Patents by Inventor Akira Tanaka

Akira Tanaka 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: 20240127366
    Abstract: Provided is a social value evaluation device, including: a feature value generation unit configured to generate a feature value from text information on social value evaluation; an input unit configured to input text information on an evaluation target; an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a relevance between the feature value and the text information input by the input unit; and an output unit configured to output an evaluation result from the evaluation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi FURUTANI, Akira TAKEUCHI, Yuriko TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240129669
    Abstract: A distribution system includes a device control circuit that receives a first sound signal and a second sound signal that are related to a performance sound to be distributed. The device control circuit also receives meta-data indicating a type of the first sound signal and a type of the second sound signal. The device control circuit also receives sound environment data indicating a sound characteristic of a sound appliance. Based on a combination of the type of the first sound signal and the sound characteristic or a combination of the type of the second sound signal and the sound characteristic, the device control circuit controls the first sound signal or the second sound signal to be output to the sound appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Masaru TANAKA, Yoshifumi MIZUNO, Takashi MORI, Akira MAEZAWA, Ryunosuke DAIDO, Kazunobu KONDO
  • Publication number: 20240126202
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a cover that is opened and closed on the housing, a detection part that detects opening and closing of the cover using ON and OFF, a rotating part that is rotatably supported and turns on and off the detection part, a pushing portion that comes into contact with the rotating part to rotate the rotating part in a case where the cover is closed, and a rotation applying part that applies a rotational force to the rotating part rotated by the pushing portion in a direction in which the detection part is turned on in a case where the cover is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Akira TANAKA, Keigo Shinoto, Shuichi Nishide, Michiaki Yoshida, Akira Ueshima, Takahiro IIzuka, Wataru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11960722
    Abstract: A memory device includes an array of memory cells and a controller configured to access the array of memory cells. The controller is further configured to program a first number of bits to a first memory cell of the array of memory cells and program a second number of bits to a second memory cell of the array of memory cells. The controller is further configured to following a period after programming the second number of bits to the second memory cell, merge at least a subset of the first number of bits stored in the first memory cell to the second number of bits stored in the second memory cell without erasing the second memory cell such that the second number of bits plus at least the subset of the first number of bits are stored in the second memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoharu Tanaka, Huai-Yuan Tseng, Dung V. Nguyen, Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Eric N. Lee, Akira Goda, James Fitzpatrick, Dave Ebsen
  • Publication number: 20240118601
    Abstract: A hologram optical member of the present disclosure includes a hologram layer, a substrate, and a hard coat layer. The substrate includes a resin material. The hard coat layer is disposed between the hologram layer and the substrate, includes an organic-based material, and has a hardness higher than that of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: AKIRA TANAKA, NORIYUKI HIRAI
  • Patent number: 11955360
    Abstract: A Johnsen-Rahbek force type electrostatic chuck including: a metal substrate; an electrode for electrostatic attraction provided on the metal substrate with an insulating layer interposed between the metal substrate and the electrode for electrostatic attraction; and a dielectric layer constituting an electrostatic attraction surface in contact with a workpiece. The dielectric layer includes a ceramic spray coating and a sealing component with which pores of the ceramic spray coating are filled, and the sealing component contains a metal organic salt containing a rare earth element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: TOCALO CO., Ltd., HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Takabatake, Tomohiro Nakasuji, Akira Itoh, Kentaro Seto, Yutaka Omoto, Hiroho Kitada, Kazuumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11943425
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a transparent screen; one or more imaging units; and a video projection unit that acquires positional information regarding a predetermined subject included in each of captured images obtained by the one or more imaging units and then irradiates the transparent screen with video light on the basis of the positional information to cause predetermined video to appear on the transparent screen for the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Yano, Yuji Nakahata, Akira Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11943545
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a circuit block in which an operation period is predetermined and intermittent operation is performed according to the operation period; a plurality of SRAMs; and a dummy control circuit configured to increase an intensity of a dummy operation of an unused SRAM among the plurality of SRAMs for a certain period of time before the operation period of the circuit block, and to decrease the intensity of the dummy operation of the unused SRAM among the plurality of SRAMs for a certain period of time after the operation period of the circuit block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Murata, Yoshinobu Tanaka, Atsushi Ishihara, Akira Ueno
