Patents by Inventor Akihiro Okabe
Akihiro Okabe 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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Publication number: 20240161354Abstract: A physical property map image generation apparatus performs: acquiring, for each pattern of a material, physical property information indicating a physical property quantity for each physical property of a product; and generating a self-organizing map and a physical property map image. A position in a map space and a physical property vector indicating a value related to a physical property quantity for each type of physical properties of the product are assigned to each node on the self-organizing map. On the physical property map image 40, each of the nodes arranged in the map space is represented by a color assigned to that node. For each node, each of two or three base color components of a color assigned to the node is determined based on a value that a physical property vector assigned to that node indicates for a physical property corresponding to that base color.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicants: NEC Corporation, TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Naoki KUWAMORI, Akihiro MUSA, Yohei TAKIGAWA, Yuka KAZAMA, Yoshihiko SATOU, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Gota KIKUGAWA, Tomonaga OKABE, Kazuhiko KOMATSU
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Publication number: 20240152664Abstract: A singular material detection apparatus (2000) acquires, for each of a plurality of materials (60), material specification information (10) representing material specifications of the material (60) and physical property information (20) indicating physical properties of a product (70) that can be generated by using the material (60). The singular material detection apparatus (2000) generates a self-organizing map (30) by using the physical property information (20). The singular material detection apparatus (2000) assigns each of pieces of material specification information (10) to one of nodes based on the physical property information (20) corresponding to that piece of the material specification information (10). Then, the singular material detection apparatus (2000) detects, from among the nodes to which the pieces of material specification information (10) are assigned, a singular node located at a singular position in a map space.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Naoki KUWAMORI, Akihiro MUSA, Yohei TAKIGAWA, Yuka KAZAMA, Yoshihiko SATOU, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Gota KIKUGAWA, Tomonaga OKABE, Kazuhiko KOMATSU
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Publication number: 20240153158Abstract: A map image generation apparatus acquires material specification information representing a material specification of a material and physical property information representing a physical property of a product. The map image generation apparatus generates a self-organizing map by using the physical property information. A position in a map space, and a physical property vector indicating, for each of a plurality of types of physical properties of the product, a value related to a physical property quantity of the physical property are assigned to each of nodes on the self-organizing map. The map image generation apparatus assigns, by using the material specification information, a specification vector indicating a value related to the material specification to each of the nodes. The map image generation apparatus generates a map image in which the nodes are clustered or colored based on the specification vectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Naoki KUWAMORI, Akihiro MUSA, Yohei TAKIGAWA, Yuka KAZAMA, Yoshihiko SATOU, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Gota KIKUGAWA, Tomonaga OKABE, Kazuhiko KOMATSU
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Publication number: 20240009658Abstract: A deodorizing catalyst containing a composite oxide and a metal component containing Pt supported on the composite oxide, and having a degree of reduction represented by the following formula (1) in a range of 60% to 86%: degree of reduction (%)=100?[X/Y]×100 (1), in which X represents a peak area obtained from a thermal conductivity detector (TCD) when the catalyst is dried and reduced by heating from 40° C. to 400° C., and Y represents a peak area obtained from the TCD when an oxidation catalyst obtained by heat-treating the catalyst in an air or under oxygen atmosphere at 150° C. for 2 hours and then cooling the catalyst to 40° C. or lower is reduced by heating from 40° C. to 400° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Jun KAWAHARA, Naoshi NAGAI, Akihiro OKABE, Susumu SAITO, Shuji TAHARA
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Patent number: 11654426Abstract: The method for manufacturing a modified aluminosilicate includes a first step of treating an aluminosilicate with an acid, a second step of primarily calcining the treated material obtained in the first step at 550° C. to 850° C., and a third step of contacting the calcined material obtained in the second step with a liquid containing one or more Group 4 elements and/or Group 5 elements, and then drying and secondarily calcining the resultant. The modified aluminosilicate includes one or more Group 4 elements and/or Group 5 elements, and exhibits an absorbance at 300 nm in an ultraviolet visible spectrum of 1.0 or higher. The method for manufacturing aromatic dihydroxy compounds includes reacting a phenol with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a specific modified aluminosilicate.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Yoshiya Matsukawa, Nobuhiko Horiuchi, Akihiro Okabe, Yoshihiro Kubota, Satoshi Inagaki
