Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Fujimoto

Hiroshi Fujimoto 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: 20230195059
    Abstract: A control system includes a storage that stores a computational model of a reference response profile representing a frequency characteristic of a reference state of a control target corresponding to a first command, and circuitry configured to calculate a first actual response profile representing a frequency characteristic of an actual state of the control target having responded to the first command. The circuity is further configured to acquire an error between the reference response profile and the first actual response profile, and cause a controller to output, to the control target, a second command that is based on a frequency at which the error is greater than a threshold. Additionally, the circuity is configured to calculate a second actual response profile representing a frequency characteristic of an actual state of the control target having responded to the second command, and update the computational model based on the second actual response profile and the reference response profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Ryohei KITAYOSHI
  • Patent number: 11663420
    Abstract: The dialogue system includes a ranking determination unit configured to determine a priority ranking of the resulting sentence candidates on the basis of a degree of coincidence between the input key group and the storage key group, and a presentation unit configured to present a response for prompting a user to make an additional input on the basis of a resulting sentence candidate of a highest priority ranking. In a case where there is the stored keyword which is in a predetermined correspondence relation with the character string, the keyword acquisition unit acquires the input keyword obtained by adding additional information to the stored keyword. In a case where the additional information is added to the input keyword, the ranking determination unit reduces an influence of the input keyword to which the additional information is added on the degree of coincidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takanori Hashimoto, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Yuriko Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11651246
    Abstract: A question inference device comprises: an input unit inputting an inquiry from a user; a storage unit storing a plurality of questions prepared in advance and one or more keywords for identifying each question in association with each other; a choice unit referring to the storage unit and choosing a question associated with a keyword contained in the inquiry inputted by the input unit from among the plurality of questions; a computation unit computing the likelihood of each of the plurality of questions for the inquiry inputted by the input unit; an inference unit inferring, based on a choice result of the choice unit and a computation result of the computation unit, such a question that the user intends the substance of the question from among the plurality of questions; and an output unit outputting information based on an inference result of the inference unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujimoto, Takanori Hashimoto, Yuriko Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20230090157
    Abstract: A wireless power reception system 1 includes: a power reception device 5 including a power reception coil 51 that receives power supplied wirelessly from a power transmission coil 41 of a power transmission device 4 installed in a road surface, at least a portion of the power reception coil 51 being housed in a wheel 3 of a moving body 2; and an onboard device 6 which is installed in the moving body 2 and which is electrically connected to the power reception device 5, wherein the power reception device 5 can transmit received power to the onboard device 6, and the power reception coil 51 has a convex shape pointing downward in a side view as seen from an axial direction of the wheel 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Osamu SHIMIZU, Keizo AKUTAGAWA, Yasumichi WAKAO, Isao KUWAYAMA, Daisuke GUNJI
  • Publication number: 20230088378
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system 1 includes a power transmission device 2 and a power reception device 3. The power transmission device 2 is a power transmission device 2 installed in a road 4, is provided with a power transmission coil 21 that transmits power wirelessly, and is configured such that when installed in the road 4, the normal line of a coil plane of the power transmission coil 21 is inclined with respect to the normal line of the road surface of the road 4 in a lateral cross section of the road 4. The power reception device 3 is provided with a power reception coil 31 that receives power wirelessly, and at least a portion of the power reception coil 31 is housed in the wheel 6 of the moving body 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Osamu SHIMIZU, Keizo AKUTAGAWA, Yasumichi WAKAO, Isao KUWAYAMA, Daisuke GUNJI
  • Publication number: 20230086747
    Abstract: A wireless power reception system 1 includes: a power reception device 5 including a power reception coil 51 that receives power supplied wirelessly from a power transmission coil 41 of a power transmission device 4 installed in a road surface, at least a portion of the power reception coil 51 being housed in a wheel 3 of a moving body 2; and an onboard device 6 which is installed in the moving body 2 and which is electrically connected to the power reception device 5, wherein the power reception device 5 can transmit received power to the onboard device 6, and the power reception coil 51 includes a stacked plurality of spiral coil layers 52a and 52b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Osamu SHIMIZU, Keizo AKUTAGAWA, Yasumichi WAKAO, Isao KUWAYAMA, Daisuke GUNJI
  • Patent number: 11574212
