Patents by Inventor Hideo Suzuki
Hideo Suzuki 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: 20240083801Abstract: A bushing for producing glass fibers, including: a plurality of nozzles made of platinum or the like to discharge molten glass; and a base plate made of platinum or the like. A coating layer is preferentially formed on an outer circumferential face in a tip part on the side of glass discharge of the nozzle, and a width of the coating layer is 5% or more and 95% or less with respect to the entire length of the nozzle. The base plate includes a non-coating area. Areas of the nozzles and the base plate not provided with the coating layer act as a sacrificial metal for protecting the nozzle tip parts. In consideration of the sacrificial metal, a coverage rate P of the coating layer in the nozzle tip parts calculated e with a prescribed equation is preferably 5% or more and 350% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.Inventors: Hideo SEGAWA, Jumpei SUZUKI, Shigekazu ONOZUMI
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Publication number: 20240071452Abstract: The present invention provides an access controller, and a data transfer method. The access controller controls accesses to the MRAM by reading data in advance and backing up the data when data is to be read from the MRAM.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITYInventors: Masanori Natsui, Daisuke Suzuki, Akira Tamakoshi, Takahiro Hanyu, Tetsuo Endoh, Hideo Ohno
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Publication number: 20240021198Abstract: An information processing device includes a microphone that acquires a speech signal, and at least one processor. In a case in which the processor determines a wake word is included in first recognition data derived from the speech signal, when the processor determines that control information, that is information related to a control processing, is included in second recognition data derived from the speech signal after the wake word, the processor executes a first control processing corresponding to the control information. When the processor determines that the control information is included in third recognition data derived from the speech signal acquired by the microphone during a first period after a predetermined condition related to an event that occurs after the wake word is satisfied or during execution of the first control processing, the processor executes a second control processing corresponding to the control information included in the third recognition data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Kimiyasu MIZUNO, Keiichi SAKURAI, Hideo SUZUKI, Koki NAKAMURA, Karen SUZUKI, Bing YU
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Publication number: 20230326171Abstract: An image processing device includes a data transmitter/receiver and at least one processor. The processor obtains first data of a continuous first image, obtains performance information of a display of a first external device that displays a second image based on the first image, generates, from the first data, second data of the second image in accordance with the performance information, and outputs the second data to the first external device through the data transmitter/receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Kimiyasu MIZUNO, Keiichi SAKURAI, Koki NAKAMURA, Hideo SUZUKI, Karen SUZUKI, Bing YU
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Publication number: 20230327471Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a connector to be connected to an external apparatus, a second measurer which measures current flowing through a secondary battery, the secondary battery being supplied with power by being electrically connected to the external apparatus, or voltage at the connector, and a controller which acquires a charging state of the secondary battery and determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred to a connection state between the external apparatus and the electronic apparatus, based on the acquired charging state and a measurement result measured by the second measurer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo SUZUKI, Masanori ISHIHARA
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Patent number: 11774916Abstract: An electronic device includes first and second processors, and first and second display units. While the first and second processors cooperate with each other and perform a display operation including a time display, the first processor can be set to a normal mode, a low power mode in which a power consumption is lower than a power consumption in the normal mode, or a pause mode in which a power consumption is lower than the power consumption in the low power mode, and the first processor is stopped. In the normal or low power modes, the first processor controls such that the first display unit displays a time, and the second processor controls such that the second display unit does not display a time. In the pause mode, the first display unit is turned off, and the second processor controls such that the second display unit displays a time.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Minami, Kimiyasu Mizuno, Hideo Suzuki, Takashi Suenaga, Keiichi Nomura, Shuhei Uchida, Munetaka Seo
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Patent number: 11720139Abstract: Disclosed is a data processing device including: at least one processor that executes a program stored in at least one memory; and a timer that repeatedly and continuously counts a setting time. The processor acquires data indicating a battery state, judges occurrence of an event, executes processing based on data acquired in the setting time when judging that the event has not occurred between start and end of counting for one setting time, and executes at least one of a first operation of performing the processing based on data from the counting start to a stop timing based on the event occurrence and a second operation of performing the processing based on data from a start timing based on an event occurrence timing to end of counting for one setting time when judging that the event has occurred between the start and the end of the counting.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo Suzuki, Toshiya Sakurai, Takeshi Matsue, Masanori Ishihara, Youhei Saitoh
