Patents by Inventor Hiroaki In

Hiroaki In 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: 20240194660
    Abstract: Semiconductor device includes first lead, second lead, light-emitting element, light-receiving element, transparent resin and first resin. First lead includes first die pad having first obverse surface and first reverse surface mutually opposite in thickness direction. Second lead includes second die pad having second obverse surface facing same side as first obverse surface in thickness direction and second reverse surface facing same side as first reverse surface in thickness direction. Light-emitting element is mounted on first obverse surface. Light-receiving element is mounted on second obverse surface. Transparent resin covers portions of light-emitting element and light-receiving element. First resin covers transparent resin. Transparent resin includes transparent-resin obverse surface facing same side as first obverse surface in thickness direction, and transparent-resin reverse surface facing same side as first reverse surface in thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshizo OSUMI, Taro NISHIOKA, Hiroaki MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20240195488
    Abstract: A first satellite includes a first host-side bridge and a first host, connected with a network via the first host-side bridge, mounted thereon. A second satellite includes a first I/O-side bridge and a first I/O device, connected with the network via the first I/O-side bridge, mounted thereon. A management device selects the first host mounted on at least one of the first satellites and the first I/O device mounted on at least one of the second satellites, according to a configuration request, and forms an information processing device in which the first host-side bridge connected with the selected first host and the first I/O-side bridge connected with the selected first I/O device constitute a virtual computer internal bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi HIGUCHI, Hiroaki MIYOSHI, Toshiharu ITO, Youichi HIDAKA, Takahiro KOISHI, Takashi OONUKI
  • Publication number: 20240191652
    Abstract: A control system for a standby generator includes a control box mountable in a standby generator enclosure, a control panel, one or more linkage mechanisms coupling the control panel to the control box such that the control panel is selectively openable to provide access into the control box, and one or more generator control components mounted in the control box and operated by the control panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Mark J. Sarder, Russell J. Dopke, Hiroaki Sato, Leigh A. Jenison
  • Publication number: 20240196320
    Abstract: A communication terminal includes a communication part for selecting one of a first antenna and a second antenna and for being capable of communicating via a wireless connection with a base station connected to the first antenna and the second antenna, the first antenna being installed at a first location across a first road, the second antenna being installed at a second location across a second road intersecting the first road; a traffic flow detection part for detecting a traffic flow on at least one of the first road and the second road; and a selection part for selecting an antenna to be connected from the first antenna and the second antenna depending on the traffic flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki OGATA, Hiroaki AMINAKA, Kosel KOBAYASHI, Kei YANAGISAWA, Jun TAKASAWA
  • Publication number: 20240192345
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve distance measurement accuracy in a case where there is a change in distance between communication devices in a case where distance measurement is performed by a phase based method. A communication device (1) according to the present invention includes a phase characteristic acquisition unit (F1) that acquires a phase characteristic with respect to a frequency of a signal propagation path with another communication device, and a distance calculation unit (F2) that calculates a distance to the another communication device on the basis of the phase characteristic, in which the phase characteristic acquisition unit (F1) acquires the phase characteristic by changing the frequency by a frequency change pattern including at least an upward-side change and a downward-side change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Satoshi Okada, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20240190301
    Abstract: A linear actuator may include a rail including a gear rack extending along a longitudinal direction of the rail and a pinion unit configured to slidably engage the gear rack. The gear rack may include at least one no-teeth section among a row of teeth and the at least one no-teeth section may extend over a length. The pinion unit may include two pinion gears both configured to engage the gear rack, the two pinion gears being spaced apart from each other by a center-to-center distance along the longitudinal direction; and an electric motor configured to drive the two pinion gears. The length may be equal to or longer than two pitches of the teeth of the gear rack and shorter than the center-to-center distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU SEIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki OKADA, Takayuki OGASAWARA, Hiroaki HYODO
  • Publication number: 20240190135