    Abstract: An interaction bot system is an interaction answer system that interacts with a user and provides an answer to a question from the user. The interaction bot system includes a first bot device and at least two or more second bot devices. The first bot device includes a first generation unit configured to generate first narrowing down information for specifying the second bot device corresponding to the question from the user on the basis of the question from the user, and a specification unit configured to specify the second bot device on the basis of the first narrowing down information. The second bot device includes a second generation unit configured to generate second narrowing down information for specifying the answer to the question on the basis of the question from the user, and an answer generation unit configured to generate and output the answer to the question from the user on the basis of the second narrowing down information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20220416580
    Abstract: A wireless power reception system 1 includes: a power reception device 5 including a power reception coil 51 that receives power supplied wirelessly from a power transmission coil 41 of a power transmission device 4 installed in a road surface, at least a portion of the power reception coil 51 being housed in a wheel 3 of a moving body 2; and a driving device 61 which is installed in the wheel 3 and which drives the wheel 3 with power received by the power reception device 5, wherein the power reception device 5 is provided with a converter 56a and an inverter 56b, at least a portion of the converter 56a and at least a portion of the inverter 56b are housed in the wheel 3, the converter 56a is positioned vertically above the power reception coil 51, and the inverter 56b is positioned vertically above the converter 56a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Osamu SHIMIZU, Keizo AKUTAGAWA, Yasumichi WAKAO, Isao KUWAYAMA, Daisuke GUNJI
  • Patent number: 11514910
    Abstract: A server is an interactive system that performs the interaction by performing a reverse question with respect to an input by the user and providing response content. An input acquisition unit and an answer generation unit constitute an interaction execution unit that repeatedly performs the interaction until a question sentence and an answer, which are the response content, satisfy a prescribed condition. Further, the stoppage determination execution unit performs control for stopping the interaction performed by the input acquisition unit and the answer generation unit based on the interaction state by the user or the other user. In a case where the interaction is stopped, the output unit provides the question sentence and the answer thereof at the time of stoppage to the communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Takanori Hashimoto, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Yuriko Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11494554
    Abstract: A function execution instruction system includes a function execution instruction unit configured to instruct execution of one or more functions, a sentence input unit configured to input a sentence, an execution function determination unit configured to determine a function the execution of which is instructed on the basis of an input sentence, a time information extraction unit configured to extract time information indicating a time from the input sentence, and a time specification unit configured to, in accordance with a determined function, specify a time used for the execution of the function on the basis of extracted time information wherein the function execution instruction unit instructs the execution of the determined function, which uses a specified time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujimoto, Kousuke Kadono
  • Patent number: 11491666
    Abstract: A control system according to an embodiment includes a motor configured to drive a link, a first sensor configured to detect information about the driving by the motor or information about a relation between the driving means and the load member as first sensor information, a second sensor configured to detect information about a displacement of the link as second sensor information, and a control unit configured to perform feedback control of the driving means so as to follow a command value in a two-inertial system model including an inertial system on a load side and an inertial system on a driving side. The control unit includes a disturbance observer configured to estimate a disturbance, and a filter configured to convert an estimated value of the disturbance into a driving force of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujimoto, Akiyuki Hasegawa, Taro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11468106
    Abstract: A conversation device includes: an inquiry unit configured to output an inquiry including presentation of a key; an acquisition unit configured to acquire an answer; a key accumulating unit configured to accumulate keys included in the inquiry as accumulation keys in a case in which a positive answer for the inquiry is acquired; a candidate question sentence extracting unit configured to extract candidate question sentences including the accumulation keys by referring to a question sentence storing unit configured to store a question sentence and a set of keys included in the question sentence in association with each other; a key selecting unit configured to select an inquiry key that is caused to be included in a next inquiry output by the inquiry unit among a plurality of keys included in the candidate question sentences; and an output unit configured to output one question sentence among the candidate question sentences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuriko Ozaki, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Takanori Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11429672
