Patents by Inventor Akira Shimizu
Akira 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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Publication number: 20230210540Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for treating vascular defects are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method of treating an aneurysm includes positioning a distal portion of an elongated member near or within an aneurysm. The method can include introducing an embolic composition into a lumen of the elongated member using an injector device coupled to a proximal portion of the elongated member. The injector device can pressurize the embolic composition to a pressure of at least 10,000 psi. The method can also include delivering the embolic composition into the aneurysm via the elongated member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Adin Douglas Martineau, Ali M. Hussain, John I. Muri, Junwei Li, Jared Akira Shimizu, Andyanhdzung Huynh, Robert A. Pecor, Aarya Cyril Mecwan
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Patent number: 11693571Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a memory system including a non-volatile memory and a controller. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of physical blocks. The controller is connected to any of the plurality of physical blocks via a plurality of channels. The controller is configured to construct a plurality of logical blocks and, read or write data from or into any of the plurality of logical blocks constructed. The logical blocks are management units in which any of the physical blocks is grouped across the plurality of channels. The controller is configured to construct the plurality of logical blocks so that a first number of defective blocks and a second number of pseudo defective blocks for shortfall defective blocks with respect to a target number of defective blocks are distributed into the plurality of logical blocks.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Akira Shimizu
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Publication number: 20230192974Abstract: In order to provide a foldable display that is suitable for mass production and that has no risk of image distortion at its folding portion after the display is repeatedly folded, the invention provides a polyester film for foldable displays in which no cracks occurs in the folding portion. In particular, the invention provides a polyester film for a foldable display, the film having a thickness of 10-125 ?m and a high-temperature hold angle in a bending direction of 70° or more, wherein the high-temperature hold angle refers to an angle of a crease formed after fixing the film at a heating temperature of 85° C. for 18 hours in such a manner that a strain of 1.7% is applied to both surfaces of a bent portion of the film, and the bending direction refers to a direction that is orthogonal to a folding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro NISHIO, Mei MATSUMURA, Akira SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20230175115Abstract: A selective film forming method includes: preparing a substrate including a first film having a first surface and a second film having a second surface, the second film being different from the first film; selectively adsorbing a secondary alcohol gas and/or a tertiary alcohol gas to the second surface; and selectively forming a film on the first surface by supplying at least a raw material gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Shuji AZUMO, Kota UMEZAWA, Katsutoshi ISHII, Akira SHIMIZU, Akinobu TERAMOTO, Tomoyuki SUWA, Yasuyuki SHIRAI, Takezo MAWAKI
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Patent number: 11644324Abstract: The present invention identifies a danger spot effectively. In a navigation device 10, a danger spot identification unit 34 identifies a jump-out danger spot on the basis of past information which is acquired by a past information acquisition unit 24 and indicates a situation of a jump-out accident in the past, and surrounding information which is acquired by a surrounding information acquisition unit 32 and indicates a surrounding situation of a vehicle. Here, the past information includes surrounding facility identification information (information related to an identification planimetric feature) used for identifying a jump-out danger spot and information related to a jump-out object. As a result, the danger spot identification unit 34 can identify a danger spot of a jump-out which can occur due to a planimetric feature (a facility) in a jump-out accident. Therefore, the navigation device 10 can identify a jump-out danger spot effectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Shimizu, Makoto Matsumaru, Ryoji Noguchi, Itaru Takemura
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Patent number: 11636107Abstract: A database management system (DBMS) generates a query execution plan including information representing one or more database (DB) operations necessary for executing a query and executes the query based on the query execution plan. In the execution of the query, the DBMS dynamically generates a task for executing a DB operation and executes the dynamically generated task. The DBMS executes a task in a plurality of threads executed by a processor core.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignees: HITACHI, LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Akira Shimizu, Seisuke Tokuda, Michiko Yoshida, Kazuhiko Mogi, Shinji Fujiwara, Nobuo Kawamura, Masaru Kitsuregawa, Kazuo Goda
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Publication number: 20230041828Abstract: A working machine may include: a working part; a prime mover configured to drive the working part; a housing supporting the working part; a handle attached to the housing such that the handle is rotatable about a rotation axis with respect to the housing and configured to be grasped by a user; and an elastic member arranged between the housing and the handle. The housing may comprise a first surface. The handle may include a second surface that faces the first surface in a rotation axis direction with an interval therebetween. The elastic member may be arranged between the first surface and the second surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi TAKAHASHI, Akira SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11494383Abstract: When a DBMS receives a suspend instruction in which a suspend completion time of query processing is a future time and between receipt of the suspend instruction and the suspend completion time, if there is a target object (at least a processing object whose execution is in progress upon receipt of the suspend instruction) whose predicted completion time is at or precedes the suspend completion time, the DBMS changes the state of the target object to a state signifying a snapshot suspend. If there is a processing object whose state signifies a snapshot suspend, the DBMS executes the processing object at or before the suspend completion time.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignees: HITACHI, LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOInventors: Akira Shimizu, Kouji Kimura, Kazuhiko Mogi, Masaru Kitsuregawa, Kazuo Goda, Yuto Hayamizu
