Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Yoshida

Hiroshi Yoshida 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: 20240099679
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus comprising: an arm, a pair of grooved portions, a plurality of rollers, and a plurality of belts. The arm is configured to support an X-ray tube at one end and an X-ray detector at another end and has a shape of an arc. The grooved portions are formed on side surfaces of the arm. The plurality of rollers are configured to run in the grooved portions and slidably support the arm along the arc. Each of the belts passes over at least two of the rollers and at least partially abuts on inner walls of the grooved portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki AKIYAMA, Shumpei OHASHI, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Kensei NARAHARA, Masashi HIRASAWA
  • Patent number: 11940347
    Abstract: A pressure sensor has a stem in which a pressure introduction hole into which a pressure medium is introduced and a diaphragm deformable according to the pressure of the pressure medium are formed, and a strain detecting element which is arranged on the diaphragm via an insulating film and being configured to output a detection signal according to the deformation of the diaphragm. The strain detecting element is configured to have a portion made of polysilicon. A low doping layer having a higher electrical resistivity than polysilicon and a higher crystallinity than the insulating film is arranged between the insulating film and the strain detecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NAGANO KEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kodama, Naoki Yoshida, Kaori Miyashita, Eiji Takeda, Nobuaki Yamada, Yoshihiro Tomomatsu, Yasushi Yanagisawa, Yusuke Midorikawa, Shirou Kamanaru, Kenichi Yokoyama, Inao Toyoda, Hisayuki Takeuchi, Naohisa Niimi, Masao Takahashi, Yasutake Ura, Kouji Asano, Yukihiro Kamada
  • Patent number: 11941370
    Abstract: An arithmetic apparatus includes input lines and multiply-accumulate devices. An electrical signal for an input value is input into each of the input lines. Multiplication units include a positive weight multiplication unit that generates a positive weight charge for a product value obtained by multiplying the input value by a positive weight value and/or a negative weight multiplication unit that generates a negative weight charge for a product value obtained by multiplying the input value by a negative weight value. An output unit of the multiply-accumulate device includes an accumulation unit that accumulates the positive weight charge and the negative weight charge, generates a voltage signal representing a sum of the product values by a voltage on the basis of the voltage of the accumulation unit, and outputs the multiply-accumulate signal on the basis of the voltage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11938565
    Abstract: The laser welding device includes a laser transmission window and a gas injection nozzle. The gas injection nozzle includes an optical path hole and an injection unit that injects an inert gas for shielding metal vapor into the optical path hole toward an irradiation direction side and an optical axis side of a laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN FUKUI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Takemoto, Kazuyoshi Miyamoto, Tomoaki Yoshida, Daichi Sumimori, Hiroshi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20240090590
    Abstract: This inhalation device is provided with: a power source unit for supplying power; a heating unit for using power supplied from the power source unit to heat a substrate containing an aerosol source; a measurement unit for measuring a measurement value corresponding to the temperature of the heating unit; an operation unit, which is different from the heating unit, that runs on power supplied from the power source unit; and a control unit for controlling operation of the heating unit on the basis of heating settings stipulating a time series transition in a target temperature that is a target value for the temperature of the heating unit. The control unit implements correction processing to correct the measurement value in response to the start of power supply to the operation unit from the power source unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Toru NAGAHAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Ryo YOSHIDA, Tatsunari AOYAMA, Takashi FUJIKI, Junji MINATO
  • Publication number: 20240074515
    Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generation device which a heating unit is attachable to and detachable from includes: a secondary battery; a case forming a surface of the power supply unit; a chassis accommodated in an internal space of the case and made of an insulating resin; a plurality of magnets held by the chassis with a gap therebetween; an inner member covering a side surface of the chassis; and an outer member covering an outer surface of the inner member. The inner member includes a plurality of through holes exposing the plurality of magnets, and the outer member is replaceably fixed by the plurality of magnets exposed from the plurality of through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsunari AOYAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Toru NAGAHAMA, Takashi FUJIKI, Ryo YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240074495
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generating device, includes a power supply, a heater connector connected to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source by consuming power supplied from the power supply, a case which constitutes a surface of the power supply unit, and a sensor which is disposed in the vicinity of the case and is configured to output a value related to a temperature of the case. Protection control for prohibiting one or both of charging of the power supply and discharging from the power supply to the heater is executed based on an output value of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Tatsunari AOYAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Hiroki NAKAAE, Toru NAGAHAMA, Yuki NISHIMURA, Takashi FUJIKI, Yuki MASUDA, Ryo YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240074496
    Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply; a heater connector to which a heater is connected; a controller configured to control supply of power from the power supply to the heater connector, a charging IC including an input terminal and a charging terminal connected to the power supply and configured to convert power input to the input terminal and output the power from the charging terminal; a receptacle including a power supply terminal and a data terminal and electrically connected to an external power supply; a power supply line connecting the power supply terminal and the input terminal; a data line connecting the data terminal and the controller; first protective components on the power supply line; and a second protective component on the data line. The number of the first protective components is larger than the number of the second protective component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi FUJIKI, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Toru NAGAHAMA, Tatsunari AOYAMA, Ryo YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240079893
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device that generates an aerosol by heating an aerosol source, the power supply unit including: a power supply; a connector electrically connectable to an external power supply; a first load; a charging IC including an input terminal connected to the connector, a charging terminal connected to the power supply, and an output terminal connected to the first load, and configured to convert electric power input to the input terminal and output the converted electric power from the charging terminal; and a discharge path configured to connect the power supply and a second load without passing through the charging IC, in which the charging IC is configured to supply electric power input from the power supply to the charging terminal to the first load via the output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsunari AOYAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Toru NAGAHAMA, Takashi FUJIKI, Ryo YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240065344
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generating device includes a power supply, a heater connector connected to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source by consuming power supplied from the power supply, a connector electrically connectable to an external power supply, a charging IC which includes an input terminal connected to the connector and a charging terminal connected to the power supply, and is configured to convert power input to the input terminal and output power which is converted from the charging terminal, and a first load having one end connected in parallel with the input terminal. The charging IC is configured to supply power input from the power supply to the charging terminal to the first load via the input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsunari AOYAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Toru NAGAHAMA, Takashi FUJIKI, Ryo YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240065335
    Abstract: A circuit for an aerosol generation device includes: a heater connector to which is connected a heater that consumes power supplied from a power supply and heats an aerosol source; a controller that includes a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal for serial communication, and controls supply of power from the power supply to the heater; a first IC that is a separate entity from the controller and that includes a third communication terminal for serial communication; a second IC that is a separate entity from the controller and the first IC, and that includes a fourth communication terminal for serial communication; a first communication line that connects the first communication terminal and the third communication terminal; and a second communication line that connects the second communication terminal and the fourth communication terminal and that does not have an electrical contact with the first communication line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsunari AOYAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Toru NAGAHAMA, Takashi FUJIKI, Ryo YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240065336
    Abstract: A power supply unit of an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply; a heater connector to which a heater configured to heat an aerosol source by consuming power supplied from the power supply is connected; a first sensor disposed in the vicinity of the heater or the power supply and configured to output a value related to a temperature of the heater or a value related to a temperature of the power supply; and a second sensor provided at a position separated from the first sensor and configured to output a value related to a temperature at the position. At least one of the output value of the first sensor and the output value of the second sensor is abnormal, at least one or both of charging of the power supply and discharging from the power supply to the heater are temporarily prohibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsunari AOYAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Toru NAGAHAMA, Takashi FUJIKI, Ryo YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11915609
    Abstract: Provided is a hollow organ model unit. The hollow organ model unit includes a base that includes a recessed part, a hollow organ model that is placed in the recessed part, a filler that is filled in the recessed part, and a sensor that performs a measurement on the hollow organ model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoichi Haga, Makoto Ohta, Yasutomo Shimizu, Tadao Matsunaga, Noriko Tsuruoka, Soyoka Osaki, Hiroshi Yoshida, Simon Andre Tupin, Kaihong Yu
  • Publication number: 20240063281
    Abstract: A high-voltage MOS transistor includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of active regions, a gate insulation layer, and a gate electrode. The active regions are defined by an isolation structure, wherein the active regions include a channel portion and two side portions, the channel portion has first opposite sides and second opposite sides, and the two side portions are at the first opposite sides of the channel portion. The gate insulation layer is disposed on a surface of the channel portion. The gate electrode is disposed on the gate insulation layer and extending on a portion of the isolation structure, wherein the gate electrode includes a pair of channel edge openings and a plurality of slits. The pair of channel edge openings are at the second opposite sides of the channel portion to expose a portion of the gate insulation layer, and the slits are disposed over the channel portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20240052603
