Patents by Inventor Takashi Hirano

Takashi Hirano 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).

  • Publication number: 20240154493
    Abstract: A geared electric motor comprises: an output gear configured to rotate around an axial line parallel to a rotor shaft as an axis of rotation; an output shaft configured to rotate integrally with the output gear, the output shaft being arranged at a position facing an input gear with a distance in a direction of the axis of rotation; a first holding member holding the rotor bearing; a second holding member holding a first output bearing; and a third holding member holding a second output bearing. The first holding member, the second holding member, and the third holding member are fixed to each other with the third holding member sandwiched between the first holding member and the second holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Hayato Watanabe, Hiroaki Hirano, Kazuya Ishida, Takashi Ono
  • Publication number: 20240147802
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a plurality of subpixels. Each of the plurality of subpixels includes a first electrode, a first emission part on the first electrode, the first emission part including a first hole functional layer and a first emission layer, a first charge generating layer on the first emission part, a second emission part on the first charge generating layer, the second emission part including a second hole functional layer and a second emission layer, a second charge generating layer on the second emission part, and a third emission part on the second charge generating layer, the third emission part including a third hole functional layer and a third emission layer. Thicknesses of the first hole functional layers respectively at the plurality of subpixels are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Kyoungji BAE, JaeKyeong YUN, Sungmoo KIM, Takashi HIRANO, Jinah KWAK, Heetae LIM
  • Publication number: 20240129075
    Abstract: A communication terminal is capable of simultaneously communicating through a plurality of carriers by carrier aggregation, and the communication terminal comprises: a quality measurement unit for measuring the reception quality of a radio wave transmitted through a plurality of carriers from a base station of a connected cell to obtain a measured value; a primary carrier storage unit storing information specifying a primary carrier chosen from the plurality of carriers; a comparator for comparing a measured value of the primary carrier measured by the quality measurement unit to a threshold value; and a cell search unit for searching for another cell when the measured value of the primary carrier is less than or equal to the threshold value. Consequently, a search threshold value for carrier aggregation can be appropriately determined to perform a cell search and a quality measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Takahisa Aoyama, Jun Hirano, Takashi Tamura
  • Publication number: 20240126915
    Abstract: A search execution device receives a trapdoor generated based on a user secret key in which a search auxiliary key and an attribute of a user are set and a search keyword, together with a key identifier (ID) that identifies the search auxiliary key. The search execution device decrypts an encrypted tag in which an attribute of a user who is allowed retrieval and a search word are set, using the received trapdoor and the search auxiliary key indicated by the received key ID, so as to identify a tag that is retrievable for the attribute set in the user secret key and contains a search word corresponding to the search keyword.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi ITO, Nori MATSUDA, Tadakazu YAMANAKA, Takato HIRANO, Yoshihiro KOSEKI
  • Publication number: 20240122513
    Abstract: An awakening effort motion estimation device includes processing circuitry configured to acquire a captured image obtained by imaging an occupant's face in a vehicle; detect, on a basis of the captured image having been acquired, two reference points for estimating a motion of the occupant's mouth, the two reference points including one point on a mask worn by the occupant, and the other point being a point based on a feature point of the occupant's face or a point different from the one point on the mask in the captured image; calculate a reference point distance between the detected two reference points; and estimate whether or not the occupant is performing an awakening effort motion by moving his or her mouth depending on whether or not the calculated reference point distance satisfies an awakening effort estimating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Natsuki TAHARA, Takashi HIRANO, Shintaro WATANABE, Atsushi MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11907803
    Abstract: Recommended installation position and posture of a stationary code reader can be proposed to a user to facilitate installation work of the code reader by the user. An installation support device for the stationary code reader acquires camera information including a camera parameter of the code reader, code information to be read, and environment information including a conveying speed of a line, determines required field of view and depth of the code reader required to read a code under an environment specified by the environment information, and determines an installation pattern which is recommended installation position and posture of the code reader that can satisfy the required field of view and depth based on the camera information and the code information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidezumi Nagata, Taichi Tajika, Takashi Hirano
  • Patent number: 11880739
    Abstract: Read data of a plurality of optical information reading devices can be compared on a spatial axis. A setting device includes: a communication part for communicating with each of the optical information reading devices; a display part that displays a list of pieces of read data, conveyor, of any one of a plurality of optical information reading devices; an input part that receives an input for selection of any one piece of read data from the list of pieces of read data displayed on the display part; and a control part that acquires a code image having the read data selected by the input part from another optical information reading device connected to the network, and performs comparison display, on the display part, of a plurality of the code images respectively acquired by different ones of the plurality of optical information reading devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomomi Izaki, Takashi Hirano
