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: 10685232
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device on a head of a user and including a display in a line of vision of the user, a first detector configured to detect a movement of the user, a second detector configured to detect a state of an apparatus operated by the user, and a server connected to the wearable device, the first detector and the second detector. The server is configured to display information about work contents of the user on the display based on a detection result of the first detector and a detection result of the second detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 10684783
    Abstract: Provided is a control method of controlling locking or unlocking of storage using a blockchain. The control method includes: determining, when first request information indicating a lock/unlock request, that is a lock request or an unlock request, is received from a terminal, whether a keyholder identified by reading keyholder information stored in the blockchain matches an owner of the terminal that has transmitted the first request information, the keyholder information indicating a person having the authority to lock or unlock the storage; performing lock/unlock processing when the keyholder is determined to match the owner, the lock/unlock processing being processing for causing the storage to lock or unlock in accordance with the first request information; and performing first storage processing after the lock/unlock processing is performed, the first storage processing being processing of storing, in the blockchain, transaction data indicating that the lock/unlock processing has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Fumiaki Kagaya, Eiichi Abe, Junichiro Soeda
  • Patent number: 10682405
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device on a head of a user and including a display in a line of vision of the user, a first detector configured to detect a movement of the user, a second detector configured to detect a state of an apparatus operated by the user, and a server connected to the wearable device, the first detector and the second detector. The server is configured to display information about work contents of the user on the display based on a detection result of the first detector and a detection result of the second detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 10679059
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device on a head of a user and including a display in a line of vision of the user, a first detector configured to detect a movement of the user, a second detector configured to detect a state of an apparatus operated by the user, and a server connected to the wearable device, the first detector and the second detector. The server is configured to display information about work contents of the user on the display based on a detection result of the first detector and a detection result of the second detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 10671849
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device on a head of a user and including a display in a line of vision of the user, a first detector configured to detect a movement of the user, a second detector configured to detect a state of an apparatus operated by the user, and a server connected to the wearable device, the first detector and the second detector. The server is configured to display information about work contents of the user on the display based on a detection result of the first detector and a detection result of the second detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 10672818
    Abstract: An imaging device comprises a sensor substrate including a pixel array that includes at least a first pixel. The first pixel includes an avalanche photodiode including a light receiving region, a cathode, and an anode. The first pixel includes a wiring layer electrically connected to the cathode and arranged in the sensor substrate such that the wiring layer is in a path of incident light that exits the light receiving region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yusuke Otake, Toshifumi Wakano
  • Patent number: 10649207
    Abstract: A display system includes a display unit which displays a virtual image in a target space, a controller which controls display of the display unit, and an obtaining unit which obtains vibration information about vibration applied to the display unit. The controller changes the display mode of the virtual image based on the vibration information, when the vibration exceeds a first threshold value and a viewing distance of the virtual image exceeds a second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanaga Tsuji, Tadashi Shibata, Nobuyuki Nakano, Akira Tanaka, Shohei Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10641200
    Abstract: A cooling structure of a water-cooled engine includes: a plurality of cylinders 2 arranged in a cylinder block 1; and a water jacket W formed around the plurality of cylinders 2. The water jacket W includes a pair of main flow paths 7, 8 formed in a state of extending in a cylinder arrangement direction outside the cylinders, and inter-bore flow paths 9, 10 formed between adjacent cylinders 2 in a state of connecting the pair of main flow paths 7, 8. Guide walls 11h, 13h, capable of guiding the cooling water flowing in the main flow paths 7, 8 to the inter-bore flow paths 9, 10, are formed in the cylinder block 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: KUBOTA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Oso, Takahiro Yamazaki, Hideyuki Koyama, Rina Kaneko, Yoshinori Tanaka, Takashi Yamaguchi, Akira Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200124849
    Abstract: A display system includes a display unit which displays a virtual image in a target space, a controller which controls display of the display unit, and an obtaining unit which obtains vibration information about vibration applied to the display unit. The controller changes the display mode of the virtual image based on the vibration information, when the vibration exceeds a first threshold value and a viewing distance of the virtual image exceeds a second threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: MASANAGA TSUJI, TADASHI SHIBATA, NOBUYUKI NAKANO, AKIRA TANAKA, SHOHEI HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10600250
    Abstract: A display system for use in a mobile body includes an acquisition unit that acquires detection information of at least one detection object that exists in a target space, a display unit that displays a virtual image in the target space, and a controller that controls display of the display unit. In the target space, at least one detection area is provided. The at least one detection object includes a first detection object that exists closest to the mobile body and a second detection object that has the shortest time to collision with the mobile body. The controller determines, as a display object, at least one of the first detection object and the second detection object in the at least one detection object that exists in the detection area based on the detection information, and causes the display unit to display the virtual image corresponding to the display object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Nakano, Tadashi Shibata, Masanaga Tsuji, Akira Tanaka, Shohei Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20200044366
