Patents by Inventor Yasuhito Tanaka

Yasuhito Tanaka 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: 11970349
    Abstract: A cassette comprises a sheet housing portion that has an opening in an upper face and houses sheets, a cassette cover that can be attached and detached and covers at least a portion of the opening, a first protruding portion that is provided in one edge portion of the cassette cover and protrudes toward a bottom face of the sheet housing portion, and a second protruding portion that is provided in the other edge portion of the cassette cover and opposes the first protruding portion, wherein the sheet housing portion includes a projection-shaped portion that protrudes toward the first protruding portion and a position regulating portion that has a gap into which the second protruding portion enters, and the first protruding portion is provided with a receiving portion into which the projection-shaped portion enters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Gakushi Tanaka, Akira Nakashima, Kazuto Ishihara, Yasuhito Tsubakimoto
  • Publication number: 20240128880
    Abstract: A power converter includes a capacitor and a substrate on which a plurality of switching elements for power conversion are mounted. The power converter includes a cooler for cooling the plurality of switching elements and a housing that accommodates the capacitor, the substrate, and the cooler. The power converter includes a power connector exposed from the housing and an output connector exposed from the housing. The power converter includes a plurality of lines that include a plurality of power lines each electrically connected to the capacitor, given switching elements, and the power connector. The plurality of lines include a plurality of output lines each electrically connected to given switching elements and the output connector. At least one among the plurality of lines is a line that includes a conductive pattern formed on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yuji SUZUKI, Motohito HORI, Akio TOBA, Ikuya SATO, Yasuhito TANAKA, Masamichi IWASAKI, Masaaki AJIMA, Nobuaki OHGURI
  • Patent number: 11949338
    Abstract: A power converter includes a positive busbar electrically connected to a positive terminal and the first capacitor electrode, and includes a negative busbar electrically connected to a negative terminal and the second capacitor electrode. The power converter includes output busbars each electrically connected to a given output terminal among multiple output terminals, a given high-side switching element among a plurality of high-side switching elements, and a given low-side switching element among a plurality of low-side switching elements. The power converter includes a cooler that cools the high-side switching elements and the low-side switching elements. The power converter includes a housing that accommodates a supply tube and a discharge tube. The positive terminal, the negative terminal, the output terminals, the inlet port, and the outlet port are exposed on the housing. The inlet port, the outlet port, the supply tube, and the discharge tube are separate members from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Suzuki, Motohito Hori, Akio Toba, Ikuya Sato, Yasuhito Tanaka, Masamichi Iwasaki, Masaaki Ajima, Nobuaki Ohguri
  • Publication number: 20240080544
    Abstract: Provided are an imaging apparatus, a control method for an imaging apparatus, and a control program that can obtain image data with the same image size even with different angle of view sizes. The imaging apparatus includes an image size setting unit configured to set a set image size selected from multiple settable image sizes, an angle of view size setting unit configured to set a set angle of view size selected from multiple settable angle of view sizes that include a first angle of view size and a second angle of view size, and a control unit configured to perform pixel count control on the set image size set by the image size setting unit, to achieve the same or almost the same number of pixels regardless of a difference in the set angle of view size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: YASUHITO TANAKA, TETSUHIRO MAEDA, JUNJI AKIRA
  • Patent number: 11894774
    Abstract: A power converter includes a capacitor and a substrate on which a plurality of switching elements for power conversion are mounted. The power converter includes a cooler for cooling the plurality of switching elements and a housing that accommodates the capacitor, the substrate, and the cooler. The power converter includes a power connector exposed from the housing and an output connector exposed from the housing. The power converter includes a plurality of lines that include a plurality of power lines each electrically connected to the capacitor, given switching elements, and the power connector. The plurality of lines include a plurality of output lines each electrically connected to given switching elements and the output connector. At least one among the plurality of lines is a line that includes a conductive pattern formed on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Suzuki, Motohito Hori, Akio Toba, Ikuya Sato, Yasuhito Tanaka, Masamichi Iwasaki, Masaaki Ajima, Nobuaki Ohguri
  • Publication number: 20220181981
    Abstract: A power converter includes a positive busbar electrically connected to a positive terminal and the first capacitor electrode, and includes a negative busbar electrically connected to a negative terminal and the second capacitor electrode. The power converter includes output busbars each electrically connected to a given output terminal among multiple output terminals, a given high-side switching element among a plurality of high-side switching elements, and a given low-side switching element among a plurality of low-side switching elements. The power converter includes a cooler that cools the high-side switching elements and the low-side switching elements. The power converter includes a housing that accommodates a supply tube and a discharge tube. The positive terminal, the negative terminal, the output terminals, the inlet port, and the outlet port are exposed on the housing. The inlet port, the outlet port, the supply tube, and the discharge tube are separate members from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Yuji SUZUKI, Motohito HORI, Akio TOBA, Ikuya SATO, Yasuhito TANAKA, Masamichi IWASAKI, Masaaki AJIMA, Nobuaki OHGURI
