Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Nakamura

Hiroshi Nakamura 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: 20240149741
    Abstract: A battery transport support device (10) that comprises: a communication unit (11) that acquires charging batter information from a charging device (20), the charging batter information including identification information for batteries (BAT) being charged by the charging device (20); a specification unit (12) that references a storage unit (14) that stores identification information for users in association with identification information for batteries (BAT) that belong to the users and, on the basis of the charging battery information, specifies the number of batteries (BAT) included in the batteries (BAT) being charged by the charging device (20) that belong to one of the users; and a derivation unit (13) that, on the basis of the number of batteries (BAT) that belong to the one user and the number of batteries (BAT) that can be carried by transport devices, derives a transport device needed to transport the batteries (BAT) that belong to the one user to a transport destination that corresponds to the one u
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro NAKAMURA, Yusuke NAKAJIMA, Michiyo INOUE, Hiroshi MORIYAMA, Kentaro SUGIMURA
  • Patent number: 11979139
    Abstract: An elastic wave device that excites main vibration of an SH mode includes a piezoelectric layer formed from a piezoelectric material, a carrier substrate, and an IDT electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer. When a wavelength of an elastic wave, which is determined by an electrode cycle P of the IDT electrode, is represented by ?, the piezoelectric layer has a thickness of 0.15? or more and 1.5? or less. The carrier substrate has an acoustic anisotropy, and is arranged in a crystal orientation that reduces unnecessary vibrations of an SV mode and a vertical L-mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventors: Noriyuki Watanabe, Hiroshi Nakamura, Shoji Kakio
  • Patent number: 11976301
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing megakaryocytes that have an increased capacity to produce platelets, the method comprising a step of culturing, under conditions that cause the death of cells that do not express a gene that is specifically expressed by megakaryocytes, cells that have the capacity to differentiate into megakaryocytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Megakaryon Corporation, Kyoto University
    Inventors: Takeaki Dohda, Sachiko Kobayashi, Koji Eto, Hiroshi Endo, Sou Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240144330
    Abstract: A rental fee calculation device for calculating a rental fee for renting a battery to be rented when the battery is rented to a user via a battery storage apparatus configured to allow the battery to be attached and detached includes: a first fee calculation unit configured to calculate a first fee based on a rental period from when the battery is removed from the battery storage apparatus to when the battery is returned; a second fee calculation unit configured to calculate a second fee based on a used power amount discharged by the battery during the rental period; a rental fee calculation unit configured to calculate the rental fee based on the first fee and the second fee; and an input and output unit functioning as an output unit configured to output rental fee information indicating the calculated rental fee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi MORIYAMA, Kentaro SUGIMURA, Michiyo INOUE, Kotaro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240132646
    Abstract: A composition containing a compound represented by the following Formula (1): [in the Formula (1), R11 and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R13 represents a divalent group having a polyoxyalkylene chain]; and a compound represented by the following Formula (2): [in the Formula (2), R21 and R22 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, and R21 and R22 may be bonded to each other to form a ring; and R23 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group].
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki FURUKAWA, Yuki NAKAMURA, Nozomi MATSUBARA, Hiroshi YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20240132645
    Abstract: A composition containing a compound represented by the following Formula (1): [in the Formula (1), R11 and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R13 represents a divalent group having a polyoxyalkylene chain]; and a compound represented by the following Formula (2): [in the Formula (2), R21 and R22 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R23 represents a divalent group having a poly(meth)acrylate chain].
