Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Matsunaga

Hiroshi Matsunaga 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: 9917456
    Abstract: One aspect includes an apparatus, including: a storage part having a storage hole defined therein to store a pen-type input device by insertion; and a power-supplying terminal within the storage hole that moves toward and away from the pen-type input device from a side part of the storage hole; wherein, the power-supplying terminal moves outwardly from the side of the side part of the storage hold during the insertion of the pen-type input device into the storage hole; and wherein the power-supplying terminal moves inwardly and away from a side of the pen-type input device during extraction of the pen-type input device from the storage hole. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Otsuka, Yoshihisa Ishihara, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Eiji Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20170340262
    Abstract: A brain disease diagnosis assistance system acquires a plurality of learning data items, each including brain wave feature data including feature amounts of brain waves extracted from the brain waves and disease information attached to the brain wave feature data, the disease information indicating a state of a brain disease corresponding to the brain wave feature data and classifies the plurality of acquired learning data into a plurality of clusters. A classifier for classifying learning data into portions corresponding respectively to types of disease information is generated based on disease information attached to learning data in each classified cluster. Then, brain wave feature data of a subject is acquired and a cluster to which the brain wave feature data is classified is specified and one of a plurality of brain diseases, which corresponds to the brain wave feature data of the subject, is determined through the generated classifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: NTT DATA i CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimihisa MOMOSE, Kazunori KAKIMOTO, Hiroshi MATSUNAGA, Takashi OKUYAMA, Toshio TSUTSUMIDA
  • Patent number: 9805695
    Abstract: An example information processing apparatus determines whether an orientation of a display unit capable of being held by a user is in a first state or in a second state. If it has been determined that the orientation of the display unit is in the first state, the information processing apparatus sets, in a predetermined area, a display range to be displayed in the display unit, in accordance with the orientation of the display unit. If it has been determined that the orientation of the display unit is in the second state, the information processing apparatus sets the display range, regardless of the orientation of the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsunaga, Yugo Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20170138406
    Abstract: A cup member has a cylindrical portion, a bottom portion, and a short shaft portion having a solid shaft shape and including a joining end surface at an end portion thereof. A shaft member has a solid shaft shape and includes a joining end surface at one end thereof. The joining end surfaces of the cup and shaft members are brought into abutment against each other and welded from a radially outer side to form a welded portion. At this time, center segregation is prevented from interfering with the welded portion. The cup member is formed by forging including upsetting a billet having a columnar shape successively in a plurality of stages, extruding the cylindrical portion and the short shaft portion, and ironing the cylindrical portion. In the course of the upsetting, a region of the billet corresponding to a bottom side of the cup member is narrowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Jun NUMAMOTO, Kenichi NAKANO, Takuya FUJITA, Akira SERA, Hiroshi MATSUNAGA, Tatsuro SUGIYAMA, Masazumi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9643085
    Abstract: An object arranged in a virtual world is caused to move in accordance with data based on a load applied to a load detection device. Then, based on attitude data outputted from a portable display device and a position of the object in the virtual world, a first virtual camera for generating an image of the virtual world is controlled, and a first image representing the virtual world viewed from the first virtual camera is displayed on the portable display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsunaga, Yugo Hayashi, Kazuya Sumaki, Keiichi Minato
  • Patent number: 9630237
    Abstract: An outer joint member for a constant velocity universal joint is formed by a face spline forming apparatus and a face spline forming method. The face spline forming apparatus includes a punch member having a tooth portion for forming a face spline, a pedestal having an end-surface receiving surface for receiving an opening end surface of a cup section, and a shaft member having an inner-surface receiving surface for receiving a bottom-wall inner surface of the cup section. The opening end surface and the bottom-wall inner surface are brought into a simultaneous pressure receiving state. In this state, the punch member performs a rocking motion to form the face spline in a bottom-wall back surface due to plastic deformation caused by the tooth portion of the punch member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Kimura, Hiroshi Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 9561443
    Abstract: A movement direction of an object arranged in a virtual world is set based on attitude data. Further, the object is moved in the movement direction in the virtual world in accordance with data based on a load applied to a load detection device. An image showing the virtual world including at least the object or an image showing the virtual world viewed from the object is displayed as a first image on a portable display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsunaga, Kazuya Sumaki
  • Patent number: 9539511
    Abstract: It is determined, based on attitude data, whether or not a direction of a predetermined axis set in a portable display device is within a first range. When the result of the determination is that the direction of the predetermined axis is within the first range, an action of a first object arranged in a virtual world is controlled based on the direction of the predetermined axis. When it is determined that the direction of the predetermined axis is outside the first range, at least an action of a second object arranged in the virtual world is controlled based on the direction of the predetermined axis. Then, a first image showing the virtual world including at least the first object and the second object is displayed on the portable display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsunaga, Keiichi Minato
  • Publication number: 20160312457
    Abstract: A flush toilet that can be cleaned by a small amount of washing water and at a low water pressure is provided. The flush toilet includes a bowl that includes a drainage outlet portion in a bottom portion and a discharge port in an upper inner surface portion. The flush toilet is configured to wash an inner surface of the bowl by allowing washing water discharged from the discharge port to flow down while swirling along the inner surface of the bowl. The inner surface of the bowl includes a guide passage configured to control flow of the washing water that flows down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 9415300
