Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Nakagawa
Hirofumi Nakagawa 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).
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Publication number: 20250034840Abstract: A cab includes an operator's seat and a console. The console includes an operation unit and is located laterally of the operator's seat. The operation unit includes a first control lever and a second control lever. The second control lever is located between the operator's seat and the first control lever in a left-right direction. The first control lever includes a first knob. The second control lever includes a second knob. The first knob has a width larger than a width of the second knob as seen in a top view.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Satoshi NAKAGAWA, Hirofumi WADA
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Publication number: 20250018771Abstract: Provided is a vehicular refrigeration cycle unit interposed between a vehicle-exterior heat exchanger and a vehicle-interior heat exchanger and that exchanges heat between secondary refrigerants flowing through the vehicle-exterior heat exchanger and the vehicle-interior heat exchanger, respectively, the vehicular refrigeration cycle unit being provided with a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which a primary refrigerant sequentially flows, and the distance between the compressor and the evaporator is longer than the distance between the compressor and the condenser.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Masatoshi MORISHITA, Takayuki KOBAYASHI, Nobuya NAKAGAWA, Katsuhiro SAITO, Hideto NOYAMA, Hirotaka TANABE, Hirofumi HIRATA, Shinya HAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 12141399Abstract: Provided is a sensor module including a plurality of sensor electrodes, a plurality of sensor wirings, a plurality of auxiliary electrodes, and a driver circuit. The plurality of sensor electrodes is arranged in a matrix having first to mth rows and first to nth columns. The plurality of sensor wirings is respectively connected to the plurality of sensor electrodes. The plurality of auxiliary electrodes is respectively connected to the plurality of sensor electrodes and extends from the plurality of sensor electrodes in a direction opposite to the direction in which the plurality of sensor wirings extends from the plurality of sensor electrodes. The driver circuit is connected to the plurality of sensor wirings and is configured to obtain sensor values of the plurality of sensor electrodes on the basis of potential fluctuations of the plurality of sensor electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yuto Kakinoki, Hirofumi Nakagawa
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Patent number: 12017041Abstract: A first open/close valve (12a), a drip chamber (14), and a variable valve (17) are provided in this order on a first flow path (10a) from a first connector (11a) side toward a downstream connector (19) side. A second flow path (10b), on which a second open/close valve (12b) is provided, is connected to a section of the first flow path between the first open/close valve and the drip chamber. A priming method includes a first step of causing the first liquid to flow from a first container (20a) into the first flow path and priming the first flow path using the first liquid, and a second step of causing the second liquid to flow from a second container (20b) into the second flow path and priming the second flow path using the second liquid. In the second step, the second liquid moves air that has been present in the second flow path toward the first container (20a).Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignees: JMS Co., Ltd., Kyoto UniversityInventors: Hirofumi Nakagawa, Tadashi Okiyama, Masashi Kanai, Yoko Hamabe
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Publication number: 20240060176Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a raw material for chemical deposition for producing a ruthenium thin film or a ruthenium compound thin film by a chemical deposition method, containing an organoruthenium compound represented by the following formula 1, and further containing ?-diketone that is the same as a ligand of the organoruthenium compound. The raw material for chemical deposition of the present invention is inhibited in discoloration/precipitation even when heated at a high temperature, and enables to form a stable ruthenium thin film or ruthenium compound thin film. wherein substituents R1 and R2 are each hydrogen, or a linear or branched alkyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.Inventors: Kazuharu SUZUKI, Yuki MORI, Subhabrata DAS, Hirofumi NAKAGAWA, Shunichi NABEYA
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Publication number: 20230384893Abstract: Provided is a sensor module including a plurality of sensor electrodes, a plurality of sensor wirings, a plurality of auxiliary electrodes, and a driver circuit. The plurality of sensor electrodes is arranged in a matrix having first to mth rows and first to nth columns. The plurality of sensor wirings is respectively connected to the plurality of sensor electrodes. The plurality of auxiliary electrodes is respectively connected to the plurality of sensor electrodes and extends from the plurality of sensor electrodes in a direction opposite to the direction in which the plurality of sensor wirings extends from the plurality of sensor electrodes. The driver circuit is connected to the plurality of sensor wirings and is configured to obtain sensor values of the plurality of sensor electrodes on the basis of potential fluctuations of the plurality of sensor electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Yuto KAKINOKI, Hirofumi NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20230174116Abstract: A communication system includes at least one first communicator, a second communicator, and a notifier. The at least one first communicator is installable in a boundary area between a first zone and a second zone. The second communicator is installable on a carried object to be carried by a person movable in the first zone. The second communicator communicates with the at least one first communicator. The notifier notifies the person carrying the carried object in response to the second communicator receiving a first signal from the at least one first communicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2020Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Hirofumi NAKAGAWA
