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).

  • Publication number: 20200140638
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electroconductive film includes a liquid composition preparation step for preparing a liquid composition including an electroconductive agent, an elastomer, and a solvent, the electroconductive agent having thinned graphite in which layers of graphite are thinned and which has a bulk density of 0.05 g/cm3 or lower; a delamination treatment step for performing interlayer delamination of the thinned graphite by pressurizing the liquid composition and passing same through a nozzle; and a hardening step for coating a substrate with the delamination-treated liquid composition and hardening a coated film. According to the method, thinning of the graphite processes sufficiently and the thinning process can be performed in shorter time than conventionally possible, and makes it also possible to manufacture an electroconductive film that has high electroconductivity and has electrical resistance unlikely to increase even after repeated extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Yutaro TAGUCHI, Shigeaki TAKAMATSU, Hiroaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20200132362
    Abstract: A cold storage box is provided that allows individual confirmation that stored objects such as medicine, food, and beverages have been managed at an appropriate temperature. The cold storage box 1 includes: a storage part which can house stored objects; a lid part which covers an opening part of the storage part; and a cooling device which cools the storage part, and the cold storage box includes an RF tag provided for each of the stored objects and equipped with a temperature sensor and a control part which communicates with the RF tag at appropriate time intervals via an antenna part provided inside the storage part and stores ID information of the RF tag and temperature information sensed by the temperature sensor of the RF tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicants: TAKETOMO, INC., TAKETOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroaki ITO
  • Patent number: 10630027
    Abstract: A connector is equipped with a housing capable of being fitted in a mating housing of a mating connector, a plurality of terminals which are held by the housing and electrically connected to each other, and a noise reduction member which is held in the housing so as to reduce noise occurring in the terminals. The noise reduction member is disposed at at least one of the plurality of terminals, and is not disposed at at least one of the remaining terminals of the plurality of terminals. The noise reduction member is made of a material containing ferrite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Tsukamoto, Takashi Odajima, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroaki Ito
  • Patent number: 10565450
    Abstract: A work supporting apparatus includes: a visible light camera (visible light image photographing unit) configured to photograph a visible light image; a far-infrared camera (thermal image photographing unit) configured to photograph a thermal image; a work progress status determining unit configured to determine a work progress status from the visible light image photographed by the visible light camera and the thermal image photographed by the far-infrared camera; and a display configured to display a determination result of the work progress status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Yoshida, Hiroaki Ito
  • Patent number: 10557729
    Abstract: There is provided a sensor mounting structure, the structure including (i) a sensor device that detects at least information in front of a vehicle, (ii) a support member that houses part of the sensor device and is attached to a base member provided on an inner surface of a front windshield glass, and (iii) a display device that displays at least an image of what is in back of the vehicle, the display device being attached such that its angle is adjustable, to a lower end portion of an arm member having upper end portion that is attached to the support member. A space is formed between an outer surface of the part of the sensor device housed in the support member and an inner surface of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya Higashimachi, Hiroaki Ito, Koh Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20200043937
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device that has a low interface resistance between a contact plug and a bottom electrode of a real ferroelectric capacitor. A real capacitor oxidation suppression structure ST including a dummy ferroelectric capacitor 312 and a second plug 311 is formed. The dummy ferroelectric capacitor 312 includes a second bottom electrode 51, a second ferroelectric film 52, and a second top electrode 53, and is not used as a nonvolatile memory element. The second bottom electrode 51 is formed on an interlayer insulating film 50. The second ferroelectric film 52 is formed on the second bottom electrode 51. The second top electrode 53 is formed on the second ferroelectric film 52. The second plug 311 penetrates the interlayer insulating film 50 and electrically connects the second bottom electrode 51 to a semiconductor substrate 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: TAKANORI OZAWA, HIROAKI ITO
  • Patent number: 10503984
    Abstract: In an object detection device, a distance image generation part generates a distance image based of a pair of brightness images transmitted from a stereo camera. A road surface estimation part estimates a road surface based on the generated distance image. An object detection part groups together positions having a distance value located on/over the estimated road surface and satisfying a predetermined relationship, and detects an object based on the grouped positions. An abnormality detection part detecting occurrence of image abnormality in the brightness image captured during a current detection period. The road surface estimation part estimates the road surface at the current detection period based on the road surface estimated at the previous detection period when the abnormality detection part detects the occurrence of image abnormality in the brightness image captured during the current detection period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotake Ishigami, Toshihiko Terada, Hiroaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20190306529
