Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Sakai

Hiroshi Sakai 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: 20230085798
    Abstract: A program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium causes a processor of a game apparatus to function as a game controller configured to execute a video game and generate video information indicative of a video of the video game; and a generator configured to generate analysis information obtained by analyzing a plurality of pieces of game message information output from a plurality of terminal apparatuses configured to display a distributed video based on the video information. The game controller is configured to impart to the video of the video game at least one of a visual effect that is in accordance with the analysis information or an auditory effect that is in accordance with the analysis information, and each piece of game message information output from the plurality of terminal apparatuses includes a message related to at least one of the distributed video or the video game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru CHIBA, Hiroshi TANIBUCHI, Junki HIRAI, Kai INOUE, Tsuguo SHINPO, Akira SAKAI, Toshiaki KANAHARA
  • Publication number: 20230073505
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device includes: a plurality of conductive layers arranged in a first direction; a semiconductor layer extending in the first direction and facing the plurality of conductive layers; a charge storage layer provided between the plurality of conductive layers and the semiconductor layer; a first structure disposed apart from the semiconductor layer in a second direction intersecting the first direction, extending in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction, and facing the plurality of conductive layers; and a plurality of first nitride films containing nitrogen (N), and covering surfaces of the plurality of conductive layers facing the first structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi FUKUSHIMA, Yuji SAKAI, Hiroshi ITOKAWA, Tatsunori ISOGAI, Ryosuke SAWABE
  • Patent number: 11570206
    Abstract: A handling apparatus (14a) handles a server attack taking place on a network (1Na) or handles a server attack as requested by a security system provided on another network. In accordance with a determination that it is not possible to handle the server attack by the handling apparatus (14a), the control determination apparatus (12a) makes a request to another security system (1Sb) capable of handling the server attack to handle the server attack. A centralized control apparatus (11) determines whether the server attack taking place on the network (1Na) can be handled on another network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suzuki, Yuhei Hayashi, Takeaki Nishioka, Katsuhiko Sakai, Ichiro Kudo
  • Patent number: 11567139
    Abstract: A diagnostic device for a secondary battery which is an all-solid-state battery containing a solid electrolyte transporting lithium ions, in which the diagnostic device includes: an interruption means configured to interrupt a charging current or a discharging current of the secondary battery connected to a circuit; a measuring means configured to measure over time a variation characteristic of a terminal voltage of the secondary battery after the current is interrupted by the interruption means; and a diagnostic means configured to diagnose the cause of the degradation of the secondary battery by comparing a change rate or a change amount in voltage between a charging characteristic specified from measured values of a terminal voltage of the secondary battery measured by the measuring means, a charging/discharging characteristic specified from the measured values of the terminal voltage measured by the measuring means, and a reference characteristic of the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sakai, Pu Qian
  • Patent number: 11570901
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an aluminum circuit board including a step of spraying a heated metal powder containing aluminum particles and/or aluminum alloy particles to a ceramic base material, and of forming a metal layer on a surface of the ceramic base material. A temperature of at least a part of the metal powder is higher than or equal to a softening temperature of the metal powder and lower than or equal to a melting point of the metal powder at a time point of reaching the surface of the ceramic base material. A velocity of at least a part of the metal powder is greater than or equal to 450 m/s and less than or equal to 1000 m/s at the time point of reaching the surface of the ceramic base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE, DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Seiji Kuroda, Hiroshi Araki, Akira Hasegawa, Makoto Watanabe, Atsushi Sakai, Yoshitaka Taniguchi, Suzuya Yamada
  • Patent number: 11550172
    Abstract: A reflective spatial light modulator includes an electro-optic crystal having an input surface to which input light is input and a rear surface opposing the input surface, a light input/output unit being disposed on the input surface of the electro-optic crystal and having a first electrode through which the input light is transmitted, a light reflection unit including a substrate including a plurality of second electrodes and an adhesive layer for fixing the substrate to the rear surface and being disposed on the rear surface of the electro-optic crystal, and a drive circuit applying an electric field between the first electrode and the plurality of second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Kuniharu Takizawa, Hiroshi Tanaka, Haruyoshi Toyoda, Yasushi Ohbayashi, Hiroto Sakai, Tsubasa Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11543189
