Patents by Inventor Hiroki Nakayama

Hiroki Nakayama 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: 20220096039
    Abstract: A control device including: wherein the processor controls a mammography apparatus that a breast, with radiation from a radiation source to capture a radiographic image of the breast such that normal imaging which emits the radiation with first energy from an irradiation position where an irradiation angle is 0 degrees to capture a normal radiographic image and tomosynthesis imaging which emits the radiation with either the first energy or second energy higher than the first energy at each of a plurality of irradiation positions having different irradiation angles and emits the radiation with the second energy at the irradiation position where the irradiation angle is 0 degrees to capture a plurality of low-energy projection images and a plurality of high-energy projection images are performed in a state in which the breast is compressed by the compression member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki NAKAYAMA, Tomoki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220096036
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor that controls a mammography apparatus that irradiates a breast with radiation to capture a radiographic image of the breast such that the radiation with either first energy or second energy higher than the first energy is emitted at each of irradiation positions having different irradiation angles while a radiation source is being moved to capture low-energy projection images with the first energy and high-energy projection images with the second energy, an irradiation time for which the radiation with the second energy is emitted is longer than an irradiation time for which the radiation with the first energy is emitted, and a focus size of the radiation source in a case in which the radiation with the first energy is emitted is larger than a focus size of the radiation source in a case in which the radiation with the second energy is emitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroki NAKAYAMA, Tomoki INOUE
  • Patent number: 11284729
    Abstract: A damper device set is provided which can mount a damper device on a door that is thin and has a constraint on the mounting position. A first fastening member is used to fix a mounting plate to a door. A second fastening member placed at a position different from the first fastening member in a thickness direction of the door is used to fix, to the mounting plate, a damper device including a case and a linear damper housed in the case. At least part of the linear damper overlaps at least part of the first fastening member in plan view of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SUGATSUNE KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nishiyama, Hiroki Nakayama, Kazuaki Kashiwaguma, Shuu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11266369
    Abstract: A radiography system includes a mammography apparatus and a control device including a compression control unit that, in a case of performing continuous imaging in which the simple imaging and the tomosynthesis imaging are continuously performed while the breast being compressed by the mammography apparatus, performs control to cause a compression member to compress the breast at a first force in a first imaging of the simple imaging or the tomosynthesis imaging that is performed first in the continuous imaging, to change a force of the compression member compressing the breast from the first force to a second force lower than the first force after the first imaging, and to cause the compression member to compress the breast at the second force in a second imaging that is performed later.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Inoue, Hiroki Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11259766
    Abstract: An image acquisition unit acquires a plurality of projection images corresponding to each of a plurality of radiation source positions which have been generated by directing an imaging apparatus to perform tomosynthesis imaging for an object compressed by a compression plate. An edge image detection unit detects an edge image caused by the edge of the compression plate in the plurality of projection images. A cutout unit cuts out the projection image according to a positional relationship between the edge image and an image of the object to generate a cut-out projection image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Nakayama, Tomoki Inoue, Tomonari Sendai
  • Patent number: 11240342
    Abstract: A agent device includes a plurality of agent function parts configured to provide a service including causing an output section to output a response by a voice in response to a speech of an occupant in a vehicle, the plurality of agent function parts includes a first agent function part and a second agent function part having less dependence on a network connection than that of the first agent function part, a network observation part configured to recognize or predict a change in communication environment of the network connection is further provided, and the second agent function part stores a speech of the occupant in the vehicle in a storage when the first agent function part is under operation and deterioration of the communication environment of the network connection is recognized or predicted by the network observation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sawako Furuya, Yoshifumi Wagatsuma, Hiroki Nakayama, Kengo Naiki, Yusuke Oi
  • Publication number: 20210380433
