Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Nagata

Hiroshi Nagata 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: 12032098
    Abstract: An accuracy of detection of a road surface or the like is improved even in a state where a peak power of reflected light is low. A sensor control device is configured to be mounted in a vehicle capable of acquiring a current location and configured to control a LiDAR-having a light source which emits light to a predetermined region and a light receiving element which receives reflected light of the emitted light, and the sensor control device includes an adjustment unit which acquires map information and adjusts a light receiving level of a light receiving signal of the light receiving element. The adjustment unit determines, based on the map information, a region for which the light receiving level with respect to the light receiving signal is to be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Itaru Takemura, Makoto Matsumaru, Hiroshi Nagata, Yugo Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 12011898
    Abstract: At least one of a horn or an anvil includes protrusions that protrude from a facing surface thereof. Two panel parts and a gusset part folded and interposed between the panel parts are sandwiched and compressed by the horn and the anvil. Two portions of the gusset part are welded to each other by ultrasonic vibration of the horn during the sandwiching and compressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Totani Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Totani, Hiroshi Nagata, Tatsuo Odani
  • Publication number: 20240175991
    Abstract: A control unit determines whether or not a plurality of spots to be emitted by a scanning unit satisfy a predetermined condition. The control unit controls a density distribution of the plurality of spots to be emitted by the scanning unit until the plurality of spots to be emitted by the scanning unit satisfy the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAGATA, Ryo IZUTA
  • Patent number: 11993836
    Abstract: Disclosed are an R—Fe—B-based sintered magnet with a low B content and a preparation method therefor. The sintered magnet comprises the following components: 28.5 wt %-31.5 wt % of R, 0.86 wt %-0.94 wt % of B, 0.2 wt %-1 wt % of Co, 0.2 wt %-0.45 wt % of Cu, 0.3 wt %-0.5 wt % of Ga, 0.02 wt %-0.2 wt % of Ti, and 61 wt %-69.5 wt % of Fe. The sintered magnet has an R6-T13??M1+? series phase accounting for 75% or more of the total volume of grain boundaries. The present invention selects optimal content ranges of R, B, Co, Cu, Ga, and Ti, and forms an R6-T13??M1+? series phase of a special composition and increases its volume fraction in grain boundary phases, so as to acquire higher Hcj and SQ values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIAN GOLDEN DRAGON RARE- EARTH Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qin Lan, Yan Zhou, Hiroshi Nagata, Yao Shi
  • Publication number: 20230256698
    Abstract: At least one of a horn or an anvil includes protrusions that protrude from a facing surface thereof. Two panel parts and a gusset part folded and interposed between the panel parts are sandwiched and compressed by the horn and the anvil. Two portions of the gusset part are welded to each other by ultrasonic vibration of the horn during the sandwiching and compressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Totani Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio TOTANI, Hiroshi NAGATA, Tatsuo ODANI
  • Publication number: 20230246197
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cathode mixture that can be suitably used in a cathode mixture layer of an all-solid-state lithium-sulfur battery having an excellent charge/discharge capacity and a method of producing the cathode mixture, by maximally utilizing excellent physical properties of sulfur. The present invention relates to a positive electrode mixture for composite all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries, the positive electrode mixture containing sulfur or its discharge product (A); phosphorus pentasulfide (B); conductive carbon (C); and lithium halide (D) at a weight ratio of A:B:C:D of 40-60:15-35:5-20:16-30, wherein a peak at 50 ppm in 31P-MAS NMR has a relative intensity of 40% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAGATA, Junji AKIMOTO, Takehiko HOSHI, Tadayuki YABE, Yasuo CHIKUSA, Tetsuya OTSUKI
  • Patent number: 11709492
    Abstract: An information processing device (20) includes a route acquisition unit (202) and an automatic driving section determination unit (204). The route acquisition unit (202) acquires route information indicating a moving route of a mobile body. The automatic driving section determination unit (204) acquires adaptation coefficients for a plurality of sections included in the moving route indicated by the route information, with reference to an adaptation coefficient storage unit (206) that stores automatic driving adaptation coefficients set for the respective sections. Further, the automatic driving section determination unit (204) determines the automatic driving sections of the mobile body in the moving route, based on the acquired adaptation coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Makoto Kurahashi, Akira Gotoda
  • Publication number: 20230079730
