Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Shimura

Kazuhiro Shimura 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: 20230252555
    Abstract: A fish purchasing system 1 receives as an input image data on a cross section of a tail of a fish under determination, and infers and outputs quality of the fish under determination, based on a relation analyzed through first machine learning. Moreover, the system 1 receives as inputs, the quality data on the fish under determination and weight data on the fish under determination, and infers and outputs a price of the fish under determination, based on a relation analyzed through second machine learning. When quality data, weight data, and price data on a fish desired for purchase are acquired, the system 1 compares the acquired data with quality data, weight data, and price data on fish stored in a database section 29, outputs fish that meet the desired conditions for purchase, and performs processing of ordering a fish selected based on a user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: DENTSU INC.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro SHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230051512
    Abstract: A fish-quality determination system (1) analyzes, through machine learning, a relationship among image data taken of cross-sections of tails of fish, boat data indicating fishing boats that caught the fish, and quality data indicating quality of the fish. When having acquired, from a user device (3), image data of a cross-section of the tail of a fish subject to determination and boat data indicating a fishing boat that caught the fish, the system (1) uses, as an input, the image data of the cross-section of the tail of the fish subject to the determination and the boat data indicating the fishing boat that caught the fish that have been acquired so as to estimate and output quality of the fish subject to the determination on the basis of the analyzed relationship. The output quality of the fish subject to the determination is displayed on the user device (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: DENTSU INC.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro SHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20170344911
    Abstract: A position measurer measures the current position of a user terminal, and a time deriver derives an arrival time required before a vehicle arrives at the user's position, based on the current position of the user terminal and position information of the vehicle transmitted from a management server. A screen generating unit displays, as a list, information regarding the type of an available vehicle, and an arrival time required before the vehicle arrives at the user's position, on a display of an output device. The screen generating unit displays information regarding the type of each vehicle of which the arrival time is a given period of time or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro SHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20170344928
    Abstract: An allocation processing unit allocates a vehicle to a user based on a selection request acquired by a request acquirer. A status information acquirer acquires accompanying selection information indicating whether or not a staff member rides together in a vehicle driven by a user, from at least one of a user terminal, a staff terminal, and a vehicle terminal. Based on the accompanying selection information, a management unit records status information indicating whether or not a staff member is riding together in a vehicle driven by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro SHIMURA
  • Patent number: 8226783
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire (20) on which a transponder (1) is mounted, a securing member (3) for securing the transponder (1) is fixed to an inner surface of the tire in an area (S) between a tire maximum-width position (A) and a bead toe (B). Thereby, a large centrifugal force and a large impact force do not act on the transponder (1) storing various pieces of information, and the transponder can be mounted quickly and securely. Also, the weight of the transponder is remarkably reduced, and thus uniformity of the tire (20) is enhanced. Additionally, dynamic balance correction is made easier. Even in a large tire, reduction in durability is minimized through suppressing heat generation and heat accumulation of the tire (20) due to the transponder (1) and the securing member (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Shimura
  • Publication number: 20120067274
    Abstract: A wafer holder used in a film forming apparatus is disclosed. The wafer holder including a boat holding a plurality of wafers and a reaction gas supply part supplying a reaction gas from a side surface of the plurality of wafers held by the boat, and the wafer holder further includes an upper wafer holder being placed to cover an upper surface of each of the plurality of wafers when the plurality of wafer is supported by the boat and including a gas introduction suppression part suppressing an introduction of the reaction gas onto the upper surface of each the plurality of wafers by surrounding each of the plurality of wafers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke HARA, Kazuhiro SHIMURA, Masaki MUROBAYASHI, Yukitomo HIROCHI
  • Patent number: 8026802
