Patents by Inventor Chihiro Yamamoto
Chihiro Yamamoto 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: 20250076019Abstract: An automatic measuring apparatus includes a measuring device that measures a dimension of a workpiece, the measuring device including a movable element that is displaceable with respect to a fixed element and moves forward and backward to be brought into contact with or away from the workpiece, and a displacement detection part that detects a displacement or position of the movable element, and an automatic operation part that automates the forward/backward movement of the movable element by power. A workpiece holding part that holds the workpiece in such a manner that a position and posture of the workpiece is changed at a pressure lower than a predetermined measurement pressure set in advance in the measuring device when the movable element is brought into contact with the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: MITUTOYO CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi YAMAJI, Chihiro YAMAMOTO, Yuhei TAKATSU, Shuji HAYASHIDA
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Publication number: 20250076021Abstract: There is provided an automatic measuring apparatus that automates an inexpensive and easy-to-use contact-type measuring device. An automatic measuring apparatus includes a measuring device including a movable element that is displaceable with respect to a fixed element and moves forward and backward to be brought into contact with or away from a workpiece, and a displacement detection part that detects a displacement or position of the movable element, and an automatic operation part that automates the forward/backward movement of the movable element by power. When the movable element is brought into contact with the workpiece, vibration is applied directly or indirectly to at least one of the workpiece and the measuring device in such a manner that contacting surfaces of the workpiece and the measuring device are in close contact with each other by changing a relative position and posture between the workpiece and the measuring device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: MITUTOYO CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi YAMAJI, Chihiro YAMAMOTO, Keita OGAWA, Shuji HAYASHIDA
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Publication number: 20250018788Abstract: A sun gear is connected to and rotates integrally with a rotor, a carrier rotatably supports first and second pinion gears that rotate integrally with each other, one of the carrier and the ring gear is connected to the first gear to rotate integrally with the first gear, the other of the carrier and the ring gear is fixed to the case, the second gear meshes with the first gear and is connected to and rotates integrally with the output member, the first pinion gear meshes with the sun gear, the second pinion gear having a smaller diameter than the first meshes with the ring gear, a support bearing that supports the first gear is on an inner side in a radial direction of the first gear and at a position overlapping the first gear in radial direction view, and the first and second gears are each double helical.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2022Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Shoichi YAMASAKI, Takeshi TORII, Chihiro ONISHI, Soichiro HATTORI, Takafumi KOMORI, Akira YAMAMOTO, Koki MUKAIYAMA
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Patent number: 12181289Abstract: Information relating to each link based on location information of a user can be generated with high accuracy even without measuring the location information at a high frequency. A map matching unit (101) associates location information of a moving user at each time with pedestrian network data (120) formed by a plurality of nodes and links connecting the nodes through a map matching process, and a calculation unit (102) calculates a passage record of a link of interest as link information based on whether or not the link of interest is connected to preceding and succeeding links in a link row acquired by aligning the links with which the location information is associated in order of times of pieces of the location information.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke Konagai, Hiroshi Konishi, Chihiro Yamamoto, Hitoshi Seshimo
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Patent number: 12132165Abstract: An all-solid-state battery includes an electrode body in which a cathode layer that contains a cathode active material and a solid electrolyte, an electrolyte layer that is formed of the solid electrolyte, and an anode layer that contains an anode active material and the solid electrolyte are stacked in this order in an up-down direction, in which the cathode active material is a compound represented by a chemical formula Li2Fe(1-x)MxP(2-y)AyO7, contains at least one metal of Ti, V, Cr, Ni, and Co as the M in the chemical formula, and contains at least one element of B, C, Al, Si, Ga, and Ge as the A in the chemical formula, the x in the chemical formula satisfies 0.8<x?1, the y in the chemical formula satisfies 0?y?0.07, and the anode active material is an anatase titanium oxide represented by a chemical formula TiO2.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: FDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shinzo Fujii, Yuji Goto, Masakazu Kobayashi, Tomohiro Fujisawa, Yoichiro Kawano, Masanori Nakanishi, Chihiro Yamamoto, Akihiko Kato
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Publication number: 20240312175Abstract: A recognition device includes a data extraction unit, a recognition unit, and a ratio estimation unit. The data extraction unit acquires related information related to a target in a recognition target image which is a post-image obtained through photographing before and after treatment on a container that stores the target, and extracts recognition target data which is a combination of the recognition target image and the related information The recognition unit accepts the recognition target data as an input to a model learned in advance and outputs a recognition result obtained by recognizing an area where at least the container, the target, and a portion other than the target are divided by an output of the model. The ratio estimation unit estimates a ratio of the target in the recognition target image based on the recognition result and an area ratio in a pre-stored pre-image obtained through the photographing before and after the treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Jun ITO, Noriko YOKOYAMA, Chihiro YAMAMOTO, Kazuaki OBANA
