Patents by Inventor Hiromasa Takahashi
Hiromasa Takahashi 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: 20240092130Abstract: A front suspension device comprises a suspension arm, one end of which has a front-wheel support portion to support a front wheel of a vehicle and the other end of which is positioned on an inward side, in a vehicle width direction, of the front-wheel support portion and has a vehicle-body attachment portion to be attached to a vehicle-body member of the vehicle and a damper supported at a damper support portion which is provided at a portion of the suspension arm which is positioned in the vicinity of the front-wheel support portion at a lower portion thereof and connected to the vehicle-body member at an upper portion thereof. The damper support portion of the suspension arm has a breakage ease portion to cause breakage of the suspension arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei YOSHIDA, Koshi TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Kota OKANO, Yosuke SAWADA, Hiromasa HONJI, Kosuke MUKAIGAWA, Ichiro TANABE, Ryota HANATE
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Publication number: 20240078521Abstract: A management apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquirer configured to acquire a degree of deterioration of each part included in a vehicle, a selector configured to select a part having a degree of deterioration acquired by the acquirer, less than a threshold value, from among parts included in the vehicle, and an identifier configured to identify a diversion destination vehicle to which the selected part will be diverted.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Akito Tanihata, Hiromasa Takahashi
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Publication number: 20240066688Abstract: According to one embodiment, a selection device selects an acquisition method of a grip point for gripping an object. Based on object data corresponding to a characteristic of the object, the selection device selects one of a first method or a second method. In the first method, the selection device calculates exterior shape data of the object from an image of the object, and calculates the grip point by using the exterior shape data. In the second method, the selection device inputs the image to a first model that is trained and acquires the grip point output from the first model.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kazuma KOMODA, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11916636Abstract: A terminal includes a transmission unit configured to transmit, to a base station, information indicating whether or not transmission diversity is supported, a reception unit configured to receive, from the base station, information indicating a transmission diversity scheme in a case where transmission diversity is supported, and a control unit configured to switch to a transmission diversity scheme based on the information indicating the transmission diversity scheme, wherein the transmission unit is configured to perform transmission by applying the transmission diversity scheme to which the switch was made.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Hiromasa Umeda, Hideaki Takahashi, Yuta Oguma
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Publication number: 20240036006Abstract: According to one embodiment, a detection device comprises a detector, a first propagating member, a second propagating member, and a fixture. The detector transmits an ultrasonic wave and detects a reflected wave. The first propagating member is mounted to the detector, and the ultrasonic wave propagates through the first propagating member. The second propagating member includes a second surface contacting a first surface of the first propagating member. The second surface includes a protrusion. The second propagating member is softer than the first propagating member. The ultrasonic wave propagates through the second propagating member after propagating through the first propagating member. The fixture presses a periphery of the second propagating member toward the first propagating member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro SAITO, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11889037Abstract: A printer includes a printing unit powered from a battery which is charged by a charge IC, and a processor. The processor sets a mode of the printer to a print mode, and sets the mode to a low-power mode in which total power consumption of the printer is lower than that in the print mode, in a state that the printing unit stops printing. In a case where the processor sets the mode to the low-power mode, the processor sets the mode to a first low-power mode, in which the charge IC is driven at a first SW frequency, when the charge IC works to charge the battery, and sets the mode to a second low-power mode, in which the charge IC is driven at a second SW frequency lower than the first SW frequency, when the charge IC stops the charge of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirokazu Miyabayashi, Takuji Sakabe, Yuki Hiramatsu, Hiromasa Takahashi
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Patent number: 11859367Abstract: Provided is a construction machine on which a hydraulic closed circuit for driving a single rod-type hydraulic cylinder and a swing hydraulic motor is mounted and that has good swing deceleration responsiveness. In this construction machine that drives each of a single rod-type hydraulic cylinder and a swing hydraulic motor in a closed circuit, a minimum passage area from a second flushing valve to a tank in a case the second flushing valve is fully open is smaller than a minimum passage area from a first flushing valve to the tank in a case the first flushing valve is fully open.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Teppei Saitoh, Hiromasa Takahashi, Kenji Hiraku
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Publication number: 20230366856Abstract: According to one embodiment, a detection device includes a detector, a first propagation member, a second propagation member, and a fixture. The detector includes a plurality of detection elements configured to transmit and detect an ultrasonic wave. The first propagation member is attached to the detector and is configured to propagate the ultrasonic wave. The second propagation member is configured to propagate the ultrasonic wave and is softer than the first propagation member. The fixture is configured to detachably fix the second propagation member to the first propagation member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventor: Hiromasa TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20230349132Abstract: Provided is a construction machine in which travel operability is not impaired when a combined operation is performed in which a single-rod hydraulic cylinder is driven during a travel operation. A hydraulic excavator includes a controller that controls the delivery direction and delivery flow rate of a closed-circuit pump, opens and closes a travel switching valve and an assist switching valve, and controls the delivery flow rate of the open-circuit pump, according to a travel operation lever and a work operation lever. The controller holds the assist switching valve in a closed position irrespective of whether or not the work operation lever is operated in a case where the travel operation lever is operated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Shohei SUGIKI, Kenji HIRAKU, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Teppei SAITOH, Juri SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 11712811Abstract: According to one embodiment, a gripping tool includes a gripper. The gripper is flexible. A granular material is provided in an interior of the gripper. The gripper is configured to grip a workpiece by being in close contact with the workpiece in a state in which an outer perimeter of the gripper is held, and by the interior of the gripper being depressurized.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Emiko Ishida, Noriyuki Ooba, Hiromasa Takahashi, Akira Ushijima
