Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Shimizu

Hiroyuki Shimizu 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: 20170212670
    Abstract: In order to (i) secure a display region of a screenshot and (i) display at least one of a title of a web page and a URL of the web page on which the screenshot is based, the smartphone (200, 300) includes a fifth display control section (71) configured to display the at least one of the title and the URL so that the at least one of the title and the URL overlaps with the screenshot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9681170
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a system that allows a user to preset a desired TV program for unattended recording by use of a PDA. A PDA acquires from a TV program information service provider TV program information by which to preset a desired TV program to be recorded unattended. When the user selects relevant TV information about the desired program, the PDA sends to a personal computer the information for presetting the TV program of interest for subsequent unattended recording. Based on the preset information sent from the PDA, the personal computer presets the specified TV program to be recorded unattended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kunii, Masaki Takase, Hiroyuki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20170137706
    Abstract: Provided is a wavelength conversion member capable of reducing the decrease in luminescence intensity with time and the melting of a component material when irradiated with light of a high-power LED or LD and providing a light emitting device using the wavelength conversion member. The wavelength conversion member (11) includes a laminate that includes: a phosphor layer (1); and light-transmissive heat dissipation layers (2) formed on both surfaces of the phosphor layer (1) and having a higher thermal conductivity than the phosphor layer (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki FUJITA, Tamio ANDO, Masaru IWAO, Tadahito FURUYAMA, Shunsuke FUJITA, Hiroyuki SHIMIZU, Masaaki KADOMI
  • Patent number: 9637414
    Abstract: A dielectric porcelain composition with a sintering density of 93% or above, is expressed by the composition formula below: 100[1?x(0.94Bi1/2Na1/2TiO3?0.06BaTiO3)?xK0.5Na0.5NbO3]+?CuO+?LiF (wherein x is between 0.14 and 0.28, and ? and ? meet either (I) ? is between 0.4 and 1.5, and ? is between 0 and 2.4, or (II) ? is between 0 and 1.5, and ? is between 0.2 and 2.4). The dielectric porcelain composition is Pb-free and can be sintered at low temperature, as well as a dielectric element having such composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimizu, Yutaka Doshida
  • Patent number: 9537082
    Abstract: In a piezoelectric ceramic which has an alkali-containing niobate-based perovskite structure in which constituent elements are Li, Na, K, Nb, and O, a Li3NbO4 crystal phase is intentionally deposited on a piezoelectric ceramic having an alkali-containing niobate-based perovskite structure, whereby sintering becomes possible at about 1000° C. rather than at the normally required sintering temperature of 1050° C. or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Hatano, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Yutaka Doshida
  • Publication number: 20160376197
    Abstract: A dielectric porcelain composition with a sintering density of 93% or above, is expressed by the composition formula below: 100[1?x(0.94Bi1/2Na1/2TiO3?0.06BaTiO3)?xK0.5Na0.5NbO3]+?CuO+?LiF (wherein x is between 0.14 and 0.28, and ? and ? meet either (I) ? is between 0.4 and 1.5, and ? is between 0 and 2.4, or (II) ? is between 0 and 1.5, and ? is between 0.2 and 2.4). The dielectric porcelain composition is Pb-free and can be sintered at low temperature, as well as a dielectric element having such composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SHIMIZU, Yutaka DOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160264699
    Abstract: To provide an industrially useful ?-olefin•((meth)acrylic acid)-based olefin copolymer having both a high molecular weight and a high comonomer content, a catalyst component capable of realizing a production of two different kinds of ?-olefin•((meth)acrylic acid)-based olefin copolymers, and a production process using the catalyst. An ?-olefin•((meth)acrylic acid)-based olefin copolymer is produced by using a metal complex complexed with a ligand represented by the following formula (Y is phosphorus or arsenic) for a catalyst composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicants: Japan Polyethylene Corporation, Japan Polypropylene Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru KOBAYASHI, Hideshi UCHINO, Kazuhiro YAMAMOTO, Toshiaki EGASHIRA, Hiroyuki SHIMIZU, Tetsuya MORIOKA
  • Patent number: 9409313
    Abstract: A concrete mixer truck includes: a driving device that drives a mixer drum to rotate; a pressure sensor that detects a pressure of the working fluid in the driving device; a material introduction determination unit that determines whether or not a material for generating the mixed concrete has been introduced into the mixer drum; a pressure determination unit that determines whether or not the pressure of the working fluid detected by the pressure sensor has fallen to a set pressure set in advance in accordance with a carrying amount and a fluidity of the mixed concrete after the introduction of the materials for the mixed concrete into the mixer drum; and a notification device that notifies an operator that the pressure of the working fluid in the driving device has fallen to the set pressure on the basis of the determination made by the pressure determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20160142664
    Abstract: A receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives expected waves, and a control unit that sets the receiving unit to an operational state that has a lower electricity consumption within a range in which reception performance is allowed, depending on interference waves with respect to the expected waves that the receiving unit receives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunari Takiguchi, Takahiro Furuya, Tomonori Nakajima, Mitsuru Ikeda, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Masaru Fujii, Toshikazu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9281465
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes first internal electrodes and second electrodes, as well as piezoelectric ceramic layers that are made of ceramics and arranged between the first internal electrodes and second internal electrodes. Manganese is present relatively more abundantly in the areas of the piezoelectric ceramic layers adjacent to the first internal electrodes and second internal electrodes, compared to at the centers of the piezoelectric ceramic layers. Insulation performance of the piezoelectric element is kept from dropping over the course of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimizu, Keiichi Hatano, Yutaka Doshida
  • Publication number: 20160052565
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hollow structure body having a hollow structure, in which a first shaped product constituted by a first fiber-reinforced resin material containing first reinforcing fibers and a first matrix resin and a second shaped product constituted by a second fiber-reinforced resin material containing second reinforcing fibers and a second matrix resin are combined, wherein in an arbitrary cross section in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the hollow structure, a ratio Sc/St between compressive strength Sc of a structure in the first shaped product and tensile strength St of a structure in the second shaped product satisfies formula (1): (?c/?t)*(Hc/Ht)<(Sc/St)<(?t/?c)*(Hc/Ht)??formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Jianwei Shi, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Kouhei Oka
