Patents by Inventor Toshihito Fukui
Toshihito Fukui 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: 20240163245Abstract: In order to solve the above problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a network system, a control method, a database, a controller, and a program capable of path construction in a device IF direct access network without disclosing connection information. A network system according to the present invention (1) specifies and records a location on a network of a user and a device used by the user by using exchange of authentication data using a media signal of the device, and (2) when the user makes a connection request to content by using a user name, a controller solves location information on the network by using the user name, controls the network, and realizes connection between the content and the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicants: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya FUKUI, Toshihito FUJIWARA, Ryota SHIINA, Tomohiko IKEDA, Hiroya ONO
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Publication number: 20240146633Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to measure a delay time occurring in a device that receives or outputs a video or an audio without requiring a special apparatus or precise inter-apparatus time synchronization.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya FUKUI, Toshihito FUJIWARA, Ryota SHIINA, Hiroya ONO
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Publication number: 20240121505Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to reduce a delay time from input of a plurality of videos to output of combined videos. The present disclosure is a video combining device detecting a time deviation between a timing of a frame of each video and a predetermined timing when videos from a plurality of cameras are combined into one screen, giving an instruction for an imaging frame rate to the cameras such that the time deviation is reduced, and combining the videos from the plurality of cameras into one screen and outputting the combined videos.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2021Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroya ONO, Toshihito FUJIWARA, Tatsuya FUKUI
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Publication number: 20240119018Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to enable data collection from a plurality of USB devices installed at remote locations. The present disclosure is a USB transmission system including: a device-side transmitter/receiver configured to transmit/receive data to/from a USB device; and a host-side transmitter/receiver configured to transmit/receive data to/from a USB host, in which each of the device-side transmitter/receiver and the host-side transmitter/receiver includes a data transmission/reception unit configured to transmit/receive a packet of a USB protocol layer via a data network, and the host-side transmitter/receiver includes a hub configured to transfer data to be transmitted/received by the data transmission/reception unit included in the host-side transmitter/receiver to the USB host.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2021Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya FUKUI, Toshihito FUJIWARA, Hiroya ONO, Ryota SHIINA, Tomohiko IKEDA
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Patent number: 9698393Abstract: A battery unit of an automated guided vehicle comprises a casing installed in a chassis of the automated guided vehicle, a battery housed in the casing, a control panel housed in the casing to monitor a charge and discharge state of the battery, and electric components housed in the casing and electrically connected to the battery. The battery is arranged in the casing such that a battery bottom surface is separated from the casing bottom surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihito Fukui, Mitsuru Hirayama
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Patent number: 9428075Abstract: Disclosed is a battery charging management system of an automated guided vehicle that travels in an unpiloted manner by using a mounted battery as a driving source, the mounted battery being charged in a charging station, wherein a battery charging controller that monitors a remaining capacity of the mounted battery is mounted on the automated guided vehicle, the battery charging controller starts a charging operation for the mounted battery in the charging station when the remaining capacity of the battery is lower than a predetermined value, and a charging route of the vehicle is cut off when a charging amount of the mounted battery reaches a predetermined capacity during the charging operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihito Fukui, Mitsuru Hirayama
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Patent number: 9346370Abstract: A system for detecting an abnormality of an automated guided vehicle that travels on a circulation route includes: a history recording unit for recording a change history of a current of a battery of the automated guided vehicle with respect to each circulation; and an abnormality determining unit for determining presence or absence of an abnormality of the automated guided vehicle on the basis of the change history of the current of the battery recorded for each circulation.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihito Fukui, Mitsuru Hirayama
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Patent number: 9325192Abstract: A battery charging management system for an automated guided vehicle that travels in an unpiloted manner by using a battery as a driving power source and performs a charging operation for the battery using a battery charger provided in a charging station, comprises a charge/discharge monitoring part that monitors a charge/discharge amount of the battery, a charging needlessness threshold voltage setting part that sets a charging needlessness threshold voltage for the battery, and a charging control part that performs the charging operation for the battery using the battery charger when it is determined that a voltage of the battery of the automated guided vehicle arriving at the charging station is lower than the charging needlessness threshold voltage set by the charging needlessness threshold voltage setting part. The charging needlessness threshold voltage setting part is configured to lower the charging needlessness threshold voltage during a particularly set time period.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihito Fukui, Mitsuru Hirayama
