Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Matsumoto

Hiroshi Matsumoto 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: 11042726
    Abstract: A skin analyzer includes a facial part recognition unit that recognizes a facial part from a face image of a user captured by a camera; a UI unit that causes a display to display a UI in which a facial part mark indicating the facial part is disposed on a face image, and that accepts an operation with respect to the facial part mark; an analysis region setting unit that sets a skin analysis region for the face image based on a position of the operated facial part mark; and a skin analysis performing unit that performs a skin analysis on the set skin analysis region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsumoto, Hiroki Taoka, Ichiro Takei, Akio Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11017216
    Abstract: A skin analyzing device includes: a facial coordinates setting unit that sets facial coordinates on a facial image of a measurement subject by using, as a reference, a position of a facial portion identified from the facial image, a region-of-interest setting unit that sets a first region of interest to a first facial image of the measurement subject, and sets a second region of interest that has facial coordinates in common with the first region of interest to a second facial image of the measurement subject, and a skin analysis user interface (UI) unit that displays the first facial image and the second facial image next to each other, and displays a skin analysis result in the first region of interest with respect to the first facial image and a skin analysis result in the second region of interest with respect to the second facial image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Taoka, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Ichiro Takei
  • Publication number: 20210148887
    Abstract: A method for evaluating the cytotoxicity of a gas, the method being applicable to cells present in a cell culture medium, namely, to cells other than bronchial- or lung-derived cells. The method including: a gas dissolution step for dissolving a gas in a cell culture medium, and a cell evaluation step for measuring a cell function, in this order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Ikumi IKEJIMA, Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Kohei SAWADA
  • Patent number: 10996621
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a movement mechanism. The movement mechanism moves a pressing mechanism from a first position to a second position along with a start of an image forming operation and moves the pressing mechanism from the second position to the first position along with an end of the image forming operation, when image formation is carried out. The movement mechanism moves the pressing mechanism from the first position to the second position along with detection by a detection unit that a main body cover is opened, when the image formation is not carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20210070397
    Abstract: A master communication apparatus comprises a master wired communicator, a master wireless communicator, and a master controller. The master wired communicator is configured to communicate with a slave wired communicator of a slave communication apparatus in the human-powered vehicle via a wired communication channel. The master wireless communicator is configured to communicate with a slave wireless communicator of the slave communication apparatus via a wireless communication channel. The master controller is configured to transmit, via one of the master wired communicator and the master wireless communicator, a control signal to control a component of the human-powered vehicle. The master controller is configured to control the master wired communicator and the master wireless communicator in accordance with a priority order. The master controller is configured to set the priority order in accordance with information relating to the master communication apparatus and the slave communication apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki KOMADA, Takaya MASUDA, Yoshiyuki KASAI, Hiroshi MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210061413
    Abstract: A bicycle derailleur comprises a unit mounting portion, a wireless communicator, an electrical connector receiving portion, and a power supply portion. The wireless communicator is disposed at the unit mounting portion. The electrical connector receiving portion is configured to receive a connector. The power supply portion is configured to receive electricity from a battery disposed at a location apart from the bicycle derailleur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Tadashi ICHIDA, Toshio TETSUKA, Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Naoshi FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20210056840
    Abstract: A traffic signal control apparatus capable of controlling signal light colors at a target intersection includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information of a tail-end vehicle among platoon vehicles traveling on an inflow road of the target intersection, and a vehicle speed of the platoon vehicles; and a control unit configured to, when the tail-end vehicle cannot pass a stop line of the target intersection by the time a remaining green interval elapses, execute preferential control that allows the platoon vehicles to preferentially pass through the target intersection by extending a clearance interval of the target intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro YAMAZAKI, Hajime SAKAKIBARA, Arata DOI, Hiroshi MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10916406
