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).

  • Patent number: 11099022
    Abstract: A vehicle reach area presentation device sets a unit area in which a start point exists as a start area among unit areas into which a region on map data is divided and extracts pieces of probe data including records of past travels within a certain range from the start area. The device sets the unit areas, including goal points recorded in the extracted pieces of probe data, as reach areas, calculates energy consumptions from the start area to the reach areas by using the pieces of probe data, and presents the reach areas to a user while changing display of the reach areas depending on the calculated energy consumptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayasu Suzuki, Hirofumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210206384
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a first information acquiring device configured to acquire motion information related to a motion of an occupant; a second information acquiring device configured to acquire operation information related to an input operation to a predetermined onboard device, the input operation being based on the motion of the occupant; a memory configured to store the motion information and the operation information in association with each other; a motion detecting device configured to detect the motion of an occupant; and a controller configured to, when the motion information related to the motion of the occupant detected by the motion detecting device is stored in the memory, output command information related to an operation command to the onboard device by referring to the operation information stored in association with the motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jo Nishiyama, Hirofumi Inoue, Takehito Teraguchi, Yu Shikoda, Shota Okubo
  • Publication number: 20210204092
    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: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Jo Nishiyama, Takehito Teraguchi, Yu Shikoda, Shota Okubo
  • Publication number: 20210190272
    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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro TAKATA, Takahiro KUMURA, Kanta MIYAKE, Shin TOMINAGA, Hirofumi INOUE, Shigeki SHINODA
  • Publication number: 20210181057
    Abstract: In order to provide an estimating device and the like capable of easily estimating the strength of a pipe, this estimating device is provided with a frequency response calculating unit, a pipe rigidity variable estimating unit, and a strength estimating unit. The frequency response calculating unit calculates a frequency response function of the pipe on the basis of excitation force data representing an excitation force when the pipe is excited, and response data obtained by measuring vibrations propagating through the pipe. The pipe rigidity variable estimating unit estimates a parameter relating to the rigidity of the pipe on the basis of a frequency response function model, which is a model representing the frequency response of the pipe, and the frequency response function. The strength estimating unit estimates the strength of the pipe on the basis of a relationship between the parameter and the strength of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi INOUE, Soichiro TAKATA, Shigeki SHINODA, Katsumi KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210174790
    Abstract: An operation assistance device for vehicles includes a human relationship analysis unit, a human relationship storage unit, and an assistance information determination unit. The operation assistance device obtains recommendation information suitable for an occupant composition including human relationships and provides the recommendation information for assisting a vehicle operation. The analysis unit acquires conversation voice data of a plurality of persons to specify speakers, analyzes the acquired data for each specified speaker to extract a predetermined keyword, specifies a speech pattern of each speaker based on the keyword, specifies conversation content based on the acquired data, and analyzes and quantifies direct human relationships among the persons from the specified speech pattern and conversation content. The storage unit preliminarily accumulates the direct human relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jo Nishiyama, Hirofumi Inoue, Takehito Teraguchi, Jun Kasai
  • Publication number: 20210163032
    Abstract: A device control apparatus includes a detector which detects sound; and a controller which controls a plurality of devices. The plurality of devices includes a first device which is not related to operation of a vehicle and a second device which is related to the operation of the vehicle. The controller is configured to: recognize voice of a user by using data of the sound detected by the detector; identify a type of an operation target device from a plurality of the devices and operation content of the operation target device, based on the voice recognized; notify a user of start of activating the first device by the operation content identified and activate the first device by the operation content identified when the operation target identified is the first device; and notify the user to request a response before the controller activates the second device by the operation content identified when the operation target identified is the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shota Ohkubo, Hirofumi Inoue, Jo Nishiyama, Takehito Teraguchi, Yu Shikoda
  • Publication number: 20210164859
    Abstract: Provided are an analyzing device and the like capable of suppressing erroneous determination. This analyzing device is provided with: a cross correlation calculating unit that obtains a cross correlation function with respect to vibrations detected at two points contained in a measurement sector of a pipeline; an estimating unit that estimates a cause of the vibrations, on the basis of the continuity of peaks in the cross correlation function; and an analyzing unit that analyzes the actual generation location of the vibrations and cause of the vibrations on the basis of an estimated generation location of the vibrations and cause of the vibrations and information relating to the configuration of a pipeline network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki SHINODA, Hirofumi INOUE, Takahiro KUMURA, Katsumi KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210116323
    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: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki SHINODA, Hirofumi INOUE, Junichiro MATAGA, Takahiro KUMURA, Katsumi KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210091108
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, 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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyomi NARUKE, Shinichiro Shiratake, Mutsumi Okajima, Hidetoshi Saito, Hirofumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210048811