    Abstract: An infrared absorbing material fine particle dispersion liquid including infrared absorbing material fine particles and a solvent, the infrared absorbing material fine particles containing fine particles of composite tungsten oxide represented by a general formula MxWOy, the solvent containing water, wherein an absolute value of a zeta potential of the infrared absorbing material fine particle dispersion liquid is 5 mV or more and 100 mV or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi SATO, Kenji FUKUDA, Yukihiro KOYAMA, Hiroki NAKAYAMA, Hideaki FUKUYAMA
  • Patent number: 11103206
    Abstract: A mammography apparatus includes a radiation source driver that moves a radiation source to a plurality of imaging positions including a first imaging position where LE imaging of emitting radiation R with low energy from the radiation source to capture a radiation image is performed, and a second imaging position where the LE imaging and HE imaging of emitting radiation R with high energy to capture a radiation image are performed, and a controller that causes a radiation detector to perform the LE imaging at the first imaging position in a state where the radiation source is moved, and causes the radiation detector to perform the LE imaging and the HE imaging at the second imaging position in a state where the movement of the radiation source is stopped or the radiation source is moved at a moving speed slower than that at the first imaging position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20210087070
    Abstract: A near-infrared absorbing material fine particle dispersion, a near-infrared absorber laminate, and a laminated structure for near-infrared absorption can exhibit higher near-infrared absorption property, compared to near-infrared fine particle dispersions, near-infrared absorber laminates, and laminated structures for near-infrared absorption, containing tungsten oxides or composite tungsten oxides according to the conventional art. Also, a near-infrared absorbing material fine particle dispersion in which composite tungsten oxide fine particles, each particle containing a hexagonal crystal structure, and a polymer compound with maleic anhydride introduced therein are contained in the polypropylene resin, and the near-infrared absorber laminate and the laminated structure for near-infrared absorption using the dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki NAKAYAMA, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Kenji FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20210070961
    Abstract: Provided are a near-infrared absorbing material fine particle dispersion, a near-infrared absorber, and a laminated structure for near-infrared absorption, which can exhibit higher near-infrared absorption property, compared to near-infrared fine particle dispersions, near-infrared absorber, and laminated structures for near-infrared absorption, containing tungsten oxides or composite tungsten oxides according to the conventional art. Also provided is a near-infrared absorbing material fine particle dispersion, wherein composite tungsten oxide fine particles, each particle containing a hexagonal crystal structure, and a silane compound are contained in an acrylic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki NAKAYAMA, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Kenji FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20210063621
    Abstract: Provided is an infrared absorber object which comprises a resin medium and, disposed therein, agglomerates of composite tungsten oxide particles, wherein the agglomerates of composite tungsten oxide particles have one or more shapes selected from among strips, flakes, and rods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji FUKUDA, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Hiroki NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210042636
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus of the present invention includes a generation means for generating a plurality of rules for complementing a missing value in data including a plurality of attributes on the basis of a value of a specific attribute including the missing value and a value of another attribute that is different from the specific attribute, and a complementing means for specifying a value to complement the missing value on the basis of the rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10906032
    Abstract: Described are catalysts effective to abate NOx, hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide from a gasoline engine exhaust gas. Such catalysts include a substrate having a first and second material disposed thereon, the first material effective to catalyze selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in the presence of ammonia and the second material effective to abate hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, the first material comprising a molecular sieve promoted with copper and/or iron in a low loading, the second material comprising at least one oxide of Ni, Fe, Mn, Co, and Cu on a support selected from oxides of Ce, Ce—Zr, Zr, Mn, Pr and combinations thereof. Also described are gasoline engine exhaust gas treatment systems and methods of treating exhaust gas from a gasoline engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: BASF Corporation, N.E. Chemcat Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaolai Zheng, Michel Deeba, Xiaofan Yang, Qi Fu, Knut Wassermann, Makoto Nagata, Yasuharu Kanno, Hiroki Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10875278
