Patents by Inventor Hiromichi Nishiyama
Hiromichi Nishiyama 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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Patent number: 11619669Abstract: The condition monitoring system includes an acquisition unit and a generation unit. The acquisition unit acquires waveform data from a measuring device to measure an electrical signal that is either output or input of a converter. The waveform data represents a waveform of the electrical signal. The generation unit generates, based on the waveform data, analysis data to monitor the condition concerning the converter. The generation unit obtains, by frequency analysis, a plurality of combinations, each including a value of a frequency and a value of a feature quantity that is either intensity or phase, based on the waveform data when a value of the drive frequency varies and thereby generate the analysis data having at least three variables including the frequency, the feature quantity, and the drive frequency.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC IN IELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shin Tabuchi, Satoshi Kanai, Hiromichi Nishiyama
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Patent number: 10781328Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide an actinic-ray-curable ink-jet ink that gives images of satisfactory quality at temperatures, the center of which lies in a moderate range and that, even when the temperature of the substrate changes to the higher-temperature or lower-temperature side, can give prints of satisfactory quality. The actinic-ray-curable ink-jet ink includes an actinic-ray-curable compound and a gellant. The gellant contains at least one C15-26 alkyl group. The actinic-ray-curable ink-jet ink contains a crystal nucleator, the crystal nucleator comprising a (poly)glycerin fatty acid ester compound A that comprises a (poly)glycerin skeleton and a C15 or higher alkyl group bonded to the (poly)glycerin skeleton. The content of the compound A is 1.0-10 mass % with respect to the total mass of the gellant.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Hiromichi Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20200033411Abstract: The condition monitoring system includes an acquisition unit and a generation unit. The acquisition unit acquires waveform data from a measuring device to measure an electrical signal that is either output or input of a converter. The waveform data represents a waveform of the electrical signal. The generation unit generates, based on the waveform data, analysis data to monitor the condition concerning the converter. The generation unit obtains, by frequency analysis, a plurality of combinations, each including a value of a frequency and a value of a feature quantity that is either intensity or phase, based on the waveform data when a value of the drive frequency varies and thereby generate the analysis data having at least three variables including the frequency, the feature quantity, and the drive frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Shin TABUCHI, Satoshi KANAI, Hiromichi NISHIYAMA
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Patent number: 10385227Abstract: Purpose is to provide an inkjet recording method for forming high-quality color image on a thick recording medium having low thermal conductance rate. The present invention is a single-pass inkjet recording method using an ink set including at least two active ray-curing color inks, and a recording medium having thermal conductivity of less than 0.10 W/(m·K) and thickness of 0.4 mm or more. The ink set containing two color inks satisfy only condition (a), and the ink set containing three or more color inks satisfy conditions (a) and (b): (a) most downstream color ink has a gelation temperature which is 3.0° C. to 15.0° C. higher than that of most upstream color ink, and (b) second or subsequent color ink from the most upstream position in conveyance direction has a gelation temperature which is the same as or higher than that of an adjacent color ink at the upstream position.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Yusuke Takaku, Masashi Ikeda, Yuka Yazaki, Hiromichi Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20190023925Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide an actinic-ray-curable ink-jet ink that gives images of satisfactory quality at temperatures, the center of which lies in a moderate range and that, even when the temperature of the substrate changes to the higher-temperature or lower-temperature side, can give prints of satisfactory quality. The actinic-ray-curable ink-jet ink includes an actinic-ray-curable compound and a gellant. The gellant contains at least one C15-26 alkyl group. The actinic-ray-curable ink-jet ink contains a crystal nucleator, the crystal nucleator comprising a (poly)glycerin fatty acid ester compound A that comprises a (poly)glycerin skeleton and a C15 or higher alkyl group bonded to the (poly)glycerin skeleton. The content of the compound A is 1.0-10 mass % with respect to the total mass of the gellant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventor: Hiromichi NISHIYAMA
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Patent number: 10167401Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming method capable of suppressing glossiness unevenness in one image with curability of an ink droplet having been caused to land on a recording medium increased. The image forming method includes: preparing an actinic radiation-curable inkjet ink containing a radical polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, a gelling agent, and a nucleating agent; discharging a droplet of the actinic radiation-curable inkjet ink to cause the droplet to land on a surface of a recording medium; and curing the droplet by irradiating the droplet having been caused to land on the recording medium with actinic radiation. The gelling agent contains, in a molecular structure thereof, a polar group, and a C15-26 alkyl group, the nucleating agent is a (poly)glycerin fatty acid ester, and an oxygen concentration in an atmosphere where irradiation with the actinic radiation is conducted is less than 20 vol %.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Hiromichi Nishiyama, Yusuke Takaku, Shogo Watanabe, Yuka Yazaki
