Patents by Inventor Kenji Iwata

Kenji Iwata 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: 20200242144
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display control system includes a processor. The processor is capable of displaying a second sentence and at least a part of a first question-answer pair when accepting a first sentence including a first query keyword. The first sentence is input by a user. The first question-answer pair includes a first question and a first answer to the first question. The first question includes the first query keyword. The second sentence includes a first question keyword included in the first question. The processor is capable of displaying a word other than the first query keyword and the first question keyword in a first form, the first query keyword in a second form different from the first form, and the first question keyword in a third form different from the first form and the second form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Takami Yoshida, Nayuko Watanabe, Hiroshi Fujimura, Kenji Iwata, Yuka Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200243082
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a dialog system includes a processor. When a first sentence including one or more words is input by a user, the processor sets at least a part of the one or more words as a first query keyword. The processor selects, from a question-answer table including question-answer pairs, one or more of the question-answer pairs including the first query keyword. Each question-answer pair includes a question and an answer to the question. When a number of the selected question-answer pairs is 1, the processor outputs a first response indicating the answer. When the number is not less than a first threshold, the processor outputs a second response including first and second question keywords. The first question keyword is extracted from question keywords included in one of the pairs. The second question keyword is extracted from other question keywords included in another one of the pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Takami Yoshida, Hiroshi Fujimura, Kenji Iwata, Yuka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10653971
    Abstract: A first grounded portion is at least one of portions of an apparatus that are grounded, and vibrates in accordance with a vibration of at least a first vibration unit. A second grounded portion is at least one of the portions of the apparatus that are grounded, and vibrates in accordance with a vibration of at least a second vibration unit. Then, a first control signal for controlling the vibration of the first vibration unit and a second control signal for controlling the vibration of the second vibration unit are generated, whereby, in a state where the apparatus is on a certain surface, the apparatus moves on the certain surface by a vibration of the first grounded portion grounded on the certain surface and/or a vibration of the second grounded portion grounded on the certain surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Terui, Yoko Fukuda, Kenji Iwata, Shinichi Kasuno, Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Kazuhiko Koriyama
  • Publication number: 20200143792
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an interactive system includes following units. The knowledge reference unit refers to a question-answering knowledge based on a result of analyzing an input sentence to acquire a candidate for an answer to the input sentence. The unknown keyword detection unit detects, from the input sentence, an unknown keyword. The related keyword estimation unit acquires, in response to the detection of the unknown keyword, one or more candidates for a related keyword having a meaning close to the unknown keyword from predetermined keywords. The response generation unit generates a response to the input sentence based on the one or more candidates for the related keyword when the unknown keyword is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenji IWATA, Hiroshi Fujimura, Yuka Kobayashi, Takami Yoshida, Masami Akamine
  • Patent number: 10600410
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an edit assisting system includes a server device and a client device. The client device displays a first object, which indicates first speech of a user and a first portion of the first speech, and a second object, which indicates second speech generated by the server device and a second portion of the second speech, on a screen based on a scenario indicated in scenario data. The first and second portions are editable. The client device transmits edit data indicating the first portion which is edited and/or the second portion which is edited to the server device. The server device rewrites the scenario data by changing the first portion of the first speech and/or the second portion of the second speech is the scenario by using the edit data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujimura, Kenji Iwata
  • Patent number: 10559064
