Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Ito

Hiroaki Ito 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).

  • Patent number: 11961517
    Abstract: Operations are appropriately changed in accordance with the use method. A keyword detection unit 11 generates a keyword detection result indicating a result of detecting an utterance of a predetermined keyword from an input voice. A voice detection unit 12 generates a voice section detection result indicating a result of detecting a voice section from the input voice. A sequential utterance detection unit 13 generates a sequential utterance detection result indicating that a sequential utterance has been made if the keyword detection result indicates that the keyword has been detected and if the voice section detection result indicates that the voice section has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Kobayashi, Shoichiro Saito, Hiroaki Ito
  • Patent number: 11951846
    Abstract: In a structure of a disconnect plug of an electric vehicle, a plug bracket is raised from an inside of a battery unit to an inside of a bulge formed on a floor panel under rear seats for preventing a submarine motion of a passenger. In addition, a disconnect plug is detachably attached to a front face of a plug bracket, and an opening for accessing to the disconnect plug is formed on a front wall of the bulge. Further, a cover for covering the opening capable of being opened and closed is provided on a trim beneath a front face of a seat cushion of the rear seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamamoto, Toshitsugu Hirose, Hiroaki Nabuchi, Kentaro Hatta, Koichi Hayashi, Miki Ito
  • Publication number: 20240108186
    Abstract: A charging base includes: a base seat installed on a floor surface; a columnar tower part provided on the base seat; a first support provided on the tower part and capable of supporting a vertical first electric vacuum cleaner; and a second support provided on the tower part and capable of supporting a vertical second electric vacuum cleaner. An electric vacuum cleaner system includes the charging base configured as described above, the vertical first electric vacuum cleaner, and the vertical second electric vacuum cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Koshiro TAKANO, Eigo SHIMIZU, Yumi KUROKAWA, Shigeyuki NAGATA, Eunjin CHOI, Isamu OKUDA, Tsutomu MATSUBARA, Takenori SEKIGUCHI, Hiroaki ITO, Kenji YANAGISAWA
  • Patent number: 11941549
    Abstract: The management device of an autonomous driving vehicle includes a congestion rate calculation unit and a waiting place setting unit. The congestion rate calculation unit is able to calculate the congestion rate of a parking lot adjoining each of a plurality of commercial facilities. In a case where the congestion rate of a neighbor parking lot, or a parking lot in the neighborhood of a boarding place contained in reservation information for an autonomous driving vehicle reserved for dispatch, during a waiting time period before the scheduled boarding time, is less than a congestion threshold, the waiting place setting unit sets the neighbor parking lot as a waiting place for the autonomous driving vehicle to wait during the waiting time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Katsuya Hoshi, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Masahisa Sawada, Hiroyuki Ito, Makoto Segi, Hiroki Hattori
  • Publication number: 20240093371
    Abstract: Provided is a method of supplying a liquid raw material to a gas supply device. The gas supply device includes: a storage tank that stores the liquid raw material; a heating unit that heats the liquid raw material to generate a raw material gas; a level detecting unit that detects a liquid surface level of the liquid raw material stored in the storage tank; a gas inlet and a gas outlet provided in the storage tank; and a raw material inlet provided in the storage tank. The method includes: determining whether the liquid surface level of the liquid raw material is equal to or lower than a supply target level; and repeating supply of a specified amount of liquid raw material to the storage tank a specified number of times when the liquid surface level of the liquid raw material is equal to or lower than the supply target level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki DEWA, Satoshi MIZUNAGA, Naohide ITO
  • Publication number: 20240083835
    Abstract: Provided is a monomer composition containing methyl methacrylate and methyl propionate, in which the methyl propionate content is more than 200 ppm by mass and 50,000 ppm by mass or less relative to the total mass of the monomer composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki ITO, Yusuke HIRANO, Issei TANIGUCHI, Manabu ISOMURA, Kouichi KANEMORI
  • Publication number: 20240084055
    Abstract: Provided is a monomer composition containing methyl methacrylate, and at least one compound of methyl pyruvate and methyl 2-methylbutyrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki ITO, Yusuke HIRANO, Issei TANIGUCHI, Manabu ISOMURA, Kouichi KANEMORI
  • Patent number: 11919697
    Abstract: An air cushioning material includes: a first module including a first air cell containing air, a second air cell containing air, and a first belt-like part connecting the first air cell and the second air cell to each other; a second module including a third air cell containing air, a fourth air cell containing air, and a second belt-like part connecting the third air cell and the fourth air cell to each other; a coupling part that couples a part of the second air cell and a part of the fourth air cell in a second direction, where a direction from the second air cell toward the first air cell and a direction from the fourth air cell toward the third air cell are defined as a first direction, and a direction intersecting the first direction is defined as the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Ito, Yuichi Ando, Masato Shimokawara, Hiroaki Takada, Tsuyoshi Tamaru, Masato Shinomura
  • Publication number: 20240070463
    Abstract: Optimization of a compression algorithm to be applied is realized in subgraph units of a neural network. A preferred aspect of the present invention is an information processing device that selects an algorithm for compressing a neural network. The information processing device includes a subgraph dividing section which divides the neural network into subgraphs and an optimizing section which outputs a compression configuration in which one compression technique selected from a plurality thereof is associated with each of the subgraphs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daichi MURATA, Akira KITAYAMA, Hiroaki ITO, Masayoshi KURODA
  • Publication number: 20240068732
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a controller wherein the controller detects opening and closing of a door during a normal temperature control in which a compartment temperature of a first storage compartment is maintained at a normal set temperature, to supply cold air to the first storage compartment for a first time period, in a case where the controller detects, via a temperature detection unit within the first time period, a temperature rise range equal to or more than a temperature rise range set in advance, cause the compartment temperature to shift to a first set temperature lower than the normal set temperature for a second time period and, thereafter, cause the compartment temperature to shift to a second set temperature higher than the normal set temperature for a third time period and then cause the compartment temperature to shift to the first set temperature for a fourth time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi ITO, Hiroaki YOKOO, Tatsuya UMEDA
