Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kitada

Hiroyuki Kitada 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).

  • Patent number: 11939882
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade includes a leading edge portion having a plurality of cooling holes. The plurality of cooling holes includes: m cooling holes arranged in a first range in the blade height direction, where m is an integer of 2 or more; and n cooling holes arranged in a second range on the blade tip side of the first range in the blade height direction, where n is an integer of 2 or more, and n/b<m/a is satisfied, where a is the dimension of the first range in the blade height direction, and b is the dimension of the second range in the blade height direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kitada, Hiroyuki Otomo
  • Patent number: 11924484
    Abstract: A system control apparatus for acquiring a prototype manifest file that is a basis of a manifest file to be transmitted to a viewing client in a system for delivering video data over a network, includes: an estimation unit configured to analyze content of a prototype manifest file acquired from an origin server, to determine a next acquisition timing of the prototype manifest file; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire the prototype manifest file from the origin server, based on the next acquisition timing determined by the estimation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Okuyama, Hiroyuki Kitada, Xiaotian Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240064360
    Abstract: A distribution control device configured to distribute three-dimensional video data including a plurality of meshlets and a texture of each meshlet to a client PC, the device comprising: a distribution control unit configured to select a high-quality meshlet as a meshlet under a viewpoint of a user based on information regarding the viewpoint and the field of view of the user received from the client PC, select a high-quality texture as the texture, select a low-quality meshlet as a meshlet at a position not present in the field of view of the user, and select a low-quality texture as the texture; and a transmission processing unit that transmits the meshlet and the texture selected by the distribution control unit to the client PC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaotian ZHAO, Takafumi OKUYAMA, Hiroyuki KITADA
  • Patent number: 11838452
    Abstract: A control device that controls a bit rate selectable by a client terminal in a video distribution network in which video data is distributed includes a database configured to store distribution information, band allocation information, and distribution system information, the distribution information containing information on video data in a distribution system, the band allocation information containing an allocated band of each session in which the distribution system performs video distribution, and the distribution system information containing a channel band of the distribution system, and a control unit configured to receive a viewing request from the client terminal, calculate an available band in the distribution system with reference to the database, and determine a maximum bit rate selectable by the client terminal based on the available band and one or more bit rates of video data corresponding to the viewing request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kitada, Takafumi Okuyama, Seisho Yasukawa
  • Publication number: 20230020645
    Abstract: A system control apparatus for acquiring a prototype manifest file that is a basis of a manifest file to be transmitted to a viewing client in a system for delivering video data over a network, includes: an estimation unit configured to analyze content of a prototype manifest file acquired from an origin server, to determine a next acquisition timing of the prototype manifest file; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire the prototype manifest file from the origin server, based on the next acquisition timing determined by the estimation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Takafumi OKUYAMA, Hiroyuki KITADA, Xiaotian ZHAO
  • Patent number: 11463745
    Abstract: A system control device that transmits a manifest file describing information necessary for acquiring video data to a viewing client in a system that performs distribution of the video data via a network includes: generation means for generating the manifest file on the basis of at least one of identification information indicating a viewer attribute, a time zone, and a state of the system according to a prescribed control policy; and transmission means for transmitting the manifest file generated by the generation means to the viewing client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Takafumi Okuyama, Hiroyuki Kitada, Hiroshi Inoue, Kenichi Endo, Toshiaki Tsuchiya, Seisho Yasukawa
  • Publication number: 20220279249
    Abstract: A control device that controls a bit rate selectable by a client terminal in a video distribution network in which video data is distributed includes a database configured to store distribution information, band allocation information, and distribution system information, the distribution information containing information on video data in a distribution system, the band allocation information containing an allocated band of each session in which the distribution system performs video distribution, and the distribution system information containing a channel band of the distribution system, and a control unit configured to receive a viewing request from the client terminal, calculate an available band in the distribution system with reference to the database, and determine a maximum bit rate selectable by the client terminal based on the available band and one or more bit rates of video data corresponding to the viewing request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KITADA, Takafumi OKUYAMA, Seisho YASUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11277661
    Abstract: A quality information collecting system acquiring video data distributed in response to a viewing request and collecting quality-related information regarding video viewing from a viewing client playing back a video includes a quality information control functional unit configured to determine whether or not to request the viewing client having made a viewing request to report quality-related information, based on a network communication situation in which the video data is distributed, and a quality information collecting and analysis functional unit configured to receive, in accordance with a determination of the quality information control functional unit, the quality-related information transmitted from the viewing client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Toshiaki Tsuchiya, Takafumi Okuyama, Seisho Yasukawa, Kenichi Endo, Hiroyuki Kitada
  • Publication number: 20220007064
    Abstract: A system control device that transmits a manifest file describing information necessary for acquiring video data to a viewing client in a system that performs distribution of the video data via a network includes: generation means for generating the manifest file on the basis of at least one of identification information indicating a viewer attribute, a time zone, and a state of the system according to a prescribed control policy; and transmission means for transmitting the manifest file generated by the generation means to the viewing client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Takafumi OKUYAMA, Hiroyuki KITADA, Hiroshi INOUE, Kenichi ENDO, Toshiaki TSUCHIYA, Seisho YASUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210400336
    Abstract: A quality information collecting system acquiring video data distributed in response to a viewing request and collecting quality-related information regarding video viewing from a viewing client playing back a video includes a quality information control functional unit configured to determine whether or not to request the viewing client having made a viewing request to report quality-related information, based on a network communication situation in which the video data is distributed, and a quality information collecting and analysis functional unit configured to receive, in accordance with a determination of the quality information control functional unit, the quality-related information transmitted from the viewing client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi INOUE, Toshiaki TSUCHIYA, Takafumi OKUYAMA, Seisho YASUKAWA, Kenichi ENDO, Hiroyuki KITADA
  • Patent number: 6707309
    Abstract: An accommodation portion for a semiconductor device to be mounted is formed of an accommodation portion of a positioning member that is restricted in its position to a socket body and supported on the same, and an accommodation portion of a positioning member that is supported on the socket body relatively movably with respect to the socket body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Sato, Hiroyuki Kitada
  • Patent number: 6609923
    Abstract: A semiconductor device-socket is provided, in which the amount of the movement of a contact deviation member 32 is restricted by a protrusion 22P such that a predetermined gap CL1 is formed between a partition wall 32W and a movable contact portion 24A1, and a predetermined gap CL2 is also formed between an outer peripheral surface of the partition wall 32W and a movable contact portion 24A2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Sato, Hiroyuki Kitada
  • Publication number: 20030001600
    Abstract: An accommodation portion for a semiconductor device to be mounted is formed of an accommodation portion of a positioning member that is restricted in its position to a socket body and supported on the same, and an accommodation portion of a positioning member that is supported on the socket body relatively movably with respect to the socket body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Sato, Hiroyuki Kitada
  • Publication number: 20030003789
    Abstract: A semiconductor device-socket is provided, in which the amount of the movement of a contact deviation member 32 is restricted by a protrusion 22P such that a predetermined gap CL1 is formed between a partition wall 32W and a movable contact portion 24A1, and a predetermined gap CL2 is also formed between an outer peripheral surface of the partition wall 32W and a movable contact portion 24A2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Sato, Hiroyuki Kitada