Patents by Inventor Atsushi Shimizu

Atsushi Shimizu 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: 20210112283
    Abstract: A coding device of the present invention for coding an image includes: a region acquiring unit configured to acquire a region of a first image that matches a predetermined condition; an image acquiring unit configured to obtain a second image by associating the first image, the acquired region, and a region obtained by removing the acquired region from the first image with each other; and a coding unit configured to code the second image. Also, an image interpolation system of the present invention for interpolating a first image includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire the first image and auxiliary information by associating a second image, a matching region of the second image that matches a predetermined condition, and a region obtained by removing the matching region from the second image with each other; and an interpolating unit configured to interpolate the first image using the auxiliary information, and obtain an image that approximates the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota ORIHASHI, Shinobu KUDO, Masaki KITAHARA, Atsushi SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210110864
    Abstract: A method of operating a memory device is disclosed. A method may include generating a first control signal to activate a first number of main input/output (MIO) lines associated with a first data terminal region of a memory bank at a first time. The method may also include generating a second control signal to activate a second number of MIO lines associated with a second data terminal region of the memory bank at a second, subsequent time. Further, the method may include resetting each of the first control signal and the second control signal in response to a command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Yosuke Takano, Atsushi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20210042963
    Abstract: A learning data generation device of an embodiment includes a detection unit that detects a changed region in a space between a first map and a second map based on first map data which indicate the first map and second map data which indicate the second map which indicates a substantially same space as the first map and represents the space at a different time point from the first map and a changed region image acquisition unit that acquires images which correspond to the changed region detected by the detection unit from a first image in which the space represented by the first map is captured and a second image in which the space represented by the second map is captured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motohiro TAKAGI, Kazuya HAYASE, Tokinobu MITASAKI, Atsushi SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210027474
    Abstract: An abnormality determination device includes: an analysis unit that analyzes at least a feature amount related to a pattern of a captured image of a manhole cover, the feature amount being included in coded information obtained by coding the captured image; and a determination unit that determines based on an analysis result of the analysis unit whether the manhole cover is abnormal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motohiro TAKAGI, Kazuya HAYASE, Tokinobu MITASAKI, Atsushi SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20200413052
    Abstract: A code amount estimation device includes a code amount estimation unit configured to estimate a first target code amount on the basis of a first code amount estimation area in first image information and a code amount estimation model for estimating the first target code amount for each first code amount estimation area using the first code amount estimation area and multiple first quantization parameters determined in advance, and the code amount estimation model is a model generated by associating a second code amount estimation area in second image information, multiple second quantization parameters, and a second target code amount for each second code amount estimation area when coding is performed with respective values of multiple second quantization parameters with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinobu KUDO, Masaki KITAHARA, Atsushi SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20200409786
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for error correction coding and data bus inversion for semiconductor memories are described. An example apparatus includes an I/O circuit configured to receive first data and first ECC data associated with the first data, a memory array, and a control circuit. The control circuit is coupled between the/O circuit and the memory array. The control circuit is configured to execute first ECC-decoding to produce corrected first data and corrected first ECC data responsive, at least in part, to the first data and the first ECC data. The control circuit is further configured to store both the corrected first data and the corrected first ECC data into the memory array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Riho, Atsushi Shimizu, Sang-Kyun Park, Jongtae Kwak
  • Publication number: 20200410709
    Abstract: A position determination apparatus for determining, from a first image that is an image including at least a desired first subject, a position of the desired first subject, includes: a feature amount acquisition unit that acquires a first feature amount representing a predetermined feature of the first image; an estimation unit in which a second feature amount representing the predetermined feature obtained from a second image including a second subject is associated with a selected feature map that is a feature map corresponding to the second subject among a plurality of feature maps that are a set of feature maps that are maps representing features of the second image; an estimated first feature map that is estimated by the estimation unit to be associated with the first feature amount: and a position determination unit that determines the position of the desired first subject using the estimated first feature map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi SUZUKI, Takehito MIYAZAWA, Motohiro TAKAGI, Kazuya HAYASE, Tokinobu MITASAKI, Atsushi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10861683
