Patents by Inventor Hiroki Shinohara

Hiroki Shinohara 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: 20240290639
    Abstract: A method includes: supplying a processing liquid to a center position of a substrate surface; shifting a supply position of the processing liquid from the center position to a first eccentric position; holding the supply position of the processing liquid at the first eccentric position and supplying a substitute liquid to a second eccentric position; shifting the supply position of the processing liquid in a direction away from the center position, and shifting a supply position of the substitute liquid to the center position; and supplying the processing liquid to the first eccentric position at a first flow rate, and reducing the flow rate of the processing liquid to a second flow rate after the supply position of the processing liquid starts to be shifted from the first eccentric position in the direction and until the supply position of the substitute liquid reaches the center position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki SAKURAI, Kazuki KOSAI, Kazuyoshi SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20240227453
    Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic tire includes a crown circumferential groove, a shoulder circumferential groove, crown lateral grooves, and crown blocks. The crown circumferential groove includes crown first-side vertexes and crown second-side vertexes and thus zigzags. The shoulder circumferential groove includes shoulder inner-side vertexes and shoulder outer-side vertexes. The crown lateral grooves are disposed at two pitch intervals of a zigzag of the crown circumferential groove and connect between the crown first-side vertexes and the shoulder inner-side vertexes. The crown blocks have crown sub-grooves having a groove width less than a groove width of the crown lateral groove. The crown sub-groove includes at least two transverse grooves extending across the crown block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20240131870
    Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic tire includes a crown circumferential groove, a shoulder circumferential groove, crown lateral grooves, and crown blocks. The crown circumferential groove includes crown first-side vertexes and crown second-side vertexes and thus zigzags. The shoulder circumferential groove includes shoulder inner-side vertexes and shoulder outer-side vertexes. The crown lateral grooves are disposed at two pitch intervals of a zigzag of the crown circumferential groove and connect between the crown first-side vertexes and the shoulder inner-side vertexes. The crown blocks have crown sub-grooves having a groove width less than a groove width of the crown lateral groove. The crown sub-groove includes at least two transverse grooves extending across the crown block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20230202760
    Abstract: A warehouse for order fulfilment with at least one order fulfillment area in which picking stations are arranged and supplied with articles from a product storage for picking orders wherein each picking station is supplied and collected with product containers by a connecting conveyor system and the connecting conveyor system also supplying order containers and being used for discharge of emptied product containers and partial order or finished orders from the respective picking station, where a bypass conveyor is arranged in parallel to the connecting conveyor system such that product and/or order traffic inbound to the picking stations and outbound from the picking stations may be off-loaded from the connecting conveyor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Shin Yamashita, Hiroki Shinohara, Daniel Huberth
  • Patent number: 11648845
    Abstract: The user can readily determine a battery station where a battery exchange can be performed without fail. A management server searches a battery station that suits a battery configuration of an electric vehicle operated by each user according to management information on the battery configuration thereof, and to transmit a guidance screen for guiding the user to the searched battery station to the terminal device carried by the user. In particular, the user is guided to a station where the number of fully charged battery devices in a battery exchanger is equal to or greater than the number of battery devices used by the electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Ebisu, Toshiya Zaitsu, Hiroki Shinohara, Masashi Takemura, Kenichiro Shibasaki, Koji Aoto
  • Publication number: 20220219564
    Abstract: To identify a battery device that may have an abnormality in the future and promptly recall such a battery device, a battery management system includes a management server connected to a plurality of battery exchangers via a network and configured to manage exchanging states of battery packs at the battery exchangers, and a user terminal carried by each user and connected to the management server via the network, wherein the management server is configured to identify a user using a battery pack to be recalled, and to transmit an exchange reminder to the user terminal of the identified user, and the user terminal is configured to perform a notification operation that prompts the identified user to exchange the battery pack upon receiving the exchange reminder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji AOTO, Toshiya ZAITSU, Hiromitsu EBISU, Hiroki SHINOHARA, Masashi TAKEMURA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220185143
    Abstract: To enable a user to easily grasp an operation state of a battery station in an area desired by the user regardless of the current position of the user, a user terminal is configured to display a guidance screen for guiding a location of the battery station to the user based on information transmitted from a management server, and the guidance screen displays a guide map showing an icon 92 indicating a location of the battery station and superimposed on a map 91 of a designated area designated by the user such that whether an opening period of the battery station is new or old can be identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi TAKEMURA, Toshiya ZAITSU, Hiroki SHINOHARA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI, Koji AOTO, Ryota SAITO
  • Publication number: 20220187093