    Abstract: Provided herein is an example heat sink including a heat dissipation unit including a plurality of heat dissipation fin groups including a plurality of heat dissipation fins, the plurality of heat dissipation fin groups forming a laminated structure and a plurality of heat pipes, one end portions of which are thermally connected to a heating element and other end portions of which are inserted into a space provided between the plurality of heat dissipation fin groups forming the laminated structure and thermally connected to the heat dissipation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tochigi, Masahiro Meguro, Hiroshi Sakai, Kenya Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20220412620
    Abstract: A refrigerant distributor 1 includes: a reducing portion 12a extending straight from a downstream end of a supply path 11b to which a refrigerant supply pipe 100b is connected and having a diameter smaller than that of the supply path 11b; a refrigerant stirring chamber 22 configured to stir refrigerant from the reducing portion 12a; a refrigerant strike surface 24 to be struck by refrigerant, and first and second branch channels 25 and 26 communicating with the refrigerant stirring chamber 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Motoaki IWANARI, Kosei SAKAI, Kohei FUKAWATASE, Hiroshi TORIGOE, Hiroshi HAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220403477
    Abstract: According to a certain viewpoint of the present invention, there is provided a blast furnace operation method comprising blowing a high-concentration hydrogen-containing gas containing 80 mol % or more of hydrogen gas from a tuyere under: a condition in which a blowing temperature of the high-concentration hydrogen-containing gas is room temperature or higher and 300° C. or lower and a gas volume of the hydrogen gas in the high-concentration hydrogen-containing gas is 200 Nm3/t or more and 500 Nm3/t or less; a condition in which the blowing temperature of the high-concentration hydrogen-containing gas is higher than 300° C. and 600° C. or lower and the gas volume of the hydrogen gas in the high-concentration hydrogen-containing gas is 145 Nm3/t or more; a condition in which the blowing temperature of the high-concentration hydrogen-containing gas is higher than 600° C. and 900° C. or lower and the gas volume of the high-concentration hydrogen-containing gas is 125 Nm3/t or more, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, JFE STEEL CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.), NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SAKAI, Kaoru NAKANO
  • Patent number: 11529819
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a recording material or a recording sheet using, as a color-developing agent, a non-phenol-based compound good in color developing performance and the like. A compound represented by the following formula (I) is used as the color-developing agent: (wherein X represents CH2 or the like; R1 to R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or the like; n1 and n3 each independently represent any integer of 1 to 5; two groups represented by R3 adjacent to each other on a benzene ring optionally bond to each other to form an optionally substituted 6-membered ring; and n2 represents any integer of 1 to 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sakai, Kayoko Tada, Shuntaro Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11494998
    Abstract: A vehicle component display device including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire a predetermined reference shape from a captured image of a vehicle that is captured by an imaging section; read three-dimensional data of component images corresponding to the reference shape, and display the component images at a display in a state in which the component images are superimposed on the vehicle, the display being visible to a user; display a component configuration diagram at the display together with the component images; and in a case in which a component is selected in the component configuration diagram, emphasize display of the component in the component images displayed at the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Kayano, Hiroshi Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220348764
    Abstract: The resin composition for plating of the present invention includes: a graft copolymer (A) in which a monomer component (a) including specific amounts of an aromatic vinyl compound (a1), a vinyl cyanide compound (a2), and another vinyl compound (a3) is graft-polymerized on a rubbery polymer; and a polycarbonate resin (P), wherein an amount of resin (P) is 40 to 70% by mass, based on a total mass of the resin composition, a rubber content (X) in copolymer (A) is more than 40% by mass, based on a total mass of copolymer (A), a graft ratio (Y) of copolymer (A) satisfies formula (1): 793e?0.041X?Y?515e?0.041X (1), and a rubber content (Z) in the resin composition is 10 to 18% by mass, based on a total mass of the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Techno-UMG Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji YAMASHITA, Hiroshi SAKAI, Hideichiro KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220351114
    Abstract: An information collecting apparatus according to an embodiment includes a sensor data acquisition unit configured to acquire sensor data related to work performed by a worker, a work information data generation unit configured to generate work information data related to work performed by the worker for a specific period of time based on the sensor data acquired by the sensor data acquisition unit, and a danger information specification unit configured to specify work information data related to an action that indicates danger as dangerous work information data indicating dangerous work performed by the worker when an action of the worker in a predetermined period of time, which is indicated by the work information data generated, is the action that indicates danger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rie SAKAI, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Naoki NISHIYAMA, Tomoko SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20220341263
