Patents by Inventor Yutaka Kimura

Yutaka Kimura 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: 20240146365
    Abstract: A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yutaka MURAKAMI, Tomohiro KIMURA, Mikihiro OUCHI
  • Patent number: 11973239
    Abstract: A protection structure for an on-board battery. The on-board battery includes a battery stack and is configured to be mounted on a vehicle. The protection structure includes a first frame, a second frame, and a fixing member. The first frame is to be coupled to an upper portion of a battery case that contains the battery stack, so as to fix the battery case to a vehicle body of the vehicle. The second frame is to be disposed above the battery case and to be coupled to the first frame. The fixing member is to be fixed to the second frame so as to suspend and support the battery stack. The second frame is to be disposed in a direction crossing a longer direction of the battery stack and at least at an approximate center in the longer direction of the battery stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Yokoyama, Toshiyuki Hara, Shinichi Kimura
  • Patent number: 11973706
    Abstract: A transmitting method includes: configuring a frame using a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, by allocating time resources and frequency resources to a plurality of transmission data; and transmitting the frame, wherein the frame includes a first period in which a preamble which includes information on a frame configuration of the frame is transmitted, and a second period in which the plurality of transmission data are transmitted by at least one of time division and frequency division, and among the plurality of OFDM symbols, OFDM symbols included in the second period include pilot symbols arranged along a time axis with a predetermined spacing therebetween, and a predetermined number of data symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Yoshio Urabe, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Publication number: 20240129003
    Abstract: A transmission device includes: a weighting synthesizer that generates a first precoded signal and a second precoded signal; a first pilot inserter that inserts a pilot signal into the first precoded signal; a phase changer that applies a phase change of i×?? to the second precoded signal, where i is a symbol number and an integer that is greater than or equal to 0; an inserter that inserts a pilot signal into the phase-changed second precoded signal; and a phase changer that applies a phase change to the phase-changed and pilot-signal-inserted second precoded signal. ?? satisfies ?/2 radians<??<? radians or ? radians<??<3?/2 radians.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yutaka MURAKAMI, Tomohiro KIMURA, Mikihiro OUCHI, Hiroyuki MOTOZUKA
  • Patent number: 11956068
    Abstract: A transmission method for transmitting an emergency warning signal, pertaining to one aspect of the present disclosure, includes: generating control information, the control information including a flag indicating either presence or absence of information related to a region and, when the flag indicates presence, information related to the region; acquiring information related to emergency warning content; and generating the emergency warning signal including the control information and the information related to the emergency warning content. Thus, emergency warning (early warning) information can be transmitted with greater precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Publication number: 20240113927
    Abstract: A transmitting method includes: configuring a frame using a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, by allocating a plurality of transmission data to a plurality of areas; and transmitting the frame. The plurality of areas are each identified by at least one time resource among resources and at least one frequency resource among frequency resources. The frame includes a first period in which a preamble is transmitted, and a second period in which the plurality of transmission data are transmitted by at least one of time division and frequency division. The second period includes a first area, and the first area includes a data symbol generated from first transmission data, a data symbol generated from second transmission data and subsequent to the data symbol generated from the first transmission data, and a dummy symbol subsequent to the data symbol generated from the second transmission data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yutaka MURAKAMI, Yoshio URABE, Tomohiro KIMURA, Mikihiro OUCHI
  • Patent number: 11949611
    Abstract: Provided are a frame configuring unit configured to configure a frame using a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, by allocating time resources and frequency resources to a plurality of transmission data, and a transmitter which transmits the frame. The frame includes a first period in which a preamble which includes information on a frame configuration of the frame is transmitted, a second period in which a plurality of transmission data are transmitted by time division, a third period in which a plurality of transmission data are transmitted by frequency division, and a fourth period in which a plurality of transmission data are transmitted by time division and frequency division.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Patent number: 11943032
    Abstract: A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Patent number: 11936470
    Abstract: An encoder outputs a first bit sequence having N bits. A mapper generates a first complex signal s1 and a second complex signal s2 with use of bit sequence having X+Y bits included in an input second bit sequence, where X indicates the number of bits used to generate the first complex signal s1, and Y indicates the number of bits used to generate the second complex signal s2. A bit length adjuster is provided after the encoder, and performs bit length adjustment on the first bit sequence such that the second bit sequence has a bit length that is a multiple of X+Y, and outputs the first bit sequence after the bit length adjustment as the second bit sequence. As a result, a problem between a codeword length of a block code and the number of bits necessary to perform mapping by a set of modulation schemes is solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Patent number: 11923871
    Abstract: One coding scheme is selected from a plurality of coding schemes, an information sequence is encoded by using the selected coding scheme, and an obtained encoded sequence is modulated to obtain a modulated signal. The obtained modulated signal is subjected to a phase change and is transmitted. The plurality of coding schemes include at least a first coding scheme and a second coding scheme. The first coding scheme is a coding scheme with a first coding rate for forming a generated first codeword as a first encoded sequence by using a first parity check matrix. The second coding scheme is a coding scheme with a second coding rate obtained after puncturing processing, for generating a second encoded sequence by performing the puncturing processing on a generated second codeword by using a second parity check matrix different from the first parity check matrix. The number of bits of the first encoded sequence is equal to the number of bits of the second encoded sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Patent number: 11916627