    Abstract: A vacuum device includes a processing target placement unit that is arranged inside a vacuum chamber and a vacuum evacuation unit that is connected to the vacuum chamber. The processing target placement unit has one main surface on which processing targets are placed and a side surface that is connected to the one main surface. The processing target placement unit is provided with a plurality of grooves that have openings at the one main surface. When the processing target placement unit is viewed from the one main surface side thereof, the smallest width of the opening of each groove in the one main surface is equal to or less than half the smallest width of the processing target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Issei Yamamoto, Atsushi Shimizu, Yoichi Takagi, Hideo Nakagoshi, Toru Komatsu, Hideki Shinkai, Tetsuya Oda
  • Patent number: 10795759
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for error correction coding and data bus inversion for semiconductor memories are described. An example apparatus includes an I/O circuit configured to receive first data and first ECC data associated with the first data, a memory array, and a control circuit. The control circuit is coupled between the I/O circuit and the memory array. The control circuit is configured to execute first ECC-decoding to produce corrected first data and corrected first ECC data responsive, at least in part, to the first data and the first ECC data. The control circuit is further configured to store both the corrected first data and the corrected first ECC data into the memory array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Riho, Atsushi Shimizu, Sang-Kyun Park, Jongtae Kwak
  • Patent number: 10784691
    Abstract: A power supply system includes: a hydrogen generation device that uses electric power to generate hydrogen; a hydrogen storage device that stores hydrogen generated by the hydrogen generation device; a fuel cell system that uses hydrogen stored in the hydrogen storage device to generate electric power; a power storage device; and a control device executing at least one of first control and second control based on an electricity expense, the first control controlling a first ratio between electric power to be supplied from a natural energy power generation device to the hydrogen generation device and electric power to be supplied from the natural energy power generation device to the power storage device, the second control controlling a second ratio between electric power to be supplied from the power storage device to a load and electric power to be supplied from the fuel cell system to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Ito, Yasufumi Takahashi, Atsushi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10772391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a molded hook fastener having excellent fire retardancy and low fuming property, and having a substrate and a large number of engaging elements projecting from a surface of the substrate, wherein both the substrate and the engaging elements contain a resin composition in which a polyester-based elastomer resin (A) and a polyetherimide-based resin (B) are mixed with a weight ratio (A)/(B) in a range of 2/98 to 70/30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: KURARAY FASTENING CO., LTD., KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shimizu, Munenori Kumagai, Nobuhiro Koga
  • Patent number: 10630991
    Abstract: An image difference detection device includes a detection unit configured to detect presence or absence of a difference between a first region within a first image and a second region corresponding to the first region within a second image on the basis of one or both of a code amount of each of encoded blocks in first and second encoded data obtained by encoding the first image and the second image and an index value obtained from encoding information of each of the encoded blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tokinobu Mitasaki, Kazuya Hayase, Atsushi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20200081769
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for error correction coding and data bus inversion for semiconductor memories are described. An example apparatus includes an I/O circuit configured to receive first data and first ECC data associated with the first data, a memory array, and a control circuit. The control circuit is coupled between the I/O circuit and the memory array. The control circuit is configured to execute first ECC-decoding to produce corrected first data and corrected first ECC data responsive, at least in part, to the first data and the first ECC data. The control circuit is further configured to store both the corrected first data and the corrected first ECC data into the memory array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Riho, Atsushi Shimizu, Sang-Kyun Park, Jongtae Kwak
  • Publication number: 20200066000
    Abstract: An image difference determination device includes a determination result acquisition unit configured to acquire a result of determining whether or not there is a difference between time-series images when there are at least three time-series images and a speed determination unit configured to determine that the difference between the time-series images is caused by a change of a prescribed speed or less when it is determined that there is a difference between images at both ends of a time series in which it is determined that there is no difference between images adjacent in the time series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya HAYASE, Tokinobu MITASAKI, Atsushi SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20200027342