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Patent number: 11619403Abstract: In order to enable a uniform air-conditioning of the entire room, a fixed air blowing portion 75 and movable air blowing portions 77 on both sides thereof are provided on a decorative panel 70 as an air blowing part 74, and the movable air blowing portions 77 can rotate about an axis orthogonal to the panel surface or the ceiling surface of the decorative panel 70.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventor: Hirofumi Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11500919Abstract: Technologies generally described herein relate to a computing device for an input assistance scheme for an online marketplace posting. In one aspect, a computing device receives an input image containing an object to be posted on an online marketplace. In response to receiving the object, the computing device extracts, from the input image, feature data relating to the object. The device performs a search of an image database based on the extracted feature data to determine one or more images containing the object. The computing device obtains information data of the determined images and generates a reference dataset for the object based on the reference dataset.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: MERCARI, INC.Inventor: Hirofumi Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11141529Abstract: An infusion set (1) includes: a first flow path (10a) having a first connector (11a) and a downstream connector (19); a first open/close valve (12a), a first liquid surface sensor (13a), a second liquid surface sensor (13b), a drip chamber (14), and a variable valve (17) that are provided in this order on the first flow path from the first connector side toward the downstream connector side; a droplet sensor (15) with which the drip chamber is provided; a second flow path (10b) having a second connector (11b); and a second open/close valve (12b) provided on the second flow path. The second flow path is in communication with a portion of the first flow path between the first liquid surface sensor and the second liquid surface sensor. The controller is configured to control the first and second open/close valves and the variable valves based on signals from the first and second liquid surface sensors and the droplet sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignees: JMS CO., LTD., Kyoto UniversityInventors: Tadashi Okiyama, Hirofumi Nakagawa, Masashi Kanai, Yoko Hamabe
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Patent number: 11102884Abstract: An optical module includes: a first substrate with a first surface, the first substrate having some first pads on the first surface; a second substrate with a second surface, the second substrate having some second pads on the second surface, each of the first pads and a corresponding one of the second pads being opposed to each other and constituting an opposed pair of pads; a first insulation wall between an adjacent pair of the first pads, and in contact with the first surface of the first substrate; and a second insulation wall between an adjacent pair of the second pads, and in contact with the second surface of the second substrate. The first insulation wall and the second insulation wall overlap with none of the opposed pair of pads and are adjacent to each other in a direction along the first surface and the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: CIG PHOTONICS JAPAN LIMITEDInventors: Shigeru Mieda, Hirofumi Nakagawa, Daisuke Murakami
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Publication number: 20210207818Abstract: There is provided a ceiling-embedded air conditioner that makes it possible to blow conditioning air over a wider area. The ceiling-embedded air conditioner includes a rotating unit as an air blowing part that rotates around an axis normal to a virtual plane on the rear surface side of a decorative panel that is parallel to the bottom surface of a body unit, and blows conditioning air, which is delivered by a blower, in a predetermined direction, wherein the rotating unit preferably has a truncated cone that protrudes toward a room to be air conditioned from the panel surface of the decorative panel, and an air blowing outlet, for blowing the conditioning air delivered by the blower along the panel surface, is formed in a portion of a side surface of the truncated cone.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2019Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventor: Hirofumi NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20210165819Abstract: Technologies generally described herein relate to a computing device for an input assistance scheme. Example computing devices may include at least one processor; and at least one memory. The at least one memory may store instructions. The at least one processor executes the instructions to perform operations. The operations may comprise obtaining an input image containing an object; transmitting the input image to a server; receiving, from the server, information data of one or more searched images containing the object; and generating a reference dataset for the object based, at least in part, on the information data, wherein the reference dataset includes at least some of the information data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventor: Hirofumi NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20210162124Abstract: A first open/close valve (12a), a drip chamber (14), and a variable valve (17) are provided in this order on a first flow path (10a) from a first connector (11a) side toward a downstream connector (19) side. A second flow path (10b), on which a second open/close valve (12b) is provided, is connected to a section of the first flow path between the first open/close valve and the drip chamber. A priming method includes a first step of causing the first liquid to flow from a first container (20a) into the first flow path and priming the first flow path using the first liquid, and a second step of causing the second liquid to flow from a second container (20b) into the second flow path and priming the second flow path using the second liquid. In the second step, the second liquid moves air that has been present in the second flow path toward the first container (20a).