    Abstract: A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Yutaka Murakami, Tomohiro Kimura, Mikihiro Ouchi
  • Publication number: 20240060146
    Abstract: Provided is a method for evaluating immunotoxicity of a chemical substance to a mammal, including step 1: bringing a chemical substance into contact with a mammalian cell for immunotoxicity evaluation, the mammalian cell having a first reporter gene under control of a constant expression promoter and a second reporter gene under control of a promoter for immunotoxicity evaluation incorporated in a transiently or stably expressible manner; and step 2: evaluating an increase or decrease in expression of the second reporter gene relative to that of the first reporter gene and an increase or decrease in expression of the first reporter gene in the presence and absence of the chemical substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Setsuya AIBA, Yutaka KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220127719
    Abstract: Provided are a structure for producing a high-quality single crystal diamond, and a method for manufacturing the structure for producing diamond. A structure for producing a diamond is composed of a base substrate and an Ir thin film formed on the base substrate. The thermal expansion coefficient of the base substrate is 5 times or less of the thermal expansion coefficient of diamond and the melting point of the base substrate is 700° C. or higher. The peak angle in the X-ray diffraction pattern of the Ir thin film is different from the peak angle in the X-ray diffraction pattern of the base substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Hideo Aida, Atsuhito Sawabe, Yutaka Kimura, Jun Mizuno, Ryuji Oshima
  • Publication number: 20210198803
    Abstract: As the diamond crystal, a diamond crystal in a bulk form including dislocation concentration regions is formed. An interval between each of the dislocation concentration regions is from 10 nm to 4000 nm. The crystal orientation of crystal main face at the surface of the diamond crystal is any one of (100), (111), or (110). An external shape of the diamond crystal in a surface direction is a rectangle, a circle, or a circle having an orientation flat plane. The rectangle is set to have a side length of not less than 8.0 mm. The circle is set to have a diameter of not less than 8.0 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Seongwoo Kim, Daiki Fujii, Yutaka Kimura, Koji Koyama
  • Publication number: 20200092594
    Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to effectively guide a user to related content pertaining to a distribution program. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: an extraction unit configured to, on the basis of log information pertaining to a distribution program and acquired from a distribution destination device, extract a target distribution destination device from a plurality of the distribution destination devices; an identifier specifying unit configured to acquire an identifier of a guidance target associated with an identifier of the target distribution destination device; and a guidance control unit configured to cause the guidance target to display guidance information that directs to related content pertaining to the distribution program on the basis of the identifier of the guidance target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: SONY NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Wataru KASAI, Tomoyuki SUZUKI, Tetsuro KIDA, Yohei HASHIMOTO, Yutaka KIMURA, Taku SEIMIYA, Makoto SUNAYAMA, So KATAGIRI, Asuka MOMOSE
  • Patent number: 10493439
    Abstract: [Problem] The main purpose is to provide a novel carbon-containing solid acid which has an excellent catalytic activity and of which the catalytic activity cannot be deteriorated easily even when used repeatedly. [Solution] A carbon-containing solid acid which comprises a carbonaceous material having a sulfonate group, wherein the carbonaceous material has a graphene structure in at least a part thereof and contains boron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NISSAN CHMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shioyama, Hiroaki Sakurai, Qiang Xu, Masato Kiuchi, Yutaka Kimura
  • Publication number: 20160225942
    Abstract: A substrate having a desired pattern on a plane thereof and a method for manufacturing same, a light-emitting element and a method for manufacturing same, and a device having the substrate or the light-emitting element are provided which allow the pattern to be formed without any photoresist film, enabling a reduction in the number of steps and a reduction in costs associated with the reduction in the number of steps. A flat substrate is prepared, a dielectric containing a photosensitive agent is formed on a plane of the substrate, the dielectric is patterned to form a desired pattern on the substrate plane, thus, a substrate is obtained which has a pattern of island-shaped protrusions on the plane of the flat substrate and in which the protrusions are configured of the dielectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicants: NAMIKI SEIMITSU HOUSEKI KABUSHIKIKAISHA, TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Natsuko Aota, Hideo Aida, Yutaka Kimura, Mitsuhito Suwa, Masao Kamogawa
  • Publication number: 20160198956
    Abstract: An exercise load determination method and an exercise load determination device that can easily and accurately determine whether an exercise load is appropriate or not. An acquisition unit acquires first acetone concentration value being concentration of acetone released from a subject before exercise of the subject and second acetone concentration value being concentration of acetone released from the subject after a specified period of time from an end of the exercise by the subject, a determination unit calculates a comparison value between the first acetone concentration value and the second acetone concentration value, compares the comparison value with a preset threshold, and determines whether an exercise load of the exercise is appropriate for the subject, and an output unit outputs information based on a determination result by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tsuguyoshi TOYOOKA, Satoshi HIYAMA, Yuuki YAMADA, Yutaka KIMURA, Hiromi TSUTSUMI
  • Publication number: 20160151766
    Abstract: [Problem] The main purpose is to provide a novel carbon-containing solid acid which has an excellent catalytic activity and of which the catalytic activity cannot be deteriorated easily even when used repeatedly. [Solution] A carbon-containing solid acid which comprises a carbonaceous material having a sulfonate group, wherein the carbonaceous material has a graphene structure in at least a part thereof and contains boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIOYAMA, Hiroaki SAKURAI, Qiang XU, Masato KIUCHI, Yutaka KIMURA
  • Patent number: 8115445
    Abstract: An excitation device supplies a three-phase AC excitation current to a variable speed generator-motor, and controls the variable speed generator-motor based on a three-phase AC excitation current command value obtained by vector-synthesizing, based on a slip phase from an exciting phase detector, a torque direction excitation current command value from a power adjustment computing device, and a magnetic flux direction excitation current command value from a voltage adjustment computing device by an excitation current adjustment computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Oyake, Yuuken Okano, Yutaka Kimura