Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Yamada

Hiroyuki Yamada 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: 20240231381
    Abstract: A system for presenting information to a human to avoid dangers such as collisions, without hindering the respective movement of the human and an autonomous machine. The human-machine cooperative control system manages each movable region so that the human and the autonomous machine do not collide. The system comprises a moving body position measurement unit comprising at least sensor for measuring the position of moving bodies, including a human and a machine; a moving body motion prediction unit for predicting future motion of a subject moving body on the basis of a moving body position; an exclusive management unit for planning a movable region for each moving body on the basis of a planned route for the unmanned machine and a moving body predicted motion obtained from the moving body motion prediction unit; and an information presentation unit for presenting information about the movable region for the human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd
    Inventor: Hiroyuki YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20240233024
    Abstract: A server includes means for receiving a request for conversion from a first electronic value into a second electronic value from a user's terminal via a network, means for receiving an investment instruction to invest in the second electronic value obtained by the conversion from the user's terminal via the network, holding means for holding information regarding a type of merchandise corresponding to the second electronic value and a range of the second electronic value in association with each other, means for receiving a redemption instruction to redeem the second electronic value for the merchandise from the user's terminal via the network, the second electronic value being increased or decreased by the investment, and means for referring to the holding means and performing merchandise redemption processing on a basis of the received redemption instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMADA, Akira ARAI, Taro MORIOKA
  • Publication number: 20240213513
    Abstract: Provided is an electricity storage device having a high volumetric energy density and high reliability. The electricity storage device includes: an electrode assembly including first and second electrode plates and a separator interposed therebetween; an exterior housing that houses the electrode assembly; a lid that covers an opening of the exterior housing; and electrode terminals that are electrically connected to the electrode assembly and partially protrude from the lid to the outside. The lid has a liquid injection hole for injecting an electrolytic solution into the exterior housing. A tubular member extending from the lid toward the electrode assembly is provided between the outer surface of the lid and the electrode assembly so as to surround an opening of the liquid injection hole. A covering member connected to the tubular member and interposed between the liquid injection hole and the electrode assembly is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takabayashi, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 12000117
    Abstract: A construction assisting system including a controller that performs construction assistance processing on the basis of positional relation between a worker and a hydraulic excavator, the construction assisting system including: an approach intention detecting device that detects an intention of the worker to approach the hydraulic excavator; an approach intention presenting device that presents a detection result of the approach intention detecting device to an operator of the hydraulic excavator; and an approach confirmation obtaining device that obtains a confirmation state of the operator of the hydraulic excavator for contents presented by the approach intention presenting device, the controller performing the construction assistance processing on the basis of position information of the worker when the operator of the hydraulic excavator denies the approach of the worker or when the operator of the hydraulic excavator does not confirm the intention of the worker to approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Shinya Imura, Shiho Izumi
  • Publication number: 20240135454
    Abstract: A server includes means for receiving a request for conversion from a first electronic value into a second electronic value from a user's terminal via a network, means for receiving an investment instruction to invest in the second electronic value obtained by the conversion from the user's terminal via the network, holding means for holding information regarding a type of merchandise corresponding to the second electronic value and a range of the second electronic value in association with each other, means for receiving a redemption instruction to redeem the second electronic value for the merchandise from the user's terminal via the network, the second electronic value being increased or decreased by the investment, and means for referring to the holding means and performing merchandise redemption processing on a basis of the received redemption instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMADA, Akira ARAI, Taro MORIOKA
  • Patent number: 11955592
    Abstract: Provided is an electricity storage device having a high volumetric energy density and high reliability. The electricity storage device includes: an electrode assembly including first and second electrode plates and a separator interposed therebetween; an exterior housing that houses the electrode assembly; a lid that covers an opening of the exterior housing; and electrode terminals that are electrically connected to the electrode assembly and partially protrude from the lid to the outside. The lid has a liquid injection hole for injecting an electrolytic solution into the exterior housing. A tubular member extending from the lid toward the electrode assembly is provided between the outer surface of the lid and the electrode assembly so as to surround an opening of the liquid injection hole. A covering member connected to the tubular member and interposed between the liquid injection hole and the electrode assembly is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takabayashi, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20240109041
