Patents by Inventor Toru Takagi
Toru Takagi 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: 20240145521Abstract: A radiation imaging device includes charge generation chips configured to generate charges, reading chips configured to output a digital value based on the charges, and a circuit board configured to have the reading chips arranged thereon. The charge generation chips each have a charge output surfaces including a first output region facing the reading chip and a second output region facing a different reading chip. The reading chips each have signal input/output electrodes. The charge generation chips each have signal connection wirings extending from the first output region to the second output region and electrically connecting the signal input/output electrodes of the reading chip to the signal input/output electrodes of the different reading chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Toru AOKI, Katsuyuki TAKAGI, Akifumi KOIKE
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Patent number: 11957487Abstract: A cover for covering an oral device that includes a first sheet member made of a first resin, and a second sheet member made of a second resin and facing the first sheet member, wherein when a first direction is a direction along a surface of the first sheet member and a second direction is a direction along the surface of the first sheet member and orthogonal to the first direction, the first sheet member and the second sheet member are joined to each other in a bag shape so as to define an opening at a first side in the first direction. A protruding portion protrudes from the second sheet member and past an outer edge of the first sheet member at the opening in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru Shimuta, Kenji Tanaka, Jun Takagi
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Patent number: 11951615Abstract: A driving force sensor detects a driving force in a rotating mechanism provided in an apparatus. A vibration sensor detects vibrations of the apparatus. A control unit determines a type of a malfunction of the apparatus in accordance with a combination of the detected driving force and the detected vibrations.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Hirose, Toru Takagi, Kouichi Oomori
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Publication number: 20240110533Abstract: An engine malfunction determination system includes a vehicle engine, an engine sensor system, an engine control module and an electronic display device. The engine sensor system has at least one sensor configured to detect an operation condition of the vehicle engine. The engine control module is in electrical communication with the sensor system to receive a detection signal from the engine sensor system regarding the operation condition of the vehicle engine. The engine control module is programmed to determine an anomaly in the detection signal. The electronic display device is programmed to display an indication of engine malfunction when the engine control module determines that the anomaly in the detection signal exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Vikram KRISHNAMURTHY, Wenying LI, Yasuhiro TANAKA, Toru TAKAGI, Shota YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 11931904Abstract: An abnormality determination apparatus of the present invention acquires state data from work equipment provided with an attaching part to which a plural kinds of work parts are attached in a replaceable manner, identifies the kind of a work part attached to the attaching part, sets, corresponding to the identified kind of the work part, abnormality determination data for determining an abnormality of the work equipment, acquires, from among state data acquired from the work equipment, state data of a time when the identified kind of the work part was being attached, and compares the acquired state data with the set abnormality determination data to determine an abnormality of the work equipment.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiichi Kobayashi, Toru Takagi
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Patent number: 11921057Abstract: An X-ray imaging device that includes an X-ray source, an X-ray sensor that acquires intensity information of X-rays, a distance sensor that obtains distance information to a surface of an imaging object, and an information processing device that obtains imaging information by using the intensity information and the distance information. The information processing device includes an extraction unit that extracts information used in generation of the imaging information from the intensity information by using at least the distance information, and a reconstruction unit that generates the imaging information by using the intensity information.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY, ANSEEN INC.Inventors: Toru Aoki, Katsuyuki Takagi, Akifumi Koike
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Patent number: 11910113Abstract: An image sensor includes: a first photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light to generate an electric charge; a first output unit that outputs a first signal based on the electric charge generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit; a plurality of second photoelectric conversion units that photoelectrically convert light to generate electric charges; a plurality of second output units that output second signals based on the electric charges generated by the second photoelectric conversion units; an output line to which the first output unit and the plurality of second output units are connected, and from which at least one of the first signal and the second signals is output; a first control line for controlling the output of the first signal from the first output unit; and second control lines for controlling the outputs of the second signals from the plurality of second output units.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoji Ando, Toru Takagi, Shutaro Kato, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Takashi Seo
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Patent number: 11827222Abstract: An abnormality detection apparatus detects an abnormality of equipment according to sensor data that is related to a vibration of the equipment and is obtained while a brake device for braking a motion of a movable part of the equipment is in operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Hirose, Toru Takagi
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Patent number: 11820007Abstract: An abnormality detection device of detecting an abnormality of a robot which executes an operation such as welding on a target object, includes a control unit including a signal input unit to which a detection signal is input, the detection signal being obtained when a state of the robot is detected by a sensor, so that the control unit detects an abnormality of the robot in accordance with the detection signal. The control unit outputs a control signal to the robot so as to execute an integrated action in which a necessary action necessary for detecting an abnormality is added to a predetermined action in which the operation is not executed on the target object. The control unit detects the abnormality of the robot in accordance with the detection signal detected when the integrated action is executed.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Toshimichi Urakawa, Toru Takagi, Satoru Hirose
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Patent number: 11772285Abstract: A control unit causes a sensor to start sampling at a plurality of start timings different from each other. The control unit combines sampling signals obtained by the start of the sampling at the different start timings, and detects a malfunction of an apparatus in accordance with the combined sampling signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Hirose, Toru Takagi
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Publication number: 20230268373Abstract: A first circuit layer including a first semiconductor substrate with photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light and generates charge, and a first wiring layer with wiring that reads out signal based upon charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit; second circuit layer including a second wiring layer with wiring connected to the wiring of the first wiring layer, and a second semiconductor substrate with a through electrode connected to the wiring of the second wiring layer; third circuit layer including a third semiconductor substrate with a through electrode connected to the through electrode of the second circuit layer, and third wiring layer with wiring connected to the through electrode of the third semiconductor substrate; and a fourth circuit layer including a fourth wiring layer with wiring connected to the wiring of the third wiring layer, and fourth semiconductor substrate connected to the wiring of the fourth wiring layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeru MATSUMOTO, Toru TAKAGI