  • Publication number: 20240088522
    Abstract: A bipolar battery is provided with improved productivity and reliability of bonding between a positive electrode and a substrate (bipolar plate) or a negative electrode and the substrate. The bipolar battery includes a bipolar electrode including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a substrate having a first surface on which the positive electrode is provided and a second surface on which the negative electrode is provided. A first adhesion layer is provided between the bipolar plate and the positive electrode and/or between the bipolar plate and the negative electrode. A second adhesion layer is provided at the outer periphery of the first adhesion layer of the positive electrode and/or the negative electrode on which the first adhesion layer is provided. The bipolar plate is formed from resin, the first adhesion layer is formed from an adhesion sheet, and the second adhesion layer is formed from an adhesive cured product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kenichi Suyama, Hiroki Tanaka, Yasuo Nakajima, Akira Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240083369
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle configured to allow for capturing an image of a surrounding area along a side of a vehicle regardless of whether a door is opened or closed. A vehicle comprises a vehicle body having a passenger opening on a side, and a camera rearward of the passenger opening. The camera has an optical axis oriented in a laterally outward and frontward direction. A door with a side mirror is provided at the passenger opening and has a door window in its upper part. The camera may be located above a lower end of the door window and/or above an upper end of the side mirror. An extension window is provided rearward of the passenger opening, with a garnish member at an edge of the extension window. The camera may be provided on the garnish member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Shingo NAKAYAMA, Tadahiro MATORI, Akira FUJITA, Yuhei TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240087651
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include an adaptive pre-read manager for controlling pre-reads of the memory device. The adaptive pre-read manager receives a first set of data bits for programming to memory. The adaptive pre-read manager performing a first pass of programming including a first subset of data bits from the set of data bits. The adaptive pre-read manager compares a set of threshold operating differences to a set of differences between multiple operating conditions during the first pass of programming and current operating conditions. The adaptive pre-read manager performs an internal pre-read of the programmed first subset of data bits. The adaptive pre-read manager performs a second pass of programming using the internal pre-read and a second subset of data bits from the first set of data bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Huai-Yuan Tseng, Akira Goda, Dung V. Nguyen, Giovanni Maria Paolucci, James Fitzpatrick, Eric N. Lee, Dave Scott Ebsen, Tomoharu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11920818
    Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to realize a fan unit capable of determining occurrence or non-occurrence of a backflow during operation. In a second unit, a second controller calculates front-rear differential pressure by substituting a rotation speed and a volume of air or a wind speed that can be acquired in real time into a relational expression. The relational expression derives, from two values of the rotation speed, the volume of air or the wind speed, and the front-rear differential pressure, the remaining one value. Then, the second controller determines that a backflow occurs if the calculated front-rear differential pressure is within a range that cannot occur under a normal condition. Therefore, the occurrence of a backflow can be detected without using an expensive pressure sensor or a directional wind speed sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Komatsu, Shuuichi Tanaka, Tooru Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20240067118
    Abstract: An occupant protection device of a configuration that protects an occupant seated on a seat, in which an airbag is held in a holding body disposed in a periphery of a hip portion of the occupant. The airbag has a bag main body, and a conduit portion that causes an inflating gas discharged from an inflator to flow into the bag main body. The bag main body is held in the holding body in a state of a completely folded body folded using a front-rear reduction folding such that a width dimension in front-rear direction is reduced from a state of a preliminary folded bag. The completely folded body is formed by a lower side rolled region which is formed by a lower side region of the preliminary folded bag being wound from a lower edge side, being stacked on an upper side rolled region which is formed by an upper side region of the preliminary folded bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yuji MATSUZAKI, Akira YASUDA, Yuto NODA, Motoyuki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240074106
