Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Narita

Hiroaki Narita 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: 11956386
    Abstract: An emergency report can be made to a plurality of emergency services. Provided is a communication control device 2 housing a subscriber terminal 1, and the communication control device 2 includes: a call control unit 21 that connects an emergency call made from the subscriber terminal 1 to an emergency-call reception switchboard 5; and an outgoing/incoming call inhibition unit 22 that inhibits outgoing/incoming calls from/to the subscriber terminal 1 in a prescribed period, when the emergency call is disconnected by the subscriber terminal 1. The outgoing/incoming call inhibition unit 22: when a call is made from the subscriber terminal 1 in the prescribed period, determines whether the call is an emergency call or a general call; in a case of an emergency call, cancels inhibition for outgoing/incoming calls from/to the subscriber terminal 1 and connects the call by using the call control unit 21; and in a case of a general call, does not connect the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki Nakajima, Taichi Osada, Mikio Isawa, Yasuhiro Seki, Hiroaki Matsumura, Shinya Narita
  • Patent number: 11128150
    Abstract: When interruption of electric service occurs, each of a number of electric actuators forcibly drives a motor using electric energy stored in an electricity storing portion and returns a valve to a predetermined opening position. When receiving a charge start command from a host device, each of the electric actuators starts the charging of the electricity storing portion. The host device divides the electric actuators into groups according to predetermined priority of charging and transmits charge start commands to the electric actuators for each of the groups in order of the priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Narita
  • Patent number: 10738906
    Abstract: A rotation control apparatus includes a relative position sensor that contactlessly detects the mechanical displacement amount of a shaft to be actuated in a direction of rotation, absolute position sensors that are provided at mutually different positions within a rotatable range of the shaft to be actuated and each output a detection signal when the shaft to be actuated has reached its corresponding position, and a position calculating unit that calculates an absolute position of the shaft to be actuated in the direction of rotation on the basis of an integrated value of the mechanical displacement amount since the detection signal is output and a reference value indicating a position corresponding to the absolute position sensor that has output the detection signal. At least one of the absolute position sensors is provided to correspond to a third position excluding a first position and a second position within the rotatable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Narita
  • Patent number: 10605376
    Abstract: An electric actuator comprises an electricity storing portion that stores electric energy, a charging portion that charges the electricity storing portion when the electric actuator is energized by receiving electric power from outside, and a controlling portion that controls the entire actuator. The controlling portion controls the opening degree of a valve according to an opening degree target value when the electric actuator is energized and operates the valve to a desired opening position using energy stored in the electricity storing portion when interruption of electric service occurs. In addition, the controlling portion causes the charging portion to start charging of the electricity storing portion when a charge waiting time that depends on predetermined priority of charging has elapsed after electric power is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Azbil Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Narita
  • Publication number: 20190049036
    Abstract: An electric actuator comprises an electricity storing portion that stores electric energy, a charging portion that charges the electricity storing portion when the electric actuator is energized by receiving electric power from outside, and a controlling portion that controls the entire actuator. The controlling portion controls the opening degree of a valve according to an opening degree target value when the electric actuator is energized and operates the valve to a desired opening position using energy stored in the electricity storing portion when interruption of electric service occurs. In addition, the controlling portion causes the charging portion to start charging of the electricity storing portion when a charge waiting time that depends on predetermined priority of charging has elapsed after electric power is turned on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventor: Hiroaki NARITA
  • Publication number: 20190044346
    Abstract: When interruption of electric service occurs, each of a number of electric actuators forcibly drives a motor using electric energy stored in an electricity storing portion and returns a valve to a predetermined opening position. When receiving a charge start command from a host device, each of the electric actuators starts the charging of the electricity storing portion. The host device divides the electric actuators into groups according to predetermined priority of charging and transmits charge start commands to the electric actuators for each of the groups in order of the priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventor: Hiroaki NARITA
  • Patent number: 10134659
