Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Ando

Hitoshi Ando 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: 12124777
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an equipment state detecting device, an equipment state detecting method, and a program that can create a 3D model of a cable based on three-dimensional coordinates acquired using a laser scanner or the like, and precisely estimate the tension for the entirety of the cable even if the entirety of the cable is not three-dimensionally modeled in the cable model. An equipment state detecting device of the present invention creates a 3D model of a cable based on three-dimensional coordinates acquired using a laser scanner or the like, acquires a sag and a straight line connecting ends of the 3D model based on the 3D model, and calculates the tension of the cable using a known cable load per unit length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Waki, Hitoshi Niigaki, Hiroaki Tanioka, Ryoichi Kaneko, Gen Kobayashi, Kazuya Ando
  • Patent number: 12106438
    Abstract: Annotation can be easily performed on a three-dimensional point cloud and a working time can be reduced. An interface unit 22 displays a point cloud indicating a three-dimensional point on an object, and receives designation of a three-dimensional point indicating an annotation target object and designation of a three-dimensional point not indicating the annotation target object. A candidate cluster calculation unit 32 calculates a value of a predetermined evaluation function indicating a likelihood of a point cloud cluster being the annotation target object based on the designation of a three-dimensional point for point cloud clusters obtained by clustering the point clouds. A cluster selection and storage designation unit 34 causes the interface unit 22 to display the point cloud clusters in descending order of the value of the evaluation function, and receives a selection of a point cloud cluster to be annotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Niigaki, Yasuhiro Yao, Shingo Ando, Kana Kurata, Atsushi Sagata
  • Patent number: 12094153
    Abstract: Provided is a point cloud analysis device that curbs a decrease in model estimation accuracy due to a laser measurement point cloud. A clustering unit (30) clusters a point cloud representing a three-dimensional point on an object obtained by a measurement unit mounted on a moving body and performing measurement while scanning a measurement position, within a scan line, to obtain a point cloud cluster. A central axis direction estimation unit (32) estimates a central axis direction based on the point cloud cluster. A direction-dependent local effective length estimation unit (34) estimates a local effective length based on an estimated central axis direction and an interval of scan lines, the local effective length being a length when a length of projection of the point cloud cluster in a central axis direction for each of the point cloud clusters is interpolated by an amount of a loss part of the point cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Niigaki, Yasuhiro Yao, Masaaki Inoue, Tomoya Shimizu, Yukihiro Goto, Shigehiro Matsuda, Ryuji Honda, Hiroyuki Oshida, Kana Kurata, Shingo Ando, Atsushi Sagata
  • Patent number: 12067763
    Abstract: A three-dimensional point cloud label learning and estimation device includes: a clustering unit that clusters a three-dimensional point cloud into clusters; a learning unit that makes a neural network learn to estimate a label corresponding to an object to which points contained in each of the clusters belong; and an estimation unit that estimates a label for the cluster using the neural network learned at the learning unit. In the three-dimensional point cloud label learning and estimation device, the neural network uses a total sum of sigmoid function values (sum of sigmoid) when performing feature extraction on the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yao, Hitoshi Niigaki, Kana Kurata, Kazuhiko Murasaki, Shingo Ando, Atsushi Sagata
  • Patent number: 12040469
    Abstract: A heat dissipation structure for a battery includes a plurality of heat dissipation members. The heat dissipation members are each provided with: a heat conductive sheet having a shape that extends while winding in a spiral shape for transferring the heat from the heat source, a cushion member which is provided on an annular rear surface of the heat conductive sheet and can be more easily deformed to conform to the outer surface shape of the heat source than the heat conductive sheet, and a penetration path penetrating in the direction in which the heat conductive sheet extends while winding. The plurality of heat dissipation members is connected to each other by connection members in a state of being aligned in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the beat conductive sheet extends while winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kuwabara, Hitoshi Ando, Takao Shimizu
  • Patent number: 12038046
