Patents by Inventor Akira Nakanishi

Akira Nakanishi 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: 20240067239
    Abstract: A train control device (20) to be installed on a train (10) includes an acquisition unit (21) that obtains first pulses from a velocity sensor (31) for detecting the first pulses generated on a first axle of the train (10) and obtains second pulses from a velocity sensor (32) for detecting the second pulses generated on a second axle of the train (10), a storage unit (22) that stores the first pulses and the second pulses, and a control unit (23) that determines occurrence or non-occurrence of a slip or a slide of the train (10) based on a pulse ratio, where the pulse ratio is a ratio between a number of first pulses detected during a time period in which the train (10) traveled a given distance among the first pulses, and a number of second pulses detected during a time period in which the train (10) traveled the given distance among the second pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi ASUKA, Makoto TOKUMARU, Mototsugu KOZAKI, Akira NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20240067241
    Abstract: A train control device includes: a control unit that calculates a control speed of the train at a current position with respect to a target speed at a target position of the train, by using a travel distance from the current position to the target position of the train, an altitude difference between the current position and the target position, a braking force of a brake device of the train, first potential energy including an influence of an altitude difference based on a gradient of the track in a section from a head position to a tail position of the train at the current position, and second potential energy including an influence of an altitude difference based on a gradient of the track in a section from a head position to a tail position of the train at the target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi ASUKA, Makoto TOKUMARU, Mototsugu KOZAKI, Akira NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20240013648
    Abstract: This ground short failure detection device can improve the accuracy of determining a ground short failure. The ground short failure detection device changes the potential of each of two signal lines, and transmits or receives data between a plurality of node devices. The ground short failure detection device comprises: a current measurement unit that measures a current value of a current flowing through each of the two signal lines; a determination unit that determines whether a difference between the measured current values exceeds a predetermined value, and when the difference exceeds the predetermined value, outputs a result indicating that a ground short failure occurs in a low-potential side signal line that has a relatively low potential in a dominant level among the two signal lines; and a control unit that controls the determination unit to determine whether the difference exceeds the predetermined value when a predetermined signal is completely transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: Isuzu Motors Limited, Transtron Inc.
    Inventors: Akira NAKANISHI, Atsushi UWABACHI, Yasuhiro NOHARA, Kouhei TAKAMA
  • Patent number: 11845482
    Abstract: An obstacle detection device installed in a train includes: a sensor that monitors surroundings of the train and generates a range image that is a result of monitoring; a storage unit that stores map information including position information of structures installed along a railroad track on which the train travels; a correction unit that corrects, using the range image acquired from the sensor and the map information stored in the storage unit, first train position information that is information acquired from a train control device and indicates a position of the train, and outputs second train position information that is a result of correction; and a monitoring condition determination unit that determines a monitoring range of the sensor using the second train position information and the map information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Ueda, Akira Nakanishi, Yoshitsugu Sawa, Emiko Kurata
  • Patent number: 11572090
    Abstract: A headway control device includes: a delay time receiving unit that receives identification information and a delay time of each train within a control range; a target traveling time calculating unit that identifies a train to be controlled on the basis of the delay time, determines an order in which trains travel in a traveling direction by using the identification information, identifies a preceding train and a following train on the basis of the order, and calculates a target traveling time of the train to be controlled in a travel section in which the train to be controlled travels next by using a normal traveling time, the delay time of the train to be controlled, the delay time of the preceding train, and the delay time of the following train; and a target traveling time transmitting unit that transmits the target traveling time to the train to be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Nakanishi, Takaya Katsuragi
  • Patent number: 11563302
    Abstract: A ridge type semiconductor optical device includes a first conductivity type semiconductor layer including at least a first stripe section; an active layer including at least an active stripe section on the first stripe section; a second conductivity type semiconductor layer including at least a second stripe section on the active stripe section; a ridge electrode on the second stripe section; an insulation film on an end face of each of the first stripe section, the active stripe section, and the second stripe section; and a film heater on the insulation film, the film heater overlapping with the end face of at least the first stripe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Lumentum Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Nakanishi, Noriko Sasada, Takayuki Nakajima, Yuji Sekino
  • Patent number: 11299750
