Patents Assigned to MAXELL, LTD.
  • Patent number: 12206128
    Abstract: A sheet-type cell disclosed in this application includes an outer case and a power generation element contained in the outer case. The power generation element includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte solution. The separator is constituted by a porous resin sheet. The outer case includes a first outer case member and a second outer case member. Each outer case member includes a thermally fusible resin layer. The first outer case member and the second outer case member are disposed on respective opposite sides of the power generation element. A periphery of the first outer case member and a periphery of the second outer case member are sealed by thermally welding, with a periphery of the separator interposed between the peripheries of the first and second outer case members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Naka, Takahiro Furutani
  • Patent number: 12204104
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a head-up display apparatus further reduced in size, the head-up display apparatus having: an image display apparatus including a light source and a display element; and a virtual image optical system in which light emitted from the image display apparatus is reflected by a windshield or a combiner of the vehicle so that a virtual image is displayed in front of the vehicle, wherein the virtual image optical system has a concave mirror and a distortion correcting lens, and the distortion correcting lens is disposed between the image display apparatus and the concave mirror, the concave mirror is disposed in a housing including an outer case along a shape of an effective light path area of the image light from the image display apparatus, and the image display apparatus is attached to part of an outer periphery of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Misawa, Nozomu Shimoda, Kazuomi Kaneko, Koji Hirata, Toshinori Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20250017519
    Abstract: A biological examination apparatus extracts an up-and-down movement component associated with the thyroid cartilage and a back-and-forth movement component associated with the thyroid cartilage from a fitting result obtained by fitting a model function modeling the swallowing movement to distance information based on detection data detected by the larynx portion displacement detector. Based on the extracted components, two-dimensional trajectory data indicating the movement trajectory of the thyroid cartilage is generated. In addition, based on data from a swallowing sound detector, identification display data to determine, on the trajectory graph, which of the outbound path of the movement path according to the elevation and the forward movement of the thyroid cartilage and the return path of the movement path according to the movement of the thyroid cartilage has a peak of the swallowing sound, in a series movement paths of the thyroid cartilage at the time of swallowing, is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu UCHIDA, Ran TACHIBANA, Tomohiko MIZUGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20250018692
    Abstract: A co-extruded sheet reduces swelling and/or cracking of the surface occurring during thermal shaping such as vacuum forming and provides improved mechanical strength. A co-extruded sheet contains a polycarbonate resin, and includes a core layer formed from a foam resin and skin layers formed from a non-foaming resin. The skin layer is laminated to one major surface of the core layer, while the skin layer is laminated to the other major surface of the core layer. The core layer has an expansion ratio of 1.6 to 3. The co-extruded sheet has a thickness of 1 to 5 mm and satisfies expression (1): 0.10? (t1+t2)/T?0.5. In expression (1), t1 indicates the thickness of the skin layer, t2 indicates the thickness of the second skin layer, and T indicates the thickness of the co-extruded sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoki TANIGUCHI, Atsushi YUSA, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Toshiharu GOTO, Kei MIZUTANI
  • Patent number: 12198733
    Abstract: In order to provide a recording and reproducing device that allows a user to select and manage arbitrary play lists, a unit of management for managing all registered play list information and an upper management hierarchical level are added. The unit of management is adapted to be handled on the same level with unified information that indicates a reproduction range of all AV data. User-defined unified information is adapted to be handled on the added management hierarchical level. The user-defined unified information is formed to allow arbitrary reproduction ranges contained on a lower hierarchical level to be registered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Yoshida, Junji Shiokawa, Hiroo Okamoto
  • Patent number: 12196570
    Abstract: Information related to a vehicle can be displayed by projecting an image based on the information on a road surface or the like. An image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: a sensor unit that acquires information related to a vehicle; and an image projection unit that projects the image based on the information acquired by the sensor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Kunii, Takuya Shimizu, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Nobuyuki Kaku
  • Patent number: 12196956
    Abstract: A light source apparatus and the like capable of improving the manufacturing yield are provided. The light source apparatus includes a light source, a collimator which is arranged to face the light source and includes a reflection portion for adjusting a focal length of light incident from the light source to the collimator, and a light guide arranged on an emission side of the collimator. The reflection portion of the collimator includes a normal focus area in which the light emitted from the light source and incident to the collimator is converted into substantially parallel light, a long focus area in which the light incident to the collimator is converted into slightly divergent light in comparison with the substantially parallel light, and a short focus area in which the light incident to the collimator is converted into slightly convergent light in comparison with the substantially parallel light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Nagai, Toshinori Sugiyama, Chohei Ono
  • Patent number: 12198399
