Patents by Inventor HIRONOBU YAMAGUCHI

HIRONOBU YAMAGUCHI 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: 20240160255
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) includes a display (110), a housing (120), and a wireless relay apparatus (130). A control unit is provided inside the housing (120). The control unit includes, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), and performs various pieces of arithmetic processing and control processing. One example of the control processing is control of the display (110). The display (110) is mounted to the housing (120). The wireless relay apparatus (130) is mounted to any surface in surfaces of the housing (120). As one example, the display (110) and the wireless relay apparatus (130) are each mounted to a side surface of the housing (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro MATSUI, Hironobu MOCHIZUKI, Naoto OTA, Yoshifumi TANII, Takashi MIYAZAKI, Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Shinji FUNAI
  • Publication number: 20240132186
    Abstract: In a ship control system of one embodiment, a route command unit outputs a route command including a target ship position and a target bow direction of a ship. An information detector detects ship information including an actual ship position and an actual bow direction of a ship. An external force vector estimation unit estimates an external force vector received by a ship, using the ship information and a hull motion model related to a hull motion of the ship. A control command unit controls both rotational frequency of a main engine and a rudder angle of a ship, based on the route command, the ship information, and the external force vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Toru KAWATANI, Hiroki TANAKA, Takatsugu SAKAKIBARA, Naoyuki KAWASAKI, Ryo YAMAGUCHI, Hironobu UETAKE, Naoki SHIMADA, Kenta ABE
  • Publication number: 20240134377
    Abstract: In a ship control system of one embodiment, a main engine controller performs, when controlling the rotational frequency of a main engine based on a target ship speed of a ship, feedback control of an actual ship speed of the ship to perform ship speed control for bringing the actual ship speed closer to the target ship speed. A turning judgment unit judges whether or not the ship will turn. A control change unit performs, when the turning judgment unit has judged that the ship will turn, lowering processing for lowering the responsiveness of the ship speed control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Toru KAWATANI, Hiroki TANAKA, Takatsugu SAKAKIBARA, Naoyuki KAWASAKI, Ryo YAMAGUCHI, Hironobu UETAKE, Naoki SHIMADA, Kenta ABE
  • Publication number: 20240132187
    Abstract: A ship monitoring system includes: a shipboard information processing apparatus and including a shipboard communication unit and an information acquisition unit; and a support information processing apparatus and including: a support side communication unit capable of communicating with the shipboard communication unit; a time lag identification unit; and a state prediction unit. The time lag identification unit identifies a time from transmission of the ship motion information from the shipboard communication unit to reception of the ship motion information by the support side communication unit as a reception time lag. The state prediction unit inputs the ship motion information and the reception time lag to a ship motion model related to the ship motion of the ship to predict a motion state of the ship ahead of a motion state of the ship indicated by the ship motion information by a period of time based on the reception time lag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Toru KAWATANI, Hiroki TANAKA, Takatsugu SAKAKIBARA, Naoyuki KAWASAKI, Ryo YAMAGUCHI, Hironobu UETAKE, Naoki SHIMADA, Kenta ABE
  • Patent number: 11945723
    Abstract: Provided is a method of simply producing high-quality graphite oxide. The present invention relates to a method of producing a carbon material composite containing graphite oxide and at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of a nonionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, and an amphoteric surfactant, the method including: oxidizing graphite; mixing an aqueous dispersion obtained through the oxidizing, the aqueous dispersion containing graphite oxide dispersed therein, and the at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of a nonionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, and an amphoteric surfactant; and purifying the carbon material composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Syun Gohda, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, Hironobu Ono, Osamu Konosu
  • Patent number: 10919297
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection head including: a liquid ejection part including a pressure chamber, a nozzle, and a liquid discharge flow path; a liquid storage part including a supply liquid chamber and a discharge liquid chamber; and a flow path part including an intermediate supply flow path and an intermediate discharge flow path. The intermediate supply flow path and the intermediate discharge flow path are formed such that a minimum distance between an opening of the intermediate supply flow path on a side facing the liquid storage part and an opening of the intermediate discharge flow path on the side facing the liquid storage part is greater than a minimum distance between a liquid inlet and a liquid discharge outlet on a predetermined first opening forming surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hironobu Yamaguchi, Takashi Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20200215819
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid ejection head including: a liquid ejection part including a pressure chamber, a nozzle, and a liquid discharge flow path; a liquid storage part including a supply liquid chamber and a discharge liquid chamber; and a flow path part including an intermediate supply flow path and an intermediate discharge flow path. The intermediate supply flow path and the intermediate discharge flow path are formed such that a minimum distance between an opening of the intermediate supply flow path on a side facing the liquid storage part and an opening of the intermediate discharge flow path on the side facing the liquid storage part is greater than a minimum distance between a liquid inlet and a liquid discharge outlet on a predetermined first opening forming surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Hironobu YAMAGUCHI, Takashi MATSUO
  • Patent number: 9649841
    Abstract: Provided are an inkjet head and an inkjet recording device that can effectively heat an ink near nozzles of a nozzle board or an ink inside a head chip. The inkjet head includes the head chip in which a nozzle board, an intermediate plate, a pressure chamber board, a spacer board, and a wiring board are joined in order, a common ink chamber forming member provided at a side of the wiring board of the head chip to form at least a part of a common ink chamber, and a heater provided to the common ink chamber forming member. The nozzle board is smaller than the intermediate plate when the head chip is viewed from the side of the nozzle board in plan view. A thermal conductive member being in contact with the heater and joined with the nozzle board and the wiring board across the head chip is provided. At least a part of the wiring board and a part of the common ink chamber forming member are joined through the thermal conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Hironobu Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20160347055
    Abstract: Provided are an inkjet head and an inkjet recording device that can effectively heat an ink near nozzles of a nozzle board or an ink inside a head chip. The inkjet head includes the head chip in which a nozzle board, an intermediate plate, a pressure chamber board, a spacer board, and a wiring board are joined in order, a common ink chamber forming member provided at a side of the wiring board of the head chip to form at least a part of a common ink chamber, and a heater provided to the common ink chamber forming member. The nozzle board is smaller than the intermediate plate when the head chip is viewed from the side of the nozzle board in plan view. A thermal conductive member being in contact with the heater and joined with the nozzle board and the wiring board across the head chip is provided. At least a part of the wiring board and a part of the common ink chamber forming member are joined through the thermal conductive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: HIRONOBU YAMAGUCHI