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).
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Publication number: 20240133070Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruki KONDOH, Keiji KURODA, Koji INAGAKI, Kazuaki OKAMOTO, Hiroshi YANAGIMOTO
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Patent number: 11964710Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Eichi Koizumi, Hiroshi Shimura, Ryota Yamashina, Taku Kitahara, Hiroshi Okamoto
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Patent number: 11965948Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Yamashita, Kazuto Nakabayashi, Hitoshi Kanazawa, Kazuya Okamoto, Hiroshi Takai, Nobuyuki Konuma, Kensuke Shinoda
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Patent number: 11959652Abstract: A machine learning apparatus for optimizing transfer of heat quantity is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naotoshi Fujita, Hiroshi Nakayama, Yasunori Okamoto
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Patent number: 11961059Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: 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
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Patent number: 11936103Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITEDInventors: Hideyuki Tsunemori, Hiroshi Okamoto, Tomoya Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20240085052Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Tadafumi NISHIMURA, Hiroshi DOUMAE, Tetsuya OKAMOTO, Takuya HANADA
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Publication number: 20240074963Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Shiseido Company, Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke HAYASHIDA, Kiriko CHIBA, Yusuke NAKANO, Hiroshi OKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11920781Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshio Okamoto, Hiroshi Miyairi
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Publication number: 20230373577Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMURA, Eichi KOIZUMI, Taku KITAHARA, Hiroshi OKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11640150Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Ayaka Hashimoto, Hirotaka Niimi, Toshinobu Kira, Wataru Nozaki, Masaomi Kudo, Yu Katono, Hiroshi Okamoto, Takeshi Nagata, Takaaki Shogaki, Megumi Yasuda
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Patent number: 11638687Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.Inventor: Hiroshi Okamoto
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Publication number: 20230088453Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMURA, Taku KITAHARA, Hiroshi OKAMOTO, Eichi KOIZUMI
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Publication number: 20230059056Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, DAICEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi OKAMOTO, Marina TAKAHASHI, Shuji SHINOHARA, Shunji MITSUYOSHI, Hidetoshi KOZONO, Masahiro HAITSUKA, Fumihiro MIYOSHI
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Publication number: 20230057291Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi OKAMOTO, Marina TAKAHASHI, Shuji SHINOHARA, Shunji MITSUYOSHI, Masahiro HAITSUKA, Hidetoshi KOZONO, Fumihiro MIYOSHI
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Patent number: 11558694Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Kozawa, Noriyuki Matsushita, Kazuhiko Kanoh, Yumi Tanaka, Tomoya Maruyama, Hiroshi Okamoto, Naoya Morioka, Katsuyoshi Saiki
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Publication number: 20230006341Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITEDInventors: Hideyuki TSUNEMORI, Hiroshi OKAMOTO, Tomoya NAKANISHI
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Patent number: 11526148Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Hiroshi Okamoto, Takeshi Nagata, Ayaka Hashimoto, Yu Katono, Naohide Sakimura, Masaomi Kudo, Takaaki Shogaki, Megumi Yasuda
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Patent number: 11467532Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Emi Kita, Noriaki Funamoto, Hiroshi Okamoto
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Patent number: 11410683Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Joji Yoshikawa, Yuki Yamada, Hiroshi Okamoto