Patents by Inventor Yoichi Nagai

Yoichi Nagai 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: 11968343
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first obtaining unit configured to obtain an original image, a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a first multiplexed image created by embedding first information in the original image by a first method in which a shape of a pattern is changed, a third obtaining unit configured to obtain a second multiplexed image created by embedding second information in the first multiplexed image by a second method in which a density of a pattern is changed, the second information being a different type of information from the first information, and a control unit configured to perform control of outputting print data for a print original by using the second multiplexed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akitoshi Yamada, Hiroyasu Kunieda, Yoichi Kashibuchi, Jun Nagai
  • Publication number: 20230332085
    Abstract: Provided is a cell culture apparatus including a culture vessel that stores a cell suspension containing cells; a first filter part that has a first filter membrane that performs membrane separation treatment on the cell suspension extracted from the culture vessel; a first circulation flow path that allows components blocked by the first filter membrane to return to the culture vessel; a second filter part that has a second filter membrane that performs membrane separation treatment on components of the cell suspension permeated through the first filter membrane; a second circulation flow path that allows components permeated through the second filter membrane to return to the culture vessel; and a recovery flow path that recovers components blocked by the second filter membrane. In the cell culture apparatus, an average hole diameter of the first filter membrane is 20 µm or smaller, and 0 < B/A ? 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Shinichi NAKAI, Yoichi NAGAI, Nobuyuki HARAGUCHI, Shigehisa SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11725174
    Abstract: Provided is a cell culture apparatus including a culture vessel that stores a cell suspension containing cells; a first filter part that has a first filter membrane that performs membrane separation treatment on the cell suspension extracted from the culture vessel; a first circulation flow path that allows components blocked by the first filter membrane to return to the culture vessel; a second filter part that has a second filter membrane that performs membrane separation treatment on components of the cell suspension permeated through the first filter membrane; a second circulation flow path that allows components permeated through the second filter membrane to return to the culture vessel; and a recovery flow path that recovers components blocked by the second filter membrane. In the cell culture apparatus, an average hole diameter of the first filter membrane is 20 ?m or smaller, and 0<B/A?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Nakai, Yoichi Nagai, Nobuyuki Haraguchi, Shigehisa Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11492578
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a membrane separation method of a cell suspension which can appropriately separate cells from debris, and a cell culture device. That is, membrane separation processing of the cell suspension is performed using a filtration membrane which includes an inlet-side opening formed on one surface and an outlet-side opening, which is formed on the other surface and communicates with the inlet-side opening, and in which the inlet-side opening and the outlet-side opening are disposed at positions deviated in a direction parallel to the surfaces of the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Kagawa, Yoichi Nagai, Shinichi Nakai, Souichi Kohashi, Toshiki Takei
  • Publication number: 20220127593
    Abstract: The producing method according to the disclosed technology is a producing method for an organism-derived material into which a bioactive substance has been introduced, the producing method comprising a step of causing a suspension containing the organism-derived material before the introduction of the bioactive substance and containing the bioactive substance to pass through a first electric field region having a first electric field intensity; and a step of causing the suspension to pass through a second electric field region having a second electric field intensity lower than the first electric field intensity after the suspension has passed through the first electric field region. The organism-derived material is a human-derived cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi NAGAI, Naoto TAKAHASHI, Michiko EDO
  • Publication number: 20190322975
    Abstract: Provided is a cell culture apparatus including a culture vessel that stores a cell suspension containing cells; a first filter part that has a first filter membrane that performs membrane separation treatment on the cell suspension extracted from the culture vessel; a first circulation flow path that allows components blocked by the first filter membrane to return to the culture vessel; a second filter part that has a second filter membrane that performs membrane separation treatment on components of the cell suspension permeated through the first filter membrane; a second circulation flow path that allows components permeated through the second filter membrane to return to the culture vessel; and a recovery flow path that recovers components blocked by the second filter membrane. In the cell culture apparatus, an average hole diameter of the first filter membrane is 20 ?m or smaller, and 0<B/A?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Shinichi NAKAI, Yoichi NAGAI, Nobuyuki HARAGUCHI, Shigehisa SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190112565
