Patents by Inventor Atsushi Nagashima
Atsushi Nagashima 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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Patent number: 11967008Abstract: A greenhouse management system includes an image display, a storage that configured to store information, a greenhouse analysis chart generator that configured to generate a plurality of different greenhouse analysis charts including time axes based on the information stored in the storage, and a greenhouse operation comparison assistance that configured to simultaneously display a plurality of different greenhouse analysis charts on the image display.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunari Miyake, Jiro Iwata, Hiroshi Takagi, Atsushi Nagashima, Toshikazu Sugiki
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Publication number: 20240112863Abstract: An electronic component includes: a first internal electrode provided in an element body; a second internal electrode provided in the element body; a third internal electrode provided in the element body and drawn out to a first side surface; and a fourth internal electrode provided in the element body and drawn out to a second side surface. The third internal electrode and the fourth internal electrode are electrically connected to each other through an external connection conductor formed on at least the first side surface and the second side surface. In a first direction, the first internal electrode faces the third internal electrode without facing the second internal electrode and the fourth internal electrode. In the first direction, the second internal electrode faces the fourth internal electrode without facing the first internal electrode and the third internal electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi WATANABE, Yasuhiro OKUI, Yoshitaka NAGASHIMA, Shinya SAITO, Yasuo WATANABE
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Patent number: 11919579Abstract: A power supply system includes a system control unit, an auxiliary power supply, and an auxiliary-power-supply control unit. The system control unit and the auxiliary-power-supply control unit are configured such that information of at least one control unit of the system control unit and the auxiliary-power-supply control unit is able to be output to another control unit of the system control unit and the auxiliary-power-supply control unit. The at least one control unit is configured to output information indicating that an operation of the at least one control unit is stopped to the other control unit when the at least one control unit stops the operation of the at least one control unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuma Hasegawa, Toshihiro Takahashi, Yuji Fujita, Kenichi Abe, Yugo Nagashima, Yuuta Kajisawa, Takashi Koudai, Hiroaki Hanzawa, Atsushi Satou, Yosuke Yamashita, Shintaro Takayama, Tokuaki Hibino
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Publication number: 20220408657Abstract: A growing environment control system includes a house environment control device that controls a surrounding environment of plants under cultivation in an agricultural house, and a parameter management device that creates and provides template parameter information including environment parameter information used by the house environment control device and pertaining to control of the surrounding environment, and identification information pertaining to content or an attribute of the environment parameter information and used for identifying the environment parameter information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Kazunari MIYAKE, Jiro IWATA, Hiroshi TAKAGI, Atsushi NAGASHIMA, Toshikazu SUGIKI
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Patent number: 11507145Abstract: A hinge device includes a shaft that is rotatable around the axis, and a torque imparting portion configured to impart a rotational torque to rotation of the shaft. The torque imparting portion includes: a ring having a shaft insertion hole through which the shaft is inserted with rattling, the ring covering a part of an outer circumferential face of the shaft in the axis direction; an elastic member that biases the ring in the axis direction from a position displaced from the axis of the shaft; and an adjuster configured to adjust a force that the elastic member biases the ring.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Fusanobu Nakamura, Atsushi Nagashima
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Publication number: 20220277494Abstract: A greenhouse management system includes an image display, a storage that configured to store information, a greenhouse analysis chart generator that configured to generate a plurality of different greenhouse analysis charts including time axes based on the information stored in the storage, and a greenhouse operation comparison assistance that configured to simultaneously display a plurality of different greenhouse analysis charts on the image display.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Kazunari MIYAKE, Jiro IWATA, Hiroshi TAKAGI, Atsushi NAGASHIMA, Toshikazu SUGIKI
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Patent number: 11366498Abstract: A portable information device capable of reducing a gap between two displays is described. The portable information device includes a first chassis, a second chassis adjacent to the first chassis, a first display provided on a top surface of the first chassis, a second display provided on a top surface of the second chassis, a hinge device, and at least one link mechanism operating in conjunction with the rotational operation between the first chassis and the second chassis by the hinge device. At least one of the first chassis and the second chassis is provided to be relatively slidable with respect to the hinge device along an arranging direction of the first chassis and the second chassis. The link mechanism includes a first slider, a first shaft output portion, a second slider, a second shaft output portion, and a driving part.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: LENOVO (SIGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Kazuyuki Kubota, Fusanobu Nakamura, Atsushi Nagashima
