Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Nakayama

Hiroshi Nakayama 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: 20250003621
    Abstract: A control software generation system includes a storage unit and a generation unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of candidate control patterns expressed by a combination of device control first functional blocks for a standard air-conditioning system configuration. The generation unit receives desired air-conditioning system configuration information and a control specification as inputs, selects one control pattern from among the plurality of candidate control patterns, and combines the first functional blocks of the selected control pattern to generate control software. The first functional blocks are associated with sensor information used in the blocks or a second functional block including a maintenance operation program for detecting a failure in the blocks. The generation unit outputs sensor information or maintenance operation software corresponding to the selected control pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takatoshi NAKAGAMI, Hiroshi NAKAYAMA, Akihiro INAO, Yusuke ASADA
  • Publication number: 20250003601
    Abstract: A heat source system includes a plurality of heat source units provided in parallel, a plurality of pumps provided in parallel, a collective pipe that collects flow paths between the plurality of heat source units and the plurality of pumps into one, and a control unit. The control unit determines a requested flow rate, based on at least a minimum required flow rate set for each heat source unit and an operation state of each heat source unit, determines a current water supply amount or a maximum water supply amount, based on a flow rate set for each pump and an operation state of each pump, makes a comparison between the requested flow rate and the current water supply amount or the maximum water supply amount, and controls operation of the plurality of heat source units or the plurality of pumps according to a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke ASADA, Hiroshi NAKAYAMA, Akihiro INAO, Takatoshi NAKAGAMI
  • Patent number: 12178383
    Abstract: A detection system for detecting a virus or the like. The detection system includes an autonomous collection device that is capable of moving on a floor surface and for collecting an object on the floor surface, and a station device for detecting an analyte from the object collected from the floor surface by the autonomous collection device. The autonomous collection device includes a moving part for moving on the floor surface, a primary electric blower for sucking the object on the floor surface, and a dust container for storing the sucked object. The station device includes a transfer pipe fluidically connected to the dust container of the autonomous collection device when the autonomous collection device is positioned in a home position, and a virus detection part for detecting the analyte from the object transferred from the dust container through the transfer pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakayama, Mikiya Nakata
  • Publication number: 20240391950
    Abstract: A crosslinking agent for a protein or a peptide is represented by the following formula (I). In the formula, A is a hydrogen atom, a C1 to 6 alkyl group optionally substituted with a phenyl group or a halogen atom, or a phenyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Kagoshima University
    Inventors: Yuji ITO, Hiroshi NAKAYAMA, Md Abdur RAFIQUE
  • Publication number: 20240386907
    Abstract: A head driving device includes a base member, a head supporting member, a beam member, a piezoelectric unit, and a reinforcement member. The reinforcement member includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is arranged between a first end portion in a length direction of a head member and the base member. The second member is arranged between a second end portion in a length direction of the head member and the base member. The reinforcement member allows the head supporting member to move in a direction along a surface of tape and controls the head supporting member from moving in a thickness direction of the head member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo KUWATA, Gaku NASHIMOTO, Tatsuhiko NISHIDA, Mikio ARAI, Hiroshi NAKAYAMA, Isamu KUCHIWAKI
  • Patent number: 12112781
    Abstract: There is provided an optical recording medium substrate including a polycarbonate in which an average molecular weight is in a range from 15000 to 16000, and mass per unit volume at 25° C. is in a range from 1.1930 g/cm3 to 1.2000 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakayama, Hiroyuki Takemoto, Minoru Kikuchi, Minoru Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20240310327
    Abstract: Provided is a technique to carry out mass spectrometry of a wide variety of subject compounds to be analyzed, each of which is extracted in a supercritical fluid. A mass spectrometer (1) includes: a supercritical fluid introduction section (3) for introducing and releasing, to vacuum, a supercritical fluid in which a subject compound for mass spectrometry is contained (extracted); an ionization section (4) that ionizes the subject compound which is extracted in the supercritical fluid, the ionization being carried out in the vacuum by a molecular reaction involving proton transfer; and a mass measurement section (5) that measures a mass of the subject compound which has been ionized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Michisato TOYODA, Toshinobu HONDO, Hiroshi NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240302409
    Abstract: A measurement unit includes: a ground portion forming a part of a line configured to provide continuity for grounding electric potential, the ground portion including a surface forming a plane at one end of the ground portion; a signal portion forming a part of a line configured to provide continuity for a signal for measurement, the signal portion including an end portion configured to come out in a plane that is same as the plane of the ground portion; an insulative dielectric portion provided between the ground portion and the signal portion; an electrically conductive first contact probe configured to expand and contract along a longitudinal axis, the first contact probe coming into contact with the signal portion; and an electrically conductive second contact probe configured to expand and contract along a longitudinal axis, the second contact probe coming into contact with the ground portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: NHK Spring Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Inuma, Hiroshi Nakayama, Shuji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240226905
    Abstract: A control system that sets a voltage of a DC bus connected with a secondary battery to an optimal value in accordance with a capacity of a power supply and characteristics of the secondary battery to stabilize a battery voltage of the secondary battery. The control system includes: drive units having a crusher that crushes an object to be crushed; inverters connected to the respective drive units and convert power; a converter that receives power from an AC power supply and converts the received power into DC power; a lithium-ion battery that charges the DC power according to a drive state of the drive units or supplies power to the drive units according to the drive state of the drive units; and a PLC that sets a conversion voltage of the converter based on a state of the lithium-ion battery and an output capacity of the AC power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAYAMA, Tadashi SEZAKI, Mitsuo HIGASHIJIMA, Yoshinobu WATANABE, Koji KURAYAMA, Kenichiro DAN, Hideki TOMINAGA, Tomohiro KITSUKAWA
  • Patent number: 12025544
