Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Imamura

Hiroshi Imamura 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: 20240082777
    Abstract: A cylindrical heating unit of an exhaust gas processing device is installed in a reactor. The cylindrical heating unit is provided with an exhaust gas introduction port provided in an insertion base part and a heated exhaust gas outlet provided at insertion end. The cylindrical heating unit includes a hollow cylinder, insulators, electric heaters, and holding members. The hollow cylinder has a double structure with an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder made of metal. A plurality of the insulators surround the inner cylinder and are provided at intervals from each other in a heater installation space between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder. Electric heaters are mounted to the insulators. The holding members are attached to one of the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder or both and hold the insulators in the heater installation space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hideharu OHMAE, Masamitsu HAGIO, Hiroshi IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240082782
    Abstract: A treatment device for semiconductor manufacturing exhaust gas of the present invention includes an inlet scrubber, a gas treatment furnace, and an outlet scrubber. The gas treatment furnace includes an outer cylinder having a main body that includes a gas treatment space formed therein and a gas introduction port drilled in a bottom thereof, an inner cylinder that extends across the gas treatment space such that one end thereof is mounted to the bottom inside the main body so as to enclose the gas introduction port and another end thereof is opened and located at a position close to a ceiling surface of the main body, and an electric heater that is hung from a ceiling of the main body and that has a heating element having a long bar shape placed in an internal space of the inner cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroshi IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230417410
    Abstract: A gas processing furnace according to the present invention includes: a hollow cylindrical furnace body including a gas processing space therein; a non-transferred plasma jet torch for supplying a plasma jet into the gas processing space; and an electric heater for heating a region of the gas processing space to which the plasma jet is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroshi IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230233982
    Abstract: A gas processing furnace according to the present invention includes: a heater body filled with an electric heating element; and a tubular gas passage passing through the heater body. The gas processing furnace includes: a block-like heater body extending in the up-down direction and filled with the electric heating element; gas passages passing through the heater body in the up-down direction, the gas passages being consecutively disposed or extended in the front-back direction, the gas passages being arranged so as to form a plurality of arrays parallel to each other in the right-left direction, in a plan view; and a headbox mounted at an upper end portion of the heater body and configured to allow the gas passages to communicate with each other via a communication space formed inside the headbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroshi IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230234523
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for analyzing a state of a vehicle occupant and performing illumination and image output control by a projector in units of a screen sectioned area of a vehicle ceiling, in accordance with an analysis result. There is provided a data processing unit configured to execute state analysis of an occupant of a vehicle and execute output control of a projector in accordance with an occupant analysis result. The data processing unit performs projector control of outputting illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with the occupant analysis result, in units of a sectioned area of a screen of a vehicle ceiling on which projector output light is outputted. The data processing unit analyzes a state of an occupant on the basis of a camera-captured image, and outputs illumination light having luminance determined in accordance with an occupant state, in units of a screen sectioned area above each occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: HIROSHI IMAMURA, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TORU NAGARA, KOJI NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20230219495
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes a first acquisition section that acquires first illuminance information indicating illuminance of an inside of a moving body, a second acquisition section that acquires second illuminance information indicating illuminance to be compared with the first illuminance information, and a light adjusting control section that controls a light adjustment by a device included in the moving body on a basis of a result of a comparison between illuminance of the first illuminance information and illuminance of the second illuminance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi TAKAMATSU, Hiroshi IMAMURA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Koji NAGATA, Toru NAGARA
  • Publication number: 20230206085
    Abstract: A processing device includes: a first processing unit that refers to function data including a labeling function that labels an input dataset or abstain if it cannot label, to output first output data that associates each input dataset with a probability of corresponding to each label from a result of labeling the input dataset by the labeling function; and an identifying unit that identifies an input dataset in which a variation in the probability of corresponding to each label in the first output data satisfies a predetermined condition among the input datasets. A labeling function newly created for the input dataset identified from the first output data by the identifying unit is inserted into the function data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Osamu Saisho, Takeshi OGURO, Jingyu SUN, Hiroshi IMAMURA, Susumu TAKEUCHI, Daigoro Yokozeki
  • Publication number: 20230186651
    Abstract: The control device 50 includes a control unit 52 that controls a state of video projected onto a predetermined projection plane by a projector 20 provided in a space in the moving body 10 on the basis of space situation information input from a sensor that detects a space situation in the moving body 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi TAKAMATSU, Hiroshi IMAMURA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Koji NAGATA, Toru NAGARA
  • Patent number: 11504669
    Abstract: The present invention provides an energy-efficient method and apparatus that can achieve exhaust gas abatement with a minimum use of diluent nitrogen gas. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for exhaust gas abatement under reduced pressure, in which an exhaust gas supplied from an exhaust gas source via a vacuum pump is decomposed by heat of a high-temperature plasma under a reduced pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: KANKEN TECHNO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michihiko Yanagisawa, Tsutomu Tsukada, Hiroshi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20220346696
