Patents by Inventor Yoko Shimizu
Yoko 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).
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Patent number: 11696005Abstract: An imaging apparatus is mounted on a moving object and configured to capture an image while moving along a moving direction of the moving object. The imaging apparatus includes a sensor unit including a sensor substrate on which an image sensor is mounted, and a main unit including a main substrate on which an electronic component configured to process an output signal from the sensor substrate is mounted. The imaging apparatus further includes a heat dissipation fin configured to dissipate heat generated in at least one of the sensor unit and the main unit. The heat dissipation fin is provided in a direction substantially parallel to the moving direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoko Shimizu
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Publication number: 20230116434Abstract: An imaging apparatus is mounted on a moving object and configured to capture an image while moving along a moving direction of the moving object. The imaging apparatus includes a sensor unit including a sensor substrate on which an image sensor is mounted, and a main unit including a main substrate on which an electronic component configured to process an output signal from the sensor substrate is mounted. The imaging apparatus further includes a heat dissipation fin configured to dissipate heat generated in at least one of the sensor unit and the main unit. The heat dissipation fin is provided in a direction substantially parallel to the moving direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventor: Yoko Shimizu
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Publication number: 20210127044Abstract: An imaging apparatus is mounted on a moving object and configured to capture an image while moving along a moving direction of the moving object. The imaging apparatus includes a sensor unit including a sensor substrate on which an image sensor is mounted, and a main unit including a main substrate on which an electronic component configured to process an output signal from the sensor substrate is mounted. The imaging apparatus further includes a heat dissipation fin configured to dissipate heat generated in at least one of the sensor unit and the main unit. The heat dissipation fin is provided in a direction substantially parallel to the moving direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventor: Yoko Shimizu
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Patent number: 10638026Abstract: An image pickup apparatus on and from which a lens unit can be mounted and removed. The image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device, a mount part on and from which a lens unit is mounted and removed on the image pickup apparatus, a light shielding member that is provided between the image pickup device and the mount part, and shields light in a peripheral part of a light flux guided by the lens unit by adjusting an opening amount in a photographic optical path. The opening amount of the light shielding member is controlled based on information on the lens unit mounted on the mount part.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoko Shimizu, Takashi Arai, Takeshi Hamada
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Patent number: 10510229Abstract: A mount aims to prevent an accessory mountable in an image pickup apparatus from being stolen using a simple configuration. The mount is disposed in a main body of an image pickup apparatus, and comprises a first mount portion attachable/detachable with respect to an accessory. The first mount portion includes a fixing portion fixed to the main body of the image pickup apparatus, a fixed mount portion fixed and held to the fixing portion, a movable mount portion relatively rotatable with respect to the fixed mount portion with an optical axis of the image pickup apparatus as a center, a mount ring rotatable with the movable mount portion, and an insertion portion to which an operation member to switch a non-lock state and a lock state of the accessory with respect to the first mount portion is inserted from an outside of the first mount portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoko Shimizu
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Patent number: 10356892Abstract: An image pickup apparatus improved in heat dissipation efficiency. An image pickup section includes an image pickup device. A circuit board includes an image processor for processing on output from the image pickup device. A duct section has a fan for discharging heat generated on the circuit board to the outside. A rear cover forming a part of an exterior is disposed at the rear of the apparatus in an optical axis direction. The circuit board is disposed between the duct section and the rear cover in the optical axis direction. The duct section includes a plurality of extended portions which are extended in the optical axis direction to surround the circuit board and are in contact with the rear cover.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Hamada, Yoko Shimizu
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Publication number: 20190066467Abstract: A mount aims to prevent an accessory mountable in an image pickup apparatus from being stolen using a simple configuration. The mount is disposed in a main body of an image pickup apparatus, and comprises a first mount portion attachable/detachable with respect to an accessory. The first mount portion includes a fixing portion fixed to the main body of the image pickup apparatus, a fixed mount portion fixed and held to the fixing portion, a movable mount portion relatively rotatable with respect to the fixed mount portion with an optical axis of the image pickup apparatus as a center, a mount ring rotatable with the movable mount portion, and an insertion portion to which an operation member to switch a non-lock state and a lock state of the accessory with respect to the first mount portion is inserted from an outside of the first mount portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventor: Yoko Shimizu
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Publication number: 20180278817Abstract: An image pickup apparatus on and from which a lens unit can be mounted and removed. The image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device, a mount part on and from which a lens unit is mounted and removed on the image pickup apparatus, a light shielding member that is provided between the image pickup device and the mount part, and shields light in a peripheral part of a light flux guided by the lens unit by adjusting an opening amount in a photographic optical path. The opening amount of the light shielding member is controlled based on information on the lens unit mounted on the mount part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Yoko Shimizu, Takashi Arai, Takeshi Hamada
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Publication number: 20180263104Abstract: An image pickup apparatus improved in heat dissipation efficiency. An image pickup section includes an image pickup device. A circuit board includes an image processor for processing on output from the image pickup device. A duct section has a fan for discharging heat generated on the circuit board to the outside. A rear cover forming a part of an exterior is disposed at the rear of the apparatus in an optical axis direction. The circuit board is disposed between the duct section and the rear cover in the optical axis direction. The duct section includes a plurality of extended portions which are extended in the optical axis direction to surround the circuit board and are in contact with the rear cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Takeshi Hamada, Yoko Shimizu
