Patents by Inventor Yukiko TABUCHI

Yukiko TABUCHI 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: 20250157214
    Abstract: In order for user satisfaction to be increased, an information processing apparatus (1) includes: a determining section (11) for determining content to be overlaid and displayed on an image captured of at least part of a sight of a user, the image having food shown therein; and a display control section (12) for overlaying and displaying the content on the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuko OHTA, Akihiro NAKAMURA, Takeshi NAGATO, Yukiko TABUCHI, Koki KITAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20250143295
    Abstract: Provided is a viral or bacterial inactivation agent composition. The viral or bacterial inactivation agent composition contains (A) a quaternary ammonium salt-type surfactant, (B) an aliphatic alcohol with 8 or more and 24 or less carbons having a branched alkyl group or a linear alkenyl group, and water. Also provided is a method for inactivating a virus or a bacterium using the viral or bacterial inactivation agent composition that has high inactivation effects on viruses and bacteria even under the condition of using a quaternary ammonium salt-type surfactant at a low concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruna ICHIHASHI, Tadashi SUGAHARA, Ayaka YUBUTA, Yumi YAMAGUCHI, Yukiko TABUCHI, Yu MINOWA, Yasuhiro ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20250143296
    Abstract: Provided is a method for inactivating viruses or bacteria that has high inactivation effects on enveloped viruses, bacteria of the genus Moraxella and bacteria of the genus Micrococcus even under the condition of using a quaternary ammonium salt-type surfactant at a low concentration, A method for inactivating one or more viruses or bacteria selected from an enveloped virus, a bacterium of the genus Moraxella and a bacterium of the genus Micrococcus and present on a surface of interest, including, bringing a treatment liquid containing (A) a quaternary ammonium salt-type surfactant, (B) an aliphatic alcohol and water into contact with the surface of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiko TABUCHI, Yumi YAMAGUCHI, Ayaka YUBUTA, Tadashi SUGAHARA, Haruna ICHIHASHI, Yu MINOWA, Yasuhiro ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20250104421
    Abstract: To perform overlay display of information related to a food item in an appropriate position, an information processing apparatus (1) includes: a detection section (101) that detects a predetermined detection target in an image that is obtained by capturing at least part of a field of view of a user and shows a food item; an overlay area setting section (102) that sets, in the image, an overlay area for information related to the food item by using the detection target as a reference; and a display control section (103) that performs overlay display of the information on the overlay area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuko OHTA, Shin NORIEDA, Shogo AKASAKI, Akihiro NAKAMURA, Takeshi NAGATO, Yukiko TABUCHI, Koki KITAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230237544
    Abstract: A price calculation device 200 includes a condition information acquisition unit 221 that acquires condition information representing the condition of a user who is receiving a service, a situation information acquisition unit 222 that acquires situation information representing the situation of the user, and a calculation unit 223 that calculates the price of the service on the basis of the condition information acquired by the condition information acquisition unit 221 and the situation information acquired by the situation information acquisition unit 222.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiko TABUCHI, Takashi NAGATA, Akihiro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11046916
    Abstract: Provided is a surfactant composition which includes high concentrations of a surfactant, has fluidity in a wide concentration range, and does not become clouded when diluted with hard water. This surfactant composition includes component A, component B, and component C described below, wherein a total content of the component A and the component B is 35 to 80% by mass and wherein the component A is at least one sulfonate compound selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyalkane sulfonate and an olefin sulfonate, the component B is a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether, and the component C is water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiko Tabuchi, Takaya Sakai, Makiko Shigehisa, Hiroko Endo
  • Patent number: 10941369
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surfactant composition which includes a surfactant at a high concentration, while having fluidity over a wide concentration range. A surfactant composition according to the present invention contains the components A, B, C and D described below, and is configured such that: the total content of the components A, B and C is from 30% by mass to 80% by mass (inclusive); the mass ratio of the total content of the components A and B to the content of the component C, namely (A+B)/C is from 20/80 to 80/20; and the mass ratio of the content of the component A to the content of the component B, namely A/B is from 98/2 to 45/55. A: an internal olefin sulfonic acid and/or a salt thereof; B: an anionic surfactant other than the component A; C: a nonionic surfactant; D: water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiko Tabuchi, Takaya Sakai, Hiroko Endo
  • Publication number: 20200231902
    Abstract: Provided is a surfactant composition which includes high concentrations of a surfactant, has fluidity in a wide concentration range, and does not become clouded when diluted with hard water. This surfactant composition includes component A, component B, and component C described below, wherein a total content of the component A and the component B is 35 to 80% by mass and wherein the component A is at least one sulfonate compound selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyalkane sulfonate and an olefin sulfonate, the component B is a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether, and the component C is water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiko TABUCHI, Takaya SAKAI, Makiko SHIGEHISA, Hiroko ENDO
  • Publication number: 20190169536
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surfactant composition which includes a surfactant at a high concentration, while having fluidity over a wide concentration range. A surfactant composition according to the present invention contains the components A, B, C and D described below, and is configured such that: the total content of the components A, B and C is from 30% by mass to 80% by mass (inclusive); the mass ratio of the total content of the components A and B to the content of the component C, namely (A+B)/C is from 20/80 to 80/20; and the mass ratio of the content of the component A to the content of the component B, namely A/B is from 98/2 to 45/55.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukiko TABUCHI, Takaya SAKAI, Hiroko ENDO
  • Patent number: 9738619
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid by subjecting 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to oxidation reaction in the presence of water, oxygen and an activated carbon-supported metal catalyst containing a noble metal, the process including the following steps (1) and (2) in which the steps (1) and (2) are carried out under a pressure of not less than 0.1 MPa and less than 1.0 MPa while maintaining a reaction solution at a pH of not more than 7, and an amount of the oxygen fed until a time at which the step (2) is terminated is not less than 120 mol % and not more than 140 mol % on the basis of the 5-hydroxymethylfurfural charged: step (1): conducting the oxidation reaction at a temperature of not lower than 50° C. and not higher than 110° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kai Yashiro, Masato Nomura, Kaoru Ohmae, Yukiko Tabuchi
  • Publication number: 20160221979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid by subjecting 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to oxidation reaction in the presence of water, oxygen and an activated carbon-supported metal catalyst containing a noble metal, the process including the following steps (1) and (2) in which the steps (1) and (2) are carried out under a pressure of not less than 0.1 MPa and less than 1.0 MPa while maintaining a reaction solution at a pH of not more than 7, and an amount of the oxygen fed until a time at which the step (2) is terminated is not less than 120 mol % and not more than 140 mol % on the basis of the 5-hydroxymethylfurfural charged: step (1): conducting the oxidation reaction at a temperature of not lower than 50° C. and not higher than 110° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kai YASHIRO, Masato NOMURA, Kaoru OHMAE, Yukiko TABUCHI