Patents by Inventor Akihiro Nakatani

Akihiro Nakatani 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: 11977036
    Abstract: An inspection device inspects of goods that include plural articles that sometimes overlap each other. An X-ray inspection device irradiates goods containing plural articles having a predetermined shape and inspects the goods on the basis of inspection images obtained from radiation that has passed through the goods or radiation that has reflected off the goods. The X-ray inspection device includes a storage component, a learning component, and an inspection component. The storage component stores, as teaching images, at least the inspection images of the goods that are in a state in which the plural articles overlap each other. The learning component acquires, by machine learning using the teaching images stored in the storage component, features relating to the goods that are in a state in which the plural articles overlap each other. The inspection component inspects the goods using the features that the learning component has acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Nakatani, Yoshinori Tarumoto, Akihiro Maenaka, Hironori Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20240075789
    Abstract: A control device includes a controller that executes determining a connection between a first unit that has a boarding space which allows a user to board and is provided with a predetermined facility and that is provided with a first path through which a fluid used in the predetermined facility passes and a second unit that is configured to be separated from and connected to the first unit and that has a drive device of a vehicle that is formed by being connected to the first unit, and supplying the fluid in the first path to a second unit side to absorb heat generated from the drive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshinari OGAWA, Kohta TARAO, Shinya KIJIMA, Osamu FUKAWATASE, Koji YASUI, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Hitomi NAKATANI, Kuniaki JINNAI, Nobuki HAYASHI, Masahiro NAGANO, Akihiro ITO
  • Patent number: 10924672
    Abstract: An operation part calculates a shake amount of an imaging apparatus in accordance with a first operation system or a second operation system on the basis of an output signal of a sensor detecting an acceleration or angular velocity to determine a camera-shake correction amount correcting the shake amount. The operation part calculates the output signal of the sensor or a value obtained by integrating an integrated signal of the output signal of the sensor as a shake amount. The operation part includes an imperfect integrator. An operation system setting part sets an operation system of the operation part on the basis of the shake amount calculated by the operation part. In the second operation system, the operation system setting part increases a cut-off frequency of the imperfect integrator more than in the first operation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunya Yamane, Mitsumasa Murakami, Takeshi Ohtsuki, Mamoru Morotomi, Akihiro Nakatani, Akihisa Nomura, Aritsune Nagamura
  • Publication number: 20190199928
    Abstract: An operation part calculates a shake amount of an imaging apparatus in accordance with a first operation system or a second operation system on the basis of an output signal of a sensor detecting an acceleration or angular velocity to determine a camera-shake correction amount correcting the shake amount. The operation part calculates the output signal of the sensor or a value obtained by integrating an integrated signal of the output signal of the sensor as a shake amount. The operation part includes an imperfect integrator. An operation system setting part sets an operation system of the operation part on the basis of the shake amount calculated by the operation part. In the second operation system, the operation system setting part increases a cut-off frequency of the imperfect integrator more than in the first operation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Shunya YAMANE, Mitsumasa MURAKAMI, Takeshi OHTSUKI, Mamoru MOROTOMI, Akihiro NAKATANI, Akihisa NOMURA, Aritsune NAGAMURA
  • Patent number: 9751455
    Abstract: A headlight controller and a vehicle headlight system including an ADB can include a headlight controller and an optical unit. The headlight controller can include a system controller, a vehicle detector and a camera photographing forward vehicles located in a travelling direction of a subject vehicle, and the system controller can be configured to output a light-emitting control signal to provide favorable light distribution patterns by using vehicle data output from the vehicle detector in accordance with image data output from the camera. The optical unit can be configured to provide the favorable light distribution patterns using lights emitted from a right and left light-emitting device in accordance with the light-emitting control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Nakatani
  • Patent number: 9738214
    Abstract: A headlight controller and a vehicle headlight system including an ADB and AFS can include a headlight controller and an optical unit. The headlight controller can include a system controller and a camera photographing vehicles located in a travelling direction of a subject vehicle, and the system controller can be configured to output a control signal to provide favorable light distribution patterns by using image data output from the camera in accordance with traffic conditions. The optical unit can be configured to emit beam lights using lights emitted from a first and second light-emitting device via a projector lens so that the beam lights can be used as a high/low beam without movable parts. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can include providing vehicle headlight systems that can form various favorable light distribution patterns by utilizing the characteristics of the controller and the optical unit in accordance with the traffic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20170048578