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to solve problems in terms of stagnation of research on norovirus by providing a cultured transgenic cell or a transgenic animal in which murine norovirus (MNV) can be grown across the barrier of host specificity in mammalian cells, and providing a screening method that uses the cultured transgenic cell or the transgenic animal. The present inventors have found that MNV infection is determined in a cultured transgenic mammalian cell or a mammal possessing the cultured transgenic mammalian cell as its own cell, the cultured transgenic mammalian cell containing one or more species selected from the entirety or a portion of the murine CD300F gene and/or a CD300 family gene having an extracellular domain nucleotide sequence similar to that of the murine CD300F gene. The present inventors have solved the aforementioned problems by providing, for example, a norovirus-related drug screening method on the basis of this finding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, Denka Company Limited, NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY
    Inventors: Kei Haga, Akira Fujimoto, Reiko Todaka, Kazuhiko Katayama, Akira Nakanishi, Motohiro Miki, Sakari Sekine, Hiroshi Otsuka, Shigetaka Mimori
  • Publication number: 20210376565
    Abstract: A ridge type semiconductor optical device includes a first conductivity type semiconductor layer including at least a first stripe section; an active layer including at least an active stripe section on the first stripe section; a second conductivity type semiconductor layer including at least a second stripe section on the active stripe section; a ridge electrode on the second stripe section; an insulation film on an end face of each of the first stripe section, the active stripe section, and the second stripe section; and a film heater on the insulation film, the film heater overlapping with the end face of at least the first stripe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Akira NAKANISHI, Noriko SASADA, Takayuki NAKAJIMA, Yuji SEKINO
  • Patent number: 11112571
    Abstract: An optical subassembly may include a plurality of optical semiconductor devices arrayed such that a plurality of light beams respectively traveling in parallel in a first direction are emitted therefrom or incident thereon. The optical subassembly may also include a carrier on which the plurality of optical semiconductor devices are mounted. Adjacent ones of the plurality of optical semiconductor devices may be located at positions shifted in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and may be shifted in the first direction so as not to face each other in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Lumentum Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Sekino, Akira Nakanishi, Takayuki Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11062869
    Abstract: The temperature sensitive pellet type thermal fuse includes: a conductive envelope having an opening at a first end; a temperature sensitive device housed inside the envelope; a first lead which is installed in the opening of the envelope and has a fixed contact; a second lead connected to a second end of the envelope; a movable contact housed in the envelope; and a weak compression spring housed in the envelope. The temperature sensitive device includes a cylindrical case having an open end which may be arranged at the side of the first lead, a temperature sensitive material housed in the cylindrical case, and a strong compression spring configured to press against the temperature sensitive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SCHOTT Japan Corporation
    Inventors: Eigo Kishi, Akira Nakanishi, Tamotsu Wakabayashi, Tokihiro Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11040941
    Abstract: An alkanethioic acid derivative capable of imparting a characteristic aroma or flavor to fragrances and cosmetics, and foods and beverages; and a perfume composition comprising the alkanethioic acid derivative as an active ingredient. S-alkyl 5-[(1-alkoxy)ethoxy]alkanethioate represented by formula (1), and a perfume composition comprising the S-alkyl 5-[(1-alkoxy)ethoxy]alkanethioate represented by formula (1) as an active ingredient. In the formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and R3 represents a methyl group or an ethyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: T. HASEGAWA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi Oguro, Kazuya Kawabata, Akira Nakanishi, Toshifumi Nozawa, Masaki Shimazu
  • Publication number: 20210129883
    Abstract: A headway control device includes: a delay time receiving unit that receives identification information and a delay time of each train within a control range; a target traveling time calculating unit that identifies a train to be controlled on the basis of the delay time, determines an order in which trains travel in a traveling direction by using the identification information, identifies a preceding train and a following train on the basis of the order, and calculates a target traveling time of the train to be controlled in a travel section in which the train to be controlled travels next by using a normal traveling time, the delay time of the train to be controlled, the delay time of the preceding train, and the delay time of the following train; and a target traveling time transmitting unit that transmits the target traveling time to the train to be controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akira NAKANISHI, Takaya KATSURAGI
  • Patent number: 10946456
    Abstract: A hole inner-surface cutting apparatus includes a working head composed of a rotatable body having a cutting tool and a main body, a rotation rod for rotating the rotatable body, and a stroke rod for stroking the working head. At least three positioning mechanisms for positioning the working head along a radial direction in the penetrating hole is provided on the main body. Each of the positioning mechanisms has three sliders arranged radially, guide rollers respectively disposed on distal ends of the sliders, a piston for pressing the sliders radially outward, and a fluid pressure chamber for actuating the piston. Further provided is a controller for controlling fluid pressures in the fluid pressure chambers of the positioning mechanisms independently from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyuki Nishitani, Michiko Enda, Yoshiki Irei, Akira Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20210048588