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Hirofumi NAKAGAWA, Tadashi OKIYAMA, Masashi KANAI, Yoko HAMABE
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Publication number: 20210100097Abstract: An optical module includes: a first substrate with a first surface, the first substrate having some first pads on the first surface; a second substrate with a second surface, the second substrate having some second pads on the second surface, each of the first pads and a corresponding one of the second pads being opposed to each other and constituting an opposed pair of pads; a first insulation wall between an adjacent pair of the first pads, and in contact with the first surface of the first substrate; and a second insulation wall between an adjacent pair of the second pads, and in contact with the second surface of the second substrate. The first insulation wall and the second insulation wall overlap with none of the opposed pair of pads and are adjacent to each other in a direction along the first surface and the second surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Shigeru MIEDA, Hirofumi NAKAGAWA, Daisuke MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20210073266Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recorded with a search program executable by a processor of a terminal apparatus, the search program causing the processor to perform operations including issuing a capture start instruction to start to capture a display image displayed on a screen in response to a user operation, acquiring the captured display image, and issuing a search request including, as a search query, an image of an object extracted from the acquired display image, and displaying a search result on the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventor: Hirofumi NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20210065269Abstract: There is provided a listing support system or the like smoothly performing the guidance after the start of the listing procedure, particularly providing flexible listing support according to a wide variety of categories of listed items, and a method for providing an article commerce intermediation service on a server configured to be accessible from multiple user terminals, the method comprising: continuously recognizing an article in an image shot by a user terminal; extracting a category of the article by the recognition; and starting a listing procedure for treating the article as a listing item in commerce intermediation based on the extracted category.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Daiki KUMAZAWA, Hiroyuki SOHARA, Lain MATSUOKA, Hirofumi NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20210010687Abstract: In order to enable a uniform air-conditioning of the entire room, a fixed air blowing portion 75 and movable air blowing portions 77 on both sides thereof are provided on a decorative panel 70 as an air blowing part 74, and the movable air blowing portions 77 can rotate about an axis orthogonal to the panel surface or the ceiling surface of the decorative panel 70.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITEDInventor: Hirofumi NAKAGAWA
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Patent number: 10761466Abstract: A fixing device includes: a fixing member that heats a toner image formed on a recording sheet in order to fix the toner image on the recording sheet; a pressurizing member that nips the recording sheet together with the fixing member to pressurize the toner image on the recording sheet; a heater that heats the pressurizing member; and a hardware processor that controls a heating temperature of the pressurizing member by the heater, wherein the hardware processor acquires setting of glossiness of the toner image and controls the heating temperature to be higher as the glossiness in the setting is lower.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Chiaki Yamada, Naoki Yoshie, Hirofumi Nakagawa
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Patent number: 10684730Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a sensor-equipped display device including a display device and a sensor which outputs information for detecting a contact position on the display device, a display driver which outputs a driving signal to the sensor based on one setting table, an application processor which outputs a table selection signal specifying a setting table and a sensor setting signal specifying a driving method of the sensor to the display driver, and a sensing circuit which outputs a dataset including three-dimensional information of a coordinate of a position on the display device and a physical quantity at the coordinate to the application processor, and outputs a table selection request signal generated based on the table selection signal, and a control signal which controls driving timing of the sensor to the display driver, the control signal having generated based on the sensor setting signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Kohei Azumi, Jouji Yamada, Hirofumi Nakagawa, Michio Yamamoto, Makoto Hayashi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kozo Ikeno, Yoshitoshi Kida