Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Nakano

Hiroaki Nakano 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: 12015940
    Abstract: A reception apparatus (10) includes plural antennas (101, 102) that are compatible with an LTE communication scheme and one reception processing section (100) processing a reception signal acquired by any one of the plural antennas (101, 102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Osamu Kozakai, Masahiro Uno, Yuji Murayama
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11990771
    Abstract: A method for wireless power transmission includes obtaining, via a Q-value circuit, first and second voltages at respective first and second nodes of a resonance circuit. The first and second voltages are effective to determine if foreign matter is present in a space affecting wireless power transmission. The method includes controlling a switching section between the Q-value circuit and the resonance circuit such that at least a part of the electric power transmission process occurs at a different time than when the first and second voltages are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Takaaki Hashiguchi, Shinichi Fukuda, Kenichi Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 11951290
    Abstract: A gasket includes a main body made of an elastic material, and a film laminated on the surface of the main body. The gasket has a film circumferential surface portion to be brought into contact with an inner peripheral surface of a syringe barrel, and an annular groove formed circumferentially of the film circumferential surface portion. The gasket further includes an annular member which is fixed in the annular groove and includes an annular projection projecting from the surface of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Nakano
  • Patent number: 11941480
    Abstract: An information processing system includes an identification unit configured to identify unique information on shoes using at least part of a captured image of the shoes, and a setting unit configured to set an association between an acquisition device configured to acquire the unique information and a module device attached to the shoes based on the unique information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Fukushi, Zhenwei Wang, Hiroaki Nakano, Toshinori Takemura, Kentaro Nakahara, Hannah Pokka, Itsumi Kato, Akira Kamei, Chenhui Huang, Hiroshi Kajitani, Koichi Morikawa, Hiroshi Okuda
  • Publication number: 20240085550
    Abstract: [Object] Distance information can be acquired with a high degree of accuracy by a simple configuration, and positioning of high reliability is performed. [Solving Means] A communication apparatus includes a phase acquisition unit that acquires a phase characteristic of a frequency in a propagation channel with a different communication apparatus, a distance generation unit that generates distance information in reference to the phase characteristic, and a speed sensor unit that measures a movement speed of a transmission side of the propagation channel, the movement speed being usable for correction of the phase characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toshiyuki Miyauchi, Kenichi Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 11909824
    Abstract: A mobile terminal detects a self-device being located at a predetermined location, and stops reception of sensing information from a module device that transmits the sensing information, if being located at the predetermined location is detected. A fixed device receives the sensing information from the module device, and transmits the sensing information to a cloud server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kajitani, Toshinori Takemura, Kentaro Nakahara, Hannah Pokka, Itsumi Haneda, Akira Kamei, Kenichiro Fukushi, Chenhui Huang, Zhenwei Wang, Yuka Imai, Koichi Morikawa, Hiroshi Okuda, Hiroaki Nakano
  • Publication number: 20230398301
    Abstract: The present invention is characterized by including: a first member having a large diameter part and a small diameter part; a second member configured to be connected to the first member; and an element disposed between the first member and the second member, the first member having a recess on an end surface, the recess having a bottom that reaches a boundary position between the large diameter part and the small diameter part or a certain position on the side of the second member relative to the boundary position, the second member having a projection that is configured to fit into the recess with the element disposed between the recess and the projection, and having a screw hole extending to an inside of the projection to allow a screw part of the plunger to be screwed thereinto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicants: TAISEI KAKO CO., LTD., SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taiji HORITA, Makoto KUROKI, Masaya UMEZAKI, Hiroaki NAKANO, Yuki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230380784
    Abstract: A portable radiographic imaging apparatus includes a plurality of connectors to which respective wiring cables are connectable, wherein the plurality of connectors include at feast a first connector that supports a generic communication cable, and a second connector that supports a non-generic communication cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Keisuke KOEDA, Takeshi NUKANOBU, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Hiroaki NAKANO, Katsumi OSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230340167
    Abstract: A polymerization catalyst composition contains a rare earth element carboxylate, a phosphate ester represented by the following general formula (1): (wherein Rs are each independently an alkyl group having 5 to 20 carbon atoms), and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: DIC Corporation, National University Corporation Nagaoka University of Technology
    Inventors: Akinori Takahashi, Hiroaki Nakano, Katsuhiko Takenaka, Tomoyuki Toda
  • Publication number: 20230314590
    Abstract: A positioning relation taking an obstacle between communication apparatuses into consideration is grasped to perform opening/closing control with a key. The communication apparatus includes a distance generation section and an inside/outside determination section. The distance generation section generates distance information on the basis of a phase characteristic of a frequency of a propagation channel to and from another communication apparatus. The inside/outside determination section performs inside/outside determination on whether or not an obstacle is interposed between the communication apparatus and the difference communication apparatus, on the basis of the phase characteristic of the frequency of the propagation channel to and from the other communication apparatus. The communication apparatus may further include a key controlling section that controls at least one of locking and unlocking with a key on the basis of the distance information and a result of the inside/outside determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroaki Nakano
