Patents by Inventor Masayuki Okamoto
Masayuki Okamoto 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: 20240026671Abstract: This information output device that outputs toilet congestion information to a user terminal includes a monitoring unit that gathers toilet usage status information indicating the usage statuses of toilets, an editing unit that edits, for each area formed by dividing a facility, the toilet usage status information of the toilets installed in each area, then creates toilet congestion information for each area, an area receiving unit that receives user information transmitted from a user terminal of a user who will use the toilets, then selects an area available to the user, and an information output unit that transmits the toilet congestion information associated with the selected area to the user terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Masayuki OKAMOTO, Masayuki AKATSU, Kenji OTSUKA
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Publication number: 20230341143Abstract: This air-conditioning system comprises: a local settings reception unit that accepts local settings changed from specified system settings by a local setting terminal that allows users in an area to set the air-conditioning of the area; a number-of-people-in-area detecting unit that detects the number of people in the area; and an air-conditioning control instruction unit that outputs, to an air-conditioning control system, an instruction to maintain the local settings accepted by the local settings reception unit until the elapsed time from the time when the local settings are changed in the area reaches a predetermined setting time, and, when the elapsed time exceeds the setting time, outputs, to the air-conditioning control system, an instruction to return to the system settings that are set on the basis of the number of people detected by the number-of-people-in-area detecting unit, and/or the type of area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2020Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Masayuki OKAMOTO, Masayuki AKATSU, Kenji OTSUKA
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Patent number: 11795350Abstract: Provided is an optical PSA composition that can be easily peeled using an aqueous liquid such as water and has sufficient adhesive strength. An optical PSA composition comprising an acrylic polymer is provided. The PSA composition comprises at least one species of compound A selected among surfactants and compounds having polyoxyalkylene backbones. The monomers forming the acrylic polymer comprises less than 20 wt % alkoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate and less than 20 wt % alkoxypolyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate. Alternatively, the compound A content is less than 1 part by weight to 100 parts by weight of the acrylic polymer.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Naofumi Kosaka, Satoshi Honda, Yosuke Shimizu, Ryoko Asai
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Publication number: 20230331516Abstract: This elevating machine operation information display system comprises: a collection unit that collects, from one or more control boards that control a plurality of elevating machines installed in the same site, elevating machine operation information for each period set for the elevating machine; and a data conversion unit that converts the collected operation information to operation information at preset intervals. In addition, elevating machine usage information that includes at least one of the average call duration and the number of people landing and exiting at halls in the site are caused to be output and displayed on the basis of the operation information converted by the data conversion unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Wataru ONO, Kenji OTSUKA, Masayuki OKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11749033Abstract: In an abnormal noise evaluation system, running noise of a vehicle is acquired, and the running noise is analyzed to generate analysis data. A rotational order component of the running noise of the vehicle is then extracted from the analysis data, and features for each rotational order of the running noise of the vehicle is generated based on the extracted rotational order component. Subsequently, a learning model is generated using as training data a combination of the features for each rotational order generated for a learning object that is of the same type as an object to be evaluated and an evaluation result given in advance to the learning object. Whether there is abnormal noise from the object to be evaluated is evaluated by applying the features for each rotational order generated for the object to be evaluated to the learning model, and an evaluation result is output.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shugen Yamamura, Satoshi Miyake, Masayuki Okamoto, Ryo Matsumoto, Naritomo Miura
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Patent number: 11481663Abstract: An information extraction support device includes a receptor, a pattern generator, a data generator, and an output controller. The receptor receives input of a first training example for learning a model used in at least one of extraction of information and extraction of a relation between a plurality of pieces of information, and clue information indicating a basis on which the first training example is used for learning. The pattern generator generates a supervised pattern for generating a training example used for learning, using the first training example and the clue information. The data generator generates a second training example using the supervised pattern. The output controller outputs the second training example and the clue information that is used to generate the supervised pattern having generated the second training example.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Yuichi Miyamura, Hirokazu Suzuki
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Publication number: 20220106500Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition comprises at least one or more radical polymerizable compounds. At the time of defining a total amount of the radical polymerizable compound(s) as 100% by weight, the composition comprises one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates (A) (each) having 10 to 20 carbon atoms in an amount of 15% or more by weight. The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition preferably comprises, as the alkyl (meth)acrylate(s) (A), an alkyl (meth)acrylate (A1) having 10 to 14 carbon atoms, and an alkyl (meth)acrylate (A2) having 15 to 20 carbon atoms. A ratio by weight of the component (A1) to the component (A2) (A1/A2) is preferably from 1.0/9.0 to 4.0/6.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Satoshi Mita, Yoshimi Konno, Taiyan Jiang, Tetsuro Ikeda
