Patents by Inventor Akira Tanaka

Akira Tanaka 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).

  • Patent number: 11061664
    Abstract: To provide a user who reuses a flow edited by using visual programming with useful flow change related information, a code management system manages codes before and after editing of a flow edited by the user using visual programming, with a code management tool capable of version management, obtains a logic change degree that is an index indicating a degree of change in a logic related difference of differences before and after the code change and a layout change degree that is an index indicating a degree of change in a layout related difference of the differences before and after the code change, and outputs information based on the logic change degree and the layout change degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Toshio Nishida, Keisuke Hatasaki
  • Publication number: 20210208410
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device configured to be attached to a display configured to display a display image. The wearable device features an optical component set featuring a lens, a first user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to a projection angle of the visual image, and a second user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the visual image. A position of the visual image is changed by adjusting the projection angle of the visual image using the first user operable member so that the visual image is displayed at a position based on at least one of a shape or a size of the head of the user. The color tone or the brightness of the visual image is changed using the second user operable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 11043327
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a core including a substantially column-shaped shaft and a support formed on an end portion of the shaft, a terminal electrode formed on the support, and a wire wound around the shaft and including an end portion connected to the terminal electrode. The support includes a first ridge that is rounded at a boundary between an inner face and a bottom face of the support, and a second ridge that is rounded at a boundary between the bottom face and an end face of the support. A radius of curvature of the first ridge is greater than a radius of curvature of the second ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210166874
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and first and second inner electrodes that are laminated, and first and second outer electrodes. Each of the first inner electrodes includes a first opposing electrode portion and a first extending electrode portion. The first extending electrode portions at least positioned in a vicinity of the first and second principal surfaces in a lamination direction among the first inner electrodes include a first bent portion bent inward and a second bent portion bent outward in the lamination direction. A distance between vertices of the first and second bent portions in the lamination direction in the first inner electrodes positioned in the vicinity of the first and second principal surface in a lamination direction is larger than a distance in the first inner electrodes positioned in a central portion in the lamination direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventor: Akira TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11016295
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an eyeglasses wearable device includes a sensing signal acquisition module configured to acquire sensing signals from potential sensors, a display configured to display display data, a display data output module configured to transmit first display data to the display, a characteristic determination module configured to determine at least timing of blinking of the user based on variations in the sensing signals when the first display data is displayed on the display, and an oversight determination module configured to determine whether the user has overlooked an important display position in the first display data by comparing the timing of blinking with an elapsed time position of the first display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroaki Komaki, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 11004424
    Abstract: An image display system includes a display unit displaying an image, a projection unit projecting in a target space a virtual image corresponding to the image with an output light of the display unit, a body unit provided thereto the display unit and the projection unit, and an image producing unit including a first correction unit and a second correction unit. The first correction unit performs a first correction processing of correcting, based on a first orientation signal indicative of a first orientation change of the body unit, a display position of the virtual image in the target space. The second correction unit performs a second correction processing of correcting, based on a second orientation signal indicative of a second orientation change of the body unit which is faster than the first orientation change, the display position of the virtual image in the target space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanaga Tsuji, Toshiya Mori, Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Yoshiteru Mino, Tadashi Shibata, Nobuyuki Nakano, Akira Tanaka, Shohei Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11002975
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device configured to be attached to a display configured to display a display image. The wearable device features an optical component set featuring a lens, a first user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to a projection angle of the visual image, and a second user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the visual image. A position of the visual image is changed by adjusting the projection angle of the visual image using the first user operable member so that the visual image is displayed at a position based on at least one of a shape or a size of the head of the user. The color tone or the brightness of the visual image is changed using the second user operable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 10994745
    Abstract: An information estimating system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an operation item for vehicle-mounted equipment mounted on a vehicle and a vehicle environment state, which is at least one of a vehicle status and a traveling state of the vehicle when the operation item is operated for each of a plurality of drivers, a learning unit configured to learn the operation item and the vehicle environment state of each of the plurality of drivers acquired by the acquisition unit in association with each other, and an estimator configured to estimate the operation item for the vehicle environment state at a predetermined time point of a specific driver based on the learned result learned by the learning unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Mori, Nobuyuki Nakano, Masanaga Tsuji, Tadashi Shibata, Akira Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10982576
    Abstract: In an engine that includes a blow-by-gas returning system configured to direct blow-by gas within a crankcase to an intake system through an inside of a head cover, the intake system includes a cover intake-passage disposed at a blow-by-gas outlet of the head cover, and the cover intake-passage communicates with a blow-by-gas passage of the blow-by-gas outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Oso, Akira Tanaka, Hideyuki Koyama, Rina Kaneko, Nobuyoshi Okada
  • Patent number: 10956840
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method includes receiving biometric information about a living body of a user wearing an eyeglasses-type wearable terminal and working in a predetermined range, from the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal, and estimating that the user is concentrating, based on the received biometric information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takashi Sudo, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Publication number: 20210072836
