Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Okamoto

Hiroshi Okamoto 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: 20240133070
    Abstract: A mask structure includes a screen mask having a penetrating portion with a predetermined pattern. The screen mask includes a mesh portion having an opening formed in a grid pattern, and a mask portion having the penetrating portion and being fixed to the mesh portion so as to face the substrate. The mask portion includes a core portion that retains the shape of the mask portion, and a seal portion made of an elastic material softer than the material of the core portion and contacting the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruki KONDOH, Keiji KURODA, Koji INAGAKI, Kazuaki OKAMOTO, Hiroshi YANAGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11964710
    Abstract: A crawler type traveling body includes a drive wheel, an in-wheel motor incorporated in the drive wheel, a plurality of rotating wheels disposed below the drive wheel, a crawler, and a tensioner. The crawler is wound around the drive wheel and the rotating wheels and configured to be rotated by the drive wheel. The tensioner is coupled to a drive shaft of the in-wheel motor and configured to press the drive wheel against the crawler and apply tension to the crawler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eichi Koizumi, Hiroshi Shimura, Ryota Yamashina, Taku Kitahara, Hiroshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11965948
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to derive an index value with respect to noise included in data associated with magnetic resonance signals collected by each of a plurality of reception coils, adjust a degree to which noise is removed from the data associated with the magnetic resonance signals based on the derived index value, remove noise from the data associated with the magnetic resonance signals based on the adjusted degree, and perform compositing of the data associated with the magnetic resonance signals from which noise has been removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Yamashita, Kazuto Nakabayashi, Hitoshi Kanazawa, Kazuya Okamoto, Hiroshi Takai, Nobuyuki Konuma, Kensuke Shinoda
  • 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: 11961059
    Abstract: The present disclosure promotes distribution of sensor data among a plurality of business operators. A controller that an information processing system according to the present disclosure includes collects first data including a plurality of items and personal information from mobile bodies belonging to a first business operator. The controller converts the first data to second data not being usable to identify individuals. The controller provides data in a range decided based on content of a predetermined data use contract, among the second data, to a second business operator. The controller calculates a consideration for the data that is to be paid by the second business operator, based on a data use record of the second business operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuaki Matsueda, Takashi Sueki, Jun Okamoto, Takumi Wada, Ryo Midorikawa, Junichi Nonaka, Wataru Shiraishi, Yasuhisa Fujiwara, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Shigeru Ichikawa, Hidetaka Eguchi, Masayo Nagai, Mika Inaba
  • Patent number: 11936103
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive film for antennas, in which a conducting film and a substrate made of a polycarbonate resin material containing a polycarbonate resin are laminated, and the polycarbonate resin contains, as main constituent units, a unit (A) represented by the following formula (1) and/or a unit (B) represented by the following formula (2). The conductive film for antennas has low dielectric characteristics and bendability, can form an antenna with a low transmission loss, and has excellent adhesion to the conducting film. (In the formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a halogen atom, and R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tsunemori, Hiroshi Okamoto, Tomoya Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20240085052
    Abstract: An air conditioning unit includes an indoor air conditioner, a power supply line, and a wireless power feeder. The indoor air conditioner conditions air in a target space. The power supply line supplies power to the indoor air conditioner. The wireless power feeder feeds power to a predetermined device disposed in the target space. The wireless power feeder acquires power from the power supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Tadafumi NISHIMURA, Hiroshi DOUMAE, Tetsuya OKAMOTO, Takuya HANADA
  • Publication number: 20240074963
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a solid lip cosmetic which is excellent in secondary adhesion resistance effect and long lasting performance and has a good feeling of adhesion. A solid lip cosmetic with secondary adhesion resistance effect and has a good feeling of adhesion can be prepared by blending a copolymer containing a dimer acid ester, and/or a dimer acid ester as an oil component adhering to lips (adhesive oil component), and a phenyl-modified silicone as an oil component seeping into the surface upon application to the lips (seeping oil component).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke HAYASHIDA, Kiriko CHIBA, Yusuke NAKANO, Hiroshi OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11920781
    Abstract: A lighting device that includes a light source, a first optical element configured to convert light emitted from the light source into substantially parallel light, and a plurality of second optical elements arranged in a first direction. Each of the plurality of second optical elements has a light incident surface. Each of the plurality of second optical elements guides at least a portion of the substantially parallel light incident on the light incident surface in a second direction intersecting the first direction and guides another portion in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Hiroshi Miyairi
  • Publication number: 20230373577
    Abstract: A crawler-type traveling body includes: a crawler; a drive wheel including a drive shaft, the drive wheel configured to apply a driving force to the crawler; at least two track rollers disposed below the drive wheel, the crawler being stretched around the drive wheel and said at least two track rollers; and an auxiliary mechanism between said at least two track rollers, the auxiliary mechanism includes two auxiliary wheels swingably provided, wherein a push-up amount of one of the two auxiliary wheels pushed up in a vertical direction is larger than a push-down amount of another of the two auxiliary wheels pushed down in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMURA, Eichi KOIZUMI, Taku KITAHARA, Hiroshi OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11640150
