Patents by Inventor Katsunori Nagao

Katsunori Nagao 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: 20240127846
    Abstract: An articulation abnormality detection method includes: calculating an acoustic feature from utterance data of a speaker; calculating, from the acoustic feature, a first speaker feature indicating a speaker characteristic of the utterance data by using a trained deep neural network (DNN); calculating a degree of similarity between a second speaker feature of the speaker and the first speaker feature, where the second speaker feature is a speaker feature obtained when the speaker articulated properly; and determining whether the speaker has an articulation abnormality, based on the degree of similarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Katsunori Daimo, Shogo TAKAHATA, Kazunori KAWAMI, Seiki NAGAO, Ryota OHMAE
  • Patent number: 11203793
    Abstract: A steel pipe for fuel injection pipe has a tensile strength of 500 to 900 MPa and a yield ratio of 0.50 to 0.85, and has a critical internal pressure (IP) satisfying [IP?0.41×TS×?] (?=[(D/d)2?1]/[0.776×(D/d)2], where TS: tensile strength (MPa) of the steel pipe, D: steel pipe outer diameter (mm), and d: steel pipe inner diameter (mm)), wherein a circumferential-direction residual stress on an inner surface of the pipe is ?20 MPa or lower after the steel pipe is split in half in a pipe axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: USUI CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Masuda, Tsugumi Yamazaki, Hiroaki Kondo, Taizo Makino, Masahiro Yamazaki, Katsunori Nagao
  • Publication number: 20180171426
    Abstract: A steel pipe for fuel injection pipe has a tensile strength of 500 to 900 MPa and a yield ratio of 0.50 to 0.85, and has a critical internal pressure (IP) satisfying [IP?0.41×TS×?] (?=[(D/d)2?1]/[0.776×(D/d)2], where TS: tensile strength (MPa) of the steel pipe, D: steel pipe outer diameter (mm), and d: steel pipe inner diameter (mm)), wherein a circumferential-direction residual stress on an inner surface of the pipe is ?20 MPa or lower after the steel pipe is split in half in a pipe axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Tatsuya MASUDA, Tsugumi YAMAZAKI, Hiroaki KONDO, Taizo MAKINO, Masahiro YAMAZAKI, Katsunori NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20160369759
    Abstract: A steel pipe has a composition consisting, by mass percent, of, C: 0.12 to 0.27%, Si: 0.05 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.3 to 2.0%, Al: 0.005 to 0.060%, N: 0.0020 to 0.0080%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.015%, Nb: 0.015 to 0.045%, Cr 0 to 1.0%, Mo: 0 to 1.0%, Cu: 0 to 0.5%, Ni: 0 to 0.5%, V: 0 to 0.15%, and B: 0 to 0.005%, the balance being Fe and impurities. As impurities, contents are Ca: 0.001% or less, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.01% or less, and O: 0.0040% or less. The micro-structure is tempered martensitic or tempered martensite and tempered bainite, in which a prior-austenite grain size number is 10.0 or more. Tensile strength is TS 800 MPa or higher. Critical internal pressure is [0.3·TS·a] or more, a=[(D/d)2?1]/[0.776 ·(D/d)2], D: pipe outer diameter (mm), d: pipe inner diameter (mm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Tatsuya MASUDA, Tsugumi YAMAZAKI, Taizo MAKINO, Katsunori NAGAO, Tsutomu OKUYAMA
  • Patent number: 8795450
    Abstract: There is provided a steel pipe for fuel injection pipe that assures prolonged fatigue life and high reliability by securing a high critical internal pressure, at which fatigue fracture does not occur, while the material strength is high. A steel pipe for fuel injection pipe consisting of, by mass percent, C: 0.12 to 0.27%, Si: 0.05 to 0.40%, and Mn: 0.8 to 2.0%, the balance being Fe and impurities, the impurities containing Ca: 0.001% or less, P: 0.02% or less, and S: 0.01% or less, wherein the tensile strength thereof is not lower than 900 N/mm2, and the maximum diameter of a nonmetallic inclusion present during at least 20 ?m depth from the inner surface of the steel pipe is not larger than 20 ?m. Further, this steel pipe can contain one or more kinds of Cr: 1% or less, Mo: 1% or less, Ti: 0.04% or less, Nb: 0.04% or less, and V: 0.1% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichiro Usui, Katsunori Nagao
  • Patent number: 8577954
    Abstract: A printing terminal 208P creates delivery result information regarding delivered content data and transmits the created delivery result information to a posting server 202. The posting server 202 receives the transmitted delivery result information, adds the received delivery result information to delivery record information stored in a memory, and notifies a sending terminal of at least part of the delivery record information. This arrangement enables low-cost and high-quality delivery of print contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yoda, Katsunori Nagao, Masanobu Nishitani, Eiji Kubota, Takao Ozawa
  • Patent number: 8319994
    Abstract: A first reception section is operable to receive an input to designate thumbnails of printing images from an image storage server. A first transmitter is operable to transmit an image transmission request for requesting the thumbnails to the image storage server when the input to designate the thumbnails is received by the first reception section. A first receiver is operable to receive the thumbnails from the image storage server. A second reception section is operable to receive a designation of the printing images based on the thumbnails received by the first receiver. A local area transceiver is operable to transmit an identification information request for requesting identification information of a printing device to the printing device using a local area radio communication and receives the identification information from the printing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation and Sammy Networks Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Katsunori Nagao, Shingo Sato, Kazuhiro Itagaki, Kengo Egawa, Atsushi Kamimura
  • Patent number: 8184346
