Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Nakamoto

Hiroshi Nakamoto 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: 20240129034
    Abstract: A forward Raman amplifier includes a plurality of pumping light sources with different wavelengths and the forward Raman amplifier, according to a fiber type or a zero-dispersion wavelength of the fiber, changes the number of pumping light sources to be emitted, changes a power ratio between the plurality of pumping light sources with the different wavelengths or changes wavelength characteristics of a gain, according to a fiber type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAMOTO, GOJI NAKAGAWA, Kentaro KAWANISHI, Hiroki OI, Tomohiro YAMAUCHI, Takafumi TERAHARA, Teppei OHATA
  • Patent number: 11935308
    Abstract: An object recognition apparatus mounted in a vehicle including a sensor is provided. The apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect an object present in a same lane as that of the vehicle by using information from the sensor, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information concerning lights which the object turns on by using the information from the sensor, and a determining unit configured to determine a type of the object based on the information concerning the lights. A condition in which the determination unit determines that the type of the object is a two-wheeled vehicle includes a case in which the object includes not less than two lights arrayed in a vertical direction with respect to the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Go Nakamoto, Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Hiroshi Maeda, Masashi Hagimoto
  • Patent number: 11917682
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless LAN system in which an interference control signal transmitter that is provided in the surroundings of the wireless LAN base station and the wireless LAN terminal, and is configured to collect wireless environment information regarding the interfering AP/STA, and transmit, to the interfering AP/STA, an interference control signal that is to be used to set a transmission waiting period; and an interference control signal management device configured to collect the wireless environment information from the interference control signal transmitter, determine the interference control signal transmitter whose communication area includes the interfering AP/STA based on the wireless environment information, and control the determined interference control signal transmitter to transmit the interference control signal to be used to set the transmission waiting period that corresponds to a length of time of the communication between the wireless LAN base station and the wireless LAN terminal, wher
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Kawamura, Yasushi Takatori, Tomoyuki Yamada, Hiroshi Nakamoto, Keisuke Wakao, Shota Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11882479
    Abstract: A wireless LAN communication device generates an MPDU by attaching a MAC header to transmission data, generates an A-MPDU subframe by attaching an MPDU delimiter to the MPDU, generates an A-MPDU by aggregating a plurality of A-MPDU subframes, and transmits the A-MPDU. The wireless LAN communication device includes: an MPDU duplicating means for determining whether or not transmission data is a redundancy target according to a required quality of the transmission data, determining that an MPDU generated from the transmission data determined to be a redundancy target is a redundant MPDU, and generating a duplicate MPDU by duplicating the redundant MPDU; and an A-MPDU generating means for generating an A-MPDU that includes the redundant MPDU and the duplicate MPDU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Kawamura, Yasushi Takatori, Hiroshi Nakamoto, Tomoyuki Yamada, Keisuke Wakao, Shota Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20230366483
    Abstract: A valve including a case 3, a tube 1 disposed in the case 3, a hinge fulcrum 4 disposed in the case 3, a contact member 5 connected to the hinge fulcrum 4 and capable of coming into contact with the tube 1, and a driving device 10 configured to apply a non-contact force to the contact member 5 from outside of the case 3 and change a contact force that is applied to the tube 1 by the contact member 5 to change an inner diameter of the tube 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: I Peace, Inc., Aquatech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Hiroshi NAKAMOTO, Hiroaki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230342004
    Abstract: A control method of an information processing apparatus includes specifying a changed displayed content in a case where a displayed content on a display is changed, and displaying a predetermined item on the display, the predetermined item being an item based on the specified changed displayed content and being an item for performing a predetermined process using at least a part of the specified changed displayed content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: HIROSHI NAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11768325
    Abstract: Display device is provided and includes display panel; and illumination device provided on rear surface side of display panel, wherein illumination device includes light sources, and light guiding member arranged at rear surface side of display panel, light guiding member has holes which penetrates the light guiding member, light sources are housed in corresponding hole, rear surface of light guiding member has first inclined surface inclined upwardly from light source housed in one of holes, front surface side of light guiding member has second inclined surface inclined upwardly from light source housed in one of the holes, and angle of first inclined surface to center line of one of holes is greater than angle of second inclined surface to center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Hiramoto, Masafumi Okada, Hiroshi Nakamoto, Ken Kagabu, Ken Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20230089643