    Abstract: A mixed solution in which a compound which forms a nonvolatile membrane at a gas-liquid interface through self-aggregation is dispersed in a volatile liquid, is ejected and atomized in a gas or in a vacuum to produce a droplet particle, and a nonvolatile membrane is then formed at the gas-liquid interface by aligning the compound on a surface of the droplet particle having a reduced diameter due to evaporation of the volatile liquid in the gas or in the vacuum to stabilize the droplet particle. The method produces a novel droplet particle which stably exists in a gas or in a vacuum without collapsing or without evaporation of the volatile liquid inside the droplet particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: Osaka University, Kimoto Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kimoto, Michisato Toyoda, Hiroshi Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20240156313
    Abstract: A detection system for detecting a virus or the like. The detection system includes an autonomous collection device that is capable of moving on a floor surface and for collecting an object on the floor surface, and a station device for detecting an analyte from the object collected from the floor surface by the autonomous collection device. The autonomous collection device includes a moving part for moving on the floor surface, a primary electric blower for sucking the object on the floor surface, and a dust container for storing the sucked object. The station device includes a transfer pipe fluidically connected to the dust container of the autonomous collection device when the autonomous collection device is positioned in a home position, and a virus detection part for detecting the analyte from the object transferred from the dust container through the transfer pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAYAMA, Mikiya NAKATA
  • Patent number: 11959652
    Abstract: A machine learning apparatus for optimizing transfer of heat quantity is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naotoshi Fujita, Hiroshi Nakayama, Yasunori Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11918171
    Abstract: A detection system including an autonomous collection device that is capable of moving on a floor surface and for collecting an object on the floor surface, and a station device for detecting an analyte from the object collected from the floor surface by the autonomous collection device. The autonomous collection device includes a moving part for moving on the floor surface, a primary electric blower for sucking the object on the floor surface, and a dust container for storing the sucked object. The station device includes a transfer pipe fluidically connected to the dust container of the autonomous collection device when the autonomous collection device is positioned in a home position, and a virus detection part for detecting the analyte from the object transferred from the dust container through the transfer pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakayama, Mikiya Nakata
  • Patent number: 11896191
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a collection device capable of collecting a virus or the like effectively. The collection device according to the present disclosure is an autonomous collection device (2) for collecting an object having an analyte and moisture from a floor surface. The autonomous collection device (2) comprises a drying part (18) for drying the object, a suction opening (36) for suctioning the object dried by the drying part, and a dust container (12) for storing the object suctioned from the suction opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakayama, Mikiya Nakata
  • Patent number: 11900973
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a disk drive suspension includes a load beam, a flexure including a tongue on which a slider is mounted and an outrigger connected to the tongue, and overlapping the load beam, and a damper material attached to the load beam and the outrigger. Further, the damper material has a single-layer structure of a viscoelastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakayama, Masao Hanya, Tatsuhiko Nishida
  • Publication number: 20230284172
    Abstract: An estimation system estimates the arrangement of objects. The estimation system includes an estimation unit. The estimation unit obtains information related to an arrangement pattern of the objects as first information and obtains, from wireless devices respectively connected to the objects, information including response times between the wireless devices as second information to estimate the arrangement of the objects based on the first information and the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi DOUMAE, Shin HIGASHIYAMA, Takuya HANADA, Hiroki UEDA, Hiroshi NAKAYAMA, Naotoshi FUJITA, Yuusuke ASADA
  • Publication number: 20230197110
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a disk drive suspension includes a load beam, a flexure including a tongue on which a slider is mounted and an outrigger connected to the tongue, and overlapping the load beam, and a damper material attached to the load beam and the outrigger. Further, the damper material has a single-layer structure of a viscoelastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAYAMA, Masao HANYA, Tatsuhiko NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11509951
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device, a control method, an electronic device, and a program that enables an operation in a natural manner for switching between and remotely operating various control target devices. A plurality of control target devices emits infrared light codes each including a unique ID in a predetermined pattern. A user holds a controller and directs an infrared light receiving unit toward a control target device. At this time, a control state is established for the control target device specified by an infrared light code received by the controller. After the control state has been established, when a user rotates a main body of the controller, a control parameter in accordance with the amount of rotation is calculated, and a control command in accordance with the control parameter is transmitted to the control target device to control the control target device. The present disclosure can be applied to a remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihito Ohki, Hirotaka Tako, Masao Kondo, Yusuke Tsujita, Yohei Nakajima, Daisuke Shiono, Miho Yamada, Masanori Matsushima, Hiroshi Nakayama, Seiji Suzuki, Kenichi Yamaura, Yoshiyasu Kubota
  • Publication number: 20220338689
    Abstract: A detection system including an autonomous collection device that is capable of moving on a floor surface and for collecting an object on the floor surface, and a station device for detecting an analyte from the object collected from the floor surface by the autonomous collection device. The autonomous collection device includes a moving part for moving on the floor surface, a primary electric blower for sucking the object on the floor surface, and a dust container for storing the sucked object. The station device includes a transfer pipe fluidically connected to the dust container of the autonomous collection device when the autonomous collection device is positioned in a home position, and a virus detection part for detecting the analyte from the object transferred from the dust container through the transfer pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAKAYAMA, Mikiya NAKATA
  • Patent number: 11412903
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a detection system whereby a virus or the like can be effectively detected in order to suppress the spread of infectious disease by the virus or the like. The detection system according to the present disclosure includes an autonomous collection device that is capable of moving on a floor surface and for collecting an object on the floor surface, and a station device for detecting an analyte from the object collected from the floor surface by the autonomous collection device. The autonomous collection device includes a moving part for moving on the floor surface, a primary electric blower for sucking the object on the floor surface, and a dust container for storing the sucked object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakayama, Mikiya Nakata