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Patent number: 11712812Abstract: According to one embodiment, a gripping tool includes a gripper. The gripper is flexible and includes a first portion contacting a workpiece, a second portion opposing the first portion, and a granular material provided between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion includes a concave portion and a convex portion. The concave portion is recessed in a first direction. The first direction is from the first portion toward the second portion. The convex portion is provided around the concave portion and protrudes in a second direction. The second direction is the reverse of the first direction. The concave portion has a groove having a ring configuration recessed outward from a center of the gripper.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiromasa Takahashi, Noriyuki Ooba, Shintaro Enami
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Publication number: 20230170718Abstract: A power receiving device includes a storage and a computer. The computer stores a first operating condition indicating a past operating condition of the power receiving device in the storage. The computer detects a power supplying capacity within which a power supplying device can supply power and identifies a specific value in relation to the first operating condition from the storage. The computer sets an incoming power based on both the detected power supplying capacity and the identified specific value, thereby allowing the power supplying device to send the set incoming power.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Shuhei YAMAKAMI, Munetoshi SOMA, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Masakazu NAKANO
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Publication number: 20230168229Abstract: According to one embodiment, a detection system includes an arm mechanism and an end effector. The arm mechanism is articulated. The end effector is located at a distal part of the arm mechanism. The end effector includes a rotating stage and a detector. The detector is located at the distal part with the rotating stage interposed. The detector transmits an ultrasonic wave and detects a reflected wave. A tip of the detector is positioned at a rotation center of the rotating stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Hiromasa TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20230131452Abstract: A print system includes a head, a conveyance motor, a first connector, and a second connector, a power supply circuit. When a first power source is connected to the first connector and a second power source is connected to the second connector, the power supply circuit supplies at least some of a first power to the head and supplies at least some of a second power to the conveyance motor. The first power is a power of the first power source. The second power is a power of the second power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Yuki HIRAMATSU, Atsushi FUJIOKA, Katsuma TORII, Takuji SAKABE, Hirokazu MIYABAYASHI, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20230104515Abstract: According to one embodiment, a processing device receives a detection result of an intensity of a reflected wave detected by a detector including a detecting part that transmits an ultrasonic wave and receives the reflected wave, and a propagating part through which the ultrasonic wave and the reflected wave propagate, and performs a first determination of determining a state of the detecting part and a second determination of determining a state of the propagating part based on the detection result.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiromasa Takahashi, Masahiro Saito, Yasunori Chiba
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Publication number: 20230102154Abstract: A printer includes a printing unit powered from a battery which is charged by a charge IC, and a processor. The processor sets a mode of the printer to a print mode, and sets the mode to a low-power mode in which total power consumption of the printer is lower than that in the print mode, in a state that the printing unit stops printing. In a case where the processor sets the mode to the low-power mode, the processor sets the mode to a first low-power mode, in which the charge IC is driven at a first SW frequency, when the charge IC works to charge the battery, and sets the mode to a second low-power mode, in which the charge IC is driven at a second SW frequency lower than the first SW frequency, when the charge IC stops the charge of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Hirokazu Miyabayashi, Takuji Sakabe, Yuki Hiramatsu, Hiromasa Takahashi
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Publication number: 20230094287Abstract: A hydrogen production apparatus including a photocatalyst and generating hydrogen from water includes a wavelength separation unit separating sunlight by wavelength, an infrared light conversion unit converting infrared light separated by the wavelength separation unit to visible light, and an ultraviolet light conversion unit converting ultraviolet light separated by the wavelength separation unit to visible light.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Shin YABUUCHI, Naoto FUKATANI, Futoshi FURUTA, Jun HAYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20230024687Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data processing device receives welding device data from a welding device. The welding device makes a joined body by joining a plurality of parts. The welding device data includes a welding device ID for identifying the welding device. The data processing device receives inspection data. The inspection data includes position data and angle data. The position data is of a position of a weld portion of the joined body. The position data are calculated from a result of a probe of the joined body. The probe uses an ultrasonic wave. The angle data is of an angle of the weld portion. The data processing device associates the inspection data with the welding device data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro SAITO, Yasunori CHIBA, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11561204Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display control system acquires a tilt of a detector with respect to a weld portion. The detector includes a plurality of detection elements arranged along a first arrangement direction and a second arrangement direction. The first arrangement direction and the second arrangement direction cross each other. The tilt is calculated based on a detection result of a reflected wave obtained by transmitting an ultrasonic wave from the plurality of detection elements. The system displays a user interface, displays a symbol and a tolerance range in a region included in the user interface, and updates the display of the symbol in the region according to the acquiring of the tilt. The region spreads two-dimensionally. The symbol indicates the tilt. The tolerance range is of a target value of the tilt.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Masahiro Saito, Hiromasa Takahashi
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Publication number: 20230012625Abstract: According to one embodiment, a processing system sets a detector to a prescribed position. The detector includes a plurality of detection elements arranged along a first direction and a second direction. The second direction crosses the first direction. The processing system causes the detector to perform a probe of a weld portion of a joined body. The probe includes a transmission of an ultrasonic wave and a detection of a reflected wave. The processing system calculates a center position of the weld portion in a first plane along the first and second directions based on intensity data. The intensity data is of an intensity of the reflected wave obtained by the probe. The processing system performs a position adjustment of moving the detector along the first plane to reduce a distance between the center position and a position of the detector in the first plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori CHIBA, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Masahiro SAITO