Patents by Inventor Jun Ando

Jun 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).

  • Publication number: 20260147416
    Abstract: A force-feedback input device includes: a base; an operation member supported to be movable in a first direction with respect to the base; a shape memory alloy wire whose length changes when the operation member moves toward one side in the first direction; and a controller electrically coupled to the shape memory alloy wire, and having a processor and a memory storing computer-readable instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the controller to change a current flowing through the shape memory alloy wire to change a length of the shape memory alloy wire when the operation member, moving toward the one side, reaches a first position. The controller is further caused to supply a measurement current to the shape memory alloy wire to measure a resistance value of the shape memory alloy wire, and detect a position of the operation member based on the resistance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2026
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Jun ANDO, Kiyoyuki ITO, Ryotaro ANZO
  • Publication number: 20260125784
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a desired chemical composition, in a microstructure at a position of ¼ from a surface in a sheet thickness direction, in terms of area %, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%, an E value is 10.7 or more, an I value is 1.020 or more, a CS value is ?8.0×105 to 8.0×105, a standard deviation of Mn concentrations is 0.60 mass % or less, at the surface, an area ratio of a region where a Ni concentration is 0.2 mass % or more is 10.0% or more, an area ratio of a region where an O concentration is 3.0 mass % or more is 3.0% to 50.0%, and a maximum value of sphere equivalent diameters of oxides is 5.00 ?m or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mutsumi YOSHITAKE, Hiroshi SHUTO, Eisaku SAKURADA, Jun ANDO, Toshiki SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 12602918
    Abstract: A learning data generating apparatus receives first training data, first correct answer information, and second training data, inputs the first and second training data into a neural network to thereby cause the neural network to output first and second array groups each constituted of a plurality of arrays, identifies a first array from the first array group based on the first correct answer information, the first array being an array corresponding to the recognition target, and compares the first array and each of the plurality of arrays constituting the second array group, to create second correct answer information corresponding to the second training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventor: Jun Ando
  • Publication number: 20260085393
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure at a depth position of 1/4 from a surface in a sheet thickness direction, in terms of area %, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%, an E value is 10.7 or more, an I value is 1.020 or more, a CS value is ?8.0×105 to 8.0×105, a standard deviation of Mn concentrations is 0.60 mass % or less, a solute Cr concentration in an outermost layer region is 0.10 mass % or more, a number density of Cr oxides having a sphere equivalent radius of 0.1 ?m or more at the surface is 1.0×104 pieces/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Eisaku SAKURADA, Jun ANDO, Toshiki SUGIYAMA, Kazumasa TSUTSUI
  • Publication number: 20260085392
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure at a position of ¼ from a surface in a sheet thickness direction, in terms of area %, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%, an E value is 10.7 or more, an I value is 1.020 or more, a CS value is ?8.0×105 to 8.0×105, a standard deviation of Mn concentrations is 0.60 mass % or less, at the surface, a number density of Si—Al—Cr oxides having a sphere equivalent radius of 0.500 ?m or more is 2.0×103 pieces/cm2 or less, and a number density of Si—Al—Cr oxides having a sphere equivalent radius of 0.005 ?m to 0.050 ?m is 1.0×105 pieces/cm2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Masaaki URANAKA, Yuko SOKUNO, Jun ANDO, Mutsumi YOSHITAKE
  • Patent number: 12546866
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp can include: a first light source configured to emit visible light; a reflective surface designed to reflect the visible light emitted by the first light source and form a light distribution pattern for a vehicle lamp; and a LiDAR apparatus including a second light source configured to emit light for detecting an object to be detected to be transmitted to a first detection range and a light-receiving element configured to output, when return light being reflected light of the light for detecting the object to be detected having been reflected by the object to be detected is incident to the light-receiving element, an electric signal corresponding to an intensity of the return light, in which the LiDAR apparatus is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kawata, Junpei Inmaru, Jun Ando
  • Patent number: 12534785