    Abstract: A rolling guide device includes a track member, a moving member, and a plurality of rolling bodies. Rolling-body rolling surfaces that come into contact with an rolling-body outer circumferential surface of a rolling body are respectively formed in wall surfaces of a pair of wall portions included in the track member facing each other, a scraper including a pressing portion that presses the rolling-body rolling surfaces is turnably installed in the moving member, the scraper includes at least an attachment portion and a pressing portion, and is formed such that a frictional force of the pressing portion with respect to the rolling-body rolling surfaces is smaller than a frictional force of the attachment portion with respect to an attachment shaft formed in the moving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ando, Hitoshi Aoyagi, Yuki Toba
  • Publication number: 20230238604
    Abstract: A heat dissipation structure including a plurality of heat dissipating members, and a support plate for supporting the heat dissipating members. Each of the heat dissipating members includes a plurality of cushion members each having a hollow or a solid shape, and a heat conduction sheet covering an outer surface of the cushion members. The support plate includes a plurality of grooves for supporting the heat dissipating members in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the heat dissipating members. Each of the grooves is a curved recess portion formed in a thickness direction, opened to the side of the heat dissipating member, formed to have a radius of curvature larger than a radius of curvature of the heat dissipating member, and to have a depth smaller than a circular conversion diameter of the heat dissipating member, and a battery provided with the heat dissipating structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Hitoshi ANDO
  • Patent number: 11495842
    Abstract: A heat dissipating structure for a battery is provided between a heat source and a cooling member and enables heat dissipation from the heat source by conducting heat from the heat source to the cooling member. The heat dissipating structure includes: a thermally conductive sheet containing at least one of metal, carbon, and ceramic and settable between the heat source and the cooling member; and a cushion member at least partially covered with the thermally conductive sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Ando
  • Publication number: 20220320626
    Abstract: A multilayer sheet disposed at least between a plurality of heat sources and capable of conducting heat from the heat sources includes: a rubber sheet made of a rubber-like elastic body; heat insulating sheets laminated on both surfaces of the rubber sheet and capable of reducing heat conduction between the plurality of adjacent heat sources; and first heat conductive sheets laminated outside the heat insulating sheets in a separated manner and having more excellent heat conductivity than the rubber sheet and the heat insulating sheets, in which the heat insulating sheets have a bag shape wrapping the rubber sheet, and a cell unit including the multilayer sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Hitoshi ANDO
  • Publication number: 20220013830
    Abstract: A heat dissipation structure for a battery includes a plurality of heat dissipation members. The heat dissipation members are each provided with: a heat conductive sheet having a shape that extends while winding in a spiral shape for transferring the heat from the heat source, a cushion member which is provided on an annular rear surface of the heat conductive sheet and can be more easily deformed to conform to the outer surface shape of the heat source than the heat conductive sheet, and a penetration path penetrating in the direction in which the heat conductive sheet extends while winding. The plurality of heat dissipation members is connected to each other by connection members in a state of being aligned in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the beat conductive sheet extends while winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Tomohiko KUWABARA, Hitoshi ANDO, Takao SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11217835
    Abstract: Provided are a heat dissipating structure that deforms to detachably come close contact with the battery cells, is disposed between the battery cells and a cooling member in order to reduce a risk of leakage of liquid inside the battery cells, and is excellent in heat dissipating property, and a battery including the heat dissipating structure. The present invention relates to a heat dissipating structure that is provided between battery cells and a cooling member, conducts heat from the battery cells to the cooling member to promote heat dissipation from the battery cells, and includes holding members detachably holding end parts of the respective battery cells, and to a battery including the heat dissipation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Shimizu, Hitoshi Ando
  • Publication number: 20210376401
    Abstract: A heat dissipating structure for a battery is provided between a heat source and a cooling member and enables heat dissipation from the heat source by conducting heat from the heat source to the cooling member. The heat dissipating structure includes: a thermally conductive sheet containing at least one of metal, carbon, and ceramic and settable between the heat source and the cooling member; and a cushion member at least partially covered with the thermally conductive sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Hitoshi ANDO
  • Publication number: 20190341630
