Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Matsumoto

Hiroyuki Matsumoto 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).

  • Soft magnetic alloy and magnetic device
    Patent number: 10943718
    Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic alloy including Fe, as a main component, and including C. the soft magnetic alloy includes an Fe composite network phase having Fe-rich grids connected in a continuous measurement range including 80000 grids, each of which size is 1 nm×1 nm×1 nm. An average of C content ratio of the Fe-poor grids having cumulative frequency of 90% or more from lower C content is 5.0 times or more to an average of C content ratio of the whole soft magnetic alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshidome, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Kenji Horino, Akito Hasegawa, Yu Yonezawa, Syota Goto, Hajime Amano
  • CONTAINER-CONTAINED BEVERAGE TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS AND HEAT TRANSFER MEMBER
    Publication number: 20210063081
    Abstract: A container-contained beverage temperature adjustment apparatus includes a heat transfer member capable of abutting a part of a side surface of a container-contained beverage as an object of temperature adjustment. The apparatus further includes a temperature adjustment unit configured to adjust a temperature of the container-contained beverage through the heat transfer member, which may include a deformable bag body, and heat transfer powder and heat transfer liquid contained in the bag body. The heat transfer liquid is a liquid which freezes at a temperature higher than a target temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hideki TACHIBANA, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
  • SOFT MAGNETIC ALLOY AND MAGNETIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210062308
    Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic alloy having a composition of a compositional formula (Fe(1?(?+?))X1?X2?)(1?(a+b+c+d+e))PaCbSicCudMe. X1 is one or more selected from a group consisting of Co and Ni, X2 is one or more selected from a group consisting of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, N, 0, and rare earth elements, and M is one or more selected from the group consisting of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Ti, Mo, W and V. 0.050?a?0.17, 0<b<0.050, 0.030<c?0.10, 0<d?0.020, 0?e?0.030, ??0, ??0, and 0??+??0.50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro HARADA, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Kenji HORINO, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Akito HASEGAWA, Hajime AMANO, Kensuke ARA, Seigo TOKORO, Masakazu HOSONO, Takuma NAKANO, Satoko MORI
  • Aircraft
    Patent number: 10926856
    Abstract: An aircraft includes: a plurality of rotor units each including a propeller and a motor that drives the propeller; a plurality of shock absorbers including a first shock absorber and a second shock absorber different from the first shock absorber, the first shock absorber defining a first gas chamber containing a first gas that is less dense than air; and a release unit that is disposed on the first shock absorber and configured to release the first gas contained in the first gas chamber at a predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Toyama, Naoto Yumiki, Atsuhiro Tsuji, Hiroyuki Matsumoto
  • Collation device
    Patent number: 10931887
    Abstract: There is provided a collation device capable of capturing a face image suitable for collation by an imaging device while making a display suitable for collation by a display to a person in the front side of a half mirror. By disposing a plurality of displays with predetermined gap in the back side of the half mirror and disposing camera lenses and in this gap, it is possible to make the line of sight for viewing the display and the line of sight for imaging by the cameras be almost the same. As a result, it is possible to capture a face image suitable for collation by an imaging device while making a display suitable for collation by a display to a person in the front side of the half mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Nozue, Kazuki Maeno, Hiroaki Yoshio, Masao Kubota, Yoshinori Kunieda, Hiroyuki Matsumoto
  • Voice monitoring system and voice monitoring method
    Patent number: 10930295
    Abstract: A recording device records a video and an imaging time, and a voice. Based on the voice, a sound parameter calculator calculates a sound parameter for specifying magnitude of the voice in a monitoring area at the imaging time for each of pixels and for each of certain times. A sound parameter storage unit stores the sound parameter. A sound parameter display controller superimposes a voice heat map on a captured image of the monitoring area and displays the superimposed image on a monitor. At this time, the sound parameter display controller displays the voice heat map based on a cumulative time value of magnitude of the voice, according to designation of a time range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Fujii, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Hiroaki Hayashi, Kazunori Hayashi
  • PILOTLESS FLYING OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND PILOTLESS FLYING OBJECT DETECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20210049367
    Abstract: In an object, for example, a pilotless flying object detection system, an omnidirectional camera as a first camera images a monitoring area. A microphone array acquires audio of the monitoring area. A monitoring apparatus uses the audio data acquired by the microphone array to detect a pilotless flying object which appears in the monitoring area. A signal processor in the monitoring apparatus superimposes a discrimination mark, obtained by converting the pilotless flying object into visual information, on image data of the monitoring area when displaying the image data of the monitoring area captured by the omnidirectional camera on a monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Shintaro YOSHIKUNI
