Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Inoue

Hirofumi Inoue 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: 20230156980
    Abstract: In a power conversion device, a semiconductor module, a bus bar assembly, and a smoothing capacitor are superposed on a cooler in the stated order from the cooler side. At least one of a cooling column-equipped member, which is at least one of the smoothing capacitor and the bus bar assembly, and the cooler is provided with a cooling column configured to transfer heat of the cooling column-equipped member to the cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo KITAGAWA, Daisuke SASAKI, Kohei ANDO, Yoshifumi MIZUNO, Yoshitsugu HIRAYAMA, Hirofumi INOUE, Koji UYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230121586
    Abstract: A sound data processing device includes: a sound data acquisition unit configured to acquire first sound data that is data about a sound whose sound image is localized in a cabin of a vehicle; an object specifying unit configured to specify an attention object that is an object to which an occupant of the vehicle directs attention; a sound data processing unit configured to generate second sound data that is data about the sound for which a sound relating to the attention object is emphasized in comparison with the first sound data; and a sound data output unit configured to output the second sound data to an output device that outputs a sound to the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shota Ohkubo, Hirofumi Inoue, Masaki Okamoto, Jo Nishiyama, Jun Kasai, Tahehito Teraguchi, Yu Shikoda, Fangge Chen
  • Patent number: 11614205
    Abstract: A piping diagnostic device according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes: criteria distribution generating means for generating a criteria distribution that is statistical data of criteria data of piping based on construction information about the piping, design information about the piping, and material information about the piping; changed-state distribution generating means for generating a changed-state distribution that is statistical data of changed-state data of the piping that have changed due to aging based on at least either vibration or dynamic pressure of the piping that have changed due to aging; measurement means for measuring at least either vibration or dynamic pressure of the piping; and determining means for determining deterioration of the piping based on the criteria distribution, the changed-state distribution, and at least either vibration or dynamic pressure of the piping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro Takata, Takahiro Kumura, Kanta Miyake, Shin Tominaga, Hirofumi Inoue, Shigeki Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20230046797
    Abstract: A required time prediction apparatus (2000) acquires utilization facility information and assumed date and time information. The utilization facility information is information enabling to determine a departure facility and a destination facility. The assumed date and time information is information enabling to determine an assumed departure date and time assuming departure from the departure facility or an assumed arrival date and time assuming arrival at the destination facility. The apparatus (2000) estimates a waiting time at each facility being present between the departure facility and the destination facility, regarding a case of assuming departure from the departure facility at the assumed departure date and time, or a case of assuming arrival at the destination facility at the assumed arrival date and time. Then, the apparatus (2000) computes, based on the estimated waiting time, a predicted required time from departure from the departure facility to arrival at the destination facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi INOUE, Shin TOMINAGA, Shigeki SHINODA, Yuzo SENDA, Shigeru SEKINE
  • Publication number: 20230033538
    Abstract: A control apparatus (2000) computes a waiting time index value for each of a plurality of gates (20) for entering an area (10). The control apparatus (2000) detects, from among the plurality of gates (20), a first gate (20) and a second gate (20) of which relation between the waiting time index values satisfies a first criterion. Herein, the waiting time index value of the first gate (20) is greater than the waiting time index value of the second gate (20). The control apparatus (2000) causes a terminal (30) associated with the first gate (20) to output priority use information, which allows prioritized use of the second gate (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi INOUE, Shin Tominaga, Shigeki Shinoda, Yuzo Senda, Shigeru Sekine
  • Patent number: 11569256
    Abstract: A device includes a stack above a substrate in a first direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, the stack including conductive layers; a semiconductor layer neighboring the stack in a second direction parallel to the surface of the substrate; a memory layer between the first stack and the semiconductor layer; memory cells between the conductive layers and the semiconductor layer; a first transistor connected between one end of the semiconductor layer in a third direction parallel to the surface of the substrate and crossing the second direction and a first interconnect in the first direction; and a second transistor connected between the other end of the semiconductor layer and a second interconnect in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyomi Naruke, Shinichiro Shiratake, Mutsumi Okajima, Hidetoshi Saito, Hirofumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230029272