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Publication number: 20220057844Abstract: A hinge device includes a shaft that is rotatable around the axis, and a torque imparting portion configured to impart a rotational torque to rotation of the shaft. The torque imparting portion includes: a ring having a shaft insertion hole through which the shaft is inserted with rattling, the ring covering a part of an outer circumferential face of the shaft in the axis direction; an elastic member that biases the ring in the axis direction from a position displaced from the axis of the shaft; and an adjuster configured to adjust a force that the elastic member biases the ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Fusanobu Nakamura, Atsushi Nagashima
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Publication number: 20210232183Abstract: A portable information device capable of reducing a gap between two displays is described. The portable information device includes a first chassis, a second chassis adjacent to the first chassis, a first display provided on a top surface of the first chassis, a second display provided on a top surface of the second chassis, a hinge device, and at least one link mechanism operating in conjunction with the rotational operation between the first chassis and the second chassis by the hinge device. At least one of the first chassis and the second chassis is provided to be relatively slidable with respect to the hinge device along an arranging direction of the first chassis and the second chassis. The link mechanism includes a first slider, a first shaft output portion, a second slider, a second shaft output portion, and a driving part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Kazuyuki Kubota, Fusanobu Nakamura, Atsushi Nagashima
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Patent number: 11061444Abstract: A portable information device is disclosed. The portable information device includes a first chassis having a first display, a second chassis having a second display, and a hinge mechanism rotatably couples the first chassis to the second chassis. The hinge mechanism includes a set of hinge shafts with axial directions provided along an aligning direction of the first and second chassis, a slide support part supported by the first chassis to be slidable along the aligning direction to support a first one of the hinge shafts closest to the first chassis in a manner to be relatively rotatable, and a fixed support part fixed to the second chassis to support a second one of the hinge shafts closest to the second chassis in a manner to be relatively rotatable.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Fusanobu Nakamura, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Hiroshi Itoh, Atsushi Nagashima
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Patent number: 10901299Abstract: An electronic apparatus equipped with a camera includes a shutter mechanism which includes: a plate that is installed so as to be able to move between a first position shielding a lens of a camera from light and a second position not shielding the lens of the camera from light; and a control unit that controls electric power from a power unit that causes a first wire or a second wire to thermally shrink. The plate is moved from the first position to the second position by the first operation lever, and, when the plate is in the second position, causes the second wire to thermally shrink to thereby drive a second operation lever, so that the plate is moved from the second position to the first position by a biasing force of a first spring.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Fusanobu Nakamura, Hiroshi Itoh, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Atsushi Nagashima
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Publication number: 20200241604Abstract: A portable information device is disclosed. The portable information device includes a first chassis having a first display, a second chassis having a second display, and a hinge mechanism rotatably couples the first chassis to the second chassis. The hinge mechanism includes a set of hinge shafts with axial directions provided along an aligning direction of the first and second chassis, a slide support part supported by the first chassis to be slidable along the aligning direction to support a first one of the hinge shafts closest to the first chassis in a manner to be relatively rotatable, and a fixed support part fixed to the second chassis to support a second one of the hinge shafts closest to the second chassis in a manner to be relatively rotatable.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: FUSANOBU NAKAMURA, MITSUHIRO YAMAZAKI, HIROSHI ITOH, ATSUSHI NAGASHIMA
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Publication number: 20200218130Abstract: An electronic apparatus equipped with a camera includes a shutter mechanism which includes: a plate that is installed so as to be able to move between a first position shielding a lens of a camera from light and a second position not shielding the lens of the camera from light; and a control unit that controls electric power from a power unit that causes a first wire or a second wire to thermally shrink. The plate is moved from the first position to the second position by the first operation lever, and, when the plate is in the second position, causes the second wire to thermally shrink to thereby drive a second operation lever, so that the plate is moved from the second position to the first position by a biasing force of a first spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Fusanobu Nakamura, Hiroshi Itoh, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Atsushi Nagashima
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Patent number: 10444841Abstract: A haptic actuator for generating haptic feedbacks to provide perceptions of different characteristics is provided. The haptic actuator includes a vibration mechanism and a striking mechanism. The vibration mechanism, in response to a receipt of a predetermined electric power, applies a steady vibration to a vibrating body. The striking mechanism, in response to the receipt of an electric power larger than the predetermined electric power, strikes the vibrating body in order to provide a haptic feedback to the vibrating body. The haptic actuator is able to apply a vibration according to the vibration mechanism and a vibration according to the striking mechanism to the vibrating body.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Fusanobu Nakamura, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Atsushi Nagashima, Kazunori Yamamura
