Patents by Inventor Toshiki Watanabe

Toshiki 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).

  • Patent number: 12262876
    Abstract: An endoscope having a convex observation optical system at the distal end of an insertion portion is provided with an air supply/water supply nozzle for injecting a cleaning fluid toward the observation optical system. The air supply/water supply nozzle is provided with a plurality of outlets from which the fluid is emitted in directions not intersecting with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12190602
    Abstract: Provided is a working vehicle capable of operation and driving that includes a plurality of image capture devices 4 that capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle body; a direction detection unit 51 that detects an advancement direction of the operation and driving; an image selection unit 52 that acquires, as a detection image, a surrounding area image captured by one image capture device 4 of the plurality of image capture devices 4 capturing a front advancement direction detected by the direction detection unit 51; and a detection unit 53 that analyzes the detection image acquired by the image selection unit 52 and detects an obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Toshiki Watanabe, Shunsuke Edo, Shunsuke Miyashita, Kenichi Iwami
  • Patent number: 12150624
    Abstract: An endoscope, which is provided with an observation optical system provided at the tip of an insertion portion and a connecting pipe portion for sending a fluid onto the observation optical system side, includes a small diameter portion which has one end opening to which a fluid from the connecting pipe portion flows and has a diameter smaller than the connecting pipe portion, a lid portion which covers the other end opening of the small diameter portion, and a guide wall which is provided inside the lid portion to be separated from an edge of the other end opening in a radial direction of the other end opening and guides the fluid from the small diameter portion to an outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12083961
    Abstract: A harvester includes an image compositing unit and a display unit. The image compositing unit generates a composite image showing a vehicle body and the vicinity of the vehicle body based on shot images generated by a front camera 21, a rear camera 22, a first side camera 23, and a second side camera 24 and vehicle body data stored in a storage unit. The display unit displays the composite image generated by the image compositing unit. The front camera 21 is provided on a front part of a driving section 8, the rear camera 22 is provided on a rear cover part 14, the first side camera 23 is provided on an outer side part of the driving section 8 in a left-right direction of the vehicle body, and the second side camera 24 is provided on an outer side part of a threshing device 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Watanabe, Sotaro Hayashi, Takashi Nakabayashi, Kazushi Sako
  • Patent number: 11835136
    Abstract: A sealing device capable of suppressing depletion of lubricant is provided. A sliding surface of a side lip 220 at a position away from a distal end of the side lip 220 is provided with a plurality of annular grooves 222 adjacent each other, each of all parts that form annular protrusions 223 between adjacent annular grooves 222 protrudes most at a center in a width direction thereof, with an amount of protrusion gradually decreasing with increasing separation from the center, and both sides of the center in the width direction are symmetric in shape. A tip portion of the sliding surface of the side lip 220 on the distal side of a region, which is provided with the plurality of annular grooves 222, is configured to make a planar contact with an end face of the annular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki Watanabe, Kokichi Hamamoto, Tomoaki Nishimura, Masayuki Tanida
  • Patent number: 11781653
    Abstract: A sealing device includes a reinforcing ring having annular shape around an axis line and an elastic body part formed from an elastic body, the elastic body part being attached to the reinforcing ring and having an annular shape around the axis line. The elastic body part includes an annular seal lip and an annular side lip that is provided on an outer side of the seal lip and that extends toward the outer side. In an inner peripheral surface of the side lip on an inner periphery side, at least one circumferential groove which is a groove having an annular shape around the axis line is provided and at least one axial groove which is a groove extending along a direction of the axis line is provided. The circumferential groove and the axial groove are connected with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Takumi Yamada, Hiromi Sugihara, Hisato Yonai, Toshiki Watanabe, Satoshi Yamanaka, Yu Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20230212503
    Abstract: A method for producing a protein is provided. An objective protein is produced by culturing in a culture medium Talaromyces cellulolyticus having an objective protein-producing ability, which has been modified so that the activity of a Pep4 protein is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Nitta, Hiroaki Fukada, Kazutaka Shimbo, Akiko Matsudaira, Toshiki Watanabe, Yoshihiro Usuda
  • Patent number: 11665999
