Patents by Inventor Takafumi Inoue
Takafumi Inoue 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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Patent number: 11962408Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication system that includes a transmission device configured to receive an input of group-addressed data transmitted from a specific source, convert the group-addressed data into wireless frames, and perform group-addressed transmission of the wireless frames; and a reception device configured to receive the wireless frames transmitted from the transmission device, and identify and acquire the group-addressed data of the specific source. The transmission device includes coding means for defining a plurality of wireless frames as a frame block, performing error correction coding on the frame block, and performing group-addressed transmission of the frame block, and the reception device includes decoding means for identifying the frame block from the received wireless frames, performing error correction decoding in units of frame block, and reconfiguring the group-addressed data of the specific source.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Shoko Shinohara, Yasuhiko Inoue, Takafumi Hayashi
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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: 20240001269Abstract: An antibacterial mask that includes a filter portion having a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer includes a plurality of first piezoelectric yarns that generate at least a first charge by stretching, and the second layer is formed of an ordinary cloth and positioned on a user side of the antibacterial mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Takafumi INOUE, Kenichiro TAKUMI, Daiji TAMAKURA, Masamichi ANDO
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Publication number: 20230345092Abstract: A colliding object is suppressed from reaching a driver’s seat, and an occupant and an object in a vehicle compartment are suppressed from being thrown out of a vehicle. In a vehicle glass 1, a far-infrared transmitting region in which an opening portion and a far-infrared transmissive member 20 arranged in the opening portion are provided is formed in a light shielding region. The vehicle glass 1 includes a protective member 40 that is provided on a vehicle interior side of the far-infrared transmissive member 20 and overlaps with at least a part of the far-infrared transmissive member 20 when viewed from a direction orthogonal to a vehicle exterior side surface 20a of the far-infrared transmissive member 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Tatsuo NAGASHIMA, Takafumi INOUE, Kenji KITAOKA
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Publication number: 20230294497Abstract: A vehicle window parts assembly includes a fixed window glass with a division bar, the fixed window glass with a division bar including a fixed window glass having an outer periphery, a resin frame attached to the periphery, and a division bar attached to a surface of the resin frame opposite to the fixed window glass and having a guide portion formed therein, such that the resin frame and the division bar are integrally molded to the fixed window glass as an integral molded product; and a glass run including a first glass run vertical side, a second glass run vertical side, and a glass run upper side connecting the first glass run vertical side and the second glass run vertical side; wherein the glass run further includes a first coupler, and the fixed window glass with a division bar further includes a second coupler.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Ryoichi URATA, Naonori HATTA, Takafumi INOUE
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Patent number: 11761551Abstract: A faucet device includes: a base member; an outer shell member; a metallic casing member that is inserted in a columnar section of the outer shell member and whose one end is fixed to the base member; a hot-water supply pipe and a cold-water supply pipe that supply hot water and cold water, respectively; a single lever cartridge provided at the other end of the casing member; connecting members provided inside the casing member, connecting the hot-water supply pipe and the cold-water supply pipe to the single lever cartridge; a fixing member fixing the single lever cartridge to the connecting members; and mechanical engagement pins. The casing member is formed of a metallic plate or pipe with a size that allows the casing member to be insertable into the columnar section of the outer shell member, and capable of retaining the connecting member in accordance with the mechanical engagement means.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Yukito Tsuruda, Kenji Kido, Takafumi Inoue, Masanobu Kanashiro, Makoto Hatakeyama, Daisuke Kazaoka, Yoshihiro Kiyofuji
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Patent number: 11719033Abstract: A first side wall portion forming a body portion of a clamping member includes first convex members projecting toward a second side wall portion and being softer than the first side wall portion. The first convex members are disposed at positions of the first side wall portion adjacent to respective ends of the first side wall portion in an X axial direction (third direction).Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Ryusuke Wakabayashi, Takafumi Inoue