    Abstract: A heat ray shielding film is disclosed, including composite tungsten oxide particles; and an ionomer resin. The composite tungsten oxide particles are expressed by a general formula MxWOy (where M denotes one or more kinds of elements selected from Cs, Rb, K, Tl, In, Ba, Li, Ca, Sr, Fe, Sn, Al, Cu, and Na, and 0.1?x?0.5 and 2.2?y?3.0).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Machida, Hiroki Nakayama, Kenichi Fujita
  • Publication number: 20200390418
    Abstract: The attachment includes: a holder that has an opening portion provided at a position corresponding to an ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving surface of the ultrasound probe and is attachably and detachably fixed to the ultrasound probe; and a protruding portion that draws and holds a sheet-shaped acoustic matching member provided between the opening portion and the ultrasound probe in a close contact direction in which the acoustic matching member is brought into close contact with the transmitting and receiving surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshie FUJIMOTO, Hiroki NAKAYAMA, Takahisa ARAI, Shunsuke KODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20200375562
    Abstract: A compression plate of a mammography apparatus has an upper surface which is irradiated with radiation, a lower surface which is opposite to the upper surface and comes into contact with the breast, and a surface which is parallel to the upper surface between the upper surface and the lower surface. In the compression plate, a compression plate scale for identifying an in-plane position of each surface is given to any one of the surfaces. A first display control unit of a console performs control to display a radiographic image captured by the mammography apparatus on a display unit. A second display control unit of the console performs control to display an image scale which indicates a position on the radiographic image corresponding to the in-plane position of the compression plate on the radiographic image displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa ARAI, Hiroki NAKAYAMA, Yoshie FUJIMOTO, Shunsuke KODAIRA
  • Patent number: 10836614
    Abstract: An upper turning body mounted on a lower body for a crane includes a turning frame mounted on the lower body to turn freely, and a boom provided to the turning frame to be raised and lowered freely. The turning frame includes a pair of attachment brackets to which a base end section of the boom is attached such that the boom is free to be raised and lowered, and a frame body to which the pair of attachment brackets are provided with an interval in a left-right direction of the upper turning body. The frame body is formed of a plurality of divided frames arranged side by side in the left-right direction of the upper turning body, adjacent divided frames of the plurality of divided frames being separably joined to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: KOBE STEEL, LTD., KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuto Kataoka, Takunori Yamaguchi, Hiromitsu Hamaguchi, Yasuhiro Nakashima, Yoji Hanawa, Hiroki Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20200353447
    Abstract: Provided is, for example, an exhaust gas-purifying three-way catalyst which is suppressed in particle growth due to sintering of a catalytically active component on a carrier in exposure to a high temperature and thus is enhanced in purification performance, and a method for producing the same, as well as an integral structure type exhaust gas-purifying catalyst using the same. The exhaust gas-purifying three-way catalyst of the present invention includes a composite particle which contains a base material particle having a pore size of 100 to 650 nm as measured by a mercury intrusion method and a catalytically active particle of a platinum group element supported on the base material particle, in which a content proportion of the catalytically active particle is 0.001 to 30% by mass in total in terms of metal of the platinum group element, based on a total amount of the composite particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: N.E. CHEMCAT Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HARA, Yuki TOYA, Hiroki NAKAYAMA, Takumi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200337662
    Abstract: An image acquisition unit acquires a plurality of projection images corresponding to each of a plurality of radiation source positions which have been generated by directing an imaging apparatus to perform tomosynthesis imaging for an object compressed by a compression plate. An edge image detection unit detects an edge image caused by the edge of the compression plate in the plurality of projection images. A cutout unit cuts out the projection image according to a positional relationship between the edge image and an image of the object to generate a cut-out projection image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki NAKAYAMA, Tomoki INOUE, Tomonari SENDAI
  • Publication number: 20200337667
    Abstract: A control device including: a control unit that, in a case in which continuous imaging that irradiates a breast of a subject with radiation emitted from a radiation source to capture a radiographic image in a compressed state in which the breast is compressed against an imaging table by a compression member and then captures an ultrasound image of the breast in the compressed state is performed, performs control to locate the radiation source at a non-facing position where the radiation source and the imaging table do not face each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa ARAI, Yoshie FUJIMOTO, Hiroki NAKAYAMA, Shunsuke KODAIRA