    Abstract: To enable a user to easily grasp an operation state of a battery station in an area desired by the user regardless of the current position of the user, a user terminal is configured to display a guidance screen for guiding a location of the battery station to the user based on information transmitted from a management server, and the guidance screen displays a guide map showing an icon 92 indicating a location of the battery station and superimposed on a map 91 of a designated area designated by the user such that closing and maintenance suspension of the battery station can be identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi TAKEMURA, Toshiya ZAITSU, Hiroki SHINOHARA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI, Koji AOTO, Ryota SAITO
  • Patent number: 11203266
    Abstract: The present application allows all battery stations located in different locations to be efficiently monitored, and management and maintenance operations to be performed in a timely fashion to keep the state of the battery stations in proper order. A server device collects state information on a state of a battery exchange device in each battery station, and on a state of each battery device received in the corresponding battery exchange device, and to generate a monitoring screen showing the state information of each battery station on an area map displayed on a management or maintenance terminal. In particular, a plurality of display sections displayed on the monitoring screen are arranged so as to correspond to the urgency or detail level of the state information. The state information is displayed in different colors according to different emergency levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Ikui, Toshiya Zaitsu, Hiromitsu Ebisu, Hiroki Shinohara, Masashi Takemura, Kenichiro Shibasaki, Koji Aoto, Yoshihiko Ishida
  • Publication number: 20210382971
    Abstract: The time and effort of the user when exchanging batteries can be minimized, and security can be sufficiently ensured in user authentication. A battery exchanger (3) is provided with a camera (11) for capturing an image of a visitor, and a management server (4) performs face verification to determine if the visitor is an authentic user according to face image information of the visitor acquired from the image captured by the camera. Based on the face verification result, the management server determines if battery exchange is permitted, and notifies the determination result to the battery exchanger. Further, based on identification information of the battery pack brought in by the visitor, the management server performs battery verification to determine if the battery pack brought in by the visitor is permitted to be exchanged, and based on the result of the battery verification, determines if the battery exchange should be permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Managment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu EBISU, Toshiya ZAITSU, Hiroki SHINOHARA, Masashi TAKEMURA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI, Koji AOTO
  • Publication number: 20200402075
    Abstract: The administrator is enabled to grasp the abundance or shortage of battery stations, and assisted in the construction of an optimized battery station network. Exchange information on an exchange state of battery devices at each battery station is accumulated, and statistical information on a utilization state of each battery station is generated by compiling the exchange information over a prescribed time period. Exchange information on a state of battery pack exchange at each battery station is accumulated, and recommendation information on the utilization of each battery station is generated by compiling the exchange information to be displayed. Recommendation information on creation of a battery station and an addition of a battery exchanger in a battery station is generated, and displayed. Recommendation information on closure of a battery station and an elimination of a battery exchanger in a battery station is generated, and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu EBISU, Toshiya ZAITSU, Hiroki SHINOHARA, Masashi TAKEMURA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI, Koji AOTO
  • Publication number: 20200391602
    Abstract: The present application allows all battery stations located in different locations to be efficiently monitored, and management and maintenance operations to be performed in a timely fashion to keep the state of the battery stations in proper order. A server device collects state information on a state of a battery exchange device in each battery station, and on a state of each battery device received in the corresponding battery exchange device, and to generate a monitoring screen showing the state information of each battery station on an area map displayed on a management or maintenance terminal. In particular, a plurality of display sections displayed on the monitoring screen are arranged so as to correspond to the urgency or detail level of the state information. The state information is displayed in different colors according to different emergency levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuniaki IKUI, Toshiya ZAITSU, Hiromitsu EBISU, Hiroki SHINOHARA, Masashi TAKEMURA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI, Koji AOTO, Yoshihiko ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200384879
    Abstract: The user can readily determine a battery station where a battery exchange can be performed without fail. A management server searches a battery station that suits a battery configuration of an electric vehicle operated by each user according to management information on the battery configuration thereof, and to transmit a guidance screen for guiding the user to the searched battery station to the terminal device carried by the user. In particular, the user is guided to a station where the number of fully charged battery devices in a battery exchanger is equal to or greater than the number of battery devices used by the electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu EBISU, Toshiya ZAITSU, Hiroki SHINOHARA, Masashi TAKEMURA, Kenichiro SHIBASAKI, Koji AOTO
  • Patent number: 10373191
