Patents by Inventor Akira Kitayama

Akira Kitayama 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: 20240399939
    Abstract: There is provided a conveyance seat that allows the slide movement and the rotational movement of a seat body to be started at appropriate timings. A conveyance seat includes a seat body in which an occupant is seated; a slide mechanism that moves the seat body in a sliding manner; a rotation mechanism that rotationally moves the seat body with an up to down direction as a rotation axis; a control unit that controls an operation of the slide mechanism and the rotation mechanism; and an operation unit that instructs the control unit to start control. When the control unit receives an instruction from the operation unit, the control unit sets a transition start time of each of the slide mechanism and the rotation mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Akira MIYOSHI, Tomoyuki KURIMOTO, Keiichi KITAYAMA
  • Patent number: 12157293
    Abstract: A separating method includes holding a combined substrate and separating a first substrate. In the holding of the combined substrate, the combined substrate in which the first substrate and a second substrate are bonded is held. In the separating of the first substrate, the first substrate is separated from the combined substrate, starting from a side surface of the combined substrate. The separating of the first substrate includes brining a fluid containing water into contact with the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Terada, Yuji Mimura, Hiroshi Maeda, Kazutaka Noda, Masaru Honda, Ryoichi Sakamoto, Yutaka Yamasaki, Tatsuya Kitayama, Akira Fukutomi
  • Publication number: 20240265231
    Abstract: A reservoir computer based on an echo state network is efficiently implemented on hardware, and a trade-off relationship between a total number of neurons that can be implemented and a processing speed can be eliminated. A reservoir layer of the reservoir computer is divided into a plurality of sub-reservoirs, each of the sub-reservoirs includes a plurality of reservoir neurons, each of the reservoir neurons includes a selector, a multiplier, an integrator, and an activation function calculator that are arranged in this order. According to a selection signal, the selector sequentially selects one of a reservoir input signal and output signals from the reservoir neurons each of which is multiplied by a non-zero weight in the multiplier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi OSHIMA, Goichi Ono, Akira Kitayama, Keita Yamane
  • Publication number: 20240070463
    Abstract: Optimization of a compression algorithm to be applied is realized in subgraph units of a neural network. A preferred aspect of the present invention is an information processing device that selects an algorithm for compressing a neural network. The information processing device includes a subgraph dividing section which divides the neural network into subgraphs and an optimizing section which outputs a compression configuration in which one compression technique selected from a plurality thereof is associated with each of the subgraphs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daichi MURATA, Akira KITAYAMA, Hiroaki ITO, Masayoshi KURODA
  • Patent number: 11886874
    Abstract: An arithmetic operation device causes a convolution arithmetic unit to perform a convolution arithmetic operation between a filter and target data corresponding to a size of the filter in each of a plurality of convolution layers constituting a neural network. The arithmetic operation device includes: a bit reduction unit that reduces a bit string corresponding to a first bit number from a least significant bit of the target data and reduces a bit string corresponding to a second bit number from a least significant bit of a weight that is an element of the filter for each convolution layer; and a bit addition unit that adds a bit string corresponding to a third bit number obtained by adding the first bit number and the second bit number to a least significant bit of a convolution arithmetic operation result output from the convolution arithmetic unit by inputting the target data and the weight after being reduced by the bit reduction unit to the convolution arithmetic unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kishimoto, Goichi Ono, Akira Kitayama, Daichi Murata
  • Publication number: 20230373844
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a glass composition for chemical strengthening, the glass composition having a high alkali resistance and being suitable for achieving both the surface compressive stress and the compressive stress layer depth. The glass composition according to the present disclosure includes, as components, in mol %: 60 to 80% SiO2; 1 to 5% Al2O3; 5 to 25% MgO; 0 to 5% CaO; 10 to 20% Na2O; and 0 to 10% K2O. A chemically strengthened glass article, for example, having a surface compressive stress of 650 to 950 MPa and a compressive stress layer depth of 7 to 17 ?m can be provided using the glass composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Akira KITAYAMA, Junji KURACHI
  • Publication number: 20230298045
    Abstract: Provided is a new technique that enables authentication of sources as well as storage and distribution conditions of food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kenji KOGO, Naohiro KOHMU, Akira KITAYAMA, Goichi ONO
  • Publication number: 20230234880
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a glass composition which is for chemical strengthening, from which a glass sheet can be produced by a common float process, and which is suitable for achieving both a surface compressive stress and a compressive stress layer depth. The glass composition according to the present disclosure includes, as components, in mol %: 60 to 80% SiO2; 1 to 5% Al2O3; 5 to 25% MgO; 0 to 5% CaO; 10 to 20% Na2O; and 0 to 10% K2O. A chemically strengthened glass article, for example, having a surface compressive stress of 500 MPa or more and a compressive stress layer depth of 10 ?m or more can be provided using the glass composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Akira KITAYAMA, Junji KURACHI
  • Publication number: 20230067212
    Abstract: The present invention aims to reduce power consumption in the operation based upon a recognition device (1000) including, in a neural network of multiple layers that output type of an object and existing coordinates based on external environment information, a selector (103) that selects input data to convolution operation units (107-1 to L) from external environment information; convolution operation units (107-1 to L) configured by a plurality of layers connected in cascade; and a parameter storage unit (109) that stores a weight parameter of each layer, a cumulative addition count of each layer, and an omitting bit number of each layer. The recognition device includes operation stop signal generation units (116-1 to L) that transmit one or more stop signals for stopping some or all of the computing units of the convolution operation units (107-1 to L) to the convolution operation units (107-1 to L) for each layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi KISHIMOTO, Goichi ONO, Akira KITAYAMA, Hiroaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20220391698
    Abstract: Provided is a training recognition device that implements training of a DNN for article recognition that does not require manual annotation for an image for training and can reduce power consumption, time, and hardware amount required for training.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi OSHIMA, Goichi ONO, Akira KITAYAMA, Ming LIU
  • Patent number: 11509051