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle abnormality detection method detecting an abnormal state in which a high temperature occurs due to maladjustment of a vehicle bearing mechanism section or vehicle brake mechanism section, and a device thereof and a sensor unit thereof. By use of the sensor unit 100 mounted in a rim 31, an air temperature within a tire 2 is sensed as a first temperature and a temperature (second temperature) of the rim 31 is sensed as a temperature related to at least one of a temperature of the vehicle bearing mechanism section and a temperature of the vehicle brake mechanism section 40. Then a temperature difference between the first and second temperatures is calculated and when the temperature difference is a predetermined value or more, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle bearing mechanism section or vehicle brake mechanism section 40. The abnormality is thus detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Shimura
  • Patent number: 8004408
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire with which a search time for a transponder can be reduced, and with which, for a passive transponder functioning with energy transmitted from the outside, efficiency of energy transmission can be enhanced. The pneumatic tire of the present invention provided with a transponder has an identification tag, which indicates a position of the transponder, and which is disposed to an outer surface of a portion of the tire, the portion being where the transponder is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Shimura
  • Publication number: 20110119901
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire (20) on which a transponder (1) is mounted, a securing member (3) for securing the transponder (1) is fixed to an inner surface of the tire in an area (S) between a tire maximum-width position (A) and a bead toe (B). Thereby, a large centrifugal force and a large impact force do not act on the transponder (1) storing various pieces of information, and the transponder can be mounted quickly and securely. Also, the weight of the transponder is remarkably reduced, and thus uniformity of the tire (20) is enhanced. Additionally, dynamic balance correction is made easier. Even in a large tire, reduction in durability is minimized through suppressing heat generation and heat accumulation of the tire (20) due to the transponder (1) and the securing member (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Shimura
  • Patent number: 7900665
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire (20) on which a transponder (1) is mounted, a securing member (3) for securing the transponder (1) is fixed to an inner surface of the tire in an area (S) between a tire maximum-width position (A) and a bead toe (B). Thereby, a large centrifugal force and a large impact force do not act on the transponder (1) storing various pieces of information, and the transponder can be mounted quickly and securely. Also, the weight of the transponder is remarkably reduced, and thus uniformity of the tire (20) is enhanced. Additionally, dynamic balance correction is made easier. Even in a large tire, reduction in durability is minimized through suppressing heat generation and heat accumulation of the tire (20) due to the transponder (1) and the securing member (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Shimura
  • Patent number: 7895886
    Abstract: An evaluation method for pneumatic tires and a system thereof, is provided, capable of appropriately evaluating an adverse effect, such as deterioration, of tire temperature by expressing severity of a temperature imposed on a member of tire made of rubber or the like in quantitative and convenient manners. Detection counts are calculated for each detected temperature according to a detection counts calculating unit 102 based on information of temperatures of pneumatic tires detected by a temperature sensor of a temperature detector 101. Temperature severity numbers of the pneumatic tires are calculated from a computing equation by a severity calculating unit 104 based on the detection counts and contribution coefficients of deterioration of tire rubber with temperatures stored in a contribution coefficient storage 103 as parameters. Using the calculated temperature severity number, a determination unit 105 determines thermal deterioration of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Tozawa, Kazuhiro Shimura, Hiroshi Iizuka
  • Patent number: 7880595
    Abstract: A vehicle monitoring system which can readily identify information transmitted from each detecting device without requiring registration of identifying information of the detecting device is to be provided. Detecting devices transmit vehicle information including at least the result of detection and self-identifying information; a tractor relaying device and a trailer relaying device add their self-identifying information to vehicle data received on the basis of the identifying information of the detecting devices and transmit the vehicle data, and transmit registration data including their own relaying device IDs and types indicating the registration of the relaying device IDs; the tractor relaying device stores the relaying device ID of the registration data transmitted from the trailer relaying device on the basis of the type information and transmits that registration data, and transmits vehicle data received from the trailer relaying device on the basis of the relaying device ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Shimura
  • Patent number: 7839270
    Abstract: A vehicle monitoring system which may easily identify information transmitted from each of detecting devices without registration of identification information of the detecting devices and a transponder thereof are provided. A display is disposed in a distal end of the transponders all connected in series through a cable. Each of the detecting devices detects conditions in a predetermined portion of a vehicle and transmits vehicle information including measurement results, its own identification information and the number of transmissions. Each of the transponders determines whether the vehicle information transmitted from the detecting devices is received or not based on the identification information of the detecting devices registered in advance, and transmits the vehicle information to the transponder connected to the transmitting side or the display, when it determines that the vehicle information is to be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Shimura