    Abstract: Provided are a vehicle-mounted device and a computer program that make it possible to recognize that a vehicle can be stopped at a red signal light. The vehicle-mounted device includes: a vehicle information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information and speed information of a vehicle; an intersection information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information of one or a plurality of intersections in a traveling direction of the vehicle; a signal information acquisition unit configured to acquire signal information of a signal light device installed at the intersection; a determination unit configured to determine whether an event that stops the vehicle has occurred; and an output unit configured to output, if it is determined that the event has occurred, stop information relating to at least one of a time that will elapse until the vehicle is stopped at a red signal light and a stop position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: Atsushi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10539072
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold cover is provided with a plate-shaped cover member for covering at least a part of a heat source. The cover member has a first affixation section and a second affixation section, which are affixed so as to be in contact with the heat source. A bellows section in which ridges and grooves extending in a transverse direction perpendicular to a centerline passing through the first and second affixation sections are alternately formed is provided on the cover member at a position between the first and second affixation sections. The bellows section has formed therein a groove pair composed of two grooves having different widths of the two grooves composing the groove pair, the first groove which is near the first affixation section has a greater width than the second groove which is near the second affixation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoshiro Murakami, Atsushi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20200015552
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a molded hook fastener having excellent fire retardancy and low fuming property, and having a substrate and a large number of engaging elements projecting from a surface of the substrate, wherein both the substrate and the engaging elements contain a resin composition in which a polyester-based elastomer resin (A) and a polyetherimide-based resin (B) are mixed with a weight ratio (A)/(B) in a range of 2/98 to 70/30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicants: Kuraray Fastening Co., Ltd., Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi SHIMIZU, Munenori KUMAGAI, Nobuhiro KOGA
  • Publication number: 20190386491
    Abstract: A power supply system includes: a hydrogen generation device that uses electric power to generate hydrogen; a hydrogen storage device that stores hydrogen generated by the hydrogen generation device; a fuel cell system that uses hydrogen stored in the hydrogen storage device to generate electric power; a power storage device; and a control device executing at least one of first control and second control based on an electricity expense, the first control controlling a first ratio between electric power to be supplied from a natural energy power generation device to the hydrogen generation device and electric power to be supplied from the natural energy power generation device to the power storage device, the second control controlling a second ratio between electric power to be supplied from the power storage device to a load and electric power to be supplied from the fuel cell system to the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: TOMOKI ITO, YASUFUMI TAKAHASHI, ATSUSHI SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20190326754
    Abstract: A power system includes: a storage battery; a water electrolyzer; a fuel cell that generates electricity using hydrogen supplied from a hydrogen reservoir that stores hydrogen generated by the water electrolyzer; a detector that detects whether there is a person in a building; and a controller that performs at least one of first control and second control. The first control determines a priority between the storage battery and the water electrolyzer, to which electric power is supplied from a power generation device using renewable energy, based on information detected by the detector. The second control determines a priority between the storage battery and the fuel cell, from which electric power is supplied to a power load provided in the building, based on the information detected by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: YASUFUMI TAKAHASHI, TOMOKI ITO, ATSUSHI SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 10443564
    Abstract: A thrust generating device has a simple structure and can effectively control the magnitude of a Magnus force generated at a cylindrical blade in accordance with the direction of a flow acting on the cylindrical blade. A Magnus-type thrust generating device includes a first member that has a first rotational axis and that can rotate about the first rotational axis; and a second member that is disposed at a rear surface side in an advancement direction of the first member 1. (M?L)/L<2 is satisfied, where L is the distance from the first rotational axis to the most distant part of the surface of the first member and M is the distance from the first rotational axis to the closest part of the surface of the second member in a plane perpendicular to the first rotational axis of the Magnus-type thrust generating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: CHALLENERGY INC.
    Inventor: Atsushi Shimizu