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Publication number: 20220350485Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a memory system including a non-volatile memory and a controller. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of physical blocks. The controller is connected to any of the plurality of physical blocks via a plurality of channels. The controller is configured to construct a plurality of logical blocks and, read or write data from or into any of the plurality of logical blocks constructed. The logical blocks are management units in which any of the physical blocks is grouped across the plurality of channels. The controller is configured to construct the plurality of logical blocks so that a first number of defective blocks and a second number of pseudo defective blocks for shortfall defective blocks with respect to a target number of defective blocks are distributed into the plurality of logical blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventor: Akira SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20220252763Abstract: Provided are a polyester film, a laminated film, and the like for protecting an organic EL module of a foldable display each of which is free of occurrence of a crack at a folding portion thereof, in order to provide a foldable display excellent in mass productivity, and free of a risk of causing distortion in an image displayed at a folding portion thereof after being repeatedly folded. The polyester film for protecting an organic EL module of a foldable display satisfies the following conditions: (1) a refractive index in a bending direction is from 1.590 to 1.620; (2) a refractive index in a folding portion direction is from 1.670 to 1.700; (3) a refractive index in a thickness direction is 1.520 or less; and (4) a density is 1.380 g/cm3 or more, wherein the bending direction refers to a direction orthogonal to a folding portion of the polyester film at a time when the polyester film is folded.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro NISHIO, Kiwamu KAWAI, Akira SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20220246069Abstract: Provided is a transparent conductive polyester film for a foldable display which is free of occurrence of a fold mark or a tear at a folding portion thereof to be used in a foldable display excellent in mass productivity, and free of a risk of causing distortion in an image displayed at a folding portion thereof, and a mobile device. The transparent conductive polyester film for a foldable display includes: a polyester film; and a transparent conductive layer laminated on at least one surface of the polyester film, wherein the polyester film satisfies the following conditions: (1) a refractive index in a bending direction is from 1.590 to 1.620; (2) a refractive index in a folding portion direction is from 1.670 to 1.700; (3) a refractive index in a thickness direction is 1.520 or less; and (4) a density is 1.380 g/cm3 or more, wherein the bending direction refers to a direction orthogonal to a folding portion of the polyester film at a time when the polyester film is folded.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro NISHIO, Kiwamu KAWAI, Mei MATSUMURA, Akira SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11402836Abstract: A server device efficiently acquires information of a surrounding area of a movable body for updating map information while suppressing communication load. Condition information indicating a condition of autonomous driving is received from a first movable body capable of autonomous driving based on a state of a surrounding area of the first movable body and a map, and a request for state information is transmitted to a second movable body capable of transmitting the state information indicating a state of a place where the first movable body has moved, and when the received condition information indicates that the autonomous driving has been possible, transmission of the request is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Itaru Takemura, Hiroshi Nagata, Makoto Matsumaru, Kyoichi Terao, Akira Shimizu
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Publication number: 20220236468Abstract: Provided is a foldable display excellent in mass productivity, and free of a risk of causing distortion in an image displayed at a folding portion thereof after being repeatedly folded. The foldable display includes at least: a surface protective film; a polarizer; and a retardation layer, wherein the surface protective film is a polyester film satisfying the following conditions and having a thickness of from 10 ?m to 80 (1) a refractive index in a bending direction is from 1.590 to 1.620; (2) a refractive index in a folding portion direction is from 1.670 to 1.700; (3) a refractive index in a thickness direction is 1.520 or less; and (4) a density is 1.380 g/cm3 or more, wherein the bending direction refers to a direction orthogonal to a folding portion of the polyester film at a time when the polyester film is folded.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro NISHIO, Kiwamu KAWAI, Akira SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20220236467Abstract: The present invention provides a polarizing plate for a foldable display free of a risk of causing distortion in an image displayed at a folding portion thereof after being repeatedly folded. The polarizing plate for a foldable display includes: a polarizer; and a polarizer protective film formed of a polyester film laminated on at least one surface of the polarizer, wherein the polyester film satisfies the following conditions: (1) a refractive index in a bending direction is from 1.590 to 1.620; (2) a refractive index in a folding portion direction is from 1.670 to 1.700; (3) a refractive index in a thickness direction is 1.520 or less; and (4) a density is 1.380 g/cm3 or more, wherein the bending direction refers to a direction orthogonal to a folding portion of the polyester film at a time when the polyester film is folded.