    Abstract: An ink refill container includes a container main body including an ink storage chamber, an ink outlet-forming portion provided on an end portion of the container main body forming an ink outlet that allows the ink to flow out from the ink storage chamber, and a valve provided in the ink outlet-forming portion configured to openably seal the ink outlet, in which the ink outlet-forming portion includes a positioning portion on an outer side of the ink outlet-forming portion. in which the positioning portion is closer to the container main body than the valve is to the container main body in a central axis direction of the ink outlet, and in which the positioning portion partially abuts against an ink tank when the valve is opened for refilling the ink to the ink tank, to thereby position the valve relative to the ink tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Ryoichi TANAKA, Manabu AKAHANE, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Naomi KIMURA, Hideki OKUMURA, Shoma KUDO, Tetsuya TAKAMOTO, Hiroaki SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20240191643
    Abstract: An exhaust gas processing device includes: a manifold configured to change a travelling direction of exhaust gas from a first direction to a second direction; a first catalyst carrier into which the exhaust gas that has been guided from the manifold flows, the first catalyst carrier being configured to purify the exhaust gas that is flowing in the second direction; a heater provided on the upstream of the first catalyst carrier in the flowing direction of the exhaust gas, the heater being configured to heat the exhaust gas that has entered from the manifold; and a case accommodating the first catalyst carrier and the heater, wherein an inlet-side opening portion of the case is inserted into the manifold to a position facing an inlet of the manifold, and the inlet-side opening portion is formed with an inlet-side cut-out portion configured to allow passage of the exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Kouhei Kuroki, Shunichi Mitsuishi, Hiroaki Masubuchi, Toru Hisanaga, Toru Iijima, Yoshihiro Shiga, Takaharu Yamamoto, Masayuki Hara
  • Publication number: 20240192424
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, and a lighting device configured to illuminate the display panel. The lighting device includes a light-guiding plate, a light-emitting element configured to emit a red laser beam toward a side surface of the light-guiding plate, and a phase difference plate placed between the side surface of the light-guiding plate and the light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Koichi OKUDA, Shinichi KOMURA, Hiroaki KIJIMA, Jin HIROSAWA, Yasuhiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240191792
    Abstract: A pinion gear approaching to a gear rack will engages end tooth located at the end of a row of teeth of the gear rack. The pinion gear may not engage with the end tooth smoothly. The disclosure herein provides a gear rack that allows a pinion gear to smoothly shift from a disengaged state where the pinion gear is disengaged from the gear rack to an engaged state. In a gear rack, a size of the end tooth may be smaller than a size of normal teeth located closer to a center of the row of teeth than the end tooth. A smaller end tooth allow the pinion gear to engage the gear rack smoothly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU SEIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki OKADA, Takayuki OGASAWARA, Hiroaki HYODO
  • Patent number: 12010436
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an imaging unit, a setting unit configured to set automatic modes, an adjustment unit configured to adjust a white balance of a signal based on an automatic mode set by the setting unit, a recording control unit configured to record the adjusted signal into a recording unit, a display control unit configured to display the adjusted signal on a display unit, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire ambient light information, wherein the display control unit further adjusts a color balance of the displayed signal based on the set automatic mode and the acquired ambient light information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Takahashi, Akimitsu Yoshida, Hiroaki Kuchiki, Kohei Furuya, Hideki Kadoi
  • Patent number: 12006459
    Abstract: A phosphor powder of the present invention is a phosphor powder which contains an inorganic compound in which Eu as an activator is solid-soluted in a crystal represented by Ba26Si51O2N84 or in an inorganic crystal having the same crystal structure as the crystal represented by Ba26Si51O2N84, and which is constituted such that in an emission spectrum obtained by irradiating the phosphor powder with excitation light having a wavelength of 450 nm, when a luminescence intensity at a peak wavelength in a range of equal to or more than 750 nm and equal to or less than 950 nm is P0, and when a luminescence intensity at a peak wavelength in a range of equal to or more than 520 nm and equal to or less than 600 nm is P1, 0.01?P1/P0?0.12 is satisfied by P0 and P1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Banno, Hiroaki Toyoshima
  • Patent number: 12004887