    Abstract: A harvester capable of autonomous travel in a field includes: a harvesting unit that harvests a crop from the field; a conveyance device that conveys, toward the rear of a harvester body, a whole culm of the harvested crop harvested by the harvesting unit; a detection sensor that detects a drive speed of the conveyance device; and a clog determining unit that determines a clog of the harvested crop in the conveyance device on the basis of the drive speed. The clog determining unit outputs a vehicle stop command that stops the harvester body when the drive speed becomes lower than a pre-set first threshold during the autonomous travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Sotaro Hayashi, Masayuki Horiuchi, Mitsuhiro Seki, Kyosuke Yamaoka, Toshiki Watanabe, Takanori Hori
  • Patent number: 11460110
    Abstract: A sealing device includes a reinforcing ring and an elastic body part. The elastic body part includes an annular seal lip, an annular dust lip, and an annular side lip that extends toward an outer side on an outer periphery side of the dust lip. The side lip includes an annular middle portion that increases in diameter as progress toward the outer side and an annular distal end portion that is a portion connected to and on the outer side of the middle portion and that increases in diameter as progress toward the outer side. In the side lip, the distal end portion is bent to an inner periphery side from the middle portion. In the middle portion, at least one groove is formed annularly around an axis x.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki Watanabe, Kokichi Hamamoto, Tomoaki Nishimura, Hiromi Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11405411
    Abstract: An extraction apparatus can obtain a first alert and a second alert that are generated, when an anomaly occurs in a control system, in order to provide notification of the anomaly. The extraction apparatus includes: a classification unit configured to generate association information associating the first alert with the second alert; a learning unit configured to learn a generation pattern of the second alert when the anomaly occurs due to a cause other than a cyber-attack based on the association information generated by the classification unit and a generation pattern of the first alert when the anomaly occurs due to a cause other than a cyber-attack; and an extraction unit configured to extract, from among the second alerts, the second alert generated due to a cyber-attack based on the generation pattern of the second alert that is learned by the learning unit and output the extracted second alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki Watanabe, Satoru Yamano
  • Publication number: 20220212602
    Abstract: A harvester includes an image compositing unit and a display unit. The image compositing unit generates a composite image showing a vehicle body and the vicinity of the vehicle body based on shot images generated by a front camera 21, a rear camera 22, a first side camera 23, and a second side camera 24 and vehicle body data stored in a storage unit. The display unit displays the composite image generated by the image compositing unit. The front camera 21 is provided on a front part of a driving section 8, the rear camera 22 is provided on a rear cover part 14, the first side camera 23 is provided on an outer side part of the driving section 8 in a left-right direction of the vehicle body, and the second side camera 24 is provided on an outer side part of a threshing device 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiki Watanabe, Sotaro Hayashi, Takashi Nakabayashi, Kazushi Sako
  • Publication number: 20220207882
    Abstract: Provided is a working vehicle capable of operation and driving that includes a plurality of image capture devices 4 that capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle body; a direction detection unit 51 that detects an advancement direction of the operation and driving; an image selection unit 52 that acquires, as a detection image, a surrounding area image captured by one image capture device 4 of the plurality of image capture devices 4 capturing a front advancement direction detected by the direction detection unit 51; and a detection unit 53 that analyzes the detection image acquired by the image selection unit 52 and detects an obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Toshiki Watanabe, Shunsuke Edo, Shunsuke Miyashita, Kenichi Iwami
  • Patent number: 10933638
    Abstract: An inkjet head includes: an ink ejector in which an opening of a nozzle is provided in an ink ejection surface, and which includes an actuating element that performs an operation for ejecting ink; a wiring board that is provided with a circuit wiring electrically connected to the actuating element, and is disposed in a direction crossing the ink election surface on a side opposite to the ink ejection surface of the ink ejector; an exterior member that covers the ink ejector and the wiring board while exposing the ink ejection surface of the ink ejector and a part of the wiring board; and a wiring cable that is attached to a connection terminal disposed in an area exposed front the exterior member on one surface of the wiring board so as to be electrically connected to the circuit wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Toshiki Watanabe, Masahiro Saito, Zen Kayaba
  • Publication number: 20200367434
    Abstract: A harvester capable of autonomous travel in a field includes: a harvesting unit that harvests a crop from the field; a conveyance device that conveys, toward the rear of a harvester body, a whole culm of the harvested crop harvested by the harvesting unit; a detection sensor that detects a drive speed of the conveyance device; and a clog determining unit that determines a clog of the harvested crop in the conveyance device on the basis of the drive speed. The clog determining unit outputs a vehicle stop command that stops the harvester body when the drive speed becomes lower than a pre-set first threshold during the autonomous travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Sotaro Hayashi, Masayuki Horiuchi, Mitsuhiro Seki, Kyosuke Yamaoka, Toshiki Watanabe, Takanori Hori