  • Patent number: 7824496
    Abstract: A pressure resistant case (22) is constructed in a rectangular parallelepiped box shape by assembling a bottom plate (61) and ceiling plate (62) and first side plate (63) and second side plate (64) and third side plate (65) and a fourth side plate (66) formed of thick aluminum plate and by welding on four sides by the TIG welding method. In the TIG welding of the ceiling plate (62) and the first side plate (63), the end surface on the side where a hollow section (72) of the ceiling plate (62) is formed, abuts against the main surface on the side where the locating section (71) of the first side plate (63) is formed. The edge near the hollow section (72) of the ceiling plate (62) is abutted against the locating section (71), and a fillet weld section (75) is formed by TIG welding on the corner section formed by the ceiling plate (62) and the locating section (71).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Shimura
  • Patent number: 7817023
    Abstract: Acquired wheel information such as temperature data and inflation pressure data is surely transmitted from a transmitter in a status where the transmitter is not located in a dead space, by controlling timing wherein the transmitter acquires the wheel information, a transmission time width and transmitting timing of the data to be transmitted from the transmitter by radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Shimura
  • Patent number: 7761961
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for fixing an installation object on a wheel, which are enabled to restrain rotation of a housing caused by a tightening torque of a worm screw, and to thereby prevent breakage of the housing. The apparatus for fixing an installation object on a wheel includes a band which is looped around a rim well portion of the wheel and holds the installation object. While a housing for holding a worm screw is fixed to one end portion of the band, a plurality of slits for engaging with a thread of the worm screw are provided in the other end portion of the band. The apparatus includes a rotation restraining mechanism which projects more outward than the housing in a width direction of the band, and restrains rotation of the housing caused by a tightening torque of the worm screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Shimura
  • Publication number: 20100132445
    Abstract: An evaluation method for pneumatic tires and a system thereof, is provided, capable of appropriately evaluating an adverse effect, such as deterioration, of tire temperature by expressing severity of a temperature imposed on a member of tire made of rubber or the like in quantitative and convenient manners. Detection counts are calculated for each detected temperature according to a detection counts calculating unit 102 based on information of temperatures of pneumatic tires detected by a temperature sensor of a temperature detector 101. Temperature severity numbers of the pneumatic tires are calculated from a computing equation by a severity calculating unit 104 based on the detection counts and contribution coefficients of deterioration of tire rubber with temperatures stored in a contribution coefficient storage 103 as parameters. Using the calculated temperature severity number, a determination unit 105 determines thermal deterioration of the tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO. LTD
    Inventors: Yukio Tozawa, Kazuhiro Shimura, Hiroshi Lizuka
  • Patent number: 7705794
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted communication antenna to be mounted on a vehicle for performing communication by an electromagnetic wave, includes an antenna body having an antenna case and an antenna element contained in the antenna case, and an antenna cover for protecting the antenna body that can transmit the electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Shimura
  • Publication number: 20100019881
    Abstract: A vehicle monitoring system which may easily identify information transmitted from each of detecting devices without registration of identification information of the detecting devices and a transponder thereof are provided. A display 30 is disposed in a distal end of the transponders 20 all connected in series through a cable 40. Each of the detecting devices 10 detects conditions in a predetermined portion of a vehicle and transmits vehicle information including measurement results, its own identification information and the number of transmissions. Each of the transponders 20 determines whether the vehicle information transmitted from the detecting devices 10 is received or not based on the identification information of the detecting devices 10 registered in advance, and transmits the vehicle information to the transponder 20 connected to the transmitting side or the display 30, when it determines that the vehicle information is to be received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Shimura
  • Publication number: 20090224900
    Abstract: Acquired wheel information such as temperature data and inflation pressure data is surely transmitted from a transmitter in a status where the transmitter is not located in a dead space, by controlling timing wherein the transmitter acquires the wheel information, a transmission time width and transmitting timing of the data to be transmitted from the transmitter by radio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Shimura