Patents by Inventor Kazuma Inoue

Kazuma Inoue 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: 20240182059
    Abstract: An information processing device acquires a travel route to a destination, acquires a satellite image captured by an artificial satellite, the satellite image being an image of a place corresponding to the travel route, estimates an amount of solar radiation on the travel route based on the satellite image, and notifies the user when the amount of solar radiation is equal to or greater than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osami HASHIMOTO, Hiroki TASHIMA, Toshihiko INOUE, Kazuma TOYA, Takashi TAZOE, Ryota BINGO, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20240177606
    Abstract: An information management device includes a travel route acquisition unit, a satellite image acquisition unit, and a detection unit. The travel route acquisition unit acquires a travel route of the vehicle. The satellite image acquisition unit acquires a satellite image in which the periphery of the travel route acquired by the travel route acquisition unit is captured. The detection unit detects one or more available spaces in the parking lot located around the travel route from the satellite image acquired by the satellite image acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osami HASHIMOTO, Hiroki TASHIMA, Toshihiko INOUE, Kazuma TOYA, Takashi TAZOE, Ryota BINGO, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20240159550
    Abstract: The information processing device acquires a satellite image captured by an artificial satellite in a range from a current position of the vehicle to a destination, acquires preference information regarding a preference of the driver, evaluates a traveling route to the destination based on the satellite image and the preference information, and outputs an evaluation result of the traveling route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osami HASHIMOTO, Hiroki TASHIMA, Toshihiko INOUE, Kazuma TOYA, Takashi TAZOE, Ryota BINGO, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20240151543
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device as an information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires the latest satellite image of a region including a traveling road of a vehicle at predetermined time intervals, a detection unit that detects at least one of a change in the shape of the traveling road and an obstacle on the traveling road based on the satellite image acquired by the acquisition unit, and an output unit that outputs a detection result by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osami HASHIMOTO, Hiroki TASHIMA, Toshihiko INOUE, Kazuma TOYA, Takashi TAZOE, Ryota BINGO, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20240149902
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a satellite image acquisition section that is configured to acquire a satellite image captured by an artificial satellite; a weather information acquisition section that is configured to acquire weather information for a region corresponding to the satellite image; and an information output section that is configured to output information relating to a road surface condition for the region, which is estimated based on the satellite image and the weather information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Osami HASHIMOTO, Hiroki TASHIMA, Toshihiko INOUE, Kazuma TOYA, Takashi TAZOE, Ryota BINGO, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA
  • Publication number: 20240029699
    Abstract: To provide a sound-insulating sheet member capable of being installed in a location with a limited installation space and allowing for insulation of low-frequency sound, and a sound-insulating structure body including the sound-insulating sheet member. A sound-insulating sheet member including a sheet portion having rubber elasticity, and a plurality of protrusion portions that is provided on at least one face of the sheet portion and that has rubber elasticity, in which at least one of the protrusion portions and a region of the sheet portion, where the protrusion portions are provided, contains a space portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Inoue, Takahiro Komamura, Yuya Saito, Takeshi Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20230250631
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sound-insulating structural body with which a high sound insulation effect can be obtained even when an uneven structural body having an uneven structure is disposed on a member having a high rigidity. Provided is a sound-insulating structural body including: a flexible member in which a load giving a deformation rate of 4% in a compression test performed by a compression tester is 160 kPa or less; an adherend on which the flexible member is disposed; and an uneven sheet member having an uneven structure that includes a sheet section and protruding parts provided on a surface of the sheet section. In this sound-insulating structural body, the flexible member is provided such that it is arranged between the adherend and the uneven sheet member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Masanari Nakayama, Yuya Saito, Naoyuki Uchida, Kazuma Inoue, Haruki Koshitouge
