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: 20220197980
    Abstract: When the application (P) is activated (enabled, validated) by the second activation key (K2) issued by the first electronic apparatus (10), the control circuit (21) of the second electronic apparatus (20) stores the application identifier (PI), i.e., information for specifying the application (P) in the backup area (the second storage area (282)). Even if the application (P) is accidentally deleted from the second electronic apparatus (20), the application (P) can be recovered by identifying the application based on the information in the backup area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: HIROSHI YOSHIMOTO, HIROSHI NAKAMURA, SATOSHI IMAI, AYA KAMAKURA
  • Publication number: 20220195162
    Abstract: Provided are: an inorganic powder-filled resin composition which is highly filled with an inorganic powder, has excellent uniform dispersibility of the inorganic powder, and has stable mechanical properties after formation; and a formed body using the same. This inorganic powder-filled resin composition contains a thermoplastic resin and an inorganic powder at a mass ratio of 50:50 to 10:90, and is obtained by adding a neutralized product of a polymer comprising, as a constitutional unit, 50-100 mol % of ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid, and 0-50 mol % of other monomers. Said formed body is produced using the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Eiji MIZUNO, Taichi YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11360243
    Abstract: The present invention provides a layered body for organic electroluminescence which is excellent in the hardness, the transparency and the folding-durable performance. The present invention is a layered body for organic electroluminescence in which an optical layered body is laminated on one surface of an organic electroluminescence layer and which is not cracked or fractured when a test in which the entire area of the layered body for organic electroluminescence is folded 180 degrees at 20 mm intervals is repeated 100,000 times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Horio, Masataka Nakashima, Hiroshi Nakamura, Jun Sato, Takeshi Nishizono
  • Publication number: 20220168609
    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: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220163238
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a plurality of refrigerant flow paths, configured to reduce the drift of the refrigerant. The refrigerator includes a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, a plurality of refrigerant flow paths branched at a downstream of the condenser, the plurality of refrigerant flow paths each including a pressure reducing device, and an evaporator connected to the plurality of refrigerant flow paths, and a processor including a switching valve configured to individually switch an open or closed state of each of the plurality of refrigerant flow paths, the processor being configured to adjust a flow rate of refrigerant flowing in each of the plurality of refrigerant flow paths by individually duty-controlling an opening and closing time of each of the plurality of refrigerant flow paths by controlling the switching valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuya SEO, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Ryota AOKI
  • Publication number: 20220152900
    Abstract: An injection molding machine management system includes an injection molding machine, a first detecting section configured to detect at least one of a physical quantity of the injection molding machine and a physical quantity of a molded article, an on-premise server, and a Cloud server. The Cloud server includes a first storing section configured to store information concerning at least one of the physical quantity of the injection molding machine and the physical quantity of the molded article detected by the first detecting section and a virtual machine configured to generate a control rule for the injection molding machine based on the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Keiichi ENOMOTO, Hayato KOBAYASHI, Masahiro HATANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220153532
    Abstract: To provide a plate material conveying system configured to load plate materials produced by a press work onto a tray at regular intervals, prior to a cleaning process. The plate material conveying system comprises: a feeding section 13 that feeds the plate materials produced by the press work at regular intervals; a storage section 14 that stores the plate materials conveyed sequentially from the feeding section 13; a loading section 15 that loads the plate materials stored in the storage section 14 on the tray opposing thereto at one time; and a discharging section 16 that conveys the tray from a site to be opposed to the storage section 14 to a predetermined site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicants: DAIWA ENGINEERING CO., LTD., DAIWA CAN COMPANY
    Inventors: Hideyuki TANI, Toshihisa KASAHARA, Hidekazu YOSHIOKA, Hiroshi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220148657
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first memory cell, a second memory cell above the first memory cell, a first word line electrically connected to a gate of the first memory cell, a second word line electrically connected to a gate of the second memory cell, and a control unit that performs an erasing operation on the first and second memory cells. During the erasing operation, the control unit applies a first voltage to a first word line and a second voltage higher than the first voltage to a second word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Masanobu SHIRAKAWA, Takuya FUTATSUYAMA, Kenichi ABE, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Keisuke YONEHAMA, Atsuhiro SATO, Hiroshi SHINOHARA, Yasuyuki BABA, Toshifumi MINAMI
  • Patent number: 11328039
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an input module configured to input an export instruction and an electronic apparatus identifier, the export instruction instructing to export an application, the electronic apparatus identifier corresponding to one different electronic apparatus; a controller module configured to generate an activation key on a basis of the electronic apparatus identifier where the export instruction is input, the activation key being for activating the application only in the one different electronic apparatus, control to output a package file including the application and the activation key, and inactivate the application after a certain replacement transition time period passes, the certain replacement transition time period starting from an output time point of the package file; and an output module configured to output the package file controlled by the controller module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamura, Satoshi Imai, Aya Kamakura, Hiroshi Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 11295823
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit, an internal circuit is capable of executing a first operation and a second operation concurrently, and an output circuit outputs to the outside of the semiconductor integrated circuit information indicating whether or not the first operation is being executed and information indicating whether or not the second operation is executable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamura, Kenichi Imamiya, Toshio Yamamura, Koji Hosono, Koichi Kawai
  • Patent number: 11286051