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Publication number: 20180215938Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming method capable of suppressing glossiness unevenness in one image with curability of an ink droplet having been caused to land on a recording medium increased. The image forming method includes: preparing an actinic radiation-curable inkjet ink containing a radical polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, a gelling agent, and a nucleating agent; discharging a droplet of the actinic radiation-curable inkjet ink to cause the droplet to land on a surface of a recording medium; and curing the droplet by irradiating the droplet having been caused to land on the recording medium with actinic radiation. The gelling agent contains, in a molecular structure thereof, a polar group, and a C15-26 alkyl group, the nucleating agent is a (poly)glycerin fatty acid ester, and an oxygen concentration in an atmosphere where irradiation with the actinic radiation is conducted is less than 20 vol %.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Hiromichi Nishiyama, Yusuke Takaku, Shogo Watanabe, Yuka Yazaki
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Publication number: 20180208789Abstract: Purpose is to provide an inkjet recording method for forming high-quality color image on a thick recording medium having low thermal conductance rate. The present invention is a single-pass inkjet recording method using an ink set including at least two active ray-curing color inks, and a recording medium having thermal conductivity of less than 0.10 W/(m·K) and thickness of 0.4 mm or more. The ink set containing two color inks satisfy only condition (a), and the ink set containing three or more color inks satisfy conditions (a) and (b): (a) most downstream color ink has a gelation temperature which is 3.0° C. to 15.0° C. higher than that of most upstream color ink, and (b) second or subsequent color ink from the most upstream position in conveyance direction has a gelation temperature which is the same as or higher than that of an adjacent color ink at the upstream position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Yusuke TAKAKU, Masashi IKEDA, Yuka YAZAKI, Hiromichi NISHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20180066149Abstract: An actinic ray-curable inkjet ink may be provided that makes it possible to produce prints with less blooming even when printing is performed at low substrate temperature. The actinic ray-curable inkjet ink may include an actinic ray-curable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and waxes A and B, wherein the waxes A and B each have at least one alkyl chain containing a linear portion, the linear portion of each alkyl chain in the waxes A and B has 15 or more carbon atoms, the wax A has a saturation solubility of 0.4% in the actinic ray-curable compound at a temperature in the range of 40 to 50° C., and the wax B forms a eutectic with the wax A.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2016Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventor: Hiromichi NISHIYAMA
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Patent number: 9685822Abstract: A measurement unit measures power supplied from an outlet, a first acquisition unit acquires outlet identification information and power supply information which indicates a value of power supplied within a predetermined period of time, the value being measured by the measurement unit. Additionally, a second acquisition unit acquires appliance identification information and power consumption information which indicates a value of power consumed by the appliance within the predetermined period, a comparison unit compares the power supply information with the power consumption information, and a generation unit generates information indicating an association between the appliance and the outlet using the outlet identification information and the appliance identification information when a concordance rate between the power supply information and the power consumption information exceeds a threshold value according to the comparison result by the comparison unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiromichi Nishiyama, Keiji Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20150091831Abstract: The display device including a touch panel comprises a display unit having a screen that displays information according to a touch operation, and a controller that detects a plurality of contact positions on the screen according to the touch operation and controls the display unit to display first selection information at a position spaced from the plurality of contact positions by a predetermined distance. When at least one contact position of the plurality of contact positions is moved in the screen, the display unit moves and displays the first selection information on the screen to and at a position spaced from the moved contact position by the predetermined distance. The display device with a touch panel is easy for a user to operate by touching.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Kiyoshi NAKANISHI, Shunichi KUROMARU, Tomoo KIMURA, Hiromichi NISHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20140210748Abstract: An information processing apparatus 10a according to the present disclosure includes: a touchscreen panel 14 on which video is displayed and which accepts an operation that has been performed by a user; a detector 21 which detects the operation that has been performed by the user on the touchscreen panel 14; and a processor 20 which performs processing in response to the operation. If the user has performed the operation using a polyhedron input interface device 10b which has a plurality of sides in mutually different shapes, the detector 21 detects the shape of an area in which the input interface device 10b is in contact with the touchscreen panel to determine which side of the polyhedron has been used to perform the operation, and the processor 20 carries out processing that is associated with the side that has been used.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Atsushi NARITA, Kazunari FUJIWARA, Ryuji MIKI, Masami YOKOTA, Eric CHAN, Shigeru NATSUME, Silas WARREN, Simon ENEVER, Hao HUANG, Ryoichi YAGI, Kiyoshi NAKANISHI, Takeshi SHIMAMOTO, Seiji KUBO, Tomoo KIMURA, Hiromichi NISHIYAMA, Shogo MIKAMI
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Publication number: 20120173177Abstract: Provided is a measurement unit (210) that measures power supplied from an outlet, a first acquisition unit (215) that acquires outlet identification information and power supply information which indicates a value of power supplied within a predetermined period of time, the value being measured by the measurement unit (210), a second acquisition unit (220) that acquires appliance identification information and power consumption information which indicates a value of power consumed by the appliance within the predetermined period, a comparison unit (225) that compares the power supply information with the power consumption information, and a generation unit (230) that generates information indicating an association between the appliance and the outlet using the outlet identification information and the appliance identification information when a concordance rate between the power supply information and the power consumption information exceeds a threshold value according to the comparison result by the compariType: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventors: Hiromichi Nishiyama, Keiji Sakaguchi