  • Publication number: 20230250237
    Abstract: A polyorganosiloxane may be high in elasticity and/or strength. The polyorganosiloxane may include an M unit (R1R2R3SiO1/2) at a content of 10 mol. % or more relative to the total of silicon and a T unit (R6SiO3/2) at a content of 80 mol. % or less relative to the total of silicon. The polyorganosiloxane may have an alkoxy group bound, at a content of 0.07 to 4 wt. %, based on total polyorganosiloxane weight, and a reactive functional group bound to silicon, with 3 to 12 of the reactive functional groups bound on a number basis per a molecular weight of 1000 of the polyorganosiloxane. The weight loss of the polyorganosiloxane at 110° C. under 0.15 torr for 2 hours may be 5 wt. % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi WATANABE, Noriaki TERADA, Tsuyoshi NAGASAKA, Shogo KOGA, Kazuma INOUE, Kazunari MATSUMURA, Naomi FUJIMORI, Hiroo MIYAUCHI, Akemi HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230143162
    Abstract: An epoxy resin represented by the following formula (1), in which in a total amount of an epoxy compound represented by n=1 in the epoxy resin of the above formula, a total content of an epoxy compound represented by the following formula (2) and an epoxy compound represented by the following formula (3) is 1 area % or more and less than 70 area % in HPLC area percentage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke Kawano, Masataka Nakanishi, Masato Yarita, Kazuma Inoue
  • Patent number: 11608415
    Abstract: Provided are a polyorganosiloxane high in elasticity, high in strength and the like. The polyorganosiloxane is a polyorganosiloxane including an M unit (R1R2R3SiO1/2) at a content of 10% by mol or more relative to the total of silicon and a T unit (R6SiO3/2) at a content of 80% by mol or less relative to the total of silicon, the polyorganosiloxane having an alkoxy group bound and a reactive functional group bound to silicon, wherein the polyorganosiloxane has the alkoxy group bound at a content of 0.07 to 4% by weight based on the total weight of the polyorganosiloxane and has 3 to 12 of the reactive functional groups bound on a number basis per a molecular weight of 1000 of the polyorganosiloxane, and the weight loss of the polyorganosiloxane in heating at 110° C. under a reduced pressure of 0.15 torr for 2 hours is 5% by weight or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Watanabe, Noriaki Terada, Tsuyoshi Nagasaka, Shogo Koga, Kazuma Inoue, Kazunari Matsumura, Naomi Fujimori, Hiroo Miyauchi, Akemi Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20220333372
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a sound insulating structure which provides a sufficient sound insulating effect even when an adhesive layer is arranged therein, and in which a shift in the frequency band where the sound insulating effect is generated is unlikely to occur. This sound insulating structure includes, at least: a sound insulating member that includes a sheet-like sheet section and plural projections arranged on the sheet section; and an adhesive layer arranged on a surface of the sheet section on the opposite side of the side provided with the projections, and the sound insulating structure satisfies the following Formula (1): E_glue/I_glue>0.5×(E_membrane/H)(1) (wherein, E_glue (MPa): storage modulus of adhesive layer, I_glue (mm): average thickness of adhesive layer, E_membrane (MPa): storage modulus of sheet section and projections, and H (mm): average height of sheet section and projections).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Uchida, Kazuma Inoue, Masanari Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11345777
    Abstract: Provided are an epoxy resin composition, a prepreg, a resin sheet, and a carbon fiber-reinforced composite material, which have high heat resistance, a high elastic modulus, low water absorption, and excellent flame resistance. This epoxy resin is a para-cresol novolac epoxy resin represented by General formula (1), in which a content ratio of components represented by n=1 as measured by gel permeation chromatography is less than 10% by area, and a content ratio of components represented by n=2 as measured by gel permeation chromatography is at least 1% by area and less than 40% by area. (In the formula, plural R's each independently represent a C1-6 alkyl group, n represents a real number of 1 to 10, and G represents a substituted or unsubstituted glycidyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Kawano, Masataka Nakanishi, Kazuma Inoue
  • Patent number: 11291956
    Abstract: The hollow fiber membrane module contains a hollow fiber membrane bundle having bundled hollow fiber membranes, a housing with an internal space formed in which the hollow fiber membrane bundle is housed and a gas supply portion which disperses cleaning gas for the hollow fiber membrane in the internal space. The internal space has an upper space in which an upper-side part of the hollow fiber membrane is positioned and a lower space in which a lower-side part of the hollow fiber membrane is positioned. The gas supply portion is provided with pipe vent holes which disperse gas in the housing at a position in the upper space and diffusing vent holes which disperse gas in the housing at a position below the lower space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Nakanishi, Koji Miyake, Kazuma Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220028363