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Patent number: 10228724Abstract: A portable information device is provided. The portable information device includes a first chassis and a second chassis, a display, a back part and a movable back plate. The display, which is configured to be foldable in half, is disposed over inner faces of the first and second chassis. The back part, includes a movable hinge configured to join the first and second chassis rotatably. When the first and second chassis are folded towards each other, the movable hinge moves on the inner faces of the chassis in a direction from open ends of the chassis to the back part that is located on an opposite side of the open ends. The movable back plate configured to support a rear face of the display at a part corresponding to the back part. When the first and second chassis are folded towards each other, the movable back plate moves in a direction from the open ends to the back part together with the movable hinge.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTD LTEInventors: Fusanobu Nakamura, Atsushi Nagashima
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Patent number: 10198919Abstract: A system, apparatus and method are disclosed. The system includes a command module that generates haptic commands; a haptic actuator; a drive circuit that applies a first driving voltage in response to a first haptic command and applies a second driving voltage in response to a second haptic command. The apparatus includes a haptic actuator; a DC power supply; a first power supply circuit that outputs a first DC voltage; a second power supply circuit that outputs a second DC voltage higher than the first DC voltage; a drive circuit that applies a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage; and a controller that designates an operating mode. The method includes generating a first haptic command and a second haptic command; applying a first driving voltage to a haptic actuator; and applying a second driving voltage to the haptic actuator.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTDInventors: Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Atsushi Nagashima, Fusanobu Nakamura, Kazunori Yamamura
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Patent number: 10180701Abstract: A portable information device is provided. The portable information device includes a first chassis and a second chassis, a back part, a display and a supporting base. The back part pivotally connects the first and second chassis. The display, which can be folded in half, is disposed over inner faces of the first and second chassis. The supporting base is located on the inner face of at least one of the first and second chassis and at a position between the back part and an open end that is opposite to the back part. The supporting base supports a rear face of the display.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Fusanobu Nakamura, Atsushi Nagashima
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Publication number: 20180341292Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus capable of separating a portable information device and an accessory device easily while preventing the coupled state of both devices from being released accidentally. The electronic apparatus includes: a state detector provided in either the portable information device or the accessory device to detect whether the electronic apparatus is in a predetermined stable position; an intention detector that detects whether there is an intention of detaching the portable information device from the accessory device; and a control unit that operates a coupling mechanism when it is detected from an output of the state detector that the electronic apparatus is in the stable position, and when it is detected from an output of the intention detector that there is the intention of detaching the portable information device from the accessory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2017Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: FUSANOBU NAKAMURA, MITSUHIRO YAMAZAKI, ATSUSHI NAGASHIMA, KAZUNORI YAMAMURA
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Patent number: 10139862Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus capable of separating a portable information device and an accessory device easily while preventing the coupled state of both devices from being released accidentally. The electronic apparatus includes: a state detector provided in either the portable information device or the accessory device to detect whether the electronic apparatus is in a predetermined stable position; an intention detector that detects whether there is an intention of detaching the portable information device from the accessory device; and a control unit that operates a coupling mechanism when it is detected from an output of the state detector that the electronic apparatus is in the stable position, and when it is detected from an output of the intention detector that there is the intention of detaching the portable information device from the accessory device.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Fusanobu Nakamura, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Atsushi Nagashima, Kazunori Yamamura
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Publication number: 20180279121Abstract: According to the present invention, a connection propriety determination system determines propriety of a request from a wireless LAN client that requests connection with a network. A connection propriety determination unit determines the propriety of connection of the wireless LAN client to the network based on a received MAC address and a connection propriety list determined to be used. When the connection has been determined to be allowable, an SSID determination unit determines a SSID for use in connection with the network, based on a connection propriety list used to determine the allowance of the connection and contents stored in a SSID storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Atsushi Nagashima