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Patent number: 11714137Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first processor; a load that operates with power supplied by a rechargeable battery; and a first sensor that obtains information on an output voltage of the rechargeable battery. The first processor determines whether the rechargeable battery is in a low usage state with regard to power supply by the rechargeable battery. Based on the information obtained by the first sensor, the first processor determines a degree of decrease in the output voltage over a period of time during which the rechargeable battery is determined to be in the low usage state. Based on the determined degree of decrease, the first processor detects a deterioration of the rechargeable battery.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Minami
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Patent number: 11662789Abstract: A power supply circuit includes a power supply which supplies DC power to a load, a switch which is selectively operable to (i) cause a short-circuit to occur between a DC power supply and an input terminal of the power supply and (ii) open a connection between the DC power supply and the input terminal of the power supply, a sensor which measures a temperature and a processor configured to control the switch to open the connection in response to a decision that the DC power is not being supplied to the load even when the switch is being controlled to cause the short-circuit to occur, and control the switch to cause the short-circuit to occur after a predetermined time elapses after controlling the switch to open the connection in response to the decision. The predetermined time is set based on the temperature measured by the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo Suzuki, Masanori Ishihara
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Patent number: 11481011Abstract: An input terminal connected to both a terminal of the first device outputting a signal including a period of a low voltage greater than or equal to a predetermined period and a terminal of the second device outputting a periodic signal alternately repeating a high voltage and a low voltage less than the predetermined period via one signal line is included. When a signal input to the input terminal includes a period of a low voltage greater than or equal to the predetermined period, it is determined that a signal output from the first device is input.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiichi Nomura, Tsuyoshi Minami, Shuhei Uchida, Toshiya Sakurai, Hideo Suzuki
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Publication number: 20220197331Abstract: Disclosed is a data processing device including: at least one processor that executes a program stored in at least one memory; and a timer that repeatedly and continuously counts a setting time. The processor acquires data indicating a battery state, judges occurrence of an event, executes processing based on data acquired in the setting time when judging that the event has not occurred between start and end of counting for one setting time, and executes at least one of a first operation of performing the processing based on data from the counting start to a stop timing based on the event occurrence and a second operation of performing the processing based on data from a start timing based on an event occurrence timing to end of counting for one setting time when judging that the event has occurred between the start and the end of the counting.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo SUZUKI, Toshiya SAKURAI, Takeshi MATSUE, Masanori ISHIHARA, Youhei SAITOH
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Publication number: 20220179467Abstract: A power supply circuit includes a power supply which supplies DC power to a load, a switch which is selectively operable to (i) cause a short-circuit to occur between a DC power supply and an input terminal of the power supply and (ii) open a connection between the DC power supply and the input terminal of the power supply, a sensor which measures a temperature and a processor configured to control the switch to open the connection in response to a decision that the DC power is not being supplied to the load even when the switch is being controlled to cause the short-circuit to occur, and control the switch to cause the short-circuit to occur after a predetermined time elapses after controlling the switch to open the connection in response to the decision. The predetermined time is set based on the temperature measured by the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo SUZUKI, Masanori ISHIHARA
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Publication number: 20220173264Abstract: A method for producing a back-contact solar cell, includes forming an oxide film on a back surface of a crystalline silicon substrate; forming a silicon thin film layer on an exposed surface of the oxide film; partially forming an n+ layer in the silicon thin film layer by ion implantation using a mechanical hard mask and activation annealing; forming a passivation film on each of both surfaces of the crystalline silicon substrate having the oxide film, the silicon thin film layer, and the n+ layer; and removing part of one or more regions of the passivation film formed on the back-surface side of the crystalline silicon substrate, the one or more regions not covering the n+ layer, and forming one or more aluminum electrodes on the exposed silicon thin film layer, in the stated order.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shota Suzuki, Marwan Dhamrin, Noboru Yamaguchi, Hideo Suzuki