    Abstract: In a related technique, a target point sequence is generated without considering the content of a work of a construction machine, which causes a problem that an actual trajectory of the construction machine is significantly deviated from the target point sequence depending on the content of the work of the construction machine. A work control method according to the present invention includes: a target point setting step (S1) of generating, based on work content information, a work target point sequence indicating a target trajectory on which target points a construction machine is to move to are plotted, and a construction machine control step (S2) of controlling the construction machine in accordance with the work target point sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Tatsuya YOSHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11899097
    Abstract: A distance measurement device of an embodiment includes a first device including a first reference signal source and a first transmitter-receiver, a second device including a second reference signal source and a second transmitter-receiver, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a distance between the first device and the second device. One of a first distance measurement signal and a second distance measurement signal is transmitted once or more, and another is transmitted twice or more. The calculation unit calculates the distance based on a total of three or more pieces of first phase information and second phase information acquired through transmission of the distance measurement signals three times or more in total, a first sampling period based on a first reference signal, and a second sampling period based on a second reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji Ootaka, Masaki Nishikawa, Katsuya Nonin, Hiroshi Yoshida, Masayoshi Oshiro
  • Publication number: 20240044108
    Abstract: A work control method according to the present invention includes: an initial motion input model generation step; and a feedback control step, in which the initial motion input model generation step includes: a first initial motion input value measurement step of measuring a first initial motion measurement value at which the movable part is caused to start to move in a first state of the movable part; a second initial motion input value measurement step of measuring a second initial motion measurement value at which the movable part is caused to start to move in a second state of the movable part; and a model generation step of generating an initial motion input model that complements between the first initial motion measurement value and the second initial motion measurement value and derives the initial motion input value with respect to a desired posture of the construction machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya YOSHIMOTO, Hiroshi YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240046170
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, an information processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first and second restriction conditions that are restriction conditions related to a plurality of tasks or a plurality of workers; an allocation execution unit configured to allocate the plurality of workers to the plurality of tasks based on a time index having a plurality of weights based on the first restriction condition and generate an allocation result; a determination unit configured to determine whether the allocation result satisfies a determination condition based on the second restriction condition; a correction unit configured to correct a weight related to a task which is a factor by which the allocation result is determined not to satisfy the determination condition among the plurality of weights when the allocation result does not satisfy the determination condition; and an output unit configured to output the allocation result when the allocation result satisfie
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi TAKATSU, Tomoko SHIBATA, Masanobu SAKAMOTO, Hiroshi YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11891159
    Abstract: The present invention provides an unmanned watercraft capable of sufficiently cooling equipment that generates a large amount of heat, capable of cooling such equipment without using energy in the watercraft, and capable of improving mean time between failures (MTBF) of a cooling device. An unmanned watercraft 1 has a cooling structure CS for cooling a central processing unit CPU1 for image recognition and a central processing unit CPU2 for control that constitute a central processing unit CPU as a heat-generating body. The cooling structure CS includes a waterproof container 7 that accommodates the heat-generating body (an insulating envelope that surrounds the heat-generating body in an electrically insulated state). The waterproof container 7 is arranged outside a submerged part 3 of the unmanned watercraft 1 so as to be in contact with water present outside the unmanned watercraft 1, the submerged part 3 being submerged in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshida, Tadahiro Hyakudome, Ryotaro Suga, Takashi Yoshioka, Hisashi Sugiura, Hideki Endou, Yasuhiro Ueda, Yuichiro Dake, Tomoya Fukukawa, Ryuji Nakazono
  • Patent number: 11888388
    Abstract: To provide a high-voltage apparatus control device capable of judging the connection state of a connector and discharging residual charge in a short time. A control device 1 controls an electric compressor and is provided with an interlock loop 4 annexed to a connector 9 for connecting the electric compressor to an HV battery 17. The control device 1 detects connection/disconnection of the connector 9 on the basis of the state of the interlock loop 4 and forcibly discharges residual charge in an internal smoothing capacitor 14 when disconnection of the connector 9 is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SANDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yunhai Jin, Hiroshi Yoshida