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Patent number: 8180060Abstract: In the telemedical system securely sharing encryption keys for enabling secure exchange of the encrypted biological data between the measurement terminal and the server to prevent the data from being stolen by the malicious third party, a service key is transferred to the second adapter attached to a measurement terminal from the server via the first adapter attached to the management apparatus. First, the first adapter attached to the management apparatus receives the service key from the server. Next, the first adapter is temporarily detached from the management apparatus and is attached to the measurement terminal to store the symmetric key. The first adapter is detached from the measurement terminal, and is attached to the management apparatus again. The service key received in the first adapter is encrypted using the symmetric key, and the encrypted key is transmitted to the second adapter attached to the measurement terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Aizu, Yosuke Tajika, Daisuke Kobayashi, Hiromichi Nishiyama, Masao Nonaka, Natsume Matsuzaki, Kaoru Yokota, Yuichi Futa
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Patent number: 8154616Abstract: A data processing apparatus acquires images captured by cameras. A data processing apparatus 2 calculates relative positional relationship between the camera that captured an image and a camera that is captured in the captured image, by image recognition of the captured image. The data processing apparatus 2 aggregates positional relationships calculated for the captured images, respectively, and by having one camera as reference, calculates the relative positions and directions of other cameras. Based on the calculated results, a user interface for supporting selection of the captured image by a user is generated.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2008Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiji Icho, Masayuki Misaki, Takashi Kawamura, Kuniaki Isogai, Ryouichi Kawanishi, Jun Ohmiya, Hiromichi Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20120022711Abstract: A power information collecting apparatus efficiently collects power information including a power consumption level of each of a plurality of devices. A power information collecting apparatus (11) which collects power information including a power consumption level from each of a plurality of devices (13), and includes: a communication unit (113) collecting power information of each device (13); a data holding unit (111) holding the power information collected by the communication unit (113); a change rate calculating unit (112) calculating a power change rate indicating a degree of increase and decrease of the power consumption level for each device (13), using the power information held by the data holding unit (111); and a controller (114) controlling the communication unit (113) such that the frequency of power information collection is higher for a device (13) having a higher power change rate calculated by the change rate calculating unit (112).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Keiji Sakaguchi, Takashi Murakami, Shinichi Tsuchida, Hiromichi Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20100097483Abstract: A data processing apparatus acquires images captured by cameras. A data processing apparatus 2 calculates relative positional relationship between the camera that captured an image and a camera that is captured in the captured image, by image recognition of the captured image. The data processing apparatus 2 aggregates positional relationships calculated for the captured images, respectively, and by having one camera as reference, calculates the relative positions and directions of other cameras. Based on the calculated results, a user interface for supporting selection of the captured image by a user is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Inventors: Keiji Icho, Masayuki Misaki, Takashi Kawamura, Kuniaki Isogai, Ryouichi Kawanishi, Jun Ohmiya, Hiromichi Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20090105552Abstract: The health information collecting apparatus according to the present invention includes: a clock unit configured to oscillate a clock; a counting unit configured to count the clock oscillated by the clock unit; an obtainment unit configured to obtain the health information from the measuring device; a holding unit configured to hold the health information and a first clock count associated with the health information, the first clock count being counted by the counting unit when the health information is received; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the management apparatus, the health information and the first clock count, wherein the transmission unit transmits, to the management apparatus, a second clock count with the health information and the first clock count, the second clock count being counted by the counting unit when the health information and the first clock count are transmitted to the management apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Inventors: Hiromichi NISHIYAMA, Yosuke Tajika, Daisuke Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Aizu
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Publication number: 20090103735Abstract: In the telemedical system securely sharing encryption keys for enabling secure exchange of the encrypted biological data between the measurement terminal and the server to prevent the data from being stolen by the malicious third party, a service key is transferred to the second adapter attached to a measurement terminal from the server via the first adapter attached to the management apparatus. First, the first adapter attached to the management apparatus receives the service key from the server. Next, the first adapter is temporarily detached from the management apparatus and is attached to the measurement terminal to store the symmetric key. The first adapter is detached from the measurement terminal, and is attached to the management apparatus again. The service key received in the first adapter is encrypted using the symmetric key, and the encrypted key is transmitted to the second adapter attached to the measurement terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2008Publication date: April 23, 2009Inventors: Kazuhiro AIZU, Yosuke Tajika, Daisuke Kobayashi, Hiromichi Nishiyama, Masao Nonaka, Natsume Matsuzaki, Kaoru Yokota, Yuichi Futa