Patents by Inventor Hirotaka Watanabe
Hirotaka Watanabe 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: 20230290137Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that enable processing with maintained accuracy to be performed using a recognition model according to a noise level. A model switching unit that switches a recognition model according to an amount of noise of an imaged image is provided, and the model switching unit switches between a first recognition model trained with an image without noise and a second recognition model trained with an image with noise. The recognition model is used for processing by an AI function. It is applicable to, for example, a system including a surveillance camera and a server that distributes data from the surveillance camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: HIROTAKA ISHIKAWA, SATOSHI WATANABE, YOSHIMI OGAWA, KOTA YONEZAWA, YOSHIHIRO KUMAGAI, HIDEKI ANDO
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Publication number: 20230276836Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an oral retention composition in which a decrease in the viscosity of an acidic polysaccharide due to a functional substance is suppressed even when the functional substance is basic. The present invention relates to an oral retention composition comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of shellac and zein, a functional substance, and an acidic polysaccharide, the functional substance coated with the at least one compound selected from the group consisting of shellac and zein being mixed with the acidic polysaccharide.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2021Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Junichiro WAKAMATSU, Michiko MATSUMOTO, Hirotaka HIRANO, Hitomi WATANABE, Koki HAKATA, Keisuke URYU, Isafumi MARU
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Publication number: 20230282917Abstract: A waterproof structure for a battery pack includes: a waterproof tray on which a battery module included in a battery pack is placed; and a waterproof cover that covers the battery pack. The waterproof tray includes a bottom portion including an edge and housing the battery module, and a side wall portion extending from the edge. The waterproof cover includes an edge. The edge is located outside the side wall portion in a bottom view of the waterproof structure for the battery pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hirotaka WATANABE
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Publication number: 20230267165Abstract: A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer of searching for a solution for a combinatorial optimization problem represented by an energy function including state variables, to execute processing including: executing search processing of searching for the solution by performing determination whether or not to accept a change of each value of a plurality of first state variables, for the plurality of first state variables selected from among the state variables in parallel and executing processing of changing the value of one state variable of which the change of the value is determined to be accepted while changing the plurality of selected first state variables; and specifying the number of the plurality of selected first state variables, based on a search status of the search processing or search information that indicates a search record of another combinatorial optimization problem and repeating the search processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2022Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Yasuhiro Watanabe, Hirotaka Tamura
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Publication number: 20230211791Abstract: Included are: a captured image acquiring unit to acquire a captured image obtained by imaging an occupant; a temperature image acquiring unit to acquire a temperature image indicating a temperature of a surface of a body of the occupant measured in a non-contact manner; a motion detection unit to detect a motion of the occupant on the basis of the captured image; a temperature detection unit to detect a temperature of a hand of the occupant on the basis of the temperature image; and an awakening level estimating unit to estimate an awakening level of the occupant on the basis of the motion of the occupant detected by the motion detection unit and the temperature of the hand of the occupant detected by the temperature detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2020Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hirotaka SAKAMOTO, Toshiyuki HATTA, Shintaro WATANABE
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Publication number: 20230191471Abstract: An incremental forming tool of the present invention includes a holding portion attached to an incremental forming apparatus and a free curved surface part for pressing a metal plate. The free curved surface part is made of at least a hard metal base material and a surface of the free curved surface part is covered with a hard film. The surface of the hard film has an Rpk of 0.15 ?m or less, the Rpk is defined by JIS B 0671 and is calculated from a material ratio curve of a roughness curve, and has an Ra of 0.2 ?m or less, the Ra is defined by JIS B 0601 and is calculated from a roughness curve. Therefore, a molded product having a smooth worked surface with no roughness can be produced without adding any extra equipment for preventing adhesion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Noriko UCHIYAMA, Hirotaka MIWA, Hidenori WATANABE, Toshikazu NANBU
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Patent number: 11675293Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first fixing member, a second fixing member, and a controller. The second fixing member includes a first nip forming member and a second nip forming member each configured to nip an endless belt in combination with the first fixing member to form a nip region. A first end face on a first-fixing-member side of the first nip forming member is located closer, than a second end face on a first-fixing-member side of the second nip forming member, to the first fixing member. The controller is capable of executing a first printing process performed in a nip region formed between each of the first nip forming member and the second nip forming member and the first fixing member, and a second printing process performed in a nip region formed between only the first fixing member and the first fixing member.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirotaka Imaeda, Tomonori Watanabe, Tatsuo Ogasawara, Shuhei Fukue
