Patents by Inventor Koichi Shinohara
Koichi Shinohara 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).
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Publication number: 20240153260Abstract: A model learning device determines a first machine learning model so as to further increase a combined loss function obtained by combining: a first loss function indicating the level of change in the reliability of a second image feature in a feature region of a reconstructed image, from the reliability of a first image feature in a feature region of the original image; and a second loss function indicating the level of recognition error. In addition, the model learning device: determines, so as to further reduce the combined loss function, respective parameter sets for a second machine learning model used in the generation of compressed data, and a third machine learning model used in the generation of the reconstructed image from the compressed data; and determines a parameter set for the fourth machine learning model in common with that for the first machine learning model.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Florian Beye, Yusuke Shinohara, Hayato Itsumi, Charvi Vitthal, Koichi Nihei, Takanori Iwai
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Publication number: 20240135560Abstract: To provide a technique which makes it possible to suitably estimate an important region and a non-important region in an image, an information processing apparatus includes: an obtaining means for obtaining input data which includes at least one of image data and point cloud data; an estimating means for estimating levels of importance with respect to a respective plurality of regions which are included in a frame indicated by the input data; a replacing means for generating replaced data by replacing at least one of the plurality of regions, which are included in the input data, with alternative data in accordance with the levels of importance; an evaluating means for deriving an evaluation value by referring to the replaced data; and a training means for training the estimating means with reference to the evaluation value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Hayato ITSUMI, Koichi NIHEI, Florian BEYE, Charvi VITTHAL, Takanori IWAI, Yusuke SHINOHARA
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Publication number: 20240137508Abstract: To provide a technique which makes it possible to suitably estimate an important region and a non-important region in an image, an information processing apparatus (1) includes: an obtaining means (10) for obtaining input data which includes at least one of image data and point cloud data; an estimating means (11) for estimating levels of importance with respect to a respective plurality of regions which are included in a frame indicated by the input data; a replacing means (12) for generating replaced data by replacing at least one of the plurality of regions, which are included in the input data, with alternative data in accordance with the levels of importance; an evaluating means (13) for deriving an evaluation value by referring to the replaced data; and a training means (14) for training the estimating means with reference to the evaluation value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Hayato ITSUMI, Koichi NIHEI, Taranori IWAI, Yusuke SHINOHARA, Florian BEYE, Charvi VITTHAL
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Publication number: 20240129514Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus which makes it possible to, during remote control, carry out suitable monitoring while suitably suppressing a transmission load. An image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining means for obtaining an image which has been captured from a movable body; an importance level estimating means for estimating levels of importance with respect to a respective plurality of regions included in the image; and a quality parameter determining means for determining quality parameters with respect to the respective plurality of regions with reference to the levels of importance.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Hayato ITSUMI, Koichi NIHEI, Takanori IWAI, Yusuke SHINOHARA, Florian BEYE, Charvi VITTHAL
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Publication number: 20240124496Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing radiolabeled tyrosine derivatives with good purity and stability, by a safe method suitable for industrial production of pharmaceuticals. The invention relates to a method for producing Compound (5) and Radiolabeled Compound (6) as follows: wherein each symbol is as defined in the description.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: OSAKA UNIVERSITYInventors: Yoshifumi SHIRAKAMI, Kazuko KANEDA, Yuichiro KADONAGA, Tadashi WATABE, Atsushi TOYOSHIMA, Koichi FUKASE, Atsushi SHINOHARA, Toshio YAMANAKA, Yutaka KONDOH
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Patent number: 11943645Abstract: A wireless communication characteristics evaluation method for evaluating wireless communication characteristics of a wireless communication system where a plurality of wireless communication terminals perform communication by transmitting or exchanging signals, the wireless communication characteristics evaluation method including: a step 1 of acquiring power and a band of an interference signal; a step 2 of calculating an interference band rate showing a rate of the band of the interference signal that overlaps with a band of a desired signal; a step 3 of calculating an interference power rate from interference power and the interference band rate and furthermore, calculating steady noise power from the interference power and the interference power rate; a step 4 of determining a real SINR from received power of the desired signal and the steady noise power; and a step 5 of determining wireless communication characteristics of the desired signal from the real SINR.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shoko Shinohara, Toshiro Nakahira, Yasuhiko Inoue, Hirantha Abeysekera, Koichi Ishihara, Takafumi Hayashi, Yasushi Takatori
