Patents by Inventor Akira Miki

Akira Miki 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: 11965760
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a compact air flow rate measuring device with improved stain resistance. A physical quantity detecting device of the present invention includes: a semiconductor element having a flow rate detection unit 205; a circuit board 207 supporting the semiconductor element; and a conductive cover 202 fixing the circuit board 207, and the semiconductor element is fixed to the circuit board 207 such that the flow rate detection unit 205 faces the cover 202.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yogo, Binti Haridan Fatin Farhanah, Akira Uenodan, Noboru Tokuyasu, Takahiro Miki, Hiroaki Hoshika
  • Patent number: 11710059
    Abstract: An ising solver system that searches an optimal route of a vehicle from plural routes passing through plural locations. In the ising solver system, the search of the optimal route uses a Hamiltonian. The Hamiltonian includes an equation representing an interaction between Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) variables depending on a relation between a departure location and an arrival location or capacitated variable of the ising solver. The capacitated variable corresponds to one of the QUOBO variables and includes a variable constraint, and the location-to-location travel step number corresponds to an accumulated movement time of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA TSUSHO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Irie, Akira Miki, Masayoshi Terabe, Toru Awashima, Shunsuke Takahashi, Wongpaisarnsin Goragot, Shiowattana Dungjade
  • Patent number: 11616169
    Abstract: In order to obtain a light emitting module with a less unevenness of luminance, provided is a method for manufacturing a light emitting module comprising: preparing a light emitter and a light-transmissive light guide plate, the light emitter comprising a light emitting element, the light guide plate having a first main surface serving as a light emitting surface from which light is emitted outside and a second main surface located opposite to the first main surface and having a concave portion, the concave portion comprising a side surface and a bottom surface that is smaller than an opening of the concave portion in a cross-sectional view; fixing the light emitter to the bottom surface of the concave portion via a bonding member; and forming a wiring at an electrode of the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kasai, Akira Miki, Toru Hashimoto, Shinichi Daikoku
  • Patent number: 11568839
    Abstract: A performance support device includes a first surface, a second surface, and a flow path. The first surface is configured to face a blow hole of an air reed instrument. The second surface is configured to be displaced from the blow hole. The flow path penetrates from the first surface to the second surface and that is configured to flow an exhaled breath toward the blow hole. A cross-sectional area of the flow path at the first surface is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the flow path at a position displaced from the first surface toward the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Keita Arimoto, Masafumi Fuke, Kazuhiro Fujita, Akira Miki
  • Patent number: 11395053
    Abstract: A speaker housing includes: a front wall to which a speaker unit is to be attached; at least one first wall; at least one second wall; and a plurality of ribs attached to the first wall, wherein an internal space is formed by the front wall, the first wall, and the second wall, a plurality of meshes that segment the first wall are defined, and shapes of the ribs are determined based on directions of a maximum principal stress generated in the meshes due to vibrations when the vibrations occur in a state where the ribs are not provided in the first wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Tsuchihashi, Akira Miki
  • Publication number: 20220141563
    Abstract: An acoustic device includes a speaker unit, a support body, and a vibration damping member. The support body has lower mobility than a member on which the speaker unit is mounted. The vibration damping member is provided between the speaker unit and the support body or between the member on which the speaker unit is mounted and the support body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Katsuya UCHIDA, Akira MIKI
  • Patent number: 11323799
    Abstract: A supporter for use in an electroacoustic transducer device including a housing and an electroacoustic transducer mounted to the housing using the supporter, the supporter including: a truncated conical shaped body including: a first portion configured to be held in contact with the electroacoustic transducer at a first position; and a second portion configured to be held in contact with the housing at a second position, wherein the second position is disposed spaced from the first position along an axial direction of an axis of the truncated conical shaped body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Tsuchihashi, Satoshi Gougi, Atsushi Hattori, Kazuhiko Nishizawa, Akira Miki
  • Publication number: 20220042571
    Abstract: A vibration damping member mounted to an inside of a housing of an acoustic device includes a first member, a second member, and a third member. The first member and the second member are connected through the third member. The third member has a lower elastic modulus than the first member and the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Akira Miki, Yuko Okada, Koichi Morita
  • Patent number: 11240592
    Abstract: An acoustic device includes an enclosure and a bass reflex port that includes a tube body. An inner wall surface of the tube body includes multiple regions in which viscous resistances in a tube axis direction of moving air and the inner wall surface are different. The multiple regions are provided along a circumferential direction of the inner wall surface. The tube body is attached to an opening area in the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Miki, Hirofumi Onitsuka, Katsuya Uchida
  • Publication number: 20210329357
    Abstract: A speaker housing includes: a front wall to which a speaker unit is to be attached; at least one first wall; at least one second wall; and a plurality of ribs attached to the first wall, wherein an internal space is formed by the front wall, the first wall, and the second wall, a plurality of meshes that segment the first wall are defined, and shapes of the ribs are determined based on directions of a maximum principal stress generated in the meshes due to vibrations when the vibrations occur in a state where the ribs are not provided in the first wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Yu TSUCHIHASHI, Akira MIKI
  • Publication number: 20210304046
    Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, a selection unit selects, from a plurality of nodes that constitute a trained model, one or more nodes that are to be dropped out from the trained model as one or more dropout nodes. The trained model is configured to output, in response to input information being input thereto, output information. An identifier is configured to identify, in the plurality of nodes that constitute the trained model, one or more relatively coadapted nodes in accordance with an appropriateness of the trained model from which the one or more dropout nodes have been dropped out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Akira MIKI, Tadashi KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20210296534
    Abstract: In order to obtain a light emitting module with a less unevenness of luminance, provided is a method for manufacturing a light emitting module comprising: preparing a light emitter and a light-transmissive light guide plate, the light emitter comprising a light emitting element, the light guide plate having a first main surface serving as a light emitting surface from which light is emitted outside and a second main surface located opposite to the first main surface and having a concave portion, the concave portion comprising a side surface and a bottom surface that is smaller than an opening of the concave portion in a cross-sectional view; fixing the light emitter to the bottom surface of the concave portion via a bonding member; and forming a wiring at an electrode of the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke KASAI, Akira MIKI, Toru HASHIMOTO, Shinichi DAIKOKU
  • Patent number: 11112806
    Abstract: An optimum route of multiple mobile objects is estimated by: generating a time-series route candidate of a shortest route for each mobile object; generating a time-series route candidate of a detour route for each mobile object; calculating route assignment evaluation values for the shortest route and the detour route for each mobile object; calculating travel distance evaluation values for the shortest route and the detour route for each mobile object; calculating a route collision evaluation value of a combination for the shortest route and the detour route for each mobile object; and comparing a total value of the route assignment evaluation value, the travel distance evaluation value, and the route collision evaluation value for combinations of the time-series route candidates of the mobile objects, and estimating one of the combinations of the time-series route candidates of the mobile objects as the optimum route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Akira Miki, Masayuki Ohzeki
  • Patent number: 11056615
    Abstract: In order to obtain a light emitting module with a less unevenness of luminance, provided is a method for manufacturing a light emitting module comprising: preparing a light emitter and a light-transmissive light guide plate, the light emitter comprising a light emitting element, the light guide plate having a first main surface serving as a light emitting surface from which light is emitted outside and a second main surface located opposite to the first main surface and having a concave portion, the concave portion comprising a side surface and a bottom surface that is smaller than an opening of the concave portion in a cross-sectional view; fixing the light emitter to the bottom surface of the concave portion via a bonding member; and forming a wiring at an electrode of the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kasai, Akira Miki, Toru Hashimoto, Shinichi Daikoku
  • Publication number: 20210201859
    Abstract: A performance support device includes a first surface, a second surface, and a flow path. The first surface is configured to face a blow hole of an air reed instrument. The second surface is configured to be displaced from the blow hole. The flow path penetrates from the first surface to the second surface and that is configured to flow an exhaled breath toward the blow hole. A cross-sectional area of the flow path at the first surface is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the flow path at a position displaced from the first surface toward the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Keita ARIMOTO, Masafumi FUKE, Kazuhiro FUJITA, Akira MIKI
  • Publication number: 20210136486
    Abstract: A supporter for use in an electroacoustic transducer device including a housing and an electroacoustic transducer mounted to the housing using the supporter, the supporter including: a truncated conical shaped body including: a first portion configured to be held in contact with the electroacoustic transducer at a first position; and a second portion configured to be held in contact with the housing at a second position, wherein the second position is disposed spaced from the first position along an axial direction of an axis of the truncated conical shaped body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Yu TSUCHIHASHI, Satoshi GOUGI, Atsushi HATTORI, Kazuhiko NISHIZAWA, Akira MIKI
  • Publication number: 20200293939
    Abstract: In an ising solver system, change of a capacitated variable in an ising solver is able to be described by introducing an interaction between QUBO variables depending on a relation between a departure point of a first city among multiple cities and an arrival point of a second city among the multiple cities, and a concept of an inter-city travel step number for travel between the multiple cities is expressed by describing the change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hirotaka IRIE, Akira MIKI, Masayoshi TERABE, Toru AWASHIMA, Shunsuke TAKAHASHI, Wongpaisarnsin GORAGOT, Shiowattana DUNGJADE
  • Patent number: 10750273
    Abstract: A bass reflex port including: a tubular body portion; and a surface forming portion which is board-like, and continuous to an inner wall of the tubular body portion and which has a surface extending radially outwardly from an opening end of the tubular body portion disposed in a housing of a speaker, wherein the surface forming portion extends linearly in a direction away from a tube axis of the tubular body portion in a cross section parallel to the tube axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Uchida, Akira Miki, Hirofumi Onitsuka
  • Publication number: 20200154213
    Abstract: A transducer includes a housing, and a piezoelectric element that is disposed inside the housing and that has a porous film. The piezoelectric element is bent or curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Tomoya MIYATA, Akira MIKI, Yu TSUCHIHASHI
  • Publication number: 20200105973
    Abstract: In order to obtain a light emitting module with a less unevenness of luminance, provided is a method for manufacturing a light emitting module comprising: preparing a light emitter and a light-transmissive light guide plate, the light emitter comprising a light emitting element, the light guide plate having a first main surface serving as a light emitting surface from which light is emitted outside and a second main surface located opposite to the first main surface and having a concave portion, the concave portion comprising a side surface and a bottom surface that is smaller than an opening of the concave portion in a cross-sectional view; fixing the light emitter to the bottom surface of the concave portion via a bonding member; and forming a wiring at an electrode of the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke KASAI, Akira MIKI, Toru HASHIMOTO, Shinichi DAIKOKU