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a getting-off determining unit that determines whether or not an occupant gets off a vehicle, a location determining unit that determines whether or not an electronic device to be used by the occupant in the vehicle is at a predetermined position in the vehicle, and a notification control unit that gives a predetermined notification to the occupant when the getting-off determining unit determines that the occupant gets off and the location determining unit determines that the electronic device is not at the predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Shikoda, Hirofumi Inoue, Takehito Teraguchi, Jo Nishiyama, Shota Okubo
  • Publication number: 20230005258
    Abstract: A prediction device 100 of the present invention includes a detection means 121 for, on the basis of a river image that is an image obtained by capturing a river and associated with capturing position information representing a position where the river is captured, detecting river condition information representing a condition of the river at the position where the river image is captured; and a prediction means 122 for, on the basis of the capturing position information, the river condition information, and topography information representing the topography of the river, predicting a river condition representing a condition of the river at a given point of the river. The given point is different from the position represented by the capturing position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki SHINODA, Daisuke IKEFUJI, Shin TOMINGA, Yuzo SENDA, Hirofumi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220399538
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composite material usable as a negative electrode material of a lithium-ion secondary battery. A composite material of the present invention includes: a carbonaceous material; and a metal oxide layer coating a surface of the carbonaceous material, in which the metal oxide layer coats the surface of the carbonaceous material, forming a sea-island structure in which the metal oxide layer is scattered in islands, and a coating rate of the carbonaceous material with the metal oxide layer is 20% or more and 80% or less. A composite material of the present invention includes: a carbonaceous material; and a metal oxide layer and amorphous carbon layer coating the surface of the carbonaceous material, in which the metal oxide layer is scattered in islands on the surface of the carbonaceous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Akihisa TONEGAWA, Hirofumi INOUE, Daisuke KOHNO, Jinseok BAEK
  • Patent number: 11523251
    Abstract: The information processing device includes a communicator 31 for communicating with a vehicle 40 and a mobile device operated by a user, and a controller 33 for controlling the communicator 31, and the controller 33 acquires position information indicating the position of the vehicle 40 and position information indicating the position of the mobile device via the communicator 31, and outputs sound data for identifying the vehicle 40 from the communicator 31 to the mobile device in accordance with the distance between the position of the vehicle 40 and the position of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Jo Nishiyama, Takehito Teraguchi, Yu Shikoda, Shota Okubo
  • Publication number: 20220337167
    Abstract: The power conversion device includes a semiconductor module having a connection terminal, a cooler, a control board, a capacitor module, a cover, a case, and a connection busbar. The semiconductor module, the cooler, the control board, and the capacitor module are arranged in an overlapped manner as seen in the direction perpendicular to the top surface of the cooler. The capacitor module has a capacitor cell, a capacitor case, resin, and a capacitor busbar. The capacitor busbar has an inner extending portion, an opening-side extending portion, and an outer extending portion. The connection busbar extends from the connection terminal of the semiconductor module to an outer surface of the outer extending portion and has a part extending in parallel to the extending direction of the outer extending portion. The connection busbar has a capacitor connection portion at an end thereof on the outer extending portion side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi MIZUNO, Yoshitsugu HIRAYAMA, Hirofumi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220311332
    Abstract: Provided is a step-down converter including: a step-down transformer including a primary-side coil and a secondary-side coil; a resin molded body integrally molded through use of a non-conductive resin together with the primary-side coil and the secondary-side coil; and a rectifier element, wherein the resin molded body has a mounting surface on which the rectifier element is to be mounted, wherein the secondary-side coil includes a first plate-shaped terminal, wherein the first plate-shaped terminal is exposed from the resin molded body in the mounting surface, wherein, on the mounting surface, a second plate-shaped terminal is provided in parallel to the first plate-shaped terminal across a gap, wherein the rectifier element is bonded to both of the first plate-shaped terminal and the second plate-shaped terminal by soldering, and wherein the non-conductive resin has a melting point higher than a melting point of the solder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi INOUE, Kosuke INOUE
  • Patent number: 11448565
    Abstract: To reduce erroneous determinations of detecting a leak, a measurement time determination device is provided with: a degree-of-ease calculation unit configured to calculate degree-of-ease of detecting a leak in piping, based on vibration propagating through the piping or a fluid flowing through the piping when the piping is vibrated; and a determination unit configured to determine a measurement time necessary for detecting the leak, based on the degree-of-ease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Katsumi Kikuchi, Shigeki Shinoda, Shin Tominaga
  • Patent number: 11421176
