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).

  • Publication number: 20240130606
    Abstract: An endoscope cable includes a plurality of individual cables, and is provided with an entire shield portion including a metal wire group having an electric shield function to surround entirety of the plurality of individual cables, and a cable core wire including a metal wire group in each of the individual cables. The metal wire group in at least one of the entire shield portion and the cable core wires is configured by combining a plurality of types of metal wires having different compositions from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi MINAKUCHI, Toshiki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240107164
    Abstract: Provided are a signal processing device, a signal processing method, a signal processing program, an imaging apparatus, and a lens apparatus capable of accurately removing an offset from an output signal of a blurring detection sensor. The signal processing device comprises the blurring detection sensor and a processor. The processor is configured to execute processing of extracting a first feature amount relating to the offset from the output signal of the blurring detection sensor, processing of integrating the output signal, processing of extracting a second feature amount relating to the offset from a value obtained by integrating the output signal, processing of calculating the offset on the basis of the first feature amount and the second feature amount, and processing of subtracting the calculated offset from the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki KOBAYASHI, Yota AKASHI, Yuya HIRAKAWA, Yuta WATANABE
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230167904
    Abstract: A sealing device is disposed between a rotational shaft and an inner surface of a housing. The sealing device includes a mounted part mounted on the housing; an annular part extending radially inward from the mounted part; an inner cylindrical part supported by the annular part; a seal lip protruding radially inward from the inner cylindrical part, the seal lip brought into slidable contact with the rotational shaft; and a garter spring wound around the inner cylindrical part to compress the seal lip against the rotational shaft. The distance between the boundary between the inner cylindrical part and the annular part and the lip edge of the seal lip along the axial direction of the rotational shaft is equal to or greater than 4 mm. The garter spring applies a force that is equal to or greater than 22 N to the inner cylindrical part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiki WATANABE, Tomoyuki NUMATA
  • Publication number: 20220400933
    Abstract: An endoscope or the like that prevents crosstalk between multiple light-emitting parts is provided. An endoscope includes: an observation window that is disposed at a distal end of an insertion part; a plurality of first light-emitting parts that are disposed around the observation window; a second light-emitting part that is disposed between the first light-emitting parts and emits light at a bandwidth different from a bandwidth of light emitted by the first light-emitting parts; and a light-shielding body that is disposed between one of the first light-emitting parts and the second light-emitting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi KOMORO, Toshiki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220330802
    Abstract: Provided are an endoscope capable of preventing a cleaning liquid from remaining on a surface of an observation optical system with a simpler configuration, and a method for manufacturing the endoscope. In the endoscope that includes a convex observation optical system provided at a distal end of an insertion portion and in which a cleaning liquid is ejected from an air and water supply nozzle, a distal end surface surrounding the observation optical system and having an uneven shape is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki WATANABE
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220240768
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: an imaging unit that is incorporated in a distal tip of an insertion tube and images an observed site through an observation window; a plurality of first LEDs juxtaposed outside the imaging unit; and a plurality of second LEDs juxtaposed outside a region where the first LEDs are juxtaposed. The region where the first LEDs are juxtaposed and a region where the second LEDs are juxtaposed are covered with a light distribution lens, light emission of the first LED is output to an angular range smaller than a viewing angle of the imaging unit through the light distribution lens, and light emission of the second LED is output to an angular range smaller than the viewing angle of the imaging unit through the light distribution lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki WATANABE, Yoshiyuki NIIJIMA
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220163117
    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: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki WATANABE, Kokichi HAMAMOTO, Tomoaki NISHIMURA, Masayuki TANIDA
  • Publication number: 20210386282
    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: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210285549
    Abstract: A sealing device that can suppress entrance of foreign matter into a place between the end surface of a rotating ring and the end surface of a fixed ring. A sealing device 10 that seals the annular gap between a rotating shaft and a housing having a shaft bore into which the rotating shaft is inserted includes a rotating ring unit 100 provided to the rotating shaft and a fixed ring unit 200 provided to the housing. A plurality of protrusions 140 configured to generate an airflow from the rotating ring 130 side to the fixed ring 230 side when the rotating ring unit 100 rotates are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the rotating ring 130.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki WATANABE, Haruki IWAI
  • Publication number: 20210215250
    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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Takumi YAMADA, Hiromi SUGIHARA, Hisato YONAI, Toshiki WATANABE, Satoshi YAMANAKA, Yu YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210177249
    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: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210126925
    Abstract: An extraction apparatus (1) 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 (1) includes: a classification unit (10) configured to generate association information associating the first alert with the second alert; a learning unit (20) 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 (10) 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 (30) 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 (20) and output the extracted second alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki WATANABE, Satoru YAMANO