Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Tanaka
Hirotaka Tanaka 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: 20240137743Abstract: A communication device may execute a wireless communication of object data with a mobile device via a first target network using a second type of interface after executing a sending process of sending a wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the first target network, to the mobile device using a first type of interface in a case where the communication device is determined as currently belonging to the first target network. The communication device may execute the wireless communication of the object data with the mobile device via a second target network using the second type of interface after executing a specific process of causing both the communication device and the mobile device to belong to the second target network in a case where the communication device is determined as currently not belonging to the target network.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2024Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Takanobu Suzuki, Hirotaka Asakura, Munehisa Matsuda, Satoshi Tanaka
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Patent number: 11966176Abstract: A transfer member includes: an inner layer; and an outer layer that is adhered to the inner layer and has a hardness lower than a hardness of the inner layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Hirotaka Tanaka, Tomoaki Yoshioka, Yoko Miyamoto, Toshiaki Baba, Koichiro Yuasa, Kazuyoshi Hagiwara, Kei Tanaka
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Publication number: 20240125618Abstract: A location estimation system includes at least four directional sensors that each acquire data used to estimate a location of a mobile object; a sensor assignment section that assigns one of the at least four sensors as a first sensor, and assigns, as a second sensor, one of the at least four sensors that is adjacent to the first sensor and situated on one of sides of the first sensor; an environment map generator that generates an environment map on the basis of first sensor data that is data acquired by the first sensor and on the basis of second sensor data that is data acquired by the second sensor; a first location estimator that estimates the location in the environment map on the basis of the first sensor data to generate a first sensor estimated location; a second location estimator that estimates the location in the environment map on the basis of the second sensor data to generate a second sensor estimated location; and a location integration section that integrates the first sensor estimated locatiType: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: SATOSHI SUZUKI, HIROTAKA TANAKA, TAKAHITO NAKANO
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Publication number: 20240118394Abstract: There are provided a device and a method that execute light output control that eliminates an occlusion region and does not disturb blinking pattern light of a mobile device. At least one of a light application region or a light output timing of output light of a light output unit is determined on the basis of a data analysis result based on sensor input information and reception information from another device, the light output unit is controlled according to the light application region or the light output timing that has been determined, and a light output process is executed. Specifically, for example, light output control is executed so as to eliminate an occlusion region which no light reaches due to a pillar or the like, and moreover, so as not to disturb blinking pattern light output from the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Hirotaka TANAKA, Shoji MATSUDA, Katsunori HONMA, Satoshi SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11952344Abstract: Provided is a heterocyclic compound that can have an antagonistic action on an NMD A receptor containing the NR2B subunit and that is expected to be useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for depression, bipolar disorder, migraine, pain, peripheral symptoms of dementia and the like. A compound represented by the formula (I), wherein each symbol is as defined in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company LimitedInventors: Yuya Oguro, Makoto Kamata, Shuhei Ikeda, Takeshi Wakabayashi, Norihito Tokunaga, Taku Kamei, Mitsuhiro Ito, Shigemitsu Matsumoto, Hirotaka Kamitani, Takaharu Hirayama, Toshio Tanaka, Hiroshi Banno, Nobuyuki Takakura, Jinichi Yonemori, Takuya Fujimoto
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Patent number: 11952329Abstract: A product 1,3-butylene glycol, wherein, in an HPLC analysis under specific conditions after specific sample preparation, when a relative retention time of 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine is regarded as 1.0, a sum area value of absorbance peaks that appear within a relative retention time range of 4.4 to 12.0 is 1000 or less, and wherein a dinitrophenylhydrazine derivative of a carbonyl compound having 4 to 6 carbon atoms is contained as a component that corresponds to the peaks that appear within the relative retention time range of 4.4 to 12.0.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: KH NEOCHEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Tanaka, Takashi Hakumura, Jun Kanada
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Publication number: 20240114121Abstract: To enable appropriate imaging of both an object located at a short distance and an object located at a long distance by a stereo camera depending on the situation. A moving body includes: a stereo camera including a first imaging unit and a second imaging unit; a base length changing unit that moves at least one of the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit so as to change a base length between the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit; and a moving body control unit that controls the base length changing unit such that the base length is adjusted to a target base length according to a state variable indicating information of a variable imaging state of the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventor: HIROTAKA TANAKA
