Patents by Inventor Kenji Nishida

Kenji Nishida 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).

  • Patent number: 10917720
    Abstract: A sound source localization device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire acoustic signals of M channels (M is an integer equal to or greater than one), a phase difference information calculator configured to perform a short-time Fourier transform on the acoustic signals of M channels and to convert a time domain into a frequency domain including phase information, and an estimator configured to input phase information of the acoustic signals subjected to the short-time Fourier transform to a deep learning machine and to perform sound source localization of the acoustic signals using the deep learning machine where input follows a von Mises distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakadai, Shungo Masaki, Ryosuke Kojima, Osamu Sugiyama, Katsutoshi Itoyama, Kenji Nishida
  • Patent number: 10839823
    Abstract: A sound source separating device includes: a signal acquiring unit that acquires the sound signal including mixed sounds from a plurality of sound sources; a start information acquiring unit that acquires start information representing a start timing of at least one sound source among the plurality of sound sources; and a sound source separating unit that separates a specific sound source from the sound signal by setting a binary mask controlling presence of the sound source using a variable of “0” and “1” and using a Markov chain for the activation on the basis of the start information and decomposing the spectrogram generated from the sound signal into the base spectrum and the activation through non-negative matrix factorization using the set binary mask S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakadai, Yuta Kusaka, Katsutoshi Itoyama, Kenji Nishida
  • Publication number: 20200316458
    Abstract: A portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a touch-sensitive display screen and a variety of input devices. The input devices can include shoulder buttons located on a peripheral side surface of the main body, as well as input devices located on the main body adjacent the touch-sensitive display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: HIROSHI YOSHINO, KEIZO OHTA, YOSHITAKA YASUMOTO, KENJI NISHIDA, KENICHI SUGINO, MASATO IBUKI
  • Publication number: 20200275224
    Abstract: A microphone array position estimation device includes an estimation unit that estimates a position X of a microphone array for maximizing a simultaneous probability P(X,S,Z) of X, Y, and Z through repeated estimation of S and X when the position of the microphone array constituted by M (M is an integer of 1 or greater) microphones is set to X (=(X1T, . . . , XMT)T, T indicates a transposition), spectrums of sound source signals output by the N (N is an integer of 1 or greater) sound sources are set to S (a set related to all of n, f, and t of Snft, f is a frequency bin, and t is a frame index), and spectrums of recorded signals collected by the microphone array are set to Z (a set related to all of f and t of Zft).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakadai, Katsuhiro Dan, Katsutoshi Itoyama, Kenji Nishida
  • Publication number: 20200273858
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an enhancement-mode first p-channel MISFET, an enhancement-mode second p-channel MISFET, a drain conductor electrically and commonly connected to the first p-channel MISFET and the second p-channel MISFET, a first source conductor electrically connected to a source of the first p-channel MISFET, a second source conductor electrically connected to a source of the second p-channel MISFET, and a gate conductor electrically and commonly connected to a gate of the first p-channel MISFET and a gate of the second p-channel MISFET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kentaro NASU, Kenji NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200273480
    Abstract: A sound source separating device includes: a signal acquiring unit that acquires the sound signal including mixed sounds from a plurality of sound sources; a start information acquiring unit that acquires start information representing a start timing of at least one sound source among the plurality of sound sources; and a sound source separating unit that separates a specific sound source from the sound signal by setting a binary mask controlling presence of the sound source using a variable of “0” and “1” and using a Markov chain for the activation on the basis of the start information and decomposing the spectrogram generated from the sound signal into the base spectrum and the activation through non-negative matrix factorization using the set binary mask S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakadai, Yuta Kusaka, Katsutoshi Itoyama, Kenji Nishida
  • Publication number: 20200275200
    Abstract: A sound source localization device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire acoustic signals of M channels (M is an integer equal to or greater than one), a phase difference information calculator configured to perform a short-time Fourier transform on the acoustic signals of M channels and to convert a time domain into a frequency domain including phase information, and an estimator configured to input phase information of the acoustic signals subjected to the short-time Fourier transform to a deep learning machine and to perform sound source localization of the acoustic signals using the deep learning machine where input follows a von Mises distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakadai, Shungo Masaki, Ryosuke Kojima, Osamu Sugiyama, Katsutoshi Itoyama, Kenji Nishida
  • Patent number: 10722783
    Abstract: A portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a touch-sensitive display screen and a variety of input devices. The input devices can include shoulder buttons located on a peripheral side surface of the main body, as well as input devices located on the main body adjacent the touch-sensitive display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Keizo Ohta, Yoshitaka Yasumoto, Kenji Nishida, Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki
  • Patent number: 10692863
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an enhancement-mode first p-channel MISFET, an enhancement-mode second p-channel MISFET, a drain conductor electrically and commonly connected to the first p-channel MISFET and the second p-channel MISFET, a first source conductor electrically connected to a source of the first p-channel MISFET, a second source conductor electrically connected to a source of the second p-channel MISFET, and a gate conductor electrically and commonly connected to a gate of the first p-channel MISFET and a gate of the second p-channel MISFET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nasu, Kenji Nishida
  • Patent number: 10619577
