Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Furukawa

Hiroshi Furukawa 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: 11970098
    Abstract: The center console structure for a vehicle includes a console body; an armrest; and a power supply section that wirelessly transmits electric power to the mobile terminal via a placement surface on which the mobile terminal is placed. The console body includes a top plate section serving as an upper surface; a terminal accommodation section having the placement surface and arranged on a vehicle rear side of the top plate section and on a vehicle lower side of the armrest; and a right and left pair of console side surface sections arranged to oppose each other in a vehicle width direction with the terminal accommodation section being interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohiro Sera, Osamu Ueda, Narumi Nahara, Kouji Furukawa, Shohei Kuroda, Hiroshi Ohno
  • Publication number: 20240132646
    Abstract: A composition containing a compound represented by the following Formula (1): [in the Formula (1), R11 and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R13 represents a divalent group having a polyoxyalkylene chain]; and a compound represented by the following Formula (2): [in the Formula (2), R21 and R22 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, and R21 and R22 may be bonded to each other to form a ring; and R23 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group].
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki FURUKAWA, Yuki NAKAMURA, Nozomi MATSUBARA, Hiroshi YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20240132645
    Abstract: A composition containing a compound represented by the following Formula (1): [in the Formula (1), R11 and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R13 represents a divalent group having a polyoxyalkylene chain]; and a compound represented by the following Formula (2): [in the Formula (2), R21 and R22 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R23 represents a divalent group having a poly(meth)acrylate chain].
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Naoki FURUKAWA, Yuki NAKAMURA, Nozomi MATSUBARA, Hiroshi YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20240104587
    Abstract: In a familiarity degree estimation apparatus, a first video process unit calculates a time while a hand being viewed, which is a time when a customer is viewing the hand. A second video process unit calculates a time while an item being held, which is a time when the customer is holding an item. A familiarity degree estimation unit calculates a time while the item being viewed based on the time while a hand being viewed and the time while the item being held, and estimates that the longer the time while the item being viewed, the lower the degree of familiarity of the customer with respect to the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Azusa FURUKAWA, Kan ARAI, Kei SHIBUYA, Hiroshi HASHIMOTO, Ken HANAZAWA, Makiko AKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240095671
    Abstract: An item management apparatus manages the number of items displayed on an item shelf. An acquisition unit acquires an ideal quantity indicating an ideal number of items to be displayed, and a current quantity indicating the number of items being actually displayed on the item shelf. A detection unit detects the number of times of taking out and placing back an item with respect to the item shelf. An ideal quantity correction unit corrects the ideal quantity based on the current quantity and the number of times of taking out and placing back the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Azusa FURUKAWA, Kan ARAI, Kei SHIBUYA, Hiroshi HASHIMOTO, Ken HANAZAWA, Makiko AKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240087359
    Abstract: A customer analysis apparatus (10) includes an image acquisition unit (110) and an image processing unit (120). The image acquisition unit (110) acquires a first image generated by a first image capture unit (22) and a second image generated by a second image capture unit (24). The image processing unit (120) processes the first image and the second image. More specifically, the image processing unit (120) generates product information indicating a product (50) taken out from a product shelf (40), by processing the first image and the second image. Further, the image processing unit (120) generates customer attribute information of a customer taking out the product (50), by processing the first image. Then, the image processing unit (120) causes a result storage unit (130) to store the product information and the customer attribute information in association with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Makiko AKIGUCHI, Azusa FURUKAWA, Kei SHIBUYA, Kan ARAI, Hiroshi HASHIMOTO, Ken HANAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240086946
    Abstract: In a familiarity degree estimation apparatus, a first video process unit calculates a time while a hand being viewed, which is a time when a customer is viewing the hand. A second video process unit calculates a time while an item being held, which is a time when the customer is holding an item. A familiarity degree estimation unit calculates a time while the item being viewed based on the time while a hand being viewed and the time while the item being held, and estimates that the longer the time while the item being viewed, the lower the degree of familiarity of the customer with respect to the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Azusa FURUKAWA, Kan ARAI, Kei SHIBUYA, Hiroshi HASHIMOTO, Ken HANAZAWA, Makiko AKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240085649
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of optical communication technologies. An optical engine assembly (103), an optical interconnection system (1000), and a network device (3000) are provided. The optical engine assembly (103) includes an optical engine (10), a coupling base (30), and a fiber array unit (50). A first guide portion (33) is disposed on the coupling base (30), a second guide portion (515) is disposed on the fiber array unit (50), and one of the first guide portion (33) and the second guide portion (515) is a guide rod. The other of the first guide portion (33) and the second guide portion (515) is a guide hole, and the guide rod is pluggably connected to the guide hole. The optical engine (10) is configured to implement conversion between an optical signal and an electrical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaokang XIAO, Huiping LI, Yang LI, Hiroshi FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240069293
    Abstract: An optical module according to one embodiment includes a package having an opening surrounded by side walls, and a lid mounted on the package to seal the opening. The lid has a plate-like shape and includes a welded portion fixed by welding to an upper surface of the side wall of the package having the opening formed thereon, an easily deformable portion formed at a position separated from the welded portion and deformed along with the welding, and a central portion having a flat shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Munetaka KUROKAWA, Hiroshi HARA, Masato FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11912449
    Abstract: To provide an article gripping system that reduces the installation area of the apparatus and further shortens the amount of time from when it grips to when it feeds articles. An article gripping system (110) switches between a first positional relationship in which a container (50) obstructs discharge of articles gripped by a first gripping unit (15A) but does not obstruct discharge of articles by a second gripping unit (15B) and a second positional relationship in which the container (50) obstructs discharge of articles gripped by the second gripping unit (15B) but does not obstruct discharge of articles gripped by the first gripping unit (15A), so the gripping units do not move while they are holding the articles, and the articles can be prevented from falling out of the gripping units (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okano, Shuichi Maeda, Yuki Furukawa, Masaaki Hojo, Akihito Suzuki, Kousuke Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240064604