    Abstract: The invention provides a semipermeable composite membrane that reduces an environmental load, and a method of producing the semipermeable composite membrane. A semipermeable composite membrane 100 includes, on a porous support 102, a semipermeable membrane 104 containing a crosslinked polyamide 120 and a cellulose nanofiber 110. A method of producing the semipermeable composite membrane includes obtaining a mixed solution containing the cellulose nanofiber 110, water, and an amine component, and obtaining the semipermeable composite membrane 100 by making the mixed solution be in contact with the porous support 102, thereafter, causing a cross-linking reaction of the amine component in the mixed solution, with the amine component adhering to the porous support 102.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: SHINSHU UNIVERSITY, LIXIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Morinobu ENDO, Toru Noguchi, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20240084556
    Abstract: A construction assisting system including a controller that performs construction assistance processing on the basis of positional relation between a worker and a hydraulic excavator, the construction assisting system including: an approach intention detecting device that detects an intention of the worker to approach the hydraulic excavator; an approach intention presenting device that presents a detection result of the approach intention detecting device to an operator of the hydraulic excavator; and an approach confirmation obtaining device that obtains a confirmation state of the operator of the hydraulic excavator for contents presented by the approach intention presenting device, the controller performing the construction assistance processing on the basis of position information of the worker when the operator of the hydraulic excavator denies the approach of the worker or when the operator of the hydraulic excavator does not confirm the intention of the worker to approach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMADA, Shinya IMURA, Shiho IZUMI
  • Patent number: 11913198
    Abstract: A controller mounted in a hydraulic excavator includes: a state transition section that performs switchover between two types of control that are manual control and semiautomatic control, on the basis of input of a state switching signal; and a velocity transition section that changes a rate of change with time in a velocity of a boom cylinder from a first rate of change I1 to a second rate of change I2 greater than the first rate of change I1 in a case in which input to an operation lever changes since the state transition section switches over between the two types of control until the velocity of the boom cylinder changes to a velocity Vo(t) specified by the control after the switchover between the two types of control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Katsumasa Uji
  • Publication number: 20240053766
    Abstract: The problem of ensuring safety and work efficiency for the actions of a control target is addressed in an environment in which different types of control systems coexist. A safety control server controls the actions of respective control targets in differing systems and includes an action adjustment unit that, for each control target of differing control systems, outputs to a control target an action adjustment instruction for adjusting the action of that control target when a contention occurs in which the action of that control target deviates from an assumed control result. An action plan adjustment unit, when the adjustment of the action satisfies a prescribed condition, adjusts an action plan indicating an action rule for achieving a function and avoiding a contention in a control target; and a safety rule adjustment unit adjusts a safety rule indicating an action rule for avoiding a contention in the control target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuyasu KANEKAWA, Junya TAKAHASHI, Satoshi OTSUKA, Hiroyuki YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11891260
    Abstract: A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a first regulating device regulating a position of a sheet bundle, by contacting to an end part of the sheet bundle conveyed in a conveying direction by a conveying device and stacked on a stacking device in a direction intersecting with the conveying direction; a second regulating device regulating a position of the sheet bundle in the conveying direction, by contacting to an end part of the sheet bundle stacked on the stacking device in the conveying direction; a first binding device configured to move from one side to another side of the sheet post-processing apparatus and from the other side to the one side by moving in the intersecting direction, and configured to bind a corner part of the sheet bundle using a staple, and a second binding device configured to bind a corner part of the sheet bundle without a staple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Yasumichi Okahisa
  • Patent number: 11891776
    Abstract: When an automatic operation is finished, a detection process for detecting a ground contactable range where a work implement can be set is carried out on a basis of terrain profile information acquired by laser scanners, and, when the ground contactable range is detected, an automatic operation command signal for placing the work implement in contact with the ground contactable range is generated, whereas when the ground contactable range is not detected, an automatic operation command signal for placing the work implement in a predetermined standby posture is generated. As a result, a suitable standby posture can be taken according to the surrounding conditions when the automatic operation is finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamada, Yoshiyuki Tsuchie, Shiho Izumi