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Publication number: 20230059324Abstract: A battery pack according to a first aspect of the present disclosure is configured to be installed in a vehicle, and includes a battery stack including a plurality of battery modules stacked in a first direction, an air supply member of which a position with respect to the battery stack is fixed, and that defines an internal space extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction along a first side face of the battery stack, and a partition member that divides the internal space of the air supply member in the first direction, into a plurality of air supply passages configured to each extend in the second direction and be connected to a blower device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirotaka WATANABE, Kenji BABA, Masahiro YAMADA
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Publication number: 20220284716Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Godai TANAKA, Yoshiaki TOMATSU, Hirotaka WATANABE, Takahisa HAYAKAWA, Kazumichi HARA
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Patent number: 11239508Abstract: A battery pack includes: a cell stack; a first duct and a second duct configured to feed cooling air toward the cell stack; and a housing case. The first duct and the second duct extend in a first direction and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction, the first direction being parallel to a front-back direction of a vehicle in a mounted state in which the battery pack is mounted on the vehicle, the second direction being parallel to a width direction of the vehicle in the mounted state. The first duct is arranged on an outer side of the cell stack on one side in the second direction, and the second duct is arranged on an outer side of the cell stack on the other side in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuma Asakura, Shigeyuki Inoue, Hirotaka Watanabe, Yasuyuki Takei, Yusuke Kuruma
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Patent number: 11199124Abstract: A cooling apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a pump, a radiator, a flow rate adjustment valve, a bypass passage, and a controller. The flow rate adjustment valve includes a valve member that rotates to change an open degree of the flow rate adjustment valve and a valve member biasing component that biases the valve member in a valve-closing direction in which the open degree decreases. The valve member rotates in a valve-opening direction in which the open degree increases when a pressure difference increases between positions upstream and downstream of the valve member in a flow direction of coolant in the circulation circuit and rotate in the valve-closing direction when the pressure difference decreases. The controller increases the pump discharge amount as a target radiator flow rate that is a target of an amount of coolant passing through the radiator increases.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noboru Takagi, Hirokazu Kato, Rihito Kaneko, Naoto Hisaminato, Hirokazu Ando, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Hirotaka Watanabe, Masahiro Yoshida, Koji Nunami, Naoto Yumisashi, Masafumi Yoshida, Takahiko Aoyagi
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Patent number: 11143327Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a circulation circuit, a pump, a flow rate adjustment valve, and a controller. The flow rate adjustment valve includes a valve member that rotates to change an open degree of the flow rate adjustment valve and a stopper that moves between a restriction position and a retraction position. The controller is configured to execute, when maintaining the open degree of the flow rate adjustment, a preparatory process of moving the stopper to the restriction position after arranging the stopper at the retraction position and arranging the valve member further in the valve-closing direction than the stopper through control of the pump discharge amount.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noboru Takagi, Hirokazu Kato, Rihito Kaneko, Naoto Hisaminato, Hirokazu Ando, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Hirotaka Watanabe, Takahiko Aoyagi, Masahiro Yoshida, Koji Nunami, Naoto Yumisashi, Masafumi Yoshida
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Patent number: 11105992Abstract: Provided is an optical fiber ribbon and an optical fiber cable, which are adaptable to manufacture at a high velocity, in the intermittent connecting type optical fiber ribbon obtained by adhering and connecting adjacent colored optical fibers by intermittent connecting portions. In an optical fiber ribbon 2 of the present invention, since, in addition to polyol having a weight average molecular weight in a specific range, rheology control agent is contained in a specific range in a material forming an intermittent connecting portion 3, the Newtonian region between a low shear rate region and a high shear rate region of the material forming the intermittent connecting portion 3 can be adjusted. Thus, scattering of the material due to a centrifugal force generated by rotation of an application roll that applies the material at the time of manufacture and the like can be suppressed, and the application amount to colored optical fiber 1 can be stabilized.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Kenji Yokomizo, Tomohiro Ishimura, Hirotaka Watanabe, Yoshihiro Arashitani
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Patent number: 10968791Abstract: A control device for an onboard engine is configured to control the oil discharge pressure of an oil pump and execute, when determining that there may be an abnormality in the control of the oil discharge pressure, a change process that increases the target discharge pressure to a value that is greater than that before it is determined that there may be an abnormality in the control. When a discharge pressure sensor value in a situation in which the discharge pressure is being controlled based on the target discharge pressure increased through execution of the change process does not become greater than or equal to a discharge pressure threshold, the control device sets an upper limit for the engine rotation speed and increases the upper limit as the discharge pressure sensor value increases.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Hosogi, Hisayuki Ito, Noboru Takagi, Kazuyoshi Shimatani, Takahiko Aoyagi, Masahiro Yoshida, Yoshinobu Uchiyama, Toshiki Sato, Hirotaka Watanabe
