Patents by Inventor Akihiko Kubota
Akihiko Kubota 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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Patent number: 10371134Abstract: A sealed compressor comprises a sealed container (101) which accommodates an electric component (105) and a compression component (106); wherein the compression component (106) includes a shaft (110) including a main shaft section (111) and an eccentric shaft section (112), a cylinder block (114), a piston (126), and a main bearing unit (120) mounted to the cylinder block (114) and supporting the main shaft section (112) such that the main shaft section (112) is rotatable, a thrust ball bearing (132) mounted to a thrust surface (130) of the main bearing unit (120); and the thrust ball bearing (132) includes a plurality of balls (134) held in a cage (133), an upper race (135) having main surfaces one of which is in contact with upper portions of the balls (134); and a lower race (136) having main surfaces one of which is in contact with lower portions of the balls (134) and; a restricting means for restricting a displacement of the upper race (135) with respect to the shaft (110).Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2013Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC APPLIANCES REFRIGERATION DEVICES SINGAPOREInventors: Kousuke Tsuboi, Kiwamu Watanabe, Akihiko Kubota, Hironari Akashi, Terumasa Ide
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Patent number: 9995291Abstract: A sealed compressor of the present invention comprises an electric component (111); a compression component (113) actuated by the electric component (111); and a sealed container (101) which accommodates therein the electric component (111) and the compression component (113), and stores lubricating oil therein; wherein the compression component (113) includes a crankshaft (135) including a main shaft (137) and an eccentric shaft (139); a cylinder block (117) including a bearing unit (123) supporting the main shaft (137) such that the main shaft is rotatable, and a cylinder (121) defining a compression chamber (119); and a suction muffler (131) through which a refrigerant gas (115) flows from an interior of the sealed container (101) to an interior of the compression chamber (119); a separating wall (165) is provided between the suction muffler (131) and the electric component (111); a first space (159) is formed between the suction muffler (131) and the separating wall (165); and a second space (163) is formType: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: PANASONIC APPLIANCES REFRIGERATION DEVICES SINGAPOREInventors: Kenji Kinjo, Hiromitsu Iwata, Akihiko Kubota
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Publication number: 20180031280Abstract: A sealed refrigerant compressor comprises an electric component and a compression component accommodated in a sealed container, and the compression component includes a cylinder and a piston which is reciprocatable inside the cylinder. The electric component includes a stator, and a rotor having a lower surface facing an oil surface of lubricating oil. The rotor has a shape in which its diameter is larger than its length in a rotational axis direction thereof. A core of the rotor is provided with at least one balance hole for adjusting a load balance during rotation of the rotor, for example, at least one balance through-hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Hidenori KOBAYASHI, Masaki SUMI, Terumasa IDE, Akihiko KUBOTA
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Patent number: 9723283Abstract: An image processing device of an embodiment includes: an input circuit to input a first to a third image signal respectively corresponding to different first to third colors of an image; a first generator to generate a fourth image signal by adding the first and second image signals; an enhancing circuit to apply edge enhancement processing to the third and fourth image signals; an output circuit to output the third and fourth image signals having undergone the edge enhancement processing in correspondence to a plurality of different areas of the image; a dividing circuit to divide the output third image signal and the output fourth image signal into a plurality of fifth image signals and a plurality of sixth image signals respectively; and a second generator to generate a luminance signal based on the plural fifth and sixth image signals.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Toshiba Medical Systems CorporationInventors: Yoshiyuki Niijima, Akihiko Kubota
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Patent number: 9439108Abstract: In order to solve the problem that a handover failure rate of a mobile terminal becomes high in a case in which the number of the cells described in the adjacent cell list does not meet a specific condition, for example, a case in which many cells which have a small coverage area are included in the list, a case in which many highly loaded cells are included in the list, or the like, a management method includes a collection step in which information about a cell of a wireless base station is collected from the wireless base station which manages the cell and a list change step in which a list is changed based on the collected information about the cell so that the number of the cells described in the list of the cells adjacent to the wireless base station may meet a specific condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Akihiko Kubota, Junko Kubota
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Publication number: 20160088267Abstract: An image processing device of an embodiment includes: an input circuit to input a first to a third image signal respectively corresponding to different first to third colors of an image; a first generator to generate a fourth image signal by adding the first and second image signals; an enhancing circuit to apply edge enhancement processing to the third and fourth image signals; an output circuit to output the third and fourth image signals having undergone the edge enhancement processing in correspondence to a plurality of different areas of the image; a dividing circuit to divide the output third image signal and the output fourth image signal into a plurality of fifth image signals and a plurality of sixth image signals respectively; and a second generator to generate a luminance signal based on the plural fifth and sixth image signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Yoshiyuki Niijima, Akihiko Kubota
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Patent number: 9253700Abstract: To achieve load distribution in a short period of time, a mobile communication system includes a mobile terminal (505), a radio base station (503), and a relay base station (504) that relays radio communication between the radio base station (503) and the mobile terminal (505). In the mobile communication system having such a configuration, the radio base station (503) includes control means for handing over the subordinate relay base station (504) to a neighboring radio base station (503) when a load on the radio base station is greater than a predetermined threshold. The control means is preferably configured to confirm whether the neighboring base station (503) can accept the relay base station (504) upon handover of the relay base station (504).Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuhiro Kubota, Akihiko Kubota, Junko Kubota
