Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Ishikawa

Hiroshi Ishikawa 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: 12287114
    Abstract: An air circulator includes a blower unit having an airflow opening on a front side of the blower unit and a grill in the airflow opening, and a support unit that supports the blower unit. The grill has a plurality of airflow guide blades arranged in a spiral, and inner end portions of the airflow guide blades proximal to a center of the spiral of the plurality of airflow guide blades protrude from outer end portions of the airflow guide blades in an airflow direction. The blower unit includes a cover forming an outer panel of the blower unit and an air passage forming member provided inside the cover. A reinforcing rib is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the air passage forming member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Iris Ohyama Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Yamamoto, Kazuhito Fukumasu, Hiroshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20250029159
    Abstract: A mobile object brokerage system includes a desired-remaining-life condition recognition section configured to recognize a desired-remaining-life condition of a user for a mobile object, a candidate-mobile-object remaining-life recognition section, a remaining-life consumption degree recognition section configured to recognize a remaining-life consumption degree on the basis of use history information about a mobile object by the user, a corrected-remaining-life calculation section configured to calculate a corrected remaining life obtained by correcting the remaining life of each of the plurality of candidate mobile objects with the remaining-life consumption degree, and a transaction target mobile-object selection section configured to select, as a target for a predetermined transaction with the user U, the candidate mobile object having the corrected remaining life that meets the desired-remaining-life condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Hodaka Tsuge, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Naotaka Morita
  • Publication number: 20250029109
    Abstract: A warranty-terms setting system includes a remaining-lifetime consumption-degree predicting unit that predicts a remaining-lifetime consumption degree based on usage history information on another mobile unit other than a subject mobile unit by a first user, the remaining-lifetime consumption degree being indicative of to what degree the remaining lifetime of the subject mobile unit has been consumed per predetermined period, a predicted remaining-lifetime decreasing period calculating unit that, based on the remaining-lifetime consumption degree, calculates a predicted remaining-lifetime decreasing period indicative of a predicted period in which a remaining lifetime of the subject mobile unit decreases from the determined remaining lifetime to a predetermined criterion value or lower when it is assumed that the first user uses the subject mobile unit after the point of determination, and a warranty-terms setting unit that sets warranty terms for the subject mobile unit based on the predicted remaining-lifet
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Hodaka Tsuge, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Naotaka Morita
  • Publication number: 20240418398
    Abstract: An air circulator includes a blower unit having an airflow opening on a front side of the blower unit and a grill in the airflow opening, and a support unit that supports the blower unit. The grill has a plurality of airflow guide blades arranged in a spiral, and inner end portions of the airflow guide blades proximal to a center of the spiral of the plurality of airflow guide blades protrude from outer end portions of the airflow guide blades in an airflow direction. The blower unit includes a cover forming an outer panel of the blower unit and an air passage forming member provided inside the cover. A reinforcing rib is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the air passage forming member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Iris Ohyama Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki YAMAMOTO, Kazuhito FUKUMASU, Hiroshi ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 12150080
    Abstract: Methods and devices provide for enhancements to the Steering of Roaming (SoR) provisioning during the registration procedure by introducing a new parameter generated by a user data management network function of the home network which indicates to roaming networks whether to request updated SoR information based on a registration type received in a registration request from a mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Srisakul Thakolsri, Malla Reddy Sama, Riccardo Guerzoni, Jari Mutikainen, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Atsushi Minokuchi, Ban Al-Bakri
  • Publication number: 20240340978
    Abstract: A network node that transfers a signal between a service-user-side network node and a service-provider-side network node includes: a reception section that receives a first control signal including information indicating an application of connection requested by the service-user-side network node; a control section that determines whether the connection for the application is permitted; and a transmission section that transmits a second control signal including information indicating a result of the determination to the service-user-side network node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishikawa, Atsushi Minokuchi, Yuji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12111504