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Publication number: 20240289907Abstract: A social resource presentation device includes an input unit configured to receive a request input by a user related to support for promoting social engagement; and an output unit configured to output information indicating a social resource corresponding to characteristics and the request of the user, by which it is possible to easily find out suitable support for promoting social engagement.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Erika ASHIKAGA, Chihiro YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240273559Abstract: A demand prediction device predicts the number of visits based on a number-of-visits prediction model used to predict the number of visits and factor information regarding a factor influencing the number of sales, predicts a ratio based on a ratio prediction model used to predict a ratio of the number of sales to the number of visits, and the factor information and predicts the number of sales of the commodity based on the predicted number of visits and the predicted ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Noriko YOKOYAMA, Jun ITO, Chihiro YAMAMOTO, Kazuaki OBANA
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Publication number: 20240151506Abstract: An automatic measuring apparatus includes an inside-diameter measuring unit that measures the inside diameter of a workpiece, a robot arm part, and a control unit. The inside-diameter measuring unit is installed with the tip side facing upward. A cone-shaped guide cone is provided at the tip of the inside-diameter measuring unit. A workpiece stopper is attached to the outside of the inside-diameter measuring unit. A support surface, which serves as a placing surface on which the workpiece is placed, is supported by a spring, and the inclination and position of the support surface changes to follow a change in the posture and position of the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: MITUTOYO CORPORATIONInventors: Yuhei TAKATSU, Masashi YAMAJI, Yuya ARASHI, Chihiro YAMAMOTO, Shuji HAYASHIDA
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Patent number: 11920939Abstract: It is intended to allow an appropriate route search to be performed even with a geographical NW in which accessibility information includes an uninvestigated link. A route appropriateness value calculation unit 160 calculates, for each of a plurality of routes each connecting a departure point and a destination extracted by a route extraction unit 120 and including links connecting individual spots including the departure point and the destination, a route appropriateness value of the route.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Chihiro Yamamoto, Hiroshi Konishi, Hitoshi Seshimo
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Publication number: 20230409345Abstract: An optimization device 10 for optimizing a digital twin system including at least two digital twins includes: an index value acquisition unit 101 that acquires a first index value of a first digital twin in a case where a first parameter is given; a state estimation unit 102 that estimates a state of the first digital twin after the first parameter is given; a state acquisition unit 103 that acquires the state of the first digital twin, a second index value of a second digital twin obtained in a case where the first parameter is given, and a state of the second digital twin; and an optimization unit 104 that optimizes the first index value and the second index value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Ippei SHAKE, Chihiro YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20230391169Abstract: A vehicle side door for a vehicle includes an inner panel, a door beam, and a bracket. The inner panel includes a wall extending in a direction intersecting a panel main body extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body. The door beam extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body and is joined to a front portion of the inner panel and a rear portion of the inner panel. The bracket is interposed between the inner panel and the door beam. The bracket includes a beam joint welded in surface contact with an end of the door beam, and a panel joint welded in surface contact with the wall of the inner panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Chihiro YAMAMOTO, Shunki OKAJIMA, Shunsuke SOGA, Yoshimasa ANDOU
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Publication number: 20230391170Abstract: A door impact beam includes a top plate, a recessed bead, and walls. The top plate faces an outer panel that constitutes a door of the vehicle and extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. The recessed bead is disposed on the top plate and has a U shape toward an inner panel that constitutes the door of the vehicle. The walls protrude toward the inner panel from both ends of the top plate in a width direction of the top plate. The door impact beam is formed by press-molding a sheet-metal composite. The sheet-metal composite includes a sheet-metal main body and a reinforcing sheet metal overlapping with a part of the sheet-metal main body in a longitudinal direction. The door impact beam extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle in an internal space formed by the outer panel and the inner panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Chihiro YAMAMOTO, Shunki OKAJIMA, Shunsuke SOGA, Yoshimasa ANDOU