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a multiple charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a subtraction processing circuit configured to subtract a corresponding shared dose from a dose of each of peripheral beams of a defect beam where control of a dose of a beam is disabled and the dose to be irradiated is excessive among the multiple charged particle beams, such that the same dose as an excess dose by the defect beam is shared by the peripheral beams of the defect beam; and a writing mechanism including a stage mounting a target object and a deflector deflecting the multiple charged particle beams and configured to write a pattern on the target object, using the multiple charged particle beams of doses in which the same dose as the excess dose of the defect beam is shared and is subtracted from the doses of the peripheral beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20210032486
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] Provided are a curable composition free from prior art shortcomings, having an excellent reflectance, yellowing properties, solder heat resistance, and crack resistance; a cured product of the curable composition and an electronic component having the cured product. [Solution] A curable composition including (A) a white colorant, (B) a photopolymerization initiator, (C) a di- or higher functional (meth)acrylate monomer having a heterocycle, and (D) a thermosetting compound; a cured product thereof; and an electronic component having the cured product were obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: TAIYO INK MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rina YOSHIKAWA, Hideyuki ITO, Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Xiaozhu WEI, Masayuki SHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210032483
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] Provided is a curable composition for inkjet printing, a coating film obtained from which has higher heat resistance than conventional coating films. [Solution] It is a curable composition for inkjet printing, comprising (A) a (meth)acrylate monomer having a cyclic skeleton and having a number of alkylene oxide modifications of one or more and six or less, (B1) a bifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer having no cyclic skeleton and having two or more alkylene glycol structures, (B2) a bifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer having no cyclic skeleton and having a monoalkylene glycol structure, and (C) a photopolymerization initiator. Accordingly, an obtained coating film does not crack, has excellent adhesion to a conductor, and maintains sufficient hardness even after a thermal history that corresponds to a plurality of times of soldering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: TAIYO INK MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki SHIMURA, Hideyuki ITO, Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Xiaozhu WEI, Rina YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10907066
    Abstract: Provided are a curable composition for inkjet, which not only allows surface curability in formation of a coating film by an inkjet system to be enhanced, but also is not reduced in characteristics conventionally provided, such as solder heat resistance and gold plating resistance, and a cured product and a printed wiring board using the curable composition. The curable composition for inkjet of the present invention includes (A) an alkylene chain-containing bifunctional (meth)acrylate compound, (B) an ?-aminoalkylphenone-based photopolymerization initiator, and (C) an acylphosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator, wherein, when the thickness is 10 ?m, the absorbance at a wavelength of 365 nm is 0.08 to 0.8 and the absorbance at a wavelength of 385 nm is 0.05 to 0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TAIYO INK MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rina Yoshikawa, Masato Yoshida, Masayuki Shimura, Hiroshi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20210027986
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a multi-beam writing method includes acquiring a plurality of pieces of position deviation data corresponding to a plurality of parameter values of a parameter that change position deviation amount of each beam of multi-beam irradiated on a substrate, calculating a plurality of pieces of reference coefficient data corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of position deviation data, calculating coefficient data corresponding to a parameter value at an irradiation position of the multi-beam on the substrate using the plurality of pieces of reference coefficient data corresponding to the plurality of parameter values, modulating an irradiation amount of each beam of the multi-beam for each shot using the coefficient data, and writing a pattern by irradiating the substrate with each beam of at least a part of the multi-beam having the modulated irradiation amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210027987
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a multi-beam writing method is for irradiating each of pixels defined on a substrate, placed on a stage, with each beam of a multi-beam to form a pattern. The method includes obtaining a position correction amount of the pattern by each of a plurality of sub-arrays into which an array of the multi-beam is divided at least in a predetermined direction, based on the positional deviation amount of each beam of each of the sub-arrays, which obtained by dividing an array of the multi-beam at least in the predetermined direction, calculating an dose of the each beam irradiated to each pixel for shifting the position of the pattern drawn for each of the sub-arrays based on the position correction, and performing multi-writing using at least a portion of each two or more of the sub-arrays with the calculated dose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Yasuo Kato
  • Publication number: 20210020540