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki FURUKAWA, Yuki NAKAMURA, Nozomi MATSUBARA, Hiroshi YOKOTA
  • Patent number: 11964183
    Abstract: An exercise assist tool is used together with an exercise tool used in a supine or seated state, and the exercise assist tool includes a body-axis indicator that allows a user to be conscious of a body axis. The body-axis indicator has a longitudinal direction, and is supported such that the longitudinal direction can be disposed along a craniocaudal axis of the user. The body-axis indicator is a rod member supported so as to be disposed along a craniocaudal axis of the user. The body-axis indicator includes a proximal-side indicator provided in front of a face of the user, and a distal-side indicator provided farther from the user than the proximal-side indicator. The proximal-side indicator is configured to be capable of adjusting a distance from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Jupiter Limited Liability Company
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11964495
    Abstract: Provided is an ink set including: an ink containing a cyan pigment; an ink containing a magenta pigment; and an ink containing a yellow pigment, wherein the proportion of the cyan pigment is 0.70% by mass or greater but 1.40% by mass or less, and wherein the proportion of the magenta pigment and the proportion of the yellow pigment are both higher than the proportion of the cyan pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Sakaguchi, Itsuro Sasaki, Ayaka Tanaka, Naoto Shimura, Shunsuke Horie, Hiroshi Gotou, Yuta Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11967863
    Abstract: Provided is a rotating electric machine. This rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor, and the rotor includes: a rotor core having formed therein a magnet insertion hole group; and a permanent magnet group. In the rotor core, a first magnetic slit and a second magnetic slit are formed. In the second magnetic slit, a first magnet magnetic flux guide path connecting a first q-axis magnetic path and a second q-axis magnetic path is arranged. When an angle between a straight line passing through a first intersecting point and a radial center point and a straight line passing through a second intersecting point and the radial center point is set as ?1, the number of pole pairs is set as P, a natural number is set as m1, and n1 is set as a natural number smaller than m1, the following expression: ?1=2?×n1÷{P×(2m1?1)} [rad] is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mitsuda, Yoshihiro Miyama, Moriyuki Hazeyama, Masaya Inoue, Masashi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240127326
    Abstract: In a battery rental management device for controlling a battery storage apparatus provided in a predetermined management area where a worker works and configured to allow a battery to be rented to be attached and detached, in response to receiving a rental request for the battery which includes identification information of a desiring user, a storage unit configured to store identification information of an authorized user who has an authority to use the battery is referred to, and whether the desiring user is the authorized user is determined based on the identification information of the desiring user, and the desiring user is permitted to rent the battery based on a determination that the desiring user is the authorized user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michiyo INOUE, Kotaro NAKAMURA, Hiroshi MORIYAMA, Kentaro SUGIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240122012
    Abstract: A display device includes a display region on a substrate, a first step portion surrounding the display region in a plan view, a first sensor electrode in the display region, a first sensor wiring electrically connected with the first sensor electrode, a first terminal electrode located between the display region and an edge of the substrate, a first terminal wiring electrically connected to the first terminal electrode, at least one contact hole located between the first step portion and the first terminal electrode, at least one first insulating layer located around a periphery of the at least one contact hole, a second insulating layer between the at least one first insulating layer and the substrate in a cross section, and a third insulating layer over the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki HARADA, Hideyuki TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi TABATAKE, Masato NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240120870
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis device includes: a feature quantity calculation unit which calculates a plurality of feature quantities from the time-series data of the current values; an operation mode determination unit which determines an operation mode of a compressor on the basis of the load torque and the drive frequency; a feature quantity distribution generation unit which generates a feature quantity distribution from values of the plurality of feature quantities; a reference region generation unit which generates a reference region on the basis of the feature quantity distribution that is obtained in a normal case; and a determination unit which compares the feature quantity distribution that is obtained during an abnormality diagnosis and the reference region corresponding to the operation mode that is applied during the abnormality diagnosis, to determine whether an abnormality is present or absent in either of the compressor and the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi INOUE, Ken HIRAKIDA, Makoto KANEMARU, Takaharu NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11952423
    Abstract: A novel antibody that can be used as an anti-tumor agent and an anti-tumor agent that comprises, as an active ingredient, a molecule containing such an antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: MIE UNIVERSITY, DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shiku, Yasushi Akahori, Kento Tanaka, Ayaka Yatsu, Junya Ichikawa, Toshiaki Ohtsuka, Shiho Kozuma, Ryuji Hashimoto, Makiko Nakayama, Naoya Shinozaki, Kensuke Nakamura, Ichiro Watanabe, Shinji Furuzono
  • Patent number: 11954312