    Abstract: A luminance determining unit determines a luminance distribution of an exterior circumstantial image in a line-of-sight direction of a driver, and a luminance changing unit determines a bright region of this luminance distribution. Further, the luminance changing unit determines a luminance after the change in a peripheral region of this bright region. A virtual-image creating unit creates a virtual image based on the determined luminance, and a display processing unit displays this virtual image on a display unit. In this manner, since a display system displays the virtual image for use in increasing the luminance in periphery of the bright region, the feeling of the brightness for the driver can be moderated, and therefore, the visual recognition can be improved. That is, the display system can output the virtual image depending on the circumstances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Murata, Hiromitsu Mori, Kenichi Shimada, Kazuyoshi Yamazaki, Mayumi Nagayoshi
  • Publication number: 20250010589
    Abstract: A co-extruded sheet reduces swelling and/or cracking of the surface occurring during thermal shaping such as vacuum forming and provides improved mechanical strength. A co-extruded sheet contains a polycarbonate resin, and includes a core layer formed from a foam resin and skin layers formed from a non-foaming resin. The skin layer is laminated to one major surface of the core layer, while the skin layer is laminated to the other major surface of the core layer. The co-extruded sheet has a density of 0.4 to 0.9 g/cm3. The co-extruded sheet has a thickness of 1 to 5 mm and satisfies expression (1): 0.10?(t1+t2)/T?0.5. In expression (1), t1 indicates the thickness of the skin layer, t2 indicates the thickness of the second skin layer, and T indicates the thickness of the co-extruded sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoki TANIGUCHI, Atsushi YUSA, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Toshiharu GOTO, Kei MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20250016370
    Abstract: An image encoding method for encoding an image, includes: a prediction image generation step generating a synthesis-prediction image by performing synthesis processing synthesizing an inter-prediction image and an intra-prediction image to an encoding-target block; and an encoding step encoding a difference between the prediction image generated in the prediction image generation step and a pixel value of an image of the encoding-target block, a plurality of intra prediction types are allowed to be used as the intra prediction used for the synthesis processing, and the plurality of intra prediction types an in-screen block copy prediction, the synthesis processing includes weighting processing performed to the inter-prediction image and the intra-prediction image, and a weighting parameter of the intra-prediction image in the weighting processing is determined in accordance with an intra prediction type of the encoding-target block and prediction mode combination of a plurality of blocks adjacent to the encod
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20250016369
    Abstract: An image encoding method for encoding an image, includes: a prediction image generation step generating a synthesis-prediction image by performing synthesis processing synthesizing an inter-prediction image and an intra-prediction image to an encoding-target block; and an encoding step encoding a difference between the prediction image generated in the prediction image generation step and a pixel value of an image of the encoding-target block, a plurality of intra prediction types are allowed to be used as the intra prediction used for the synthesis processing, and the plurality of intra prediction types an in-screen block copy prediction, the synthesis processing includes weighting processing performed to the inter-prediction image and the intra-prediction image, and a weighting parameter of the intra-prediction image in the weighting processing is determined in accordance with an intra prediction type of the encoding-target block and prediction mode combination of a plurality of blocks adjacent to the encod
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 12192580
    Abstract: A digital broadcast receiving apparatus executing a function with a higher added value can include: a broadcast receiving unit configured to receive broadcasting data of broadcasting program contents and location information from a broadcast transmission path, a reference destination for obtaining data related to the broadcasting data being described in the location information; a communication unit configured to receive communication data of the program contents from the reference destination described in the location information via a communication line; a recording/reproducing unit configured to record and reproduce the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents received by the broadcast receiving unit; an outputting unit configured to output the broadcasting data of the broadcasting program contents reproduced from the recording/reproducing unit to external equipment; and a server function unit for external equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Takuya Shimizu, Yasunobu Hashimoto, Mitsunobu Watanabe, Nobuo Masuoka, Masayuki Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 12186075
    Abstract: The abnormal data processing system is provided with: a storage unit for holding a multiple-subject DB in which data on multiple subjects are accumulated and individual-subject DB in which data on individual subjects are accumulated; an individual-subject DB divergence-degree calculation unit for calculating an individual-subject DB divergence degree which is the degree of divergence of the new data from the individual-subject DB; a multiple-subject DB divergence degree calculation unit for calculating a multiple-subject DB divergence degree which is the degree of divergence of the new data from the multiple-subject DB; and a composite divergence degree calculation unit for determining a composite divergence by compositing the individual-subject DB divergence degree and the multiple-subject DB divergence degree using the number of data instances in the individual-subject DB. The abnormal data processing system determines whether or not the new data is abnormal on the basis of the composite divergence degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko Sano, Akihiko Kandori, Tomohiko Mizuguchi, Ying Yin
  • Patent number: 12192564