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a conduit configured to circulate magnetic fluid, and a magnetic field generator that applies a magnetic field to the magnetic fluid. The conduit includes at least four areas of a first conduit area in which the magnetic fluid receives heat from a heating unit, a second conduit area from the first conduit area to a cooling unit, a third conduit area in which the magnetic fluid is cooled by the cooling unit, and a fourth conduit area from the cooling unit to the heating unit. When the apparatus is used, a volume of the magnetic fluid in one of the first to fourth conduit areas, in which a flow direction of the magnetic fluid coincides with a gravity direction, is larger than that of another conduit area, in which the flow direction of the magnetic fluid does not coincide with the gravity direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Genki Tanaka, Akira Watanabe, Akinori Inagaki
  • Patent number: 11916093
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, a driving method therefor, and an electronic apparatus capable of acquiring a signal to detect phase difference and a signal to generate a high dynamic range image at the same time. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels that receives light of a same color is arranged under one on-chip lens. The plurality of pixels uses at least one pixel transistor in a sharing manner, some pixels out of the plurality of pixels are set to have a first exposure time, and other pixels are set to have a second exposure time shorter than the first exposure time. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a solid-state imaging device or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Shohei Shimada
  • Patent number: 11915527
    Abstract: A method for controlling one of voting servers in an electronic voting system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a terminal, transaction data including voting data, and determining, by a processor, a block to include the transaction data from among multiple blocks. The method further includes generating, using the processor, the block including the transaction data, and connecting the block to a blockchain, the blockchain being stored in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Yuji Unagami, Junichiro Soeda, Akira Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11908972
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a substrate having a first energy bandgap, a first semiconductor layers on the substrate, an active layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the active layer. The active layer includes a quantum well layer, and a first barrier layer between the first semiconductor layer and the quantum well layer. The first semiconductor layer has a second energy bandgap wider than the first energy bandgap. The quantum well layer has a third energy bandgap narrower than the first and second energy bandgaps. The second semiconductor layer has a fourth energy bandgap wider than the third energy bandgap. The substrate has a refractive index greater than a refractive index of the first semiconductor layer. The refractive index of the first semiconductor layer is not less than a refractive index of the first barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Tanaka, Hideto Sugawara, Katsufumi Kondo, Masanobu Iwamoto, Kenji Isomoto, Hiroaki Ootsuka
  • Publication number: 20240053702
    Abstract: A cover includes: a cover main body that is attached to an attachment target and that has an inner surface facing an attachment target side; a first projection portion that protrudes from the inner surface and that is formed along a first direction; an attachment portion that is attached to the inner surface of the cover main body and that has a facing surface facing the inner surface; and a second projection portion that protrudes from the facing surface, that is formed along the first direction, and that is in contact with the first projection portion in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Wataru Nakamura, Akira Tanaka, Akira Ueshima, Riwako Miyauchi, Shuichi Nishide
  • Publication number: 20240047502
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, a driving method therefor, and an electronic apparatus capable of acquiring a signal to detect phase difference and a signal to generate a high dynamic range image at the same time. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels that receives light of a same color is arranged under one on-chip lens. The plurality of pixels uses at least one pixel transistor in a sharing manner, some pixels out of the plurality of pixels are set to have a first exposure time, and other pixels are set to have a second exposure time shorter than the first exposure time. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a solid-state imaging device or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira TANAKA, Shohei SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20240030714
    Abstract: A power storage system and an equalizing charge method capable of performing equalizing charging more efficiently are provided. In the power storage system, a plurality of assembled storage batteries connected to an external power supply system including rotary machine power generation and solar power generation are charged with surplus power in daytime generated by the rotary machine power generation and the solar power generation to store the surplus power and are discharged according to insufficient power generation by the rotary machine power generation to handle the insufficient power generation. An equalizing charging operation is performed on one or two or more assembled storage batteries selected from the plurality of assembled storage batteries at time of charging with the surplus power when it is determined that equalizing charging is required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hideto Nakamura, Masanobu Aragaki, Akira Tanaka, Toshiyuki Sato