  • SOFT MAGNETIC METAL POWDER AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20210035720
    Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic metal powder including a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles. Each of the soft magnetic metal particles includes a metal particle and an oxidized part covering the metal particle. The metal particle includes at least Fe. The oxidized part includes at least one kind of element of S and an element M. The element M is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, W, Zr, Hf, and Cr. A unit of a concentration of each of S and the element M in the metal particle and the oxidized part is atom %. The concentration of S or the element M in the metal particle and the oxidized part has a maximum value in the oxidized part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Satoko MORI, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Akito HASEGAWA, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
  • MAGNETIC CORE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND COIL COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20210035726
    Abstract: A magnetic core excellent in productivity, having stable magnetic characteristics, and easy to handle for a coil device including a conductor and is formed by stacking a plurality of soft magnetic thin ribbons divided into small pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao NAKAHATA, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Osamu HIROSE
  • SOFT MAGNETIC METAL POWDER AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20210035719
    Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic metal powder including a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles. Each of the soft magnetic metal particles includes a metal particle and an oxidized part covering the metal particle. The metal particle includes at least Fe. The oxidized part includes an oxide of at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Si, and B, and at least one kind of element of Ca and Mg. A concentration of Ca or Mg in the metal particle and the oxidized part is maximum in the oxidized part. An average value of a maximum value of the concentration of Ca or Mg in the oxidized part is 0.2 atom % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Satoko MORI, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
  • Monitoring system and monitoring method
    Patent number: 10909384
    Abstract: In a sound source display system, an omnidirectional camera captures an image of a monitoring area. A microphone array collects a voice in the monitoring area. A monitoring monitor displays the image of an imaging area captured by the omnidirectional camera. A sound pressure calculator in a directivity control device calculates a sound pressure indicating a source of a sound in the image of the imaging area using voice data of the voice collected by the microphone array. An output controller in the directivity control device compares the sound pressure and threshold values (first threshold value, second threshold value), and causes sound image information in which the sound pressure is converted into visual information according to the result of comparison, to be displayed on the monitoring monitor so as to be superimposed on the image of the imaging area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Toshimichi Tokuda, Shintaro Yoshikuni
  • IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20210026105
    Abstract: An imaging lens with better performance including in focusing is disclosed. A first lens group always fixed and having positive refractive power, and a first focus lens group that moves in an optical axis direction at the time of focusing are included in order from the object side to the image side. A last lens group always fixed and having negative refractive power, and a second focus lens group that moves in an optical axis direction at the time of focusing are included in order from the image side to the object side. At least one of the first focus lens group or the second focus lens group has negative refractive power. The conditional expression 0.4<f/ff<1.0, where f: the focal length of the whole system, and ff: the combined focal length from the first lens group to the first focus lens group, is preferably satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ora Matsuoka, Naoki Miyagawa, Hiroyuki Matsumoto
  • SOFT MAGNETIC ALLOY AND MAGNETIC COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20210020342
    Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic alloy which has high saturation flux density and low coercivity and is represented by the compositional formula (Fe(1?(?+?))X1?X2?)(1?(a+b+c+d+e+f))MaPbSicCudX3eBf, wherein X1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co and Ni, X2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Mn, Ag, Zn, Al, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, and rare earth elements, X3 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of C and Ge, and M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Nb, Hf, Ta, Mo, and W, and wherein 0.030?a?0.120, 0.010?b?0.150, 0?c?0.050, 0?d?0.020, 0?e?0.100, 0?f?0.030, ??0, ??0, and 0??+??0.55.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime AMANO, Akihiro HARADA, Kenji HORINO, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Akito HASEGAWA, Kensuke ARA, Masakazu HOSONO
  • MAGNETIC CORE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, AND COIL COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20210005364