  • Publication number: 20230229879
    Abstract: Recommended installation position and posture of a stationary code reader can be proposed to a user to facilitate installation work of the code reader by the user. An installation support device for the stationary code reader acquires camera information including a camera parameter of the code reader, code information to be read, and environment information including a conveying speed of a line, determines required field of view and depth of the code reader required to read a code under an environment specified by the environment information, and determines an installation pattern which is recommended installation position and posture of the code reader that can satisfy the required field of view and depth based on the camera information and the code information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Hidezumi NAGATA, Taichi TAJIKA, Takashi HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20230217678
    Abstract: A light emitting display device can include a light emitting diode structure disposed on a substrate and having a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel and a fourth sub-pixel, a bank that defines a pixel area of each of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel, and a function improving unit disposed on the first emission part, the second emission part, the third emission part, the fourth emission part and the bank. One or two of sub-pixel among the first to fourth sub-pixels include a tandem emission part in which a first emission unit including a first emission layer and a second emission unit disposed on the first emission unit and including a second emission part are laminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi HIRANO
  • Publication number: 20230169289
    Abstract: Read data of a plurality of optical information reading devices can be compared on a spatial axis. A setting device includes: a communication part for communicating with each of the optical information reading devices; a display part that displays a list of pieces of read data, conveyor, of any one of a plurality of optical information reading devices; an input part that receives an input for selection of any one piece of read data from the list of pieces of read data displayed on the display part; and a control part that acquires a code image having the read data selected by the input part from another optical information reading device connected to the network, and performs comparison display, on the display part, of a plurality of the code images respectively acquired by different ones of the plurality of optical information reading devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi IZAKI, Takashi HIRANO
  • Patent number: 11640508
    Abstract: Recommended installation position and posture of a stationary code reader can be proposed to a user to facilitate installation work of the code reader by the user. An installation support device for the stationary code reader acquires camera information including a camera parameter of the code reader, code information to be read, and environment information including a conveying speed of a line, determines required field of view and depth of the code reader required to read a code under an environment specified by the environment information, and determines an installation pattern which is recommended installation position and posture of the code reader that can satisfy the required field of view and depth based on the camera information and the code information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidezumi Nagata, Taichi Tajika, Takashi Hirano
  • Publication number: 20230114864
    Abstract: A power supply shutoff device includes a movable section, a driving section, a power supply device, a power distribution section, an electric power supply circuit, and a supply control section. The movable section is configured to travel on a traveling path provided along a board production line in which multiple board work machines, which perform a predetermined board work on a board, are installed side by side. The driving section is provided in the movable section and configured to cause the movable section to travel by using supply electric power supplied from the board work machine with non-contact power feeding. The supply control section is configured to stop a supply of the electric power to the electric power supply circuit when drive electric power for driving the board work machine is shut off in at least one board work machine among the multiple board work machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo FUJIMURA, Sota MIZUNO, Yusuke SAITO, Takeshi AOKI, Masato YAMAGIWA, Takashi HIRANO, Shigenori TANAKAMARU
  • Patent number: 11488319
    Abstract: A three-dimensional position estimation device includes: a feature point extracting unit for detecting an area corresponding to the face of an occupant in an image captured by a camera for imaging a vehicle interior and extracting a plurality of feature points in the detected area; an inter-feature-point distance calculating unit for calculating a first inter-feature-point distance that is a distance between distance-calculating feature points among the plurality of feature points; a face direction detecting unit for detecting the face direction of the occupant; a head position angle calculating unit for calculating a head position angle indicating the position of the head of the occupant with respect to an imaging axis of the camera; an inter-feature-point distance correcting unit for correcting the first inter-feature-point distance to a second inter-feature-point distance that is a distance between distance-calculating feature points in a state where portions of the head corresponding to the distance-calcu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakamatsu, Asako Shigeta, Shintaro Watanabe, Ryosuke Torama, Takashi Hirano
  • Patent number: 11461575