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine is configured to satisfy the relation expressed by 0<Rv<0.000438×?2?0.0407×?+1.55 in a range of an intake valve overlap amount ?(°) from 20° to 45°, where Rv denotes an intake port volume ratio obtained by dividing an intake port internal volume Vp by a cylinder stroke volume Vc, and the intake valve overlap amount ?(°) is a crank angle from an intake valve opening timing when the intake valve starts opening to an intake top dead center of the piston. The engine improves output performance as well as both combustion performance and emission performance by suppressing reverse flow of the combustion gas into the intake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Cho, Hiroyuki Natsui, Kenji Nishida, Hirotaka Kawatsu, Tomiyuki Sasaki, Ryota Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200102436
    Abstract: To provide prepreg having high thermostability and a molded body (fiber reinforced composite) obtained from the prepreg, the prepreg is formed by impregnating a reinforced fiber having an elastic modulus of 100 to 900 GPa with an epoxy resin composition including the following Components A to D so as to have a resin content within a range of 25 to 50 mass %: Component A: an epoxy resin having an oxazolidone ring structure in a molecule thereof; Component B: an epoxy resin that is liquid at 30° C.; Component C: a diblock copolymer having a B-M structure, wherein M is a block including at least 50 mass % of methyl methacrylate, B is a block immiscible with the epoxy resins and the block M, a glass transition temperature of the block B being 20° C. or lower; and Component D: dicyandiamide, or an amine curing agent that is a derivative of dicyandiamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Koichi Hattori, Yutaka Arai, Masaki Shimada, Tetsuya Sugiyama, Katsuya Himuro, Masanori Honda, Kenji Nishida, Hironobu Takahama
  • Patent number: 10566325
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, including a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, having a main surface with a diode trench formed therein, an inner wall insulating film, including a side wall insulating film, formed along side walls of the diode trench, and a bottom wall insulating film, formed along a bottom wall of the diode trench and having a thickness greater than a thickness of the side wall insulating film, and a bidirectional Zener diode, formed on the bottom wall insulating film inside the diode trench and having a pair of first conductivity type portions and at least one second conductivity type portion formed between the pair of first conductivity type portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Nishida, Shinpei Ohnishi, Kentaro Nasu
  • Publication number: 20190366200
    Abstract: A portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a touch-sensitive display screen and a variety of input devices. The input devices can include shoulder buttons located on a peripheral side surface of the main body, as well as input devices located on the main body adjacent the touch-sensitive display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: HIROSHI YOSHINO, KEIZO OHTA, YOSHITAKA YASUMOTO, KENJI NISHIDA, KENICHI SUGINO, MASATO IBUKI
  • Patent number: 10473082
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes a first gear provided on a crankshaft, a second gear provided on a second clutch member of a clutch that meshes with the first gear, a starter motor located above the crankcase and rearward of the cylinder body, and a link gear that links together the second gear and the starter motor. The starter motor is located above a transmission. The starter motor includes an overlapping portion that overlaps with the clutch, as the vehicle is seen from the side, and a front portion located forward of a center axis of a main shaft, as the vehicle is seen from the side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Nishida
  • Patent number: 10350667
    Abstract: The press device includes a press device body and moving bolsters. The press device body has a slide and a slide servomotor. The slide has upper dies attached thereto. The slide servomotor moves the slide up and down. The moving bolsters are able to move between a pressing position, which is a position on the inside of the press device body, and a die replacement position, which is a position on the outside of the press device body, and have lower dies disposed thereon. The moving bolsters have an electrical storage component, a travel motor, and wheels. The electrical storage component stores regenerative electrical power generated by the slide servomotor in the pressing position. Electrical power is supplied from the electrical storage component to the travel motor. The wheels are driven by the travel motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: KOMATSU INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Nishida
  • Patent number: 10173132
    Abstract: A portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a touch-sensitive display screen and a variety of input devices. The input devices can include shoulder buttons located on a peripheral side surface of the main body, as well as input devices located on the main body adjacent the touch-sensitive display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshino, Keizo Ohta, Yoshitaka Yasumoto, Kenji Nishida, Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki
  • Publication number: 20180374844
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, including a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, having a main surface with a diode trench formed therein, an inner wall insulating film, including a side wall insulating film, formed along side walls of the diode trench, and a bottom wall insulating film, formed along a bottom wall of the diode trench and having a thickness greater than a thickness of the side wall insulating film, and a bidirectional Zener diode, formed on the bottom wall insulating film inside the diode trench and having a pair of first conductivity type portions and at least one second conductivity type portion formed between the pair of first conductivity type portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Kenji NISHIDA, Shinpei OHNISHI, Kentaro NASU
  • Patent number: 10090294
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, including a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, having a main surface with a diode trench formed therein, an inner wall insulating film, including a side wall insulating film, formed along side walls of the diode trench, and a bottom wall insulating film, formed along a bottom wall of the diode trench and having a thickness greater than a thickness of the side wall insulating film, and a bidirectional Zener diode, formed on the bottom wall insulating film inside the diode trench and having a pair of first conductivity type portions and at least one second conductivity type portion formed between the pair of first conductivity type portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Nishida, Shinpei Ohnishi, Kentaro Nasu
  • Patent number: D822627
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nasu, Kenji Nishida
  • Patent number: D823270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nasu, Kenji Nishida