Patents by Inventor Abe

Abe 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).

  • Patent number: 11983952
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a physique determination apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of an occupant, a facial feature point estimation unit configured to estimate facial feature points of the occupant based on the image, a head position estimation unit configured to estimate a relative position of a head of the occupant with respect to the camera based on the facial feature points, a body part estimation unit configured to estimate sizes of a plurality of parts of the occupant in the image, a skeleton estimation unit configured to estimate a skeleton size indicating an actual size of each part of the occupant based on the relative position and a size of each of the parts, and a physical determination unit configured to determine a physique of the occupant based on the skeleton size of each part of the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koki Abe
  • Patent number: 11983891
    Abstract: A moving target tracking device includes a position information creation unit that creates camera position information indicating adjacency relationships of a plurality of reference cameras and a plurality of pivoting cameras, a tracking target analysis unit that detects traveling information indicating a speed and a traveling direction of a moving target, a tracking score calculation unit that calculates a tracking score indicating a proportion at which the moving target has been able to be captured in the entire tracking section, a machine learning unit that creates, as record information, a control result obtained by a learning device that has learned a control value of each pivoting device corresponding to the traveling information such that the tracking score becomes higher, and a control information creation unit that creates control information by using the control value acquired with reference to the record information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Hikotoshi Nakazato, Kenji Abe
  • Publication number: 20240149896
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a decider configured to decide on a start and a cancelation of a travel mode in which a vehicle travels at or below a target speed set by a driver of the vehicle and a controller configured to control traveling of the vehicle in the travel mode in accordance with a decision result of the decider. The decider defers the cancelation of the travel mode for a prescribed period if a cancelation operation is performed when the start of the travel mode is decided on in accordance with a first start operation and the controller controls the traveling and decides to continue the travel mode when a second start operation different from the first start operation is performed within the prescribed period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tokunaga, Koji Abe
  • Publication number: 20240149737
    Abstract: There is provided a controller configured to: determine, among a plurality of charging stations, a second charging station which is a charging station in which the process requested from a vehicle is completed during a charging period of the vehicle, and in which an excess power in a plurality of power generation facilities is smaller than that in a case where a process requested from the vehicle is performed in a first charging station, based on information related to the process requested from the vehicle, information related to an amount of power generation, and information related to a delay of the network; and instruct the first charging station to transmit information related to the process requested from the vehicle to the second charging station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi ABE
  • Publication number: 20240150390
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel stereoselective method for preparing a cyclic dinucleotide derivative and a production intermediate therefor, which can be used for an antibody-immunostimulant conjugate. Also provided is a method for producing a cyclic dinucleotide-linker and an antibody-immunostimulant conjugate while using the above production method. Further provided is a method for preparing a cyclic dinucleotide derivative, the method including the step of subjecting a compound (I) and a compound (IV) to stereoselective condensation using an optically active phosphitylating agent (Rc-II) or (Sc-II).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tomokazu OGURA, Takeshi NAKAYA, Hidekazu INOUE, Narumi ABE, Yuzo ABE, Tatsuya NAKAMURA, Yuko YAMAMOTO, Kohei SAKANISHI, Tatsuhiro SAKAMOTO, Satoshi NAKANE
  • Publication number: 20240149484
    Abstract: A cutting device a device for cutting a continuous body of an electrode plate, the electrode plate including a current collector plate, a first active material layer, and a second active material layer, the cutting device including: a first process unit that causes a first cutting blade to form an incision in the first active material layer; and a second process unit that causes a second cutting blade to cut the continuous body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Ryuta ABE, Tatsuya MASADA, Masahide MARUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240153467