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Patent number: 11295039Abstract: According to an embodiment, a design support system supports determination of a first design specification of a plant, the system including a memory and a hardware processor. The memory stores therein second design specifications of existing plants in association with first information related to a document(s) concerned with an existing plant. The hardware processor acquires a required specification which includes a part of elements of the first design specification and which indicates value of each element to be satisfied; identifies, based on second information in which an element(s) is/are associated with each condition, an element associated with a condition that matches the required specification; identifies a second design specification corresponding to the required specification based on the element identified; selects an element(s); and extracts, from the first information associated with the second design specification identified, a description related to the element selected.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroko Fujii, Hirokazu Suzuki, Masayuki Okamoto
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Publication number: 20210348036Abstract: Provided is an optical PSA composition that can be easily peeled using an aqueous liquid such as water and has sufficient adhesive strength. An optical PSA composition comprising an acrylic polymer is provided. The PSA composition comprises at least one species of compound A selected among surfactants and compounds having polyoxyalkylene backbones. The monomers forming the acrylic polymer comprises less than 20 wt % alkoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate and less than 20 wt % alkoxypolyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate. Alternatively, the compound A content is less than 1 part by weight to 100 parts by weight of the acrylic polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2019Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Masayuki OKAMOTO, Naofumi KOSAKA, Satoshi HONDA, Yosuke SHIMIZU, Ryoko ASAI
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Publication number: 20210327175Abstract: In an abnormal noise evaluation system, running noise of a vehicle is acquired, and the running noise is analyzed to generate analysis data. A rotational order component of the running noise of the vehicle is then extracted from the analysis data, and features for each rotational order of the running noise of the vehicle is generated based on the extracted rotational order component. Subsequently, a learning model is generated using as training data a combination of the features for each rotational order generated for a learning object that is of the same type as an object to be evaluated and an evaluation result given in advance to the learning object. Whether there is abnormal noise from the object to be evaluated is evaluated by applying the features for each rotational order generated for the object to be evaluated to the learning model, and an evaluation result is output.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shugen YAMAMURA, Satoshi MIYAKE, Masayuki OKAMOTO, Ryo MATSUMOTO, Naritomo MIURA
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Publication number: 20210317337Abstract: An active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition comprises at least radical polymerizable compounds. The radical polymerizable compounds comprise a component A having a log Pow of ?2 to 2, and a component B having a log Pow more than 7, each of these log Pow values representing an octanol/water distribution coefficient. The component A preferably comprises at least one nitrogen-containing monomer selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylamide derivatives, amino-group-containing monomers, and nitrogen-containing and heterocycle-containing vinyl monomers. The component B preferably comprises an alkyl (eth)acrylate having 18 to 20 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Satoshi Mita, Yoshimi Konno, Taiyan Jiang, Tetsuro Ikeda
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Publication number: 20210277286Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive composition containing at least a polymer and an ionic liquid, in which when an adhesive layer is formed of a composition composed of components other than the ionic liquid among components contained in the adhesive composition, the adhesive layer has a relative permittivity of 5 or more at a frequency of 100 Hz, after being left to stand in an environment of 22° C. and 20% RH for 3 days.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Kaori MIZOBATA, Kaori AKAMATSU, Mika TAKASHIMA, Masayuki OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20210214587Abstract: Provided is a PSA sheet having a PSA layer. The PSA layer includes a layer A forming at least one surface thereof. The PSA sheet has an adhesive strength N0 of 2.0 N/10 mm or greater, after one day at room temperature following application of the layer A side to a surface of an alkaline float glass plate as an adherend having a contact angle of 5°-10° with distilled water; has an N1 to N0 reduction rate of 30% or lower, wherein N1 is a water-resistant adhesive strength measured after stored at room temperature for one day, immersed in water for 30 minutes, taken out from the water and then residual water is wiped off; and has an N2 to N0 reduction rate of 40% or higher, wherein N2 is a water-peel strength measured after stored at room temperature for one day, 20 ?L distilled water is dropped onto the adherend and is allowed to enter a PSA layer/adherend interfacial edge. N2 is measured at a tensile speed of 300 mm/min at a peel angle of 180°.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Naofumi KOSAKA, Yosuke SHIMIZU, Satoshi HONDA, Taiki SHIMOKURI, Shou TAKARADA, Masayuki SATAKE, Kenichi OKADA, Atsushi TAKASHIMA, Ginji MIZUHARA, Masayuki OKAMOTO, Ryoko ASAI