    Abstract: A grease composition includes a base oil, a thickener, and an additive. The base oil contains a synthetic oil. The thickener contains a compound having a urea group. The additive contains a phosphoric compound, a calcium-based compound, and a hydrocarbon-based wax. A hub unit includes the grease composition enclosed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yoshizaki, Hiroshi Inukai, Yoichiro Sankai, Shinji Yamane, Hideo Shibata, Hirofumi Inoue, Ryuji Nakata, Junichi Imai, Yutaka Imai, Ryosuke Saito, Yuta Sato
  • Patent number: 11402290
    Abstract: A leakage inspection device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory storing a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: determine a measurement time; measure vibration waveforms for the measurement time by using at least two sensors set to a pipe; calculate a cross-correlation function of the measured vibration waveforms; detect peaks of the cross-correlation function at least twice in the measurement time; and determine that leakage occurs in a case where the peaks are repeatedly detected in the measurement time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Shinoda, Hirofumi Inoue, Junichiro Mataga, Takahiro Kumura, Katsumi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11365907
    Abstract: A part of a gas-phase mixed refrigerant compressed by a compressor (20) is condensed by a first condenser (21). Then, the mixed refrigerant is separated by a first gas-liquid separator (22) into a gas-phase first fluid portion (I) and a liquid-phase second fluid portion (II) which has been condensed into a liquid phase. A part of the gas-phase first fluid portion (I) is further condensed by a second condenser (23). Then, the first fluid portion is further separated by a second gas-liquid separator (24) into a gas-phase third fluid portion (III) and a liquid-phase fourth fluid portion (IV) which has been condensed into a liquid phase. Thereafter, the gas-phase third fluid portion (III) is condensed and then expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Masamichi Umeki, Hideaki Furumoto, Shigeo Aoki, Ryo Moriya, Hirofumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220101633
    Abstract: A boarding permission determination device includes a controller that receive a signal from a sensor that is mounted on a vehicle to detect at least a prescribed movement of a person in the periphery of the vehicle while the vehicle is traveling. The controller is configured to determine a stop location for the vehicle and register information indicating characteristics of the person in a storage device when the prescribed movement of the person was detected while the vehicle is traveling. The controller is configured to control the vehicle such that the vehicle stops at the stop location that was determined. The controller is configured to control a prescribed device mounted on the vehicle such that the person can board the vehicle after the vehicle is stopped at the stop location, after recognizing the person that was detected while the vehicle was traveling using the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Jo NISHIYAMA, Hirofumi INOUE, Takehito TERAGUCHI, Yu SHIKODA, Shota OKUBO
  • Patent number: 11268819
    Abstract: A candidate route providing system that provides a vehicle with a candidate route as a candidate of a travel route, based on traveled paths of a plurality of vehicles includes a storage that stores the traveled paths of the plurality of vehicles and travel history information associated with the traveled paths, a current location setter that sets a current location of the vehicle, a passage candidate point setter that sets a passage candidate point selectable by the vehicle to pass through, within a predetermined range being a distance range between a lower-limit distance and an upper-limit distance from the current location, a path extractor that extracts, from the traveled paths, traveled paths that pass through the current location and the passage candidate point, and a candidate route selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Masayasu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210389141
    Abstract: A boarding/deboarding point providing system includes a probe vehicle group, a data server, and an on-board unit or a mobile terminal. When vehicle data transmitted from the probe vehicle group are input, the data server extracts a boarding/deboarding point suitable for boarding a vehicle or deboarding a vehicle from the vehicle data, and stores the point while updating the boarding/deboarding point information database. When a request for boarding/deboarding point information is received from the on-board unit or the mobile terminal, the boarding/deboarding point information stored in the boarding/deboarding point information database is searched for a boarding/deboarding point that meets the request conditions, and the search result that includes the boarding/deboarding point is transmitted to the on-board unit or the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Hirofumi INOUE, Jo NISHIYAMA, Takehito TERAGUCHI, Yu SHIKODA, Shota OKUBO
  • Publication number: 20210343337
    Abstract: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a cell array including a plurality of first lines, a plurality of second lines intersecting the plurality of first lines, and a plurality of memory cells arranged in matrix and connected at intersections of the first and second lines between both lines, each memory cell containing a serial circuit of an electrically erasable programmable variable resistive element of which resistance is nonvolatilely stored as data and a non-ohmic element; and a plurality of access circuits operative to simultaneously access the memory cells physically separated from each other in the cell array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAGASHIMA, Hirofumi INOUE