Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kawakami

Hiroshi Kawakami 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: 20230358624
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure measuring material having a substrate and a pressure-sensitive layer, wherein the pressure-sensitive layer contains a polymer matrix containing a polymer compound having a molecular weight of 1,000 or more, and microcapsules encapsulating an electron-donating dye precursor and a solvent, and an electron-accepting compound. The pressure-sensitive layer has a color development-inducing layer having the electron-accepting compound and the polymer matrix and a color-developing layer having the microcapsules. A thickness of the color-developing layer is equal to or less than ½ of a thickness of the color development-inducing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro HATTA, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230341291
    Abstract: To suppress expansion of damage to a working-state cable due to work being continued without detecting breakage of the working-state cable when the breakage occurs, the working-state cable protection monitoring system is provided with: a working means that moves or installs a wire cable-shaped construction material including an optical fiber having at least one core; an interrogator that acquires environment information about each position of the construction material, sensed by the optical fiber; and an abnormal event detection means that, when the environment information acquired at each position of the construction material satisfies an abnormal pattern, detects an abnormal event at the position, where in the working means stops movement and installment of the wire cable-shaped construction material when the abnormal event has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka YANO, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI, Makoto SAITOH
  • Patent number: 11794900
    Abstract: Baggage is connected to an aerial vehicle in a state in which the baggage is suspended by a connector such as rope. A learning unit of a server device performs machine learning on the relationship between the piloting of an aerial vehicle and the behavior of baggage on the basis of an aerial vehicle behavior history and a piloting history acquired by a first acquisition unit and a baggage behavior history acquired by a second acquisition unit. With this arrangement, the automatic piloting of the aerial vehicle at the time of lowering baggage is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tadao Takami, Koji Ishii, Jooin Woo, Hiroshi Kawakami, Kaori Niihata, Yuichiro Segawa, Yasuhiro Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20230296473
    Abstract: In order to provide a mechanism which predicts a risk of future failure occurrence, by using fiber optic sensing, this failure prediction system comprises: a sensing function unit which acquires the environmental information detected by the optical fiber; an event classification function unit which classifies, by type, events occurring at each position of the object indicated by the environmental information, on the basis of event classification conditions; and a failure occurrence risk calculation unit having, in advance, one or more failure models obtained by modeling a physical mechanism that leads to a malfunction in the object, wherein the failure occurrence risk calculation unit calculates a failure occurrence risk in each object by the mechanism, and outputs the accumulated result as a risk or availability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Yano, Hiroshi Kawakami, Makoto Saitoh
  • Patent number: 11754453
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure measuring material having a substrate and a pressure-sensitive layer, wherein the pressure-sensitive layer contains a polymer matrix containing a polymer compound having a molecular weight of 1,000 or more, and microcapsules encapsulating an electron-donating dye precursor and a solvent, and an electron-accepting compound. Also provided is a method for manufacturing the pressure measuring material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Hatta, Hiroshi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11756436
    Abstract: Setting unit performs the setting of each of the operating modes of a plurality of aerial vehicles on the basis of communication quality information of the planned route of the plurality of aerial vehicles that fly in a group. Specifically, setting unit firstly specifies the planned positions and periods in which each aerial vehicle is to fly from the flight plan information of the plurality of aerial vehicles that fly in a group. Next, setting unit specifies a communication quality of first wireless communication unit of each aerial vehicle in each position and each period from the communication quality information that represents the communication quality in the specified positions and periods. Then, setting unit specifies an operating mode setting schedule of main unit mode and auxiliary unit mode, which sets an aerial vehicle having a specified communication quality, and sets the remaining aerial vehicles as auxiliary units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kaori Niihata, Tadao Takami, Koji Ishii, Hiroshi Kawakami, Yuichiro Segawa, Yasuhiro Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20230258494
    Abstract: In order to provide a protection monitoring system that comprises a warning function to which it is not easy to become habituated, and that can call attention at the time when abnormal vibration is sensed even without a cable undergoing failure, the protection monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises an optical fiber provided along a long infrastructure element installed in water or on a seabed, an interrogator for acquiring environment information at positions along the long infrastructure element using the optical fiber, an abnormal event detection means for detecting an abnormal event around the positions when the environment information acquired at the positions satisfies an abnormality pattern provided in advance, and a notification means for issuing a notice to a ship positioned in a prescribed range from a position in which the abnormal event is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Yano, Hiroshi Kawakami, Makoto Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20230190730
