Patents by Inventor Atsushi Ando

Atsushi Ando 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: 12589968
    Abstract: A guide mechanism including a guide that regulates a position of a paper sheet stacked includes a power transmitter that moves the guide to three or more positions by means of power obtained from a separate mechanism, which is different from the guide mechanism, and a switching drive that switches the power transmitter between a transmission state in which the power of the separate mechanism is transmitted to the guide and a non-transmission state in which the power of the separate mechanism is not transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Wada, Yuji Tanaka, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Atsushi Ando
  • Patent number: 12548573
    Abstract: A speaker embedding apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to accept input of voice data, generate utterance unit segmentation information indicating a duration length for each utterance of a speaker in the input voice data, and use a duration length for each utterance indicated in the generated utterance unit segmentation information as training data and train a speaker identification model for outputting an identification result of a speaker when a duration length for each utterance of the speaker is input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: NTT, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Ijima, Kenichi Fujita, Atsushi Ando
  • Patent number: 12536858
    Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a first facing section and a second facing section which are arranged so as to face each other in a facing direction with an insertion space interposed therebetween; and a conveyance section that conveys a paper sheet. The first facing section includes a first shutter that openably closes a first opening portion, and is disposed so as to be movable, in the facing direction, to an insertion position at a time when the paper sheet is inserted and a conveyance position at a time when the paper sheet is conveyed. The first facing section and the conveyance section include first shutter opening/closing units which open the first opening portion by meshing with each other to open the first shutter when the first facing section moves from the insertion position to the conveyance position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignees: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED, FUJITSU FRONTECH SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoichi Deguchi, Tomoyuki Tamahashi, Atsushi Ando, Satoshi Hayashi, Shohei Koizumi, Takashi Wada, Akira Yamada
  • Publication number: 20260011321
    Abstract: A model learning apparatus includes an utterance feature reconstruction model learning unit configured to train an utterance feature reconstruction model that is a neural network model that randomly selects some of utterance feature sequences that are sequences of utterance features corresponding to respective utterances of a target speaker and replaces the selected utterance feature sequences with predetermined masking information to mask the utterance feature sequences, and estimates utterance features of the masked utterance feature sequences, and output the trained utterance feature reconstruction model as an unsupervised pre-trained model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi ANDO, Yumiko MURATA, Takeshi MORI
  • Patent number: 12497262
    Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a first stopper that is in contact with a first partition at a lower limit position of the first partition; and a pressing portion that is fixed to a second partition and raises and lowers the first partition integrally with the second partition using a frictional force generated by pressing a guide. The second partition descends integrally with the first partition, and after the first partition comes into contact with the first stopper, the second partition descends independently of the first partition against the frictional force to a position where the pressing portion faces the recessed portion that cancels the frictional force. The second partition, when ascending from the position where the pressing portion faces the recessed portion to a position where the pressing portion no longer faces the recessed portion, ascends integrally with the first partition due to the frictional force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Wada, Yuji Tanaka, Satoshi Hayashi, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Mitsutaka Nishida, Atsushi Ando
  • Patent number: 12462632
    Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a first facing section and a second facing section that are disposed to face each other across an insertion/take-out space; a partition section that is disposed between the first and second facing sections so as to be capable of moving in a facing direction in which the first and second facing sections face each other, forms, within the insertion/take-out space, an insertion space between the partition section and the first facing section, and forms, within the insertion/take-out space, a take-out space between the partition section and the second facing section. The partition section includes a movable member provided at a leading end portion of the partition section on an insertion/take-out port side and capable of moving toward each of the first facing section and the second facing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignees: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED, FUJITSU FRONTECH SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira Yamada, Tomoyuki Tamahashi, Takashi Wada, Atsushi Ando, Shohei Koizumi, Shoichi Deguchi, Satoshi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12444262
    Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a partition portion that forms an insertion space into which a paper sheet is inserted from an insertion port with a first opposing portion, and forms a taking-out space from which the paper sheet is taken out from the insertion port with a second opposing portion; and a conveyor that conveys the paper sheet left in the taking-out space in a state of protruding toward the taking-out space from a first opening portion of the first opposing portion and a second opening portion of the partition portion. The partition portion includes a second shutter that openably closes the second opening portion, and a second shutter opening/closing unit that opens the second opening portion by opening the second shutter in conjunction with an operation in which the partition portion moves to the remaining banknote conveyance position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignees: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED, FUJITSU FRONTECH SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira Yamada, Tomoyuki Tamahashi, Takashi Wada, Atsushi Ando, Shohei Koizumi, Satoshi Hayashi, Yasuhiro Motohashi
  • Publication number: 20250305972
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, an electron beam mask inspection apparatus, includes: a first electrode plate in which an opening is formed, arranged between an objective lens and a mask substrate, an electron beam passing through the opening; a mark arranged above a stage so as to be spaced apart from the mask substrate and having a figure pattern formed on its surface; and a second electrode plate arranged at a height position lower than the first electrode plate and equal to or higher than a height position of the surface of the mask substrate, the second electrode plate being arranged so as to cover a gap between the mask substrate and the mark, wherein a same potential as the first potential applied to the surface of the mask substrate is applied to the first electrode plate, the mark, and the second electrode plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi ANDO, Munehiro OGASAWARA, Kazuhiko INOUE, Toshiaki OTAKI
  • Patent number: 12394406
    Abstract: Paralinguistic information is estimated with high accuracy even when an utterance for which it is difficult to identify paralinguistic information is used for model learning. An acoustic feature extraction unit 11 extracts an acoustic feature from an utterance. An anti-teacher decision unit 12 decides, based on a paralinguistic information label indicating a determination result of paralinguistic information given by a plurality of listeners for each utterance, an anti-teacher label indicating an anti-teacher serving as incorrect paralinguistic information for the utterance. An anti-teacher estimation model learning unit 13 learns, based on an acoustic feature extracted from the utterance and the anti-teacher label, an anti-teacher estimation model for outputting a posterior probability of anti-teacher for an input acoustic feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ando, Hosana Kamiyama, Satoshi Kobashikawa
  • Patent number: 12339241
    Abstract: A multiple secondary electron beam alignment method includes scanning a plurality of first detection elements of a multi-detector, which are arrayed in a grid, with multiple secondary electron beams emitted from a surface of a target object on a stage, detecting a plurality of beams including a corner beam located at a corner in the multiple secondary electron beams by the multi-detector, calculating a positional relationship between the plurality of beams including the corner beam and a plurality of second detection elements, which have detected the plurality of beams including the corner beam, in the plurality of first detection elements, calculating, based on the positional relationship, a shift amount for aligning the plurality of first detection elements with the multiple secondary electron beams, and moving, using the shift amount, the multi-detector relatively to the multiple secondary electron beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi Ishii, Atsushi Ando
  • Publication number: 20250149290
    Abstract: A multiple-beam image acquisition apparatus includes a stage to mount thereon a target object, a mark member, arranged on the stage, to include a base body having at least a surface made from the first material, plural isolated patterns, formed on the base body, having the same positional relationship as plural irradiation positions, flush in height with the surface of the target object, of plural beams having been determined previously in multiple primary electron beams, and being made from a material different from the first material, and an alignment mark, an electron optical system to irradiate the mark member with the multiple primary electron beams in the state where alignment of the multiple primary electron beams has been performed using the alignment mark, and a multi-detector to detect multiple secondary electron beams emitted from the mark member because the mark member is irradiated with the multiple primary electron beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi ISHII, Munehiro OGASAWARA, Yosuke ITO, Atsushi ANDO
  • Patent number: 12261015
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electron beam inspection apparatus includes an optical system irradiating a substrate with primary electron beams, a beam separator separating, from the primary electron beams, secondary electron beams emitted as a result of irradiating the substrate with the primary electron beams, a detector detecting the secondary electron beams separated, a movable stage on which the substrate is placed, a support base supporting the substrate on the stage, and an applying unit applying a first voltage to the substrate. The support base includes a plurality of support pins that support the substrate from below. The support pins each include a columnar insulator and a metal film disposed in the insulator. A second voltage is applied to the metal film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ando, Takahiro Murata
  • Publication number: 20250009611
    Abstract: Provided is a cosmetic composition that conforms well to the skin and has an excellent feeling of use without causing stickiness due to residual oil even after application. A nano bubble-containing cosmetic composition according to the present invention relates to a nano bubble-containing cosmetic composition that comprises nano bubble-liquid and a cosmetic ingredient, wherein the nano bubble-liquid comprises oil and bubbles, the bubbles having a diameter of 5 nm to 500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicants: SANSHO KAKEN K.K., Nano-Science Laboratory Corporation, H4 Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ando, Katsuhito Hatanaka, Yuji Fujita, Tsuyoshi Kiriishi, Yosuke Takeshima