    Abstract: Facsimile systems, devices, and methods are provided related to transmitting an image from a sending device to a receiving device via a network. One embodiment includes a status information reply unit which replies to a notification request of status information from a sending device by transmitting status information representing status of the receiving-device to the sending device via a network, in which the status information reply unit includes a transmission source classifying portion which determines a class of the sending device and a selected-status information transmitting portion which transmits the status information to the sending device via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Ozawa, Kosuke Matsunaga, Teruhito Kojima, Toshifumi Sakai, Katsunori Nagao, Kiyoshi Yoda, Masanobu Nishitani, Eiji Kubota
  • Patent number: 8147623
    Abstract: To provide a steel pipe as a fuel injection pipe with high material strength, high internal pressure limit free from fatigue failure, prolonged fatigue life, and high reliability. A steel pipe as a fuel injection pipe of 500 N/mm2 or higher tensile strength comprising, by mass, C: 0.12 to 0.27%, Si: 0.05 to 0.40%, and Mn: 0.8 to 2.0%, and the balance being Fe and impurities, the contents of Ca, P, and S in the impurities being Ca: 0.001% or less, P: 0.02% or less, and S: 0.01% or less, respectively, characterized in that the maximum diameter of nonmetallic inclusions present in at least in a region extending from the inner surface of the steel pipe to a depth of 20 ?m is 20 ?m or less. Further, this steel pipe may contain, in place of a portion of Fe, at least one selected from among Cr: 1% or less, Mo: 1% or less, Ti: 0.04% or less, Nb: 0.04% or less, and V: 0.1% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kikuo Asada, Osamu Endo, Katsunori Nagao, Keisuke Hitoshio
  • Publication number: 20100167086
    Abstract: There is provided a steel pipe for fuel injection pipe that assures prolonged fatigue life and high reliability by securing a high critical internal pressure, at which fatigue fracture does not occur, while the material strength is high. A steel pipe for fuel injection pipe consisting of, by mass percent, C: 0.12 to 0.27%, Si: 0.05 to 0.40%, and Mn: 0.8 to 2.0%, the balance being Fe and impurities, the impurities containing Ca: 0.001% or less, P: 0.02% or less, and S: 0.01% or less, wherein the tensile strength thereof is not lower than 900 N/mm2, and the maximum diameter of a nonmetallic inclusion present during at least 20 ?m depth from the inner surface of the steel pipe is not larger than 20 ?m. Further, this steel pipe can contain one or more kinds of Cr: 1% or less, Mo: 1% or less, Ti: 0.04% or less, Nb: 0.04% or less, and V: 0.1% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicants: USUI KOKUSAI SANGYO KAISHA, SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: SHOICHIRO USUI, Katsunori Nagao
  • Publication number: 20090201536
    Abstract: When a printable term is set for content data, a posting server 202 determines whether a current time is within or after the printable term, refers to a result of the determination, and allows delivery of the content data within the printable term, while prohibiting delivery of the content data after the printable term. This arrangement enables low-cost and high-quality delivery of print contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yoda, Katsunori Nagao, Mesanobu Nishitani, Eiji Kubota, Takao Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20090201535
    Abstract: Prior to delivery of content data, SIP servers 104 and 106 mediate establishment of sessions between a posting server 102 and printing terminals 108P and 110P via a network 14 according to a signaling protocol SIP. On establishment of the sessions, the posting server 102 delivers the content data to the printing terminals 108P and 110P according to a data transfer protocol HTTP. This arrangement enables low-cost and high-quality delivery of print contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsunori Nagao, Kiyoshi Yoda, Masanobu Nishitani, Eiji Kubota, Takao Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20090204686
    Abstract: A posting server 202 receives printer status information from an SIP server 204 prior to delivery of content data to a printing terminal 208P and delivers the content data to the printing terminal 208P when the received printer status information shows that the printing terminal 208P is in a printable state. This arrangement enables low-cost and high-quality delivery of print contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yoda, Katsunori Nagao, Masanobu Nishitani, Eiji Kubota, Takao Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20090078341
    Abstract: To provide a steel pipe as a fuel injection pipe with high material strength, high internal pressure limit free from fatigue failure, prolonged fatigue life, and high reliability. A steel pipe as a fuel injection pipe of 500 N/mm2 or higher tensile strength comprising, by mass, C: 0.12 to 0.27%, Si: 0.05 to 0.40%, and Mn: 0.8 to 2.0%, and the balance being Fe and impurities, the contents of Ca, P, and S in the impurities being Ca: 0.001% or less, P: 0.02% or less, and S: 0.01% or less, respectively, characterized in that the maximum diameter of nonmetallic inclusions present in at least in a region extending from the inner surface of the steel pipe to a depth of 20 ?m is 20 ?m or less. Further, this steel pipe may contain, in place of a portion of Fe, at least one selected from among Cr: 1% or less, Mo: 1% or less, Ti: 0.04% or less, Nb: 0.04% or less, and V: 0.1% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicants: USUI KOKUSAI SANGYO KAISHA, LTD., SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: KIKUO ASADA, Osamu Endo, Katsunori Nagao, Keisuke Hitoshio
  • Publication number: 20090037513