    Abstract: A separator for fuel cells includes 15-40 parts by mass of a resin and 85-60 parts by mass of conductive materials that have higher electrical conductivities than the resin, while having the forms of particles and fibers. The conductive materials mainly include graphite particles and carbon fibers so that the graphite particles are included in a larger amount than the carbon fibers in terms of mass ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Hitoshi ANDO, Tsutomu Suzuki, Masaru YONEYAMA, Akira OKADA, Akihiro KOIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20190190094
    Abstract: Provided are a heat dissipating structure that deforms to detachably come close contact with the battery cells, is disposed between the battery cells and a cooling member in order to reduce a risk of leakage of liquid inside the battery cells, and is excellent in heat dissipating property, and a battery including the heat dissipating structure. The present invention relates to a heat dissipating structure that is provided between battery cells and a cooling member, conducts heat from the battery cells to the cooling member to promote heat dissipation from the battery cells, and includes holding members detachably holding end parts of the respective battery cells, and to a battery including the heat dissipation structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Takao SHIMIZU, Hitoshi ANDO
  • Patent number: 9524835
    Abstract: Input device in which a defect of a control disk is eliminated while making use of an advantage of the control disk and an electronic device using the input device. The input device may include: an operation panel, which may be operated by a user; a board, which may be arranged to be opposed to a surface opposite to an operation surface of the operation panel operated by the user; a conductive elastic body and a pusher, which may be fixed on the operation panel; and a sensor portion and a member to be pressed, which may be placed on the board to be opposed to the conductive elastic body and the pusher, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ando, Noboru Nakafuji, Naoyuki Yaguchi
  • Patent number: 9466467
    Abstract: An ion implantation apparatus includes: a plurality of units for accelerating an ion beam generated in an ion source; and a plurality of units for adjusting a scan beam and implanting ions into a wafer. A horizontal U-shaped folder type beamline having opposite long straight portions includes the plurality of units for adjusting the scan beam in a long straight portion to have substantially the same length as the ion source and the plurality of units for accelerating the ion beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ion Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Kabasawa, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Hitoshi Ando, Kouji Inada, Tatsuya Yamada
  • Publication number: 20150352242
    Abstract: Provided is an air purification device which can suppress production of side products when purifying air. An air purification device comprises a vent body through which air passes, a photocatalyst filter which is provided inside the vent body, an ultraviolet lamp which applies ultraviolet rays to the photocatalyst filter and an ozone lamp which is provided inside the vent body and generates ozone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ando, Nobuki Kuriyano
  • Patent number: 8987690
    Abstract: A high-energy ion implanter includes a beam generation unit that includes an ion source and a mass analyzer, a high-energy multi-stage linear acceleration unit, a high-energy beam deflection unit that changes the direction of a high-energy ion beam toward a wafer, and a beam transportation unit that transports the deflected high-energy ion beam to the wafer. The beam transportation unit includes a beam shaper, a high-energy beam scanner, a high-energy beam collimator, and a high-energy final energy filter. Further, the high-energy beam collimator is an electric field type beam collimator that collimates a scan beam while performing the acceleration and the deceleration of a high-energy beam by an electric field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: SEN Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Kabasawa, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Haruka Sasaki, Kouji Kato, Hitoshi Ando
  • Publication number: 20140353517
    Abstract: A high-energy ion implanter includes a beam generation unit that includes an ion source and a mass analyzer, a high-energy multi-stage linear acceleration unit, a high-energy beam deflection unit that changes the direction of a high-energy ion beam toward a wafer, and a beam transportation unit that transports the deflected high-energy ion beam to the wafer. The beam transportation unit includes a beam shaper, a high-energy beam scanner, a high-energy beam collimator, and a high-energy final energy filter. Further, the high-energy beam collimator is an electric field type beam collimator that collimates a scan beam while performing the acceleration and the deceleration of a high-energy beam by an electric field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: SEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Kabasawa, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Haruka Sasaki, Kouji Kato, Hitoshi Ando
  • Patent number: D714166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sieko Instruments Inc.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Ando