    Abstract: A radiation diagnosis device according to an embodiment includes a first detector and a second detector. The first detector detects Cherenkov light generated when a radiation passes. The second detector is provided to face the first detector on a side farther from a source of generating the radiation and detects the energy information of the radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Go Kawata, Hiroaki Nakai
  • Patent number: 12005714
    Abstract: A system includes: a housing; a first tank; a second tank; a first reservoir configured to be connected to the first tank; a second reservoir configured to be connected to the second tank; and a liquid discharge head that ejects the liquid supplied from the first tank and the second tank. The housing includes: a front wall; a rear wall facing the front wall; and a housing side contact, the first reservoir and the second reservoir includes: a liquid flow hole; a first outer wall; and a second outer wall facing the first outer wall, the first tank includes a first flow pipe, and the second tank includes a second flow pipe. The system further includes a circuit board that is disposed on the second outer wall and has a reservoir side contact that contacts the housing side contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito Ono, Akinari Ishibe, Hiroaki Takahashi, Takahiro Miyao, Kosuke Nukui
  • Patent number: 12007684
    Abstract: A light shielding film made up of a material containing one or more elements selected from silicon and tantalum and a hard mask film made up of a material containing chromium, oxygen, and carbon are laminated on a transparent substrate. The hard mask film is a single layer film having a composition gradient portion with increased oxygen content on the surface and on the neighboring region. The maximum peak for N1s in a narrow spectrum obtained via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis is the lower limit of detection or less. The portions excluding the composition gradient portion of the hard mask film have a 50 atom % or more chromium content, and the maximum peak for Cr2p in a narrow spectrum obtained via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis has a binding energy of 574 eV or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Nozawa, Ryo Ohkubo, Hiroaki Shishido
  • Patent number: 12006524
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for eliminating the hydroxyl group at the 9-position of a urolithin to produce another kind of urolithin. This object is achieved by a method for producing a second urolithin, including Step (a): allowing, in a solution containing a first urolithin, a microorganism having an ability to produce the second urolithin from the first urolithin to produce the second urolithin from the first urolithin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatake Kudoh, Takanori Nakajima, Hiroaki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12007931
    Abstract: A bus system of the disclosure includes three or more devices that include one or a plurality of imaging devices, and transmit or receive data signals in a time-division manner; and a bus to which the three or more devices are coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsumoto, Hiroaki Hayashi, Takashi Yokokawa, Naoki Yoshimochi
  • Patent number: 12010793
    Abstract: A ceramic circuit board includes: a ceramic board; and an internal conductor disposed in the ceramic board, in which the ceramic board contains glass, a willemite filler, and an alumina filler, and an average particle diameter of the willemite filler is larger than an average particle diameter of the alumina filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hara, Shuji Nakazawa
  • Publication number: 20240183213
    Abstract: A door opening and closing control device includes: one sensor configured to sense an entire detection region, the sensor including one or more transmitting elements configured to transmit a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) type transmitted electromagnetic wave, two or more receiving elements configured to receive a reflected electromagnetic wave obtained by the transmitted electromagnetic wave being reflected by a target, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a distance to the target, a moving speed of the target, and an angle of the target with respect to the sensor using the transmitted electromagnetic wave and the reflected electromagnetic wave; a moving direction calculation unit configured to calculate a moving direction of the target detected by the sensor; and a door opening and closing control unit configured to control opening and closing of a door using the moving direction and the moving speed of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: OPTEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki OHBA, Hiroaki TANABE
  • Publication number: 20240184384
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen including an electronic pen main body unit having a pen shape, and having a pen tip that, in operation, performs a position indication, the pen tip being formed in an end portion on a first end side of the electronic pen main body unit in an axial direction of the electronic pen main body unit, a weight member, and an attachment portion that detachably attaches to the weight member, the attachment portion being formed in an end portion on a second end side of the electronic pen main body unit in the axial direction of the electronic pen main body unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Naoya NISHIZAWA, Tatsunori KATO, Hiroaki SHIOKAWA, Kentaro MATSUMOTO