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Publication number: 20240078411Abstract: A first distribution estimating device determines a first probability distribution of quantized values in a predetermined value range corresponding to an input value, by using a first machine learning model. A first sampling device samples the quantized values and determines a first sample value, using the first probability distribution. A second distribution estimating device determines a second probability distribution corresponding to the first sample value, by using a second machine learning model. A second sampling device samples the quantized values in the value range and determines a second sample value, using the second probability distribution. It can be implemented in the form of any of an information processing system, an encoding device, a decoding device, a model learning device, an information processing method, an encoding method, a decoding method, a model learning method, and a program storage medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Florian BEYE, Hayato ITSUMI, Yusuke SHINOHARA, Charvi VITTHAL, Koichi NIHEI, Takanori IWAI
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Publication number: 20230264363Abstract: With reference to a plurality of images formed by imaging by an imaging unit, the position of a robot hand to be inserted into a cassette at the time of unloading a workpiece from the cassette is determined. Hence, it is not necessary for an operator to recognize in advance configuration details of the cassette and a warp or bending of the workpiece accommodated in the cassette. Accordingly, the operator's work at the time of unloading the workpiece from the cassette is simplified.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Koichi SHINOHARA, Tomotaka SAWADA
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Publication number: 20230006191Abstract: A positive electrode (100) includes a positive electrode current collector (110), a positive electrode mixture (120), and a mixture (130). The positive electrode current collector (110) has a first surface (112). The first surface (112) of the positive electrode current collector (110) includes a first region (112a), a second region (112b), and a third region (112c). The positive electrode (100) satisfies the following expression (1). 0?L3/(L1+L3)?0.075??(1) Here, L1 is a length of the positive electrode (100) of the first region (112a) of the positive electrode (100) in one direction (first direction (X)), and L3 is a length of the third region (112c) of the positive electrode (100) in the one direction (first direction (X)).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: ENVISION AESC JAPAN LTD.Inventors: Koichi SHINOHARA, Shoichiro SHIRAISHI, Moeko SATO, Mikiya SAITOU, Yoshiki SATOU, Mayuko KOYAMA, Daisuke SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11309053Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a processing circuit, a timer, a command decoder, and a training circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells. The processing circuit writes data into the memory cell array. The timer sets a waiting time. The command decoder receives a command output from a memory controller. The training circuit waits until the waiting time has passed since a predetermined command is received by the command decoder and performs a process relating to determination of a correction value for a signal sent from the memory controller to the processing circuit based on reference data output from the memory controller after the waiting time has passed.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Takehisa Kurosawa, Koichi Shinohara, Yusuke Tanefusa
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Publication number: 20220001130Abstract: Provided is an oxygen concentration device, a control method, and a control program with which a start-up interval until a desired high-concentration oxygen gas can be supplied can be reduced. The oxygen concentration device includes a pressurized air supply unit for supplying pressurized air, an adsorption tube which concentrates oxygen in the pressurized air by adsorbing nitrogen in the supplied pressurized air to generate oxygen gas, an oxygen gas tank for storing oxygen gas, a flow rate adjustment unit which adjusts an oxygen gas flow rate to be output to the exterior from the oxygen gas tank, and a control unit which controls the flow rate adjustment unit so that the oxygen gas flow rate becomes a set flow rate and controls the pressurized air supply unit so that the pressurized air achieves a supply amount corresponding to the set flow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: Teijin Pharma LimitedInventors: Koichi SHINOHARA, Yuki YAMAURA
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Patent number: 11183256Abstract: According to a certain embodiment, the semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a control circuit, and a data register storing an erase verify fail flag. An erase target block is divided into word line groups. The control circuit includes: a counter configured to count the number of the erase verify fail flags to be output as a count value for each group; a plurality of counter registers configured to store the count value for each group; an arithmetic circuit configured to take a difference of the plurality of count values respectively stored in the plurality of counter registers and to output a result of the difference as a number of second fail flags; and a comparator configured to compare the number of criteria of the erase verify fail flag and the number of the second fail flags to be output as a memory state detected result.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Koichi Shinohara, Katsuki Matsudera, Ian Christopher Gamara, Yoshikazu Harada, Noritaka Kai, Yusuke Tanefusa
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Publication number: 20210082531Abstract: According to a certain embodiment, the semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a control circuit, and a data register storing an erase verify fail flag. An erase target block is divided into word line groups. The control circuit includes: a counter configured to count the number of the erase verify fail flags to be output as a count value for each group; a plurality of counter registers configured to store the count value for each group; an arithmetic circuit configured to take a difference of the plurality of count values respectively stored in the plurality of counter registers and to output a result of the difference as a number of second fail flags; and a comparator configured to compare the number of criteria of the erase verify fail flag and the number of the second fail flags to be output as a memory state detected result.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Koichi SHINOHARA, Katsuki MATSUDERA, Ian Christopher GAMARA, Yoshikazu I HARADA, Noritaka KAI, Yusuke TANEFUSA