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Publication number: 20210229085Abstract: There are provided a method for manufacturing a modified aluminosilicate by which a hydroquinone is highly selectively manufactured by reaction of a phenol with hydrogen peroxide, a modified aluminosilicate, and a method for manufacturing an aromatic dihydroxy compound by using the modified aluminosilicate, under industrially advantageous conditions. The method for manufacturing a modified aluminosilicate of the present invention includes a first step of treating an aluminosilicate with an acid, a second step of primarily calcining the treated material obtained in the first step at 550° C. to 850° C., and a third step of contacting the calcined material obtained in the second step with a liquid. containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Group 4 elements and. Group 5 elements on. the periodic table, and then drying and secondarily calcining the resultant. The modified aluminosilicate included in the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Yoshiya MATSUKAWA, Nobuhiko HORIUCHI, Akihiro OKABE, Yoshihiro KUBOTA, Satoshi INAGAKI
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Patent number: 10763555Abstract: A battery-type power supply device realizes data transmission while also supplying power to a battery-driven external load device in a state in which the battery-type power supply device is mounted in a battery box of the external load device. The battery-type power supply device is mountable in the battery box of the external load device, has a shape and dimensions conforming to battery standards, and is capable of housing a small-size battery therein. An output transistor is interposed between a housed battery and an outer electrode terminal, and opening and closing of the output transistor are controlled by a PWM control section at a duty ratio corresponding to an instruction received from an external information processing device by a radio communication section, so that the battery type power supply device thereby functions as a switching power supply.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: NOVARS INC.Inventors: Toshitaka Fukushima, Akihiro Okabe
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Publication number: 20200251919Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to realize a voltage detection function in a power supply device having a wireless communication function. A power supply device 1 is attached in an external load device 11 alone or in series with another external power supply device 13. A cell holder 2 holds an internal cell in the housing 18, and includes an inner positive terminal and an inner negative terminal that are brought into contact with a positive terminal and a negative terminal of the held internal cell. An outer positive terminal 3 connected to the inner positive terminal is provided on the housing, and an outer negative terminal 4 connected to the inner negative terminal is provided on the housing. An output transistor 32 is interposed at least one of between the inner negative terminal and the outer negative terminal and between the inner positive terminal and the outer positive terminal. An RFIC 37 generates a control signal of the output transistor in accordance with a signal received via an antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Kazuhiro KOYAMA, Akihiro OKABE, Tetsuya NOBE
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Patent number: 10666080Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to realize a voltage detection function in a cell type power supply device having a wireless communication function. A cell type power supply device 1 is attached to a cell box 12 of an external load device 11 alone or in series with another external cell 13. A housing 18 has a shape and dimensions based on a cell standard, and front and rear terminals of the external cell held in a cell holder 2 in the housing 18 are to be in contact with an inner positive terminal 5 and an inner negative terminal 6. An outer positive terminal 3 connected to the inner positive terminal is provided on a front end surface of the housing, and an outer negative terminal 4 connected to the inner negative terminal is provided on a rear end surface of the housing. An output transistor 32 is interposed at least one of between the inner negative terminal and the outer negative terminal and between the inner positive terminal and the outer positive terminal.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: NOVARS INC.Inventors: Kazuhiro Koyama, Akihiro Okabe, Tetsuya Nobe
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Patent number: 10511339Abstract: A cell type power supply device includes: a housing having a shape and dimensions based on a cell standard; a cell holder including an inner positive terminal and an inner negative terminal that are brought into contact with front and rear terminals of the external cell held in the housing; an outer positive terminal connected to the inner positive terminal; an outer negative terminal connected to the inner negative terminal; an output transistor interposed between the inner negative terminal and the outer negative terminal or between the inner positive terminal and the outer positive terminal; a control circuit that generates a control signal of the output transistor in accordance with a signal received via an antenna; and a detection resister interposed between the inner negative terminal and the outer negative terminal or between the inner positive terminal and the outer positive terminal in parallel with the output transistor to change a voltage of the outer negative terminal or the outer positive terminaType: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: NOVARS INC.Inventors: Kazuhiro Koyama, Akihiro Okabe, Tetsuya Nobe