  • Publication number: 20220181980
    Abstract: A power converter includes a capacitor and a substrate on which a plurality of switching elements for power conversion are mounted. The power converter includes a cooler for cooling the plurality of switching elements and a housing that accommodates the capacitor, the substrate, and the cooler. The power converter includes a power connector exposed from the housing and an output connector exposed from the housing. The power converter includes a plurality of lines that include a plurality of power lines each electrically connected to the capacitor, given switching elements, and the power connector. The plurality of lines include a plurality of output lines each electrically connected to given switching elements and the output connector. At least one among the plurality of lines is a line that includes a conductive pattern formed on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Yuji SUZUKI, Motohito HORI, Akio TOBA, Ikuya SATO, Yasuhito TANAKA, Masamichi IWASAKI, Masaaki AJIMA, Nobuaki OHGURI
  • Patent number: 11272110
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method that perform display control to avoid a blackout of a display unit at the time of capturing an image for recording. The apparatus includes an imaging element, a frame memory, a display unit, and a control unit, and the control unit starts exposure preparation processing of the image for recording in response to input detection of image-capturing operation on the imaging apparatus, and executes exposure processing of the image for recording in the imaging element and storage processing of the image for recording in the frame memory after completion of the exposure preparation processing. Moreover, the control unit stops exposure of an image for displaying of the imaging element with the start of the exposure preparation processing, and displays the image for displaying on the display unit until display of the image for recording is enabled, to avoid the blackout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhito Tanaka, Yohei Hamada
  • Publication number: 20220042020
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition useful as a novel anti-hepatitis B virus agent and a screening method. According to the present invention, there is provided a pharmaceutical composition that inhibits a production of a hepatitis B virus protein, in which the pharmaceutical composition inhibits an expression or a function of an RNA-binding protein that binds to at least one sequence selected from a hepatitis B virus RNA sequence corresponding to an enhancer I region sequence on a hepatitis B virus genome DNA or a hepatitis B virus RNA sequence corresponding to an enhancer II region sequence on the hepatitis B virus genome DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasuhito TANAKA, Ryota HABA, Kazuki SHIMANE, Takaki KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20210168291
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method that perform display control to avoid a blackout of a display unit at the time of capturing an image for recording. The apparatus includes an imaging element, a frame memory, a display unit, and a control unit, and the control unit starts exposure preparation processing of the image for recording in response to input detection of image-capturing operation on the imaging apparatus, and executes exposure processing of the image for recording in the imaging element and storage processing of the image for recording in the frame memory after completion of the exposure preparation processing. Moreover, the control unit stops exposure of an image for displaying of the imaging element with the start of the exposure preparation processing, and displays the image for displaying on the display unit until display of the image for recording is enabled, to avoid the blackout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: YASUHITO TANAKA, YOHEI HAMADA
  • Patent number: 10951828
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method that perform display control to avoid a blackout of a display unit at the time of capturing an image for recording. The apparatus includes an imaging element, a frame memory, a display unit, and a control unit, and the control unit starts exposure preparation processing of the image for recording in response to input detection of image-capturing operation on the imaging apparatus, and executes exposure processing of the image for recording in the imaging element and storage processing of the image for recording in the frame memory after completion of the exposure preparation processing. Moreover, the control unit stops exposure of an image for displaying of the imaging element with the start of the exposure preparation processing, and displays the image for displaying on the display unit until display of the image for recording is enabled, to avoid the blackout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhito Tanaka, Yohei Hamada
  • Patent number: 10907216
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of how to provide a predictive marker useful for carcinogenesis surveillance after hepatitis C virus eradication. Provided is a predictive marker composed of a single nucleotide polymorphism specified by rs17047200. In the present invention, the single nucleotide polymorphism is detected in nucleic acid samples collected from subjects, thereby to examine the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma after of hepatitis C virus eradication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yasuhito Tanaka, Kentaro Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20200021739