    Abstract: An eyeglasses-type wearable device of an embodiment can handle various data inputs. The device includes right and left eye frames corresponding to positions of right and left eyes and nose pads corresponding to a position of a nose. Eye motion detection electrodes (sightline detection sensor electrodes) are provided with the nose pads to detect the eye motion of a user. Transmitter/receiver electrodes (capacitance sensor electrodes) of a gesture detector are provided with a part of the right and left eye frames to detect a gesture of the user. Various data inputs are achieved by a combination of input A corresponding to a gesture of the user detected by the gesture detector and input B corresponding to the eye motion of the user detected by the eye motion detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki Komaki, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 10927482
    Abstract: The problem addressed by the present invention is to provide yarn, which includes an ultrafine filament, and that has superior handling properties, elongation and contraction properties, and with which a fabric and a fiber product of high quality can be obtained, a fabric using this yarn, and a fiber product using this yarn or fabric. The solution is imparting a binder to yarn that includes a filament A-1 with a single fiber diameter of 10 to 3000 nm and a fiber A-2 with a single fiber diameter greater than the filament A-1, and obtaining a fabric or fiber product using the yarn as necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: TEIJIN FRONTIER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Tanaka, Akira Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210036676
    Abstract: A diplexer includes a common terminal, first and second terminals, and first and second filters which are electrically connected to the common terminal. The first filter passes a high frequency signal in a first frequency band. The second filter passes a high frequency signal in a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band. Each filter includes an inductor and a capacitor in a dielectric substrate. The first filter includes a first inductor with one end electrically connected to the common terminal, and a first capacitor electrically connected between another end of the first inductor and a ground. An inductance of the first inductor is smaller than an inductance of another inductor included in the first filter. A frequency of an attenuation pole defined by the first inductor and the first capacitor is higher than a frequency of the second frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Akira TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210024271
    Abstract: The present invention has for its object to provide a bag for preventing foodstuffs from becoming rotten due to the penetration of bacteria, mold and the like. As shown in FIG. 1, the bag includes an interior bag on which a calcined calcium powder is carried, and an exterior bag applied over the interior bag. Preferably, the interior bag is formed of a porous material such as a woven or unwoven fabric and the exterior bag is a high-strength flexible container bag. Preferably, the interior bag contains a foodstuff that has been disinfected and sterilized, such as rice or soybean, or a foodstuff added and mixed with the calcined calcium powders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Hisaharu OKI, Yukio MURATA, Akira TANAKA, Hidehumi OGURA
  • Publication number: 20210028753
    Abstract: A diplexer includes dielectric layers stacked in a lamination direction. The diplexer includes a reference surface extending in a direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the lamination direction, a common terminal on the reference surface, a high-pass circuit including a capacitor, a low-pass circuit including an inductor, a common line connecting the common terminal and a branch portion, a first via connecting the branch portion and the capacitor in the high-pass circuit, and a second via connecting the branch portion and the inductor in the low-pass circuit. The first via extends along the lamination direction from a first layer where the branch portion is located to a second layer where the capacitor in the high-pass circuit is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Akira TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210019867
    Abstract: An image display system includes a body, a first correction unit, and a second correction unit. The body houses a display unit to display an image and projects a virtual image, corresponding to the image, onto a target space using outgoing light of the display unit. The first correction unit corrects for distortion of the image. The second correction unit corrects a display location of the image on the display unit in accordance with an orientation signal representing a change in orientation of the body. Each of divisional areas of a display screen of the display unit is assigned with a distortion correction parameter for correcting for the distortion of the virtual image. The first correction unit applies distortion correction to each of the image regions of the image on the display screen based on a distortion correction parameter assigned to a divisional area where the image region is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shohei HAYASHI, Toshiya MORI, Tadashi SHIBATA, Nobuyuki NAKANO, Akira TANAKA, Masanaga TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20210005040
    Abstract: A method for controlling one of voting servers in an electronic voting system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a terminal, transaction data including voting data, and determining, by a processor, a block to include the transaction data from among multiple blocks. The method further includes generating, using the processor, the block including the transaction data, and connecting the block to a blockchain, the blockchain being stored in a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: YUJI UNAGAMI, JUNICHIRO SOEDA, AKIRA TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210005373
    Abstract: An inductor component that includes a core that includes a substantially column-shaped shaft part and a pair of support parts at both ends of the shaft part; terminal electrodes that are respectively provided on the pair of support parts; and a wire that is wound around the shaft part and has end portions that are respectively connected to the terminal electrodes on the pair of support parts. The inductor component exhibits an impedance value of 2100? or higher for an input signal having a frequency of 500 MHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunao NOYA, Akira TANAKA, Koji OKUDA, Tomotaka GOTOHDA
  • Publication number: 20210005041
    Abstract: A method for controlling one of a plurality of voting servers in an electronic voting system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a terminal, transaction data including voting data, and generating, using a processor, a block including the transaction data and dummy transaction data. The dummy transaction data including dummy voting data that is not associated with the voting data. The method further connects the generated block to a blockchain, the blockchain being stored in a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: YUJI UNAGAMI, AKIRA TANAKA, JUNICHIRO SOEDA
  • Patent number: 10878993
    Abstract: An inductor includes a core including a columnar shaft and a support on an end portion of the shaft, a terminal electrode disposed on the support, and a wire wound around the shaft and having an end portion connected to the terminal electrode. The terminal electrode includes a bottom surface electrode on a bottom surface of the support and an end surface electrode on an end surface of the support. The end surface electrode includes an end portion in a width direction of the end surface and a central portion in the width direction of the end surface. The central portion is positioned higher than the end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Tomotaka Gotoda, Sunao Noya, Hiroyuki Ukai