Patents by Inventor Yasutomo Shimizu

Yasutomo Shimizu 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: 20220265228
    Abstract: A radiation imaging system includes a first generation unit that generates, based on a first optical image of a subject acquired at a first time, a first processed image including at least one of information indicating a skeleton of the subject and information indicating a joint angle of the subject related to the first optical image, a second generation unit that generates, based on a second optical image of the subject acquired at a second time different from the first time, a second processed image including at least one of information indicating the skeleton of the subject and information indicating the joint angle of the subject related to the second optical image, and a display control unit that displays the first processed image and the second processed image in a superimposed manner on a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Yasutomo Shimizu, Yuichi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220167941
    Abstract: A radiographic imaging system sets settings for performing wireless communication between a desired radiation control apparatus and a radiographic imaging apparatus without decreasing operator usability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventor: Yasutomo Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11302004
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a reception unit that receives a plurality of reduced images included in a radiographic image in stages from a radiographic imaging apparatus, and a display control unit that, in a case where the radiographic image meets a pre-determined standard, displays a first image generated from the reduced images on a display unit, and in a case where the radiographic image does not meet the pre-determined standard, displays on the display unit a second image generated from more reduced images than the reduced images from which the first image is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasutomo Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20210292641
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photochromic compound including a polyvalent residue on which at least one group having a photochromic moiety is substituted, and at least one long-chain group not containing a photochromic moiety and having a molecular weight of 300 or more is further substituted; and a curable composition containing the same. In accordance with the present invention, it is possible to provide a photochromic compound which has high solubility in a polymerizable compound serving as a matrix while retaining high photochromic characteristics and is hardly affected by the matrix; and a curable composition containing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao NOGUCHI, Junji TAKENAKA, Junji MOMODA, Takayoshi KAWASAKI, Yasutomo SHIMIZU, Masayuki MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11066523
    Abstract: A photochromic polyrotaxane compound which comprises an axial molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules clathrating the axial molecule, wherein at least one side chain containing a photochromic moiety is bonded to at least one of the cyclic molecules, and a curable composition comprising the photochromic polyrotaxane compound and a polymerizable compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Takenaka, Junji Momoda, Takayoshi Kawasaki, Takao Noguchi, Yasutomo Shimizu, Masayuki Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20210155736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a urethane resin obtained by reacting a polymerizable composition containing at least a urethane prepolymer (B2) having an iso(thio)cyanate group at an end of a molecule thereof, which is obtained by reacting a bifunctional active hydrogen-containing compound (C1) having two groups having active hydrogen in a molecule thereof and a bifunctional iso(thio)cyanate group-containing compound (B1) having two iso(thio)cyanate groups in a molecule thereof, a polyrotaxane (A) having a composite molecular structure formed by an axial molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules clathrating the axial molecule, in which side chains having a group having active hydrogen are introduced into at least a part of the cyclic molecules, and a polyfunctional active hydrogen-containing compound (C2) other than the polyrotaxane (A) and having three or more groups having active hydrogen in a molecule thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutomo SHIMIZU, Takayoshi KAWASAKI, Mitsuki TOCHI
  • Publication number: 20210122874
    Abstract: The invention is a polyrotaxane monomer (A) having a composite molecular structure composed of cyclic molecules and an axial molecule that skewer-like threads through the rings of the cyclic molecules and has a bulky group at both ends thereof so as not to dethread the rings, and the polyrotaxane monomer has a polymerizable functional group in the molecule and has a water content of 5000 ppm or less. According to the present invention, there can be provided a polyrotaxane monomer having a high productivity and capable of producing a high-quality material at a high yield, while maintaining excellent mechanical characteristics of the polyrotaxane monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutomo SHIMIZU, Takayoshi KAWASAKI, Mitsuki TOCHI
  • Patent number: 10920007
    Abstract: To provide a urethane resin for sliding members which has high abrasion resistance and is considered that crosslinking points are uniformly dispersed so that molecular motion is suitably possible. Particularly, to provide the urethane resin can be advantageously used as a polishing pad. There is provided the urethane resin for polishing is obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable composition comprising (A) a polyrotaxane having a composite molecular structure formed by an axial molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules clathrating the axial molecule and side chains having an active hydrogen group introduced into at least some of the cyclic molecules and (B) a polyiso(thio)cyanate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutomo Shimizu, Takayoshi Kawasaki, Junji Momoda, Mitsuki Tochi
  • Publication number: 20200354557
    Abstract: A hydrogel composition, a tissue model, and a method of manufacturing the tissue model by which time and cost for manufacturing the tissue model can be reduced while the viscosity of the tissue model can be suitably maintained is provided. A hydrogel composition is used for a tissue model and comprises a polyvinyl alcohol and a pseudoplastic compound. A tissue model comprises the hydrogel composition. A manufacturing method for a tissue model comprises a step of preparing a solution including a polyvinyl alcohol and a pseudoplastic compound, and a step of discharging the solution into a mold of the tissue model at a shear rate of 0.01 to 300 sec?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Makoto OHTA, Yasutomo SHIMIZU, Ren TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200208102
    Abstract: A dried tissue model includes a dried hydrogel which is a dried product of a hydrogel composition, in which when a solvent with which the dried hydrogel can be impregnated is used as a second solvent and the dried hydrogel is impregnated with the second solvent to form an impregnated hydrogel, the impregnated hydrogel satisfies at least one of the following: the impregnated hydrogel has a modulus of elasticity in shear of 0.9×102 to 2.1×102 kPa; the impregnated hydrogel has a viscosity of 4.8 to 17.6 kPa; and the ratio of a second Young's modulus at a strain of 0.5 of the impregnated hydrogel to a first Young's modulus at a strain of 0.5 of the hydrogel composition is 0.39 to 0.69.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Makoto OHTA, Yasutomo SHIMIZU, Taihei ONISHI