    Abstract: A model generation device for life prediction includes: an actual operation information generation unit that generates actual operation information indicating a relationship between a use time and a reliability of an object whose life is predicted, based on failure history information of the object by using an order-statistic calculation method; a probability distribution model generation unit that sets a number of division by which the use time is divided into periods, and then generates a probability distribution model that approximates the actual operation information for each of the periods obtained by dividing the use time; a calculation unit that calculates a goodness of fit of the probability distribution model to the actual operation information for each of the number of division by using an information criterion; and a determination unit that determines the probability distribution model at the number of division providing the highest goodness of fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro TAKATA, Hirofumi INOUE, Junichiro MATAGA
  • Publication number: 20210010980
    Abstract: A system identification device 1 includes an analysis unit 105 that calculates a self-frequency response function on the basis of an input signal and an output signal measured by a measurement unit 103 at a position where a subject physical system 106 has been excited by a vibrating unit 102. The analysis unit 105 performs system identification of the subject physical system 106 by using an impulse response function obtained from the calculated self-frequency response function and an impulse response function of a virtual two-degrees-of-freedom model modeling the subject physical system 106 that is the subject of analysis. This makes it possible to perform system identification of systems with close eigenvalues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro TAKATA, Hirofumi INOUE, Shigeki SHINODA, Katsumi KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 10845460
    Abstract: Signal measurement units each measure a signal output from a sound source, as a measured signal. Reference signal acquisition units each acquire a reference signal. A weighting processing unit creates weighted reference signals by weighting the reference signals. A time synchronization correction calculation unit calculates a time synchronization correction value based on the weighted reference signals. The time synchronization correction value is a correction value for synchronizing the two measured signals. An arrival time difference calculation unit calculates an arrival time difference based on the time synchronization correction value. The arrival time difference is a difference between elapsed times for the two measured signals acquired by respective ones of the pair of signal measurement units to arrive at the respective ones of the pair of signal measurement units. A sound source position calculation unit calculates a position of the sound source based on the arrival time difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Naofumi Suzuki, Junichiro Mataga
  • Publication number: 20200355406
    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: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masamichi UMEKI, Hideaki FURUMOTO, Shigeo AOKI, Ryo MORIYA, Hirofumi INOUE
  • Patent number: 10823705
    Abstract: This invention provides the following: a diagnostic device that may, with a simple design, diagnose the condition of a wide area of a structure such as a pipe; and the like. The diagnostic device 100 has a determining means for determining the condition of the structure on the basis of the speed of sound therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Tominaga, Masatake Takahashi, Junichiro Mataga, Hirofumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20200333223
    Abstract: An analyzing device including: a material property calculating unit that calculates a material property of a pipeline being inspected, on the basis of measurement information including a load applied to the pipeline being inspected, and a displacement corresponding to the load applied to the pipeline being inspected; and a degree of deterioration calculating unit that calculates a degree of deterioration of the pipeline being inspected, on the basis of the material property of the pipeline being inspected, calculated by the material property calculating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi INOUE, Soichiro TAKATA, Shigeki SHINODA, Katsumi KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 10571077
    Abstract: The present invention is a hydrogen cooling apparatus comprising: a air-cooled condenser disposed on a part of a first coolant passage so as to enable cooling of a first coolant by driving an air-cooling fan; a first heat exchanger enabling cooling of a second coolant by the first coolant, between another part of the first coolant passage and a part of a second coolant passage; and a second heat exchanger enabling cooling of hydrogen by the second coolant, between another part of the second coolant passage and a part of a hydrogen passage. A driving rotational speed of the air-cooling fan is inverter controlled in such a manner that a pressure of the first coolant from the air-cooled condenser to the first heat exchanger is maintained between 1.5 MPa and 1.7 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Seki, Katsutoshi Sakai, Hirofumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190378181
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a diagnosis cost output device with which it is possible to obtain a diagnosis cost. [Solution] This diagnosis cost output device is provided with: a detection performance identifying means for identifying a measuring time required for leak detection with respect to a sensor installation spacing, on the basis of information affecting vibration propagation characteristics of a pipe; and an output means for outputting a diagnosis cost with respect to the installation spacing, on the basis of a sensor installation cost and a measuring cost arising as a result of the leakage detection during the measuring time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki SHINODA, Katsumi KIKUCHI, Hirofumi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20190368964
    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: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi INOUE, Katsumi KIKUCHI, Shigeki SHINODA, Shin TOMINAGA
  • Patent number: 10458878
    Abstract: Provided are a position determination device and the like which determine vibration measurement positions for specifying a leak position. A position determination device 100 includes a feature amount extraction unit which extracts feature amounts relating to detected pipe vibrations respectively on the basis of the pipe vibrations detected by a plurality of detection units, and a measurement position determination unit which determines measurement positions of at least two of the detection units on the basis of the feature amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Masatake Takahashi, Shin Tominaga, Junichiro Mataga