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Patent number: 10943033Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information retrieval apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to identify at least one first similar process similar to a process of interest corresponding to a certain design phase in design of a new plant, among processes of existing plants, based on a design document of the process of interest and design documents of individual processes of each of existing plants, identify at least one first subsequent process, a process after the first similar process, based on a design flow indicating a sequence of processes in an existing plant including the first similar process and retrieve a case corresponding to the first similar process and a case corresponding to the first subsequent process from a case database storing cases of troubles.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Hirokazu Suzuki, Hiroko Fujii
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Patent number: 10936806Abstract: According to one embodiment, a document processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, an extractor, and a detector. The acquisition unit acquires a first document and a second document different from the first document. The extractor extracts a first structure representing a word dependence of structural elements in the first document and extracts a second structure representing a word dependence of structural elements in the second document. The detector detects a difference for each structural element from the first structure and the second structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Ryohei Orihara
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Patent number: 10901129Abstract: A polarizing film, wherein transparent protective films are laid, respectively, on/over both surfaces of a polarizer to interpose an adhesive layer (a) and an adhesive layer (b), respectively, between both the surfaces and the transparent protective films. The adhesive layer (a) has a glass transition temperature of ?60° C. or higher and lower than 40° C. The adhesive layer (b) has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher. The adhesive layer (a) is a layer formed in the form of a cured product layer yielded by radiating an active energy ray to an active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a). The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a) comprises at least one or more radical polymerizable compounds, and when a total amount of the radical polymerizable compound(s) is defined as 100% by weight, one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates (A) (each) having 10 to 20 carbon atoms are comprised in a proportion of 15% or more by weight.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Satoshi Mita, Yoshimi Konno, Taiyan Jiang, Tetsuro Ikeda
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Publication number: 20210018666Abstract: A polarizing film has a transparent protective film provided on at least one side of a polarizer through an adhesive layer. The transparent protective film is a cellulose-based resin film. The adhesive layer is formed by a cured layer obtained by irradiating an active energy ray-curable adhesive composition with active energy rays. The composition contains 0.0% by weight to 4.0% by weight of an active energy ray-curable compound (A) having an SP value of 29.0 (MJ/m3)1/2 to 32.0 (MJ/m3)1/2, 5.0% by weight to 98.0% by weight of an active energy ray-curable compound (B) having the SP value of 18.0 (MJ/m3)1/2 to 21.0 (MJ/m3)1/2 (exclusive of 21.0 (MJ/m3)1/2), and 5.0% by weight to 98.0% by weight of an active energy ray-curable compound (C) having the SP value of 21.0 (MJ/m3)1/2 to 26.0 (MJ/m3)1/2 on a basis of 100% by weight of a total amount of the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Ryo KANNO, Masayuki OKAMOTO, Noritsugu DAIGAKU, Tatsuya YAMASAKI
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Publication number: 20210011335Abstract: An active energy ray-curable adhesive composition containing active energy ray-curable compounds (A), (B), and (C) as curable components, wherein the active energy ray-curable adhesive composition contains 0.0% by weight to 4.0% by weight of an active energy ray-curable compound (A) having an SP value of 29.0 (MJ/m3)1/2 to 32.0 (MJ/m3)1/2, 5.0% by weight to 98.0% by weight of an active energy ray-curable compound (B) having the SP value of 18.0 (MJ/m3)1/2 to 21.0 (MJ/m3)1/2 (exclusive of 21.0 (MJ/m3)1/2), and 5.0% by weight to 98.0% by weight of an active energy ray-curable compound (C) having the SP value of 21.0 (MJ/m3)1/2 to 26.0 (MJ/m3)1/2 on a basis of 100% by weight of a total amount of the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Tatsuya Yamasaki, Noritsugu Daigaku, Ryo Kanno, Takeshi Saito, Keisuke Kimura
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Patent number: 10858553Abstract: A polarizing film, wherein transparent protective films are laid, respectively, on/over both surfaces of a polarizer to interpose an adhesive layer (a) and an adhesive layer (b), respectively, between both surfaces of a polarizer, and transparent protective films. The adhesive layer (a) on/over one of both the surfaces has a glass transition temperature of ?60° C. or higher and lower than 40° C. The adhesive layer (b) on/over the other surface has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher. The adhesive layer (a) is a layer formed in the form of a cured product layer yielded by radiating an active energy ray to an active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a). The active-energy-ray-curable adhesive composition (a) comprises, as radical polymerizable compounds, a component A having a logPow of ?2 to 2, and a component B having a logPow more than 7, these logPow values being each an octanol/water distribution coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Okamoto, Satoshi Mita, Yoshimi Konno, Taiyan Jiang, Tetsuro Ikeda
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Patent number: 10606875Abstract: According to one embodiment, a search support apparatus includes a first analyzer, a first acquirer, a measurement unit, a first extractor, a second extractor and a storage. The first analyzer analyzes a clipped document. The first acquirer acquires an updated document by referring to the location information if an original document has been updated. The measurement unit measures a first update frequency of the original document. The first extractor extracts one or more first keywords from the clipped document. The second extractor extracts one or more second keywords from the updated document using a first keyword extraction scheme set in accordance with the first update frequency. The storage stores the one or more first keywords, the one or more second keywords and the update document each associated with the clipped document.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kosei Fume, Masayuki Okamoto