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Patent number: 11287864Abstract: It becomes possible to succeed in restarting a power supply unit. A power supply circuit includes the power supply unit which supplies DC power to a CPU, a switch which operates to cause a short-circuit to occur between a DC power supply and an input terminal of the power supply unit or to open a connection between the DC power supply and the input terminal of the power supply unit, a temperature measurement unit which measures a temperature and a processor which controls the switch to open the connection in a case of deciding that the DC power is not supplied to the CPU even when controlling the switch to cause the short-circuit to occur and controls the switch to cause the short-circuit to occur after a predetermined time elapses after controlling the switch to open the connection. The predetermined time is set on the basis of the temperature that the temperature measurement unit measures.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo Suzuki, Masanori Ishihara
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Publication number: 20220094180Abstract: Disclosed is a charge protection circuit including: a switch that switches between allowing and not allowing power supply from an external power source to a charging circuit that supplies power for charging a rechargeable battery; a detector that detects at least one of a current flowing from the charging circuit to the rechargeable battery and a voltage between two electrodes of the rechargeable battery; a determiner that determines whether a detection result of the detector is abnormal; and a controller that, in response to the determiner determining that the detection result of the detector is abnormal, causes the switch to switch to an interrupting state so as to interrupt power supply to the charging circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo SUZUKI, Masanori ISHIHARA
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Publication number: 20220091567Abstract: An electronic device includes first and second processors, and first and second display units. While the first and second processors cooperate with each other and perform a display operation including a time display, the first processor can be set to a normal mode, a low power mode in which a power consumption is lower than a power consumption in the normal mode, or a pause mode in which a power consumption is lower than the power consumption in the low power mode, and the first processor is stopped. In the normal or low power modes, the first processor controls such that the first display unit displays a time, and the second processor controls such that the second display unit does not display a time. In the pause mode, the first display unit is turned off, and the second processor controls such that the second display unit displays a time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi MINAMI, Kimiyasu MIZUNO, Hideo SUZUKI, Takashi SUENAGA, Keiichi NOMURA, Shuhei UCHIDA, Munetaka SEO
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Publication number: 20220075001Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first processor; a load that operates with power supplied by a rechargeable battery; and a first sensor that obtains information on an output voltage of the rechargeable battery. The first processor determines whether the rechargeable battery is in a low usage state with regard to power supply by the rechargeable battery. Based on the information obtained by the first sensor, the first processor determines a degree of decrease in the output voltage over a period of time during which the rechargeable battery is determined to be in the low usage state. Based on the determined degree of decrease, the first processor detects a deterioration of the rechargeable battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo SUZUKI, Tsuyoshi MINAMI
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Patent number: 11236369Abstract: An alcohol production system that produces alcohol by alcoholic fermentation using a saccharide solution, including an alcoholic fermentation vessel in which the saccharide solution is fermented by adding yeast to produce alcohol, which is an organic feedstock, and a biomass-hydrothermally-treated-product adding means that adds a biomass hydrothermally-treated product obtained by hydrothermally treating a biomass feedstock to the alcoholic fermentation vessel. The alcohol production system can improve alcoholic fermentation efficiency and realize cost reduction without adding only a mineral salt from outside.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES POWER ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Michio Nishiyama, Hideo Suzuki, Ryosuke Uehara
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Patent number: 11236099Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a compound that may be useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of constipation and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Kazuaki Takami, Masaki Seto, Shinobu Sasaki, Haruhi Ando, Masaki Ogino, Tomoko Ohashi, Toshihiro Imaeda, Ikuo Fujimori, Yasuhiro Tsukimi, Masami Yamada, Kenichiro Shimokawa, Takeshi Wakabayashi, Masataka Murakami, Makoto Fushimi, Tomohiro Okawa, Jinichi Yonemori, Tomohiro Ohashi, Hideo Suzuki, Hironobu Maezaki, Ayumu Sato, Yasutomi Asano, Steve Swann
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Publication number: 20220017530Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a compound that may be useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of constipation and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Kazuaki Takami, Masaki Seto, Shinobu Sasaki, Haruhi Ando, Masaki Ogino, Tomoko Ohashi, Toshihiro Imaeda, Ikuo Fujimori, Yasuhiro Tsukimi, Masami Yamada, Kenichiro Shimokawa, Takeshi Wakabayashi, Masataka Murakami, Makoto Fushimi, Tomohiro Okawa, Jinichi Yonemori, Tomohiro Ohashi, Hideo Suzuki, Hironobu Maezaki, Ayumu Sato, Yasutomi Asano, Steve Swann