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Publication number: 20210082536Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a processing circuit, a timer, a command decoder, and a training circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells. The processing circuit writes data into the memory cell array. The timer sets a waiting time. The command decoder receives a command output from a memory controller. The training circuit waits until the waiting time has passed since a predetermined command is received by the command decoder and performs a process relating to determination of a correction value for a signal sent from the memory controller to the processing circuit based on reference data output from the memory controller after the waiting time has passed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Takehisa KUROSAWA, Koichi Shinohara, Yusuke Tanefusa
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Patent number: 10756342Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes: a negative electrode having a carbon-based negative electrode material containing graphite particles and amorphous carbon particles; and a positive electrode including a lithium composite oxide. The lithium composite oxide is represented by a general formula: LixNiyMnzCo(1-y-z)O2, where x is a numeral of 1 or more and 1.2 or less, and y and z are positive numerals satisfying the relation of y+z<1. The lithium composite oxide has a layer crystal structure and has a median particle diameter (D50) of 4.0 ?m or more and less than 6.0 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: ENVISION AESC JAPAN LTD.Inventors: Sohei Suga, Koichi Shinohara, Kenji Ohara, Toshihiro Horiuchi, Masanori Aoyagi, Junko Nishiyama
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Patent number: 10714787Abstract: Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery including a power generating element that includes at least one positive electrode plate, at least one negative electrode plate, and at least one separator. A ratio B/A (m?cm) of volume resistivity B (m?cm3) of the power generating element to an area A (cm2) per one positive electrode plate is 0.4 or more and less than 0.9.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: ENVISION AESC JAPAN LTD.Inventors: Sohei Suga, Koichi Shinohara, Kenji Ohara, Toshihiro Horiuchi, Masanori Aoyagi, Junko Nishiyama
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Patent number: 10147949Abstract: A negative electrode material for a lithium ion battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes graphite particles and amorphous carbon particles. The graphite particles have a median diameter (D50) A of 8.0 ?m or more and 11.0 ?m or less. A ratio A/B of the median diameter A (?m) to a median diameter (D50) B (?m) of the amorphous carbon particles satisfies a relation of 1.1<(A/B)?2.75.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Automotive Energy Supply CorporationInventors: Sohei Suga, Koichi Shinohara, Kenji Ohara, Toshihiro Horiuchi, Masanori Aoyagi, Junko Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20180241075Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery includes an electricity generation element including a cathode including a cathode active material layer arranged on a cathode current collector, an anode including an anode active material layer arranged on an anode current collector, a separator, and an electrolyte. The anode active material layer includes graphite. When the battery is charged to 5 V, the battery has an excess ratio of 1 or higher that is a ratio of a specific capacity of the cathode to a specific capacity of the anode, and the separator has a thermal shrinkage of 13% or lower. The lithium-ion secondary battery prevents heat generation in an overcharge state and maintains safety.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Automotive Energy Supply CorporationInventors: Kenji Ohara, Sohei Suga, Koichi Shinohara, Toshihiro Horiuchi, Masanori Aoyagi, Junko Nishiyama
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Patent number: 10026988Abstract: Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery including a power generation element, the power generation element including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte solution, the positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode active material layer provided for the positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material and binder, the negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer provided for the negative electrode current collector, the negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material and binder. The positive electrode has a volume resistivity in a range of 100 ?cm or more and 700 ?cm or less after at least one charging and discharging cycle.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: AUTOMOTIVE ENERGY SUPPLY CORPORATIONInventors: Sohei Suga, Koichi Shinohara, Kenji Ohara, Toshihiro Horiuchi, Masanori Aoyagi, Junko Nishiyama
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Patent number: 9698408Abstract: A secondary battery has a flat shape and houses a power generation element together with an electrolyte solution inside an exterior body. A terminal includes: a terminal main body including a nickel plane containing nickel on at least a surface thereof; an anticorrosive layer covering at least a part of the nickel plane that is more on the inside of the exterior body than a held portion; and a resin layer covering at least the held portion of a surface of the anticorrosive layer and having an internal extension portion extending from the held portion to the inside of the exterior body.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: AUTOMOTIVE ENERGY SUPPLY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromoto Taguchi, Aika Kimura, Noriyasu Onodera, Koichi Shinohara, Shinichiro Sakaguchi