus, the personal information and searching, by means of the second communication apparatus, whether or not personal information having the same content as the received personal information exists in the second communication apparatus; and notifying, by means of the second communication apparatus, the first communication apparatus of a search result.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Makoto Inoue, Motoyuki Takai, Masamichi Asukai, Katsuya Shirai, Takatoshi Nakamura, Toru Sasaki, Yuichi Sakai, Masafumi Matsuda
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Publication number: 20200009840Abstract: To provide a fluororesin laminate in which a layer of a fluorinated copolymer and a layer of a propylene polymer excellent in heat resistance are strongly attached. A laminate comprising a layer which contains a fluorinated copolymer having an adhesive functional group and having monomer unit based on tetrafluoroethylene and monomer units based on ethylene, and a layer which contains a propylene polymer having an adhesive functional group.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Shigeru AIDA, Toru SASAKI
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Publication number: 20200001290Abstract: A counting method of preparing a plurality of first small sections, determining the first small section that contains a first attention object among the plurality of first small sections as a first target section, and acquiring the number of the first attention objects contained in the first target section includes: calculating a first candidate value concerning the number of first attention objects, by using an algorithm; performing a calculation to distribute second attention objects into second small sections, by using information concerning volumes of the second small sections; calculating a second candidate value concerning the number of the second attention objects, by using the algorithm common to the first calculation step, in a part; comparing the second candidate value with the number of second attention objects, and determining the second candidate value which satisfies the predetermined convergence condition, as the number of the first attention objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventor: Toru Sasaki
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Publication number: 20200002757Abstract: Provided is a particle measuring method for measuring, based on image data containing an image of a plurality of particles, a size of each of the particles included in the image data. The particle measuring method includes: acquiring a position of each of the plurality of particles from the image data; extracting two particles vicinal to each other; and calculating the size of each of the particles based on a distance between the two vicinal particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventor: Toru Sasaki
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Patent number: 10521893Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire band images of an object, using filters of which transmission center wavelengths are different from each another; a detection unit configured to select a first band image from the band images, and detect a target region that is to be improved with respect to visibility; a selection unit configured to select a second band image, which includes information, originated from a structure of the object, within the target region, from among the band images other than the first band image; and a generation unit configured to generate a spectral image from a band image. The generation unit uses at least a band image that has been captured using a same filter as the second band image, upon generating a spectral image of the object.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiki Shiga, Toru Sasaki
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Patent number: 10507631Abstract: To provide a laminate having a fluororesin layer and a thermoplastic resin layer laminated with a good adhesive strength. A method for producing a laminate, comprising carrying out heat lamination of a fluororesin film containing the following fluororesin (A) and a thermoplastic resin film containing a thermoplastic resin (B) having a melting point higher by at least 5° C. than the melting point of the fluororesin (A), at a temperature of at least a melting point of the fluororesin (A) and lower than a melting point of the thermoplastic resin (B). The fluororesin (A) is a fluororesin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, and having a melt flow rate of from 0.5 to 30 g/10 min at 372° C. under a load of 49N.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Tatsuya Terada, Toru Sasaki
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Publication number: 20190238496Abstract: A communication method includes the steps of transmitting, by means of a first communication apparatus, personal information to a second communication apparatus; receiving, by means of the second communication apparatus, the personal information and searching, by means of the second communication apparatus, whether or not personal information having the same content as the received personal information exists in the second communication apparatus; and notifying, by means of the second communication apparatus, the first communication apparatus of a search result.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Makoto Inoue, Motoyuki Takai, Masamichi Asukai, Katsuya Shirai, Takatoshi Nakamura, Toru Sasaki, Yuichi Sakai, Masafumi Matsuda
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Patent number: 10304583Abstract: To provide an insulating tape for covering, in which a polyimide film and a fluorinated resin film are laminated with excellent adhesion, and a method for producing a structure, which comprises covering a conductor with such an insulating tape for covering, followed by thermal treatment. The insulating tape for covering, comprises a polyimide film and a fluorinated resin film directly laminated on one or both surfaces of the polyimide film, wherein the fluorinated resin film contains a fluorinated copolymer (A) which has a melting point of from 220 to 320° C. and can be melt-molded and which has at least one type of functional groups selected from the group consisting of carbonyl group-containing groups, hydroxy groups, epoxy groups and isocyanate groups.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Tomoya Hosoda, Yasuhiko Matsuoka, Toru Sasaki, Wataru Kasai