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Patent number: 9057048Abstract: An objective of this invention is to provide an HCV strain with a high capacity for virus production in a cell culture system. This invention provides a nucleic acid encoding a polyprotein precursor of the hepatitis C virus JFH1 strain having one or more amino acid substitutions, wherein the polyprotein precursor comprises at least substitution of glutamine at position 862 with arginine, as determined with reference to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 in the Sequence Listing.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NIHON UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., JAPAN AS REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCEInventors: Yoshihiro Kitamura, Yoko Shimizu, Chie Aoki, Lijuan Yu, Takaji Wakita
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Publication number: 20130078277Abstract: An objective of this invention is to provide an HCV strain with a high capacity for virus production in a cell culture system. This invention provides a nucleic acid encoding a polyprotein precursor of the hepatitis C virus JFH1 strain having one or more amino acid substitutions, wherein the polyprotein precursor comprises at least substitution of glutamine at position 862 with arginine, as determined with reference to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 in the Sequence Listing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, NIHON UNIVERSITY, TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., JAPAN AS REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Yoshihiro Kitamura, Yoko Shimizu, Chie Aoki, Lijuan Yu, Takaji Wakita
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Publication number: 20060205337Abstract: An air shower for removing a particle from an object by blowing air to the object which includes at least one first outlet for discharging the air from the at least one first outlet toward at least a portion of the object so that a flow axis of the air flowing out of the at least one first outlet is swung frequently and alternately in a first swingable direction, and at least one second outlet for discharging the air from the at least one second outlet so that a flow axis of the air flowing out of the at least one second outlet is swung frequently and alternately in a second swingable direction which is different from the first swingable direction. The first swingable direction and the second swingable direction extend so as to be non-parallel to one another and to intersect one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Yoko Shimizu, Hiroshi Matsuda, Hiroshi Mukai
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Patent number: 7052389Abstract: An air shower for removing a particle from an object by blowing air to the object which includes at least one first outlet for discharging the air from the at least one first outlet toward at least a portion of the object so that a flow axis of the air flowing out of the at least one first outlet is swung frequently and alternately in a first swingable direction, and at least one second outlet for discharging the air from the at least one second outlet so that a flow axis of the air flowing out of the at least one second outlet is swung frequently and alternately in a second swingable direction which is different from the first swingable direction. The first swingable direction and the second swingable direction extend so as to be non-parallel to one another and to intersect one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2005Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Yoko Shimizu, Hiroshi Matsuda, Hiroshi Mukai
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Patent number: 7048626Abstract: An air shower for removing a particle from an object by blowing an air to the object. The air shower includes an outlet for discharging the air from the outlet toward the object so that a flow axis of the air flowing out of the outlet is swung frequently and alternately, and an inner wall which extends from an outer periphery of the outlet in a radial direction of the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2004Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Yoko Shimizu, Hiroshi Matsuda, Hiroshi Mukai
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Patent number: 6960128Abstract: In an air shower apparatus, an inlet duct guides the air so that the air is directed along a first flow axis of the air, and a variable condition area communicates fluidly with the air flowing out from the inlet duct at at least one side in a direction perpendicular to the first flow axis, to generate a fluctuation at the variable condition area in at least one of a pressure to be applied to the air flowing out from the inlet duct at the variable condition area and a mass flow rate of a supplemental air to be applied from the variable condition area onto the air flowing out of the inlet duct in a fluctuating direction oblique to the first flow axis so that a second flow axis of the air passing the variable condition area is frequently deflected from the first flow axis by the fluctuation.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2003Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Yoko Shimizu, Hiroshi Matsuda, Hiroshi Mukai
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Publication number: 20050159100Abstract: An air shower for removing a particle from an object by blowing air to the object which includes at least one first outlet for discharging the air from the at least one first outlet toward at least a portion of the object so that a flow axis of the air flowing out of the at least one first outlet is swung frequently and alternately in a first swingable direction, and at least one second outlet for discharging the air from the at least one second outlet so that a flow axis of the air flowing out of the at least one second outlet is swung frequently and alternately in a second swingable direction which is different from the first swingable direction. The first swingable direction and the second swingable direction extend so as to be non-parallel to one another and to intersect one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2005Publication date: July 21, 2005Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Yoko Shimizu, Hiroshi Matsuda, Hiroshi Mukai
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Publication number: 20040226184Abstract: An air shower for removing a particle from an object by blowing an air to the object. The air shower includes an outlet for discharging the air from the outlet toward the object so that a flow axis of the air flowing out of the outlet is swung frequently and alternately, and an inner wall which extends from an outer periphery of the outlet in a radial direction of the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2004Publication date: November 18, 2004Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Yoko Shimizu, Hiroshi Matsuda, Hiroshi Mukai
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Publication number: 20040106370Abstract: In an air shower apparatus, an inlet duct guides the air so that the air is directed along a first flow axis of the air, and a variable condition area communicates fluidly with the air flowing out from the inlet duct at at least one side in a direction perpendicular to the first flow axis, to generate a fluctuation at the variable condition area in at least one of a pressure to be applied to the air flowing out from the inlet duct at the variable condition area and a mass flow rate of a supplemental air to be applied from the variable condition area onto the air flowing out of the inlet duct in a fluctuating direction oblique to the first flow axis so that a second flow axis of the air passing the variable condition area is frequently deflected from the first flow axis by the fluctuation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2003Publication date: June 3, 2004Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Yoko Shimizu, Hiroshi Matsuda, Hiroshi Mukai