    Abstract: An electromyography processing apparatus 1 includes an electromyography acquiring unit 21 configured to generate electromyography data indicating the time course of an electromyography acquired from an electrode set on a predetermined muscle of an exerciser performing a repetitive exercise, and an evaluation unit 25 configured to calculate and output a reproducibility index indicating the reproducibility of the repetitive exercise from the reproducibility of a transition of the electromyography in the repetitive exercise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Osamu SAISHO, Shingo TSUKADA, Hiroshi IMAMURA, Atsunori MIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220346697
    Abstract: An electromyography processing apparatus 1 includes an electromyography acquiring unit 21 configured to generate electromyography data 11 indicating the time course of an electromyography acquired from an electrode 2 set on each of left and right muscles which are paired of an exerciser performing an exercise in which the left and right muscles are alternately used, and an evaluation unit 23 configured to calculate and output a switching index indicating that left and right muscles are alternately used, from an electromyography of the left muscle and an electromyography of the right muscle acquired at an identical time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Osamu SAISHO, Shingo TSUKADA, Hiroshi IMAMURA, Atsunori MIHARA
  • Patent number: 11314981
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing system capable of appropriately assisting in creation of a marker, an information processing method, and a program. The information processing system includes an acquisition part configured to acquire a recognition result of a marker that a user is making, and a display control part configured to cause a display face to display assistance information for assisting in creation of the marker depending on the recognition result in association with the marker in process of creation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ikeda, Toru Nagara, Hiroshi Imamura, Takayuki Sakamoto, Tomohiro Ishii
  • Patent number: 11147446
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first three-dimensional optical coherence tomography (OCT) image of a target eye, and a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, the first three-dimensional OCT image and an interface configured to receive an instruction for acquiring a second three-dimensional OCT image of the target eye, which is an image captured with a fixation target position the same as a fixation target position used in capturing the first three-dimensional OCT image and is to be combined with the first three-dimensional OCT image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Imamura
  • Patent number: 10993615
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an identification unit configured to identify a retinal blood vessel based on a retinal image, a measurement unit configured to measure blood flow information for the blood vessel based on the retinal image, and a display control unit configured to display the measured blood flow information by at least one selected from a depth of the identified blood vessel, a size of the identified blood vessel, and a combination of both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Imamura
  • Patent number: 10994331
    Abstract: There is provided a copper powder containing an organic compound containing carbon and nitrogen. The powder has a ratio of carbon content PC (mass %) to specific surface area SSA (m2/g), PC/SSA, of 0.005 to 0.1 and a ratio of nitrogen content PN (mass %) to specific surface area SSA (m2/g), PN/SSA, of 0.001 to 0.05. The organic compound preferably contains two or more of nitrogen atom per molecule and is preferably capable of forming a five-membered ring complex with copper. The organic compound preferably includes one or more of dimethyl glyoxime, ethylenediamine, and polyethyleneimine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Kamikoriyama, Mami Yoshida, Hiroshi Imamura, Yuji Asano
  • Patent number: 10998490
    Abstract: A magnetic element includes a first magnetic layer and a first nonmagnetic layer. An angle ?0 between a first direction and the magnetization direction of the first magnetic layer satisfies 0°<?0<90° or 90°<?0<180° in a state in which neither a voltage nor a magnetic field is substantially applied to the first magnetic layer; and the first direction is from the first nonmagnetic layer toward the first magnetic layer. A resistance·area of the first nonmagnetic layer is 10 ??m2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Rie Matsumoto, Takayuki Nozaki, Shinji Yuasa, Hiroshi Imamura
  • Patent number: 10980411
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of data sets each of which includes a plurality of pieces of tomographic data that represents a section of a fundus, the plurality of data sets not including the same tomographic data as each other, a first generation unit configured to generate at least one motion contrast image from each of the plurality of data sets acquired by the acquisition unit, without generating a motion contrast image from across the data sets acquired by the acquisition unit, and a second generation unit configured to generate a single motion contrast image representing a cross section at a predetermined position in the fundus, based on the motion contrast image generated from at least one of the plurality of data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomasz Dziubak, Tomasz Bajraszewski, Sławomir Orłowski, Hiroshi Imamura
  • Patent number: 10973406
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus including an identification unit configured to identify a lamina cribrosa region by analyzing tomographic image data on an eye to be inspected, a generation unit configured to generate a luminance en face image and a motion contrast en face image of the eye to be inspected by using information on the identified lamina cribrosa region, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display at least one of the luminance en face image and the motion contrast en face image with the information on the identified lamina cribrosa region superimposed on the displayed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Imamura, Yoshihiko Iwase
  • Patent number: 10968599
    Abstract: A work machine includes a cabin, a machine room, a hydraulic oil tank, a partition wall, and a cover member. The machine room accommodates a drive apparatus to move the work machine. The hydraulic oil tank is provided in the machine room and has an oil gauge. The partition wall separates the cabin from the machine room and has an opening through which the oil gauge is viewable from the cabin. The cover member seals a gap between the partition wall and the oil gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Honda, Hiroshi Imamura, Yusuke Hada, Shunichiro Mori, Shinsuke Hisatake
  • Patent number: 10888220
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of tomographic data based on measurement light controlled to scan the same position of a fundus; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a correction coefficient by performing an arithmetic operation on a first approximate parameter obtained by transforming, in a first dimension, a parameter of the tomographic data to be used for calculating a motion contrast, and a second approximate parameter obtained by transforming the parameter in a second dimension smaller than the first dimension; a correction unit configured to correct a parameter of at least one piece of tomographic data through use of the correction coefficient; and a generation unit configured to generate a motion contrast image through use of the at least one piece of tomographic data corrected by the correction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Riuma Takahashi, Hiroshi Imamura, Hiroki Uchida, Marek Rozanski, Tomasz Dziubak, Tomasz Bajraszewski