    Abstract: A display device with a variant-shape display region other than the rectangular display region is configured to form a scanning line drive circuit along the variant-shape display region. The scanning line drive circuit includes bus wiring group with clock wiring for supplying clocks with three or more phases and the power supply wiring for supplying power, and the unit circuits for configuring the shift register including five or more transistors. The bus wiring and the unit circuits are formed on the different regions so as not to cross with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Takayuki SUZUKI, Hiroyuki ABE
  • Publication number: 20240149325
    Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to obtain a fine finish along a trim line in a plate material while preventing scoring between a floating cutter and a main trimming press upper. A floating cutter unit is provided with: a floating cutter for cutting scrap from a plate-shaped material, said floating cutter being attached to and used in a trimming press processing device that cuts scrap from a plate material along a trim line Tr and that additionally cuts scrap along a scrap cut line Sc; a holder set for holding the floating cutter so as to be movable in the direction of an axial center O; a spring that is brought into contact with the tail end surface of the floating cutter and that applies reaction force to the floating cutter; and a pair of cutters that are attached to the holder set and positioned on both sides of the floating cutter along the trim line Tr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Hideki KIRIAKI, Junichi TANAHASHI, Satoshi ABE
  • Publication number: 20240150615
    Abstract: A two-pack urethane-based adhesive that includes a second-pack liquid in which liquid components are inhibited from bleeding out and which can be inhibited from decreasing in thixotropic properties, and that gives cured products having, after aging, excellent adhesiveness. The two-pack urethane-based adhesive including a first-pack liquid, which includes a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group, and a second-pack liquid, which includes water, an active hydrogen compound (which is not water) having an active hydrogen capable of reacting with the isocyanate group, and cellulose nanofibers, wherein the first-pack liquid and the second-pack liquid each independently contain carbon black and/or an inorganic-based filler, the content of the cellulose nanofibers being 0.1-1.5 mass % with respect to the content of the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Yuichi MATSUKI, Megumi ABE, Kazuki MIURA
  • Publication number: 20240152011
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having an outer shape of a display region formed other than a rectangle. A driver for supplying a video signal is disposed outside the display region. A selector with selector TFT is disposed between the display region and the driver. A video signal line is disposed between the driver and the selector, and a drain line is disposed between the selector and the display region. A scanning circuit for supplying a scanning signal to the scanning line is disposed outside the display region. The selector is disposed between the scanning line and the display region, and covered with ITO as the common electrode. The common bus wiring is disposed outside the selector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Takayuki SUZUKI, Hiroyuki ABE
  • Publication number: 20240153768
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate, including: applying a composition for forming a resist underlayer film directly or indirectly to a substrate to form a resist underlayer film directly or indirectly on the substrate; forming a resist pattern directly or indirectly on the resist underlayer film; and performing etching using the resist pattern as a mask. The composition for forming a resist underlayer film contains: a polymer having a repeating unit represented by formula (1) and a solvent. Ar1 is a divalent group including an aromatic ring having 5 to 40 ring atoms; and R0 is a monovalent group including an aromatic ring having 5 to 40 ring atoms and includes at least one group selected from the group consisting of groups represented by formula (2-1) and groups represented by formula (2-2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki NAKATSU, Shinya Abe, Shuhei Yamada, Takashi Tsuji, Hiroki Wakayama, Kosuke Mayumi, Hiroyuki Miyauchi
  • Publication number: 20240152069
    Abstract: An optical scanning device configured to expose a charged surface of a photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image includes a light source configured to emit light, a deflector configured to deflect the light emitted from the light source, a driving unit configured to rotationally drive the deflector, a control substrate provided with the driving unit and the deflector and configured to control the driving unit, a cover member configured to cover the deflector, a casing on which the control substrate is mounted, a fixing portion configured to fix the control substrate to the casing, and a plurality of engagement members configured to jointly engage and fix the cover member and the control substrate to the casing such that the cover member is detachably attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: RYO ABE
  • Patent number: 11976933