    Abstract: High-quality video is provided using a small amount of coded bits. The moving picture decoding method performs inter-frame prediction processing. With the aforementioned inter-frame prediction processing, blocks with similar motion vectors from among the motion vectors in multiple blocks that have already been decoded are combined and a combined area is computed. A predicted vector for a target block to be decoded is computed using the motion vector of the aforementioned combined area, and a motion vector for the aforementioned target block is computed based on the aforementioned predicted vector and a difference vector which is included in a coded stream that is input. A predicted image is generated using the aforementioned motion vector, and a difference image which is included in the aforementioned coded stream and the aforementioned predicted image are added to generate a decoded image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Masashi TAKAHASHI, Muneaki YAMAGUCHI, Hiroaki ITO, Takehiro FUJITA
  • Patent number: 10382775
    Abstract: High-quality video is provided using a small amount of coded bits. The moving picture decoding method performs inter-frame prediction processing. With the aforementioned inter-frame prediction processing, blocks with similar motion vectors from among the motion vectors in multiple blocks that have already been decoded are combined and a combined area is computed. A predicted vector for a target block to be decoded is computed using the motion vector of the aforementioned combined area, and a motion vector for the aforementioned target block is computed based on the aforementioned predicted vector and a difference vector which is included in a coded stream that is input. A predicted image is generated using the aforementioned motion vector, and a difference image which is included in the aforementioned coded stream and the aforementioned predicted image are added to generate a decoded image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Takahashi, Muneaki Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Ito, Takehiro Fujita
  • Publication number: 20190168671
    Abstract: A sensor mount structure, including: a sensor device that detects information regarding at least a region ahead of a vehicle; a display device that displays images of at least a region behind the vehicle; a support member that covers a part of the sensor device from below and that is attached to a base member provided at an inner surface of a front windshield glass; an arm member that has an upper end portion attached to the support member and a lower end portion attached to a length direction center portion of the display device; and a cover member, a minimum distance between the cover member and an upper peripheral edge at a length direction end portion of the display device being longer than a minimum distance between the cover member and an upper peripheral edge at the length direction center portion of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya HIGASHIMACHI, Hiroaki ITO, Koh MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20190170544
    Abstract: There is provided a sensor mounting structure, the structure including (i) a sensor device that detects at least information in front of a vehicle, (ii) a support member that houses part of the sensor device and is attached to a base member provided on an inner surface of a front windshield glass, and (iii) a display device that displays at least an image of what is in back of the vehicle, the display device being attached such that its angle is adjustable, to a lower end portion of an arm member having upper end portion that is attached to the support member. A space is formed between an outer surface of the part of the sensor device housed in the support member and an inner surface of the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya HIGASHIMACHI, Hiroaki ITO, Koh MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20190170545
    Abstract: A sensor mount structure including a base member, a sensor device, and a support member. The base member is attached to a vehicle upper side of an inner surface of a front windshield glass. The sensor device includes a device body to which a first sensor and a second sensor that detect surroundings information for a vehicle are attached, and a common electronic board to which both the first sensor and the second sensor are electrically connected. The support member together with the device body is fastened to the base member and supports an interior mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya HIGASHIMACHI, Hiroaki ITO, Koh MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20190168684
    Abstract: A sensor mount structure, including: a first sensor device that includes a first sensor configured to detect surroundings information for a vehicle, and that is attached to an inner surface of a front windshield glass further toward a vehicle front and upper side than an interior mirror; a second sensor device that includes a second sensor configured to detect surroundings information for the vehicle, and that is attached to the inner surface of the front windshield glass further toward the vehicle front and upper side than the interior mirror and further toward the vehicle front side than the first sensor device; and a view angle hood member that is disposed at a vehicle front and lower side of the first sensor, the view angle hood member overlapping with the second sensor device in a vehicle front-rear direction in side view along a vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya HIGASHIMACHI, Hiroaki ITO, Koh MIZUTANI