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Patent number: 11946390Abstract: Provided is a rotor blade configured to be implanted in a disc of a rotating body, the rotor blade including a blade root, wherein in a cross-sectional shape of the blade root, the blade root includes at least one stage of protruding parts protruding toward opposite sides with respect to a direction containing a circumferential component, the protruding parts being configured to lock the blade root to the disc, each of the protruding parts has a contact surface configured to come into contact with the disc and inclined so as to extend toward a center part of the blade root from radially inside to radially outside, and each of the protruding parts has a non-contact surface configured not to come into contact with the disc and inclined so as to extend toward the center part of the blade root from the radially inside to the radially outside.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirotaka Kurashima, Hirokazu Matsuda, Ryoji Tamai, Ryozo Tanaka
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Publication number: 20240097412Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing an electric junction box that includes: a first bus bar and a second bus bar having one shape selected from a plurality of types of shapes; a housing that accommodates the first bus bar and the second bus bar; and a plurality of input and output portions to which a terminal connected to an external power supply is connectable. The manufacturing method includes: a first operation of providing the first bus bar and the second bus bar that have one of predetermined shapes selected based on a specification of the electric junction box; and a second operation of accommodating the first bus bar and the second bus bar provided by the first operation in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Yoshiya Miyazaki, Hirotaka Kurita, Nobutaka Kaneko, Ginga Tanaka
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Publication number: 20240097411Abstract: There is provided an electric junction box unit including: an electric junction box having a plurality of stud bolts; a plurality of electric wire with terminals each including a terminal and an electric wire and fastened to a corresponding one of the plurality of stud bolts; and a cover to which at least one of the plurality of electric wire with terminals is assembled. The electric junction box includes an interference portion that interferes with at least a part of the cover when the electric wire with terminals assembled to the cover are disposed at a position different from a normal position where one of the electric wire with terminals is fastened to the corresponding stud bolt.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Yoshiya Miyazaki, Hirotaka Kurita, Nobutaka Kaneko, Tomohiro Nagata, Ginga Tanaka
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Patent number: 11931974Abstract: A filament winding apparatus includes a rail extending in a first direction, a core material support device that supports a core material, and a winding device that winds a fiber bundle onto an outer peripheral surface of the core material, the winding device including: a guide unit having an opening through which the core material passes, and guiding the fiber bundle; and a main frame on which the guide unit is mounted; wherein the main frame is movable relative to the core material in the first direction, the main frame is movable in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the main frame is rotatable around a first rotational axis extending in a third direction orthogonal to each of the first direction and the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.Inventors: Shu Ikezaki, Motohiro Tanigawa, Tadashi Uozumi, Hirotaka Wada, Masatsugu Goyude, Shota Miyaji, Takahiro Miura, Makoto Tanaka, Daigoro Nakamura, Tetsuya Matsuura
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Patent number: 11931949Abstract: A filament winding device includes a fiber bundle retainer that temporarily retains fiber bundles. The fiber bundle retainer includes: a reel member including an outer peripheral portion having pins movable in the axial direction relative to the fiber bundles supplied through fiber bundle guides and rotatable about the axis of the liner, the reel member capable of winding the fiber bundles onto the outer peripheral portion; a first cutting unit configured to cut a part of each of the fiber bundles in the circumferential direction, the part being between a part of the fiber bundle wound on the outer peripheral portion and a part of the fiber bundle wound on the liner; and a second cutting unit different from the first cutting unit and configured to cut a part of each of the fiber bundles in the axial direction, the part being wound on the outer peripheral portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.Inventors: Shu Ikezaki, Motohiro Tanigawa, Tadashi Uozumi, Hirotaka Wada, Takahiro Miura, Makoto Tanaka, Masatsugu Goyude, Shota Miyaji, Daigoro Nakamura, Tetsuya Matsuura
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Publication number: 20240083830Abstract: A product 1,3-butylene glycol, wherein, in an HPLC analysis under specific conditions after specific sample preparation, when a relative retention time of 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine is regarded as 1.0, a sum area value of absorbance peaks that appear within a relative retention time range of 4.4 to 12.0 is 1000 or less, and wherein a dinitrophenylhydrazine derivative of a carbonyl compound having 4 to 6 carbon atoms is contained as a component that corresponds to the peaks that appear within the relative retention time range of 4.4 to 12.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: KH Neochem Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirotaka TANAKA, Takashi HAKUMURA, Jun KANADA
