Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Nozaki
Hiroshi Nozaki 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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Publication number: 20240164705Abstract: An index value estimation device including a data acquisition unit that acquires feature amount data including a feature amount extracted from sensor data related to a motion of a foot of a user and used for estimating an index value indicating a knee state of the user, a storage unit that stores an estimation model that outputs an index value according to an input of the feature amount data, an estimation unit that estimates an output obtained by inputting the acquired feature amount data to the estimation model as an index value indicating the knee state of the user, and an output unit that outputs information about the estimated index value indicating the knee state of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Kazuki IHARA, Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Zhenwei WANG, Chenhui HUANG, Hiroshi KAJITANI, Fumiyuki NIHEY, Yoshitaka NOZAKI, Kentaro NAKAHARA
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Publication number: 20240167398Abstract: A sound reducing device (30) for an internal combustion engine (1, 101) comprises a chamber forming member (33) defining a sound reducing chamber (32) having a prescribed column length jointly with a belt cover, and the sound reducing chamber communicates with the belt chamber via an opening (31), and the opening opposes a part of a timing belt passed around the cam pulley.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Yuta URUSHIBARA, Hiroshi SAKAI, Tetsuya HIRAIDE, Tomohiko NOZAKI
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Patent number: 11984209Abstract: A drug management device includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire prescription data including data indicative of a drug prescribed to a subject, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire biometric data including data indicative of variations in a physical quantity of a living body of the subject, a first estimation unit configured to estimate, on the basis of the data indicative of variations in the physical quantity, whether or not the subject has taken the drug, and a second estimation unit configured to, in response to an estimation result indicating that the subject has taken the drug, estimate, on the basis of the data indicative of variations in the physical quantity, whether or not an effect of the drug on the subject satisfies an effect estimation criterion, which is predetermined.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Nakajima, Daisuke Nozaki, Fumihiko Nakamura, Tamio Ueda
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Patent number: 11981053Abstract: A compression molding device, which can obtain a high compression molding force without lowering the efficiency of article production, and whose molding means has a long service life, is provided. In the compression molding device, a one-side mold assembly moving means (58) includes a toggle link mechanism including two links (62) and (64), and a toggle link mechanism operating means (60), while an opposite-side mold assembly moving means (108) includes a hydraulic cylinder mechanism. When a one-side mold assembly (16) and an opposite-side mold assembly (18) are to be brought from an open state into a closed state, the one-side mold assembly (16) is first moved to a nearly closed state by the one-side mold assembly moving means (58), and then the opposite-side mold assembly (18) is moved from the nearly closed state to the closed state by the opposite-side mold assembly moving means (108).Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignees: NIPPON CLOSURES CO., LTD., TOYO SEIKAN GROUP ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Akio Sato, Yoshihiro Kaitsuka, Shin Nakamura, Keitaro Hayashi, Hiroshi Takahashi, Mitsuo Kumata, Yukihito Nozaki, Tomoho Kikuchi, Kunihiko Hatazawa
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Publication number: 20240148317Abstract: Provided is a pelvic inclination estimation device including a communication unit that acquires feature amount data including a feature amount to be used for estimation of a pelvic inclination, the feature amount being extracted from a gait waveform of a spatial acceleration and a spatial angular velocity included in sensor data related to movement of a foot of a subject, a storage unit that stores an estimation model that outputs an estimation value related to the pelvic inclination according to an input of the feature amount included in the feature amount data, an estimation unit that inputs a feature amount included in the acquired feature amount data to the estimation model and estimate a pelvic inclination of the subject according to the estimation value output from the estimation model, and an output unit that outputs information associated to the pelvic inclination of the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Zhenwei WANG, Chenhui HUANG, Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Kazuki IHARA, Fumiyuki NIHEY, Hiroshi KAJITANI, Yoshitaka NOZAKI, Kentaro NAKAHARA
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Publication number: 20240138710Abstract: Provided is a waist swinging estimation device including a communication unit that acquires feature amount data including a feature amount extracted from a gait waveform of a spatial acceleration and a spatial angular velocity included in sensor data regarding a movement of a foot of a subject and used for estimation of waist swinging that is an index regarding a movement of a waist, a storage unit that stores an estimation model that outputs an estimated value regarding the waist swinging according to an input of a feature amount included in the feature amount data, an estimation unit that inputs a feature amount included in the acquired feature amount data to the estimation model, and estimate waist swinging of the subject according to an estimated value regarding the waist swinging output from the estimation model, and an output unit that outputs information according to waist swinging of the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Zhenwei Wang, Chenhui Huang, Kazuki Ihara, Kenichiro Fukushi, Fumiyuki Nihey, Hiroshi Kajitani, Yoshitaka Nozaki, Kentaro Nakahara