  • Publication number: 20240019872
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of efficiently moving a plurality of moving objects under different rule-based control systems without impairing safety. In order to solve this problem, a moving body task estimation unit 501 estimates moving body tasks 541 of a plurality of moving bodies 1 under different rule-based control systems, an optimum route generation unit 503 searches for optimum routes 542 using various combinations of a plurality of pieces of task information, and a common movement route creation unit 504 creates a common movement route 543 for the plurality of moving bodies by overlapping the obtained optimum routes 542.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMADA, Noriyasu HASEJIMA, Go SAKAYORI, Takehito OGATA, Keiichi KATSUTA
  • Patent number: 11854526
    Abstract: Provided is an active acoustic control program that can reduce noise in a vehicle interior irrespective of the vehicle type, due to being installed in a device that is easily available to anyone. This active acoustic control program is downloaded using a communicator that transmits and receives data to and from a server, and this program causes a computation process device to execute a process for generating a control signal that causes a canceling sound to be outputted from a speaker provided in an interior of a vehicle in order to reduce noise in the vehicle interior. Said program is provided with an adaptive notch filter that processes a reference signal as an adaptive signal to generate a control signal, and a control filter coefficient update unit that continuously updates a filter coefficient of the adaptive notch filter so that an error signal is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Inoue, Hiroyuki Yamada, Hiroshi Tokimoto
  • Publication number: 20230409176
    Abstract: A safety design support system includes a display control unit that causes a display means to display main function design information in which items related to a main function of a product to be designed are hierarchically ordered, and safety design information in which items related to safety design of the product are hierarchically ordered. In accordance with change or addition of an item of the main function design information, the change or addition being made by a user's input operation, the display control unit causes the display means to display instruction information that prompts the user to carry out a next input operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Natsumi WATANABE, Masaya ITOH, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Satoshi OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20230397303
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that includes: (a) processing a substrate by executing a processing program stored in a memory; (b) inspecting and determining whether the processing program is infected with a computer virus; and (c) executing at least one interruption program stored in the memory and configured to interrupt the processing program when the processing program is determined to be infected with the computer virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMADA, Kazuhide ASAI
  • Publication number: 20230386336
    Abstract: An operation management apparatus includes: a map converter that performs interconversion between a first individual section state corresponding to a first mobile object and a reference section state and interconversion between a second individual section state corresponding to a second mobile object and the reference section state; and a block control controller that determines the first individual section state and the second individual section state to prevent a collision between the first mobile object and the second mobile object based on conversion results of the map converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMADA, Kazuya SUGIMOTO, Masaya ITOH
  • Patent number: 11781513
    Abstract: Provided is a discharge valve mechanism capable of improving responsiveness when a discharge valve is opened, and a high-pressure fuel supply pump including the discharge valve mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Tokuo, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kiyotaka Ogura, Shingo Tamura, Yuto Ishizuka
  • Publication number: 20230316917
    Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a risk management system that can accurately extract information necessary for analysis of a variety of accidents in which a machine is involved. For this purpose, a controller calculates a main risk that is the degree at which a main factor of an accident contributes to the occurrence of the accident on the basis of an evaluation value of the main factor, and calculates a subsidiary risk that is the degree at which a subsidiary factor of the accident contributes to the occurrence of the accident on the basis of an evaluation value of the subsidiary factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Akira KANAZAWA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Shiho IZUMI, Shinya IMURA, Mariko MIZUOCHI
  • Publication number: 20230299397
    Abstract: A conductive member is disposed on a side of the sealing plate adjacent to an electrode assembly with a first insulating member disposed therebetween. The conductive member has a conductive-member opening portion. The conductive-member opening portion of the conductive member is sealed by a deformation plate. The deformation plate is connected to a first positive-electrode current collector, which is electrically connected to positive electrode plates. A second insulating member is disposed between the deformation plate and the first positive-electrode current collector. Fixing projections and displacement prevention projections are provided on a surface of the second insulating member. The second insulating member is fixed to the first positive-electrode current collector such that the fixing projections are disposed in fixing holes in the first positive-electrode current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Wakimoto, Hirofumi Furukawa, Hiroyuki Yamada