    Abstract: A control device (100) can communicate with a first sensor (300) for detecting an object around a first vehicle and is equipped on the first vehicle (500). The control device (100) includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, a detection unit, and a determination unit. The first acquisition unit acquires a sensing result being a result of detecting an object around the first vehicle (500) from the first sensor (300) equipped on the first vehicle (500). The second acquisition unit acquires positional information of a specified object being an object for performance measurement of the first sensor (300). The detection unit detects the specified object existing within a reference distance from the first vehicle (500), by use of positional information of the first vehicle (500) and positional information of the specified object. The determination unit determines performance of the first sensor (300), based on the sensing result of the specified object by the first sensor (300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Akira GOTODA, Makoto KURAHASHI, Hiroshi NAGATA
  • Patent number: 11554774
    Abstract: The control apparatus (200) is an apparatus that controls the travel of a target vehicle (10). The control apparatus (200) detects a partial object (20) using a sensor. The partial object (20) is a part of an object riding on the target vehicle (10) and is jutting outside the target vehicle (10). Furthermore, the control apparatus (200) outputs information (travel information) relating to travel of the target vehicle (10) based on the detected partial object (20). For example, the travel information is control information for travel control of the target vehicle (10) and notification information indicating information relating to the partial object (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Gotoda, Makoto Kurahashi, Hiroshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11511747
    Abstract: A control device (100) can communicate with a first sensor (300) for detecting an object around a first vehicle and is equipped on the first vehicle (500). The control device (100) includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, a detection unit, and a determination unit. The first acquisition unit acquires a sensing result being a result of detecting an object around the first vehicle (500) from the first sensor (300) equipped on the first vehicle (500). The second acquisition unit acquires positional information of a specified object being an object for performance measurement of the first sensor (300). The detection unit detects the specified object existing within a reference distance from the first vehicle (500), by use of positional information of the first vehicle (500) and positional information of the specified object. The determination unit determines performance of the first sensor (300), based on the sensing result of the specified object by the first sensor (300).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Gotoda, Makoto Kurahashi, Hiroshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11501914
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a grain boundary diffusion method of an R—Fe—B series rare earth sintered magnet, an HRE diffusion source, and a preparation method thereof, comprising the following steps: engineering A of forming a dry layer on a high-temperature-resistant carrier, the dry layer being adhered with HRE compound powder, the HRE being at least one of Dy, Tb, Gd, or Ho; and engineering B of performing heat treatment on the R—Fe—B series rare earth sintered magnet and the high-temperature-resistant carrier treated with the engineering A in a vacuum or inert atmosphere and supplying HRE to a surface of the R—Fe—B series rare earth sintered magnet. The method can reduce the consumption of heavy rare earth element and control the loss of residual magnetism Br while increasing the coercivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Fujian Changting Golden Dragon Rare-Earth Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yulin Lin, Hiroshi Nagata, Zongbo Liao, Juhua Xie, Hanshen Ye
  • Patent number: 11402836
    Abstract: A server device efficiently acquires information of a surrounding area of a movable body for updating map information while suppressing communication load. Condition information indicating a condition of autonomous driving is received from a first movable body capable of autonomous driving based on a state of a surrounding area of the first movable body and a map, and a request for state information is transmitted to a second movable body capable of transmitting the state information indicating a state of a place where the first movable body has moved, and when the received condition information indicates that the autonomous driving has been possible, transmission of the request is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Itaru Takemura, Hiroshi Nagata, Makoto Matsumaru, Kyoichi Terao, Akira Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20220206492
    Abstract: An information processing device (20) includes a route acquisition unit (202) and an automatic driving section determination unit (204). The route acquisition unit (202) acquires route information indicating a moving route of a mobile body. The automatic driving section determination unit (204) acquires adaptation coefficients for a plurality of sections included in the moving route indicated by the route information, with reference to an adaptation coefficient storage unit (206) that stores automatic driving adaptation coefficients set for the respective sections. Further, the automatic driving section determination unit (204) determines the automatic driving sections of the mobile body in the moving route, based on the acquired adaptation coefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAGATA, Makoto KURAHASHI, Akira GOTODA
  • Patent number: 11243534