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Patent number: 10291577Abstract: A communication method includes the steps of transmitting, by means of a first communication apparatus, personal information to a second communication apparatus; receiving, by means of the second communication apparatus, the personal information and searching, by means of the second communication apparatus, whether or not personal information having the same content as the received personal information exists in the second communication apparatus; and notifying, by means of the second communication apparatus, the first communication apparatus of a search result.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Toshiro Terauchi, Makoto Inoue, Motoyuki Takai, Masamichi Asukai, Katsuya Shirai, Takatoshi Nakamura, Toru Sasaki, Yuichi Sakai, Masafumi Matsuda
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Patent number: 10271428Abstract: To produce a wiring substrate having excellent electrical characteristics with conduction failure in a hole formed in a layer made of a fluororesin material sufficiently suppressed without conducting an etching treatment using metal sodium. A process for producing a wiring substrate, which comprises forming a hole in a laminate comprising a first conductor layer, a layer (A) which is made of a fluororesin material containing a melt-moldable fluororesin having specific functional groups and a reinforcing fiber substrate and which has a dielectric constant from 2.0 to 3.5, a second conductor layer, an adhesive layer and a layer (B) made of a cured product of a thermosetting resin laminated in this order, applying, to an inner wall surface of the hole, either one or both of a treatment with a permanganic acid solution and a plasma treatment without conducting an etching treatment using metal sodium, and then forming a plating layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Tomoya Hosoda, Toru Sasaki, Nobutaka Kidera, Tatsuya Terada
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Patent number: 10241317Abstract: An apparatus comprises a unit that manages, state information including information indicating whether the acquisition of partial image data is completed; a acquiring unit that acquires, for each of stitching places of the partial image data, a correction amount for correcting local deviation among the partial image data to be stitched; and a unit that corrects each of the partial image data on the basis of the correction amount, and generating combined image data obtained by stitching the partial image data after the correction. The acquiring unit is controlled on the basis of the state information to start processing for acquiring the correction amount from the partial image data or the stitching place for which acquisition of data necessary for acquiring the correction amount is completed.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toru Sasaki
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Patent number: 10207537Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vehicle bearing apparatus includes a method for manufacturing a hub ring. The hub ring includes a seal facing surface, a flange portion, and a shaft body portion. The flange portion includes a thin portion, a thick portion, bolt holes, a thin portion outer surface, a thick portion outer surface, and bolts. The flange portion protrudes outward from the shaft body portion. The thick portion is formed on an outer side with respect to the bolt holes in the flange portion, and the thin portion is formed on an inner side with respect to the thick portion in the flange portion. In the method for manufacturing the hub ring, machining is performed on the thick portion outer surface by using the seal facing surface subjected to grinding, as a reference surface, after the bolts are fitted into the flange portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Morita, Yuu Katsuyama, Ryoichiro Kotani, Hiroyoshi Komatsu, Toru Sasaki
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Publication number: 20190030870Abstract: To provide a laminate having a fluororesin layer and a thermoplastic resin layer laminated with a good adhesive strength. A method for producing a laminate, comprising carrying out heat lamination of a fluororesin film containing the following fluororesin (A) and a thermoplastic resin film containing a thermoplastic resin (B) having a melting point higher by at least 5° C. than the melting point of the fluororesin (A), at a temperature of at least a melting point of the fluororesin (A) and lower than a melting point of the thermoplastic resin (B). The fluororesin (A) is a fluororesin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, and having a melt flow rate of from 0.5 to 30 g/10 min at 372° C. under a load of 49N.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Tatsuya Terada, Toru Sasaki
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Publication number: 20190026378Abstract: A method of using contents includes the steps of setting public time information and private time information, the public time information being associated with each content and defined universally for use by a large number of unspecified users, the private time being associated with the content and defined for use by a small number of particular persons, and searching for a content according to the public time information and/or the private time information and using the content detected in the searching.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoichiro Sako, Mitsuru Takehara, Toru Sasaki, Takatoshi Nakamura, Yuichi Abe, Toshiro Terauchi, Motoyuki Takai