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Patent number: 11704945Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting component failure in a vehicle and alerting a driver based thereon. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving sensor data from at least one vehicle sensor over a period of time, processing the sensor data using a predictive model to detect an anomaly indicative of an upcoming component failure, determining a severity of the upcoming component failure based on at least one operating characteristic of the vehicle, and providing an alert to the driver of the vehicle regarding the severity of the upcoming component failure.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Vikram Krishnamurthy, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Toru Takagi
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Publication number: 20230222711Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller calculates a fundamental frequency component included in sound data and a harmonic component corresponding to the fundamental frequency component, converts the fundamental frequency component and the harmonic component into image data, and generates a sound image where the fundamental frequency component and the harmonic component converted into the image data are arranged adjacent each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Hirose, Toru Takagi
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Patent number: 11682690Abstract: A first circuit layer including a first semiconductor substrate with photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light and generates charge, and a first wiring layer with wiring that reads out signal based upon charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit; second circuit layer including a second wiring layer with wiring connected to the wiring of the first wiring layer, and a second semiconductor substrate with a through electrode connected to the wiring of the second wiring layer; third circuit layer including a third semiconductor substrate with a through electrode connected to the through electrode of the second circuit layer, and third wiring layer with wiring connected to the through electrode of the third semiconductor substrate; and a fourth circuit layer including a fourth wiring layer with wiring connected to the wiring of the third wiring layer, and fourth semiconductor substrate connected to the wiring of the fourth wiring layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeru Matsumoto, Toru Takagi
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Patent number: 11518034Abstract: A malfunction determination method for a production machine including a motor as a driving source of a rotating mechanism acquires sensor data of a sensor for detecting a condition of the production machine, determines whether the production machine has an operation stop period during which the production machine has stopped its operation for a predetermined period of time or longer in accordance with an operation history of the production machine, sets a malfunction determination suspension period for suspending a malfunction determination of the production machine when determined to have the operation stop period, in accordance with a length of the operation stop period, and determines whether the production machine has a malfunction in a period other than the malfunction determination suspension period.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Toshimichi Urakawa, Toru Takagi, Minoru Tomikashi
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Patent number: 11433539Abstract: An abnormality determination device includes an input unit to which a device-condition signal output from an operating device is input, a first memory configured to store a determination algorithm for determining a predetermined abnormality of the operating device, an abnormality determination unit configured to determine the predetermined abnormality of the operating device in accordance with the device-condition signal and the determination algorithm, an output unit configured to output a determination result regarding the predetermined abnormality made by the abnormality determination unit to a user, an operation unit configured to receive an input of true-or-false information of whether the determination result is correct from the user, and an update unit configured to update the determination algorithm in accordance with the true-or-false information.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiichi Kobayashi, Toru Takagi
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Patent number: 11370131Abstract: An abnormality detecting device determines an abnormality in an apparatus by comparing data on vibration detected in the apparatus with a predetermined threshold. Moreover, the abnormality detecting device changes the threshold depending on a length of work time required for the apparatus to perform a certain work.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoru Hirose, Toru Takagi
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Patent number: 11268900Abstract: A polarization property image measurement device includes: a first radiation unit that radiates light beams in different polarization conditions onto a target object after subjecting the light beams to intensity modulation at frequencies different from one another; a light receiving unit including first photoelectric conversion units that photoelectrically convert the light beams having been radiated from the first radiation unit and scattered at the target object in correspondence to each of the different polarization conditions, and second photoelectric conversion units that photoelectrically convert visible light from the target object; and a processor that detects signals individually output from the first photoelectric conversion units at the different frequencies and differentiates each signal from other signals so as to determine an origin of the signal as one of the light beams; and creates an image of the target object based upon signals individually output from the second photoelectric conversion unType: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Takanori Kojima, Satoru Odate, Toru Takagi
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Publication number: 20220068051Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting component failure in a vehicle and alerting a driver based thereon. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving sensor data from at least one vehicle sensor over a period of time, processing the sensor data using a predictive model to detect an anomaly indicative of an upcoming component failure, determining a severity of the upcoming component failure based on at least one operating characteristic of the vehicle, and providing an alert to the driver of the vehicle regarding the severity of the upcoming component failure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Vikram KRISHNAMURTHY, Yasuhiro TANAKA, Toru TAKAGI
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Publication number: 20220013570Abstract: A first circuit layer including a first semiconductor substrate with photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light and generates charge, and a first wiring layer with wiring that reads out signal based upon charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit; second circuit layer including a second wiring layer with wiring connected to the wiring of the first wiring layer, and a second semiconductor substrate with a through electrode connected to the wiring of the second wiring layer; third circuit layer including a third semiconductor substrate with a through electrode connected to the through electrode of the second circuit layer, and third wiring layer with wiring connected to the through electrode of the third semiconductor substrate; and a fourth circuit layer including a fourth wiring layer with wiring connected to the wiring of the third wiring layer, and fourth semiconductor substrate connected to the wiring of the fourth wiring layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeru MATSUMOTO, Toru TAKAGI