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a membrane separation method of a cell suspension which can appropriately separate cells from debris, and a cell culture device. That is, membrane separation processing of the cell suspension is performed using a filtration membrane which includes an inlet-side opening formed on one surface and an outlet-side opening, which is formed on the other surface and communicates with the inlet-side opening, and in which the inlet-side opening and the outlet-side opening are disposed at positions deviated in a direction parallel to the surfaces of the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Hideaki KAGAWA, Yoichi NAGAI, Shinichi NAKAI, Souichi KOHASHI, Toshiki TAKEI
  • Patent number: 9626273
    Abstract: An analysis system includes: analysis engines each executing predetermined analysis; an analysis executing part controlling operation of the analysis engines and causing the analysis engines to execute analysis; and a processing performance control part controlling processing performance of the analysis engines. The processing performance control part is configured by a processing module that is independent of the analysis engines and the analysis executing part and that can be installed into the analysis system, and configured to be invoked by the analysis executing part to detect state information representing a state of a specific one of the analysis engines and execute a previously set process based on the detected state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Koyama, Yoichi Nagai, Takeshi Arikuma
  • Publication number: 20150066840
    Abstract: An analysis system 400 according to the present invention includes: an engine controlling part 410 configured to control an analysis operation of an analysis engine accepting input of analysis target data and executing an analysis process on the analysis target data; and an importance judging part 420 configured to judge the importance of an analysis result produced by a given analysis engine. The engine controlling part 410 includes a load change controlling part 411 configured to execute a load change process of changing a load on an analysis engine provided in the analysis system in the analysis process by the analysis engine, in accordance with a judgment result produced by the importance judging part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuya Koyama, Yoichi Nagai, Takeshi Arikuma
  • Publication number: 20150036880
    Abstract: An analysis system 200 of the present invention includes: an engine controlling part 210 configured to control an analysis operation of an analysis engine accepting input of analysis target data and executing an analysis process on the analysis target data. The engine controlling part 210 includes: an input data judging part 211 configured to judge whether or not the content of analysis target data inputted into the analysis engine meets a preset judgment criterion; and a load change controlling part 212 configured to, when the input data judging part judges the content of the analysis target data meets the preset judgment criterion, execute a load change process set for the judgment criterion. The load change process is changing a load on the analysis engine in the analysis process by the analysis engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Koyama, Takeshi Arikuma, Yoichi Nagai, Ryoma Oami
  • Publication number: 20150030260
    Abstract: An analysis system of the present invention includes: an analysis process executing means for controlling operation of the analysis system configured by a plurality of analysis engines to execute an analysis process; and an input quality regulating means for determining quality characteristics of processing target data inputted into the respective analysis engines so as to satisfy a preset requirement for accuracy of an analysis result, and regulating the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into a given analysis engine configuring the analysis system based on the determined quality characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Arikuma, Kazuya Koyama, HIROSHI Yamada, YOICHI Nagai
  • Publication number: 20140289568
    Abstract: An analysis system includes: analysis engines each executing predetermined analysis; an analysis executing part controlling operation of the analysis engines and causing the analysis engines to execute analysis; and a processing performance control part controlling processing performance of the analysis engines. The processing performance control part is configured by a processing module that is independent of the analysis engines and the analysis executing part and that can be installed into the analysis system, and configured to be invoked by the analysis executing part to detect state information representing a state of a specific one of the analysis engines and execute a previously set process based on the detected state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Kazuya Koyama, Yoichi Nagai, Takeshi Arikuma
  • Patent number: 8609992
    Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a circuit board comprising a shape retention unit capable of thinning while maintaining mechanical strength. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a circuit board comprising a metal supporting substrate, a first insulating layer formed on the above-mentioned metal supporting substrate, and a wiring layer formed on the above-mentioned first insulating layer, wherein an open area is formed in the above-mentioned metal supporting substrate, and the circuit board comprises a shape retention unit having a second insulating layer contacting with the above-mentioned metal supporting substrate and a reinforcing layer formed on the above-mentioned second insulating layer, and bridging the above-mentioned metal supporting substrate divided by the above-mentioned open area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Chiyonaga, Hiromichi Takatsu, Yoichi Miura, Yoichi Nagai
  • Publication number: 20120241200
    Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a circuit board comprising a shape retention unit capable of thinning while maintaining mechanical strength. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a circuit board comprising a metal supporting substrate, a first insulating layer formed on the above-mentioned metal supporting substrate, and a wiring layer formed on the above-mentioned first insulating layer, wherein an open area is formed in the above-mentioned metal supporting substrate, and the circuit board comprises a shape retention unit having a second insulating layer contacting with the above-mentioned metal supporting substrate and a reinforcing layer formed on the above-mentioned second insulating layer, and bridging the above-mentioned metal supporting substrate divided by the above-mentioned open area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Chiyonaga, Hiromichi Takatsu, Yoichi Miura, Yoichi Nagai