    Abstract: A control signal used for selecting a parent node in a tree route is transmitted from a first wireless node among a plurality of wireless nodes which constitute a backhaul network. Second wireless nodes each select, as a parent node, one of transmission source nodes of a plurality of control signals on the basis of an index indicating the radio wave propagation quality of a route through which each of the control signals received from different route has been propagated. Fixed wireless nodes among the second wireless nodes each transmit the received control signal to the other second wireless nodes, and a movable wireless node among the second wireless nodes terminates the received control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroshi FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11838847
    Abstract: A control signal used for selecting a parent node in a tree route is transmitted from a first wireless node among a plurality of wireless nodes which constitute a backhaul network. Second wireless nodes each select, as a parent node, one of transmission source nodes of a plurality of control signals on the basis of an index indicating the radio wave propagation quality of a route through which each of the control signals received from different route has been propagated. Fixed wireless nodes among the second wireless nodes each transmit the received control signal to the other second wireless nodes, and a movable wireless node among the second wireless nodes terminates the received control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: PicoCELA Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20230379790
    Abstract: A first wireless node transmits a control signal to be propagated to each of a plurality of wireless links linked up between a plurality of wireless nodes that forms a backhaul network. Each of second wireless nodes that is different from the first wireless node selects, for a transmission route of a data signal, a wireless link corresponding to one of different routes in an upstream direction toward the first wireless node among the linked up wireless links, based on an indicator indicative of a radio wave propagation quality of one or more wireless links through which a plurality of the control signals received from different routes are propagated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroshi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11765639
    Abstract: A first wireless node transmits a control signal to be propagated to each of a plurality of wireless links linked up between a plurality of wireless nodes that forms a backhaul network. Each of second wireless nodes that is different from the first wireless node selects, for a transmission route of a data signal, a wireless link corresponding to one of different routes in an upstream direction toward the first wireless node among the linked up wireless links, based on an indicator indicative of a radio wave propagation quality of one or more wireless links through which a plurality of the control signals received from different routes are propagated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: PicoCELA Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20230019905
    Abstract: A control signal used for selecting a parent node in a tree route is transmitted from a first wireless node among a plurality of wireless nodes which constitute a backhaul network. Second wireless nodes each select, as a parent node, one of transmission source nodes of a plurality of control signals on the basis of an index indicating the radio wave propagation quality of a route through which each of the control signals received from different route has been propagated. Fixed wireless nodes among the second wireless nodes each transmit the received control signal to the other second wireless nodes, and a movable wireless node among the second wireless nodes terminates the received control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroshi FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11483757
    Abstract: A control signal used for selecting a parent node in a tree route is transmitted from a first wireless node among a plurality of wireless nodes which constitute a backhaul network. Second wireless nodes each select, as a parent node, one of transmission source nodes of a plurality of control signals on the basis of an index indicating the radio wave propagation quality of a route through which each of the control signals received from different route has been propagated. Fixed wireless nodes among the second wireless nodes each transmit the received control signal to the other second wireless nodes, and a movable wireless node among the second wireless nodes terminates the received control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: PICOCELA INC.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20210250841
    Abstract: A control signal used for selecting a parent node in a tree route is transmitted from a first wireless node among a plurality of wireless nodes which constitute a backhaul network. Second wireless nodes each select, as a parent node, one of transmission source nodes of a plurality of control signals on the basis of an index indicating the radio wave propagation quality of a route through which each of the control signals received from different route has been propagated. Fixed wireless nodes among the second wireless nodes each transmit the received control signal to the other second wireless nodes, and a movable wireless node among the second wireless nodes terminates the received control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroshi FURUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210243669
    Abstract: A first wireless node transmits a control signal to be propagated to each of a plurality of wireless links linked up between a plurality of wireless nodes that forms a backhaul network. Each of second wireless nodes that is different from the first wireless node selects, for a transmission route of a data signal, a wireless link corresponding to one of different routes in an upstream direction toward the first wireless node among the linked up wireless links, based on an indicator indicative of a radio wave propagation quality of one or more wireless links through which a plurality of the control signals received from different routes are propagated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroshi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11019550
    Abstract: A first wireless node transmits a control signal to be propagated to each of a plurality of wireless links linked up between a plurality of wireless nodes that forms a backhaul network. Each of second wireless nodes that is different from the first wireless node selects, for a transmission route of a data signal, a wireless link corresponding to one of different routes in an upstream direction toward the first wireless node among the linked up wireless links, based on an indicator indicative of a radio wave propagation quality of one or more wireless links through which a plurality of the control signals received from different routes are propagated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: PICOCELA INC.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 10862707
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a network system, etc., that are suitable for improving the communication efficiency of an entire network even when a CSMA, etc., are adopted. A network system for transmitting uplink/downlink traffics using a route having a tree structure with a root node, a plurality of inner nodes, and a plurality of leaf nodes, wherein the root node transmits a downlink frame to the inner nodes and leaf nodes at intervals equal to or greater than an additional wait time differing for each destination node. The root node transmits a downlink frame at, for example, an interval consisting of the additional wait time plus a quality assurance time for assuring communication quality. An interval which is a varying time interval but equal to the additional wait time at the least is assured, whereby the communication efficiency of an entire network is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: PicoCELA, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Furukawa