    Abstract: A program output apparatus comprising a program receiving unit receiving a program; a channel identifier acquiring unit acquiring a channel identifier of the program that is being received by the program receiving unit; a program identifying information acquiring unit acquiring program identifying information corresponding to program specifying information containing the channel identifier; an assistance information acquiring unit acquiring assistance information corresponding to the program identifying information acquired by the program identifying information acquiring unit, the assistance information being received from a second server in which one or more pieces of assistance information corresponding to program identifying information are stored; and an output unit outputting the program received by the program receiving unit and the assistance information acquired by the assistance information acquiring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Astem Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Masao FUKUDOME, Akihiro NAKATANI, Itaru SATO, Yuzo OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160332560
    Abstract: A headlight controller and a vehicle headlight system including an ADB can include a headlight controller and an optical unit. The headlight controller can include a system controller, a vehicle detector and a camera photographing forward vehicles located in a travelling direction of a subject vehicle, and the system controller can be configured to output a light-emitting control signal to provide favorable light distribution patterns by using vehicle data output from the vehicle detector in accordance with image data output from the camera. The optical unit can be configured to provide the favorable light distribution patterns using lights emitted from a right and left light-emitting device in accordance with the light-emitting control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Akihiro Nakatani
  • Patent number: 9351502
    Abstract: An oil or fat composition described herein has a hydrogenated aroma and flavor as a conventional oil or fat composition and a long lasting hydrogenated aroma, while having trans-fatty acid content reduced to the same extent as that in a general liquid salad oil, and the starting material thereof. The oxidized and partially hydrogenated oil or fat contains C18:2 trans-isomer from 10 to 60 wt. % on the total constituent fatty acid content basis and has peroxide value from 8 to 350 meq/kg. A ratio by weight of the C18:2 trans-isomer content to C18:1 trans-isomer content in all the constituent fatty acids can be 0.3 to 1.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: J-Oil Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hanajiri, Masahiro Arai, Akihiro Nakatani, Hiroatsu Hagiri
  • Publication number: 20150230490
    Abstract: An oil or fat composition described herein has a hydrogenated aroma and flavor as a conventional oil or fat composition and a long lasting hydrogenated aroma, while having trans-fatty acid content reduced to the same extent as that in a general liquid salad oil, and the starting material thereof. The oxidized and partially hydrogenated oil or fat contains C18:2 trans-isomer from 10 to 60 wt. % on the total constituent fatty acid content basis and has peroxide value from 8 to 350 meq/kg. A ratio by weight of the C18:2 trans-isomer content to C18:1 trans-isomer content in all the constituent fatty acids can be 0.3 to 1.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: J-OIL MILLS, INC.
    Inventors: Tsutomu HANAJIRI, Masahiro ARAI, Akihiro NAKATANI, Hiroatsu HAGIRI
  • Publication number: 20150055357
    Abstract: A headlight controller and a vehicle headlight system including an ADB and AFS can include a headlight controller and an optical unit. The headlight controller can include a system controller and a camera photographing vehicles located in a travelling direction of a subject vehicle, and the system controller can be configured to output a control signal to provide favorable light distribution patterns by using image data output from the camera in accordance with traffic conditions. The optical unit can be configured to emit beam lights using lights emitted from a first and second light-emitting device via a projector lens so that the beam lights can be used as a high/low beam without movable parts. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can include providing vehicle headlight systems that can form various favorable light distribution patterns by utilizing the characteristics of the controller and the optical unit in accordance with the traffic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Akihiro Nakatani
  • Patent number: 8256907
    Abstract: A vehicle reflector can include a plurality of retroreflection elements including a first reflection surface, a second reflection surface, and a third reflection surface which are adjacently disposed to form a corner portion of a substantially regular hexahedron. The first reflection surface can be inclined by 35.264°+angle ?1 with respect to a reference axis. The second reflection surface can be inclined by 35.264°+angle ?2 with respect to the reference axis and can be disposed at a position rotated by 120° about the reference axis from the first reflection surface. The third reflection surface can be inclined by 35.264°+angle ?3 with respect to the reference axis and can be disposed at a position rotated by 120° in an opposite direction from the second reflection surface about the reference axis from the first reflection surface. The angle ?1, angle ?2 and angle ?3 can be set to satisfy a relation of ??1=?2=?3 or ??1??2=?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Nakatani
  • Patent number: 8084071
