Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Nakamura

Hiroyuki Nakamura 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: 20240407244
    Abstract: A mixed powder for an organic electroluminescence device, including a first organic compound and a second organic compound, and being solid at ordinary temperatures and pressures, wherein the organic electroluminescence device includes a cathode, an anode, and an emitting layer arranged between the cathode and the anode, and the emitting layer includes a compound C2 having delayed fluorescence, and each of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is a compound selected from the group consisting of a fluorescent emitting compound C1, the compound C2, and a compound C3 different from both the compound C1 and the compound C2, and they have the specific combination, wherein when MOL1 [mol %] is used as the molar concentration of the first organic compound in the mixed powder and MOL2 [mol %] is used as the molar concentration of the second organic compound in the mixed powder, MOL1 [mol %] and MOL2 [mol %] satisfy the following formula (1), wherein when M1 [kg/mol] is used as the molecular weigh
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Yukitoshi JINDE, Takushi SHIOMI, Keiichi YASUKAWA, Tetsuya MASUDA, Hiroyuki IWABUCHI, Masato NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240406386
    Abstract: In order to provide efficient coding technology with a low load, a picture decoding device includes a spatial motion information candidate derivation unit configured to derive a spatial motion information candidate from motion information of a block neighboring a decoding target block in a space domain, a temporal motion information candidate derivation unit configured to derive a temporal motion information candidate from motion information of a block neighboring a decoding target block in a time domain, and a history-based motion information candidate derivation unit configured to derive a history-based motion information candidate from a memory for retaining motion information of a decoded block, wherein the temporal motion information candidate is compared with neither the spatial motion information candidate nor the history-based motion information candidate with respect to the motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Shigeru FUKUSHIMA, Hiroya NAKAMURA, Satoru SAKAZUME, Toru KUMAKURA, Hiroyuki KURASHIGE, Hideki TAKEHARA
  • Publication number: 20240405487
    Abstract: An illumination unit includes: a substrate to which a first light-emitting element is mounted; a housing that holds the substrate; a case that is attached to the housing so as to cover the substrate and can output light of the first light-emitting element to the outside; and a light-blocking cover that is attached to the substrate, is provided so as not to cover the first light-emitting element in a direction in which light is output while surrounding the first light-emitting element, and is formed higher from a front face of the substrate than the first light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Masahiro Sawayanagi, Takashi Wakasugi, Masahiro Nakamura, Kosuke Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12159148
    Abstract: The present invention includes a memory and a processor configured to store, in a storage, a first digital twin in which at least one model defining at least one function of an entity at a given time, and at least one piece of second data that includes, as a constituent element, first data for realizing the function of the entity due to being input to the model are included, create at least one second digital twin by performing predetermined first computation using, as a computation target, at least one first digital twin stored in the storage, and execute computation for arranging the second digital twin in a sandbox for which a predetermined time axis has been set, and realizing a function of an entity indicated by the second digital twin in the sandbox in accordance with the time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Iida, Ryutaro Kawamura, Masayuki Hanadate, Koya Mori, Takao Nakamura, Shigekuni Kondo, Yukio Koike, Hiroshi Ogawa, Hiroshi Sakai, Hiroyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240395003
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to determine an object area that includes an object in a first image obtained by imaging of the object through an optical system and an image sensor, acquire, at a plurality of locations in the object area, first information that varies according to parallelism of the image sensor to the object, generate second information as a guide for a user adjusting the parallelism according to the first information, and output a second image including an image of the object area and the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: NORIFUMI KASHIYAMA, KAZUKI HOSOI, TOKURO NISHIDA, HIROYUKI HASEGAWA, KOKI NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 12152957
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an immersion detection system and an immersion detection method capable of eliminating module replacement in the occurrence of immersion and simplifying system management. An immersion detection system according to the present invention includes: an immersion detection sensor having two optical fibers connected in series such that end faces of the two optical fibers abut on each other with a predetermined gap; an optical measurer that causes test light with a plurality of wavelengths to enter an optical transmission line having a plurality of the immersion detection sensors connected in series with optical fibers and measures a return loss of the test light at the immersion detection sensor for each of the wavelengths and for each of the immersion detection sensors; and a determiner that averages, for each of the immersion detection sensors, the return losses for the wavelengths and performs threshold determination on the presence or absence of immersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakamura, Nazuki Honda, Hiroyuki Oshida
  • Patent number: 12153376