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Patent number: 9232446Abstract: In order to reduce the occurrence of call loss in mobile stations while suppressing degradation of communication quality in a handover destination cell, a communication unit (11) forming an eNB (10) receives, from another eNB located adjacent to an own eNB, a first reception quality in a cell formed by the own eNB and a second reception quality in a cell formed by the another eNB. The first reception quality and the second reception quality are measured by one or more UE that are in radio communication with the another eNB. A control unit (12) accepts a call associated with UE which satisfies a first condition that the first reception quality is higher than the second reception quality in preference to a call associated with UE which does not satisfy the first condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuhiro Kubota, Akihiko Kubota, Junko Kubota
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Publication number: 20150345485Abstract: A sealed compressor of the present invention comprises an electric component (111); a compression component (113) actuated by the electric component (111); and a sealed container (101) which accommodates therein the electric component (111) and the compression component (113), and stores lubricating oil therein; wherein the compression component (113) includes a crankshaft (135) including a main shaft (137) and an eccentric shaft (139); a cylinder block (117) including a bearing unit (123) supporting the main shaft (137) such that the main shaft is rotatable, and a cylinder (121) defining a compression chamber (119); and a suction muffler (131) through which a refrigerant gas (115) flows from an interior of the sealed container (101) to an interior of the compression chamber (119); a separating wall (165) is provided between the suction muffler (131) and the electric component (111); a first space (159) is formed between the suction muffler (131) and the separating wall (165); and a second space (163) is formType: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Kenji KINJO, Hiromitsu IWATA, Akihiko KUBOTA
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Publication number: 20150271379Abstract: A head of an imaging apparatus of an embodiment includes: an imaging element having a rolling shutter function and configured to output an analog image signal in correspondence with a light amount of an object of shooting; an analog amplifier configured to amplify or attenuate a signal level of the analog image signal outputted from the imaging element in correspondence with an inputted gain to output the amplified or attenuated analog image; a converter configured to convert the amplified or attenuated analog image signal outputted from the analog amplifier into a digital signal to output the digital signal, and clip the digital signal of which the signal level exceeds a maximum output level, at the maximum output level; and a gain controller configured to control a gain inputting to the analog amplifier in a range including a minus gain.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Junya Fukumoto, Akihiko Kubota
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Patent number: 9051937Abstract: A refrigerant compressor comprises an electric element; a compression element; and a sealed container; wherein the compression element includes: a crankpin; a piston pin; and a connecting rod having a large hole portion into which the crankpin is inserted, a small hole portion in which the piston pin is rotatably disposed, and a coupling rod portion; wherein an oil guide hole is provided in the coupling rod portion of the connecting rod such that the large hole portion and the small hole portion are communicated with each other via the oil guide hole; a circular first groove is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the piston pin such that the first groove communicates with the oil guide hole; and a second groove extending in a center axis direction of the piston pin is provided in a first region of the small hole portion of the connecting rod.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2012Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Kubota, Jun Sato, Akio Yagi, Masato Morishima, Yuji Mori
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Publication number: 20150117403Abstract: [Problem] A mobile terminal attempting handover from a cell may execute handover to a cell managed by a base station connected to a core network other than that the current cell belongs to. In such a case, the time needed for the handover process on the mobile terminal becomes longer than the time for handover between cells belonging to the same core network. [Solution to problem] A base station includes: a storage unit that stores a list of cells neighboring to a cell managed by the base station in a manner to correlate each of the neighbor cells with an identifier for identifying a core network the neighbor cell belongs to; a reception unit that receives, from a base station neighboring to the own base station, a list stored by the neighbor base station; and a control unit that uses the received list as a list with respect to the cell managed by the own base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Kubota, Junko Kubota
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Publication number: 20150030478Abstract: A sealed compressor comprises a sealed container (101) which accommodates an electric component (105) and a compression component (106); wherein the compression component (106) includes a shaft (110) including a main shaft section (111) and an eccentric shaft section (112), a cylinder block (114), a piston (126), and a main bearing unit (120) mounted to the cylinder block (114) and supporting the main shaft section (112) such that the main shaft section (112) is rotatable, a thrust ball bearing (132) mounted to a thrust surface (130) of the main bearing unit (120); and the thrust ball bearing (132) includes a plurality of balls (134) held in a cage (133), an upper race (135) having main surfaces one of which is in contact with upper portions of the balls (134); and a lower race (136) having main surfaces one of which is in contact with lower portions of the balls (134) and; a restricting means for restricting a displacement of the upper race (135) with respect to the shaft (110).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kousuke Tsuboi, Kiwamu Watanabe, Akihiko Kubota, Hironari Akashi, Terumasa Ide