  • Patent number: 12172864
    Abstract: In a centering mechanism and a paper sheet handling apparatus including the centering mechanism, a centering unit conveys a paper sheet in a pinched state, and centers a position of the paper sheet in a width direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the paper sheet by inclining with respect to the conveyance direction. In addition, the paper sheet is delivered to a downstream side conveyance unit from the centering unit in a state in which the centering unit pinches the paper sheet, and the downstream side conveyance unit conveys the paper sheet while pinching the paper sheet at pinch pressure stronger than pinch pressure at which the centering unit pinches the paper sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Wada, Satoshi Hayashi, Tomoyuki Tamahashi, Atsushi Ando
  • Publication number: 20240312282
    Abstract: A guide mechanism including a guide that regulates a position of a paper sheet stacked includes a power transmitter that moves the guide to three or more positions by means of power obtained from a separate mechanism, which is different from the guide mechanism, and a switching drive that switches the power transmitter between a transmission state in which the power of the separate mechanism is transmitted to the guide and a non-transmission state in which the power of the separate mechanism is not transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi WADA, Yuji TANAKA, Hiroshi MIYAZAKI, Atsushi ANDO
  • Publication number: 20240312281
    Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a first stopper that is in contact with a first partition at a lower limit position of the first partition; and a pressing portion that is fixed to a second partition and raises and lowers the first partition integrally with the second partition using a frictional force generated by pressing a guide. The second partition descends integrally with the first partition, and after the first partition comes into contact with the first stopper, the second partition descends independently of the first partition against the frictional force to a position where the pressing portion faces the recessed portion that cancels the frictional force. The second partition, when ascending from the position where the pressing portion faces the recessed portion to a position where the pressing portion no longer faces the recessed portion, ascends integrally with the first partition due to the frictional force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi WADA, Yuji TANAKA, Satoshi HAYASHI, Hiroshi MIYAZAKI, Mitsutaka NISHIDA, Atsushi ANDO
  • Publication number: 20240312465
    Abstract: A speaker embedding apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to accept input of voice data, generate utterance unit segmentation information indicating a duration length for each utterance of a speaker in the input voice data, and use a duration length for each utterance indicated in the generated utterance unit segmentation information as training data and train a speaker identification model for outputting an identification result of a speaker when a duration length for each utterance of the speaker is input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke IJIMA, Kenichi FUJITA, Atsushi ANDO
  • Publication number: 20240282547
    Abstract: A multi-electron beam image acquisition apparatus includes a multiple primary electron beams forming device to form multiple primary electron beams, a first-deflector to scan the multiple-primary electron beams over a target object by deflecting the multiple-primary electron beams, a corrector to correct a beam-array-distribution-shape of multiple-secondary electron beams emitted from the target object irradiated with the multiple-primary electron beams, a second-deflector to deflect the multiple-secondary electron beams whose beam-array-distribution-shape has been corrected, a detector to detect the deflected multiple-secondary electron beams, and a deflection control circuit to control applying, to the second-deflector, a superimposed potential obtained by superimposing a deflection potential which cancels out a position movement of the multiple-secondary electron beams moved along with scanning the multiple-primary electron beams on a correction potential which corrects a distortion being generated due to
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi ISHII, Atsushi ANDO
  • Publication number: 20240217093
    Abstract: An assist device includes: a first wearing tool mounted to at least a waist portion of a user, an assist arm disposed along a thigh portion of the user and being turnable with respect to the first wearing tool; a motor that generates torque for turning the assist arm; a second wearing tool provided on the assist arm and mounted to the thigh portion; an acceleration sensor provided on the first wearing tool; a rotation detector that detects a turning state of the assist arm; and a control device that controls the motor. The control device includes a processing portion that executes an estimation process of obtaining an estimated weight of a load to be lifted by the user based on an output of the acceleration sensor and an output of the rotation detector, and a control process of controlling the motor based on the estimated weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu KATO, Genki MURATA, Ai HIGUCHI, Atsushi ANDO
  • Patent number: 12006242
    Abstract: A large sized opaque quartz glass ingot having an excellent heat ray shielding property, an outstanding light blocking property, high mechanical strength and small roughness of a baked finished smooth surface. The shape of bubbles inside the quartz glass are almost complete spheres and the average particle size of the bubbles is 1 ?m or less, such that the strength of the opaque quartz glass ingot is increased as the stress concentration at the edges of the bubbles is eliminated and an increase of surface roughness caused by baking is alleviated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: TOSOH QUARTZ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chiemi Ito, Takeshi Mutou, Minoru Kuniyoshi, Mutsumi Asano, Atsushi Ando