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Patent number: 11917512Abstract: A communication device may include a first type of interface and a second type of interface. The communication device may execute the communication of object data with a mobile device using the second type of interface after executing a specific process for causing the communication device to shift to a communication-enabled state, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is not currently in the communication-enabled state. Also, the communication device may execute the communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface without executing the specific process, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is currently in the communication-enabled state.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takanobu Suzuki, Hirotaka Asakura, Munehisa Matsuda, Satoshi Tanaka
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Patent number: 11916397Abstract: A combined electric power generations' supply system includes an AC power generator that supplies power by off grid independent operation, a DC power supply device, an inverter that converts DC power output by the DC power supply device into AC power. The rotation calculation unit calculates a value relating to a rotation of a rotor when driving the virtual power generator according to an active power command based on a rotor model calculates a value relating to the rotation of the rotor of the virtual power generator and the active power command. The output determination unit determines values relating to an active power and a reactive power to be output to the inverter based on the calculated value relating to the rotation. The modulation control unit performs control of a pulse width modulation of the inverter based on the determined value relating to the active power and reactive power.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.Inventors: Osamu Nakakita, Masayuki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hirotaka Uehara, Masato Mitsuhashi, Fujio Eguchi
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Patent number: 11915496Abstract: A body information acquisition device includes: a skeleton point detection unit configured to detect a skeleton point of a person included in a captured image; a body information acquisition unit configured to acquire body information of the person based on detection of the skeleton point; and an imaging state determination unit configured to determine whether an imaging state of the person reflected in the captured image corresponds to a specific imaging state specified based on a predetermined evaluation index value, in which the body information acquisition unit does not acquire the body information based on the detection of the skeleton point when the imaging state corresponds to the specific imaging state.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Godai Tanaka, Yoshiaki Tomatsu, Hirotaka Watanabe, Takahisa Hayakawa, Kazumichi Hara
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Publication number: 20230367335Abstract: To provide a technology capable of realizing safety flight of a flying object without limiting a flight area for the flying object. An autonomous mobile apparatus according to the present technology includes a mobile unit, a bumper unit, and a control unit. The mobile unit moves an autonomous mobile apparatus by driving. The bumper unit capable of reducing a fall impact of a flying object. The control unit controls driving of the mobile unit on the basis of a position of the flying object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: HIROTAKA TANAKA, KATSUNORI HONMA, MASASHI ASAMI, SATOSHI SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20230318478Abstract: Provided are a dual-frequency power-supply apparatus, a high-frequency heating apparatus, and a high-frequency quenching apparatus having a high durability. A dual-frequency power-supply apparatus 1 includes a power supply 10 that alternately outputs a low-frequency current and a high-frequency current. The power supply 10 has an inverter 30 that converts a direct current into the low-frequency current and the high-frequency current and a controller 40 that controls the inverter 30. The controller 40 repeats, in this order, a first output period T11 in which the low-frequency current is output, a first intermission T12 in which output is stopped, a second output period T13 in which the high-frequency current is output, and a second intermission T14 in which output is stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Masato Sugimoto, Hirotaka Tanaka, Yohei Masuda
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Patent number: 11768450Abstract: A drum member includes: a substantially cylindrical drum body having a hollow part extending in an axial direction; a sheet member wound on the drum body; an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust tension in the sheet member, the adjusting mechanism including a moving member that holds an end of the sheet member in a circumferential direction and moves in a depth direction of the hollow part, and a fixing member that fixes the moving member to the drum body; and one or more positioning members that position the moving member such that the moving member does not move in the circumferential direction of the drum body when the moving member is fixed with the fixing member.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kazuki Kishi, Koichiro Yuasa, Kazuyoshi Hagiwara, Kei Tanaka, Tomoaki Yoshioka, Toshiaki Baba, Yoko Miyamoto, Hirotaka Tanaka
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Publication number: 20230265073Abstract: The present invention provides novel benzazepine compounds of Formula (1), or salts thereof, having vasopressin V1a and V2 antagonisms, and medical uses thereof. In the formula, R1 is optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl, etc.; L is —C(?O)—NH—, etc.; Ring A1 is a hydrocarbon ring, etc.; Ring A2 is a hydrocarbon ring, etc.; and each of Rings A1 and A2 may have at least one substituent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Keizo KAN, Masatoshi TAKUWA, Hirotaka TANAKA, Hideto FUJIWARA, Hokuto YAMABE, Satoshi MATSUDA, Kazuhiro OHDACHI, Taiki HANARI, Yasuhiro MENJO, Tatsuya URUSHIMA, Shigekazu FUJITA