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Publication number: 20230324161Abstract: There is provided an inside-diameter measuring unit capable of automating inside-diameter measurement and a control method for automatic inside-diameter measurement. An inside-diameter measuring part is supported by a support frame part via a floating joint part. The floating joint part includes a rotation-allowing mechanism part and a translation-allowing mechanism part. A measuring head part of the inside-diameter measuring part is inserted into a hole by a robot arm part. The inside-diameter measuring part adjusts its position and posture autonomously by the reaction force when a contact point pushes against the inner wall of the hole to align the axis of the inside-diameter measuring part with the axis of the hole. An electric inside-diameter measuring unit can automatically measure the inside diameter of a hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: MITUTOYO CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi YAMAJI, Yuhei TAKATSU, Chihiro YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20230304785Abstract: There is provided an inside-diameter measuring unit capable of automating inside-diameter measurement and a control method for automatic inside-diameter measurement. An inside-diameter measuring part is supported by a support frame part via a floating joint part. The floating joint part includes a rotation-allowing mechanism part and a translation-allowing mechanism part. A measuring head part of the inside-diameter measuring part is inserted into a hole by a robot arm part. The inside-diameter measuring part adjusts its position and posture autonomously by the reaction force when a contact point pushes against the inner wall of the hole to align the axis of the inside-diameter measuring part with the axis of the hole. An electric inside-diameter measuring unit can automatically measure the inside diameter of a hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: MITUTOYO CORPORATIONInventors: Keita OGAWA, Masashi YAMAJI, Yuhei TAKATSU, Chihiro YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220316887Abstract: Information relating to each link based on location information of a user can be generated with high accuracy even without measuring the location information at a high frequency. A map matching unit (101) associates location information of a moving user at each time with pedestrian network data (120) formed by a plurality of nodes and links connecting the nodes through a map matching process, and a calculation unit (102) calculates a passage record of a link of interest as link information based on whether or not the link of interest is connected to preceding and succeeding links in a link row acquired by aligning the links with which the location information is associated in order of times of pieces of the location information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke KONAGAI, Hiroshi KONISHI, Chihiro YAMAMOTO, Hitoshi SESHIMO
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Publication number: 20220244055Abstract: An input unit receives an input of posted information including information regarding passage of links which connect sites in a geographic network. A posted information credibility determination unit (30) determines credibility of the posted information by comparing movement features obtaining from the posted information with movement features obtained in advance with regard to the links in the geographic network and obtained from movement results during the passage of the links.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Chihiro YAMAMOTO, Shunsuke KONAGAI, Hiroshi KONISHI, Hitoshi SESHIMO
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Publication number: 20220011124Abstract: It is intended to allow an appropriate route search to be performed even with a geographical NW in which accessibility information includes an uninvestigated link. A route appropriateness value calculation unit 160 calculates, for each of a plurality of routes each connecting a departure point and a destination extracted by a route extraction unit 120 and including links connecting individual spots including the departure point and the destination, a route appropriateness value of the route.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Chihiro YAMAMOTO, Hiroshi KONISHI, Hitoshi SESHIMO
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Publication number: 20210404817Abstract: A current position of a user can be estimated with high accuracy. A movability calculation unit 210 calculates, for each of a plurality of candidate routes, movability indicating the degree to which movement along the candidate route is possible, based on a movement cost that is calculated, the movement cost indicating the degree of difficulty in traveling along the candidate route by a movement means, an expected route movement time that is calculated, the expected route movement time being a time necessary to travel along the candidate route by the movement means, and a time taken to travel from a past position to a current position, and a current position estimation unit 220 estimates a candidate current position on the candidate route with the highest movability to be the current position of a user on a geographic network.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Chihiro YAMAMOTO, Hiroshi KONISHI, Hitoshi SESHIMO
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Publication number: 20200381775Abstract: An all-solid-state battery includes an electrode body in which a cathode layer that contains a cathode active material and a solid electrolyte, an electrolyte layer that is formed of the solid electrolyte, and an anode layer that contains an anode active material and the solid electrolyte are stacked in this order in an up-down direction, in which the cathode active material is a compound represented by a chemical formula Li2Fe(1-x)MxP(2-y)AyO7, contains at least one metal of Ti, V, Cr, Ni, and Co as the M in the chemical formula, and contains at least one element of B, C, Al, Si, Ga, and Ge as the A in the chemical formula, the x in the chemical formula satisfies 0.8<x?1, the y in the chemical formula satisfies 0?y?0.07, and the anode active material is an anatase titanium oxide represented by a chemical formula TiO2.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: FDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shinzo Fujii, Yuji Goto, Masakazu Kobayashi, Tomohiro Fujisawa, Yoichiro Kawano, Masanori Nakanishi, Chihiro Yamamoto, Akihiko Kato