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide refined sesame oil comprising a lot of lignans that have various excellent physiological properties from sesame seeds having a high lignan content. The present invention relates to refined sesame oil having a sesamin content of 1% by weight or more and showing no bitterness; a method for the production of refined sesame oil comprising using active carbon as an absorbent in a bleaching step; a method for the production of refined sesame oil comprising controlling a bleaching temperature in a range of from 5 to 70° C. in a bleaching step with the use of activated clay active as an absorbent; and a method for the production of refined sesame oil comprising controlling a bleaching temperature in a range of from 5 to 70° C. in a bleaching step with the use of activated clay of from 0.1 to 3% by weight active as an absorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: J-Oil Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuko Miyake, Ikukazu Tashima, Akihiro Nakatani, Narihide Matsuzaki
  • Publication number: 20110255164
    Abstract: A vehicle reflector can include a plurality of retroreflection elements including a first reflection surface, a second reflection surface, and a third reflection surface which are adjacently disposed to form a corner portion of a substantially regular hexahedron. The first reflection surface can be inclined by 35.264°+angle ?1 with respect to a reference axis. The second reflection surface can be inclined by 35.264°+angle ?2 with respect to the reference axis and can be disposed at a position rotated by 120° about the reference axis from the first reflection surface. The third reflection surface can be inclined by 35.264°+angle ?3 with respect to the reference axis and can be disposed at a position rotated by 120° in an opposite direction from the second reflection surface about the reference axis from the first reflection surface. The angle ?1, angle ?2 and angle ?3 can be set to satisfy a relation of ??1=?2=?3 or ??1??2=?3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Akihiro NAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20070218187
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide refined sesame oil comprising a lot of lignans that have various excellent physiological properties from sesame seeds having a high lignan content. The present invention relates to refined sesame oil having a sesamin content of 1% by weight or more and showing no bitterness; a method for the production of refined sesame oil comprising using active carbon as an absorbent in a bleaching step; a method for the production of refined sesame oil comprising controlling a bleaching temperature in a range of from 5 to 70° C. in a bleaching step with the use of activated clay active as an absorbent; and a method for the production of refined sesame oil comprising controlling a bleaching temperature in a range of from 5 to 70° C. in a bleaching step with the use of activated clay of from 0.1 to 3% by weight active as an absorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: J-OIL MILLS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuko Miyake, Ikukazu Tashima, Akihiro Nakatani, Narihide Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 7037548
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to extract oil from the soybean material containing soybean germ as a main component, and to utilize it. The present invention relates to a method for producing a soybean material, comprising crudely crushing selected soybeans into a size of less than ½, and separating and concentrating a soybean germ fraction by means of sieving, sorting with air, separation based on the grain shape and the like, to the soybean germ fraction produced by said method, to oil prepared from the soybean material containing soybean germ as a main component, to oil containing 0.8% by weight or more of sterols' content, and to foods containing said oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichi Ozawa, Akihiro Nakatani, Hitoshi Sato, Osamu Mori, Yukio Akiyama, Yasushi Morinaga, Yuji Nakata
  • Patent number: 6814998
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to extract oil from the soybean material containing soybean germ as a main component, and to utilize it. The present invention relates to a method for producing a soybean material, comprising crudely crushing selected soybeans into a size of less than ½, and separating and concentrating a soybean germ fraction by means of sieving, sorting with air, separation based on the grain shape and the like, to the soybean germ fraction produced by said method, to oil prepared form the soybean material containing soybean germ as a main component, to oil containing 0.8% by weight or more of sterols' content, and to foods containing said oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichi Ozawa, Akihiro Nakatani, Hitoshi Sato, Osamu Mori, Yukio Akiyama, Yasushi Morinaga, Yuji Nakata
  • Publication number: 20040219282
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to extract oil from the soybean material containing soybean germ as a main component, and to utilize it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichi Ozawa, Akihiro Nakatani, Hitoshi Sato, Osamu Mori, Yukio Akiyama, Yasushi Morinaga, Yuji Nakata
  • Publication number: 20020081365
    Abstract: The purposes of the present invention is to provide a method for the production of soybean material having a high germ concentration with a high yield, in which the germ is completely removed from the soybean (cotyledon), crushed cotyledon with a small diameter, which will be inevitably produced in the crudely crushing step of the soybean and can not be removed by the sieve having a square opening, is separated from the germ fraction, and mingling of the crushed cotyledon is prevented in order to maximize the yield of the germ that has scarcity value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Ishida, Mamoru Ueno, Yuji Nakata, Akihiro Nakatani, Masaru Honda, Yoshio Shidou
  • Patent number: 6326035
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to efficiently separate and utilize the rapeseed germ. The present invention relates to a method for the production of a fraction containing a rapeseed germ as a main component, comprising crushing a rapeseed and separating said fraction. One of the specific products derived from rapeseed germ is the oil and fat prepared by extraction or expression of the rapeseed germ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakatani, Yoichi Ozawa, Toru Nakamura, Yasushi Morinaga, Masayoshi Naruse