Patents by Inventor Atsuhiko Murayama
Atsuhiko Murayama 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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Publication number: 20240367444Abstract: A bold process is performed on the number of consecutive pixels to which colored ink is applied and a number of pixels (the number is an odd number of 1 or more). In this way, the application locations of the functional ink can be set with a resolution higher than that of the colored ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Yoshiaki Murayama, Atsuhiko Masuyama
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Patent number: 12083805Abstract: A bold process is performed on the number of consecutive pixels to which colored ink is applied and a number of pixels (the number is an odd number of 1 or more). In this way, the application locations of the functional ink can be set with a resolution higher than that of the colored ink.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiaki Murayama, Atsuhiko Masuyama
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Publication number: 20230398257Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a bioabsorbable and stretchable fibrous medical material that enables formation of ligation which provides a small and hard-to-unravel knot even with a weak force. The present invention provides a fibrous medical material which is a fibrous material composed of a molded article provided by spinning and drawing a bioabsorbable aliphatic polymer, wherein an elongation at break is 75% or greater, an intermediate elastic modulus in tension at a strain ranging from 0.25% and 10% is lower than an initial elastic modulus in tension at a strain ranging from 0.05% to 0.25%, the intermediate elastic modulus in tension is 400 MPa or less, and a residual strain rate after 100% deformation is 70% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicants: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC., National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research SystemInventors: Akira MAEHARA, Hitoshi HIRATA, Atsuhiko MURAYAMA, Yasunobu NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20180213383Abstract: Information processing device (100) communicates with mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2). Mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2) perform near field communication with each other. Information processing device (100) decides a condition based on a distance from a first location associated with user information about users who use mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2) to their current location and notifies mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2) whether or not other user identification information that satisfies the decided condition has been stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Atsuhiko MURAYAMA, Hiroyuki AOKI
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Patent number: 9955287Abstract: Information processing device (100) communicates with mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2). Mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2) perform near field communication with each other. Information processing device (100) decides a condition based on a distance from a first location associated with user information about users who use mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2) to their current location and notifies mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2) whether or not other user identification information that satisfies the decided condition has been stored.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Atsuhiko Murayama, Hiroyuki Aoki
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Patent number: 9684393Abstract: A display control device (500) is the display control device (500) that controls output of display data to a plurality of display units that are arranged on different surfaces of a case, comprising a posture detection unit (510), a visibility state determination unit (520), and a display data output unit (530). The posture detection unit (510) detects a posture of the case. The visibility state determination unit (520) determines a display unit that is visually recognizable to the user from among the plurality of display units according to the posture of the case detected by the posture detection unit (510). The display data output unit (530) outputs the display data to the display unit that the visibility state determination unit (520) determined as visually recognizable to the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Ayumu Yagihashi, Yumi Katou, Hiroyuki Aoki, Atsuhiko Murayama, Seiji Sugahara
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Patent number: 9528833Abstract: A navigation apparatus 100 includes a current position information acquisition unit (a self-position acquisition unit 42) that acquires current position information, and a travel direction determination unit (for example, a route search unit 44) that determines a travel direction based on the acquired current position information and destination position information. The navigation apparatus 100 further includes a sound unit that outputs a sound (for example, a parametric speaker 30), and a sound control unit 41 that controls the sound unit so that the sound can be heard to the user from the travel direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2011Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Kitatani, Hiroyuki Aoki, Yumi Katou, Ayumu Yagihashi, Atsuhiko Murayama, Seiji Sugahara
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Patent number: 9395814Abstract: A control unit (120) recognizes information that is being displayed in, from among display areas (110-1-110-3) that display information, a first display area and displays relevant information that relates to the information that was recognized in a second display area other than the first display area.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Atsuhiko Murayama, Hiroyuki Aoki, Seiji Sugahara
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Patent number: 9369796Abstract: There are provided an oscillation device that outputs a sound wave; a recognition unit that recognizes a direction in which sound output targets (80), for which a sound is to be output, are located; a selection unit that selects at least one of the sound output targets (80); a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance to the sound output target (80); and a control unit that controls the oscillation device to adjust sound pressure of the sound wave. The oscillation device outputs an ultrasonic wave for a sensor and a sound wave for sound reproduction. The distance calculation unit calculates a distance between the oscillation device and an object to be selected (82) by detecting the ultrasonic wave for a sensor reflected from the object to be selected (82) selected by the selection unit. The control unit adjusts the magnitude of the output of the sound wave for sound reproduction on the basis of the calculated distance between the oscillation device and the object to be selected (82).Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2012Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Ayumu Yagihashi, Kenichi Kitatani, Hiroyuki Aoki, Yumi Katou, Atsuhiko Murayama, Seiji Sugahara
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Patent number: 9348442Abstract: An input apparatus (for example, a mobile terminal apparatus (100)) includes a display unit (60) that displays a plurality of operation position displays (for example, operation position displays (61 to 66)); and a detection unit that contactlessly detects an operation which corresponds to an operation position set in a specific space of a front of the input apparatus in correspondence to each of the plurality of operation position displays. The detection unit includes a first piezoelectric element (an oscillation piezoelectric element (31)) that oscillates ultrasound toward the front space of the input apparatus; a second piezoelectric element (a reception piezoelectric element (21)) that detects the ultrasound which is oscillated by the first piezoelectric element; and a determination unit that determines whether or not an operation is performed on a certain operation position based on a result of detection performed by the second piezoelectric element.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Kitatani, Hiroyuki Aoki, Yumi Katou, Ayumu Yagihashi, Atsuhiko Murayama, Seiji Sugahara