  • Publication number: 20160046842
    Abstract: A polar-group-containing olefin copolymer which comprises 99.999 to 80 mol % of structural units derived from at least one of ethylene and ?-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and 20 to 0.001 mol % of structural units derived from at least one polar-group-containing monomer which contains an epoxy group and is represented by the structural formula (I) or structural formula (II), the polar-group-containing olefin copolymer being a random copolymer obtained by copolymerization in the presence of a transition metal catalyst and having a linear molecular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicants: JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro UEMATSU, Kazunari ABE, Hiroyuki SHIMIZU, Tetsuya MORIOKA
  • Publication number: 20160028422
    Abstract: At least one distributor that distributes a high-frequency signal received by an antenna; and a high-frequency processing unit that outputs a received signal obtained by mixing the high-frequency signal distributed by the distributor with a local oscillator frequency generated by a local oscillator that includes a voltage-controlled oscillator are included. Furthermore, a control unit that, when executing a local oscillator frequency search to investigate a correspondence between a control voltage applied to the voltage-controlled oscillator and the local oscillator frequency of the voltage-controlled oscillator, sets to a dormant state parts constituting the local oscillator that are uninvolved in operation of the local oscillator frequency search is included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimizu, Tomonori Nakajima, Toshikazu Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20150373297
    Abstract: A receiving device includes a plurality of receiving circuits, a plurality of local oscillation circuits that supply local oscillation signals to each of the plurality of receiving circuits, and a control unit that controls each receiving circuit and each local oscillation circuit. The control unit provides a plurality of search algorithms for searching for a reception frequency in each of the receiving circuits, and selects a search algorithm at the time of searching for the reception frequency of each receiving circuit according to a frequency which is handled by other receiving circuit or other local oscillation circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SHIMIZU, Tomonori NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9215013
    Abstract: A reception apparatus includes a plurality of reception circuits that receive transmission signals, a plurality of local oscillation circuits that respectively supply the plurality of reception circuits with local oscillation signals, and a control unit that controls tunings in the plurality of reception circuits. When at least one reception circuit among the plurality of reception circuits is not used to receive the transmission signals, the control unit searches for an interference wave using the unused reception circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimizu, Tomonori Nakajima
  • Patent number: 9117993
    Abstract: A stacked piezoelectric actuator has a laminate structure including piezoelectric layers and cover parts such that when an external electrode is applied with drive voltage, the piezoelectric layers become distorted and the entire stacked piezoelectric actuator deforms, and at that time, the cover parts become displaced, wherein the distortion difference occurring between the piezoelectric layers and the cover parts reduces, thereby inhibiting the development of cracks. Moreover, the surface area of the active region of the piezoelectric layers is the same as the surface area of the active region of the cover parts, and therefore the loss of the displacement transfer, which is produced by the piezoelectric layers, at the cover parts is reliably reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimizu, Yutaka Doshida
  • Publication number: 20150222473
    Abstract: Provided is a reception device including a high-frequency reception processing unit that converts a high frequency signal into an intermediate frequency signal or a baseband signal, and an amplitude limiting unit that limits a first amplitude to a second amplitude, the first amplitude being an amplitude of the intermediate frequency signal or the baseband signal outputted from the high-frequency reception processing unit, the second amplitude being an amplitude allowable in a demodulation unit that demodulates the intermediate frequency signal or the baseband signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimizu, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Mitsuru Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8974687
    Abstract: A piezoelectric ceramic is expressed by the composition formula 100[(Sr2?xCax)1+y/4Na1?yNb5?2/5zMnzO15]+?SiO2 (in the formula, 0?x<0.3, 0.1<y<0.6, 0<z<0.1 and 1<?<8) and constituted by polycrystal of tungsten bronze structure, wherein the degree of orientation of axis c of the polycrystal is 60% or more in Lotgering factor. The piezoelectric ceramic offers excellent temperature characteristics and supporting high-power driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimizu, Yutaka Doshida
  • Patent number: 8967358
    Abstract: A chute turning restriction mechanism includes: a rotary shaft on which a chute is disposed and which is provided to be capable of rotating relative to a vehicle body of a mixer truck; a bracket that is provided on the vehicle body and includes an insertion hole into which the rotary shaft is inserted and a cutaway portion formed by cutting away a part of the insertion hole; an inner diameter adjustment shaft provided across the cutaway portion to be capable of adjusting an inner diameter of the insertion hole, and configured to restrict rotation of the rotary shaft by reducing the inner diameter of the insertion hole; a rotary body that is provided to rotate together with the rotary shaft and includes an engagement groove; and a lock lever that is provided to be capable of rotating about the inner diameter adjustment shaft, and that restricts the rotation of the rotary shaft by engaging with the engagement groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8958017
    Abstract: A reception apparatus includes a plurality of reception circuits disposed in a predetermined arrangement state, a plurality of local oscillation circuits each of which supplies a local oscillation signal to each of the plurality of reception circuits, and a control unit that controls each reception circuit and each local oscillation circuit. When there is a specific reception circuit to which a local oscillation signal is supplied, of which frequency matches or is close to a passing frequency during a search of a reception signal with a tuning request, the control unit performs the search of the reception signal with the tuning request in a reception circuit disposed at a position far from the specific reception circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimizu, Tomonori Nakajima