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: 20190250004
    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: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayasu Suzuki, Hirofumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190218474
    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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicants: 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
  • Publication number: 20190180816
    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: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAGASHIMA, Hirofumi INOUE
  • Patent number: 10317228
    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: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayasu Suzuki, Hirofumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190137044
    Abstract: A leakage position analyzing system includes: a first wave motion detector installed in a first pipe; a second wave motion detector installed in a second pipe connected to the first pipe; a wave motion applying device applying a wave motion to the first pipe; and a leakage position calculator calculating a fluid leakage position on the basis of the difference between the time at which the wave motion reaches the first wave motion detector and the time at which the wave motion reaches the second wave motion detector, a length La from the location in which the first wave motion detector is installed to the location of the connection with the second pipe, and a length Lb from the location in which the second wave motion detector is installed to the location of the connection with the first pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masatake TAKAHASHI, Hirofumi INOUE, Shin TOMINAGA
  • Patent number: 10242735
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nagashima, Hirofumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190032849
    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: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: SHINWA CONTROLS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Atsushi SEKI, Katsutoshi SAKAI, Hirofumi INOUE
  • Patent number: 10156493
    Abstract: Provided are a position determination device and the like for determining a mounting position of a sensor suitable for detecting leakage vibration of a pipe. A position determination device (100) includes a frequency determination unit for determining a frequency of vibration propagating through a pipe and a structure attached to the pipe and a mounting position determination unit for determining, on the basis of the determined frequency, a mounting position of a sensor for detecting vibration of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Junichiro Mataga, Shin Tominaga, Masatake Takahashi, Hirofumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20180348080
    Abstract: Provided is a device that may accurately predict a deterioration tendency of a pipe. The device includes a plurality of detection units 10, a cross-correlation function calculation unit 22, a deterioration level calculation unit 24, and a deterioration prediction unit 25. The plurality of detection units 10 detect undulations at least two locations in a pipe in which a fluid flows. The cross-correlation function calculation unit 22 calculates a cross-correlation function of the pipe, based on the undulations at the at least two locations in the pipe detected by the plurality of detection units 10. The deterioration level calculation unit 24 calculates a deterioration level of the pipe, based on a shape of the cross-correlation function of the pipe. The deterioration prediction unit 25 predicts a deterioration tendency of the pipe, based on a temporal change of the deterioration level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi INOUE, Takahiro KUMURA, Soichiro TAKATA
  • Publication number: 20180340783
    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: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayasu Suzuki, Hirofumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20180298304
    Abstract: Provided is a grease composition containing a base oil, a thickener, and an additive. The base oil contains a poly-?-olefin and has a kinematic viscosity of 20-60 mm2/s at 40° C. The thickener contains a urea compound produced by reacting a diisocyanate compound with a mixed amine containing an alicyclic amine and an aromatic amine. The additive contains a phosphorous acid ester, an ether compound, and an oxidized paraffin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicants: JTEKT Corporation, JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Koji YOSHIZAKI, Hiroshi INUKAI, Yoichiro SANKAI, Shinji YAMANE, Hideo SHIBATA, Hirofumi INOUE, Ryuji NAKATA, Kazumi SAKAI, Kentaro YAMAGUCHI, Kiyomi SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180292292
    Abstract: There are circumstances in which estimation of a pipe condition is desired as needs of water utility companies, and thus, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique that can estimate conditions of deterioration or a defect inside and outside a pipe. In order to solve the problem, a pipe condition detection system according to the present invention includes: a sensor unit that detects vibration data and pressure data from a pipe or fluid in the pipe; and a determination unit that determines conditions inside and outside the pipe, based on the vibration data and the pressure data acquired by the sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masatake TAKAHASHI, Shin TOMINAGA, Jun SAKAI, Hirofumi INOUE
  • Patent number: 10048083
    Abstract: A vehicle information providing device has a history information accumulation unit configured to sequentially acquire at least one of driving location information, power consumption information and charging facility information from an in-vehicle device of a vehicle having at least an electric motor as a traveling drive source and accumulate the at least one information as driving history information, an input unit configured to input at least a departure point and a destination point, a planned route acquisition unit configured to acquire a planned route from the departure point to the destination point, and a map memory configured to store a control map in which a route of section and a characteristic value are associated with each other on a basis of the driving history information accumulated in the history information accumulation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Daisuke Saito, Toshiro Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20180188047
    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: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Masayasu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180164403
    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: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi INOUE, Naofumi SUZUKI, Junichiro MATAGA
  • Publication number: 20180053548
    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: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAGASHIMA, Hirofumi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20170343514
    Abstract: Degradation of a pipe can be easily detected. A piping inspection system 1 includes an excitation unit 100, a wave detection unit 210, and a diagnosis unit 220. The excitation unit 100 excites waves of different wave modes simultaneously at a first position of a pipe 300. The wave detection unit 210 detects the waves of different wave modes at a second position of the pipe 300. The diagnosis unit 220 diagnoses degradation of the pipe 300 based on a velocity of one of the waves of different wave modes, the velocity being calculated by using a detection time difference between the waves of different wave modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Takata, Shohei Kinoshita, Hirofumi Inoue, Shigeki Shinoda, Kenichiro Fujiyama, Takahiro Kumura, Shigeru Kasai, Nobuhiro Mikami
  • Publication number: 20170322104
    Abstract: Provided are a position determination device and the like for determining a mounting position of a sensor suitable for detecting leakage vibration of a pipe. A position determination device (100) includes a frequency determination unit for determining a frequency of vibration propagating through a pipe and a structure attached to the pipe and an mounting position determination unit for determining, on the basis of the specified frequency, the mounting position of a sensor for detecting the vibration of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Junichiro MATAGA, Shin TOMINAGA, Masatake TAKAHASHI, Hirofumi INOUE
  • Patent number: 9812195
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nagashima, Hirofumi Inoue
  • Patent number: 9733098
    Abstract: A vehicle information providing device provides route information to vehicles. The vehicle information providing device has a history information accumulation unit that sequentially acquires at least one of driving location information, power consumption information and charging location information from vehicle-mounted devices of a plurality of vehicle, and stores as driving history information. A presentation route is determined by extracting the stored driving history information. The stored driving history information is referenced to determine a route travelled from the departure-point range to the target-point range, from among the routes travelled by the vehicle as the presentation route. Also, the vehicle information providing device alters the search conditions and the search is performed again, when there are no routes traveling from the departure location range to the destination range within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoue, Daisuke Saito, Toshiro Muramatsu