    Abstract: It is possible to easily detect a state of a worker while securing a safety of the worker. A state detection device according to a present embodiment includes a sensor unit, an acquisition unit, a calculation unit, and a determination unit. The sensor unit is disposed on a leg portion of a high-place work tool on which a worker stands. The acquisition unit acquires time-series data related to gravity center sway of the worker from the plurality of sensors. The calculation unit calculates an evaluation value for the gravity center sway from the time-series data. The determination unit determines that a state of the worker working is unstable when the evaluation value is equal to or greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rie SAKAI, Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Tomoko SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20220345201
    Abstract: A wireless relay station to be included in a ladder-type wireless relay network along a moving route of a moving object includes a relay control unit that includes station identification information in the wireless relay network assigned sequentially along the moving route to each of the wireless relay stations included in the wireless relay network and deployed along the moving route, configures and updates, using a first routing table that provides an address of a destination wireless relay station, a second routing table including the address, the station identification information, and an information update time, being associated with one another, of the destination wireless relay station, and provides control to share, among the wireless relay stations included in the wireless relay network, the second routing table configured and updated by each wireless relay station; and a relay communication unit that performs wireless relay communication with other wireless relay stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi NISHIMOTO, Yasunori KATO, Manabu SAKAI, Kenichiro KAMOHARA, Hiroyasu SANO
  • Patent number: 11480627
    Abstract: Provided is a method for determining a micro short circuit of a lithium ion secondary battery which is capable of determining the presence or absence of a micro short circuit of the lithium ion secondary battery in a short time. A relaxation process after the interruption of a discharging current or a charging current is analyzed and a voltage fluctuation component due to micro short circuit is separated and used in the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pu Qian, Hiroshi Sakai
  • Publication number: 20220326283
    Abstract: A current sensor includes a wiring board, a shield, an insulating sensor housing, and a shield adhesive. The wiring board and the shield are accommodated in the sensor housing. The sensor housing has a shield support part to support the shield, and a shield adhesion part. An application surface of the shield adhesion part is further from the shield than a contact surface of the shield support part. The shield is mounted on the contact surface of the shield support part, and the shield adhesive is disposed between the application surface of the shield adhesion part and the shield. The shield and the wiring board are aligned with and spaced from each other in the sensor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Akito SASAKI, Ryosuke SAKAI, Hiroaki MIWA, Takeshi TSUKAMOTO, Hiroshi NOMURA, Takuma ESAKA, Tatsuaki SUGITO
  • Publication number: 20220330134
    Abstract: A communication device includes: a distance information acquisition unit configured to acquire distance information indicating a distance to a communication target; a setting information acquisition unit configured to acquire setting information including a communication distance; and a communication unit configured to communicate with the communication target. The distance information acquisition unit acquires the distance information after the communication unit establishes connection with the communication target. The communication unit cuts the connection with the communication target when the distance information does not satisfy the communication distance included in the setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Akira YAMASAKI, Nobuhiko ARASHIN, Sotaro SHINKAI, Hideyuki YAMADA, Kazuki HASHIMOTO, Hiroshi OHUE, Yoshihiko ISHIDA, Senri SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20220291270
    Abstract: An electromagnetic stirrer including: a shaft body extending in a first direction; and a plurality of stirring blades disposed on the shaft body, in which the plurality of stirring blades include a first stirring blade and a second stirring blade, the first stirring blade and the second stirring blade are aligned from a reference position of the shaft body in the first direction in order of the first stirring blade and the second stirring blade, a shape of the first stirring blade and a shape of the second stirring blade are similar to each other, and a size of the first stirring blade is different from a size of the second stirring blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka MIDORI, Hiroshi KURIHARA, Yutaka SAKAI, Hiroyuki NEDATE
  • Patent number: D971862
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Inagaki, Shuta Hikichi, Hiroshi Sakai