    Abstract: It is determined, based on attitude data, whether or not a direction of a predetermined axis set in a portable display device is within a first range. When the result of the determination is that the direction of the predetermined axis is within the first range, an action of a first object arranged in a virtual world is controlled based on the direction of the predetermined axis. When it is determined that the direction of the predetermined axis is outside the first range, at least an action of a second object arranged in the virtual world is controlled based on the direction of the predetermined axis. Then, a first image showing the virtual world including at least the first object and the second object is displayed on the portable display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsunaga, Keiichi Minato
  • Patent number: 9412190
    Abstract: An image display system includes a display unit, a shooting unit configured to shoot an image of a subject, a specifying unit configured to specify a position of the subject in the image shot by the shooting unit, and a display control unit configured to have the display unit display the shot image and a predetermined comparison image. The display control unit is configured to have the comparison image displayed at a position where the comparison image is superimposed on the subject in the shot image, based on the specified position of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20160189411
    Abstract: An image display system includes a display unit, a shooting unit configured to shoot an image of a subject, a specifying unit configured to specify a position of the subject in the image shot by the shooting unit, and a display control unit configured to have the display unit display the shot image and a predetermined comparison image. The display control unit is configured to have the comparison image displayed at a position where the comparison image is superimposed on the subject in the shot image, based on the specified position of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroshi MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20160190839
    Abstract: One aspect includes an apparatus, including: a storage part having a storage hole defined therein to store a pen-type input device by insertion; and a power-supplying terminal within the storage hole that moves toward and away from the pen-type input device from a side part of the storage hole; wherein, the power-supplying terminal moves outwardly from the side of the side part of the storage hold during the insertion of the pen-type input device into the storage hole; and wherein the power-supplying terminal moves inwardly and away from a side of the pen-type input device during extraction of the pen-type input device from the storage hole. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Ryo Otsuka, Yoshihisa Ishihara, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Eiji Shinohara
  • Patent number: 9375640
    Abstract: A load applied to a first input device is sequentially detected, and a first display image to be displayed on a portable display device is sequentially generated based on load data. The portable display device obtains image data representing the first display image, and sequentially displays the first display image represented by the obtained image data. In this exemplary embodiment, when a user performs an operation based on his/her action and thereby a process based on the user's action is performed, the user is allowed to view the result of the process in a favorable situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 9334161
    Abstract: There are provided a processing liquid for suppressing pattern collapse of a fine metal structure, containing at least one member selected from an imidazolium halide having an alkyl group containing 12, 14 or 16 carbon atoms, a pyridinium halide having an alkyl group containing 14 or 16 carbon atoms, an ammonium halide having an alkyl group containing 14, 16 or 18 carbon atoms, a betaine compound having an alkyl group containing 12, 14 or 16 carbon atoms, and an amine oxide compound having an alkyl group containing 14, 16 or 18 carbon atoms, and a method for producing a fine metal structure using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Masaru Ohto, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Kenji Yamada
  • Patent number: 9308775
    Abstract: A bearing device for a wheel includes an outer member having double-row outer raceway surfaces formed on an inner circumference thereof, an inner member including a hub wheel having a wheel mounting flange formed thereon and at least one inner race fitted to a small-diameter step portion formed on an outer circumference of the hub wheel, the inner member having double-row inner raceway surfaces formed thereon so as to be opposed to the double-row outer raceway surfaces, and a plurality of rolling elements in spaces between the double-row inner and outer raceway surfaces. The at least one inner race being fixed in an axial direction thereof by a staked portion, the staked portion having a face spline formed on an end surface thereof by plastic working.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsunaga, Masahiro Tosaji
  • Patent number: 9298025
    Abstract: An optical part 20A includes a supporting body 1, an optical material substrate 2, an electrode provided on the supporting body 1, and a resin adhesive layer 4 adhering the electrode 7 and optical material substrate 2. The electrode 7 includes a chromium film 7c contacting the resin adhesive layer 4 and a gold film 7b provided between the chromium film 7c and supporting body 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichiro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Keiichiro Asai
  • Patent number: 9196472
    Abstract: There are provided a processing liquid that is capable of suppressing pattern collapse of a fine metal structure, such as a semiconductor device and a micromachine, and a method for producing a fine metal structure using the same. The processing liquid for suppressing pattern collapse of a fine metal structure, contains a phosphate ester and/or a polyoxyalkylene ether phosphate ester, and the method for producing a fine metal structure, uses the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Masaru Ohto, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Kenji Yamada
  • Publication number: 20150231920
    Abstract: A bearing device for a wheel includes an outer member having double-row outer raceway surfaces formed on an inner circumference thereof, an inner member including a hub wheel having a wheel mounting flange formed thereon and at least one inner race fitted to a small-diameter step portion formed on an outer circumference of the hub wheel, the inner member having double-row inner raceway surfaces formed thereon so as to be opposed to the double-row outer raceway surfaces, and a plurality of rolling elements in spaces between the double-row inner and outer raceway surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsunaga, Masahiro Tosaji
  • Publication number: 20150098672
    Abstract: An optical part 20A includes a supporting body 1, an optical material substrate 2, an electrode provided on the supporting body 1, and a resin adhesive layer 4 adhering the electrode 7 and optical material substrate 2. The electrode 7 includes a chromium film 7c contacting the resin adhesive layer 4 and a gold film 7b provided between the chromium film 7c and supporting body 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichiro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Keiichiro Asai