    Abstract: A magnetic core and the like having a stable soft magnetic property, including a plurality of soft magnetic layers which are laminated, wherein a crack is formed in the soft magnetic layers. The soft magnetic layers include Fe as a principal component. The soft magnetic layers include a composition formula (Fe(1?(?+?))X1?X2?)(1?(a+b+c+d+e+f))MaBbPcSidCeSf, wherein: X1 is one or more selected from the group consisting of Co and Ni, X2 is one or more selected from the group consisting of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Cu, Cr, Bi, N, and O and rare-earth elements, M is one or more selected from the group consisting of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Mo, V, and W; and a to f and ? and ? are in predetermined ranges. A structure including a nanoheterostructure or an Fe-group nanocrystal is observed in the soft magnetic layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao NAKAHATA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Akito HASEGAWA
  • Negative electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
    Patent number: 10873076
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes secondary particles each formed of primary particles bonded to each other, and the primary particles contain carbon material particles and a lithium ion-conductive solid electrolyte which covers the surfaces of the carbon material particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Hiroshi Kawada, Atsushi Fukui
  • SOFT MAGNETIC ALLOY AND MAGNETIC COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20200377982
    Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic alloy which has high saturation flux density, low coercivity, and a high specific resistance, and is represented by the compositional formula (Fe(1?(?+?))X1?X2?)(1?(a+b+c+d+e))MaSibCucX3dBe, wherein X1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co and Ni, X2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Mn, Ag, Zn, Al, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, and rare earth elements, X3 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of C and Ge, and M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Nb, Hf, Ta, Mo, and W, and wherein 0.030?a?0.120, 0.020?b?0.175, 0?c?0.020, 0?d?0.100, 0?e?0.030, ??0, ??0, and 0??+??0.55).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime AMANO, Akihiro HARADA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Kenji HORINO, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Kensuke ARA, Akito HASEGAWA, Seigo TOKORO
  • Soft magnetic alloy and magnetic device
    Patent number: 10854365
    Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic alloy including Fe, as a main component, and including B. Among 80000 pieces of a grid having 1 nm×1 nm×1 nm in a continuous measurement range of the soft magnetic alloy, 4000 pieces of the grid from lower Fe content shows B content variation (?B) of 2.8 or more, and an amorphization ratio X of the soft magnetic alloy of 85% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshidome, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Kenji Horino, Akito Hasegawa, Yu Yonezawa, Syota Goto, Seigo Tokoro
  • Soft magnetic alloy and magnetic device
    Patent number: 10847292
    Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy is composed of a Fe-based nanocrystal and an amorphous phase. In the soft magnetic alloy, S2-S1>0 is satisfied, where S1 (at %) denotes an average content rate of Si in the Fe-based nanocrystal and S2 (at %) denotes an average content rate of Si in the amorphous phase. In addition, the soft magnetic alloy has a composition formula of ((Fe(1?(?+?))X1?X2?)(1?(a+b+c+d+e+f))MaBbSicPdCreCuf)1?gCg. X1 is one or more selected from the group consisting of Co and Ni, X2 is one or more selected from the group consisting of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, N, O, S and a rare earth element, and M is one or more selected from the group consisting of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Ti, Mo, V and W. In the composition formula, a to g, ? and ? are in specific ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshidome, Akito Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Kenji Horino, Akihiro Harada, Syota Goto, Isao Nakahata
  • SOFT MAGNETIC ALLOY RIBBON AND MAGNETIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200362442
    Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy thin strip which has high saturation magnetic flux density and low coercivity, which enables a core with high space factor and high saturation magnetic flux density. A soft magnetic alloy thin strip including a main component that has a composition formula (Fe(1?(?+?))X1?X2?)(1?(a+b+c+d+e+f))MaBbPcSidCeSf. In the formula, X1, X2 and M are selected from a specific element group; 0?a?0.140, 0.020?b?0.200, 0?c?0.150, 0?d?0.090, 0?e?0.030, 0?f?0.030, ??0, ??0, and 0??+??0.50; and at least one of a, c and d is larger than 0. The strip has a structure that is composed of an Fe-based nanocrystal; and the surface roughness of a release surface satisfies 0.85?Rae/Rac?1.25 (wherein Rac is the average of arithmetic mean roughnesses in the central portion, and Rae is the average in the edge portion).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akito HASEGAWA, Hironobu KUMAOKA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Kenji HORINO, Isao NAKAHATA
  • DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20200359486
    Abstract: A device management system includes a device connection portion connectable to an electric device and a movable connection portion configured to move the electric device along a duct rail provided on a ceiling of a store. The device management system includes: a connection unit attachable to the duct rail; and a management server including a control unit configured to output control information indicating an instruction of moving the connection unit along the duct rail. The control information includes a condition of detection information detected by a position detection sensor. The management unit outputs the control information in a case in which the detection information detected by the position detection sensor satisfies the condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Takanori Ogawa, Toshio Horiki, Hiroyuki Matsumoto