  • Publication number: 20120179738
    Abstract: A portletization support system for supporting portletization of a web application accompanied by plural of screen displays includes: an information storing device that stores screen information of the web application and link information for showing links between screens; a receiving device that receives necessity/non necessity information for showing whether a predetermined screen is necessary or not in accordance with the input operation of the creator; and a necessity/non necessity judgment device that judges whether a screen displayed by the web application is necessary or not on the basis of the screen information and the link information the information storing device stores and the necessity/non necessity information that the receiving device receives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi NAGAI
  • Patent number: 7754831
    Abstract: A vinyl-based polymer having a mass average molecular weight of 1500 to 10000, which is prepared by a first step of continuously feeding a material mixture containing a vinyl-based monomer to a continuous tank type first reactor, and polymerizing the vinyl-based monomer under the conditions of a polymerization temperature of 150° to 300° C. and a retention time of 1 to 60 minutes at a rate of polymerization of 50 to 99% to obtain a reaction intermediate mixture; and a second step of feeding a polymerization initiator in the amount of 0.01 to 5 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the vinyl-based monomer and the reaction intermediate mixture to a second reactor, and further polymerizing the vinyl-based monomer under the conditions of a polymerization temperature of 100° to 200° C. and a retention time of 10 to 240 minutes at a rate of polymerization of 80% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Nagafuchi, Hirotoshi Mizota, Yasuo Hiromoto, Hisaaki Yoshimura, Yoichi Nagai, Hiroyuki Kumaoka, Takeshi Kato, Tatsuki Yajima
  • Patent number: 7195865
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for preparing grains of silver salt of an organic acid by reacting a solution containing silver ions and a solution containing an alkali metal salt of an organic acid, in which the reaction is performed in sealed mixing means and which comprises steps of supplying the solution containing silver ions into a reaction field solution before introduced into the sealed mixing means, and supplying the solution containing an alkali metal salt of an organic acid into the reaction field solution or sealed mixing means to which the solution containing silver ions has been supplied, etc. According to the present invention, high quality grains of silver salt of an organic acid can be efficiently produced at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Kawanishi, Takashi Ando, Yoichi Nagai
  • Publication number: 20060063897
    Abstract: A vinyl-based polymer having a mass average molecular weight of 1500 to 10000, which is prepared by a first step of continuously feeding a material mixture containing a vinyl-based monomer to a continuous tank type first reactor, and polymerizing the vinyl-based monomer under the conditions of a polymerization temperature of 150° to 300° C. and a retention time of 1 to 60 minutes at a rate of polymerization of 50 to 99% to obtain a reaction intermediate mixture; and a second step of feeding a polymerization initiator in the amount of 0.01 to 5 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the vinyl-based monomer and the reaction intermediate mixture to a second reactor, and further polymerizing the vinyl-based monomer under the conditions of a polymerization temperature of 100° to 200° C. and a retention time of 10 to 240 minutes at a rate of polymerization of 80% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2002
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: Mitsubishi rayon co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Nagafuchi, Hirotoshi Mizota, Yasuo Hiromoto, Hisaaki Yoshimura, Yoichi Nagai, Hiroyuki Kumaoka, Takeshi Kato, Tatsuki Yajima
  • Publication number: 20040185394
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for preparing grains of silver salt of an organic acid by reacting a solution containing silver ions and a solution containing an alkali metal salt of an organic acid, in which the reaction is performed in sealed mixing means and which comprises steps of supplying the solution containing silver ions into a reaction field solution before introduced into the sealed mixing means, and supplying the solution containing an alkali metal salt of an organic acid into the reaction field solution or sealed mixing means to which the solution containing silver ions has been supplied, etc. According to the present invention, high quality grains of silver salt of an organic acid can be efficiently produced at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Kawanishi, Takashi Ando, Yoichi Nagai
  • Publication number: 20040185395
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for preparing grains of silver salt of an organic acid by reacting a solution containing silver ions and a solution containing an alkali metal salt of an organic acid, in which the reaction is performed in sealed mixing means and which comprises steps of supplying the solution containing silver ions into a reaction field solution before introduced into the sealed mixing means, and supplying the solution containing an alkali metal salt of an organic acid into the reaction field solution or sealed mixing means to which the solution containing silver ions has been supplied, etc. According to the present invention, high quality grains of silver salt of an organic acid can be efficiently produced at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Kawanishi, Takashi Ando, Yoichi Nagai