    Abstract: The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support and a photosensitive layer on the support, in which a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a particle, the surface layer has a particle partially exposed from the surface layer among the particle contained in the surface layer, the particle has a volume average particle diameter of 50.0 nm or more and 350.0 nm or less; in a cross-section of the surface layer, the number of the particle partially exposed from the surface layer is 80% by number or more based on a total number of the particle contained in the surface layer; and a total volume of an exposed portion of the particle partially exposed from the surface layer is 30% by volume or more and 80% by volume or less based on an entire volume of the particle contained in the surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuntaro Watanabe, Tomohito Ishida, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Tatsuya Yamaai, Masatada Hirota
  • Patent number: 12153370
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member that achieves satisfactory transferability. An electrophotographic photosensitive member including a charge generating layer, a charge transporting layer, and a protection layer laminated on a support in the stated order, wherein the protection layer contains a binder resin and particles, and wherein when an average thickness of the protection layer in a site free of the particles is represented by T and a volume-average particle diameter of the particles is represented by Dm in a cross-section of the protection layer, the following formula (a) is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohito Ishida, Shuntaro Watanabe, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Tatsuya Yamaai, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Masatada Hirota
  • Publication number: 20240375381
    Abstract: Provided is a transparent heat-resistant laminated film that has a sufficiently smooth surface to be used as a substrate in a flexible device, and that has excellent handling properties and suppressed warping. A transparent heat-resistant laminated film characterized by having an (a) layer, a (b) layer, and a blending layer located at the interface between the (a) layer and the (b) layer, the thickness of the blending layer being 3 ?m or greater. (a) layer: A layer that contains a polyimide composition. (b) layer: A layer that contains a polyimide composition and that has a higher inorganic filler content than the (a) layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaya TOKUDA, Hiroyuki WAKUI, Tetsuo OKUYAMA, Makoto NAKAMURA, Harumi YONEMUSHI, Denichirou MIZUGUCHI
  • Patent number: 12143572
    Abstract: Technology for improving coding efficiency by performing a block split suitable for picture coding and decoding is provided. A moving-picture coding device for performing an affine transform in units of coding blocks includes an affine inheritance merging candidate derivation unit configured to derive an affine inheritance merging candidate for inheriting an affine model of blocks neighboring a coding target block in a space domain, an affine construction merging candidate derivation unit configured to derive an affine construction merging candidate from a plurality of motion information elements of blocks neighboring the coding target block in a space or time domain, and an affine fixation merging candidate derivation unit configured to derive an affine fixation merging candidate in which motion information of an affine control point is fixed. A motion vector of each affine control point is fixed to (0, 0) in the affine fixation merging candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Fukushima, Hiroya Nakamura, Toru Kumakura, Hideki Takehara, Satoru Sakazume, Hiroyuki Kurashige
  • Patent number: 12140430
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a sensor element, a supporting member, a substrate, and a bonding wire. The supporting member is electrically connected to the sensor element. The substrate is electrically connected to the supporting member. The bonding wire forms at least part of a connection path that electrically connects the sensor element and the supporting member together. The substrate and an installation member on which the sensor element is installed intersect with each other. The sensor element and the supporting member are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Ueda, Yusuke Nakamura, Koichiro Nakashima, Takashi Uchida, Toshio Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Fujii, Chikara Nara
  • Publication number: 20240370694
    Abstract: An object detection device subjects fixed-length data having a decimal point position set therein to an arithmetic processing corresponding to respective layers in a plurality of layers configuring a multilayer neural network to which an input image is input, the arithmetic processing being performed in accordance with a processing algorithm for the multilayer neural network to which an input image is input. In the arithmetic processing, the object detection device counts the upper limit number of saturations, which is a number of times that upper limit value of a value range determined by the decimal point position is exceeded, and the lower limit number of saturations, which is a number of times that the lower limit value of the value range is not reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saki HATTA, Hiroyuki UZAWA, Shuhei YOSHIDA, Daisuke KOBAYASHI, Yuya OMORI, Ken NAKAMURA, Koyo NITTA
  • Patent number: 12137211
    Abstract: A picture coding device for coding a moving picture using inter prediction based on inter prediction information in units of blocks into which each picture of moving pictures is divided and forming a bitstream, the picture coding device includes a coding information storage unit configured to add the inter prediction information used in the inter prediction to a history-based motion vector predictor candidate list, a spatial motion vector predictor candidate derivation unit configured to derive a spatial motion vector predictor candidate from a block neighboring a target block and add the spatial motion vector predictor candidate to a motion vector predictor candidate list, and a history-based motion vector predictor candidate derivation unit configured to derive history-based motion vector predictor candidates from the history-based motion vector predictor candidate list and add the history-based motion vector predictor candidates to the motion vector predictor candidate list as a motion vector predictor can
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Takehara, Hiroya Nakamura, Satoru Sakazume, Shigeru Fukushima, Toru Kumakura, Hiroyuki Kurashige