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Publication number: 20190280348Abstract: A battery-type power supply device realizes data transmission while also supplying power to a battery-driven external load device in a state in which the battery-type power supply device is mounted in a battery box of the external load device. The battery-type power supply device is mountable in the battery box of the external load device, has a shape and dimensions conforming to battery standards, and is capable of housing a small-size battery therein. An output transistor is interposed between a housed battery and an outer electrode terminal, and opening and closing of the output transistor are controlled by a PWM control section at a duty ratio corresponding to an instruction received from an external information processing device by a radio communication section, so that the battery type power supply device thereby functions as a switching power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Toshitaka FUKUSHIMA, Akihiro OKABE
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Publication number: 20190020368Abstract: A cell type power supply device includes: a housing having a shape and dimensions based on a cell standard; a cell holder including an inner positive terminal and an inner negative terminal that are brought into contact with front and rear terminals of the external cell held in the housing; an outer positive terminal connected to the inner positive terminal; an outer negative terminal connected to the inner negative terminal; an output transistor interposed between the inner negative terminal and the outer negative terminal or between the inner positive terminal and the outer positive terminal; a control circuit that generates a control signal of the output transistor in accordance with a signal received via an antenna; and a detection resister interposed between the inner negative terminal and the outer negative terminal or between the inner positive terminal and the outer positive terminal in parallel with the output transistor to change a voltage of the outer negative terminal or the outer positive terminaType: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: Kazuhiro Koyama, Akihiro Okabe, Tetsuya Nobe
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Publication number: 20180358817Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to realize a voltage detection function in a cell type power supply device having a wireless communication function. A cell type power supply device 1 is attached to a cell box 12 of an external load device 11 alone or in series with another external cell 13. A housing 18 has a shape and dimensions based on a cell standard, and front and rear terminals of the external cell held in a cell holder 2 in the housing 18 are to be in contact with an inner positive terminal 5 and an inner negative terminal 6. An outer positive terminal 3 connected to the inner positive terminal is provided on a front end surface of the housing, and an outer negative terminal 4 connected to the inner negative terminal is provided on a rear end surface of the housing. An output transistor 32 is interposed at least one of between the inner negative terminal and the outer negative terminal and between the inner positive terminal and the outer positive terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Kazuhiro KOYAMA, Akihiro OKABE, Tetsuya NOBE
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Patent number: 10128889Abstract: A cell type power supply device includes: a housing having a shape and dimensions based on a cell standard; a cell holder including an inner positive terminal and an inner negative terminal that are brought into contact with front and rear terminals of the external cell held in the housing; an outer positive terminal connected to the inner positive terminal; an outer negative terminal connected to the inner negative terminal; an output transistor interposed between the inner negative terminal and the outer negative terminal or between the inner positive terminal and the outer positive terminal; a control circuit that generates a control signal of the output transistor in accordance with a signal received via an antenna; and a detection resister interposed between the inner negative terminal and the outer negative terminal or between the inner positive terminal and the outer positive terminal in parallel with the output transistor to change a voltage of the outer negative terminal or the outer positive terminaType: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: NOVARS INC.Inventors: Kazuhiro Koyama, Akihiro Okabe, Tetsuya Nobe
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Publication number: 20180315968Abstract: A cell type power supply device includes a housing having a shape and dimensions based on a cell standard such as to be attachable with a cell box of an external load device. A cell holder that holds an external cell in the housing includes an inner positive terminal and an inner negative terminal that are brought into contact with front and rear terminals of the held external cell. An outer positive terminal connected to the inner positive terminal is provided on a front end surface of the housing, and an outer negative terminal connected to the inner negative terminal is provided on a rear end surface of the housing. An output transistor is interposed between the inner negative terminal and the outer negative terminal. An RFIC generates a control signal of the output transistor in accordance with a signal received via an antenna. A detection resistance provided in series to the output transistor converts current flowing through the output transistor into voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Kazuhiro Koyama, Akihiro Okabe, Tetsuya Nobe
