Patents by Inventor Hiroki Takeuchi

Hiroki Takeuchi 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: 11970840
    Abstract: An articulated-type front work implement has a boom, an arm, and a bucket that are driven members coupled to each other; a boom cylinder, an arm cylinder and a bucket cylinder that are hydraulic actuators each of which drives a corresponding one of the plurality of driven members on the basis of an operation signal; a plurality of operation members each outputting the operation signal to one of the hydraulic actuators; and a controller that outputs the operation signal to at least one of the plurality of hydraulic actuators or executes area limiting control of correcting the output operation signal such that the front work implement moves on a target surface preset for a work target of the front work implement or within an area above the target surface, and corrects the operation signal on the basis of information related to operation of the hydraulic actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Takeuchi, Shiho Izumi, Ryu Narikawa, Shuuichi Meguriya, Teruki Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20240132095
    Abstract: A blind spot detection control apparatus for a vehicle, configured for judging whether an object detected during a detection cycle in blind spot zone of the vehicle is an alert object, for outputting a result of judgement to a warning which warns a driver of vehicle that an object is present in blind spot zone based on judging that object detected in blind spot zone is an alert object, wherein apparatus is configured to judge whether an object detected in blind spot zone is an alert object by comparing detection parameters relating to a current target object detected in blind spot zone during a current detection cycle with detection parameters relating to a reference moving object corresponding to a target object detected in blind spot zone at least during a previous detection cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Dan PARKIN, Hyungjun KIM, Hiroki SHIMAZU, Junya FUKUTA, Koji TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240135824
    Abstract: A vehicle object detection system configured to judge whether a target object which has been detected in the detection area is an alert object, and to output a result of judgement to a warning which is configured to output a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle that a target object is present in the detection area based on judging the target object to be an alert object, wherein the system is configured to judge, in response to the subject vehicle being detected to make or have made a turn, whether the target object detected in the detection area is an alert object based on a trailing trajectory of the subject vehicle being a calculated trajectory the subject vehicle has passed during turning and/or after turning, and further based on a current relative position of the target object with respect to the subject vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki HASHIMOTO, Premkumar S., Koji TAKEUCHI, Hiroki SHIMAZU, Junya FUKUTA
  • Publication number: 20240118700
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a camera, a display that displays a display screen including a mobile robot that autonomously travels, and a control circuit. The control circuit acquires a first planned route of the mobile robot, displays, on the display, a screen having the first planned route superimposed on a camera image taken by the camera, detects a contact point on the display on which the screen is displayed, generates a second planned route of the mobile robot that travels through the contact point, and transmits the second planned route to the mobile robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yuko TSUSAKA, Mikiya NAKATA, Hiroki TAKEUCHI, Tadahiro TANIGUCHI, Yoshinobu HAGIWARA
  • Patent number: 11951393
    Abstract: A program causes a processor of a terminal apparatus to function as: a game progressor configured to progress a game based on content information that prescribes progression contents of the game; a first acquirer configured to acquire first progression information indicative of the degree of progress of the game in the terminal apparatus; a second acquirer configured to acquire input information that was input at another terminal apparatus progressing the game based on the content information, and second progression information indicative of the degree of progress of the game in the other terminal apparatus as of a point in time when the input information was input at the other terminal apparatus; and an output controller configured to control output of output information that corresponds to the input information acquired by the second acquirer based on the first progression information and the second progression information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Fukawa, Nobuhiro Goto, Hiroki Koketsu, Mariayuri Kumagae, Yoji Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20240112571
    Abstract: A congestion prediction device, a congestion prediction method, and a storage medium are provided. A mapping outputs an output variable when input variables are input to the mapping. The output variable indicates a degree of congestion in a predetermined specific area. The mapping is learned in advance by machine learning. The input variables include congestion variables. Each of the congestion variables indicates a degree of congestion in the specific area at regular time intervals within a specific period. The output variable indicates a degree of congestion after a lapse of the regular time interval from an end time of the specific period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayumu SHIOMI, Atsushi MIYAGAWA, Hiroki TAKEUCHI, Toshiyuki KAWAI, Ryosuke FUKAYA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Yusuke IKENOUE, Tsukasa KATO, Katsuhisa YOSHIKAWA, Yuta ICHIJYO, Takayuki AKAISHI, Shintaro KAWAI