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Patent number: 11688058Abstract: A pattern inspection apparatus includes an optical image acquisition mechanism to acquire an optical image of each of a plurality of regions on the inspection substrate where a pattern is formed, a plurality of comparison circuits to individually compare the optical image with a reference image corresponding to the optical image, an abnormality determination circuit to determine, based on comparison results, whether there is a region having an inspection abnormality in the plurality of regions, a malfunction diagnosis circuit to diagnose whether a comparison circuit that performed comparison for the region determined to have the inspection abnormality in the plurality of regions has a malfunction, and an assignment processing circuit to individually assign regions of the plurality of regions where comparison is to be performed to comparison circuits that are not diagnosed as malfunctions, and to exclude a comparison circuit diagnosed as a malfunction from the region assignment target.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.Inventors: Makoto Yabe, Takafumi Inoue
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Publication number: 20230121180Abstract: A connecting structure for a windshield with molding and a cowl louver, the cowl louver having a clamping portion with U-form longitudinal cross section formed by a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion having an engaged portion, and a molding of a first molding portion and a second molding portion and having an engaging portion, wherein the clamping portion has a contact region located ahead of the engaged portion and in contact with at least a part of the front portion of the second molding portion, and before the second molding portion is held in the clamping portion, the length of a part of the front portion in the longitudinal cross section is longer than the distance between the vehicle interior side surface of the first clamping portion and the vehicle exterior side surface of the second clamping portion in a part of the contact region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventor: Takafumi INOUE
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Publication number: 20230086792Abstract: To provide a vehicle window structure in which a light emitting device can be disposed outside the laminated glass. A vehicle window structure to be installed at an opening of a vehicle, which comprises a first glass plate and a light emitting device, wherein at least a part of the light emitting device is disposed in a space formed between the first glass plate, an adhesive bonding the first glass plate and a body flange of the vehicle, and an interior material of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Takayuki KIMURA, Aki TAKAHASHI, Kenichiro SHIMO, Takafumi INOUE, Takashi TAKADA, Youta OOWA, Takashi SASAKI, Naoya INOUE
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Publication number: 20230001772Abstract: To suppress deterioration in a wiping property of wipers and increase in a load on the wipers. In glass for vehicles (1) including a light blocking region, a far-infrared ray transmission region is formed in the light blocking region, the far-infrared ray transmission region being provided with an opening (19) and a far-infrared ray transmission member (20) disposed in the opening (19), and the glass for vehicles (1) and the far-infrared ray transmission member (20) are bonded to each other with a frame member (30) interposed therebetween. Regarding the frame member (30), where a length of the longest straight line among straight lines each connecting optional two points on an inner circumference on a side facing the opening (19) in a surface on a vehicle exterior side is D, and a thickness of a portion projecting from a surface on the vehicle exterior side of the glass for vehicles (1) is t, D2/t is larger than 1250, and t is equal to or smaller than 2.5 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Tatsuo NAGASHIMA, Hiroshi YAMAKAWA, Takafumi INOUE
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Patent number: 11440378Abstract: A windshield and a cowl louver are reliably connected together by effectively absorbing an error in shape or dimension of each of laminated glass, a clip and the cowl louver. A cowl louver includes a body portion, a first protrusion portion, an engageable portion, and a second protrusion portion. A clip in a plate shape includes a first plate portion, a second plate portion, a first bent portion, a third bent portion, a second bent portion and an engaged portion such that the second bent portion and the first protrusion portion are at least partly brought into contact with each other, and the engaged portion and the second protrusion portion are at least partly brought into contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignees: AGC INC., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takafumi Inoue, Eiji Oki, Tohru Ono, Tomoyoshi Yoshizawa, Shota Anegawa
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Patent number: 11437703Abstract: A window glass for a vehicle includes a glass plate for window of the vehicle, a defogger on the glass plate, and an antenna on the glass plate. The defogger includes a pair of bus bars extending in a height direction of the glass plate, a first defogging area formed by a plurality of first heating wires connected between the pair of bus bars and extending in a widthwise direction of the glass plate, and a second defogging area formed by at least a second heating wire connected to the pair of bus bars or to the first defogging area and extending in a protruding manner to one side in the height direction to surround a wiring-prohibited area. The antenna is provided in at least one of areas that are an area on left of the second defogging area and an area on right of the second defogging area.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Takafumi Inoue, Naoki Hashimoto, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Shintaro Kojima, Seiji Morimoto, Masakazu Okabe