    Abstract: An HMD includes an attitude calculating unit, an attitude correcting unit, an image generating unit, and a display control unit. The attitude calculating unit may calculate a first attitude of the HMD based on an angular rate detected by an angular rate sensor. The attitude correcting unit may correct the first attitude to calculate a second attitude, based on an acceleration detected by an accelerometer and a rotation amount per predetermined time of the HMD. The image generating unit may generate an image according to the second attitude. The display control unit may cause a display to display the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gilles Pouliquen, Janos Boudet, François-Xavier Pasquier, Shinji Takenaka, Kenji Iwata
  • Patent number: 10546579
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a verification system includes a storage controller, first and second receivers, a comparator, a response constructor, a response generator, and an output controller. The storage controller stores, in a storage, first response data and first situation data associated with the first response data. The first receiver receives second response data. The comparator determines a similarity between second situation data indicating a second context for using the second response data and the first situation data. The response constructor constructs response content information comprising the second response data and the first response data associated with the first situation data having the similarity equal to or greater than a threshold. The second receiver receives speech data. The response generator generates a response sentence corresponding to the speech data using the response content information. The output controller outputs for display one or more response sentences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takami Yoshida, Kenji Iwata, Hiroshi Fujimura
  • Publication number: 20190392558
    Abstract: An HMD includes an attitude calculating unit, an attitude correcting unit, an image generating unit, and a display control unit. The attitude calculating unit may calculate a first attitude of the HMD based on an angular rate detected by an angular rate sensor. The attitude correcting unit may correct the first attitude to calculate a second attitude, based on an acceleration detected by an accelerometer and a rotation amount per predetermined time of the HMD. The image generating unit may generate an image according to the second attitude. The display control unit may cause a display to display the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Gilles POULIQUEN, Janos BOUDET, François-Xavier PASQUIER, Shinji TAKENAKA, Kenji IWATA
  • Patent number: 10490189
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a support system is for adding a new slot parameter for use in a dialogue system. The support system includes an acquiring unit and a first processing unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire a new slot parameter to be added to the dialogue system. The first processing unit is configured to transmit first information that includes the new slot parameter to an operator of the dialogue system, based on a first evaluation value for selecting the new slot parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takami Yoshida, Kenji Iwata
  • Patent number: 10490390
    Abstract: A substrate processing device includes a housing connected to ground, a cathode stage that supports a substrate, an anode unit, and a gas feeding unit that feeds gas toward the first plate. The cathode stage is applied with voltage for generating plasma. The anode unit includes a first plate including first through holes and a second plate including second through holes that are larger than the first through holes. The second plate is located between the first plate and the cathode stage. The first plate produces a flow of the gas through the first through holes. The gas that has passed through the first through holes flows through the second through holes into an area between the second plate and the cathode stage. A distance between the first plate and the second plate is 10 mm or greater and 50 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Tetsushi Fujinaga, Atsuhito Ihori, Masahiro Matsumoto, Noriaki Tani, Harunori Iwai, Kenji Iwata, Yoshinao Sato
  • Publication number: 20190329932
    Abstract: In a fabricating method for a quartz vial having a body part for containing a substance, a bottom part closing a lower end of the body part, a cylindrical neck part disposed at an upper end of the body part, a cylindrical mouth part disposed above the neck part and having an outer diameter larger than that of the neck part, and a tapered portion connecting the mouth part and the neck part to each other, outer peripheral surfaces of the tapered portion and the neck part are formed by shaving, and the body part that is separately fabricated is welded to the neck part. Thus, quartz vials having a predetermined shape can be mass-fabricated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: NEXUS COMPANY INC.