  • Patent number: 11947068
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave detection apparatus (10) includes a separation unit (16), first detector (17), propagation unit (18), second detector (20), and blocker (21). The separation unit (16) separates electromagnetic waves propagating in a first direction (d1) and propagates the electromagnetic waves in a second direction (d2) and a third direction (d3). The first detector (17) detects electromagnetic waves propagated in the second direction (d2). The propagation unit (18) includes pixels (px) along a reference surface (ss). The propagation unit (18) switches the propagation direction of electromagnetic waves propagated in the third direction (d3) and incident on the reference surface (ss) between a fourth direction (d4) and a fifth direction (d5) at each pixel (px). The second detector (20) detects the electromagnetic waves propagated in the fourth direction (d4). The blocker (21) blocks at least a portion of the electromagnetic waves propagated in the fifth direction (d5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Eri Takeuchi, Hiroki Okada
  • Publication number: 20240079902
    Abstract: An electricity charge output method includes, by a computer: acquiring a sum of electric energy usages, in a specified period, of a previously specified first device group among all devices provided at a facility and of a second device group that is among the all devices and is different from the first device group; acquiring an electric energy usage of the first device group in the specified period; reducing the sum in accordance with the electric energy usage of the first device group and calculating an electricity charge for the facility in the specified period, based on an electric energy after the reduction; and outputting information representing the electricity charge for the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Ryota FUJIMURA, Ryuta HAMAMOTO, Hiroki TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240066680
    Abstract: An auxiliary grip for an impact tool capable of enhancing a shock absorbing function, comprising a grip shaft extending orthogonally to the impact direction, a tubular grip body covering the grip shaft, and a connecting mechanism for connecting the grip body at one end of the grip shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime TAKEUCHI, Yoji INOUE, Hiroki TAKESASHI
  • Publication number: 20240038450
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an antiferroelectric layer. The antiferroelectric layer is disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer in a thickness direction of the first electrode layer. The antiferroelectric layer has a thickness differing from one point to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKEUCHI, Michio SUZUKA
  • Patent number: 11886186
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a camera, a display that displays a display screen including a mobile robot that autonomously travels, and a control circuit. The control circuit acquires a first planned route of the mobile robot, displays, on the display, a screen having the first planned route superimposed on a camera image taken by the camera, detects a contact point on the display on which the screen is displayed, generates a second planned route of the mobile robot that travels through the contact point, and transmits the second planned route to the mobile robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko Tsusaka, Mikiya Nakata, Hiroki Takeuchi, Tadahiro Taniguchi, Yoshinobu Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20240007727
    Abstract: A depth acquisition device includes memory and processor performing: acquiring, from the memory, intensities of infrared light emitted from a light source and measured by imaging with the infrared light reflected on a subject by pixels in an imaging element; generating a depth image by calculating a distance to the subject as a depth for each pixel based on an intensity received by the pixel; acquiring, from the memory, a visible light image generated by imaging, with visible light, a substantially same scene with a substantially same viewpoint and at a substantially same timing as those of imaging the infrared light image; detecting, from the visible light image, an edge region including an edge along a direction perpendicular to a direction of movement of the visible light image; and correcting, in the depth image, a depth of a target region corresponding to the edge region in the depth image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Takeo AZUMA, Satoshi SATO, Nobuhiko WAKAI, Kohsuke YOSHIOKA, Noritaka SHIMIZU, Yoshinao KAWAI, Takaaki AMADA, Yoko KAWAI, Takeshi MURAI, Hiroki TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230419475
    Abstract: A management server 1 acquires identification information of an apparatus; acquires association information associated with the acquired identification information from a memory, the association information including a structural diagram showing a structure of a facility, an installation location of the apparatus in the facility, and an installation procedure of the apparatus; generates installation information including an installation screen on which the installation location is indicated on the acquired structural diagram, and the acquired installation procedure; outputs the installation information; and when detecting that the installation procedure of the apparatus has ended up to a first procedure, outputs connection confirmation information for performing a connection confirmation work for a wire connection of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Yumiko SHINOHARA, Masafumi ISHIKAWA, Yuki WATANABE, Saeko SHINGU, Hiroki TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230383926