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Patent number: 10961898Abstract: A cooling device includes an inner passage, an outer passage, an engine-driven pump, an electromagnetic control valve, and a driving circuit that regulates current flowing through the electromagnetic control valve by activating and deactivating a switching element. A cooling controller for the cooling device includes a processing circuit configured to execute an operation process for operating, when the engine-driven pump is driven, the switching element by setting a duty cycle of an activation time to a switching cycle, which is a reciprocal of a switching frequency of the switching element, to be a larger value when a temperature of the internal combustion engine is low than when the temperature is high and a cycle varying process for setting a longer switching cycle when the temperature of the internal combustion engine is less than a preset temperature than when the temperature is greater than or equal to the preset temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Rihito Kaneko, Noboru Takagi, Naoto Hisaminato, Mitsuru Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Ando, Masaaki Yamaguchi, Takahiko Aoyagi, Hirotaka Watanabe
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Patent number: 10927748Abstract: A flow passage device includes a circulation flow passage, a swing valve provided in the circulation flow passage, an energizing part, and a lock mechanism including a lock pin. The lock pin is configured so as to hinder the swing valve from opening, and to allow the swing valve to open. The swing valve is configured so as to rotate from a first valve position to a second valve position. The lock mechanism is configured so as to set a locked state and to set an unlocked state. The lock pin is configured so as to protrude as being energized by pressure of the fluid on an upstream side of the swing valve, and to retract as being energized by pressure of the fluid on a downstream side of the swing valve.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masafumi Yoshida, Naoto Yumisashi, Koji Nunami, Masahiro Yoshida, Hirotaka Watanabe, Takahiko Aoyagi, Noboru Takagi, Hirokazu Kato, Rihito Kaneko, Masaaki Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10882783Abstract: An optical fiber ribbon is intermittently connected in a length direction by an intermittent connection which includes a polyol having a weight-average molecular weight of 3000 to 4000 in a specific amount relative to the entire intermittent connection and which has Young's modulus at 23° C. within a specific range. When collectively unitizing optical fiber ribbons to form an optical fiber cable, an optical fiber ribbon is formed which maintains advantages of the optical fiber ribbon and which prevents cracks of the intermittent connection and detachment of the intermittent connection from a colored optical fiber core when the cable is subjected to repetitive ironing.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Yutaka Hoshino, Hirotaka Watanabe, Yoshihiro Arashitani, Kenji Yokomizo, Tomohiro Ishimura
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Publication number: 20200400903Abstract: Provided is an optical fiber ribbon and an optical fiber cable, which are adaptable to manufacture at a high velocity, in the intermittent connecting type optical fiber ribbon obtained by adhering and connecting adjacent colored optical fibers by intermittent connecting portions. In an optical fiber ribbon 2 of the present invention, since, in addition to polyol having a weight average molecular weight in a specific range, rheology control agent is contained in a specific range in a material forming an intermittent connecting portion 3, the Newtonian region between a low shear rate region and a high shear rate region of the material forming the intermittent connecting portion 3 can be adjusted. Thus, scattering of the material due to a centrifugal force generated by rotation of an application roll that applies the material at the time of manufacture and the like can be suppressed, and the application amount to colored optical fiber 1 can be stabilized.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki TANAKA, Kenji YOKOMIZO, Tomohiro ISHIMURA, Hirotaka WATANABE, Yoshihiro ARASHITANI
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Patent number: 10809950Abstract: The web server program causes the information processing apparatus to function as: a reception unit that receives a request from a web application executed on the web browser; an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the request, information about a domain of the web application executed on the web browser; a determination unit that determines whether or not to permit communication with the web application executed on the web browser, based on the domain indicated in the information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a transmission unit that transmits a response to the web browser based on the result of determination of the determination unit, wherein the web server program communicates with an external apparatus connected to a network, and acquires, from the external apparatus, information used for authentication or authorization by the external apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: CANON DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sousuke Onodera, Hiroki Miura, Taketo Ochiai, Hirotaka Watanabe, Kazuki Takano, Hiroki Arai, Dayon Kou, Yuantian Wei
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Patent number: 10790409Abstract: A nitride semiconductor light-emitting element includes at least an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer, and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer. A multilayer body is provided between the n-type nitride semiconductor layer and the light-emitting layer, having at least one stack of first and second semiconductor layers. The second semiconductor layer has a greater band-gap energy than the first semiconductor layer. The first and second semiconductor layers each have a thickness of more than 10 nm and 30 nm or less. In applications in which luminous efficiency at room temperature is a high priority, the first semiconductor layer has a thickness of more than 10 nm and 30 nm or less, the second semiconductor layer has a thickness of more than 10 nm and 40 nm or less, and the light-emitting layer has V-shaped recesses in cross-sectional view.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiko Tani, Tetsuya Hanamoto, Masanori Watanabe, Akihiro Kurisu, Katsuji Iguchi, Hiroyuki Kashihara, Tomoya Inoue, Toshiaki Asai, Hirotaka Watanabe