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a printed wiring board includes a wiring board, a connector part, a connection pad provided between the wiring board and the connector part and connected with the connector part with a solder material and a guide groove provided in the wiring board to be continuous to the connection pad, to guide a portion of the solder material from the connection pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira TANAKA, Masaya HIRASHIMA, Satoru YASUI, Shukuyo YAMADA, Masashi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200034625
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device on a head of a user and including a display in a line of vision of the user, a first detector configured to detect a movement of the user, a second detector configured to detect a state of an apparatus operated by the user, and a server connected to the wearable device, the first detector and the second detector. The server is configured to display information about work contents of the user on the display based on a detection result of the first detector and a detection result of the second detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Publication number: 20200030434
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device on a head of a user and including a display in a line of vision of the user, a first detector configured to detect a movement of the user, a second detector configured to detect a state of an apparatus operated by the user, and a server connected to the wearable device, the first detector and the second detector. The server is configured to display information about work contents of the user on the display based on a detection result of the first detector and a detection result of the second detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kanishima, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 10531559
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided are an electronic device and an electronic component protection substrate in which an electronic component is prevented from entering an irregular state. According to the electronic device of the present embodiment, an electronic component is soldered onto a pattern line of a printed circuit substrate, and a surface of the printed circuit substrate where the electronic component is disposed is formed as a recess such that the thickness of the printed circuit substrate in the recess part is thinned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Masaya Hirashima, Satoru Yasui, Shukuyo Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200005727
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display and a sensor signal acceptor which accepts detection signals from a sensor are provided. A first display controller displays a first instruction for instructing a first work on the display, based on the detection signal which indicates an end of preparation for the first work. And, a second display controller displays a second instruction for instructing a next second work on the display, based on the detection signal which indicates an end of the first work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kanishima, Akira Tanaka, Kenichi Doniwa, Hiroaki Komaki, Hiroki Kumagai, Takashi Sudo, Nobuhide Okabayashi
  • Publication number: 20190391313
    Abstract: An image display device according to an embodiment of the present technology include an emission portion, an irradiation target, and an optical portion. The emission portion emits image light along a predetermined axis. The irradiation target is disposed at at least a part around the predetermined axis. The optical portion controls an incident angle of the image light on the irradiation target, the image light having been emitted from the emission portion, the optical portion being disposed in a manner that the optical portion faces the emission portion on the basis of the predetermined axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoharu Nakamura, Yusuke Oyama, Akira Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190345855
    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: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroki OSO, Akira TANAKA, Hideyuki KOYAMA, Rina KANEKO, Nobuyoshi OKADA
  • Patent number: 10464220
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for detecting damage to a linear guide on which a robot is mounted, by using a simple configuration. The apparatus has: a length measuring sensor configured to measure a position of a predetermined portion of the robot at predetermined time intervals; a current detecting section configured to detect a current value of a drive motor for driving a slide; and a judging section such as a processor, configured to, when the measured distance between the predetermined portion of the robot and the length measuring sensor is out of a range defined by a predetermined first threshold, and when the current value of the drive motor is equal to or higher than a predetermined second threshold, judge that the linear guide has been damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190315678
    Abstract: A method for producing N-(?-hydroxyethyl)formamide which comprises reacting formamide with acetaldehyde in a solvent in the presence of a basic catalyst in a reaction vessel, precipitating the obtained N-(?-hydroxyethyl)formamide in the reaction vessel, and collecting the precipitated N-(?-hydroxyethyl)formamide from the reaction vessel. The production of N-(?-hydroxyethyl)formamide is conducted multiple times using the same reaction vessel so that an (n+1)th reaction is conducted in the reaction vessel in which crystals of the N-(?-hydroxyethyl)formamide obtained in the n-th reaction are present (n is a natural number).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuichi SOMEYA, Akira TANAKA, Yasuharu MORI
  • Publication number: 20190317677
    Abstract: Provided is a control method of controlling locking or unlocking of storage using a blockchain. The control method includes: determining, when first request information indicating a lock/unlock request, that is a lock request or an unlock request, is received from a terminal, whether a keyholder identified by reading keyholder information stored in the blockchain matches an owner of the terminal that has transmitted the first request information, the keyholder information indicating a person having the authority to lock or unlock the storage; performing lock/unlock processing when the keyholder is determined to match the owner, the lock/unlock processing being processing for causing the storage to lock or unlock in accordance with the first request information; and performing first storage processing after the lock/unlock processing is performed, the first storage processing being processing of storing, in the blockchain, transaction data indicating that the lock/unlock processing has been performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Akira TANAKA, Fumiaki KAGAYA, Eiichi ABE, Junichiro SOEDA