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Patent number: 9241123Abstract: An electronic device includes: a plurality of oscillators (10) that output modulation waves of a parametric speaker; a display unit (40) that displays a plurality of contents at the same time; a recognition unit that recognizes the locations of a plurality of users; and a control unit that controls the oscillators (10) so as to reproduce sounds corresponding to the contents. The control unit controls the oscillators (10) so as to reproduce the sound corresponding to the content selected by each user, toward the location of each of the plurality of users which is recognized by the recognition unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2012Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Ayumu Yagihashi, Kenichi Kitatani, Hiroyuki Aoki, Yumi Katou, Atsuhiko Murayama, Seiji Sugahara
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Patent number: 9215523Abstract: A portable terminal device (100) includes a plurality of operation units (for example, a plurality of operation keys (11)) that are operated by a user; a detection unit that detects which operation unit of the plurality of operation units is operated; and a directional speaker (for example, a parametric speaker (30)). The portable terminal device (100) further includes an audio control unit that controls the directional speaker so that an audio image is formed at a position corresponding to the position of the operation unit operated by the user among the plurality of operation units.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Kitatani, Ayumu Yagihashi, Hiroyuki Aoki, Yumi Katou, Atsuhiko Murayama, Seiji Sugahara
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Publication number: 20150220166Abstract: A display control device (500) is the display control device (500) that controls output of display data to a plurality of display units that are arranged on different surfaces of a case, comprising a posture detection unit (510), a visibility state determination unit (520), and a display data output unit (530). The posture detection unit (510) detects a posture of the case. The visibility state determination unit (520) determines a display unit that is visually recognizable to the user from among the plurality of display units according to the posture of the case detected by the posture detection unit (510). The display data output unit (530) outputs the display data to the display unit that the visibility state determination unit (520) determined as visually recognizable to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Ayumu Yagihashi, Yumi Katou, Hiroyuki Aoki, Atsuhiko Murayama, Seiji Sugahara
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Publication number: 20140245225Abstract: A portable terminal apparatus includes a first display screen and a second display screen serving as a rear surface of the first display screen. The portable terminal apparatus sets regions of the first and second display screens as regions in which operation inputs indicating a pair of processes are received. Thereby, the portable terminal apparatus can receive a plurality of input operations using the first and second display screens without increasing the size of the first display screen. Accordingly, the size increase of the portable terminal apparatus can be eliminated and the operability thereof can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.Inventors: Ayumu Yagihashi, Yumi Kato, Hiroyuki Aoki, Atsuhiko Murayama, Seiji Sugahara
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Publication number: 20140232653Abstract: A supporting-point position detecting unit detects a supporting-point position of a thumb when the finger moves in a state in which a portable electronic apparatus (portable information apparatus) is held, and a finger length acquiring unit acquires a length of the thumb. Then, an application processing unit sets a touch region (for example, a display region of an icon of a push button) in which a touch operation serving as a predetermined input operation is received within a movable range of the finger obtained based on the supporting-point position of the thumb and the length of the thumb in a region in which the touch sensor is able to detect a touch.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2012Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.Inventors: Ayumu Yagihashi, Yumi Kato, Hiroyuki Aoki, Atsuhiko Murayama, Seiji Sugahara
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Publication number: 20140229584Abstract: A content sharing system includes a shared server device and a user terminal device. The shared server device includes: a communication unit that transmits and receives information to and from the user terminal device via a communication line network; a database unit that stores content data serving as a shared content, accompanying information of the content data, and personal information of a user; a control unit that determines whether a processing request is present or not, the processing request relating to processing of information including the content data stored in the database unit; a processing unit that receives and processes the processing request from the control unit when the processing request is present; and a plurality of dependent processing units that belong to the processing unit and execute processing corresponding to the processing request.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Aoki, Atsuhiko Murayama
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Publication number: 20140225828Abstract: A control unit (120) recognizes information that is being displayed in, from among display areas (110-1-110-3) that display information, a first display area and displays relevant information that relates to the information that was recognized in a second display area other than the first display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.Inventors: Atsuhiko Murayama, Hiroyuki Aoki, Seiji Sugahara
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Publication number: 20140213292Abstract: Information processing device (100) communicates with mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2). Mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2) perform near field communication with each other. Information processing device (100) decides a condition based on a distance from a first location associated with user information about users who use mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2) to their current location and notifies mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2) whether or not other user identification information that satisfies the decided condition has been stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.Inventors: Atsuhiko Murayama, Hiroyuki Aoki
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Publication number: 20140210762Abstract: When detection section (120) detects touch in display area (110-1) or (110-2), and positions at start and end of the touch detected by detection section (120) are included in different display areas (110-1) and (110-2), control section (130) causes second information related to first information displayed at a position corresponding to the position where detection section (120) has detected the start of the touch to be displayed at a position corresponding to the position where detection section (120) has detected the end of the touch.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.Inventors: Atsuhiko Murayama, Hiroyuki Aoki
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Publication number: 20140205134Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a plurality of oscillators (12) each of which outputs a modulated wave of a parametric speaker, a display (40) that displays image data, a recognition unit (30) that recognizes positions of a plurality of users, and a control unit (20) that controls the oscillator (12) to reproduce audio data associated with the image data, the control unit (20) controls the oscillator (12) to reproduce the audio data, according to a volume or a quality which are set for each user, toward the position of each user which is recognized by the recognition unit (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.Inventors: Ayumu Yagihashi, Kenichi Kitatani, Hiroyuki Aoki, Yumi Katou, Atsuhiko Murayama, Seiji Sugahara