    Abstract: An optical waveguide alignment method includes a step of covering an end portion of an optical fiber, an end portion of a PLC, and a microlens with an adhesive before curing in a state in which at least one microlens is disposed between incidence and emission end faces of end portions of the optical fiber and the PLC, a step of causing light for alignment to be incident on at least one of the optical fiber or the PLC so that light enters a portion covered with the adhesive between the optical fiber and the PLC, and a step of curing the adhesive after the microlens moves onto an optical path between the optical fiber and the PLC due to radiation pressure of light. The optical fiber and the PLC are optically connected via the adhesive and the microlens, and the optical fiber, the PLC, and the microlens are mechanically connected by the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishikawa, Makoto Abe, Norio Sato, Atsushi Aratake
  • Patent number: 12104821
    Abstract: An air circulator includes a blower unit that is provided with an airflow opening on a front side of the blower unit. A grill is provided in the airflow opening, and is provided with airflow guide blades in a spiral manner. The air circulator also includes a controller that achieves a rhythm air in which weak wind and strong wind are switched over by controlling a rotational speed of a motor of the blower unit. The grill is provided with plural airflow guide blades in a spiral manner. Inner end portions of the airflow guide blades closer to the center of the spiral of the airflow guide blades are protruded from outer end portions if the airflow guide blades in an airflow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Iris Ohyama Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Yamamoto, Kazuhito Fukumasu, Hiroshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20240144733
    Abstract: A residual life determination system includes: a first estimated residual life recognition unit configured to recognize a first estimated residual life of the target component according to a cumulative fatigue degree of the target component based on the load measurement information; a second estimated residual life recognition unit configured to recognize a second estimated residual life of the target component according to a degradation degree of the physical property value of the target component based on the physical property value measurement information; and a residual life determination unit configured to determine the residual life of the target component based on the first estimated residual life in a first period before the second estimated residual life becomes longer than the first estimated residual life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Hodaka Tsuge, Hiroshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11974220
    Abstract: A network node is a first network node in a VPLMN (Visited Public land mobile network), the network node including a receiving unit configured to receive information relating to network selection, from a second network node in an HPLMN (Home Public land mobile network); a transmitting unit configured to transmit the information relating to network selection, to a user equipment; and a control unit configured to transmit, to the second network node, a response indicating that the user equipment was unable to receive the information relating to network selection, when a response, with respect to the information relating to network selection transmitted to the user equipment, is not received from the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishikawa, Shinya Takeda, Maoki Hikosaka, Atsushi Minokuchi, Kenichiro Aoyagi, Ban Al-Bakri
  • Patent number: 11961059
    Abstract: The present disclosure promotes distribution of sensor data among a plurality of business operators. A controller that an information processing system according to the present disclosure includes collects first data including a plurality of items and personal information from mobile bodies belonging to a first business operator. The controller converts the first data to second data not being usable to identify individuals. The controller provides data in a range decided based on content of a predetermined data use contract, among the second data, to a second business operator. The controller calculates a consideration for the data that is to be paid by the second business operator, based on a data use record of the second business operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuaki Matsueda, Takashi Sueki, Jun Okamoto, Takumi Wada, Ryo Midorikawa, Junichi Nonaka, Wataru Shiraishi, Yasuhisa Fujiwara, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Shigeru Ichikawa, Hidetaka Eguchi, Masayo Nagai, Mika Inaba
  • Patent number: 11955256
    Abstract: A signal transmission cable is provided with a conductor, an insulator covering around the conductor, a shield layer covering around the insulator, a sheath covering around the shield layer, and a plating base layer is provided between the insulator and the shield layer to cover around the insulator. The shield layer has a plating layer provided to cover the plating base layer to be in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the plating base layer. A surface roughness of an outer peripheral surface of the plating layer is less than a surface roughness of an inner peripheral surface of the plating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Sagawa, Detian Huang, Takahiro Sugiyama, Hideki Nonen, Masashi Arai, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Xinweilong Li
  • Patent number: 11956714
    Abstract: A user equipment includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from a network node in a VPLMN (Visited Public land mobile network), information indicating a PLMN to be prioritized and information indicating a trigger of PLMN selection; and a control unit configured to execute the PLMN selection, based on the information indicating the PLMN to be prioritized and the information indicating the trigger of the PLMN selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Takeda, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Maoki Hikosaka, Kenichiro Aoyagi, Atsushi Minokuchi, Ban Al-Bakri