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Publication number: 20240138757Abstract: Provided is a pelvic inclination estimation device including a communication unit that acquires feature amount data including a feature amount to be used for estimation of a pelvic inclination, the feature amount being extracted from a gait waveform of a spatial acceleration and a spatial angular velocity included in sensor data related to movement of a foot of a subject, a storage unit that stores an estimation model that outputs an estimation value related to the pelvic inclination according to an input of the feature amount included in the feature amount data, an estimation unit that inputs a feature amount included in the acquired feature amount data to the estimation model and estimate a pelvic inclination of the subject according to the estimation value output from the estimation model, and an output unit that outputs information associated to the pelvic inclination of the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Zhenwei WANG, Chenhui HUANG, Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Kazuki IHARA, Fumiyuki NIHEY, Hiroshi KAJITANI, Yoshitaka NOZAKI, Kentaro NAKAHARA
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Publication number: 20240122531Abstract: An index value estimation device including a data acquisition unit that acquires feature amount data including a feature amount extracted from sensor data related to a motion of a foot of a user and used for estimating an index value indicating a knee state of the user, a storage unit that stores an estimation model that outputs an index value according to an input of the feature amount data, an estimation unit that estimates an output obtained by inputting the acquired feature amount data to the estimation model as an index value indicating the knee state of the user, and an output unit that outputs information about the estimated index value indicating the knee state of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Kazuki IHARA, Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Zhenwei WANG, Chenhui HUANG, Hiroshi KAJITANI, Fumiyuki NIHEY, Yoshitaka NOZAKI, Kentaro NAKAHARA
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Publication number: 20240043966Abstract: The manufacturing method of a porous silicon material of the present disclosure includes a particle forming step of melting a raw material containing Al as a first element in an amount of 50% by mass or more and Si in an amount of 50% by mass or less to obtain a silicon alloy, a pore forming step of removing the first element from the silicon alloy to obtain a porous material, and a heat treatment step of heating the porous material to diffuse elements other than Si to a surface of the porous material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki KAWAURA, Yasuhito KONDO, Ryo SUZUKI, Hiroshi NOZAKI, Jun YOSHIDA, Tetsuya WASEDA, Mitsutoshi OTAKI
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Patent number: 11851733Abstract: The manufacturing method of a porous silicon material of the present disclosure includes a particle forming step of melting a raw material containing Al as a first element in an amount of 50% by mass or more and Si in an amount of 50% by mass or less to obtain a silicon alloy, a pore forming step of removing the first element from the silicon alloy to obtain a porous material, and a heat treatment step of heating the porous material to diffuse elements other than Si to a surface of the porous material.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Kawaura, Yasuhito Kondo, Ryo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nozaki, Jun Yoshida, Tetsuya Waseda, Mitsutoshi Otaki
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Publication number: 20230265542Abstract: The manufacturing method of a porous silicon material of the present disclosure includes a particle forming step of melting a raw material containing Al as a first element in an amount of 50% by mass or more and Si in an amount of 50% by mass or less to obtain a silicon alloy, a pore forming step of removing the first element from the silicon alloy to obtain a porous material, and a heat treatment step of heating the porous material to diffuse elements other than Si to a surface of the porous material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: TOTOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Kawaura, Yasuhito Kondo, Ryo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nozaki, Jun Yoshida, Tetsuya Waseda, Mitsutoshi Otaki
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Publication number: 20220411897Abstract: The manufacturing method of a porous silicon material of the present disclosure includes a particle forming step of melting a raw material containing Al as a first element in an amount of 50% by mass or more and Si in an amount of 50% by mass or less to obtain a silicon alloy, a pore forming step of removing the first element from the silicon alloy to obtain a porous material, and a heat treatment step of heating the porous material to diffuse elements other than Si to a surface of the porous material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Kawaura, Yasuhito Kondo, Ryo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nozaki, Jun Yoshida, Tetsuya Waseda, Mitsutoshi Otaki
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Patent number: 8862624Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are provided for performing access control. Regarding an arbitrary document or the like in a logical hierarchy structure, there is provided a method for determining whether a range of access authority set for a certain user with respect to a document or the like exceeds a range of access authority set for the user with respect to the folder positioned immediately above the folder is provided, when a change in contents of the access authority set for each user or a new document or the like by being moved or copied from another document is created or the documents moved or copied. Where the exceeding is determined, a new folder for direct access is created and access authority is set equal to or exceeds the range of access authority determined to exceeding the range of access authority set for the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2006Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Nozaki, Tohru Tachibana
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Patent number: 8716992Abstract: A current limiting circuit for limiting an output current in response to a control current includes a detection circuit to detect a detection voltage responsive to an output voltage, and a control current generating circuit to generate a control current responsive to the detection voltage, wherein the control current generating circuit includes a first transistor through which the control current flows, a second transistor that becomes conductive upon a voltage responsive to an amount of the control current being greater than a predetermined voltage above the detection voltage, and a resistor connecting between a base and an emitter of the second transistor to raise a potential at the base of the second transistor above a predetermined level, wherein the amount of the control current flowing through the first transistor decreases as an amount of a current flowing through the second transistor increases.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Takano, Shinichiro Maki, Hiroshi Nozaki