  • Publication number: 20190130183
    Abstract: A work supporting apparatus includes: a visible light camera (visible light image photographing unit) configured to photograph a visible light image; a far-infrared camera (thermal image photographing unit) configured to photograph a thermal image; a work progress status determining unit configured to determine a work progress status from the visible light image photographed by the visible light camera and the thermal image photographed by the far-infrared camera; and a display configured to display a determination result of the work progress status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Daisuke YOSHIDA, Hiroaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20190120719
    Abstract: An anomalous sound detection training apparatus includes: a first acoustic feature extraction unit that extracts an acoustic feature of normal sound based on training data for normal sound by using an acoustic feature extractor; a normal sound model updating unit that updates a normal sound model by using the acoustic feature extracted; a second acoustic feature extraction unit that extracts an acoustic feature of anomalous sound based on simulated anomalous sound and extracts the acoustic feature of normal sound based on the training data for normal sound by using the acoustic feature extractor; and an acoustic feature extractor updating unit that updates the acoustic feature extractor by using the acoustic feature of anomalous sound and the acoustic feature of normal sound that have been extracted, in which processing by the units is repeatedly performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuma KOIZUMI, Shoichiro SAITO, Hisashi UEMATSU, Kenta NIWA, Hiroaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20190109417
    Abstract: A connector is equipped with a housing capable of being fitted in a mating housing of a mating connector, a plurality of terminals which are held by the housing and electrically connected to each other, and a noise reduction member which is held in the housing so as to reduce noise occurring in the terminals. The noise reduction member is disposed at at least one of the plurality of terminals, and is not disposed at at least one of the remaining terminals of the plurality of terminals. The noise reduction member is made of a material containing ferrite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi TSUKAMOTO, Takashi ODAJIMA, Yasuyuki SAITO, Hiroaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20190102642
    Abstract: In a monitoring apparatus, an optical flow calculator calculates an optical flow for each of selected pixel regions included in at least one pixel region group of an image. The optical flow for each of the selected pixel regions includes information about a direction and amount of movement of a corresponding part of the at least one target object. An adjuster calculates the sum of areas of all the pixel regions included in the at least one pixel region group of the image, and adjusts a selected number of the optical flows to be matched with the at least one pixel region group as a function of the calculated sum of the areas of all the pixel regions included in the at least one pixel region group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Ken TANABE, Hiroaki ITO, Naohide UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190102898
    Abstract: In a monitoring apparatus, a disparity calculator obtains, for each point of a target object, a pair of matched pixel regions in respective base image and reference image corresponding to the point of the target object. The disparity calculator calculates a disparity of each of the matched pixel regions of the base image relative to the corresponding matched pixel region of the reference image. A distance calculator corrects the calculated disparity of each of the matched pixel regions of the base image in accordance with a tolerable disparity range for the disparity to thereby increase the calculated disparity of the corresponding one of the matched pixel regions of the base image. The distance calculator calculates the depth distance of each point of the target object relative to the vehicle as a function of the corrected disparity of the corresponding one of the matched pixel regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Ken TANABE, Hiroaki ITO, Naohide UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190102869
    Abstract: In an apparatus for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle based on a plurality of images captured by a plurality of imagers through a windshield of the vehicle, an image acquirer is configured to acquire the plurality of images captured by the plurality of imagers, and a distortion corrector is configured to correct the plurality of images based on an optical distortion distribution of the windshield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Toshihiko TERADA, Masaki KUWAHARA, Hiroaki ITO, Naohide UCHIDA, Jun KISHIWADA
  • Publication number: 20190102901
    Abstract: A vicinity supervising device of a vehicle includes an image capturing unit capturing a plurality of images at different locations; a distance acquiring unit acquiring a distance up to the object detected by transmitting and receiving probing waves from/to the object; a first offset calculation unit calculating a first parallax offset value based on the plurality of images and the distance up to the object; and a second offset calculation unit calculating a second parallax offset value based on a change in a parallax in a predetermined period at an identical point among the plurality of images and a travel distance of the vehicle travelling in a predetermined period; and a parallax correction unit correcting the parallax using the first parallax offset value under a condition where a difference between the first parallax offset value and the second parallax offset value is less than or equal to a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Toshihiko TERADA, Hiroaki ITO, Naohide UCHIDA, Kagehiro NAGAO