    Abstract: The size and thickness of a semiconductor device are reduced. A semiconductor package with a flip chip bonding structure includes: a semiconductor chip having a main surface with multiple electrode pads formed therein and a back surface located on the opposite side thereto; four lead terminals each having an upper surface with the semiconductor chip placed thereover and a lower surface located on the opposite side thereto; and a sealing body having a main surface and a back surface located on the opposite side thereto. In this semiconductor package, the distance between adjacent first lower surfaces of the four lead terminals exposed in the back surface of the sealing body is made longer than the distance between adjacent upper surfaces thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Narita
  • Patent number: 10122241
    Abstract: A power generating portion formed of a rotor and a stator is provided. The rotor is formed of a ring incorporating a permanent magnet and an impeller. The rotor is regarded as a turbine. An actual flow rate of fluid flowing in a flow path is estimated from a present angular velocity of the turbine and a present torque of the power generating portion, a torque of the power generating portion in which the estimated actual flow rate corresponds to a setting flow rate is calculated and the torque of the power generating portion is controlled based on the calculated torque and a magnetic pole position of the turbine. The magnetic pole position of the turbine is estimated based on a present phase voltage value and a present phase current value of the power generating portion and a present winding temperature of the power generating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Narita, Makoto Saruwatari
  • Patent number: 10119415
    Abstract: A power generating portion formed of a rotor and a stator is provided. The rotor is formed of a ring incorporating a permanent magnet and an impeller. The rotor is regarded as a turbine. An actual flow rate is estimated from a present angular velocity of the turbine and a present torque of the power generating portion, a torque of the power generating portion in which the estimated actual flow rate corresponds to a setting flow rate is calculated and the torque of the power generating portion is controlled based on the calculated torque and a magnetic pole position of the turbine. A measured value detected by a position sensor is used as the magnetic pole position of the turbine, however, when it is determined that reliability does not exist in the position sensor, an estimated value is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Narita, Makoto Saruwatari
  • Publication number: 20180245704
    Abstract: A rotation control apparatus includes a relative position sensor that contactlessly detects the mechanical displacement amount of a shaft to be actuated in a direction of rotation, absolute position sensors that are provided at mutually different positions within a rotatable range of the shaft to be actuated and each output a detection signal when the shaft to be actuated has reached its corresponding position, and a position calculating unit that calculates an absolute position of the shaft to be actuated in the direction of rotation on the basis of an integrated value of the mechanical displacement amount since the detection signal is output and a reference value indicating a position corresponding to the absolute position sensor that has output the detection signal. At least one of the absolute position sensors is provided to correspond to a third position excluding a first position and a second position within the rotatable range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki NARITA
  • Patent number: 9665105
    Abstract: A table indicating a relationship between a differential pressure across a valve unit and a torque that is to be outputted by a motor (an output torque) is stored in a table storing portion. A valve opening controlling portion and a torque controlling portion are provided in a controlling portion. The valve opening controlling portion uses the actual opening ?pv, from the valve opening detector, as the valve opening measured value, and sends a driving command to the motor so as to cause the valve opening measured value ?pv to match the valve opening setpoint ?sp. The torque controlling portion acquires, from the table, a torque corresponding to the differential pressure ?P across the valve unit, detected by the differential pressure detecting portion, and sends, to the motor, a command (a torque output command) to cause outputting of the torque that has been acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Someya, Hiroaki Narita, Makoto Saruwatari, Tomofumi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 9555590
    Abstract: In the method according to the invention for producing a pneumatic tire for heavy load, it is important that the following vulcanizing conditions are satisfied, the temperature for vulcanizing the tread region is 140° C. or lower, a vulcanization calorie given to the bead regions is a calorie corresponding to a time of 25 to 40 minutes in terms of the vulcanization calorie at a vulcanizing temperature of 140° C., and the ratio of a vulcanization calorie given to the front surface of the tread region to the vulcanization calorie given to the bead regions is 0.6 or more and less than 1.0, these vulcanization calories being each in terms of the vulcanization calorie at the vulcanizing temperature of 140° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Narita
  • Publication number: 20160290153
    Abstract: A power generating portion formed of a rotor and a stator is provided. The rotor is formed of a ring incorporating a permanent magnet and an impeller. The rotor is regarded as a turbine. An actual flow rate is estimated from a present angular velocity of the turbine and a present torque of the power generating portion, a torque of the power generating portion in which the estimated actual flow rate corresponds to a setting flow rate is calculated and the torque of the power generating portion is controlled based on the calculated torque and a magnetic pole position of the turbine. A measured value detected by a position sensor is used as the magnetic pole position of the turbine, however, when it is determined that reliability does not exist in the position sensor, an estimated value is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Azbil Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki NARITA, Makoto SARUWATARI
