Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Oshima

Yasuhiro Oshima 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: 11950414
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a substrate; a structure including a plurality of conductive layers stacked on the substrate; and a pillar arranged inside the structure and including a semiconductor layer that extends in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate. The semiconductor layer includes a first portion on a side of an upper portion of the structure, and a second portion between the first portion and the substrate. The first portion has a thickness larger than a thickness of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Uchimura, Tatsufumi Hamada, Shinichi Sotome, Tomohiro Kuki, Yasunori Oshima, Osamu Arisumi
  • Patent number: 11941091
    Abstract: An information processing system for receiving a service using an electronic device, the information processing system includes an acquisition section configured to acquire a license key for using the service issued by a server system and a processing section. The license key includes setting information to be used when the electronic device uses the service. The processing section acquires the setting information included in the acquired license key and performs setting processing of the electronic device based on the acquired setting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Takasawa, Yasuhiro Oshima
  • Publication number: 20230319216
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a first communicator that receives a printing job including user information; a storage that stores the printing job received by the first communicator; a second communicator that receives a printing request including the user information and identification information of a printing device; a controller that acquires, from the storage, the printing job including the user information included in the printing request and sets a destination of the acquired printing job to the printing device corresponding to the identification information of the printing device included in the printing request; and a management unit that manages printing usage information for each of one or more pieces of user information, in which the second communicator transmits the printing job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yuji MUKAI, Yasuhiro OSHIMA, Yasuhiro FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20230306527
    Abstract: An information processing system includes a terminal device and an information processing device. The terminal device includes a print instructor that transmits a print instruction to print a print job, and an information transmitter that transmits predetermined information regarding the printing of the print job to the information processing device. The predetermined information includes expense-related information that is information regarding an expense for the printing of the print job, and connection-related information that is either one or both of information of a VPN connection and information of a login destination or is information based on at least one of the information of the VPN connection and the information of the login destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yasuhiro FURUTA, Yasuhiro OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220260580
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for evaluating the state of cell differentiation during the process of inducing differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) into retinal pigment epithelial cells. The present invention further relates to a method for evaluating the state of cell differentiation during the process of inducing differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (ES cells) into retinal pigment epithelial cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicants: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, SHIMADZU CORPORATION, FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT KOBE
    Inventors: Keisuke HARA, Shinichi GOMI, Tomohisa NAGATA, Kenichi KAGAWA, Yasuhiro OSHIMA, Takashi SUZUKI, Masatoshi TAKAHASHI, Takako YAMAMOTO, Shin KAWAMATA
  • Patent number: 11204725
    Abstract: A printing apparatus determines whether or not a printing job accumulated by a different printing apparatus different in type from the printing apparatus itself is configured to be performed by the printing apparatus, based on at least one determination of a first determination of whether or not the printing job includes a printing setting dependent on a type of apparatus, a second determination relating to processing that rotates a printing image, and a third determination relating to a data format of the printing image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Oshima, Yasuhiro Furuta
  • Publication number: 20210278413
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for evaluating if there are genomic abnormalities in cells being tested, the cells being tested being pluripotent stem cells cultivated in a culture medium or cells resulting from the induced differentiation of pluripotent stem cells, the method including a step of measuring the amount of an indicator present in the culture supernatant of the test cells, and a step of evaluating, on the basis of the amount of the indicator present, if there are genomic abnormalities in the test cells, wherein the indicator is at least one selected from the group consisting of deoxycytidine, kynurenine, putrescine, alanine, cysteine, cystathionine, and threonic acid, and whether or not there are genomic abnormalities in the test cells is evaluated on the basis of the amount of the at least one indicator present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicants: Shimadzu Corporation, Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takashi SUZUKI, Kenichi TOYODA, Masatoshi TAKAHASHI, Keisuke HARA, Tomohisa NAGATA, Yasuhiro OSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11113017
    Abstract: An electronic device causes an image reading unit to start a scan process when a web API for scan start request is invoked by a process of a web browser configured to communicate with a server system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Oshima, Yasuhiro Furuta
  • Patent number: 11016709
    Abstract: The multifunction machine includes a first CPU core that performs an operation in a normal mode and suspends an operation in an energy saving mode, a second CPU core that performs an operation in the energy saving mode, and a storage unit that stores time information for determining a timing of performing a keep-alive process, wherein the first CPU core causes the operation mode to transition to the normal mode when acquiring a normal mode transition instruction from the second CPU core in the energy saving mode, and then, performs a keep-alive process for the remote operation server, and wherein the second CPU core gives the normal mode transition instruction to the first CPU core based on the time information in the energy saving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Takasawa, Hirotaka Akamatsu, Yasuhiro Oshima
  • Patent number: 11010119
    Abstract: When a printing job that is not accumulated in a storage section of a printing apparatus is determined as an execution-target job, the printing apparatus acquires the execution-target job from one that is selected, of a different printing apparatus that accumulates the execution-target job and a terminal apparatus that transmits the execution-target job to the different printing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Oshima, Yasuhiro Furuta