  • Patent number: 11912331
    Abstract: A capacitance sensor (1) is provided with two electrode layers (10, 11) and an insulating layer (12) disposed between the electrode layers (10, 11). At least one of the two electrode layers (10, 11) is constituted by a reticulated soft electrode (50) that is formed from a conductive polymer and has a reticulated shape. The conductive polymer comprises a polymer and a conductive material dispersed in the polymer and has an elastic modulus of 1000 MPa or less. This method for manufacturing the capacitance sensor (1) in which the two electrode layers (10, 11) are constituted by the reticulated soft electrode (50) comprises: an electrode manufacturing step in which the reticulated soft electrode (50) is manufactured; and a laminating step in which the reticulated soft electrode (50) is laminated onto the front and back surfaces of the insulating layer (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Masayoshi Nakano, Tsubasa Shinozuka, Hiroaki Ito, Shigeaki Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 11912308
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle allows passengers to transfer from a passenger vehicle, which is a relatively large vehicle, to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle is provided with an autonomous travel control unit (steering control unit) configured to, when the passenger vehicle is stopped, cause the autonomous vehicle to pull up alongside the passenger vehicle such that an entrance (second entrance) of the autonomous vehicle is placed next to an entrance (first entrance) of the passenger vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Katsuya Hoshi, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Masahisa Sawada, Hiroyuki Ito, Makoto Segi, Hiroki Hattori
  • Publication number: 20240055442
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first surface, a side surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a pixel unit located on the first surface and including a light emitter, a first connection pad adjacent to an edge on the first surface and electrically connected to the pixel unit, a second connection pad adjacent to the edge on the second surface, and a side wire extending from the first surface through the side surface to the second surface and connecting the first connection pad and the second connection pad. The first connection pad and the second connection pad have different sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki ITO, Nobuyuki HASEGAWA, Fumiaki HARAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11898124
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaner composition having excellent cleaning properties and appropriate drying properties. The present invention is a cleaner composition including: (A) a hydrofluoroolefin having a boiling point of 30° C. or more and less than 100° C.; and (B) at least one of a perfluoropolyether having a boiling point of 100° C. or more and a hydrofluoroolefin having a boiling point of 100° C. or more, where a mass ratio of the component (A) and the component (B) is 99:1 to 55:45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: THREEBOND CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20240038254
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes processing circuitry configured to receive an input of extraction target information indicating which audio class of an audio signal is to be extracted from a mixture audio signal constituted by a mixture of audio signals of a plurality of audio classes, and output a result of extracting the audio signal of the audio class indicated by the extraction target information from the mixture audio signal, with a neural network by using a feature value of the mixture audio signal and the extraction target information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa OCHIAI, Marc DELCROIX, Yuma KOIZUMI, Hiroaki ITO, Keisuke KINOSHITA, Shoko ARAKI
  • Publication number: 20240038954
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first side and a second side adjoining the first side, a plurality of light emitters located on the substrate, a plurality of emission control signal lines located on the substrate to control an emission state or a non-emission state of the plurality of light emitters, and a plurality of connection pads located at an edge adjacent to the first side of the substrate and at an edge adjacent to the second side of the substrate. The plurality of connection pads is connected to the plurality of emission control signal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20240038953
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first surface, a side surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a display on the first surface, an electrode pad on the second surface and electrically connected to the display, an external connection terminal on the second surface, a first wire on the second surface and electrically connecting the electrode pad and the external connection terminal, and an inspection pad on the second surface and electrically connected to the electrode pad. At least a central portion of the inspection pad does not overlap the first wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Sho NAKAMITSU, Hiroaki ITO
  • Patent number: 11884208
    Abstract: A danger detection system for detecting a danger on a road, the danger that changes over time and may not be a danger due to the change over time, the danger detection system including a vibration acquisition unit 11 configured to acquire an acoustic signal collected by a microphone mounted on a vehicle when the vehicle passes through a region on a predetermined road, a danger determination unit 12 configured to determine whether the acoustic signal is derived from the danger, a danger location detection unit 2 configured to determine whether the danger is present in the region on the predetermined road based on the number of times an acoustic signal acquired from each of the plurality of vehicles is determined to be derived from the danger, and a danger information notification unit 3 configured to notify a communication device that can pass through the region on the predetermined road of danger information that is information about a region on a road determined to have a danger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Kobayashi, Hiroaki Ito, Shin Murata
  • Patent number: 11878696
    Abstract: An abnormality detection device 1 includes: a vibration acquisition unit 11 configured to acquire an acoustic signal generated during passage of a vehicle on a road; a frequency domain conversion unit 12 configured to convert the acquired acoustic signal into a frequency domain signal; an unexpectedness determination unit 13 configured to determine whether there is unexpectedness at each predetermined frequency using the frequency domain signal; and an abnormality determination unit 14 configured to determine whether there is an abnormality in the road based on the number of frequencies at which it is determined that there is the unexpectedness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Kobayashi, Hiroaki Ito, Shin Murata
  • Publication number: 20230406980
    Abstract: Provided is a monomer composition comprising methyl methacrylate and ?-olefin, wherein a methacrylic resin obtained by polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising the monomer composition guarantees excellent heat resistance and has excellent weather resistance, in which yellowing is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Hirano, Kouichi Kanemori, Manabu Isomura, Issei Taniguchi, Tooru Kajiwara, Yusuke Morita, Hiroaki Ito