    Abstract: A semiconductor package in an aspect of the present invention includes a metal board, a first frame, a second frame, and a bond. The metal board has an upper surface including a mount on which a semiconductor device is mountable. The first frame has a side surface facing a side surface of the metal board and has a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than the metal board. The second frame is on upper surfaces of the metal board and the first frame and surrounds the mount, and has a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than the metal board. The bond is between the metal board and the first frame, between the metal board and the second frame, and between the first frame and the second frame. The semiconductor package includes an alloy layer between the metal board and the bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Hiroki ITO, Takashi KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210017410
    Abstract: Provided is a curable composition for inkjet printing that has an excellent curing performance at surface point and an excellent curing performance at deep point. The curable composition for inkjet contains (A) an oxime ester-based photopolymerization initiator and (B) an amino group-containing (meth)acrylate compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: TAIYO INK MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki ITO, Masayuki SHIMURA, Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Xiaozhu WEI, Rina YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210017412
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] Provided is a curable composition for inkjet printing for obtaining a cured product excellent in heat resistance, adhesion to a substrate, and hardness. [Solution] The curable composition for inkjet printing comprises (A) a multi-branched oligomer or polymer having an ethylenically unsaturated group, (B) a photopolymerization initiator, and (C) a thermosetting compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: TAIYO INK MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaozhu WEI, Rina YOSHIKAWA, Hideyuki ITO, Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Masayuki SHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210013002
    Abstract: A multi-beam writing method includes performing the k-th tracking control (k being a natural number) by beam deflection in order to follow movement of the stage while collecting each beam of multiple beams, performing a plurality of shots of the multiple beams by the each beam simultaneously shifting in a rectangular or square irradiation region, which is surrounded by the size of the beam pitch and corresponding to the each beam, while performing the k-th tracking control, and returning, after the period of the k-th tracking control has passed, the tracking position to a position which is obtained by adding an offset of an integer multiple of the size of the beam pitch to the tracking starting position of the k-th tracking control where the k-th tracking control started, to be as a starting position of the (k+1)th tracking control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210013003
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a multi-beam writing method includes forming a beam array of a multi-beam, assigning sub-beam arrays to each of a plurality of sub-stripe regions, the sub-stripe regions being obtained by dividing a region on the substrate, and the sub-beam arrays being obtained by dividing the beam array, calculating an irradiation time modulation rate being used for each beam belonging to each of the sub-beam arrays, calculating a weight for each of the sub-beam arrays based on the irradiation time modulation rate for each of the beams belonging to a group of the sub-beam arrays, and assigning the calculated weight to the sub-beam array, and performing multiple writing on each of the sub-stripe regions by performing writing on each of the sub-stripe regions with the sub-beam arrays, based on the weight assigned to the sub-beam array and the irradiation time modulation rate of the beam belonging to the sub-beam array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10882581
    Abstract: An operating device includes a base member, an operating member, a first connecting part, a second connecting part and an additional component. The base member is mounted on a human-powered vehicle; an operating member provided to the base member. The first connecting part is provided to one of the base member and the operating member in a manner connectable to a power transmitting medium. The second connecting part is provided to the base member in a manner connectable to the power transmitting medium. The additional component is provided to at least one of the base member and the operating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsumoto, Takuma Sakai, Kazuma Mori, Masahiro Nakakura
  • Publication number: 20200402406
    Abstract: An apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention determines whether or not platoon vehicles can pass through an intersection, and includes: a calculation unit that calculates a first distance, a second distance, and a third distance described below; and a determination unit that determines whether or not the platoon vehicles can pass through the intersection, based on a result of comparison of the first distance with the second and third distances. First distance: a distance from a stop line of the intersection to a position of a leading vehicle at the present time. Second distance: a distance obtained by subtracting a platoon length from a distance of traveling for a remaining green interval at a vehicle speed at the present time. Third distance: a distance required for the leading vehicle to safely stop before the stop line of the intersection, with the vehicle speed at the present time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime SAKAKIBARA, Arata DOI, Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Nobuhiro YAMAZAKI