    Abstract: A link combination extraction unit (24) acquires all the combination of link candidates from among link candidates having an angle with respect to a movement direction of a pedestrian equal to or smaller than a threshold value among link candidates for n walking route networks. The link combination extraction unit (24) acquires all the combinations of link candidates that do not intersect with each other among the acquired combinations of link candidates. The link combination extraction unit (24) acquires all the combinations of link candidates that do not connect to each other among the acquired combinations of link candidates. The link combination extraction unit (24) acquires all the combinations of link candidates that are not on the same straight line among the acquired combinations of link candidates. A candidate determination unit (26) acquires a combination of link candidates closest to position information of a pedestrian when there are a plurality of acquired link candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Abe, Keihiro Ochiai, Hitoshi Seshimo
  • Patent number: 11976415
    Abstract: A storage portion includes a case which includes an internal space configured to accommodate raw material pieces having fibers, a discharge pipe coupled to a side wall of the case, and a transport motor which rotates the discharge pipe on an axis, in which one end in an axial direction of the discharge pipe communicates with the internal space and the other end has an outlet for discharging the raw material pieces, and a spiral member is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the discharge pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Motohashi, Makoto Sato, Takashi Abe
  • Patent number: 11976769
    Abstract: Provided is an oil leakage repairing material, wherein the oil leakage repairing material is a curable composition, oil absorption of the oil leakage repairing material before curing is 100% or greater, and oil absorption of the oil leakage repairing material after curing is 50% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutaka Mori, Takeshi Nishio, Takaaki Kubota, Tetsuya Abe
  • Patent number: 11979990
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wiring board according to the present disclosure includes: in the following order, (a) a step of irradiating an insulating layer composed of a resin composition with active energy rays; (b) a step of adsorbing an electroless plating catalyst to the insulating layer; and (c) a step of forming a metal layer on a surface of the insulating layer by electroless plating, in which in the step (a), a modified region having a thickness of 20 nm or more in a depth direction from the surface of the insulating layer and voids communicating from the surface of the insulating layer is formed by irradiation of the active energy rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya Toba, Kazuhiko Kurafuchi, Takashi Masuko, Kazuyuki Mitsukura, Shinichiro Abe
  • Patent number: 11977265
    Abstract: An optical element that is optically coupled to light inlet/outlet ends of an optical fiber is disposed on a base placed near the light inlet/outlet ends of the optical fiber. Moreover, a rod-like reinforcing member has an integral structure fixed into a first hole formed in the optical fiber and a second hole formed in the base 102.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Tanaka, Makoto Abe, Kota Shikama, Takao Fukumitsu, Norio Sato, Atsushi Aratake
  • Patent number: 11974587
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water-containing foam-containing chocolate containing 16 wt % or more and 55 wt % or less of water, the water-containing foam-containing chocolate having new texture that is smooth, fluffy, and soft even in a freezing temperature range and having processability at room temperature and an excellent shape retention property at room temperature and in the freezing temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LOTTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takamatsu, Yoko Ichimasa, Shoko Ando, Etsumi Abe
  • Patent number: 11975938
    Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a transport unit, a load section, and a sheet accommodation section. The transport unit has a transport path along which a sheet read at a read position is transported to an output unit. The sheet output by the output unit is loaded onto the load section. The sheet accommodation section is disposed downstream in an output direction of the sheet from an inner wall surface extending upward adjacent to the load section and has a recess capable of accommodating a sheet of a predetermined minimum size. A retrieval space through which the sheet accommodated in the sheet accommodation section is retrievable is provided by exposing the transport path in a direction opposite to a loading direction of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yosuke Takahashi, Masato Serikawa, Takakiyo Toba, Yuta Abe, Isamu Adachi
  • Patent number: 11976179
    Abstract: Provided is a particle material that achieves excellent mechanical properties and optical properties when dispersed in a transparent resin material in order to solve the problem. In a case where primary particles having particle sizes in a certain range are formed into an aggregate, mechanical properties are enhanced while optical properties are maintained. The primary particles each have compositions different between the inside thereof and the surface thereof. Therefore, the optical properties to be obtained are easily controlled unlike an inorganic substance in which both of the compositions are mixed at an atomic level. The particle material of the present invention is an aggregate including primary particles in which a specific surface area. diameter is not less than 0.8 nm and not greater than 80 nm, the primary particles formed of an inorganic substance in which a composition of a surface and a composition of an inside are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ADMATECHS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Hori, Takeshi Yanagihara, Sachie Nagano, Susumu Abe, Yuji Oono, Haruka Katsurayama