    Inventors: Kenji IWATA, Toshihito KASHIWAGI
  • Publication number: 20190292049
    Abstract: The method for producing chlorine by oxidation of hydrogen chloride with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst in a fixed-bed reactor, wherein [I] a material containing hydrogen chloride and oxygen is allowed to contact a catalyst in a temperature range of 280 to 370° C., and [II] the material containing hydrogen chloride and oxygen has an oxygen concentration of 45 to 75 vol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Masami MURAKAMI, Hideharu KUWAMOTO, Kenji IWATA
  • Patent number: 10360903
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a storage unit, a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, an analyzer, and a recognition unit. The storage unit stores first situation information about a situation assumed in advance, a first representation representing a meaning of a sentence assumed, intention information representing an intention to be estimated, and a first value representing a degree of application of the first representation to the first situation information and the intention information. The first acquisition unit acquires a natural sentence. The second acquisition unit acquires second situation information about a situation when acquiring the natural sentence. The analyzer analyzes the natural sentence and generates a second representation representing a meaning of the natural sentence. The recognition unit obtains an estimated value based on the first value associated with the first situation information and the first representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiromi Wakaki, Kenji Iwata, Masayuki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10350194
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition and the like comprising (4-{(3S)-3-[(1R)-1-(naphthalen-1-yl)ethylamino]pyrrolidin-1-yl}phenyl)acetic acid (Compound A) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof and a diluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Tanimura, Hiroko Yoshii, Kenji Iwata, Naoto Izawa, Motohiro Ota
  • Publication number: 20190180743
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a dialog system includes an acquirer and a processor. The acquirer acquires a first sentence. The processor refers to a first weighting amount based on a first feature and a first weight. The first feature is of a first dialog state and relates to a first slot. The first weight pertains to the first sentence. The processor refers to a second weighting amount based on a first intention amount and a second weight. The first intention amount is of a first intention and relates to the first slot. The first intention is included in the first sentence. The second weight pertains to the first sentence and is different from the first weight. The processor outputs a second feature using the first and second weighting amounts. The second feature is of a second dialog state after the first dialog state and relates to the first slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takami Yoshida, Kenji Iwata, Hiroshi Fujimura
  • Patent number: 10311867
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a tagging support apparatus includes a first acquirer, an estimator, a first storage, a second acquirer, and a presenter. The first acquirer acquires a spoken sentence concerning an utterance of a user. The estimator estimates an utterance intention of the spoken sentence to obtain one or more intention candidates of the utterance intention. The first storage stores an intention system having a hierarchical structure of intentions used in a dialog system. The second acquirer acquires, based on the intention candidates, part of the intention system as one or more hierarchical intention candidates. The presenter presents the hierarchical intention candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masahiro Ito, Kenji Iwata
  • Publication number: 20190147866
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a support system is for adding a new slot parameter for use in a dialogue system. The support system includes an acquiring unit and a first processing unit. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire a new slot parameter to be added to the dialogue system. The first processing unit is configured to transmit first information that includes the new slot parameter to an operator of the dialogue system, based on a first evaluation value for selecting the new slot parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Takami Yoshida, Kenji Iwata
  • Publication number: 20190116350
    Abstract: The orientation and/or position estimation system includes: a movable operating unit configured to be held by a user and having an image capturing section; and a stereoscopic image providing unit including a display portion configured to display a stereoscopic image, a contact portion configured to come into contact with a part of a face of a user who is viewing the stereoscopic image, and a detection subject portion configured to be captured by the image capturing section. A detection subject portion image in the image captured by the image capturing section is detected and the position and the orientation of the movable image capturing unit are estimated on the basis of the detection subject portion image. On the basis of a result of the estimation, the stereoscopic image is generated and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Shotaro GOTO, Hideaki SHIMIZU, Hitoshi YAMAZAKI, Kenji IWATA
  • Publication number: 20190088252
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a dialogue system includes a setting apparatus and a processing apparatus. The setting apparatus sets in advance a plurality of words that are in impossible combination relationships to each other. The processing apparatus acquires speech of a user, and when a speech recognition result of an object included in the speech includes a word combination included in the plurality of words that are in impossible combination relationships to each other, output a notification to the user that processing of the object cannot be carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Takami Yoshida, Kenji Iwata, Yuka Kobayashi, Masami Akamine
  • Publication number: 20190001233
    Abstract: A first grounded portion is at least one of portions of an apparatus that are grounded, and vibrates in accordance with a vibration of at least a first vibration unit. A second grounded portion is at least one of the portions of the apparatus that are grounded, and vibrates in accordance with a vibration of at least a second vibration unit. Then, a first control signal for controlling the vibration of the first vibration unit and a second control signal for controlling the vibration of the second vibration unit are generated, whereby, in a state where the apparatus is on a certain surface, the apparatus moves on the certain surface by a vibration of the first grounded portion grounded on the certain surface and/or a vibration of the second grounded portion grounded on the certain surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Akio TERUI, Yoko FUKUDA, Kenji IWATA, Shinichi KASUNO, Hitoshi TSUCHIYA, Kazuhiko KORIYAMA