    Abstract: An aerial vehicle safety apparatus includes an expandable object, an ejection apparatus, a bag-shaped member, and a gas generator. The expandable object is wound or folded in a non-expanded state and generates at least any of lift and buoyancy in an expanded state. The ejection apparatus is coupled to the expandable object by a coupling member and ejects the non-expanded expandable object into air. The bag-shaped member is provided in the expandable object and wound or folded together with or separately from the non-expanded expandable object, and expands the non-expanded expandable object by at least partially being inflated like a tube. The gas generator is provided in the expandable object and inflates the bag-shaped member by causing gas generated at the time of activation to flow into the bag-shaped member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Yagihashi, Hiroshi Nakamura, Koichi Sasamoto, Dairi Kubo, Takahiro Ooi
  • Publication number: 20220089849
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition that reduces uneven distribution of inorganic substance particles and is suitable for producing a formed article having excellent appearance and mechanical properties even when the thermoplastic resin is highly filled with inorganic substance powder and a formed article using this thermoplastic resin composition. Provided are an inorganic substance powder-containing thermoplastic resin composition including a thermoplastic resin and inorganic substance powder in a mass ratio of 50:50 to 10:90, in which the inorganic substance powder is calcium carbonate particles, the calcium carbonate particles include at least two groups of particles having different average particle diameters, and any of the average particle diameters of the particle groups is within a range of 0.7 ?m or more and 6.0 ?m or less; and a formed article using this inorganic substance powder-containing thermoplastic resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Eiji MIZUNO, Taichi YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11281074
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus improved in the operability of an operation section. The image capturing apparatus includes an OTP, a sub electronic dial, and a grip portion that is provided at a location from where a finger can reach the OTP and the sub electronic dial. The sub electronic dial is arranged concentrically with the OTP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220078346
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention, includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to: acquire an image by image sensing processing; set a part of the image as a specific region, wherein a position of the specific region can be changed; and detect a motion of an object included in the specific region; and perform control to display an indicator based on the detected motion of the object in a direction corresponding to a movement direction of the electronic device so that the indicator is superimposed and displayed at a position on the image based on the specific region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takeshi Kikkawa, Satoru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nakamura, Akihiko Sato, Takeshi Nakata
  • Patent number: 11270773
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first memory cell, a second memory cell above the first memory cell, a first word line electrically connected to a gate of the first memory cell, a second word line electrically connected to a gate of the second memory cell, and a control unit that performs an erasing operation on the first and second memory cells. During the erasing operation, the control unit applies a first voltage to a first word line and a second voltage higher than the first voltage to a second word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanobu Shirakawa, Takuya Futatsuyama, Kenichi Abe, Hiroshi Nakamura, Keisuke Yonehama, Atsuhiro Sato, Hiroshi Shinohara, Yasuyuki Baba, Toshifumi Minami
  • Publication number: 20220069799
    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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Noriyuki WATANABE, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Shoji KAKIO
  • Publication number: 20220049891
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a main cabinet including a cooling device to generate cold air, a sub-cabinet detachably connected to the main cabinet, a cold air relay duct provided to connect the main cabinet and the sub-cabinet and having a cold air flow path to allow the cold air generated by the cooling device to be delivered to the sub-cabinet, and a heat blocking member provided in a portion of the cold air flow path at which the main cabinet and the cold air relay duct are connected and in a portion of the cold air flow path at which the sub-cabinet and the cold air relay duct are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kentaro KAN, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Makoto SHIBUYA, Manabu KIKUCHI, Ryota AOKI, Tomohiko MATSUNO
  • Patent number: 11233906
    Abstract: A storage device stores, for each of one or more function expansion applications, the hardware component necessary for operation of the function expansion application. A control circuit is configured to detect that there is a failure in any of the plurality of hardware components, determine whether or not there is the function expansion application that needs, for operation thereof, the hardware component from which a failure has been detected, and perform control so that an operation mode is switched to a first degeneracy mode in which the detected hardware component is not used where there is no function expansion application that needs the detected hardware component, and the other hardware components are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Imai, Hiroshi Nakamura, Aya Kamakura, Hiroshi Yoshimoto
  • Publication number: 20220009491
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle with respect to an intersection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of controlling a vehicle with respect to an intersection, includes determining a distance of the vehicle with respect to the intersection, wherein the intersection includes a traffic light, determining a velocity of the vehicle, and receiving traffic light state information regarding the traffic light. The method also includes calculating, based on the distance of the vehicle to the intersection, the velocity of the vehicle, and the traffic light state information, a zone of interest with respect to the traffic light. The method further includes manipulating the velocity of the vehicle to modify a size of the zone of interest when a current trajectory of the vehicle will cause the vehicle to enter the zone of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka Taruoka, Ryan Marcotte, Hai Jin, Hiroshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20210387718
    Abstract: To provide a flying object including a lift generating member deployment device that makes it easier than before to automatically avoid collision with an obstacle. A flying object 30 includes an obstacle detecting unit 5, a control unit 6, a battery 7, a storage unit 8 that stores information transmitted from the control unit 6, a transmitting/receiving unit 9 that receives an operation signal from a controller 40 and transmits information regarding the flying object 30 to the controller 40, and others. The obstacle detecting unit 5 is to detect the altitude of the flying object 30 and outputs an altitude detection signal, which represents the detected altitude information, to the control unit 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Yasuhiko YAGIHASHI, Akihiro TAMASHIRO