  • Publication number: 20210097152
    Abstract: An information processing system for receiving a service using an electronic device, the information processing system includes an acquisition section configured to acquire a license key for using the service issued by a server system and a processing section. The license key includes setting information to be used when the electronic device uses the service. The processing section acquires the setting information included in the acquired license key and performs setting processing of the electronic device based on the acquired setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Jun TAKASAWA, Yasuhiro OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200341701
    Abstract: The multifunction machine includes a first CPU core that performs an operation in a normal mode and suspends an operation in an energy saving mode, a second CPU core that performs an operation in the energy saving mode, and a storage unit that stores time information for determining a timing of performing a keep-alive process, wherein the first CPU core causes the operation mode to transition to the normal mode when acquiring a normal mode transition instruction from the second CPU core in the energy saving mode, and then, performs a keep-alive process for the remote operation server, and wherein the second CPU core gives the normal mode transition instruction to the first CPU core based on the time information in the energy saving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Jun TAKASAWA, Hirotaka AKAMATSU, Yasuhiro OSHIMA
  • Patent number: 10704073
    Abstract: There is provided a method for easily determining an undifferentiated state of pluripotent stem cells without relying on the judgment of a skilled technician. The method includes: a step of evaluating an undifferentiated state of pluripotent stem cells based on a time-dependent change in a variation value of an extracellular metabolite contained in a culture medium in which the pluripotent stem cells are cultured, wherein the extracellular metabolite is at least one selected from a group consisting of L-glutamic acid, L-alanine and ammonia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Kunitada Hatabayashi, Kentaro Tomita, Shinichi Gomi, Tomoaki Kurakazu, Yasuhiro Oshima, Kenichi Kagawa, Shigenori Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20200167105
    Abstract: A printing apparatus determines whether or not a printing job accumulated by a different printing apparatus different in type from the printing apparatus itself is configured to be performed by the printing apparatus, based on at least one determination of a first determination of whether or not the printing job includes a printing setting dependent on a type of apparatus, a second determination relating to processing that rotates a printing image, and a third determination relating to a data format of the printing image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro OSHIMA, Yasuhiro FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20200167112
    Abstract: When a printing job that is not accumulated in a storage section of a printing apparatus is determined as an execution-target job, the printing apparatus acquires the execution-target job from one that is selected, of a different printing apparatus that accumulates the execution-target job and a terminal apparatus that transmits the execution-target job to the different printing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro OSHIMA, Yasuhiro FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20200167111
    Abstract: An electronic device causes an image reading unit to start a scan process when a web API for scan start request is invoked by a process of a web browser configured to communicate with a server system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro OSHIMA, Yasuhiro FURUTA
  • Patent number: 10351811
    Abstract: A cell culture container characterized by being equipped with a container main body and a flat plate attached onto one surface of the container main body, wherein the container main body is equipped with an inflow port through which a liquid can flow into the container main body, a passage through which the liquid flowing into the container main body from the inflow port can pass, and an outflow port through which the liquid passing through the passage can flow out from the container main body, and wherein, on the bottom surface of the passage, multiple cell-seeding areas in which cells passing through the passage can be seeded are arranged side by side along the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SINFONIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kurakazu, Yasuhiro Oshima, Yoshio Kimura, Kenichi Kagawa, Shinichi Gomi, Shigenori Ozaki
  • Patent number: 10116814
    Abstract: A second display control section of a multifunction printer switches from a first display process in which an external browser screen is displayed on a display section to a second display process in which an internal browser screen is displayed on the display section, and displays the internal browser screen on the display section according to the state of a paper feeding cassette and a cover member which are operated, when a change in state of the paper feeding cassette and the cover member is sensed by an event generation section while executing the first display process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Oshima
  • Patent number: 10038797
    Abstract: A multifunction machine of a status management system includes an apparatus-side status change communication unit that transmits a status change notification to a management server when status information that is managed by the multifunction machine is changed by operating the multifunction machine, and an apparatus-side information communication unit that transmits a response to the request notification to the management server when a request notification is received from the management server. The management server of the status management system includes a server-side status change communication unit that receives a status change notification from the multifunction machine, and a server-side information communication unit that transmits a request notification to the multifunction machine and receives a response to the request notification from the multifunction machine when the server-side status change communication unit receives the status change notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Oshima
  • Patent number: 9857783
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium has stored thereon a setting program for setting a computer to control a device. The setting program a display control function configured to execute on the computer a display process for displaying an image on a screen that sequentially guides setup procedure for the device, and a setting control function configured to execute on the computer a setting process including at least installation of a software necessary for the computer to control the device. The setting control function is further configured to execute on the computer the setting process in parallel with the display process by the display control function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Miwa, Takeshi Takeuchi, Kimihiro Kawano, Kentaro Kanada, Atsushi Suzuki, Yasuhiro Oshima