    Abstract: There is provided a wavelength conversion member including: a fluorescent body and a reflective film. The fluorescent body is configured to emit fluorescence by an excitation light and has an incident surface into which the excitation light comes and a rear surface which faces the incident surface. The reflective film is arranged on a side of the rear surface of the fluorescent body and includes a metal layer and ceramic particles dispersed in the metal layer. The ceramic particles are crystalline, and a melting point of the ceramic particles is higher than a melting point of a metal constructing the metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yosuke YATSUYA, Toshiyuki SAKURAI, Shohei TAKAKU, Hiroki YAMAUCHI, Tomoo TANAKA, Hiroki TAKEUCHI, Shinji BAN
  • Patent number: 11796156
    Abstract: A fluorescent plate includes a fluorescent phase which emits fluorescence by excitation light, a light-transmitting phase which allows passage of the excitation light, and a plurality of voids surrounded by the fluorescent phase and the light-transmitting phase, wherein, in a cross section of the fluorescent plate including cross sections of the voids, an average ratio of a portion of the circumference of a void, which portion is in contact with the fluorescent phase to the entire circumference of the void, is higher than an area ratio of the area of the fluorescent phase present in the fluorescent plate to the total area of the fluorescent phase and the light-transmitting phase present in the fluorescent plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NITERRA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Takaku, Hiroki Yamauchi, Shinji Ban, Hiroki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11754259
    Abstract: A fluorescent plate including a fluorescent phase which emits fluorescence by excitation light, and a plurality of voids, wherein, in a cross section of the fluorescent plate including cross sections of the voids, voids having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.4 micrometers or greater and 50 micrometers or smaller have a standard deviation in equivalent circle diameter of 1.5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Takaku, Hiroki Yamauchi, Shinji Ban, Hiroki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11758247
    Abstract: A depth acquisition device includes memory and processor performing: acquiring, from the memory, intensities of infrared light emitted from a light source and measured by imaging with the infrared light reflected on a subject by pixels in an imaging element; generating a depth image by calculating a distance to the subject as a depth for each pixel based on an intensity received by the pixel; acquiring, from the memory, a visible light image generated by imaging, with visible light, a substantially same scene with a substantially same viewpoint and at a substantially same timing as those of imaging the infrared light image; detecting, from the visible light image, an edge region including an edge along a direction perpendicular to a direction of movement of the visible light image; and correcting, in the depth image, a depth of a target region corresponding to the edge region in the depth image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takeo Azuma, Satoshi Sato, Nobuhiko Wakai, Kohsuke Yoshioka, Noritaka Shimizu, Yoshinao Kawai, Takaaki Amada, Yoko Kawai, Takeshi Murai, Hiroki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20230245880
    Abstract: A light irradiation device includes: a lamp that has a lamp back surface on which a lamp back surface electrode is provided, and a lamp major surface which faces the lamp back surface and on which a lamp major surface electrode is provided, and that emits light from the lamp back surface; a housing forming an internal space in which the lamp is disposed, together with a vacuum window that transmits the light emitted by the lamp; and a heat sink that discharges heat from the lamp. The heat sink is thermally connected to the lamp major surface. The housing includes a suction pipe joint serving as an inlet for compressed air to be supplied to the internal space, and a discharge pipe joint serving as an outlet for the compressed air that has received the heat from the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKEUCHI, Kohei SUGITANI
  • Publication number: 20230220977
    Abstract: A fluorescent plate including a fluorescent phase which emits fluorescence by excitation light, and a plurality of voids, wherein, in a cross section of the fluorescent plate including cross sections of the voids, voids having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.4 micrometers or greater and 50 micrometers or smaller have a standard deviation in equivalent circle diameter of 1.5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Shohei TAKAKU, Hiroki YAMAUCHI, Shinji BAN, Hiroki TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230222900
    Abstract: A method includes, by a processor, acquiring number of persons information that indicates a number of users, including users who ride in vehicles, who depart from a facility at each of a predetermined time period, weather information for each predetermined time period, and vehicle information relating to vehicles traveling in a periphery of the facility, determining traffic jam status that indicates absence/presence of a traffic jam on a road located in a vicinity of the facility in the predetermined time period, by using the vehicle information; and generating a learned model for predicting a traffic jam of a road by machine learning using, as teaching data, the number of persons information, the weather information, and the traffic jam status that is associated with the number of persons information and the weather information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Ayumu SHIOMI, Atsushi MIYAGAWA, Hiroki TAKEUCHI, Toshiyuki KAWAI, Ryosuke FUKAYA, Hiroyuki TOKITA, Yusuke IKENOUE, Naoyuki SAKA, Tsukasa KATO, Katsuhisa YOSHIKAWA, Shugen YAMAMURA, Takayuki AKAISHI