    Abstract: A reception power supplying unit generates each of reception signals before and after a switching operation. A signal processing circuit generates each of difference signals before and after the switching operation on the basis of the reception signal and a reference signal. A phase difference detector calculates, as a transmission phase difference, the phase difference between transmission power supplying units on the basis of the respective difference signals, and adjusts a phase shift amount on the basis of the transmission phase difference and a set phase difference that is previously set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nagaishi, Akira Kitayama, Hiroshi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 11486996
    Abstract: The present invention minimizes the overall area occupied by a reception antenna while preventing erroneous detections resulting from azimuth aliasing. A reception antenna includes antenna elements that are disposed along the horizontal direction, antenna elements that are disposed along the vertical direction, and an antenna element that is disposed at an angle from the antenna elements with respect to the horizontal direction and is disposed at an angle from the antenna elements with respect to the vertical direction. The distance between the centers of the antenna elements in the horizontal direction differs from the distances between the center of the antenna element and the respective centers of the antenna elements in the horizontal direction. The distance between the centers of the antenna elements in the vertical direction differs from the distances between the center of the antenna element and the respective centers of the antenna elements in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Ouchi, Akira Kitayama, Hiroshi Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20220236985
    Abstract: An arithmetic operation device causes a convolution arithmetic unit to perform a convolution arithmetic operation between a filter and target data corresponding to a size of the filter in each of a plurality of convolution layers constituting a neural network. The arithmetic operation device includes: a bit reduction unit that reduces a bit string corresponding to a first bit number from a least significant bit of the target data and reduces a bit string corresponding to a second bit number from a least significant bit of a weight that is an element of the filter for each convolution layer; and a bit addition unit that adds a bit string corresponding to a third bit number obtained by adding the first bit number and the second bit number to a least significant bit of a convolution arithmetic operation result output from the convolution arithmetic unit by inputting the target data and the weight after being reduced by the bit reduction unit to the convolution arithmetic unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi KISHIMOTO, Goichi ONO, Akira KITAYAMA, Daichi MURATA
  • Patent number: 11387547
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna comprising: a radiation unit that is formed on a substrate; a waveguide that propagates therein radio waves radiated from the radiation unit and radiates the radio waves as a beam; and a dielectric lens that is arranged in an opening of the waveguide and has an incident plane facing the radiation unit and a radiation plane radiating radio waves entered from the incident plane. The radiation plane of the dielectric lens has a plane orientation different from a flat plane perpendicular to the radiation direction of the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nagaishi, Akira Kuriyama, Akira Kitayama, Hiroshi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 11300654
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radar device capable of reducing processing load while arraying receiving antennas in two directions. In the present invention, a transmitting unit (transmitting antenna) transmits an electromagnetic wave. A plurality of receiving antennas 108 receive a reflected wave from an object which reflects the electromagnetic wave, and convert the reflected wave into a first signal Sig1. A plurality of receiving circuits 520 are respectively connected to the receiving antennas 108 and generate a second signal Sig2 from the first signal Sig1. A signal processing unit 103 processes the second signal Sig2. The plurality of receiving antennas 108 are arrayed in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sasaki, Akira Kitayama, Hiroshi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 11215705
    Abstract: The present invention realizes stable operation of a radar device even if there is radio wave interference between multiple radar devices. A radar device 108 is provided with the following: an oscillator 105 that generates a modulated signal that has undergone frequency modulation; a transmission unit 103 that emits a transmission signal that has undergone frequency modulation during a prescribed modulation operation period using the modulated signal generated by the oscillator 105; a reception unit 104 that receives a reception signal which is the transmission signal that has been reflected off of an object in the area; and a signal processing unit 106.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Kitayama, Hiroshi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 11199608
    Abstract: The present invention is an antenna provided with: a plurality of radiating parts formed on a base plate; a waveguide tube inside of which radio waves emitted from the radiating parts propagate; a lens having a plurality of curved surfaces having a substantially hyperbolic shape and disposed in an opening of the waveguide tube; and a protruding part formed in a tapered shape between the plurality of radiating parts. The tip of the protruding part is formed at a position lower than an opening surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nagaishi, Akira Kuriyama, Akira Kitayama, Hiroshi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 11163038
    Abstract: Provided is an antenna which includes a plurality of radiating portions which are formed on a substrate and a plurality of dielectric lenses for respectively converting a spherical wave radiated from each radiating portion into a plane wave, wherein the shape of a cross section of each dielectric lens perpendicular to a radiation direction of a beam is formed in a shape which radiates a beam which is narrower in a second direction than in a first direction orthogonal to the second direction, and the plurality of dielectric lenses are arranged side by side in the second direction so that beams radiated from the respective dielectric lenses are synthesized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Kuriyama, Hideyuki Nagaishi, Akira Kitayama, Hiroshi Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20210290630
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a high-dose formulation with improved properties of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a poorly soluble basic agent, particularly a compound represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof. The problem described above can be solved by providing a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, a surfactant, and a basic substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira KITAYAMA, Takeshi SASOH
  • Publication number: 20210143533
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna comprising: a radiation unit that is formed on a substrate; a waveguide that propagates therein radio waves radiated from the radiation unit and radiates the radio waves as a beam; and a dielectric lens that is arranged in an opening of the waveguide and has an incident plane facing the radiation unit and a radiation plane radiating radio waves entered from the incident plane. The radiation plane of the dielectric lens has a plane orientation different from a flat plane perpendicular to the radiation direction of the beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Hideyuki NAGAISHI, Akira KURIYAMA, Akira KITAYAMA, Hiroshi KURODA