Patents by Inventor Nobuhiko Horie

Nobuhiko Horie 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: 11761979
    Abstract: A psychological evaluation device that estimates interest of a subject in a content used integrally with a terminal held by the subject. Acceleration data obtained by an acceleration sensor built in the terminal is acquired, and a frequency analysis is performed on the acquired acceleration data to obtain acceleration in the gravity direction of the terminal. By obtaining the acceleration in the gravity direction of the terminal, it is possible to, for example, estimate the subject's interest in the content based on the integral value of each frequency component of the acceleration in the gravity direction obtained by performing the frequency analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO-COMMUNICATIONS, COAMIX INC.
    Inventors: Tota Mizuno, Naoaki Itakura, Chisato Amada, Nobuhiko Horie, Takeshi Hanada, Taiyo Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20220349915
    Abstract: A psychological evaluation device that estimates interest of a subject in a content used integrally with a terminal held by the subject. Acceleration data obtained by an acceleration sensor built in the terminal is acquired, and a frequency analysis is performed on the acquired acceleration data to obtain acceleration in the gravity direction of the terminal. By obtaining the acceleration in the gravity direction of the terminal, it is possible to, for example, estimate the subject's interest in the content based on the integral value of each frequency component of the acceleration in the gravity direction obtained by performing the frequency analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO-COMMUNICATIONS, COAMIX INC.
    Inventors: Tota MIZUNO, Naoaki ITAKURA, Chisato AMADA, Nobuhiko HORIE, Takeshi HANADA, Taiyo NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10352231
    Abstract: In an upstream portion from a valve connecting surface that is formed in an opening of an intake port to a combustion chamber, an upper wall surface of the intake port continues from an upstream side end of the valve connecting surface and extends substantially straight and diagonally with respect to a ceiling surface on the intake port side. In addition, a cross-sectional shape of the portion in the intake port in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the intake port is a flat shape with an axis in a transverse direction being a long axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Abe, Yasushi Yoshihara, Taketo Nagasaki, Nobuhiko Horie
  • Publication number: 20170276060
    Abstract: In an upstream portion from a valve connecting surface that is formed in an opening of an intake port to a combustion chamber, an upper wall surface of the intake port continues from an upstream side end of the valve connecting surface and extends substantially straight and diagonally with respect to a ceiling surface on the intake port side. In addition, a cross-sectional shape of the portion in the intake port in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the intake port is a flat shape with an axis in a transverse direction being a long axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi ABE, Yasushi YOSHIHARA, Taketo NAGASAKI, Nobuhiko HORIE
  • Patent number: 9739376
    Abstract: A cylinder head includes a plurality of exhaust ports provided corresponding to a plurality of cylinders, and configured to converge outlets of the exhaust ports inside the cylinder head, at least one of the exhaust ports not being provided with a water jacket there above, and a pair of oil passages arranged so as to sandwich the at least one of the exhaust ports above which the water jacket is not provided. An inclined surface provided on an upper surface of the cylinder head and positioned between the pair of oil passages, the inclined surface being inclined from one oil passage, of the pair of oil passages, toward the other oil passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Horie, Yukari Araki, Tatsuo Shitara
  • Publication number: 20150226328
    Abstract: A cylinder head includes a plurality of exhaust ports provided corresponding to a plurality of cylinders, and configured to converge outlets of the exhaust ports inside the cylinder head, at least one of the exhaust ports not being provided with a water jacket there above, and a pair of oil passages arranged so as to sandwich the at least one of the exhaust ports above which the water jacket is not provided. An inclined surface provided on an upper surface of the cylinder head and positioned between the pair of oil passages, the inclined surface being inclined from one oil passage, of the pair of oil passages, toward the other oil passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Horie, Yukari Araki, Tatsuo Shitara
  • Publication number: 20150167583
    Abstract: Inner exhaust passages are provided with three or more curve through that extend toward downstream sides of exhaust gas flow and alternately curve to one side and the other side in directions of a cylinder center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironobu Sakamoto, Nobuhiko Horie, Tatsuo Shitara
  • Publication number: 20130319382
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas recirculation apparatus of an internal combustion engine which can effectively suppress condensed water from being generated in an EGR passage, compared with the conventional apparatus. The exhaust gas recirculation apparatus includes an EGR pipe formed therein with an EGR passage held in communication with the exhaust passage and the intake passage, an EGR cooler in the EGR passage to cool the EGR gas, a first valve provided in the EGR passage between the EGR cooler and the exhaust passage to selectively take an opened state or a closed state, the first valve being operative to shut off the EGR gas from flowing into the EGR passage when the first valve takes the closed state, a second valve provided in the EGR passage between the EGR cooler and the intake passage to adjust an amount of the EGR gas flowing into the intake passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Horie, Tomoyuki Noguchi, Takashi Tomita, Kazuya Mikashima, Akinari Yasue
  • Patent number: 8210146
    Abstract: A strong structural body is formed by integrating a side wall portion in the form of inverted V and a plate-shaped bottom wall portion. Plate-shaped side wall portions of the side wall portion in the form of inverted V are integrated with respective manifold arrays, whereby the two manifold arrays are linearly connected by the plate-shaped bottom wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Horie, Akira Nakawatase
  • Publication number: 20090293829
    Abstract: A strong structural body is formed by integrating a side wall portion in the form of inverted V and a plate-shaped bottom wall portion. Plate-shaped side wall portions of the side wall portion in the form of inverted V are integrated with respective manifold arrays, whereby the two manifold arrays are linearly connected by the plate-shaped bottom wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhiko HORIE, Akira NAKAWATASE