    Abstract: An optical subassembly may include a plurality of optical semiconductor devices arrayed such that a plurality of light beams respectively traveling in parallel in a first direction are emitted therefrom or incident thereon. The optical subassembly may also include a carrier on which the plurality of optical semiconductor devices are mounted. Adjacent ones of the plurality of optical semiconductor devices may be located at positions shifted in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and may be shifted in the first direction so as not to face each other in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yuji SEKINO, Akira NAKANISHI, Takayuki NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210046959
    Abstract: An obstacle detection device installed in a train includes: a sensor that monitors surroundings of the train and generates a range image that is a result of monitoring; a storage unit that stores map information including position information of structures installed along a railroad track on which the train travels; a correction unit that corrects, using the range image acquired from the sensor and the map information stored in the storage unit, first train position information that is information acquired from a train control device and indicates a position of the train, and outputs second train position information that is a result of correction; and a monitoring condition determination unit that determines a monitoring range of the sensor using the second train position information and the map information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki UEDA, Akira NAKANISHI, Yoshitsugu SAWA, Emiko KURATA
  • Publication number: 20200328575
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of mesa stripes, which are arranged side by side on the semiconductor substrate, and each of which includes an active layer and a diffraction grating, the diffraction grating extending up to a back end surface of each of the plurality of mesa stripes; a plurality of electrodes, each of which is electrically connected to an upper surface of a corresponding one of the plurality of mesa stripes, having a pad portion for wire bonding; a plurality of waveguides, each of which is optically connected to the active layer of a corresponding one of the plurality of mesa stripes; and a reflective film provided at back end surfaces of the plurality of mesa stripes and having a reflectivity of 30% or more, wherein a center-to-center distance at back end surfaces of two mesa stripes at both ends of the plurality of mesa stripes is 150 ?m or less, and wherein at least two mesa stripes, of the plurality of mesa stripes, are configured to be drive
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Atsushi NAKAMURA, Akira NAKANISHI, Shunya YAMAUCHI, Hayato TAKITA, Yoshihiro NAKAI, Hideaki ASAKURA
  • Publication number: 20200290958
    Abstract: An alkanethioic acid derivative capable of imparting a characteristic aroma or flavor to fragrances and cosmetics, and foods and beverages; and a perfume composition comprising the alkanethioic acid derivative as an active ingredient. S-alkyl 5-[(1-alkoxy)ethoxy]alkanethioate represented by formula (1), and a perfume composition comprising the S-alkyl 5-[(1-alkoxy)ethoxy]alkanethioate represented by formula (1) as an active ingredient. In the formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and R3 represents a methyl group or an ethyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: T. HASEGAWA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi OGURO, Kazuya KAWABATA, Akira NAKANISHI, Toshifumi NOZAWA, Masaki SHIMAZU
  • Publication number: 20200229404
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a fish egg processing apparatus capable of performing predetermined processing on fertilized eggs with higher efficiency, and collecting proper fish eggs. [Solution] When a housing recess that houses fish eggs one by one is conveyed to a predetermined processing position, and a capillary is raised and lowered to inject a gene solution, the housing recess is imaged from a direction that intersects a depth direction and a conveying-in direction, and an injection operation by the capillary is controlled by determining, along a possibility determination flow, whether to inject a predetermined substance into each of the fish eggs before processing, based on a previously determined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: SINFONIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Miyashita, Akira Nakanishi, Saori Koto
  • Patent number: 10700489
    Abstract: Provided is an optical semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate; a first semiconductor multilayer that is stacked on a first surface side of the semiconductor substrate, has a mesa structure extending along a light emitting direction, and emits light from an exit end surface; an electrode pad portion for wire bonding which is electrically connected to the upper surface of the mesa structure of the first semiconductor multilayer, is disposed on one side of the mesa structure, and is electrically connected to outside; and an electrode pad peripheral portion including a first rising surface which is in contact with the outer edge of the electrode pad portion on the exit end surface side and rises along the stacking direction from the electrode pad portion, in which a lower surface of the electrode pad portion is higher than the upper surface of the mesa structure of the first semiconductor multilayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Lumentum Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Nakanishi, Noriko Sasada, Takayuki Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20200144013
    Abstract: The temperature sensitive pellet type thermal fuse includes: a conductive envelope having an opening at a first end; a temperature sensitive device housed inside the envelope; a first lead which is installed in the opening of the envelope and has a fixed contact; a second lead connected to a second end of the envelope; a movable contact housed in the envelope; and a weak compression spring housed in the envelope. The temperature sensitive device includes a cylindrical case having an open end which may be arranged at the side of the first lead, a temperature sensitive material housed in the cylindrical case, and a strong compression spring configured to press against the temperature sensitive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Eigo KISHI, Akira NAKANISHI, Tamotsu WAKABAYASHI, Tokihiro YOSHIKAWA