Patents by Inventor Hikaru Nonaka

Hikaru Nonaka 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: 20240127270
    Abstract: In a demand level calculation apparatus (20) of the present invention, the advertisement information acquisition unit (21) acquires advertisement information on at least one of an advertising target product or an advertising target service in a specific area of a real space, the coordinate information generation unit (22) generates coordinate information associated with a fiducial marker installed in the specific area, and maps a virtual point indicating a specific position in the specific area on the coordinate information, and associates the virtual point with the advertisement information, the visitor information acquisition unit (23) acquires visitor information including attribute information and behavior information of a visitor in the specific area, and the demand level calculation unit (24) calculates a magnitude of a demand level for the advertisement information based on the advertisement information and the visitor information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Wataru SAKUMA, Kohei KANAZAWA, Yulaka MORIKAWA, Hikaru NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20240127294
    Abstract: In an advertisement information generation apparatus (30) of the present invention, the advertisement information generation unit (31) generates advertisement information on at least one of an advertising target product or an advertising target service, the coordinate information acquisition unit (32) acquires coordinate information associated with a fiducial marker installed in a specific area of a real space, a virtual point indicating a specific position in the specific area is mapped on the coordinate information, the virtual object generation unit (33) generates a virtual object associated with the virtual point and the advertisement information, the virtual object is composed of a main object and a sub object, the main object is an image object representing contents of the advertisement information, and the sub object is an object to which text information representing the contents of the advertisement information is added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Solution innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru SAKUMA, Kohei KANAZAWA, Yutaka MORIKAWA, Hikaru NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20220374941
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information sharing apparatus that can promote products and the like at low cost and easily. An information sharing apparatus (40) of the present invention includes a visitor management unit (41), an organizer management unit (42), and an exhibitor management unit (43), the visitor management unit (41) includes an acquisition unit (411) and an output unit (412), the organizer management unit (42) includes an acquisition unit (421) and an output unit (422), the exhibitor management unit (43) includes an acquisition unit (431) and an output unit (432), and the respective components manage information sharing of a visitor's terminal, an organizer's terminal, and an exhibitor's terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru SAKUMA, Kohei KANAZAWA, Yutaka MORIKAWA, Hikaru NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20220366451
    Abstract: In a display apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires coordinate information associated with a fiducial marker installed in a specific area of a real space and a virtual object including advertisement information, an imaging unit images a real image and the fiducial marker, a self-position specifying unit specifies a self-position from a distance and an angle from the imaged fiducial marker, a state detecting unit detects a distance and an angle of view from the virtual point based on the self-position, a selection unit selects any virtual object existing within an angle of view from the self-position, and a display unit displays a main object of the virtual object existing within the angle of view from the self-position in such a manner that the main object is superimposed on a relative position on the real image and displays a main object and a sub object of the selected virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru SAKUMA, Kohei KANAZAWA, Yutaka MORIKAWA, Hikaru NONAKA, Masahito TAKAHASHI, Takamitsu WATANABE, Keisuke SUMIDA, Yohei MIZUTANI, Yuya KIMOTO
  • Patent number: 7143591
    Abstract: A refrigerator of the present invention includes a refrigerating cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expander and an evaporator and filled with a flammable refrigerant, a load detector detecting a change in load of the compressor, and a control device detecting a damage which is a cause for leak of the refrigerant from the refrigerating cycle, based on a detection output of the load detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corporation, Toshiba Ha Products Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hikaru Nonaka, Shinji Hirai, Yoshihiko Uenoyama, Tsutomu Sakuma, Susumu Saruta, Shoji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20050086952
    Abstract: A refrigerator-freezer is described, in which refrigerant leakage from the refrigeration cycle can be safely detected. The refrigerator-freezer comprises: a refrigeration cycle formed by a compressor, a capillary, an evaporator and an accumulator connected in series, and filled with a flammable refrigerant; a cooling fan configured to blow the cold air cooled by the evaporator in the refrigerator-freezer; and a refrigerant leakage detection system configured to detect leakage of the flammable refrigerant, wherein the refrigerant leakage detection system is provided with a temperature sensor configured to measure the temperature of a refrigerant conduit of the evaporator and judges that the flammable refrigerant is leaking in the low pressure side of the refrigeration cycle when the temperature is detected by the temperature sensor with the compressor being halted is no lower than a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Hikaru Nonaka, Tsutomu Sakuma, Munehiro Horie, Yoshihiko Uenoyama, Shoji Hashimoto, Shinji Hirai, Susumu Saruta, Ryousuke Yamamoto, Katsushi Sumihiro
  • Publication number: 20050039469
    Abstract: A refrigerator of the present invention includes a refrigerating cycle including a compressor (24), a condenser (25), an expander (30, 31) and an evaporator (16, 20) and filled with a flammable refrigerant, a load detector (41) detecting a change in load of the compressor (25), and a control device (43) detecting a damage which is a cause for leak of the refrigerant from the refrigerating cycle, based on a detection output of the load detector (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Hikaru Nonaka, Shinji Hirai, Yoshihiko Uenoyama, Tsutomu Sakuma, Susumu Saruta, Shoji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 4689966
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a mode-change chamber, having first and second dampers which may be selectively used as a freezer compartment, refrigeration compartment or chill compartment. When the freezer compartment mode is selected, the first damper permits the flow of cold air into the mode-change chamber to maintain the temperature in the mode-change chamber at a freezing temperature. When the refrigerating compartment mode is selected, the second damper permits the flow of cold air into the mode-change chamber to maintain the temperature in the mode-change chamber at the selected refrigeration temperature. When the chill compartment mode is selected, the control temperature of the second damper is forcibly expanded by a heater to maintain the temperature in the mode-change chamber at a chill temperature between the freezing and refrigeration temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hikaru Nonaka
  • Patent number: 4646536
    Abstract: A control circuit for a refrigerator in which the compressor is operated in a pre-cool cycle prior to automatic defrost and in a rapid cooling mode. The control circuit defrosts immediately following rapid cooling when a defrost signal is produced during rapid cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Teturo Yamada, Hikaru Nonaka