  • Publication number: 20200172681
    Abstract: A photochromic polyrotaxane compound which comprises an axial molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules clathrating the axial molecule, wherein at least one side chain containing a photochromic moiety is bonded to at least one of the cyclic molecules, and a curable composition comprising the photochromic polyrotaxane compound and a polymerizable compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji TAKENAKA, Junji MOMODA, Takayoshi KAWASAKI, Takao NOGUCHI, Yasutomo SHIMIZU, Masayuki MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200152091
    Abstract: Provided is a hollow organ model unit. The hollow organ model unit includes a base that includes a recessed part, a hollow organ model that is placed in the recessed part, a filler that is filled in the recessed part, and a sensor that performs a measurement on the hollow organ model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoichi HAGA, Makoto OHTA, Yasutomo SHIMIZU, Tadao MATSUNAGA, Noriko TSURUOKA, Soyoka OSAKI, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Simon Andre TUPIN, Kaihong YU
  • Publication number: 20200071467
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical composition from which an optical article having reduced poor appearance such as cloudiness and optical strain during lens base material production can be obtained, and when a photochromic compound is added, a photochromic cured body having excellent photochromism and mechanical strength can also be formed, and a polyrotaxane used therefor. The polyrotaxane has a composite molecular structure formed of an axle molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules clathrating the axle molecule, satisfying at least one of (X) and (Y). (X): A side chain having a secondary or tertiary hydroxyl group is introduced into at least part of the cyclic molecule of the polyrotaxane. (Y): A side chain having a group represented by -A (A is an organic group, and contains at least one hydroxyl group) is introduced into at least part of the cyclic molecule of the polyrotaxane, and a pKa of the hydroxyl group of the compound represented by H-A is 6 or more and less than 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yasutomo Shimizu, Katsuhiro Mori, Junji Momoda, Hiromasa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10526533
    Abstract: A process for producing a photochromic cured body by curing a photochromic composition comprising (A) a polyiso(thio)cyanate compound having at least two isocyanate groups and/or isothiocyanate groups in one molecule, a poly(thi)ol compound having at least two hydroxyl groups and/or thiol groups in one molecule, (C) a mono(thi)ol compound having one hydroxy group or thiol group in one molecule, and a photochromic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutomo Shimizu, Katsuhiro Mori, Junji Momoda
  • Patent number: 10494488
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical composition from which an optical article having reduced poor appearance such as cloudiness and optical strain during lens base material production can be obtained, and when a photochromic compound is added, a photochromic cured body having excellent photochromism and mechanical strength can also be formed, and a polyrotaxane used therefor. The polyrotaxane has a composite molecular structure formed of an axle molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules clathrating the axle molecule, satisfying at least one of (X) and (Y). (X): A side chain having a secondary or tertiary hydroxyl group is introduced into at least part of the cyclic molecule of the polyrotaxane. (Y): A side chain having a group represented by -A (A is an organic group, and contains at least one hydroxyl group) is introduced into at least part of the cyclic molecule of the polyrotaxane, and a pKa of the hydroxyl group of the compound represented by H-A is 6 or more and less than 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutomo Shimizu, Katsuhiro Mori, Junji Momoda, Hiromasa Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10459775
    Abstract: In the present invention, an information processing apparatus having an application platform comprises a unit that, when an event occurs within information processing apparatus, obtains log information of the event via the platform and record the log information to a log file; a unit that, via an interface for an application of a first type that operates on the platform, when the application of the first type performs a writing of application information, records the written application information to a log file; and a unit that collects a log file that an application of a second type, that operates on the platform, manages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasutomo Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20190263961
    Abstract: To provide a urethane resin for sliding members which has high abrasion resistance and is considered that crosslinking points are uniformly dispersed so that molecular motion is suitably possible. Particularly, to provide the urethane resin can be advantageously used as a polishing pad. There is provided the urethane resin for polishing is obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable composition comprising (A) a polyrotaxane having a composite molecular structure formed by an axial molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules clathrating the axial molecule and side chains having an active hydrogen group introduced into at least some of the cyclic molecules and (B) a polyiso(thio)cyanate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutomo SHIMIZU, Takayoshi KAWASAKI, Junji MOMODA, Mitsuki TOCHI
  • Publication number: 20190236781
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a reception unit that receives a plurality of reduced images included in a radiographic image in stages from a radiographic imaging apparatus, and a display control unit that, in a case where the radiographic image meets a pre-determined standard, displays a first image generated from the reduced images on a display unit, and in a case where the radiographic image does not meet the pre-determined standard, displays on the display unit a second image generated from more reduced images than the reduced images from which the first image is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Yasutomo Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20190161585
    Abstract: Provided is a photochromic curable composition which forms a cured body that develops excellent photochromic properties. The photochromic curable composition (A) includes: a polyrotaxane monomer wherein, in a polyrotaxane compound having a composite molecular structure composed of an axial molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules threaded onto the axial molecule, and side chains having OH groups introduced into the cyclic molecules, 1 mol % or more to less than 100 mol % of OH groups in the side chains are modified with a compound having a radical-polymerizable group, (B) a photochromic compound, and (C) a polymerizable monomer other than the (A) polyrotaxane monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Shinobu Izumi, Ayako Ohara, Yasutomo Shimizu, Junji Momoda
  • Patent number: 10284734
    Abstract: An application storage area on an application PF stores an Intent information file including <intent> tag data in addition a cooperation destination application in application cooperation by an Intent. When a Web browser is activated, an Intent processing unit confirms with an application management unit about an active application in the application storage area. After the confirmation, the Intent processing unit acquires the Intent information file of the active application from an Intent information file storage unit and performs Intent registration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasutomo Shimizu