  • Patent number: 12137212
    Abstract: Technology for improving coding efficiency by performing a block split suitable for picture coding and decoding is provided. A moving-picture coding device for performing an affine transform in units of coding blocks includes an affine inheritance merging candidate derivation unit configured to derive an affine inheritance merging candidate for inheriting an affine model of blocks neighboring a coding target block in a space domain, an affine construction merging candidate derivation unit configured to derive an affine construction merging candidate from a plurality of motion information elements of blocks neighboring the coding target block in a space or time domain, and an affine fixation merging candidate derivation unit configured to derive an affine fixation merging candidate in which motion information of an affine control point is fixed. A motion vector of each affine control point is fixed to (0, 0) in the affine fixation merging candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Fukushima, Hiroya Nakamura, Toru Kumakura, Hideki Takehara, Satoru Sakazume, Hiroyuki Kurashige
  • Patent number: 12132483
    Abstract: An integrated circuit for controlling an ignition system including a coil. The integrated circuit includes a transistor configured to control a current flowing through the coil, a first line coupled to a control electrode of the transistor, a second line coupled to an electrode of the transistor on the ground side thereof, a control circuit configured to control on and off of the transistor based on a voltage level of the first line, and a Zener diode having a cathode coupled to the first line and an anode coupled to the second line. The Zener diode has such a capacitance that, when a first signal, and a second signal of a higher frequency, are inputted to the first line, the control circuit controls the on and off of the transistor in response to the first signal irrespective of the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Takanori Kohama, Yuya Abe
  • Publication number: 20240356518
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to an elastic wave device. The elastic wave device includes a sub-wavelength thick piezoelectric layer, an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric layer, and a high velocity layer configured to inhibit an elastic wave from leaking from the piezoelectric layer at anti-resonance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Rei Goto, Jie Zou, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Chun Sing Lam
  • Publication number: 20240356519
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device is disclosed. The surface acoustic wave device can include a ceramic substrate, a piezoelectric layer over the ceramic substrate, and an interdigital transducer electrode over the piezoelectric layer. The ceramic substrate can be a polycrystalline spinel substrate. The surface acoustic wave device can also include a temperature compensating layer over the interdigital transducer electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Rei Goto, Hironori Fukuhara, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Keiichi Maki
  • Publication number: 20240357539
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a first determination processing unit that determines, based on measurement of a target including one or more wireless tags by a measurement unit, an arrangement of the target with respect to a predetermined range. A movement control unit controls movement of an antenna. An acquisition unit acquires, based on a radio wave of each of the wireless tags received by the antenna, a plurality of pieces of tag data on the wireless tag at a plurality of relative positions of the antenna. A second determination processing unit determines, based on data output from a trained model in response to input of the plurality of pieces of tag data on the wireless tag to the trained model, a positional relationship of the wireless tag with respect to the predetermined range, the trained model being selected from a plurality of trained models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishikawa, Sadatoshi Oishi, Koki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240351645
    Abstract: A spoiler device is adapted to be installed on a rear edge of a vehicle body component arranged on a vehicle and includes a spoiler body having an upper surface portion and a bent portion bent downward from a rear end of the upper surface portion and a movable mechanism connected to the spoiler body to drive the spoiler body to move relative to the vehicle body component. The spoiler body is movable between a storing position where a front end of the upper surface portion is close to an upper surface of the vehicle body component and an extending position where the upper surface portion extends rearward relative to the vehicle body component via the movable mechanism. Taking an imaginary line extending along the upper surface as a reference, the front end in the extending position is located on or further downward than the imaginary line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki NAKAMURA, Kei AMBO, Eiji KIMURA, Hiroyuki HAZAWA, Shinichi OZAKI, Satoru KUCHIKI, Shogo DEHARA, Shuji NAKA
  • Publication number: 20240348790
    Abstract: A picture coding device, for coding a moving picture using inter prediction based on inter prediction information in units of blocks and forming a bitstream, includes a coding information storage unit configured to store inter prediction information used in the inter prediction of a coded block in a history-based motion vector predictor candidate list, a spatial merging candidate derivation unit configured to derive a spatial merging candidate from inter prediction information of a block spatially neighboring a coding target block and to add the spatial merging candidate to a merging candidate list, and a history-based merging candidate derivation unit configured to derive a history-based merging candidate from the inter prediction information stored in the history-based motion vector predictor candidate list and to add the history-based merging candidate to the merging candidate list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroya NAKAMURA, Toru KUMAKURA, Shigeru FUKUSHIMA, Hideki TAKEHARA, Satoru SAKAZUME, Hiroyuki KURASHIGE