    Abstract: An object is to provide a dialogue server capable of removing an unnecessary keyword from a truth table. A dialogue server 100 includes a truth table generation unit 105 extracting one or a plurality of keywords characterizing response content composed of a sentence on the basis of the response content and generating a truth table associating one or a plurality of keywords, from which an unnecessary keyword based on a predetermined condition is removed, of the one or the plurality of keywords, with the response content; a storage unit storing a truth table database 107; and an acquisition unit 102 searching for corresponding response content or a keyword for urging a user to make an additional input on the basis of the truth table database 107 upon reception of an input keyword from the user and transmitting the response content or the keyword to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yuriko Ozaki, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Takanori Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20220266702
    Abstract: A wireless power receiving system includes: a power receiving device having a power receiving coil configured to receive electric power supplied wirelessly from a power transmission coil of a power transmission device installed on a road surface, at least part of the power receiving coil being contained in a vehicle wheel; and in-vehicle devices installed in a mobile object, the in-vehicle devices being energizably connected to the power receiving device. The power receiving device transmits the received electric power to the in-vehicle devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Takehiro IMURA, Osamu SHIMIZU, Katsuhiro HATA, Keizo AKUTAGAWA, Yasumichi WAKAO, Isao KUWAYAMA, Daisuke GUNJI
  • Patent number: 11366435
    Abstract: A control device to perform feedback control based on a current value, and output a first voltage value includes a feedforward controller using an inverse model of a plant; a feedforward voltage corrector to correct a voltage disturbance due to a modeling error between the plant and a model of the plant; a repetitive controller to learn periodic current disturbances; and a switch. The switch is ON when the current response is in a steady state, and the repetitive controller learns the disturbances and corrects a command current value. A feedback controller outputs the first voltage value by performing the feedback control based on a current value from the corrected command current value, and inputs the command current value to the inverse model to generate a second voltage value. The control device outputs a sum of the first and the second voltage value as a command voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: NIDEC CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujimoto, Linfeng Lan, Tomonari Mori, Masanori Watahiki
  • Publication number: 20220149666
    Abstract: A dynamic wireless power transfer system includes a power transmission coil, a power transmission circuit, a power reception coil, a power reception circuit, and a relay circuit. The power transmission coil is provided in a road. The power transmission circuit supplies electric power to the power transmission coil. The power reception coil is provided in a vehicle. The power reception circuit is connected to the power reception coil. The relay circuit transfers electric power between the power transmission coil and the power reception coil in a contactless manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Hayato SUMIYA, Eisuke TAKAHASHI, Nobuhisa YAMAGUCHI, Masaya TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Osamu SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220102586
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes: a semiconductor stack having a triangular shape in a top plan view, the semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first and seconds semiconductor layers; a first electrode located on the first semiconductor layer and including a first connecting portion and a first extension extending from the first connecting portion; and a second electrode located on the second semiconductor layer and including a second connecting portion and a second extension extending from the second connecting portion. The first extension includes a first portion extending from the first connecting portion toward the second connecting portion. The second extension includes a second portion including a portion extending along a first side, a third portion including a portion extending along a second side, and fourth and fifth portions each including a portion extending along a third side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Keiji EMURA, Hidetoshi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20220024012
    Abstract: A fluid pressure hitting device comprises a piston inserted in a cylinder, a chisel, and a first, second, and third chambers. The chisel is fitted in the cylinder such that a part of the chisel projects from one axial end of the cylinder and is configured to further project from that axial end due to being hit by the piston as the piston slides toward the one axial end. The first through third chambers are partitioned by an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder and an outer peripheral surface of the piston. The first through third chambers are arranged in the axial direction in order fluid the one axial end to another axial end of the cylinder. A flow path is configured to supply fluid from a fluid supply portion when the piston hits the chisel, to the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: TEISAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori ITO, Hiroshi FUJIMOTO
  • Patent number: D945982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Hideki Endo, Hiroshi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: D978822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Endo, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Masatada Muramoto