    Abstract: A pump is provided that includes a tube 1, tube rotors 21A, 21B, and 21C in contact with the tube 1, a case 3 containing the tube 1 and tube rotors 21A, 21B, and 21C, and a drive apparatus 10 that rotates the tube rotors 21A, 21B, and 21C from outside the case 3 without contacting the tube rotors 21A, 21B, and 21C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicants: I Peace, Inc, Aquatech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE, Hiroshi NAKAMOTO, Hiroaki INOUE
  • Patent number: 11588953
    Abstract: A control method for an image processing apparatus includes displaying a display area that includes a printable area corresponding to an area to be printed on a recording medium and a non-printable area corresponding to an area not to be printed and in which at least one image that is a printing target is to be arranged, display a setting area, other than the display area, for accepting an operation for automatically changing, within the display area, a position of the at least one image arranged in the display area, and, upon accepting the operation on the setting area, automatically changing a position of a predetermined image arranged in an uppermost portion of the display area and a position of at least part of a crop mark, the part being set above the predetermined image, such that the predetermined image and the part fall within the printable area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 11558519
    Abstract: A method of controlling an image processing apparatus. the method includes accepting a predetermined instruction regarding a predetermined image that is being displayed on the image processing apparatus, changing, in a case when the predetermined instruction is accepted, so that a predetermined mark added to the predetermined image does not overlap with a non-printing area corresponding to an area where printing is not to be performed, a location of the predetermined image based on the predetermined mark, and executing a process of printing the predetermined image and the predetermined mark in the printing area corresponding to an area where printing is to be performed on a recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20220321731
    Abstract: A control method for an image processing apparatus includes displaying a display area that includes a printable area corresponding to an area to be printed on a recording medium and a non-printable area corresponding to an area not to be printed and in which at least one image that is a printing target is to be arranged, display a setting area, other than the display area, for accepting an operation for automatically changing, within the display area, a position of the at least one image arranged in the display area, and, upon accepting the operation on the setting area, automatically changing a position of a predetermined image arranged in an uppermost portion of the display area and a position of at least part of a crop mark, the part being set above the predetermined image, such that the predetermined image and the part fall within the printable area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20220268986
    Abstract: Display device is provided and includes display panel; and illumination device provided on rear surface side of display panel, wherein illumination device includes light sources, and light guiding member arranged at rear surface side of display panel, light guiding member has holes which penetrates the light guiding member, light sources are housed in corresponding hole, rear surface of light guiding member has first inclined surface inclined upwardly from light source housed in one of holes, front surface side of light guiding member has second inclined surface inclined upwardly from light source housed in one of the holes, and angle of first inclined surface to center line of one of holes is greater than angle of second inclined surface to center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Koji HIRAMOTO, Masafumi OKADA, Hiroshi NAKAMOTO, Ken KAGABU, Ken SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11333818
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display panel configured to transmit light; and an illumination device provided on a rear surface side of the display panel. The illumination device includes a plurality of light sources configured to emit light, and a light guiding member that has translucency and is arranged between the light sources on the rear surface side of the display panel. The light guiding member has a plurality of holes each of which opens in a first direction intersecting with a rear surface of the display panel and in each of which a corresponding one of the light sources is disposed, and a light guiding portion surrounding the holes. A rear surface of the light guiding portion is provided with a first inclined surface inclined with respect to the first direction and a plane orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Hiramoto, Masafumi Okada, Hiroshi Nakamoto, Ken Kagabu, Ken Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20220014965
    Abstract: A wireless LAN communication device generates an MPDU by attaching a MAC header to transmission data, generates an A-MPDU subframe by attaching an MPDU delimiter to the MPDU, generates an A-MPDU by aggregating a plurality of A-MPDU subframes, and transmits the A-MPDU. The wireless LAN communication device includes: an MPDU duplicating means for determining whether or not transmission data is a redundancy target according to a required quality of the transmission data, determining that an MPDU generated from the transmission data determined to be a redundancy target is a redundant MPDU, and generating a duplicate MPDU by duplicating the redundant MPDU; and an A-MPDU generating means for generating an A-MPDU that includes the redundant MPDU and the duplicate MPDU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kenichi Kawamura, Yasushi TAKATORI, Hiroshi Nakamoto, Tomoyuki Yamada, Keisuke Wakao, Shota Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20220007419