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Patent number: 9242571Abstract: A system for managing charging of each of a plurality of automated guided vehicles that travels on an orbiting route in an unmanned manner using a battery mounted thereon as a driving source, in which the battery is charged at a charging station installed at a predetermined position on the orbiting route, includes: an after-charging voltage recording unit for recording a voltage after charging at the charging station for each of the automated guided vehicles; a charge priority setting unit for setting up charge priority of each of the automated guided vehicles on the basis of voltage values of voltages after charging recorded in the after-charging voltage recording unit; and a charging target value setting unit for setting up a charging target value of each of the automated guided vehicles on the basis of the charge priorities set up by the charge priority setting unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihito Fukui, Mitsuru Hirayama
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Publication number: 20150263541Abstract: A battery charging management system for an automated guided vehicle that travels in an unpiloted manner by using a battery as a driving power source and performs a charging operation for the battery using a battery charger provided in a charging station, comprises a charge/discharge monitoring part that monitors a charge/discharge amount of the battery, a charging needlessness threshold voltage setting part that sets a charging needlessness threshold voltage for the battery, and a charging control part that performs the charging operation for the battery using the battery charger when it is determined that a voltage of the battery of the automated guided vehicle arriving at the charging station is lower than the charging needlessness threshold voltage set by the charging needlessness threshold voltage setting part. The charging needlessness threshold voltage setting part is configured to lower the charging needlessness threshold voltage during a particularly set time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2013Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihito Fukui, Mitsuru Hirayama
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Publication number: 20150258908Abstract: Disclosed is a battery charging management system of an automated guided vehicle that travels in an unpiloted manner by using a mounted battery as a driving source, the mounted battery being charged in a charging station, wherein a battery charging controller that monitors a remaining capacity of the mounted battery is mounted on the automated guided vehicle, the battery charging controller starts a charging operation for the mounted battery in the charging station when the remaining capacity of the battery is lower than a predetermined value, and a charging route of the vehicle is cut off when a charging amount of the mounted battery reaches a predetermined capacity during the charging operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2013Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihito Fukui, Mitsuru Hirayama
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Publication number: 20150258910Abstract: A system for managing charging of each of a plurality of automated guided vehicles that travels on an orbiting route in an unmanned manner using a battery mounted thereon as a driving source, in which the battery is charged at a charging station installed at a predetermined position on the orbiting route, includes: an after-charging voltage recording unit for recording a voltage after charging at the charging station for each of the automated guided vehicles; a charge priority setting unit for setting up charge priority of each of the automated guided vehicles on the basis of voltage values of voltages after charging recorded in the after-charging voltage recording unit; and a charging target value setting unit for setting up a charging target value of each of the automated guided vehicles on the basis of the charge priorities set up by the charge priority setting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2013Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihito Fukui, Mitsuru Hirayama
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Publication number: 20150243949Abstract: A battery unit of an automated guided vehicle comprises a casing installed in a chassis of the automated guided vehicle, a battery housed in the casing, a control panel housed in the casing to monitor a charge and discharge state of the battery, and electric components housed in the casing and electrically connected to the battery. The battery is arranged in the casing such that a battery bottom surface is separated from the casing bottom surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2013Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihito Fukui, Mitsuru Hirayama
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Publication number: 20150175028Abstract: A system for detecting an abnormality of an automated guided vehicle that travels on a circulation route includes: a history recording unit for recording a change history of a current of a battery of the automated guided vehicle with respect to each circulation; and an abnormality determining unit for determining presence or absence of an abnormality of the automated guided vehicle on the basis of the change history of the current of the battery recorded for each circulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihito Fukui, Mitsuru Hirayama