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure, in terms of area %, residual austenite is less than 3.0%, ferrite is 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite is less than 5.0%, an E value that indicates periodicity of the microstructure is 10.7 or more, and an I value that indicates uniformity of the microstructure is 1.020 or more, a standard deviation of a Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shuto, Kazumasa Tsutsui, Koutarou Hayashi, Akifumi Sakakibara, Jun Ando, Toshiki Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 12448660
    Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet has, as a chemical composition, by mass %: C: 0.01% to 0.30%; Si: 0.01% to 3.00%; Mn: 0.20% to 3.00%; P: 0.030% or less; S: 0.030% or less; Al: 0.001% to 2.000%; N: 0.0100% or less; and Ni: 0.02% to 0.50%, in which among measurement points at which elemental analysis is performed at a measurement pitch of 1 ?m using an EPMA in a region of 250 ?m×250 ?m on a surface, the percentage of measurement points having a Ni content of 0.5 mass % or more is 10% to 70%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Ando, Teruki Hayashida, Tatsuo Yokoi, Akifumi Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 12435382
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a metallographic structure contains, by area %, less than 3.0% of residual austenite, 15.0% or more and less than 60.0% of ferrite, and less than 5.0% of pearlite, has a ratio L60/L7 of a length L60 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 60° to a length L7 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 7° about a <110> direction of 0.60 or more, has a standard deviation of a Mn concentration of 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shuto, Kazumasa Tsutsui, Jun Ando, Koutarou Hayashi, Akifumi Sakakibara, Shunsuke Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20250306179
    Abstract: An optical element drive device for a ranging system that can be disposed adjacent to a light receiving device includes a drive unit including a magnetic field generation member and a coil. A fixing member includes an outer portion that is disposed adjacent to the light receiving device. The drive unit is disposed at a position further away from the outer portion than a portion, of the penetration, where the optical element is disposed. A first coil includes a first extension and a second extension extending along a first extension direction, and a second coil includes a third extension and a fourth extension extending along a second extension direction. The first extension direction and the second extension direction are substantially orthogonal to each other in plan view along the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Jun ANDO, Masahito NAMAI, Takuya KATO, Ryotaro ANZO
  • Patent number: 12428694
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and in a case where the thickness is denoted by t, the metallographic structure at a t/4 position from the surface contains one or both of tempered martensite and lower bainite at a volume percentage of 90% or more, the tensile strength is 980 MPa or more, and the average Ni concentration on the surface is 7.0% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuo Yokoi, Teruki Hayashida, Mutsumi Sakakibara, Jun Ando, Shinsuke Kai, Hiroshi Shuto
  • Publication number: 20250231111
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a fluorescence detection device includes: a light source configured to irradiate a sample with excitation light in a circularly polarized state; a sample holder configured to hold the sample; a cholesteric liquid crystal layer configured to transmit fluorescence emitted by the sample due to the excitation light and reflect the excitation light; and a sensor configured to detect the fluorescence transmitted through the cholesteric liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Applicants: Japan Display Inc., RIKEN
    Inventors: Yasuhiro TAKAHASHI, Yasushi TOMIOKA, Rikiya WATANABE, Jun ANDO, Hajime SHINODA
  • Patent number: 12355927
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire plural scanned images obtained by scanning a bundle of paper media including a plural standard document bundles each of which is a set of a standard document and a related document related to the standard document, extract a title from the plural scanned images, extract, from the plural scanned images, an identifier that is assigned to be common within one standard document bundle and to be different between different standard document bundles, and divide the plural scanned images into bundles such that a scanned image from which the title is extracted is set as a bundle head, scanned images having the same identifier are included in the same bundle, and scanned images having different identifiers are included in different bundles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Fumi Kosaka, Shigeru Okada, Shusaku Kubo, Yusuke Suzuki, Masayuki Yamaguchi, Jun Ando
  • Publication number: 20250189634
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp can include: a first light source configured to emit visible light; a reflective surface designed to reflect the visible light emitted by the first light source and form a light distribution pattern for a vehicle lamp; and a LiDAR apparatus including a second light source configured to emit light for detecting an object to be detected to be transmitted to a first detection range and a light-receiving element configured to output, when return light being reflected light of the light for detecting the object to be detected having been reflected by the object to be detected is incident to the light-receiving element, an electric signal corresponding to an intensity of the return light, in which the LiDAR apparatus is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Tadashi KAWATA, Junpei INMARU, Jun ANDO