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless LAN system in which an interference control signal transmitter that is provided in the surroundings of the wireless LAN base station and the wireless LAN terminal, and is configured to collect wireless environment information regarding the interfering AP/STA, and transmit, to the interfering AP/STA, an interference control signal that is to be used to set a transmission waiting period; and an interference control signal management device configured to collect the wireless environment information from the interference control signal transmitter, determine the interference control signal transmitter whose communication area includes the interfering AP/STA based on the wireless environment information, and control the determined interference control signal transmitter to transmit the interference control signal to be used to set the transmission waiting period that corresponds to a length of time of the communication between the wireless LAN base station and the wireless LAN terminal, wher
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi KAWAMURA, Yasushi TAKATORI, Tomoyuki YAMADA, Hiroshi NAKAMOTO, Keisuke WAKAO, Shota NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210318483
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display panel configured to transmit light; and an illumination device provided on a rear surface side of the display panel. The illumination device includes a plurality of light sources configured to emit light, and a light guiding member that has translucency and is arranged between the light sources on the rear surface side of the display panel. The light guiding member has a plurality of holes each of which opens in a first direction intersecting with a rear surface of the display panel and in each of which a corresponding one of the light sources is disposed, and a light guiding portion surrounding the holes. A rear surface of the light guiding portion is provided with a first inclined surface inclined with respect to the first direction and a plane orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Koji HIRAMOTO, Masafumi OKADA, Hiroshi NAKAMOTO, Ken KAGABU, Ken SUGIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210306495
    Abstract: A method of controlling an image processing apparatus. The method includes accepting a predetermined instruction for adding a predetermined mark to a first image which is being displayed. The method includes, based on at least one of a non-printing area corresponding to an area on a recording medium where printing is not to be performed and a second image being positioned at the predetermined location when the predetermined instruction is accepted, causing at least one of the first image and the second image to move. The at least one, that was positioned at the predetermined location when the predetermined instruction was accepted, of the non-printing area and the second image is not positioned at the predetermined location after at least one of the first image and the second image has been moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 11064082
    Abstract: There is provided with a method of controlling an image processing apparatus. The method includes accepting a predetermined instruction for adding a predetermined mark to a first image which is being displayed. The method includes, based on at least one of a non-printing area corresponding to an area on a recording medium where printing is not to be performed and a second image being positioned at the predetermined location when the predetermined instruction is accepted, causing at least one of the first image and the second image to move. The at least one, that was positioned at the predetermined location when the predetermined instruction was accepted, of the non-printing area and the second image is not positioned at the predetermined location after at least one of the first image and the second image has been moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 10970017
    Abstract: A method of controlling an image processing apparatus includes displaying a plurality of areas including a center area having image data to be printed, and outer peripheral areas located in a perimeter of the center. These areas are zoned based on folding lines and/or cutoff lines. Print information is displayed in one of the plurality of outer peripheral areas. Another display step displays, when the predetermined operation is received, the print information on a target area among the plurality of the outer peripheral areas such that the print information, displayed on the target area, is facing a predetermined direction based on the target area. A processing step executes a process of printing the plurality of areas displayed on the display unit and the print information facing the predetermined direction, on the print medium to be processed by folding and/or cutting off the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20200382670
    Abstract: There is provided with a method of controlling an image processing apparatus. The method includes accepting a predetermined instruction for adding a predetermined mark to a first image which is being displayed. The method includes, based on at least one of a non-printing area corresponding to an area on a recording medium where printing is not to be performed and a second image being positioned at the predetermined location when the predetermined instruction is accepted, causing at least one of the first image and the second image to move. The at least one, that was positioned at the predetermined location when the predetermined instruction was accepted, of the non-printing area and the second image is not positioned at the predetermined location after at least one of the first image and the second image has been moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nakamoto