    Abstract: The optical information reader includes an imaging part configured to capture a plurality of images at predetermined timing until code reading results in success or a reading process times out, and an output part configured to output information on timing at which the optical information reader receives the trigger signal, success or failure information on code reading, and the plurality of images captured by the imaging part, and success or failure information representing whether the reading process performed by a decoder results in success or failure and the plurality of images captured in response to the trigger signal are associated with the trigger signal, and, with a list of reading results corresponding to a plurality of the trigger signals displayed on a display part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidezumi Nagata, Takashi Hirano, Kazuteru Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20220188533
    Abstract: Recommended installation position and posture of a stationary code reader can be proposed to a user to facilitate installation work of the code reader by the user. An installation support device for the stationary code reader acquires camera information including a camera parameter of the code reader, code information to be read, and environment information including a conveying speed of a line, determines required field of view and depth of the code reader required to read a code under an environment specified by the environment information, and determines an installation pattern which is recommended installation position and posture of the code reader that can satisfy the required field of view and depth based on the camera information and the code information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Hidezumi NAGATA, Taichi TAJIKA, Takashi HIRANO
  • Patent number: 11301659
    Abstract: Recommended installation position and posture of a stationary code reader can be proposed to a user to facilitate installation work of the code reader by the user. An installation support device for the stationary code reader acquires camera information including a camera parameter of the code reader, code information to be read, and environment information including a conveying speed of a line, determines required field of view and depth of the code reader required to read a code under an environment specified by the environment information, and determines an installation pattern which is recommended installation position and posture of the code reader that can satisfy the required field of view and depth based on the camera information and the code information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidezumi Nagata, Taichi Tajika, Takashi Hirano
  • Patent number: 11280231
    Abstract: A balancer apparatus equipped with an oil pump includes a pump housing including a pump containing chamber provided therein, a pump forming member contained in the pump containing chamber and configured to discharge oil introduced from an intake portion from a discharge portion to an oil passage of the internal combustion engine when a rotational force is transmitted thereto, a control oil chamber provided between the pump containing chamber and the pump forming member in a radial direction with respect to a rotational axis of the pump forming member and configured to change a hydraulic pressure of the oil to be discharged from the pump forming member with the aid of the oil introduced therein after being discharged from the discharge portion, passing through an oil passage of the internal combustion engine, and being subjected to a pressure adjustment, and a balancer housing including a bearing retainer portion configured to transmit the rotational force from the internal combustion engine to the pump formin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahumi Kurita, Takashi Hirano, Masaharu Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20210396165
    Abstract: A balancer apparatus equipped with an oil pump includes a pump housing including a pump containing chamber provided therein, a pump forming member contained in the pump containing chamber and configured to discharge oil introduced from an intake portion from a discharge portion to an oil passage of the internal combustion engine when a rotational force is transmitted thereto, a control oil chamber provided between the pump containing chamber and the pump forming member in a radial direction with respect to a rotational axis of the pump forming member and configured to change a hydraulic pressure of the oil to be discharged from the pump forming member with the aid of the oil introduced therein after being discharged from the discharge portion, passing through an oil passage of the internal combustion engine, and being subjected to a pressure adjustment, and a balancer housing including a bearing retainer portion configured to transmit the rotational force from the internal combustion engine to the pump formin
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahumi KURITA, Takashi HIRANO, Masaharu KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 11200417
    Abstract: An area extraction unit (2) extracts an eye area in an image of a driver. An eyelid detection unit (3) detects an eyelid in the eye area. A reliability calculation unit (4) calculates an eyelid reliability by using luminance information of the eye area and positional information of the eyelid detected by the eyelid detection unit (3). A determination unit (5) determines that the eyelid has not been properly detected, when the eyelid reliability is less than a first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Kunihiro, Yudai Nakamura, Takashi Hirano
  • Publication number: 20210295002
    Abstract: The optical information reader includes an imaging part configured to capture a plurality of images at predetermined timing until code reading results in success or a reading process times out, and an output part configured to output information on timing at which the optical information reader receives the trigger signal, success or failure information on code reading, and the plurality of images captured by the imaging part, and success or failure information representing whether the reading process performed by a decoder results in success or failure and the plurality of images captured in response to the trigger signal are associated with the trigger signal, and, with a list of reading results corresponding to a plurality of the trigger signals displayed on a display part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Hidezumi NAGATA, Takashi HIRANO, Kazuteru YAMAMURA