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method that perform display control to avoid a blackout of a display unit at the time of capturing an image for recording. The apparatus includes an imaging element, a frame memory, a display unit, and a control unit, and the control unit starts exposure preparation processing of the image for recording in response to input detection of image-capturing operation on the imaging apparatus, and executes exposure processing of the image for recording in the imaging element and storage processing of the image for recording in the frame memory after completion of the exposure preparation processing. Moreover, the control unit stops exposure of an image for displaying of the imaging element with the start of the exposure preparation processing, and displays the image for displaying on the display unit until display of the image for recording is enabled, to avoid the blackout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: YASUHITO TANAKA, YOHEI HAMADA
  • Patent number: 10308642
    Abstract: An anti-hepatitis B virus agent comprising a compound represented by general formula [1], wherein R1 represents an aryl group, which may be substituted, or the like; R2 represents an aryl group, which may be substituted, or the like; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd., PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuki Shimane, Yasuhito Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190093173
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of how to provide a predictive marker useful for carcinogenesis surveillance after hepatitis C virus eradication. Provided is a predictive marker composed of a single nucleotide polymorphism specified by rs17047200. In the present invention, the single nucleotide polymorphism is detected in nucleic acid samples collected from subjects, thereby to examine the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma after of hepatitis C virus eradication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuhito Tanaka, Kentaro Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20180291011
    Abstract: An anti-hepatitis B virus agent comprising a compound represented by general formula [1], wherein R1 represents an aryl group, which may be substituted, or the like; R2 represents an aryl group, which may be substituted, or the like; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicants: TOYAMA CHEMICAL CO., LTD., PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuki SHIMANE, Yasuhito TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20180156825
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assisting the diagnosis of the condition of myelofibrosis (MF), a method for assisting the prognostic prediction of MF, and a method for monitoring the therapeutic effect on MF. The present invention also relates to an apparatus for executing these methods. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a marker for determining the condition of myelofibrosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicants: PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY, SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhito TANAKA, Shigeru KUSUMOTO, Youichi TAKAHAMA, Takashi KAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180106814
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for measuring a glycan-marker glycoprotein, by which liver disease can be detected with higher accuracy than is possible with conventional methods. Also, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for examining liver disease, by which liver disease can be detected with higher accuracy than is possible with conventional methods. Also, an object of the present invention is to provide a reagent for quantitative determination of a glycoprotein, which is used for the above measurement methods. Furthermore, an object of the present invention is to provide a glycan-marker glycoprotein as an index for clinical conditions of liver disease, which is capable of identifying the clinical conditions of liver disease depending on the progress of liver disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Hisashi Narimatsu, Yuzuru Ikehara, Atsushi Kuno, Maki Sogabe, Yasuhito Tanaka, Masashi Mizokami, Kiyoaki Ito, Shunsuke Matsubara, Chikayuki Tsuruno, Youichi Takahama, Takashi Kagawa, Shinya Nagai
  • Patent number: 9832909
    Abstract: An electronic equipment cooling device is provided, which has housing in which heat-generating components are housed, and which can cool surfaces of the housing. A blower fan blows air toward the surfaces via a chamber room. An inclined flat plate-like partition portion is provided inside the chamber room so as to distribute a desired amount of air corresponding to a heat generating ratio of the respective surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhito Tanaka, Masakazu Gekinozu, Yukihiro Nishikawa, Masaki Sakuma
  • Patent number: 9796761
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to developing a glycan markers capable of detecting a hepatic disease, and more specifically to developing a glycan marker indicating a hepatic disease-state. Furthermore, the present invention is also directed to developing a glycan marker capable of distinguishing hepatic disease-states with the progress of hepatocarcinoma. The present inventors identified, among the serum glycoproteins, glycopeptides and glycoproteins in which a glycan structure specifically changes due to a hepatic diseases including hepatocarcinoma and provide these as novel glycan markers (glycopeptide and glycoprotein) specific to hepatic disease-states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE, GLYCOBIOMARKER LEADING INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Narimatsu, Jun Hirabayashi, Yuzuru Ikehara, Takashi Angata, Hiroyuki Kaji, Atsushi Kuno, Takashi Ohkura, Toshihide Shikanai, Maki Sogabe, Akira Togayachi, Makoto Ochou, Yasuhito Tanaka, Masashi Mizokami