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Publication number: 20180198478Abstract: A cell type power supply device includes: a housing having a shape and dimensions based on a cell standard; a cell holder including an inner positive terminal and an inner negative terminal that are brought into contact with front and rear terminals of the external cell held in the housing; an outer positive terminal connected to the inner positive terminal; an outer negative terminal connected to the inner negative terminal; an output transistor interposed between the inner negative terminal and the outer negative terminal or between the inner positive terminal and the outer positive terminal; a control circuit that generates a control signal of the output transistor in accordance with a signal received via an antenna; and a detection resister interposed between the inner negative terminal and the outer negative terminal or between the inner positive terminal and the outer positive terminal in parallel with the output transistor to change a voltage of the outer negative terminal or the outer positive terminaType: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Kazuhiro Koyama, Akihiro Okabe, Tetsuya Nobe
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Publication number: 20120142986Abstract: Provided is a process for producing an aromatic hydrocarbon efficiently at high yield from a lower hydrocarbon containing methane as a major component, and such a process for producing an aromatic hydrocarbon includes the step of reacting a lower hydrocarbon containing methane as a major component in the presence of a transition-metal-containing crystalline metallosilicate catalyst which is obtainable by supporting 5 to 25 parts by weight of a transition metal (X) on 100 parts by weight of a modified crystalline metallosilicate obtainable by subjecting a crystalline metallosilicate to a series of treatment (A) including a step (i) of eliminating part of a metal from the crystalline metallosilicate and a silylation step (ii).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicants: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Akihiro Okabe, Yoshimichi Namai, Hideyuki Ito, Satoshi Akiyama, Michiaki Umeno, Takashi Ono, Toru Nishimura
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Patent number: 8038060Abstract: Techniques for providing an ID image on a print medium are disclosed. Commodity information on a commodity settled in a store is received from a store terminal installed at the store. ID images, defining ID information in a frequency domain and accompanied by attribute information that is used by the store terminal to decide whether or not each of the stored ID images is to be printed, are stored. A correspondence between the commodity information and the stored ID images is also stored. ID images corresponding to the received commodity information from the stored ID images using the stored correspondence are then retrieved. An attribute list, which registers the attribute information of the stored ID images that is used by the store terminal to decide whether or not each of the stored ID images is to be printed, is stored. Thereafter, only the retrieved ID images which have been decided to be printed based on the stored attribute list are transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignees: Seiko Instruments Inc., Cyber Communications Inc.Inventors: Kazuo Tani, Noriyoshi Shoji, Akihiro Okabe, Kazunori Muneto, Yasuhisa Kanayama
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Publication number: 20110193679Abstract: Provided is an electronic shelf label system capable of shortening a period of time required in distributing a large amount of information such as update information for all electronic shelf labels. In the electronic shelf label system, a communication control device (200) distributes shelf label information for an electronic shelf label. A relay station device (300a, 300b) has an electronic shelf label allocated thereto as a relay destination of the shelf label information, and relays only a piece of the shelf label information for the electronic shelf label device that is allocated to the relay station device. The electronic shelf label receives the shelf label information relayed by the relay station device (300a, 300b), to thereby perform display based on the shelf label information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2008Publication date: August 11, 2011Inventors: Akihiro Okabe, Isao Arai, Yoshio Kobayashi, Tatsuru Sato, Masahito Aihara, Kaori Takano, Yoshiyuki Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20110186633Abstract: Provided are an electronic shelf label system, a product price management device, a portable terminal device, an electronic shelf label device, a product price management method, a product price update method, a product price management program, and a product price update program, which are capable of changing display of an electronic shelf label in a place where the electronic shelf label is installed. A handy terminal (105) reads, from a shelf label (104), identification information of the shelf label (104), and transmits, to a communication controller (102), price information of a product that is input to the handy terminal (105) itself and the identification information of the shelf label (104).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2008Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: Akihiro Okabe, Yoshio Kobayashi, Isao Arai, Tatsuru Sato, Masahito Aihara, Kaori Takano, Yoshiyuki Kikuchi