  • Publication number: 20250187531
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle lamp that can transmit light for detecting a detection object (e.g., preceding vehicle, oncoming vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle, and motorcycle) transmitted from a LiDAR apparatus to an appropriate range based on a road condition around a vehicle (and receive return light thereof). The vehicle lamp includes: a LiDAR apparatus including a light source configured to emit light for detecting a detection object transmitted to a first detection range, and a light reception element configured to output, in a case where return light as reflected light of the light for detecting the detection object reflected by the detection object enters the light reception element, an electric signal corresponding to intensity of the return light; and a light control mechanism configured to control a transmission range of the light for detecting the detection object, based on a road condition around a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junpei INMARU, Tadashi KAWATA, Jun ANDO
  • Patent number: 12297524
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a microstructure contains, by area %, less than 3.0% of residual austenite, 15.0% or more and less than 60.0% of ferrite, and less than 5.0% of pearlite, has a ratio L60/L7 of a length L60 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 60° to a length L7 of a grain boundary having a crystal misorientation of 7° about a <110> direction of less than 0.60, has a standard deviation of a Mn concentration of 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shuto, Kazumasa Tsutsui, Koutarou Hayashi, Akifumi Sakakibara, Jun Ando, Shota Endo
  • Patent number: 12180570
    Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet according to the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, in which, when a height profile of a surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet is measured in each of five measurement ranges in a rolling direction and a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction, a distance in a height direction from an average height position which is an average of a height position of a point having a highest height position and a height position of a recessed part which is a point having a lowest height position to the recessed part is indicated as R1 (?m) in each of the height profiles, and an average of heights of two measurement points away from the recessed part in the rolling direction or the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction by 5 ?m is indicated as R2 (?m), an average value of radii of curvature r represented by Expression (1) is 10 ?m or more, and a tensile strength of the hot-rolled steel sheet is 500 MPa or more. r=(25+|R2?R1|2)/2|R2?R1| . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shuto, Genki Abukawa, Akifumi Sakakibara, Jun Ando, Tetsu Asato, Shota Endo
  • Publication number: 20240384378
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, has a microstructure including, by area %, residual austenite of less than 3.0%, ferrite of 15.0% or more and less than 60.0%, and pearlite of less than 5.0%, in which an entropy value obtained by analyzing an SEM image of the microstructure using a gray-level co-occurrence matrix method is 10.7 or more, an inverse difference normalized value is 1.020 or more, a cluster shade value is ?8.0×105 to 8.0×105, and a standard deviation of an Mn concentration is 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHUTO, Kazumasa TSUTSUI, Shunsuke KOBAYASHI, Akifumi SAKAKIBARA, Jun ANDO, Toshiki SUGIYAMA
  • Patent number: 12123064
    Abstract: This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in which a metal microstructure contains, by area %, 3.0% or more of residual austenite, has a ratio L52/L7 of a length L52 of a grain boundary having a crystal orientation difference of 52° to a length L7 of a grain boundary having a crystal orientation difference of 7° about a <110> direction of 0.10 or more and 0.18 or less, has a standard deviation of a Mn concentration of 0.60 mass % or less, and has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shuto, Koutarou Hayashi, Hiroshi Kaido, Akifumi Sakakibara, Jun Ando, Tetsu Asato
  • Publication number: 20240289615
    Abstract: A neural network update device includes a processor that includes hardware. The processor is configured to, with respect to a plurality of output data obtained as a result of inputting a plurality of training data into a neural network, compare the plurality of output data with a plurality of pieces of correct answer information allocated respectively to the plurality of training data to calculate a loss value for each of the plurality of output data, and for relevant output data, the loss value for which meets a predetermined reference, process the correct answer information corresponding to the relevant output data, or process the training data corresponding to the relevant output data, to update the neural network by using the loss value of the output data of the neural network after the processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Jun ANDO, Hiroki TAKEUCHI