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Publication number: 20120126762Abstract: A current limiting circuit for limiting an output current in response to a control current includes a detection circuit to detect a detection voltage responsive to an output voltage, and a control current generating circuit to generate a control current responsive to the detection voltage, wherein the control current generating circuit includes a first transistor through which the control current flows, a second transistor that becomes conductive upon a voltage responsive to an amount of the control current being greater than a predetermined voltage above the detection voltage, and a resistor connecting between a base and an emitter of the second transistor to raise a potential at the base of the second transistor above a predetermined level, wherein the amount of the control current flowing through the first transistor decreases as an amount of a current flowing through the second transistor increases.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoichi TAKANO, Shinichiro Maki, Hiroshi Nozaki
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Publication number: 20100242657Abstract: A dual clutch transmission includes: shift rail members having shift lug portions and performing, by actuating shift fork members, a shifting-in operation and a shifting-out operation; a shift select member having an arm portion and, after selecting the shift lug portion of the shift rail member corresponding to a target forward gear stage by moving the arm portion in a select direction, operating the shift rail member by moving the arm portion to perform the shifting-in operation or the shifting-out operation of the target forward gear stage. A movement direction of the arm portion for the shifting-in operation of a higher forward gear stage next higher than one of the forward gear stages except for the highest gear stage and the lowest gear stage is opposite to a movement direction of the arm portion for the shifting-in operation of a lower forward gear stage next lower than the one of the forward gear stages.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Masanori SHINTANI, Hiroshi Nozaki
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Publication number: 20080274405Abstract: The present invention is to provide a cathode active material for an alkaline battery with a lamellar crystal structure including nickel oxyhydroxide. The cathode active material has a diffraction peak at a position that ranges from 8.4 degrees to 10.4 degrees in diffraction angle 2? by X-ray diffraction using CuK?-rays. In addition, the present invention provides an alkaline battery having a cathode having a cathode active material, an anode having an anode active material, and an alkaline water solution as an electrolytic solution. Furthermore, the present invention provides a manufacturing method for a cathode active material for an alkaline battery with a lamellar crystal structure including nickel oxyhydroxide. The manufacturing method has an oxidation process for manufacturing the cathode active material by oxidizing a starting material made from ?-type nickel hydroxide with a lamellar crystal structure in an airstream including alkaline water solution or alkali.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2005Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuro Kobayashi, Yasuhito Kondo, Hidehito Matsuo, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Yuichi Itou, Hiroshi Nozaki, Takamasa Nonaka, Yoshiki Seno, Yoshio Ukyo, Masanori Ito
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Publication number: 20080254366Abstract: An alkaline storage battery 1 has: a cathode 2 containing ?-type nickel hydroxide and/or ?-type nickel oxyhydroxide as a cathode active material; an anode 3 containing an anode active material; and an alkaline aqueous solution as an electrolytic solution 4. The alkaline storage battery 1 is configured to restrain at least part of a crystal structure of the cathode active material from changing due to charging or discharging and to restrain the cathode active material from exhibiting a new diffraction peak at a position that ranges from 8.4 degrees to 10.4 degrees in X-ray diffraction angle 2? by X-ray diffraction using CuK?-rays. It is preferable that an anion-exchange membrane layer 25 should be provided on a surface of the cathode 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2005Publication date: October 16, 2008Inventors: Tetsuro Kobayashi, Yasuhito Kondo, Hidehito Matsuo, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Yuichi Itou, Hiroshi Nozaki, Takamasa Nonaka, Yoshiki Seno, Yoshio Ukyo, Masanori Ito
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Patent number: 7380630Abstract: A sub-frame of a motorcycle is attached to the rear end of a main frame of the motorcycle and extends rearward. An AMT (Automated Manual Transmission) mechanism is attached to the sub-frame which prevents direct conduction of heat and vibrations generated by an engine on the main frame to the AMT. The AMT mechanism includes a hydraulic clutch actuator, a hydraulic shift actuator, an accumulator, a valve block, a pump, and an oil tank.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2005Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaichi Yamada, Takahiro Suzuki, Hiroshi Nozaki, Kenji Fukushima
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Publication number: 20070143292Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are provided for performing access control. Regarding an arbitrary document or the like in a logical hierarchy structure, there is provided a method for determining whether a range of access authority set for a certain user with respect to a document or the like exceeds a range of access authority set for the user with respect to the folder positioned immediately above the folder is provided, when a change in contents of the access authority set for each user or a new document or the like by being moved or copied from another document is created or the documents moved or copied. Where the exceeding is determined, a new folder for direct access is created and access authority is set equal to or exceeds the range of access authority determined to exceeding the range of access authority set for the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: HIROSHI NOZAKI, TOHRI TACHIBANA