    Abstract: An anti-HIV agent containing, as an active ingredient, ex, 4-oxoquinoline compound represented by the following formula [I] wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound of the present invention has HIV integrase inhibitory action and is useful as an anti-HIV agent for the prophylaxis or therapy of AIDS. Moreover, by a combined use with other anti-HIV agents such as protease inhibitors, reverse transcriptase inhibitors and the like, the compound can become a more effective anti-HIV agent. Since the compound has high inhibitory activity specific for integrases, it can provide a safe pharmaceutical agent with a fewer side effects for human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Motohide Satoh, Hiroshi Kawakami, Yoshiharu Itoh, Hisashi Shinkai, Takahisa Motomura, Hisateru Aramaki, Yuji Matsuzaki, Wataru Watanabe, Shuichi Wamaki
  • Patent number: 11630445
    Abstract: The present disclosure makes it possible to construct a production line of products using pieces of first equipment located in a geographical area and mobile second equipment. An information processing method tries to assign pieces of first equipment to a series of work processes to produce products based on the pieces of first equipment located in the geographical area and positions thereof, decides installation of pieces of second equipment to be assigned to a part of the series of work processes to which a part of the pieces of equipment cannot be assigned from among the pieces of first equipment when there is the part of the series of work processes to which the part of the pieces of equipment cannot be assigned from among the pieces of first equipment, outputs a request to transport the pieces of second equipment to an installation position in the geographical area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Takezawa, Hirotaka Todaka, Takao Kiguchi, Chieko Sawada, Yosuke Tokuda, Ayaka Kagami, Natsuki Sugiyama, Takuzo Hirano, Taichi Amakasu, Seiei Hibino, Hiroshi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20220292506
    Abstract: Provided is an authorization device that enables approval of a user's payment transaction with no need for separate verification by telephone or the like. In an authorization server (100), a traffic based authorization determination unit (102) determines legitimacy of payment by a user terminal (300) in an affiliated store server (200) being a payment server on the basis of traffic information containing access time of the user terminal (300) and server information being an access destination. Then, an authorization control unit (101) performs processing for enabling a payment transaction on the basis of this determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HAKODA, Yoshiki SAWAKAMI, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20220227602
    Abstract: An elevator passenger car allows enhancement of rigidity of a lower beam with a simple configuration while suppressing an increase in the number of components, and includes an upper beam disposed at an upper side, a pair of vertical frames having upper ends connected to both ends of the upper beam, a lower beam disposed between lower ends of the pair of vertical frames while having both ends connected, and a pair of underfloor side surface beams which are mounted and connected onto both ends of the lower beam while extending orthogonal thereto. The elevator passenger car has a car room disposed at a part defined by the upper beam, the pair of vertical frames, and the lower beam that is mounted on the pair of underfloor side surface beams. An underfloor side surface beam reinforcing member is provided for each of the pair of underfloor side surface beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoki KARIYA, Katsuhiro SHIMADA, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI, Yoshiki TOMURA, Mari OSUGA
  • Publication number: 20220148443
    Abstract: A setting unit sets the operating mode of an aerial vehicle to a first operating mode that transmits, data generated by a host aerial vehicle and data received from another aerial vehicle to a processing device, or a second operating mode that transmits data generated by a host aerial vehicle to another aerial vehicle. At this time, setting unit sets the operating modes of each of a plurality of aerial vehicles using a setting method corresponding to the attributes of an airspace in which aerial vehicle flies, from among a plurality of setting methods that set the operating mode of aerial vehicle. The attributes of an airspace include attributes determined in accordance with a degree of importance pertaining to the process of transmitting data from aerial vehicle to a server device and/or attributes determined in accordance with the extent to which processes are distributed among a plurality of aerial vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kaori NIIHATA, Tadao TAKAMI, Koji ISHII, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI, Yuichiro SEGAWA, Yasuhiro KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220139237
    Abstract: Setting unit performs the setting of each of the operating modes of a plurality of aerial vehicles on the basis of communication quality information of the planned route of the plurality of aerial vehicles that fly in a group. Specifically, setting unit firstly specifies the planned positions and periods in which each aerial vehicle is to fly from the flight plan information of the plurality of aerial vehicles that fly in a group. Next, setting unit specifies a communication quality of first wireless communication unit of each aerial vehicle in each position and each period from the communication quality information that represents the communication quality in the specified positions and periods. Then, setting unit specifies an operating mode setting schedule of main unit mode and auxiliary unit mode, which sets an aerial vehicle having a specified communication quality, and sets the remaining aerial vehicles as auxiliary units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kaori NIIHATA, Tadao TAKAMI, Koji ISHII, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI, Yuichiro SEGAWA, Yasuhiro KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220002605