  • Patent number: 11771833
    Abstract: Laminated gasket free from liquid drug leakage. Gasket (13) to be used for a medical syringe includes main body (14) made of an elastic material and film (15) on a surface of main body (14). Gasket (13) has a circumferential surface portion (17) that can contact an inner peripheral surface of syringe barrel (11) of the syringe, and has an annular groove (22) formed circumferentially in a surface portion of the film present in the circumferential surface portion thereof. Annular groove (22) has outer edge portions (24) provided along opposite edges (23) thereof as projecting from an unprocessed surface portion of the film. Annular groove (22) has groove formation start points and end points that are connected to each other in a groove connection region. Outer edge portions (24) along the opposite edges of the annular groove have a maximum-to-minimum height difference of ?5 ?m in the groove connection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaneko, Hiroaki Nakano
  • Patent number: 11728680
    Abstract: A power receiving unit of the disclosure includes: a power receiving section that receives power transferred from a power transfer unit in a contactless manner; a protection circuit section that varies a receiving power voltage of the power received by the power receiving section; and a control section that controls an operational state of the protection circuit section to a plurality of statuses on the basis of a plurality of thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Nakano
  • Publication number: 20230236308
    Abstract: When measuring a distance between communication apparatuses, influence by a frequency offset between communication apparatuses is suppressed. A communication apparatus includes a frequency offset acquisition unit, a time acquisition unit, a phase acquisition unit, and a distance generation unit. The frequency offset acquisition unit acquires a frequency offset between frequencies used for transmission/reception by respective ones of the communication apparatuses. The time acquisition unit acquires transmission/reception time between the communication apparatuses. The phase acquisition unit acquires a phase relationship between frequencies used for transmission/reception. The distance generation unit generates distance information on the basis of the phase relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Takuya Ichihara
  • Publication number: 20230188958
    Abstract: A mobile terminal acquires a schedule of a user using a module device that includes a sensor, and instructs the module device to initiate a process for determining when to start or when to stop transmitting sensing information detected by the sensor to a communication destination, on the basis of the schedule. The module device acquires the sensing information, and initiates the process for determining when to start or when to stop transmitting the sensing information to the communication destination, on the basis of the instruction to initiate the determination process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Chenhui HUANG, Yuka IMAI, Toshinori TAKEMURA, Kentaro NAKAHARA, Hannah POKKA, Itsumi HANEDA, Akira KAMEL, Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Hiroshi KAJITANl, Zhenwei WANG, Koichi MORIKAWA, Hiroshi OKUDA, Hiroaki NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20230188601
    Abstract: A mobile terminal detects a self-device being located at a predetermined location, and stops reception of sensing information from a module device that transmits the sensing information, if being located at the predetermined location is detected. A fixed device receives the sensing information from the module device, and transmits the sensing information to a cloud server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi KAJITANI, Toshinori TAKEMURA, Kentaro NAKAHARA, Hannah POKKA, Itumi HANEDA, Akira KAMEI, Kenichiro FUKUSHI, Chenhui HUANG, Zhenwei WANG, Yuka IMAI, Koichi MORIKAWA, Hiroshi OKUDA, Hiroaki NAKANO
  • Patent number: 11664682
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive electric power fed from a feed unit by using a magnetic field; and a control section configured to perform, when a receiving current supplied from the power receiving section is less than a predetermined threshold current at a time of a light load, current increasing control to increase the receiving current to the threshold current or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Toru Terashima, Keigo Bunsen, Shinichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20230161055
    Abstract: A radiation imaging system including: a radiation generator that includes a radiation source generating a radiation pulse by receiving a tube current of a preset amount; a radiation detector that includes a plurality of charge accumulators which accumulate and release electric charges to be read out as signal values according to received radiation and that generates a dynamic image formed of a plurality of frames; and a hardware processor. The hardware processor sets an amount of the tube current and a length of an accumulation time for which the charge accumulators are allowed to accumulate the electric charges, calculates such a proper range of the tube current that start and end of generation of one radiation pulse by the radiation generator are within one accumulation time to perform an imaging with the accumulation time, and regulates setting of a value out of the proper range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Takeshi NUKANOBU, Keisuke KOEDA, Mao EGUCHI, Atsushi TANEDA, Hiroaki NAKANO
  • Patent number: 11648352
    Abstract: A laminated gasket (13) to be used for a medical syringe is provided, which includes a main body (14) made of an elastic material, and a film (15) provided on a surface of the main body (14). The gasket (13) has a circumferential surface portion (17) to be brought into contact with an inner peripheral surface (16) of a syringe barrel (11) of the syringe. The gasket (13) further includes a projection (22) provided on a surface portion of the film (15) present in the circumferential surface portion (17) as extending circumferentially of the gasket. The projection (22) has a height of not less than 15 ?m and not greater than 55 ?m and a width of not less than 30 ?m and not greater than 75 ?m. With this arrangement, the laminated gasket is excellent in sealability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakano, Yuki Sakashita, Yoshikazu Masuyama
  • Patent number: 11605979
    Abstract: A power receiving device according to the present disclosure includes a power receiving section that receives power from a power feed device with use of a power receiving coil; and a communication section that transmits coil information to the power feed device, the coil information indicating whether or not a coil is provided near the power receiving coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Kozakai, Hiroaki Nakano, Takashi Miyamoto