    Abstract: An information processing device (20) includes a route acquisition unit (202) and an automatic driving section determination unit (204). The route acquisition unit (202) acquires route information indicating a moving route of a mobile body. The automatic driving section determination unit (204) acquires adaptation coefficients for a plurality of sections included in the moving route indicated by the route information, with reference to an adaptation coefficient storage unit (206) that stores automatic driving adaptation coefficients set for the respective sections. Further, the automatic driving section determination unit (204) determines the automatic driving sections of the mobile body in the moving route, based on the acquired adaptation coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Makoto Kurahashi, Akira Gotoda
  • Patent number: 11144747
    Abstract: Provided is a 3D data generating device and the like capable of generating 3D data having a small data size. When generating three-dimensional (3D) data in which a predetermined space is expressed by a plurality of cuboids obtained by partitioning the predetermined space, a position in the height direction for partitioning the predetermined space is decided on the basis of heights corresponding to predetermined objects, and the predetermined space is partitioned at the decided position in the height direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Matsumaru, Yugo Ishikawa, Hiroshi Nagata, Itaru Takemura
  • Patent number: 10971289
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a composite R—Fe—B based rare-earth sintered magnet comprising Pr and W, wherein the rare-earth sintered magnet comprises an R2Fe14B type main phase, and R is a rare-earth element comprising at least Pr, wherein the raw material components therein comprise more than or equal to 2 wt % of Pr and 0.0005 wt %-0.03 wt % of W; and the rare-earth sintered magnet is made through a process comprising the following steps: preparing molten liquid of the raw material components into a rapidly quenched alloy; grinding the rapidly quenched alloy into fine powder; obtaining a shaped body from the fine powder by using a magnetic field; and sintering the shaped body. By adding a trace amount of W into the rare-earth sintered magnet, the heat resistance and thermal demagnetization performance of the Pr-containing magnet are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD., Fujian Changting Golden Dragon Rare-Earth Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 10966656
    Abstract: An electric conductive fiber structure includes an electric conductive resin containing electric conductive polymer(s), the electric conductive resin being filled in gaps between single fibers included in a fiber structure, the electric conductive fiber structure having 15% or more area ratio of the electric conductive resin present in an area of 15 to 30 ?m from a surface when a cross section in a thickness direction of the fiber structure is observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Toray Industries, Inc., Nagase ChemteX Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko Nagai, Keiji Takeda, Jun Kawakami, Hiroshi Nagata, Tatsuya Ohori
  • Publication number: 20210054484
    Abstract: Disclosed are an R—Fe—B-based sintered magnet with a low B content and a preparation method therefor. The sintered magnet comprises the following components: 28.5 wt %-31.5 wt % of R, 0.86 wt %-0.94 wt % of B, 0.2 wt %-1 wt % of Co, 0.2 wt %-0.45 wt % of Cu, 0.3 wt %-0.5 wt % of Ga, 0.02 wt %-0.2 wt % of Ti, and 61 wt %-69.5 wt % of Fe. The sintered magnet has an R6-T13??M1+? series phase accounting for 75% or more of the total volume of grain boundaries. The present invention selects optimal content ranges of R, B, Co, Cu, Ga, and Ti, and forms an R6-T13??M1+? series phase of a special composition and increases its volume fraction in grain boundary phases, so as to acquire higher Hcj and SQ values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Qin LAN, Yan ZHOU, Hiroshi NAGATA, Yao SHI
  • Publication number: 20210048514
    Abstract: An accuracy of detection of a road surface or the like is improved even in a state where a peak power of reflected light is low. A sensor control device is configured to be mounted in a vehicle capable of acquiring a current location and configured to control a LiDAR-having a light source which emits light to a predetermined region and a light receiving element which receives reflected light of the emitted light, and the sensor control device includes an adjustment unit which acquires map information and adjusts a light receiving level of a light receiving signal of the light receiving element. The adjustment unit determines, based on the map information, a region for which the light receiving level with respect to the light receiving signal is to be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Itaru TAKEMURA, Makoto MATSUMARU, Hiroshi NAGATA, Yugo ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200249670
    Abstract: A server device efficiently acquires information of a surrounding area of a movable body for updating map information while suppressing communication load. Condition information indicating a condition of autonomous driving is received from a first movable body capable of autonomous driving based on a state of a surrounding area of the first movable body and a map, and a request for state information is transmitted to a second movable body capable of transmitting the state information indicating a state of a place where the first movable body has moved, and when the received condition information indicates that the autonomous driving has been possible, transmission of the request is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Itaru TAKEMURA, Hiroshi NAGATA, Makoto MATSUMARU, Kyoichi TERAO, Akira SHIMIZU