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a heat storage composition excellent in slow flame retardance and a heat storage member excellent in the slow flame retardance. Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device including a heat storage member, and a manufacturing method of a heat storage member. The heat storage composition according to an embodiment of the present invention contains a heat storage material and a flame retardant, in which a specific condition A is satisfied. The heat storage member according to an embodiment of the present invention contains a heat storage material and a flame retardant, in which a specific condition C is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro MITSUI, Naotoshi SATO, Aya NAKAYAMA, Takuto MATSUSHITA, Masahiro HATTA, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20220004922
    Abstract: A server device performs machine learning on the relationship between the content of piloting of an aerial vehicle and the behavior of the aerial vehicle in response to the content of the piloting, and generates a learning model for automatically piloting the aerial vehicle. However, the aerial vehicle is piloted in various environments and conditions, and there are environments and conditions that are unsuited for achieving highly accurate and stable automatic piloting. Therefore, the server device performs the machine learning only in an environment or a condition suited for realizing the automatic piloting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tadao TAKAMI, Koji ISHII, Jooin WOO, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI, Kaori NIIHATA, Yuichiro SEGAWA, Yasuhiro KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210380240
    Abstract: Baggage is connected to an aerial vehicle in a state in which the baggage is suspended by a connector such as rope. A learning unit of a server device performs machine learning on the relationship between the piloting of an aerial vehicle and the behavior of baggage on the basis of an aerial vehicle behavior history and a piloting history acquired by a first acquisition unit and a baggage behavior history acquired by a second acquisition unit. With this arrangement, the automatic piloting of the aerial vehicle at the time of lowering baggage is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tadao TAKAMI, Koji ISHII, Jooin WOO, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI, Kaori NIIHATA, Yuichiro SEGAWA, Yasuhiro KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210385965
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a heat storage member having excellent flame retardance. Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device including a heat storage member, a manufacturing method of a heat storage member, and a composition for forming a protective layer. The heat storage member according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a protective layer and a heat storage layer including a heat storage material, in which the protective layer has a crosslinking structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro MITSUI, Naotoshi SATO, Miyoko HARA, Masahiro HATTA, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI, Hirokazu KITO, Aya NAKAYAMA, Takuto MATSUSHITA, Kyohei OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210364299
    Abstract: The present disclosure efficiently performs delivery of delivery articles, collection of collection articles, and transportation of collection articles. The present disclosure is an information processing method including an information processing apparatus performing the following: setting a travel route of a vehicle that goes through both of a delivery position and a collection position based on information indicating the delivery position of a delivery article and information indicating the collection position of a collection article; and retrieving at least one recipient corresponding to an attribute of the collection article, and outputting information indicating the retrieved recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu TAKEZAWA, Hirotaka TODAKA, Takao KIGUCHI, Chieko SAWADA, Yosuke TOKUDA, Ayaka KAGAMI, Natsuki SUGIYAMA, Takuzo HIRANO, Taichi AMAKASU, Seiei HIBINO, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20210354534
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle including: a plurality of dimming glass units used for a plurality of windows; a sensor that acquires an entering situation of natural light at a predetermined position; and a controller. The controller performs: specifying a first dimming glass unit that is a control target out of the plurality of dimming glass units in accordance with the entering situation of natural light; and controlling a light shielding property of the first dimming glass unit. The controller controls the first dimming glass unit so as to be into a light shielding state when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a first condition indicating that an occupant in the vehicle feels glaringness, and releases the light shielding state of the first dimming glass unit when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a second condition indicating that the occupant in the vehicle does not feel glaringness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu TAKEZAWA, Hirotaka TODAKA, Takao KIGUCHI, Chieko SAWADA, Yosuke TOKUDA, Ayaka KAGAMI, Natsuki SUGIYAMA, Takuzo HIRANO, Taichi AMAKASU, Seiei HIBINO, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20210343162
    Abstract: In a server device, an acquisition unit acquires information generated by a first detection unit and a second detection unit through a network. An identification unit identifies a wind condition and the state of flight of an aerial vehicle on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition unit. More specifically, the identification unit identifies the wind direction and the wind speed, which indicate the wind condition, and the position, the flight direction, and the flight speed of the aerial vehicle, which indicate the state of flight of the aerial vehicle. The estimation unit estimates a landing area where the aerial vehicle is likely to land according to the wind condition and the state of flight of the aerial vehicle which have been identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tadao TAKAMI, Koji ISHII, Jooin WOO, Hiroshi KAWAKAMI, Kaori NIIHATA, Yuichiro SEGAWA, Yasuhiro KITAMURA