  • Patent number: 11943700
    Abstract: In 5G cell (230) of 5G system (200), upon detecting that access to the 5G system (200) is barred, the 5G system (200) is congested, 5G core network (220) of the 5G system (200) does not support IMS-type communication service, or fallback to 4G system (300) is instructed, UE (100) selects 4G cell (330) of the 4G system (300) as a target cell for connection. The UE (100) transmits a connection request signal for the IMS-type communication service to the target cell for connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Aoyagi, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Atsushi Minokuchi, Shinya Takeda
  • Patent number: 11934022
    Abstract: A photoelectric fiber includes a fiber including a core through which light is guided; an electrical unit formed continuously with the fiber, the electrical unit being configured to house a photoelectric conversion chip including a photoelectric conversion element; and an external electrode formed on a front surface of at least one of the fiber or the electrical unit, wherein the photoelectric conversion chip is optically connected to the core and electrically connected to the external electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Sato, Atsushi Aratake, Makoto Abe, Takuya Tanaka, Kota Shikama, Takao Fukumitsu, Hiroshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11911806
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate cleaning device, an abnormality determination method of a substrate cleaning device, and an abnormality determination program of a substrate cleaning device for determining whether there is an abnormality in a roll cleaning member that is attached. A substrate cleaning device includes: a holder to which a roll cleaning member for cleaning a substrate is attached in a detachable manner; a rotation device which makes the roll cleaning member attached to the holder rotate; a sensor which measures information concerning a vibration of the roll cleaning member during rotation; and a control device which determines, based on a measurement result of the sensor, whether there is an abnormality in the roll cleaning member attached to the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masumi Nishijima, Kunimasa Matsushita, Hiroshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20240057010
    Abstract: A network node includes: a transmission unit configured to register a terminal to a UDR (User Data Repository); a reception unit configured to receive, from the UDR, information for identifying the UDR as a response to registration of the terminal; and a control unit configured to associate the terminal and the information for identifying the UDR with a first time at which the terminal is registered to the UDR to be stored. In a case where an error indication of the UDR is received by the reception unit, the control unit determines whether or not a re-registration of the terminal is needed, based on a time included in the error indication and the first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Minokuchi, Shin Nishida, Yuko Ukawa, Hiroshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11897488
    Abstract: An autonomous driving assistance device includes a manual driving control section, an autonomous driving control section, and a travelling condition determining section. If it is detected that there is a malfunction in a first sensor during control of the autonomous driving of the vehicle, the autonomous driving control section executes emergency autonomous driving until a predetermined condition is satisfied while changing, based on the determined travelling condition, a driving manner of an emergency autonomous driving as compared with a driving manner of the autonomous driving executed before no malfunctions are detected in the first sensor; and after the emergency autonomous driving is terminated, the autonomous driving assistance device being configured to selectively execute one of: causing the autonomous driving control section to stop the vehicle; and causing the manual driving control section to control the manual driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Masuda, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Takahisa Yokoyama, Takehito Fujii
  • Patent number: 11864080
    Abstract: A disclosed user device includes a receiver configured to receive emergency information from a network; and a control unit configured to change a process of detecting whether first emergency information is duplicated with second emergency information upon receiving, by the receiver, the second emergency information after the first emergency information, based on the first emergency information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Aoyagi, Atsushi Minokuchi, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Shinya Takeda, Maoki Hikosaka
  • Patent number: 11847764
    Abstract: A generative adversarial network including a generator portion and a discriminator portion is constructed. The network is configured such that the network operates to enhance intensity images, wherein an intensity image is obtained by illuminating an object with an energy pulse and measuring the return strength of the energy pulse, and wherein a pixel of the intensity image corresponds to the return strength. As a part of the configuring, a loss function of the generative adversarial network is minimized, the loss function comprising a mean square error loss measurement of a noisy intensity image relative to a mean square error loss measurement of a corresponding clean intensity image. An enhanced intensity image is generated by applying the minimized loss function of the network to an original intensity image, the applying improving an image quality measurement of the enhanced intensity image relative to the original intensity image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kerry Halupka, Bhavna Josephine Antony, Suman Sedai, Rahil Garnavi, Hiroshi Ishikawa