    Abstract: In a digital contents receiver for receiving transmitted digital contents, the digital contents include at least component information indicating an element which constitutes a program of the contents. When the component information indicates that the received digital contents are a 3D component, it is determined whether a display part corresponds to display of the 3D component. If the display part corresponds to display of the 3D component, the received digital contents are displayed in 3D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Sadao Tsuruga, Satoshi Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20250006908
    Abstract: The non-aqueous electrolyte battery is excellent in high-temperature storage characteristics and load characteristics at low temperature. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a lithium layer, a lithium-aluminum alloy layer formed on a surface of the lithium layer, and a carbon layer on the lithium-aluminum alloy layer. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery of the present invention can be manufactured by a method for manufacturing a non-aqueous electrolyte battery that includes providing an aluminum layer on the surface of the lithium layer to obtain a laminate, forming the carbon layer on a surface of the aluminum layer to obtain a laminate for a negative electrode, and causing the lithium layer and the aluminum layer of the laminate for a negative electrode to react with each other to form the lithium-aluminum alloy layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hikaru Konishi, Soichi Watari, Koya Nakatani
  • Patent number: 12185016
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprises an image pickup unit, a cutout image generation unit for cutting out a specified area in a pickup image taken by the image pickup unit to generate a cutout image enlarged at a specified magnification, an image display unit for displaying one or both of the pickup image taken by the image pickup unit and the cutout image generated by the cutout image generation unit, a display image control unit for controlling a method of displaying an image the image display unit displays, a manual focus operation unit for the user to control through manual operation the focus position of the image pickup unit, and a manual zoom operation unit for the user to control the zoom magnification of the image pickup unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Hirooka, Hiroshi Chiba
  • Patent number: 12184819
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes imaging units that image a subject, a title generation executing unit that generates title images each including a display title for classifying a plurality of captured images acquired by the imaging unit and inserts the title image into the captured images, a storage unit that stores the captured images and the title images, a display unit that displays the captured images and the title images stored in the storage unit in the form of a list, and an image search executing unit that searches for a desired captured image from the plurality of captured images and the title images displayed on the display unit in the form of the list. The title generation executing unit hierarchically generates the title images in accordance with a priority set in each type of display title for classifying the captured images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Shimizu, Akira Ishiyama
  • Patent number: 12185211
    Abstract: A mobile communication terminal A performs near field communication with another mobile communication terminal B by a near field communication unit and obtains a communication distance with another mobile communication terminal B. An information acquisition unit acquires information on another mobile communication terminal B, information on the mobile communication terminal A, or both of the information when the communication distance to the other mobile communication terminal B is equal to or more than a threshold. An abnormality determination unit determines an abnormal state of the mobile communication terminal A based on information (position information, wearing information, or the like) acquired by the information acquisition unit. When the abnormality determination unit determines that the mobile communication terminal A is in the abnormal state, a lock unit locks the mobile communication terminal A, the other mobile communication terminal or both of those mobile communication terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Tajima
  • Publication number: 20240428751
    Abstract: An information display apparatus capable of reducing the viewpoint movement of a driver and achieving safer driving in consideration of the relationship between the traveling speed and the stopping distance of a vehicle is provided. The information display apparatus is configured to display image information in a transportation and comprises a HUD apparatus disposed between a windshield of the transportation and an instrument panel of the transportation. The HUD apparatus detects a viewpoint position of a driver; and displays a virtual image of the image information in front of the transportation by reflecting light emitted from the HUD apparatus to display the image information by the windshield. The HUD apparatus is configured to set a display position of the virtual image in accordance with movement of the viewpoint position of the driver who is driving the transportation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji HIRATA, Akio MISAWA, Takumi NAKADA
  • Patent number: 12177507
    Abstract: A broadcast receiving system includes: a first receiving unit receiving broadcast data for a first transmission method; a second receiving unit receiving broadcast data for a second transmission method; a first decoding unit decoding the broadcast data received by the first receiving unit; a second decoding unit decoding the broadcast data received by the second receiving unit; a video output unit outputting video, the video being generated based on data decoded by the first or second decoding unit; an operation input unit receiving control information from a remote controller; and a control unit controlling the units based on the control information received by the operation input unit. The remote controller includes a button to output control information for switching between a display state and a non-display state of service, the service being linked with a broadcasting program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Takuya Shimizu, Nobuo Masuoka, Yasunobu Hashimoto