    Abstract: An advertisement translation device is a device for translating an advertisement text displayed in a display area of a predetermined size in advertisement content, and displaying the translated advertisement text in the display area. The advertisement translation device includes: an advertisement text obtainment unit which obtains the advertisement text; a linguistic information obtainment unit which obtains linguistic information indicating a target language into which the advertisement text is to be translated; a translation unit which create translated text candidates by translating the advertisement text into the target language indicated by the linguistic information; and a selection unit which selects and outputs as a translated text, at least one of the translated text candidates a full text of which is displayable in a predetermined character size in the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Shinohara, Koichiro Yamaguchi, Ken-ichi Shibata, Tetsuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20170212889
    Abstract: An advertisement translation device is a device for translating an advertisement text displayed in a display area of a predetermined size in advertisement content, and displaying the translated advertisement text in the display area. The advertisement translation device includes: an advertisement text obtainment unit which obtains the advertisement text; a linguistic information obtainment unit which obtains linguistic information indicating a target language into which the advertisement text is to be translated; a translation unit which create translated text candidates by translating the advertisement text into the target language indicated by the linguistic information; and a selection unit which selects and outputs as a translated text, at least one of the translated text candidates a full text of which is displayable in a predetermined character size in the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroki SHINOHARA, Koichiro YAMAGUCHI, Ken-ichi SHIBATA, Tetsuya SATO
  • Patent number: 9672529
    Abstract: An advertisement translation device is a device for translating an advertisement text displayed in a display area of a predetermined size in advertisement content, and displaying the translated advertisement text in the display area. The advertisement translation device includes: an advertisement text obtainment unit which obtains the advertisement text; a linguistic information obtainment unit which obtains linguistic information indicating a target language into which the advertisement text is to be translated; a translation unit which create translated text candidates by translating the advertisement text into the target language indicated by the linguistic information; and a selection unit which selects and outputs as a translated text, at least one of the translated text candidates a full text of which is displayable in a predetermined character size in the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Shinohara, Koichiro Yamaguchi, Ken-ichi Shibata, Tetsuya Sato
  • Publication number: 20160286460
    Abstract: A display control device to be connected to a display device and a mobile terminal includes: a receiver that receives identification information containing terminal information for identifying the mobile terminal and area information for identifying an installation area of the display device; a storage unit that stores the identification information together with a transmission or reception date and time; and a transmitter that transmits first or second distribution information to the display device, based on the identification information. When a number of visits is smaller than a predetermined number and an interval between dates and times in a plurality of pieces of the identification information is longer than a predetermined interval or when a plurality of the installation areas are identical to one another and, the number of visits is one, the transmitter transmits the first distribution information, and otherwise, transmits the second distribution information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Lt d.
    Inventor: Hiroki SHINOHARA
  • Publication number: 20160275914
    Abstract: A display control device to be connected to a display device and a plurality of mobile terminals includes: a receiver that receives a plurality of pieces of distance information including information for identifying the mobile terminals and information indicating a distance between the display device and each of the mobile terminals; an identification unit that identifies, from the mobile terminals, a specific mobile terminal having a shortest distance to the display device, based on the pieces of distance information; an acquisition unit that acquires attribute information on the specific mobile terminal; an extraction unit that extracts matched attribute information from attribute information on other mobile terminals identified based on the pieces of distance information, the matched attribute information matching the attribute information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a transmitter that transmits information to the display device, based on the matched attribute information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroki SHINOHARA, Tetsuya SATO, Koichiro YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9426507
    Abstract: An information recommendation device includes: a first evaluation unit which calculates, for each of a plurality of content items being broadcasted, a first evaluation value which is defined depending on a user; a second evaluation unit which calculates, for each of the content items, a second evaluation value which is defined based on a current reaction of public toward the content item; and a recommended program determination unit which determines a recommended content item based on the first evaluation value calculated by the first evaluation unit and the second evaluation value calculated by the second evaluation unit, the recommended content item being a content item recommended to the user for viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichiro Yamaguchi, Hiroki Shinohara, Ken-Ichi Shibata
  • Patent number: 9411266
    Abstract: A developer storage container includes a container body, a discharging member, and a regulating member. The regulating member is disposed in a space formed by the container body and the discharging member, and partitions the space into a storage space to store developer in the container body and a discharging side space to store developer to be discharged from a discharging port. Further, the regulating member forms a passage hole to allow developer to pass through and regulates an amount of developer to be conveyed from the storage space to the discharging side space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Shinohara, Hiroshi Takao, Takenori Suenaga, Naoto Tokutake