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Publication number: 20220235496Abstract: A thread that includes a first fiber having at least one groove extending in a length direction thereof; and at least one second fiber constructed to generate a potential by external energy. The second fiber is disposed in a region corresponding to the groove of the first fiber such that a space is between the groove of the first fiber and the second fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Takafumi INOUE, Nobuhito TSUBAKI, Masayuki TSUJI, Eiji TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220228300Abstract: A cylindrical structure including a first cloth including a piezoelectric thread that generates an electric potential from external energy, a second cloth including a piezoelectric thread that generates an electric potential from external energy, and a connection portion connecting the first cloth and the second cloth, wherein the first cloth and the second cloth forms a side face of the cylindrical structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Takafumi INOUE, Masayuki TSUJI, Eiji TAGUCHI, Hirokazu HAYASHI, Ryosuke EBINA
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Publication number: 20220185078Abstract: A first side wall portion forming a body portion of a clamping member includes first convex members projecting toward a second side wall portion and being softer than the first side wall portion. The first convex members are disposed at positions of the first side wall portion adjacent to respective ends of the first side wall portion in an X axial direction (third direction).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: AGC Inc.Inventors: Ryusuke WAKABAYASHI, Takafumi INOUE
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Patent number: 11326279Abstract: An antibacterial yarn that includes a core yarn including a functional polymer that generates a charge by external energy and a first sheath yarn higher in hygroscopicity than the core yarn, the first sheath yarn covering at least a part of a periphery of the core yarn across an axial direction of the core yarn.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichiro Takumi, Takafumi Inoue, Daiji Tamakura
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Patent number: 11247539Abstract: A molding includes a first molding portion having an upper surface bonded to an inner side surface of a windshield, a second molding portion, and a third molding portion extending from the second molding portion so as to extend along an imaginary extension of an outer side surface of the windshield. The third molding portion is formed in a rectangular shape in longitudinal section and has an upper surface disposed at a lower position than the imaginary extension of the outer side surface of the windshield.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Eiji Oki, Takafumi Inoue, Takashi Kawahara, Takashi Shimada
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Publication number: 20210407061Abstract: A pattern inspection apparatus includes an optical image acquisition mechanism to acquire an optical image of each of a plurality of regions on the inspection substrate where a pattern is formed, a plurality of comparison circuits to individually compare the optical image with a reference image corresponding to the optical image, an abnormality determination circuit to determine, based on comparison results, whether there is a region having an inspection abnormality in the plurality of regions, a malfunction diagnosis circuit to diagnose whether a comparison circuit that performed comparison for the region determined to have the inspection abnormality in the plurality of regions has a malfunction, and an assignment processing circuit to individually assign regions of the plurality of regions where comparison is to be performed to comparison circuits that are not diagnosed as malfunctions, and to exclude a comparison circuit diagnosed as a malfunction from the region assignment target.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.Inventors: Makoto YABE, Takafumi INOUE
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Patent number: 11145050Abstract: A pattern inspection apparatus includes an optical image acquisition mechanism to acquire optical image data of a plurality of regions from a substrate where a plurality of figure patterns are formed, a plurality of comparison circuits each of which performs one of die-to-die inspection processing for comparing the optical image data with each other and die-to-database inspection processing for comparing the optical image data with reference image data generated from design pattern data, and an inspection circuit to individually output, for each region of the plurality of regions, the optical image data of a region concerned to comparison circuits, whose number is variably set for each region, in the plurality of comparison circuits, and to control each comparison circuit, serving as an output destination of the optical image data in the plurality of comparison circuits, to perform one of the die-to-die inspection processing and the die-to-database inspection processing.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.Inventors: Takafumi Inoue, Kazuhiro Nakashima, Manabu Isobe, Hiroteru Akiyama