    Abstract: A printing terminal 208P creates delivery result information regarding delivered content data and transmits the created delivery result information to a posting server 202. The posting server 202 receives the transmitted delivery result information, adds the received delivery result information to delivery record information stored in a memory, and notifies a sending terminal of at least part of the delivery record information. This arrangement enables low-cost and high-quality delivery of print contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yoda, Katsunori Nagao, Masanobu Nishitani, Eiji Kubota, Takao Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20080228949
    Abstract: A first reception section is operable to receive an input to designate thumbnails of printing images from an image storage server. A first transmitter is operable to transmit an image transmission request for requesting the thumbnails to the image storage server when the input to designate the thumbnails is received by the first reception section. A first receiver is operable to receive the thumbnails from the image storage server. A second reception section is operable to receive a designation of the printing images based on the thumbnails received by the first receiver. A local area transceiver is operable to transmit an identification information request for requesting identification information of a printing device to the printing device using a local area radio communication and receives the identification information from the printing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation, Sammy Networks Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Katsunori Nagao, Shingo Sato, Kazuhiro Itagaki, Kengo Egawa, Atsushi Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20080117475
    Abstract: A facsimile transmission system transmitting an image from a sending device to a receiving device via a network, includes: a status information reply unit which replies to a notification request of status information from the sending device by transmitting the status information representing status of the receiving-device to the sending device via the network, in which the status information reply unit includes: a transmission source classifying portion which determines a class of the sending device by classifying sending devices into a plurality of classes on the basis of a message transmitted by the sending devices via the network upon the notification request, and a selected-status information transmitting portion which transmits the status information to the sending device via the network, the status information being selected according to the class of the sending-side device, which is classified by the transmission source classifying portion among a plurality of status information representing the status
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Ozawa, Kosuke Matsunaga, Teruhito Kojima, Toshifumi Sakai, Katsunori Nagao, Kiyoshi Yoda, Masanobu Nishitani, Eiji Kubota
  • Publication number: 20060219333
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method of seamless steel pipe for mechanical structural parts. According to this manufacturing method, production process is simplified and production cost is reduced by employing inline quenching, and simultaneously, the toughness of steel pipe is guaranteed by controlling Ti/N to be 3.5 or lower. A manufacturing method of seamless steel pipe, in which steel having the chemical composition: by weight percent, 0.10 to 0.25% of C, not greater than 1.00% of Si, 0.20 to 2.00% of Mn, not greater than 0.03% of P, not greater than 0.020% of S, 0.10 to 1.5% of Cr, not greater than 0.5% of Mo, 0.005 to 0.030% of Ti, 0.01 to 0.10% of V, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and Ti/N being 3.5 or lower, is subjected to finish rolling at temperature of 900° C. or higher and the section-decrease rate of 40% or greater; then subjected to soaking directly at temperature of 900 to 1000° C. without cooling, and then quenching and tempering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Makoto Samamoto, Katsunori Nagao
  • Patent number: 6062949
    Abstract: A polishing amount control system and method for same which can quickly feed back the results of measurement of a coating layer of a workpiece to the next polishing work so as to improve the productivity of the workpieces and further enable high precision polishing work. The thicknesses of the plating layers of the two surfaces of a magnetic disk W polished by a double-side polishing apparatus 1 are measured by an X-ray thickness meter 2. The rotational speeds of the drive motors 15 and 18 of the double-side polishing apparatus 1 are controlled in accordance with the results of the measurement. Specifically, the polishing amounts of the plating layers of the upper surface and lower surface of the magnetic disk W polished next become within 1.8 .mu.m to 2.2 .mu.m by controlling the rotational speeds of the upper platen 13 and the lower platen 11. The thickness difference of the upper and lower surfaces of the same magnetic disk W become within -0.15 .mu.m to +0.15 .mu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Speedfam Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yashiki, Katsunori Nagao, Takamitsu Shimoide, Akihiko Yamaya
  • Patent number: 5739596
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a main circuit having a main CPU and a power supply system which includes plural main batteries for supplying operating power to said main circuit, a back-up battery, a switching circuit connected between each main battery and the main circuit, power means for enabling the operation of the main circuit, a charge detector for detecting the charging level of each main battery, and power controller responsive to the power means and the charge detector and having a sub-CPU for individually controlling the switching circuit according to either a single connection mode or a multiple connection mode. In the single connection mode only one of the main batteries is connected to said main circuit. In the multiple connection mode, at least two main batteries, each in series with a respective diode means, are connected in parallel to the main circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Takizawa, Katsunori Nagao, Shigeo Ikeda