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Publication number: 20140301369Abstract: In order to solve the problem that a handover failure rate of a mobile terminal becomes high in a case in which the number of the cells described in the adjacent cell list does not meet a specific condition, for example, a case in which many cells which have a small coverage area are included in the list, a case in which many highly loaded cells are included in the list, or the like, a management method includes a collection step in which information about a cell of a wireless base station is collected from the wireless base station which manages the cell and a list change step in which a list is changed based on the collected information about the cell so that the number of the cells described in the list of the cells adjacent to the wireless base station may meet a specific condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Akihiko Kubota, Junko Kubota
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Publication number: 20130266459Abstract: A sealed compressor comprises an electric component; a compression component actuated by the electric component; a sealed container accommodating the electric component and the compression component; a suction pipe provided to suction a refrigerant into the sealed container; and a suction muffler having an inner space communicating with a compression chamber of the compression component and a suction port through which the refrigerant is suctioned into the inner space; a communicating passage for providing communication between the suction port of the suction muffler and the suction pipe, the communicating passage being made of a flexible material; and at least one cut portion provided in an end portion of the communicating passage at the suction pipe side such that the cut portion cuts a portion of the end portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masato MORISHIMA, Yuji MORI, Akihiko KUBOTA, Hiromitsu IWATA, Takayuki OKAMOTO, Hiroki TORIMASU
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Publication number: 20130266458Abstract: A sealed compressor comprises a sealed container: an electric component provided inside of the sealed container; a compression component actuated by the electric component; a suction pipe provided inside of the sealed container to suction a refrigerant gas from outside to inside of the sealed container; and a suction muffler having an inner space; wherein the suction muffler includes: an inlet pipe, one end portion of which opens inside of the sealed container and the other end of which has an outlet opening portion which opens in the inner space of the suction muffler; an outlet pipe, one end portion of which has an inlet opening portion which opens in the inner space of the suction muffler and the other end portion of which communicates with a compression chamber of the compression component; wherein the outlet opening portion of the inlet pipe and the inlet opening portion of the outlet pipe are disposed so as to face each other, and an opening area of the inlet opening portion of the outlet pipe is smalleType: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiromitsu IWATA, Akihiko KUBOTA
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Publication number: 20130229942Abstract: To achieve load distribution in a short period of time, a mobile communication system includes a mobile terminal (505), a radio base station (503), and a relay base station (504) that relays radio communication between the radio base station (503) and the mobile terminal (505). In the mobile communication system having such a configuration, the radio base station (503) includes control means for handing over the subordinate relay base station (504) to a neighboring radio base station (503) when a load on the radio base station is greater than a predetermined threshold. The control means is preferably configured to confirm whether the neighboring base station (503) can accept the relay base station (504) upon handover of the relay base station (504).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Kubota, Junko Kubota
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Patent number: 8446496Abstract: According to one embodiment, a knee correction device includes a generator, a detector, a mixer, and a calculator. The generator generates a luminance signal from R, G, and B color signals. The detector detects a color signal having a maximum value among the R, G, and B color signals. The mixer mixes the luminance signal generated by the generator and the color signal detected by the detector, at a predetermined mixing ratio. The supply module supplies a coefficient for performing level compression on each of the R, G, and B color signals, based on an output of the mixer. The calculator performs level compression on the R, G, and B color signals by subjecting the coefficient supplied by the supply module and the R, G, and B color signals to a calculation.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kei Tashiro, Akihiko Kubota, Yoshiyuki Niijima
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Publication number: 20110292256Abstract: According to one embodiment, a knee correction device includes a generator, a detector, a mixer, and a calculator. The generator generates a luminance signal from R, G, and B color signals. The detector detects a color signal having a maximum value among the R, G, and B color signals. The mixer mixes the luminance signal generated by the generator and the color signal detected by the detector, at a predetermined mixing ratio. The supply module supplies a coefficient for performing level compression on each of the R, C, and B color signals, based on an output of the mixer. The calculator performs level compression on the R, G, and B color signals by subjecting the coefficient supplied by the supply module and the R, G, and B color signals to a calculation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Kei Tashiro, Akihiko Kubota, Yoshiyuki Niijima
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Patent number: 7922460Abstract: A refrigerating compressor includes a compressing element and a hermetic container accommodating the compressing element, which includes a compressing chamber where refrigerant gas is compressed, and a suction muffler (118) having a sound deadening space (119) and communicating with the compressing chamber. The suction muffler (118) includes a tail tube (121) having a first end open into the hermetic container and a second end open into the sound deadening space (119), and a resonating chamber (122) formed attached to the tail tube (121) and having a resonance frequency substantially agreeing with a specific resonance frequency of the hermetic container. This structure allows the resonating chamber (122) to deaden the noises coming from vibration sounds of a suction valve or ripple sounds of refrigerant gas.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2005Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takahide Nagao, Akihiko Kubota