  • Publication number: 20160290152
    Abstract: A power generating portion formed of a rotor and a stator is provided. The rotor is formed of a ring incorporating a permanent magnet and an impeller. The rotor is regarded as a turbine. An actual flow rate of fluid flowing in a flow path is estimated from a present angular velocity of the turbine and a present torque of the power generating portion, a torque of the power generating portion in which the estimated actual flow rate corresponds to a setting flow rate is calculated and the torque of the power generating portion is controlled based on the calculated torque and a magnetic pole position of the turbine. The magnetic pole position of the turbine is estimated based on a present phase voltage value and a present phase current value of the power generating portion and a present winding temperature of the power generating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Azbil Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki NARITA, Makoto SARUWATARI
  • Publication number: 20160291606
    Abstract: A table indicating a relationship between a differential pressure across a valve unit and a torque that is to be outputted by a motor (an output torque) is stored in a table storing portion. A valve opening controlling portion and a torque controlling portion are provided in a controlling portion. The valve opening controlling portion uses the actual opening ?pv, from the valve opening detector, as the valve opening measured value, and sends a driving command to the motor so as to cause the valve opening measured value ?pv to match the valve opening setpoint ?sp. The torque controlling portion acquires, from the table, a torque corresponding to the differential pressure ?P across the valve unit, detected by the differential pressure detecting portion, and sends, to the motor, a command (a torque output command) to cause outputting of the torque that has been acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Azbil Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki SOMEYA, Hiroaki NARITA, Makoto SARUWATARI, Tomofumi OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160079186
    Abstract: There is provided a technology by which the position of 1 pin in a tabless package can be recognized easily. The rear surfaces of plural leads are exposed on a rear surface of a resin-sealed body which seals a semiconductor chip etc., a image recognition area is further provided adjacent to 1 pin (lead with index 1), and a rear surface of an identification mark is exposed from the rear surface of the resin-sealed body of the image recognition area. This identification mark is made of the same conductive member as the plural leads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroaki NARITA
  • Patent number: 9269671
    Abstract: There is provided a technology by which the position of 1 pin in a tabless package can be recognized easily. The rear surfaces of plural leads are exposed on a rear surface of a resin-sealed body which seals a semiconductor chip etc., a image recognition area is further provided adjacent to 1 pin (lead with index 1), and a rear surface of an identification mark is exposed from the rear surface of the resin-sealed body of the image recognition area. This identification mark is made of the same conductive member as the plural leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Narita
  • Patent number: 9255951
    Abstract: In a method for evaluating degradation of a potentiometer, a plurality of evaluation items, from minor to major, are established as evaluation items for degradation in performance prior to failure of a potentiometer. The degradation of the potentiometer in performance of the plurality of evaluation items is evaluated in terms of stages, in a specific sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Saruwatari, Hiroaki Narita, Takuji Abe
  • Patent number: 9231453
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes a motor, an electricity storing body, a manual operating unit, a switch and a resetting unit. In a state wherein a controlled element has arrived at a first opening and a supply of power to the motor from the electricity storing body is cut off, the motor and the controlled element are in a non-linked state only while a button is pushed. The switch keeps a supply path of electric power open when the button has been pressed once. The resetting unit closes the switch at a point in time that the controlled element that is driven by the motor arrives at a specific second opening at a time of restoration of the external power supply in a state wherein the non-linked state of the motor and the controlled element by the button has been undone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuji Abe, Hiroaki Narita, Makoto Saruwatari, Hideaki Someya
  • Patent number: 9230916
    Abstract: There is provided a technology by which the position of 1 pin in a tabless package can be recognized easily. The rear surfaces of plural leads are exposed on a rear surface of a resin-sealed body which seals a semiconductor chip etc., a image recognition area is further provided adjacent to 1 pin (lead with index 1), and a rear surface of an identification mark is exposed from the rear surface of the resin-sealed body of the image recognition area. This identification mark is made of the same conductive member as the plural leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Narita