  • Patent number: 10516665
    Abstract: A network management apparatus that connects to a terminal by way of a communication apparatus, includes: a legitimate information generation unit configured to generate legitimate identification information that is identification information to identify the terminal on a network that the network management apparatus manages, the legitimate identification information being managed as legitimate information by the network management apparatus; a fake information generation unit configured to generate fake identification information that is different from the legitimate identification information and that cannot be used as it is for communication with another terminal; a management unit configured to manage the legitimate identification information and the fake identification information in association with each other; and a registration unit configured to register the fake identification information to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Sonoda, Takayuki Sasaki, Yoichi Hatano, Toshiki Watanabe, Takeo Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10434091
    Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for treating and/or preventing adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma containing a compound having a specific chemical structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Specifically, the present invention provides an agent for treating and/or preventing adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma containing, as an active ingredient, 7-chloro-2-[trans-4-(dimethylamino)cyclohexyl]-N-[(4,6-dimethyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl)methyl]-2,4-dimethyl-1,3-benzodioxole-5-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or 7-bromo-2-[trans-4-(dimethylamino)cyclohexyl]-N-[(4,6-dimethyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl)methyl]-2,4-dimethyl-1,3-benzodioxole-5-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Toshiki Watanabe, Makoto Yamagishi, Osamu Kanno, Jun Watanabe, Nobuaki Adachi, Daisuke Honma, Yoshito Hamada
  • Patent number: 8118376
    Abstract: A display rack, on which a display apparatus is mounted, is provided. The display rack includes an amplifier, a top board portion, a transparent top board portion, and a display portion. The amplifier amplifies an audio signal input from a signal source of the display apparatus. The top board portion stores the amplifier. The transparent top board portion is formed of a transparent member and arranged above the top board portion. The display portion indicates a status of the amplifier and is arranged under the transparent top board portion with a display surface thereof facing upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Watanabe, Takashi Shima, Shingo Niinuma, Koji Miura
  • Patent number: 8111866
    Abstract: A storage rack capable of storing an audio apparatus is provided. The storage rack includes: a top board portion, at least two leg portions, a shelf board portion, and a speaker storage portion. The top board portion supports the audio apparatus. The at least two leg portions hold the top board portion. The shelf board portion is vertically joined to a side surface of the respective leg portions and in parallel with the top board portion with an adjustable distance thereto. The speaker storage portion is arranged under the shelf board portion. The speaker storage portion is arranged at a position having a predetermined distance in the depth direction of the shelf board portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Miura, Takashi Shima, Shingo Niinuma, Toshiki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7647864
    Abstract: A piston includes a piston main body and a seal ring. The seal ring has a metal ring including a fitting tube portion fitted to a cylinder portion of the piston main body and a flange portion extending radially to axially oppose a pressure receiving portion of the piston main body, and a rubber-like seal main body provided on the metal ring. The seal main body has a first seal lip contacting an inner surface of a clutch cylinder, a second seal lip extending from an end of the flange portion to contact the pressure receiving portion, and an axial direction compression seal portion provided on the flange portion and compressed toward the pressure receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Kanzaki, Kiichiro Goto
  • Publication number: 20080251347
    Abstract: For incremental sealing performance and cost reduction, a piston comprises a piston main body (1) and a seal ring (2), the seal ring (2) comprises a metal ring (21) including a fitting tube portion (21a) fitted to a cylinder portion (12) of the piston main body (1) and a flange portion (21b) extending radially oppose axially to a pressure receiving portion (11) of the piston main body (1), and a rubber-like seal main body (22) provided on the metal ring (21), and the seal main body (22) has a first seal lip (221) contacting to an inner surface of a clutch cylinder (3), a second seal lip (222) extending from an end of the flange portion (21b) to contact with the pressure receiving portion (11) and an axial direction compression seal portion (223) provided on the flange portion (21b) and compressed toward the pressure receiving portion (11)
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Toshiki Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Kanzaki, Kiichiro Goto