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro NISHIO, Kiwamu KAWAI, Akira SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20220227950Abstract: Provided is a polyester film for a touchscreen module substrate of a foldable display which is free of occurrence of a crack at a folding portion thereof, in order to provide a foldable display excellent in mass productivity, and free of a risk of causing distortion in an image displayed at a folding portion thereof after being repeatedly folded. The polyester film for a touchscreen module substrate of a foldable display satisfies the following conditions: (1) a refractive index in a bending direction is from 1.590 to 1.620; (2) a refractive index in a folding portion direction is from 1.670 to 1.700; (3) a refractive index in a thickness direction is 1.520 or less; and (4) a density is 1.380 g/cm or more, wherein the bending direction refers to a direction orthogonal to a folding portion of the polyester film at a time when the polyester film is folded.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro NISHIO, Kiwamu KAWAI, Akira SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20220213350Abstract: Provided is a laminated film for a foldable display, the laminated film being free of occurrence of a fold mark or a crack at a folding portion thereof, in order to provide, for example, a foldable display excellent in mass productivity, and free of a risk of causing distortion in an image displayed at a folding portion thereof after being repeatedly folded. The laminated film for a foldable display includes: a polyester film having a thickness of from 10 ?m to 100 ?m; and an adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the polyester film, wherein the polyester film satisfies the following conditions: (1) a refractive index in a bending direction is from 1.590 to 1.620; (2) a refractive index in a folding portion direction is from 1.670 to 1.700; (3) a refractive index in a thickness direction is 1.520 or less; and (4) a density is 1.380 g/cm3 or more, wherein the bending direction refers to a direction orthogonal to a folding portion of the polyester film at a time when the polyester film is folded.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro NISHIO, Kiwamu KAWAI, Akira SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20220164003Abstract: Provided is a foldable display that is excellent in mass production applicability and unlikely to have image distortion at the folding portion of the display after repeated folding, as well as a mobile device equipped therewith. The foldable display contains a surface protection film and a polarizer. The surface protection film is composed of a polyester film, and the angle made by the slow axis of the polyester film with the absorption axis of the polarizer is 10 to 80°. The polyester film has a refractive index in the bending direction of 1.590 to 1.620, a refractive index in the direction of a folding portion of 1.670 to 1.700, a refractive index in the thickness direction of 1.520 or less, and a density of 1.380 g/cm3 or more, wherein the bending direction refers to a direction orthogonal to the folding portion of the polyester film to be folded.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro NISHIO, Kiwamu KAWAI, Akira SHIMIZU, Katsuya ITO
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Patent number: 11321302Abstract: A computer system according to the present invention has a plurality of processor cores that execute a plurality of threads in a parallel manner. When one of the threads updates a database (DB) region that is among a plurality of database regions associated with a database (DB), and that cannot be updated by more than one thread, the computer system selects one of one or more dedicated log buffers as a log buffer to which a log relating to the update of the database region is to be written. In contrast, when one of the threads updates a database region that is among the plurality of database regions, and that can be updated by more than one thread, the computer system selects one of one or more shared log buffers as a log buffer to which a log relating to the update of the database region is to be written. Each dedicated log buffer is a log buffer that can store one or more logs associated with only one thread and that cannot store two or more logs associate with two or more threads.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Hanai, Norifumi Nishikawa, Akira Shimizu, Kazuhiko Mogi
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Publication number: 20220129453Abstract: A database system includes a plurality of DBMSs included in a plurality of nodes. Each DBMS is a first or a second DBMS. The first DBMS transfers a search query and does not execute data retrieval, and the second DBMS executes data retrieval. The plurality of nodes configure one or more node groups. Each node group includes a first node and one or more second nodes. In each node group, the first node is a logical computer that provides a first storage area and executes a first DBMS and the second node is a logical computer that provides a second storage area and executes a second DBMS, each node in the node group stores the same database therein, and data retrieval from the database in the node group is executed by one or more second DBMSs in the node group.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Hideomi IDEI, Kazuhiko MOGI, Norifumi NISHIKAWA, Akira SHIMIZU, Kazuo GODA, Yuto HAYAMIZU, Masaru KITSUREGAWA
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Publication number: 20220085307Abstract: Provided is a polyester film for foldable displays that is unlikely to have cracks in the folding portion with the aim of providing a foldable display that is excellent in mass production applicability, and that does not have image distortion that may appear in the folding portion after the display is repeatedly folded. The polyester film has a thickness of 10 to 80 ?m, a refractive index in the bending direction of 1.590 to 1.620, a refractive index in the direction of a folding portion of 1.670 to 1.700, a refractive index in the thickness direction of 1.520 or less, and a density of 1.380 g/cm3 or more, wherein the bending direction refers to a direction orthogonal to the folding portion of the polyester film to be folded.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro NISHIO, Kiwamu KAWAI, Akira SHIMIZU, Katsuya ITO