    Abstract: Provided is a communication system, in which a first industrial machine and a second industrial machine are configured to communicate to/from each other, the communication system comprising circuitry configured to synchronize first time information updated by the first industrial machine and second time information updated by the second industrial machine with each other, wherein the second industrial machine is configured to: acquire state data on the second industrial machine; and transmit to the first industrial machine the second time information at a time when the state data is acquired and the state data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Ayaka Hashimoto, Hirotaka Niimi, Toshinobu Kira, Wataru Nozaki, Masaomi Kudo, Yu Katono, Hiroshi Okamoto, Takeshi Nagata, Takaaki Shogaki, Megumi Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11638687
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oil-based cosmetic which is excellent in terms of a matte texture, while being highly stable. An oil-based cosmetic which is characterized by containing the following components (a)-(e). (a) a crosslinked organopolysiloxane (b) an amorphous anhydrous silicic acid (c) an oil-based gelling agent having a sugar skeleton (d) a liquid oil (e) a powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20230088453
    Abstract: A crawler traveling body includes: a wheel around which a crawler belt is wound; a disc; a disc connector configured to connect the wheel and the disc, and rotate the wheel and the disc together; a brake caliper configured to sandwich the disc with a brake pad; and a motor configured to open or close the brake pad according to a control signal for controlling a degree of opening or closing of the brake pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMURA, Taku KITAHARA, Hiroshi OKAMOTO, Eichi KOIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20230059056
    Abstract: A regression model having a correspondence relationship with variation of an explanatory variable and variation of a target variable is constructed. A regression analysis device includes a data acquisition unit that reads out, from a storage device storing training data used as a target variable and an explanatory variable of a regression model and a constraint condition defining in advance whether the explanatory variable should be varied positively or negatively to vary the target variable in a positive direction or a negative direction, the training data and the constraint condition, and a coefficient update unit that repeatedly updates, using the training data, coefficients of the explanatory variable in the regression model to minimize a cost function including a regularization term that increases a cost in a case where the constraint condition is contravened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi OKAMOTO, Marina TAKAHASHI, Shuji SHINOHARA, Shunji MITSUYOSHI, Hidetoshi KOZONO, Masahiro HAITSUKA, Fumihiro MIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20230057291
    Abstract: A regression model reflecting causality between variation of an explanatory variable and variation of a response variable is constructed. A prediction apparatus predicts characteristic values of a product by using process data obtained from a production facility. The prediction apparatus includes a process data acquisition unit that reads the process data from a storage device that stores the process data obtained from the production facility, and a prediction model generation unit that generates a prediction model on the basis of causality information that defines a combination of first process data and second process data or a value corresponding to the second process data. The first process data and the second process data or the value corresponding to the second process data are included in the read process data. The first process data is used as a predetermined explanatory variable. The second process data or the value corresponding to the second process data is used as response variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi OKAMOTO, Marina TAKAHASHI, Shuji SHINOHARA, Shunji MITSUYOSHI, Masahiro HAITSUKA, Hidetoshi KOZONO, Fumihiro MIYOSHI
  • Patent number: 11558694
    Abstract: An electret includes a composite oxide having an ABO3 type perovskite structure containing two different metal elements A and B. The composite oxide is in a polarized state, at least a part of one of the metal elements A and B is substituted with a dopant element having a lower valence than the one of the metal elements A and B, and the composite oxide has a bandgap energy of 4 eV or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kozawa, Noriyuki Matsushita, Kazuhiko Kanoh, Yumi Tanaka, Tomoya Maruyama, Hiroshi Okamoto, Naoya Morioka, Katsuyoshi Saiki
  • Publication number: 20230006341
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive film for antennas, in which a conducting film and a substrate made of a polycarbonate resin material containing a polycarbonate resin are laminated, and the polycarbonate resin contains, as main constituent units, a unit (A) represented by the following formula (1) and/or a unit (B) represented by the following formula (2). The conductive film for antennas has low dielectric characteristics and bendability, can form an antenna with a low transmission loss, and has excellent adhesion to the conducting film. (In the formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a halogen atom, and R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a halogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideyuki TSUNEMORI, Hiroshi OKAMOTO, Tomoya NAKANISHI
  • Patent number: 11526148
    Abstract: A control apparatus for performing control processing and user period processing within a control period for an industrial machine includes processing circuitry that sets content of the control processing, and sets an upper limit of the user period processing. The user period processing is different from the control processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okamoto, Takeshi Nagata, Ayaka Hashimoto, Yu Katono, Naohide Sakimura, Masaomi Kudo, Takaaki Shogaki, Megumi Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11467532
    Abstract: An access restriction device for a consumable component of an apparatus body includes an access restriction cover is rotatably attached to a side surface of the apparatus body; a lock mechanism to lock and unlock opening of the cover; the cover openable in an unlocked state of the lock mechanism; a hinge portion disposed at a lower position in a direction of gravity and a position closer to the apparatus body in a horizontal direction than a center of gravity of the cover in a closed state of the cover, the cover being rotatably coupled to the apparatus body via the hinge portion; and an engaged portion disposed at a position higher in the direction of gravity than the center of gravity of the cover in the closed state. The cover is engaged with an engaging portion of the lock mechanism via the engaged portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Emi Kita, Noriaki Funamoto, Hiroshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11410683
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a controller. The controller performs a voice recognition operation on a voice uttered by a person being monitored. The controller generates emotion information for the person being monitored, based on the voice recognition operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Joji Yoshikawa, Yuki Yamada, Hiroshi Okamoto