    Abstract: An input device includes a touch panel having an operation surface and configured to receive a touch input and a hover input by an operation body; a display device configured to display a plurality of selection items; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to highlight a selection item, a selection of the selection item being made by the hover input from the plurality of selection items, confirm the selection of the selection item by the hover input in a case where a duration during which the selection item is selected by the hover input reaches a first predetermined threshold, and confirm a selection of the selection item by the touch input in a case where the touch input is detected on the selection item before the duration reaches the first predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Nakamura, Hiroshi Shigetaka, Hirofumi Kuga, Masahiro Takata, Yasuji Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20240111166
    Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror including a main body portion having a reflection surface that reflects display light, and a rotating shaft protruding from a first side wall of the main body portion, and a driving member that includes a motor including an output shaft arranged parallel to the rotating shaft, and neighboring the rotating shaft in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis line of the rotating shaft, a first gear portion coupled to the output shaft, and a second gear portion engaged with the first gear portion, and coupled to the rotating shaft, and rotates the mirror by transmitting rotation of the output shaft of the motor to the rotating shaft via the first gear portion and the second gear portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Naoto Tsubakihara, Hiroshi Sano, Tetsuya Suganuma, Masaaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11948640
    Abstract: A memory includes first and second select gate transistors, memory cells, a source line, a bit line, a selected word line which is connected to a selected memory cell as a target of a verify reading, a non-selected word line which is connected to a non-selected memory cell except the selected memory cell, a potential generating circuit for generating a selected read potential which is supplied to the selected word line, and generating a non-selected read potential larger than the selected read potential, which is supplied to the non-selected word line, and a control circuit which classifies a threshold voltage of the selected memory cell to one of three groups by verifying which area among three area which are isolated by two values does a cell current of the selected memory cell belong, when the selected read potential is a first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Iwai, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11946112
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet of the present invention has a specific chemical composition. Furthermore, in the steel sheet, a degree of Mn segregation in a specific region is 1.5 or less; a maximum P concentration in a specific region is 0.08 mass % or less; in a specific region, at least one specific MnS particle group is present, the number of specific MnS particle groups is 2.0 or fewer per 1 mm2, and the number of specific oxide-based inclusions is 8 or fewer per 1 mm2; of all oxide-based inclusions, oxide-based inclusions having a specific composition are present in a number ratio of 80% or greater; the microstructure includes, in terms of a volume fraction, 30 to 95% martensite, 5 to 70% ferrite phase, less than 30% (and 0% or greater) bainite, and less than 2.0% (and 0% or greater) austenite phase; and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ono, Yuma Honda, Shimpei Yoshioka, Koichi Taniguchi, Hiroshi Matsuda, Takeshi Murai, Nobuyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240101532
    Abstract: A compound useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of cancer related to activation of immune cells or cancer resistant to anti-PD-1 antibody/anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy is provided. The present inventors have conducted studies on a compound useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of cancer related to activation of immune cells or cancer resistant to anti-PD-1 antibody/anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy, and confirmed that a heteroaryl carboxamide compound has DGK ? (DGKzeta) inhibitory effect, leading to completion of the present invention. The heteroaryl carboxamide compound of the present invention has DGK ? inhibitory effect, and can be used as a therapeutic agent for treatment of cancer related to activation of immune cells or cancer resistant to anti-PD-1 antibody/anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Hideyuki Watanabe, Takashi Kamikubo, Akio Kamikawa, Takuya Washio, Yohei Seki, Keiichiro Okuyama, Osamu Ikeda, Hiroshi Tomiyama, Yoshinori Iwai, Akihiko Nakamura, Kozo Miyasaka
  • Publication number: 20240101155
    Abstract: A route planner detects a pedestrian from surrounding data representing a situation of surroundings of a vehicle, identifies a position of a pause-by object in the surroundings of the vehicle prompting the pedestrian to pause, creating a travel route over which the vehicle will travel when the pedestrian is detected, assuming the pedestrian will enter a road on which the vehicle will travel when the identified position of the pause-by object is not in the vicinity of the pedestrian, and assuming the pedestrian will not enter the road when the identified position of the pause-by object is in the vicinity of the pedestrian.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamura, Katsuhiro Sakai, Taisuke Sugaiwa, Naoki Nagasaka, Ray Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20240103482
    Abstract: A temperature control method of controlling a temperature of a semiconductor wafer mounted on a mounting table includes a supply process of supplying, in a state that a supply of a power to a heater configured to heat the mounting table is stopped or the power is maintained to be constant, a heat transfer gas into a gap between the semiconductor wafer and the mounting table; a measurement process of measuring a temperature variation of the mounting table due to heat exchange between the semiconductor wafer and the mounting table through the heat transfer gas; a calculation process of calculating a correction value based on the temperature variation of the mounting table; and a control process of starting the supply of the power and controlling the power such that the temperature of the mounting table reaches a target temperature corrected with the correction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Takari Yamamoto, Noriiki Masuda, Kenichiro Nakamura, Hiroshi Koizumi