    Abstract: To provide a sound insulation sheet member which is excellent in sound insulation performance in a low frequency band and which has a compact configuration. A sound insulation sheet member 1 including a substrate 2 and a concavo-convex structure 3 placed on at least one surface of the substrate 2, in which the concavo-convex structure 3 is provided by repeatedly arranging a plurality of units each defined as a concavo-convex unit shape 4 including a linear convex portion 5, in one direction at substantially constant intervals on the surface of the substrate 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki KOSHITOUGE, Shogo KOGA, Naoyuki UCHIDA, Kazuma INOUE, Masanari NAKAYAMA, Yuya SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210206907
    Abstract: Provided are an epoxy resin composition, a prepreg, a resin sheet, and a carbon fiber-reinforced composite material, which have high heat resistance, a high elastic modulus, low water absorption, and excellent flame resistance. This epoxy resin is a para-cresol novolac epoxy resin represented by General formula (1), in which a content ratio of components represented by n=1 as measured by gel permeation chromatography is less than 10% by area, and a content ratio of components represented by n=2 as measured by gel permeation chromatography is at least 1% by area and less than 40% by area. (In the formula, plural R's each independently represent a C1-6 alkyl group, n represents a real number of 1 to 10, and G represents a substituted or unsubstituted glycidyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPONKAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke KAWANO, Masataka NAKANISHI, Kazuma INOUE
  • Publication number: 20210193101
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sound-blocking sheet member that is relatively lightweight, has high sound-blocking performance overwhelming the law of mass action, and is excellent in terms of manufacturability and durability. The sound-blocking sheet member includes at least a sheet and a plurality of resonance portions. The resonance portion is provided in contact with a sheet surface of the sheet, and the resonance portion includes a weight portion and a base portion. The weight portion is supported by the base portion and has a larger mass than the base portion, and the weight portion has a penetration portion. The base portion is in contact with a surface on a resonance portion front end side of the weight portion and covers the weight portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko SUGIURA, Shogo KOGA, Naoyuki UCHIDA, Kazuma INOUE, Yukio KATO, Kohji UEHARA, Masashi MIURA
  • Publication number: 20190292320
    Abstract: Provided are a polyorganosiloxane high in elasticity, high in strength and the like. The polyorganosiloxane is a polyorganosiloxane including an M unit (R1R2R3SiO1/2) at a content of 10% by mol or more relative to the total of silicon and a T unit (R6SiO3/2) at a content of 80% by mol or less relative to the total of silicon, the polyorganosiloxane having an alkoxy group bound and a reactive functional group bound to silicon, wherein the polyorganosiloxane has the alkoxy group bound at a content of 0.07 to 4% by weight based on the total weight of the polyorganosiloxane and has 3 to 12 of the reactive functional groups bound on a number basis per a molecular weight of 1000 of the polyorganosiloxane, and the weight loss of the polyorganosiloxane in heating at 110° C. under a reduced pressure of 0.15 torr for 2 hours is 5% by weight or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi WATANABE, Noriaki TERADA, Tsuyoshi NAGASAKA, Shogo KOGA, Kazuma INOUE, Kazunari MATSUMURA, Naomi FUJIMORI, Hiroo MIYAUCHI, Akemi HOSOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180333681
    Abstract: The hollow fiber membrane module contains a hollow fiber membrane bundle having bundled hollow fiber membranes, a housing with an internal space formed in which the hollow fiber membrane bundle is housed and a gas supply portion which disperses cleaning gas for the hollow fiber membrane in the internal space. The internal space has an upper space in which an upper-side part of the hollow fiber membrane is positioned and a lower space in which a lower-side part of the hollow fiber membrane is positioned. The gas supply portion is provided with pipe vent holes which disperse gas in the housing at a position in the upper space and diffusing vent holes which disperse gas in the housing at a position below the lower space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki NAKANISHI, Koji MIYAKE, Kazuma INOUE
  • Patent number: D965183
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Sugiura, Yukio Kato, Hiroshi Mitani, Kazuma Inoue, Naoyuki Uchida, Shogo Koga
  • Patent number: D976448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Sugiura, Yukio Kato, Hiroshi Mitani, Kazuma Inoue, Naoyuki Uchida, Shogo Koga